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[Laura]

Heather wrote: "Allison - I think I might have to! I'm not much of a patient person when there is a book I'm dying to read. OK, I'm not a patient person in general, but oh well....

I have a Half Price Books nea..."


Hey Heather if you're interested I may want to read that one with you. (Outlander)

[Laura]

Amy wrote: "Hello, I am new to the group. I just finished Red Tails in Love. A lovely read that made me long for Central Park, though I have never been there. I am now looking for an intelligent and well writ..."

Have you read Guernsey Amy? (Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society) Prodigal Summer and Guernsey are both in my Top 5 all time faves.

[Melody]

Have just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. What an amazing book! I LOVED it.

I have either Twilight or PS I Love You to read next. Any suggestions?

[Jill]

Jamie wrote: "it reminds me of the bad singers on American Idol who truly think they are good singers..William Hung"

Hey, now. William Hung might have sucked, but he had the heart of a champion.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Jill wrote: "Jamie wrote: "it reminds me of the bad singers on American Idol who truly think they are good singers..William Hung"

Hey, now. William Hung might have sucked, but he had the heart of a champion.
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haha this is true!

[Dori]

I am reading "The Godfather Returns" by Mark Winegardner and am really into it.

[Laura]

I recently started the Book Thief. I have been passively participating in this group for some time and couldn't resist all the great things people are saying about the Book Thief. Only a few pages in for now but the premise so far seem pretty interesting. I have to saythat this book group is incredibly addictive and bad for the wallet!

[Emily]

I recently finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, which I found interesting and enjoyable even though I had to skip through some of the footbinding parts; now I am on to A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer.

[Kelly]

LOL. Thats funny Jamie because I was thinking the same thing before I read your post. All I have to say is OMG. That lady Robin sounds exactly like my daughter in law. Rude and a very bad attitude.

[Kandice]

Emily wrote: "I recently finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, which I found interesting and enjoyable even though I had to skip through some of the footbinding parts; now I am on to A Ship Made o..."

I really want to read that! Let me know how you like it.

[Amy]

Laura wrote: "Heather wrote: "Allison - I think I might have to! I'm not much of a patient person when there is a book I'm dying to read. OK, I'm not a patient person in general, but oh well....

I have a Half..."

Laura wrote: "Heather wrote: "Allison - I think I might have to! I'm not much of a patient person when there is a book I'm dying to read. OK, I'm not a patient person in general, but oh well....

I have a Half..."

Thank you for the suggestion. I am just back from the library and I have the Guernsey book on my bed side table. I had to read Comfort me with Apples first by Ruth Riechl - which I adored.
Amy

[Catherine]

It seems I missed all the drama, but am caught up on all the current reads! I've moved on to the 6th book in the Sookie series, Definitely Dead. They are so addictive!

[Becky]

I'm currently reading Heart-Shaped Box A Novel by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). It's very interesting and creepy. I'm liking it so far.

[Kandice]

I have read only through #6 of Sookie, but if I can't stick out Norrell and Strange, I have #7 in the wings. Honestly, I know that's part of the problem. I so badly want to get back to Sookie, nothing short of Stephen King can hold my interst! I am addicted! I guess I should just give in and read until 8, so I can wait with breathless anticipation for March like the rest of the girls!!!!

[Esther]

Eileen wrote: "Back to Esther and the abridged vs unabridged dilemma-

I've also taught EFL and only used original source materials for my students. My feeling is there are so many good books and other material..."

I presently have a 70 year woman with a 1200 word reading vocabulary and not a great grasp on idiom (she is improving but at 70 her memory often fails her). She likes to read a book or two a week.
English language books are not easy to find and in paperback cost $15-20 each.
Even the simplest articles I find online are too hard or too short for her. Also I would spend an hour or so online looking for such articles which is hardly practical for an hour a week lesson.

Simplified readers from the library are not a choice they are our only option and have the advantage that she can choose them herself.

[Catherine]

Kandice, I understand - I can't stop reading Sookie. I have the 1-7 boxed set, but I need to look into getting #8. I feel like I can't concentrate on any other reading until I'm done.

[[deleted user]]

The Time Traveller's Wife. This is the Book that will get me reading ficiton again! It is so good and so weird and so funny.

Only "flaw", if you can call it that: A little too much sex. I mean, I'm not a prude (as you all well know!) but I'm finding it distracting and don't feel it really adds anything to the love story. "Oh, put in a lot of sex, otherwise no one will read a book this long all the way to the end" kind of thing... dunno, am I being too "square".

[alicia]

I am now reading Brother Odd i really like this series.

[Meghan]

Jackie wrote: "I'm starting The Sweet Far Thing today. I ended up getting the hardback version. The ..."

I so love love love all three of these books...

[Meghan]

alicia wrote: "I am now reading Brother Odd i really like this series."

I haven't heard of this series - what is it about?

[Meghan]

Melody wrote: "Have just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. What an amazing book! I LOVED it.

I have either Twilight or PS I Love You to read next. Any suggestions?"

Well, of course I'll say Twilight, as I am a YA fiend - But PS I love you was pleasantly surprising for me as well - not your typical, everyday romance novel. I would go for PS and then start into the Twilight series, so you can read them all in a row! :)

OH - and I loved Thousand Splendid as well! I think I even liked it better than Kite Runner... you should try Water for Elephants as well, if you haven't already. One of my faves!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Thanks again to everyone who jumped on the "bash Robin" train. What a boob. She emailed me back and told me that she can see this is a group that was created just to please me and follow my rules. And that she felt she posted correctly in this thread.

Oye vey!... well, I booted her, and the threads are now back to normal! TNBBC saves the day, again!

to those who are obsessed with Sookie.. I love that series, and try to read one of the books between my regular reads... I have read up to the 6th one, I think... they are little slices of brain candy heaven!

[Ashley]

Finished The Secret Life of Bees last night.
I picked up Rebecca to start today at lunch.

[Lisa]

Ashley wrote: "Finished The Secret Life of Bees last night.
I picked up Rebecca to start today at lunch."

I just finished "Secret Life of Bees." What did you think? "Rebecca" will be quite a change but a great book.

[Lisa]

"We Band of Angels" and "The Frog Prince" by Jane Porter. Two very different reads.

[[deleted user]]

Lisa and Ashley: I really liked "Bees". It got off to a slow-ish start, but I really enjoyed it in the end.

[Lisa]

For a book that dealt with such serious subject matter, it never got bogged down. I thought the characters were great fun!

[Becky]

"She emailed me back and told me that she can see this is a group that was created just to please me and follow my rules."

Well Lori, it IS your group. You could choose not to allow people who didn't have Frog avatars and nobody could say anything about it.

So let her say what she wants and think what she wants. Those of us who have IQs over 10 know this is a great group, with a great Mod, and I'd gladly change my avatar to a frog to stay! ;)

[michelle]

I just recently finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which I thought was good but not Pulitzer Prize worthy. I decided that I needed a break from some of the heavier topics I've been reading about and am now almost finished with Deception Point. It's a very light read (we were traveling this weekend) and reminiscent of older Michael Creighton novels.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Becky, thats kinda funny!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I'm still reading The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914. Interesting thus far (it is now 1905).

In fiction, I'm out of the mood for mysteries, but that's what I seem to have around. Time to go to the bookstore.

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "I don't get people like her. I'm thinking perhaps English isn't her first language, and even so there's lots of people here who don't have english as their first language.

Or maybe she has learnin..."

Fiona, i wouldn't mind if someone isn't good in English, as long as they try..BUT only if they come in this group to talk about the books they read or want to read....well to do what this groups is made for. And being rude like that...well there is no excuse at all.

[Jeane]

I think I will suddenly wake up and realize I dreamed about Sookie...whatever, whover it is....or I will coem home one day and discover I took a Sookie book! It jsut keeps coming up and up:-)

[Kandice]

Sookie, Sookie, Sookie, Sookie, Sookie..........

[Catherine]

Michelle, I loved The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and thought it was one of the most inventive things I've read in a long time. Oh well, maybe it was just that much better than what I was reading at the time for school.

[Melody]

Meaghan - before I saw your post, I started reading Twilight. I just really need to see what all the fuss is about.

[JuliAnna]

Catherine, I couldn't agree more with you opinion of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. It was a lot of fun and made me see the world and writing differently.

[Jaime]

I just finished The Thirteenth Tale yesterday...started Guernsey today @ lunch...

[Fenixbird]

The Stand by Stephen King
Kingmakers (The Invention of the Modern Middle East) by Karl E. Meyer & Shareen Blair Brysack

[Vicki]

Jaime- what did you think of Thirteenth Tale. I read it awhile back. I started Guernsey last night, I feel like this may be a real quick read for me... how are you finding it?

[Dorie]

I finished "Only Forward" by Michael Marshall Smith, which continued being very good. I gave it 4 stars, and would recommend it to anyone who likes accessible sci-fi.

I'm now onto Evanovich's "Plum Spooky", mostly to get it out of the way so I can pass it along to the two other people waiting to read it.

[LovetoRead]

I just started the 3rd Sookie book last night, and have been reading as much as I can(hard with 3 kids!) and am almost done with this one. :)

[KHoopMan]

Say what you will about that Robin chick, but she did have one good point: "andimatury this must be the most exciting happen to you all day."

Riiiight.

I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird, finally. I think I am officially the only criminal defense lawyer who hasn't read this book. Yikes!

[[deleted user]]

Oh Eliza! I hope you like TKAM... that there hasn't been too much said about it for you to read it with fresh eyes...

[Meghan]

(Teresa) Fenixbird wrote: "The Stand by Stephen King
Kingmakers (The Invention of the Modern Middle East) by Karl E. Meyer & Shareen Blair Brysack"

The Stand is by far the BEST Stephen King book (in my oh-so-humble opinion)... the scene in the tunnel still haunts me to this day! Fabulous!

[Meghan]

LovetoRead wrote: "I just started the 3rd Sookie book last night, and have been reading as much as I can(hard with 3 kids!) and am almost done with this one. :) "

I am on my way today to pick up the last Sookie book in the series - I have been on the waiting list for awhile now and it is finally here! Hoorah!

[Kelly]

I finished Blue Christmas and was pleasantly surprised by it. I didnt know what to expect but it turned out to be a decent book without alot of excitement or frills. It was just basically about normal life. Now Im back to finishing up To Kill a Mockingbird with my daughter for school.

[Terri]

Looks like you are on a classics roll!

Shana wrote: "I just finished Crime & Punishment, am on the last chapter of Anna Karenina, and the first chapter of The Brothers Karamazov. It looks like the next book is going to be Catcher in the Rye, but I re..."

[Lori, Super Mod]

Dang Shana, thats alot of russian literature!!

[Ann from S.C.]

I am also reading THE STAND. It has been 17 years since I read it and am finding it is reading as a new book to me. I did get the one with the extra 400 pages, and I was wondering if King also added new stuff all in the middle, because I am not remembering a bunch. But I am really enjoying it.