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[Melissa]

Finished Multiple Blessings last night and I hope to finish The Prestige today, so I can move on to The Sweet Far Thing, and finally finish Eclipse!

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Robin wrote: "Jamie wrote: "I'm not too far into The Book Thief yet..but i'm liking it so far. What are your thoughts?"

Well I'm not too far into it yet either - I just got to the Jesse Owen's Incident. I'm ..."

haha that is exactly where i am in the book!

[Natalee]

Ahhh, The Sweet Far Thing.... such a good book! I loved the whole triolgy! They are, by far, my favorite books. Hope you enjoy it, Mel!

[Atishay]

I'm currently knee deep into The Loop by Nicholas Evans and loving every page of it.

[Atishay]

Ha Ha Ha !
I had just read The Horse Whisperer till now. Don't exactly remember when I read him.. was a long time back.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished Little Children yesterday (which was okay, I guess. Not amazing, but not bad either) and now I'm reading The Pre-Nup by Beth Kendrick.

[Jeane]

Atishay wrote: "I'm currently knee deep into The Loop by Nicholas Evans and loving every page of it."

great great great!!!!!!

[Jeane]

Atishay wrote: "Ha Ha Ha !
I had just read The Horse Whisperer till now. Don't exactly remember when I read him.. was a long time back."

NooooAtishay.....first i am shocked...and now I think people will think I am crazy. Read them all in order and when they came out. Read The horse whisperer when the movie came out, but the others the moment I could buy it in the shop. I guess I love his books..... hehe

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished Skin & Bone - Kathryn Fox. Will now carry on reading Dissolution - C.J. Sansom

[Alisha Marie]

Just finished The Prenup and now I'm onto Mercy by Jodi Picoult. I tend to like her books, so I'm looking forward to reading this one.

[Katie]

The Accidental- Ali Smith. So far I am on the fence about her writing style but it is a smooth read and a good story. Astrid, the 12 year-old girl, is a hoot!

[Vicki]

Laura wrote: "Robin - I think you're like me where you shy away from the depressing reads? I really liked the Book Thief, but I would say that anyone who reads this book without crying at some point is probabl..."

I read Book Thief too and I have to say this comment struck something. I don't necessarily shy away from depressing reads, but I have to say after I read that book, I searched for something I was pretty certain I wouldn't cry over.

[Vicki]

I am trying to read the Heretic's Daughter, but its very slow so far, has anyone read it? Does it get better?

[Stephanie]

Just finished A Girl Named Zippy, now on to Never Let Me Go.

[Kathy]

Stephanie wrote: "Just finished A Girl Named Zippy, now on to Never Let Me Go."

Stephanie, how did you like A Girl Named Zippy? I have had it on my to-read list for the longest time, along with the 2nd book, She Got Up Off the Couch. I am definitely going to read Zippy this year, but I'd love to know if you enjoyed it.

[Dorie]

I finished “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman and really loved it. I was so sorry to see it end that I cried a bit during the last chapter. The story is about a little boy named Nobody who grows up in a graveyard, raised and protected by the ghosts of the dead buried there. A very imaginative and clever book. I’m now onto “Bone By Bone” by Carol O’Connell.

[Jill]

Dorie, I'm glad you liked The Graveyard Book. It was one of my favorites from last year. I hated to see it end, but at the same time I was very satisfied with the ending. It was just so well-written.

[Monica]

I have been reading The Da Vinci Code for the last month! It NEVER takes me this long to read a book (unless I have a million papers to grade) It took me almost three months to get through Angles and Demons. It gradually got better toward the end. I started The Da Vinci Code because A: Someone suggested I read it. B: There was SO much controversy surrounding the book when it came out, I just HAD to see what it was all about. C: I wanted to see if it was any better than Angles and Demons.. Someone please tell em the book gets better the more I read it!!

[Liz]

I would say it does, Monica. I enjoyed it when I read it and I actually thought it was quite a quick read. However, I'm als not really an expert on the subject matter that was covered in the book.

[Dorie]

Jill, I agree. Very imaginative. I'm glad I read it. I'm now considering picking up Gaiman's other YA book "Coraline".

[Monica]

Liz wrote: "I would say it does, Monica. I enjoyed it when I read it and I actually thought it was quite a quick read. However, I'm als not really an expert on the subject matter that was covered in the book."


I hope! I can generally read anything. I liked the movie and am just having a hard time getting into the book. I don't know why. Its weird.But I am the type of person that once I start a book, n omatter how bad it is, I will finish it! Hopefully I'll get more into it before the semester really gets going and I have no time for anything but grading!

[Stephanie]

Kathy wrote: "Stephanie, how did you like A Girl Named Zippy? I have had it on my to-read list for the longest time, along with the 2nd book, She Got Up Off the Couch. I am definitely going to read Zippy this year, but I'd love to know if you enjoyed it. "

Kathy, I really liked it! Truth be told, I wasn't expecting much from it (the cover kind of creeped me out), but it was a book club pick and I was surprisingly caught up in it! It's a fun, fast read and the author has a wonderful, sarcastic sense of humor. She's no David Sedaris (my favorite), but I did catch myself laughing out loud at times. Very much captures the essence of a little girl growing up in a small town. A quick, easy read.

[Laura]

I have a tendency to read several books at once... mainly because I work at a bookstore and read while I'm at work. :) Right now I'm on What Is the What, and A Great and Terrible Beauty... and I had just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last week, but misplaced it in my house while I was packing for vacation... oops!

[Rose Ann]

I am currently reading

Love Walked In

and, not continuously, but here and there, reading:
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories

I just finished reading, in the past two weeks:
A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

[Lisa]

Natalee wrote: "I love the holidays... you have so much time to read. Over the past week, I finished Haunted Lily, Running With Scissors and am about to finish Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Its a cree..."

Natalee--I felt the same way about "Promise Not To Tell!" I was really surprised by the ending; I kept waiting for the logical explanation.

[Robin]

JG wrote: "Robin, for me The Book Thief only got better the further I got into it."

I'm 100% sure this will be the case - thanks for letting me know.

[Robin]

Jamie wrote: "I finished Guernsey last night and loved it! I don't think I ever would've read it if it hadn't been for all of the raves from this group - thanks!

Now I'm moving on to The Sisters Grimm by Micha..."

So glad you liked it Jamie - that is the great thing about sites like Goodreads you run across books you would not normally have looked into and you find gems.

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

[Robin]

Natalee wrote: "Robin:
I thought Haunted Lily was a great read. It lacked editing which was very distracting but if you can get past that, its worth the time. It actually drove me crazy! And the author tends t..."

When you say "lacked" editing you mean typo/grammar issues or -- they were long winded and rambling. If it is the former - I'm not too terribly surprised since this is a self-published book (put out by iUniverse). I think so many people who self publish should spend a few $ to hire a profressional editor to go over their work before they print it.

[Robin]

Laura wrote: "Robin - I think you're like me where you shy away from the depressing reads? I really liked the Book Thief, but I would say that anyone who reads this book without crying at some point is probabl..."

Thanks for the warning - I am in general like "happy" rather than "sad" and having a cry in the book makes it a good book. What I don't like are stories about miserable people in miserable situations. -- Part of why I could not get into Gargoyle - it starts off with everything terrible happening to the main character which could have "worked" (well if it was edited down) if I liked the person. But when I don't like the person then it's hard for me to get engaged. I absolutely love stories of redemption. For instance one of the reasons Schindler's List is a big favorite of mine is Oskar starts out as a miserable person - caring only in war profiteering and thought of the Jews as only cheap labor. But he gros a heart and becomes an extraordinary person - that to me is the best type of read.

[Robin]

Monica wrote: "I have been reading The Da Vinci Code for the last month! It NEVER takes me this long to read a book (unless I have a million papers to grade) It took me almost three months to get through Angles a..."

So...I looked at the books as just "fiction" - didn't get wrapped up in the potential religious implications. For me I was hooked almost from the very begining. I remember liking Dan Brown's writing style and read it very fast because I enjoyed reading it. Based on what you are saying - he might just not be for you. I don't think it "changes" over the course of the book - as I say for me at least it was a fast read from cover to cover.

[Robin]

This post gets so long not sure if I've mentioned this here or not but I'm re-reading Watership Down in addition to my other reads. What a joy it is to re-connect with this book - still as good as I remembered after 25+ years.

[Ann from S.C.]

The library called and GRAVE SITE by Charlene Harris came in and I am already on page 67! Love her!!

[Jamie]

Robin wrote:...I looked at the books as just "fiction" - didn't get wrapped up in the potential religious implications. For me I was hooked almost from the very begining. I remember liking Dan Brown's writing style and read it very fast because I enjoyed reading it..."

I had the same experience with The Da Vinci Code. I've read most of Brown's other books, too, but didn't like them much at all. I've still got Digital Fortress on my TBR shelf, but I've got no interest in ever reading it, actually.

[Katie]

Monica wrote: "I have been reading The Da Vinci Code for the last month! It NEVER takes me this long to read a book (unless I have a million papers to grade) It took me almost three months to get through Angles a..."

I know exactly what you mean. It took me a bit to get into it. I found it kind of slow at first but once I got past that it was smooth sailing. Not the best book I've read but I enjoyed it. On the other hand, I couldn't get into Angels and Demons. I got halfway through and had to put it aside.

[Catamorandi]

I am reading A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS STORY right now. I am in a challenge for Christmas. I am quite far behind. I intend to catch up fast. The fact is that I am now also a TV shopping addict, so I have to go back and forth with my addictions. I don't get my books read like I should. I guess I need to get rid of one. Bye-bye, shoppers.

[Ashley]

Finished The Road and picked up Harry Potter 1. This is my first time so I am excited.

[Atishay]

Jeane wrote NooooAtishay.....first i am shocked...and now I think people will think I am crazy. Read them all in order and when they came out. Read The horse whisperer when the movie came out, but the others the moment I could buy it in the shop. I guess I love his books..... hehe


I would have loved to read them in that order too Jeane :(

[Kathy]

Rose Ann wrote: "I am currently reading

Love Walked In

and, not continuously, but here and there,..."

Rose Ann, I just finished Love Walked In and loved it. I'm now reading its sequel, Belong to Me, but so far (100 pages in) I'm not liking it as well as Love Walked In.

[Kathy]

Stephanie, thanks for the feedback on Zippy. Since I grew up in a small town in the same part of the country as the author and at about the same time, I think it I will really connect to it.

[Laura]

I just finished Chasing Windmills and really loved it. It grabbed me from page ONE and that hardly EVER happens. I read and audio'ed the book and the audio is terrifically performed.

A modern day Romeo & Juliet story that takes place mainly in NY city, with a battered woman theme. By the same author of Pay It Forward. (I loved that film, but haven't read the book.)

I had no idea Catherine Ryan Hyde had written so many books - can anyone recommend any of her others in particular? I love the way she writes, very conversational, top-of-the-narrator's-head type stuff. An easy read, but completely absorbing at the same time. Highly recommended!

[Kelly]

Mel, what do you do for work that you have the time to read so much? I want a job like that. LOL.

[Kathryn]

Excellent Women

Howl's Moving Castle

Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country

The Legend of Holly Claus

[Abby]

Right now I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is fantastically romantic. I also am intermittently reading The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka, basically a collection of all his short stories. I have a substantial pile of books-to-read as well:

Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
A Confession and What I Believe (Tolstoy)
Reading Like a Writer (Francine Prose)
Possession (A.S Byatt)
Promise Not to Tell (Jennifer McMahon)

Should have more time to read now that my 2 literature classes are finished. I read 12 books between the two classes but was sort of disappointed with the selection

[Jeane]

Crazy as Chocolate

I think it is my first book from a Gr author.

[Robin]

Jeane wrote: "Crazy as Chocolate

I think it is my first book from a Gr author."

Hey Jeane - that's great you are supporting a GR Author - I'm guessing this is for Winter challenge? Please let me know if you like it and I just might read it as well. BTW - its only .99 on Amazon + shipping!

[Robin]

Ashley wrote: "Finished The Road and picked up Harry Potter 1. This is my first time so I am excited."

Wow - 2 VERY different books - lol -- How did you like "The Road" Ashley?

[Robin]

Abby wrote: "I also am intermittently reading The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka,..."

I LOVE THE METAMORPHOSIS! Probably one of my favorite short short stories.

[Allison]

Abby wrote: "Right now I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is fantastically romantic. I also am intermittently reading The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka, basically a collecti..."

Ooo...you have a fun TBR pile. I love Jane Eyre, and I too have Possession tbr...I'm excited to start it. My pile is so big though...and there are so many books I want that I don't have yet, the only way I can even keep track is my bookmooch wishlist!

Happy reading, enjoy Love in the time of Cholera, I've never read it though I do have 100 Years of Solitude in my pile to read.

[Susan]

I just finished reading The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. I don't remember ever being so moved by a book. It was absolutely heart-wrenching and wonderful. I highly recommend it.

[Vicki]

Susan, that's great to hear. I just got it from the library, now I am really looking forward to reading it.