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[Catherine]

I actually just started East of Eden, but I have a feeling it's going to take some time with finals coming up. Haven't read too many classics lately and I thought this was a good place to start.

[Dylan]

I'm reading alot of books. I'm reading: Blindness, The Stand, Queen of Sorcery, Eclipse, Eldest, and Rebecca. Is that too much? I can read that much at once. Go figure.

[Catherine]

Dylan, that is a lot of books at once! I kind of love the chaos though - different books for different moods/places. I approve.

[Jill]

I'm currently reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and re-reading Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (I always have a Pratchett going).

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Right now, I'm reading EAST OF EDEN and Moore's LAMB. Very happy with both so far. I'm seeing very clearly why EoE is so highly regarded. And Moore makes me laugh out loud with every page.

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished the Sookie Stackhouse book #1 DEAD UNTIL DARK and I loved it!!! Now I have to find the 2nd one to go along with the winter challenge. Then onto THE STAND. I have read it before, but I have wanted to read it again, and it had 1200 pages and will go on the 25 points challenge!! Yes!

[Ann from S.C.]

Oh, and also going to read THE STUPIDIST ANGEL by Christopher Moore, again for the challenge.

[Robin]

This post changes too fast to kee up ;-)

Catherine, Vicki and Atishay: Wrinkle in time is great - I love the witches - I think this was one of the books that kick-started my love of reading

Joseph: OMG Steven Wright - He has some of the most off-beat humor. I was surprised to see he is "still around. I saw him in concenrtt in Washington DC last year he still "has it".

I'm reading.....
Mistborn
Stardust
Christmas Carol
Gursney Potato PeelPie Society thingy - great book but I hate trying to type that title ;-p

Wife of GR author: Michael J. Sullivan | The Crown Conspiracy (10/08) | Avempartha (04/09)

[Kellie]

I just started some fluff and I am really liking it.
Solo by Jill Mansell.

For some reason, I like this author. It is pure chick lit but I like her writing style and I become immediately caught up in the stories....

[Kelly]

Hi Kellie,
Ive heard the term fluff used frequently on this site. What does it mean? Yes I am probably dense but I dont know all the lingo yet. I went to the library yesterday and I had so much fun. I had forgotten how much I love the library.

[Holly]

I just started Jonathen Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susana Clarke. Very entertaining, so far. The author's style is reminiscent of Austen with understated humor aimed at human nature. I love having a good long read ahead of me!

[Jacquelyn]

Thank you to everyone. I am going to search through all the authors and titles given. You guys have given me a lot to consider.

[Linda]

Just finished The Long Walk - Stephen King. After seeing many of the 5 star reviews, I am somewhat at a loss as to why I didn't respond to this King book as well as some of the others. I enjoyed it, don't misunderstand, but the ending was very disappointing for me.

I started the new Koontz book this morning. Not far enough along to make a judgment call quite yet.

[Joseph]

Hi Kelly,
I'm no Noah Webster but here's a kind of definition of "fluff."
To me, it refers to a certain kind of "light" reading.Fluff books are perfect with a light lunch and a trip to the beach.They don't require much thinking on your part ,but can be a lot of fun.
I recommend a nice chilled Rhine wine.

[412]

Hmm...

Currently reading: Lolita -- Vladimir Nabokov

Queue:
The Kite Runner -- Khaled Hosseini
The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya -- Nagaru Tanigawa [fan-translation:]

[Fiona (Titch)]

Reading: A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens.

Queue: Loads for a few different challenges lol.

[Kathy]

Joseph, I think your definition of "fluff" was right on. I especially like the addition of the wine. Ha, ha.

[alicia]

Gosh haven't been here in so long.Jacquelyn I am reading a vampyre series called House of Night.The first one is called Marked by P.C.Cast and Kristin Cast.Very good and there is a love triangle.Not exactly full romance but i think the series is great.I like it better than Twilight.
I am currently reading the 3rd book in the series.I also just got A Great and Terrible Beauty can't wait to start that one.

[Sarah]

I am currently just about finished with The Likeness by Tana French (didn't really love In the Woods, but this is MUCH better) and am about to start reading The Good Earth for book club (I read it in junior high and remember really liking it, so I'm looking forward to the re-read). I also have Seeing by Jose Saramago, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, and Wuthering Heights on the back burner.

[Kellie]

Kelly
Joseph nailed the definition of "fluff'.
(I like the wine add as well)

[Jeane]

Finished All Quiet on the Western Front. Not that great for me like many people say, especially not the first 100pages. But after then, after the main character goes home for the first time it changed. It became stronger and felt more real. In the beginning it felt like reading something that had been written just to make a movie about it. The story is situated at the western front, also partly The flanders from where I am. But it is written through the eyes of a German soldier. It was my first book written from the view of German people and I had to remind myself of it.
second part was good, nice read but not super great. Curious about the movie now.

Starting a christmas carol now.

[Paula]

Donna I really enjoyed "City of Ember". That one and the latest "Diamond of Darkhold" have been my favorites of the series. Hope you enjoy it.

[Jeane]

How can I read A christmas carol if I keep seeing the cartoon of Disney in my head while reading! It makes it seem a funny story!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Jeane, I keep seeing Alistair Sim's version each time I am readin it lol.

[Jeane]

Isn't it suppsoed to be sad and serious??? I see all those cartoon figures...and I didn't realize before that it was this story! :-(((( Now i think I remember enough of the cartoon and thought I didn't really knew it well....

[Fiona (Titch)]

I keep seein Alistair Sim as Scrooge (we have the film to watch each xmas lol).

I keep thinking this book isn't like the film lol.

[Brooke]

I just started reading again and I think I'm becoming obsessed, but I'm not sure what to read next. I just finished The Hunger Games and the Great and Terrible Beauty. I haven't read James Patterson in awhile are there any of his books or authors like him that anyone would recommend?

[Debby]

It's hard to read the book when I keep hearing the voice of Mr. Magoo as Scrooge in that carttn version of A Christmas Carol. :)

[Fiona (Titch)]

Weird isn't it, that once u have watched the film, u think of the book as the film as well.

[Angie]

Neverwhere- Neil Gaiman

I'm liking it quite a bit so far.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I have only read Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman (World Book Day). Still gotta get hold of a copy of Stardust to read for another challenge.

[Ann from S.C.]

Thank you Fiona for the order of the Dexter books. I just saw where you had posted that.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Thats not a problem hun, thanks for addin me as a friend too xx

[Angela]

I am reading a book called Good Luck by Whitney Gaskell, which is fluff. I just want to tell everyone a part in the book I know you will all appreciate.
She wins the lottery, which is a total of 87 million dollars. They describe a scene where she goes into Barnes and Noble and talks about how she wishes she could own all of her favorite books, but it would be so expensive. And then she remembers she is a millionaire so she quickly fills her basket with books. SHe goes to the cashier and asks her to hold onto the basket as she proceeds to fill out four more baskets. At one point she even asks herself why B & N do not have carts. It was hilarious!!!

[Joseph]

Hi,Kathy.
I'm glad you and Kelly like my idea about wine and "fluff."
I also love Kathy's idea about censorship. When I was teaching senior high or college,I often warned against the censoring of books.Whenever ,you talk about morality, I think you need to focus on whose view of morality you are talking about. There's a pretty broad spectrum.
Too many of our greatest books have been banned at one time ,only to be viewed years later as seminal.Huck Finn and Catcher in the Rye come immediately to mind.I appreciative how racist some of Twain's writing must have seen back in 1885, but even then, any sensitive reader should have looked beyond that to see that the hero of the story was Jim, the run-away slave.I'm afraid we are usually behind the curve.
I know I personally felt conflicted about including "A Perfect Trifecta"in my collection, Half -Past Nowhere.Even though it was intended to be humorous and a reflection of the mind(such as it is) of a 18 year old college boy,I know it can seem a bit bawdy, even sacrilegious.Still if you are going to illustrate growth in a character, you need to show him growing away from something.To paraphrase the immortal,Mark Twain, ...I feel sorry for those who have never sinned or have no bad habits. Why, it's like being on a sinking ship with nothing to throw overboard.
My main character, Joey Fusaro, had plenty to throw overboard. Best.
P.S. Kathy,
My bride and I plan on spending sometime in the great state of Kentucky next year os so.
Best. Joe

[Kelly]

Hi Joseph,
Thank you for defining fluff for me. Well put I might add. You are an author? Im honored to know you. I have a lot of respect for authors and all their hard work to entertain us readers. Take care.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens. Gonna read Harvesting the Heart - Jodi Picoult.

[Alisha Marie]

Currently reading Blindness. And I am thoroughly depressed. Something tells me it gets more depressing.

[Kelly]

Yes Kellie Joseph explained fluff and it was nicely put. I went to the library yesterday and it was like a kid in a candy store. So many books and I didnt know where to start. LOL. Crazy I know but I love books.

[Kelly]

Alisha who is the author of Blindness. Even though you say its depressing nevertheless you have peaked my curiousity. Let us know how it goes.

[Laura]

Holly - you are going to love JS&Mr. Norrell! If you like it so far, buckle in baby for a long ride. I really enjoyed it.

Joe - You are the one who suggested A Christmas Memory, right? Truman Capote? I read it today, it was wonderful. (It's nice to read an entire book standing up!)

[Vicki]

Catherine and Robin, have you read the other books in the series? I just got Wrinkle in Time from the library, but this is the first of several right? Are the others good?

[Petra X]

I ordered Blindness but someone bought it as soon as I unpacked it so now I'm going to have to order it again.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

A Wind in the Door is excellent, and I liked A Swiftly Tilting Planet.

[Catherine]

Vicki, this was my first time reading L'Engle so I haven't read the others yet, but I want to. I looked for them in B&N yesterday, but they were different editions from my copy (which is brand new) and they were uglier. I know, I'm crazy. I'll have to look for them online.

[Kellie]

Hey Joe.
Are you Ken's brother? I love your posts! So informative and such a way with words!
Glad you are a part of us :)

[Vicki]

Thanks Susanna! I am definitely going to look into it.

Catherine, I am probably going to check them out next trip back. I saw at least two others there, but I think there may be more. I hope you enjoy them too.

[Jessica]

Just finished Middlesex, which I loved and I am now onto Stardust.

[Joseph]

Thanks,Kellie.
I have only two brothers. Frank is my older brother,and a retired psychiatrist. Robert who I used as a model for a story,"The Chosen One") in my new collection(Love Songs in Minor Keys) which is due out in 2009,is a therapist, but does not have an M.D. as Frank does.Psychiatrists have to get through med school first. Best to you and your family.
Joe

[Ann from S.C.]

Alisha, BLINDNESS is not a feel good, lovey dovey book. It is a wonderful read, very powerful, but yes, somewhat depressing.