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[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Oh! Yes, I've read that. *smacks side of head* We read that in a Victorian history class, actually.

I liked it.

[JuliAnna]

Mary Barton sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. I've never read any Elizabeth Gaskell.

[Kellie]

Just finished The Tea House on Mulberry Street. I absolutely loved this! What a quaint little book this was.
Started The Piano Teacher A Novel
Not sure if this is going to be something I'm going to enjoy. I can tell this is more of a focus on words then the story itself...
Any comments from the peanut gallery?

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

Kandice wrote: "Erin wrote: "Kristen wrote: "Is the Thirteenth Tale really that good? I started it once and couldn't get into it. I might have to pick it up again. "

Yes, it is! If you're a fan of audio books,..."

The Thirteenth Tale is GREAT!!! Just keep at it, you won't regret it...there are so many twists and turns. :)

[Kandice]

Elizabeth, I am actually listening to the Thirteenth Tale and loving it. I don't know what that post was!

Lori, I will definitely check the thread on the Road. I always forget to check the old ones, but really love reading everyone's thoughts.

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

Kandice wrote: "Elizabeth, I am actually listening to the Thirteenth Tale and loving it. I don't know what that post was!

Lori, I will definitely check the thread on the Road. I always forget to check the old ..."

I found the thread about The Thirteenth Tale some where in here...glad you are liking it...I loved it.

The Road is good....depressing, but gripping...you can't put it down.

[Jill]

I've just finished Rebecca. Very good book. I really enjoyed it. It's beautifully written. You really felt the anxiety and insecurity of the main character.

Now I'm probably going to start on Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate.

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

Linda wrote: "Becky wrote: "I can't decide what to read next... I'm trying to decide if I want to read "Runaway Jury" by Grisham (my 25 point task for the Winter Challenge) or "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill (a 1..."

Runaway Jury is good.

Haven't read Heart-shaped Box.

[Kandice]

Fiona wrote: "I've decided to go with An Air That Kills by Andrew Taylor - a cri..."

That sounds good. A little icky too (dead baby, privy)! Happy reading.
I am going to finish the Road before I go to sleep tonight. (preferrably in bed!)

[Jill]

Fiona wrote: "Finish The Road already? I thought you'd just started it?"

It's a very quick read. You fly through it and the sections are in tiny, digestible, tragic pieces.

[Kandice]

I started yesterday. It is sooo good. I read through my lunch break and as long as I could this morning after dropping of the kiddies but before my commute. I want to read it right now, but while switching between screens at my desk is acceptable, actually READING A BOOK is not! Alas! If my boss were a lover of books, maybe.

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

JG wrote: "I just finished The Shadow of the Wind, which I really enjoyed, and now I'm starting Anna Karenina for another group's classic read for February. I was scared of it, but I'm almost 100 pages in an..."

I LOVED Shadow of the Wind...my all time favorite this year.

[Angela]

Just finished Kite Runner and I loved it... I think I enjoyed it more than A Thousand Splendid Sons.

I started reading Little Women for the Winter Challenge, but because I just recently watched the movie, also for the Winter Challenge (black and white one) I feel like deja vu and I might have to give this a break until I 'forget' some of the movie because it seems to be quite similar so far.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Jackie, thank you so much for the link to Oprah's discussion of Anna Karenina! I'll be printing the character bookmark as soon as I can stir up the energy to get up and turn on the printer!

[Atishay]

Angela wrote, Just finished Kite Runner and I loved it... I think I enjoyed it more than A Thousand Splendid Sons.

I enjoyed Kite Runner too Angela though I haven't read A Thousand Splendid Suns yet. Did you know Kite Runner was made into a movie?

[LovetoRead]

I am now onto the 4th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I have the Kite Runner to read, and am anxious to get to that! So many books, so little time! :)

[Chrystal]

Just finished The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty. I thought it was a good book. If you like Jodi Picoult, you should give this one a try.

Going to start Eclipse (3rd Twilight book) later today.

[Carrie]

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This is the third book in a row I've read where the POV switches every chapter. I AM GETTING SICK OF THAT. WHat ever happened to the main character being the narrator?!?!

[Lisa Julianna]

I'm starting the third book of the Twilight series today...Eclipse.

[Dorie]

Carrie, I sympathize with you. That gets old really fast, and unfortunately it seems lately a lot of writers are using that device.

I finished "Plum Spooky" and enjoyed it as much as I do all Evanovich's books. It made me want a monkey and donuts. I'm now starting The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith. It's about a boy named Mark and his ill mother who move into his new stepfather's house. Mark resents this new stepfather and one day discovers a way into a secret world.

[Jeane]

Liz wrote: "Linda, thanks for the response on Hosseini's novel! Katie, his Dark Materials are agood. And it sounds like you and my boyfriend would get along! He's a big Firefly/Dr.Who/Star Wars/Star Trek fa..."

Liz, hope you enjoy PS I love you! it made me laugh so much but I also really liked the story.
can it be I saw there is a movie made from Ella Echanged????

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Post a list of options, and we could choose for you.

I am reading The Road Mc..."

Fiona, jsut start Your Pillars book. You want to read it so much so just start and see how it goes.

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "I've decided to go with An Air That Kills by Andrew Taylor - a cri..."

sounds an interesting book Fiona!

[Jeane]

:-) I know Fiona, i added the book:-)

I am so enjoying Jonathan strange and Mr Norrel. really, I wouldn't have thought it but i am enjoying myself. What a good change as work book after Moby dick! can you believe that I am not reading it anymore and I finished it!!!!??????

[Ella]

I will start Confederacy of Dunces by J. K. Toole today. The genre is fiction humor. :)

[Kandice]

Jeane wrote: ":-) I know Fiona, i added the book:-)

I am so enjoying Jonathan strange and Mr Norrel. really, I wouldn't have thought it but i am enjoying myself. What a good change as work book after Moby dic..."


I just couldn't read it! Fiona gave me permission to stop trying- and finally I did. *winks* Glad you are liking it, though.

[Jeane]

What didn't you like about it Kandice?

[Carrie]

Carrie, I sympathize with you. That gets old really fast, and unfortunately it seems lately a lot of writers are using that device.

Thank you, Dorie. I am glad you understand. I don't mind it at all until I am getting confused about who is who because 5 different characters all want to put in their two cents.

[Jackie]

Heather wrote: "Having that "permission" from a fellow reader helps to ease the guilt of not finishing, doesn't it Kandice. I remember Jackie helping me in the same way when I was struggling through Dracula. Thank..."

LOL...Heather I'm not sure if I should be flattered. I feel like I'm getting a reputation for telling people to quit their books.

[Linda]

Kandice wrote: "Post a list of options, and we could choose for you.

I am reading The Road McCarthy and it ..."

Kandice, Read The Road last year and it was my first McCarthy book. I loved it too and though the pace seemed slow at first, it fit the mood of the book (at least for me).

[Jackie]

Heather wrote: "Jackie - LOL! It's all good...

Life is too short and there are too many good books out there to spend time plodding away through something you're not enjoying. At least that's how I feel...I do ad..."

Amen to that!

[Kandice]

When I'm just not interested, I find other things to do every other page. Something will pop in my head and I'm like "Oh! I should do this NOW." Anything to keep from reading. I hate that feeling, and have decided, from now on, to give up. Like everyone keep saying, there are sooooo many lovely books to read. Why miss some because we waste slogging through a rubbish book? (for us, I know not everyone likes the same books!)

[JuliAnna]

Fiona wrote about The Elementary Particles: "You know, it's like watching paint dry and just wanting to do something else because it isn't doing anything. "

Oh, my. I have been thinking about reading that one, but I don't think I'll be in any rush now.

[Carrie]

Oh I quit books all the time!!!

[Carrie]

Esp. MObY DICK..
lol

[Ann from S.C.]

I FINISHED "THE STAND"!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah me... That's why i have not beeen on in a few days. This is the 3rd time and I really enjoyed it, again. Over 1000 pages!!! Wow...

Now onto CROSS COUNTRY by James Patterson, a fast read.

[Catherine]

Congrats Ann! A long, but worthy book - I love old(er) King.

[Kandice]

Poor Moby Dick!!!!! I wish everyone who hates Moby Dick would read Billy Budd to redeem Melville:)

[Catherine]

I love Moby-Dick and thought Billy Budd was okay (fine, pretty good), but Moby-Dick wins my heart. Poor Melville!

[Tango]

Just finished 'Everyone Worth Knowing' by Lauren Weisenberg (sp) - a very light read and a bit formulaic after 'The Devil Wears Prada' but still enjoyable escapism.

[Jamie]

Jeane - Yes, Anne Hathaway plays Ella in Ella Enchanted. I thought it was good when I saw it years ago, but it seems like the consensus is that the movie isn't nearly as good as the book - no surprise there!

[Kristina]

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo.

[Kandice]

Jamie wrote: "Jeane - Yes, Anne Hathaway plays Ella in Ella Enchanted. I thought it was good when I saw it years ago, but it seems like the consensus is that the movie isn't nearly as good as the book - no surpr..."

That is one of the very few instances where I liked a movie better than the book! My daughter too.

[Susan]

I'm reading Plainsong. Started out slow but I'm getting more into it. I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Excellent book.

[JuliAnna]

Kandice wrote: "Poor Moby Dick!!!!! I wish everyone who hates Moby Dick would read Billy Budd to redeem Melville:)"

I like Moby Dick. I'm lukewarm on Billy Budd. But, by far, my favorite Melville is Bartleby, the Scrivener.

[Gretchen]

LUCKY BY ALICE SEBOLD
Im going to start it tonight after i finally get every one a sleep...

[Terri]

I really didnt like it as much as I hoped. Because there was no hope. I felt like their was no point to their sufferings.

Kandice wrote: "Post a list of options, and we could choose for you.

I am reading The Road McCarthy and it ..."

[Kandice]

Oh dear. I still have a little left of the Road, and have been assuming all along they would be finding a commune or something. I can see from your post they will not! It has been so mind blowingly horrible, I guess I just assumed it couldn't end that way.

[Susan]

Kandice wrote: "Oh dear. I still have a little left of the Road, and have been assuming all along they would be finding a commune or something. I can see from your post they will not! It has been so mind blowingly..."

Hang in there - I've actually heard some people say they felt the ending was hopeful.. I'm not sure I agree but I'll be curious to hear what you think.

[Susan]

Elizabeth - I agree, Shadow of the Wind was one of my favorites of last year as well. I've been lending it out to my entire office and everyone has loved it.