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[Emma]

:D

Fantastic! Catherine, it only gets better.

[Jeane]

Fiona, sugar or toothache?
good luck with the interview tomorrow!

[Ann from S.C.]

(G) Emma, what is the next book in the series?

[Emma]

Rebel Angels.

It's even better thanm AGATB, lots of adventure.

:) You'll love it.

[Ann from S.C.]

Ohhh.... I can;t wait!!!!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Jeane, are u talkin to Fi or Titch(me)?

[Emma]

:D

I'm going to re-read the series, following the timeline of my first time reading it.

AGATB: In January for a week
RA:For two weeks
TSFT: For a month, I finished March the 14th.

I will start the same day, but I don't know if I will end at the same time.

[Jeane]

Titch, I was talking to Fiona. we had a little conversation about her tootache, interview and prodigal summer.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Oh thats ok then. Mind you. I WILL MISS YOU ALL soon xx

I go for a pre-op on Friday 5th December and then go to hospital to have 4 teeth taken out on Tuesday 16th December. I had 6 taken out 2 yrs ago from hospital as well.

Fi, good luck at dentist xxx

[Kelly]

Im reading True Believer by Nicholas Sparks. Although I am looking for some suggestions for a light hearted, funny, something to perk up my mood book. Any ideas anyone.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Mary, Brothers Karamazov is one of my favorite novels..... it takes awhile to get through it (my copy was over 1000 pages) but totally worth it.....

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I am so in withdrawal! My lasik surgery went fine (20/15 in both eyes now!), but my "new" eyes are not too happy about long periods of time on the computer. I feel like I'm so far behind! I'm still listening to The Subtle Knife and trying to read The Eight. Reading is better on my eyes than the computer, but it's still not great. Patience, patience...

[Lori, Super Mod]

JG, people keep telling me to get Lasik, is the surgery a tough thing to go through? Do they clamp your eyelids open and make you stare at something while you are totally awake and aware of what they are doing????

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

JG - That is so true about sometimes just having to have patience. I had the attention span of a flea, roughly speaking, when I came home from the rehab hospital after my stroke. It was a good while before I could just sit down and read sustainedly - I just couldn't keep the chain of thought going long enough to understand what I was reading. I think it was a month until I even tried to read a novel.

It all got better with time, though!

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Lori, I hate to say it, but you've got the general idea right. It didn't hurt, but it was pretty darn uncomfortable. And, for me anyway, it was more of a mental thing than anything else. People should not be shoving things into my eyes to make them stay open! They did give me an Atavan beforehand, but I don't know how much good that did. They put tons of numbing drops in my eyes, so the only thing I really felt was pressure. The best thing was that it was all over in 15-20 minutes. It wasn't fun, but it was worth it, and I would do it over again.

Susanna, a stroke is a much bigger deal than my lasik surgery! I'm glad you're doing better now. Thanks for the encouragement.

[Terri]

Well I just finished Steve & Me the story of the Crocodile Hunter by his wife, Terri Irwin. A good read, though the writing was a little disjointed, and super-sweet. Interesting though.

Now I'm back to The Historian ...

[Lori, Super Mod]

Susanna, I am glad to hear that you are doing better. A stroke is a tough thing to recover from!

JG, yuk. Yeah, I will pass on that. Contacts are the way for me :)

[Kellie]

Kelly
I posted this on another thread but in case you didn't see it....
I would suggest a Stephanie Plum book (if you aren't familiar with them) The first one is One for the Money.
They are probably considered murder/mystery but they are goofy and very funny with a bit of romance mixed in.

A Fannie Flag book might do the trick. A Red Bird X-mas or Welcome to the World Baby Girl.

Mary Kay Andrews wrote a couple funny southern fiction books that I adore.
Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze.
I think you start with the Blues.
These are very funny books about 2 friends who live in the south and are out to get the ones who have done them wrong.

I also enjoyed A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. He writes about walking the Appalachin (sp?) Trail with an old collge buddy. There are some funny parts as well as some very interesting info about the trail....

that should get you started
Cheer up!!

[Leila]

I'm reading Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories and The Secret Life of Bees. I wasn't planning on reading both at the same time (just Secret Life of Bees) but the moment arose when I needed a very small book with me and since I've been waiting to read Breakfast at Tiffany's, it seemed like a good oppertunity. I like Secret Life of Bees but I'm still not 'very into' Breakfast at Tiffany's. It's going very slow.

[Jeane]

I am going for the first time to the library here in Dublin, it's 1.8kms from here and I hope I can loan books already while only being registered online and not having a prove of address yet. Want to get Extremely loud and incredibly close.

[Kathy]

I'm reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Unfortunately, I've been sick and having trouble concentrating on reading. That just kills me. Oh, well....I'll get throught it eventually.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Extremely loud and incredibly close: Is it to do with the September bombings?

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I am doing much better, thank you.

I have never been so grateful as when I was lying in the ER, realizing that I wasn't going to have to learn to read again! (Re-learning to walk and to write were already on the to-do list, as it were.)

[Donna]

I am now reading The Glass Castle

I found 2 copies in my work library sooooo......

[Jeane]

Fiona, couldn't get it yet. I have to wait to get a prove of my address, but don't have bills on my name and not a job...yet. I went at least but I even knew which book I was going to take.....

[Fiona (Titch)]

I know there is a copy at my local library. But I might buy or get a copy from someone else and read it hun xx

[Lori, Super Mod]

Kathy, 20,000 Leagues is a great novel! Hope that cold clears up so you can put all your concentration into it!!!

[Catherine]

About 220 pages into A Dirty Job and it's funny as hell. Why haven't I read anything else by Christopher Moore?

[Ann from S.C.]

Catherine, I thought the same thing! I am reading THE STUPIDIST ANGEL and it is also pretty good, although not as laugh out loud funny as A DIRTY JOB. Thank God for this reading group!!

[Catherine]

Ann, I agree! I may never have heard of Moore if it wasn't for this group. Hopefully I'll get to a bookstore this week to pick up some more.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Fi, I have managed to get a copy of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer from a friend. But she will read it nxt month.

[Donna]

I brought EL&IC but I let my borther-in-law borrow it. Anything to encourage readers!!!

[Jeane]

Going to start Nothing new at the western front

[Jeane]

I meant ..All quiet on the western front...was translating from German.

[Maria]

I finished The Long Walk Home from Will N orth last night. it was OK, but i'm glad it was quick so i didn't have to suffer too long. i'm traveling for T-Day, but i have the new Toni Morrison in the car in case i have down time @ the family gatherings this weekend.

[Maranda (addlebrained_reader)]

Catherine ~ I was the same way with Dirty Job. I couldn't understand why I had never read him before. I'm still confused as to why I don't have any of his other books in my library considering I read that book in October 2007...hmmmm...this is somethind I will have to fix very soon.

[Kathy]

Fiona, I am almost through reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. For the longest time I hesitated reading it, thinking that I wasn't sure I wanted to read something with 9/11 at its center. I'm so glad that I finally started reading it. Oskar grabs your heart and doesn't let go. And, yes you want to laugh and cry. It is truly a novel that touches one.

[Kim]

I finished EL & IC and absolutely loved it. I found the ending very symbolic.

I'm about half way through A Great and Terrible Beauty and have found it to be very entertaining. It is not a book I would normally read but I'm enjoying the change.

[Catherine]

I just finished A Dirty Job and it really was great. It's two in the morning, but I think I'll start Brother, I'm Dying when I wake up.

[Jeane]

Fiona, I have the italian version. Will start it in a couple of days.

[Kate]

I am thoroughly engrossed in the twilight saga (haven't been here much as a result). I am on Elipse right now. It is amazing!

[silvia]

reading chabon'sThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novelit reads so weel and swiflty I should be ending it today. I was tired and this was the perfect choice

[Anna]

Just finished reading Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker.

[Donna]

Did anyone ever read the Kerreyln Sparks vampire book series?

[Atishay]

"Measuring the world" by Daniel Kehlmann

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I started Virgin Earth: A Novel by Phillipa Gregory last night. Good start, and I am liking it so far. This one isn't Tudor; currently it is 1638, in Virginia.

[Catherine]

Fiona, that sucks that you can't concentrate, but maybe you just need something lighter? I had surgery for cancer a few years ago and was reading The Kite Runner in the waiting room - definitely not the right choice. Started reading The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings and could focus a little better.

Sometimes your mood just won't allow serious - hope you feel better!

[Jenna]

Started reading Twilight to see what all of the fuss was about. Not feeling it yet though. I am about 300 pages in and I am getting kinda bored with Bella and Edward spouting off lovely dovey stuff to each other. Where is the blood and attacking in this vampire book?

[Paula]

I LOVED "Water for Elephants" Dorie and the ending just solidified the whole thing for me. What a great way to end it.

[Paula]

I finished "Down Came the Rain" and have just started "The Black Echo" Michael Connelly. He is a first time author for me.