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[Fiona (Titch)]

Sweetie, I will try and read it. It was large print I was readin. BUT it was as soon as I had finished BLACK BEAUTY.

[Liz]

On a tangent, you two need to make sure you never have the same profile picture, or else this is going to get REALLy confusing.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Liz, I'm known as "Titch" lol

[Stephanie]

Just starting A Prayer for Owen Meany.

[Carol]

I´m reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, but it´s being hard to keep up... :( Law students suffer a lot with their study books lol

[Liz]

Carol wrote: "I´m reading Sense and Sensibility by [a:Jane Austen|1265|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodread..."
The first time I read S&S I kept a character list, and that really helped. I also wrote a paper on the Ang Lee film adaptation around a month ago, so I would be willing to try and answer any questions that you have, just send me a message!

[Alisha Marie]

I finished The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters A Novel and I thought it was great. It was one of those books that kept me laughing and sobbing simultaneously all the way through. I definitely recommend it to everyone.

Now, I'm reading I Am Legend for the Spring Challenge.

[Carol]

Liz wrote: "Carol wrote: "The first time I read S&S I kept a character list, and that really helped. I also wrote a paper on the Ang Lee film adaptation around a month ago, so I would be willing to try and answer any questions that you have, just send me a message!



How sweet Liz! Than you! Maybe I´ll send a message to you soon LOL
All the Dashwoods in the beginning was a little confusing, but now I think there are only the characters I expect to exist haha

But the chars list is an excellent idea!

[Kandice]

Alisha wrote: "I finished [b:The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters A Novel|394172|The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters A Novel|Elisabeth Robinson|http://photo.goodreads.com/..."


Oh! I loved that book too! My mom is staying with her sister right now, who is going through chemo, and I was htinking of reading it again.

[Liz]

No problem, Carol.

[Kellie]

Stephanie wrote: "Just starting A Prayer for Owen Meany."


One of my all time favorites!!
Hope you enjoy it.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I had to set The Hours aside for awhile. I think I'll like it just fine, but I was too anxious to get started on the Spring Challenge. Silly me who wasn't ever going to do any challenges. Anyway, I started East of the Mountains by David Guterson. It's been on my shelf for several years, and I'm glad to start getting to some of these that have been hanging around for awhile.

[Stephanie]

Kellie wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Just starting A Prayer for Owen Meany."


One of my all time favorites!!
Hope you enjoy it.
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Glad to hear it! I wasn't really sure what to expect and I've only just started by so far, so good.

[Angela]

Just started Random Family: Love Drugs Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and it is really good so far and pulling me in quickly.

I am also listening to David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day, which is my first audio book for the Spring Challenge. I am on disc two, but I must say I would much rather read than listen. I feel like I am missing so much because I am getting distracted while driving (and this task has to be completed while in some form of transportation). I will be relieved when it is over!! I will probably actually 'read' this book in the future.

[April]

I'm currently reading Anne of Windy Poplars by LM Montgomery.

Stephanie, I LOVED A Prayer For Owen Meany.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Seth wrote: "Well, it's time--time for the monster of my Unread Pile: A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth. I'm encouraged by the fact that the last 1300+ pager I read was amazing (The Wandering Jew, by Eugene Sue)!"


Hi Seth, I have missed you! Good luck with the gignormous read!

[Lynai]

I might as well try to read again A Prayer for Owen Meany. I tried to read it a few years back but didn't even reach halfway when I put it down (I haven't expanded my reading taste back then; I was still stuck into the suspense-crime-thriller types that time). Maybe now I might be able to appreciate it much better.

[Liz]

I finished The Tempeest last night, and thought it was quite good! I'm seeing it performed Friday or Saturday, though, and that should help give me a better concept of how I feel about it.

[Kristina]

I'm currently reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, and so far I'm really enjoying it.

[Wy]

Sophie's World

[Robin]

Jon wrote: "I finished Cloak of Magic..."

Hey Jon,
What did you think..I have this in hand and was going to start on it this weekend but got distracted with other reading.

[Robin]

Croyle wrote: "Over the weekend I read the Dan Browns 'The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons ' Liked the Code But didn't like Angels. Now I am starting Jack Whyte's Templar Trilogy. So far its been hard to start."

I really enjoyed DaVinci Code when I read it - I thought he did an excellent job ending each chapter at a place that urged me to the next one - I ended up having to do my "stops" mid chapter. I didn't get into the whole "controversy" I took it just on the basis of a fiction read.

-- Robin (29 days until Avempartha)

[Jamie]

I read Daisy Miller and Ella Enchanted yesterday. The former was okay, but I loved the latter! I had read the first 30 or so pages of it a while ago and then I started other books and left it to wait. I guess that was a mistake because it was definitely one of the best books I've read this year. I'm now going to return to ICTC (of which I've already read about 45 pages) and hope for the same thing.

[Robin]

I read the first section of Harbinger of Doom it is really not a novel but two little novellas in the same "cover". It was an "author swap".

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am readin 50 pages a day of King Edward VIII. I am also reading The Rainmaker - John Grisham.

[Catamorandi]

I just finished The Hobbit and am just starting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

[April]

Operandi wrote: "I just finished The Hobbit and am just starting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

You have some fine book taste. Both of those books are amazing!

[Melissa]

Operandi wrote: "I just finished The Hobbit and am just starting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

I loved the Hobbit and my husband always makes fun of me for it!

[JuliAnna]

Liz wrote: "I finished The Tempest last night, and thought it was quite good! I'm seeing it performed Friday or Saturday...."

The Tempest is a wonderful play. I envy you, as I have never seen it performed. Paul Mazursky has a 1982 film with a 20th century retelling is worth watching. (Don't let the fact that Molly Ringwald is in it scare you away. She's actually very good in it.)

I haven't seen Derek Jarman's 1979 version, but I may track it down, since he has done some fascinating work. Has anyone seen it or the 2009 film?

[Mosca]

Just finished Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold.

And I've decided to try and shift gears. Now starting The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich. It's been a while since I've read any of her work. We'll see what happens.

p.s. I love The Tempest. Is the 1982 Mazursky film the one with John Cassavetes? That was a wonderful film.

[Liz]

Wy, I'll be eager to hear your opinion of Sophie's World! I really liked it.
Jamie, I love Ella Enchanted, and I have to warn you that the movie does not compare to the book.
Operandi, both good choices in my opinion.
Julianna, I'm seeing a Royal Shakespeare Company production and those can be dubious...I think this one is meant to be in kind of an African setting.
So I'm currently reading a lot of books right now--first I'm going to finish re-reading Frankenstein and then probably work on Great Expectations and Why Men Don't Listen and Women can't read maps. I think I'll have about 9 hours on trains this weekend...not fun.

[Jamie]

Liz - I agree with you about the movie. I saw it when it came out and thought it was cute, but the book was SO much better. For the movie, they seemed to build on some of the ideas presented in the book just to create more action or something (which changed too much of the book's plot), but that certainly didn't make the story any better.

[Paula]

I've started "The Forest Lord" Susan Krinard. It's a paranormal romance and is for a challenge. Something I don't normally read but it is good so far.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Mosca wrote: "Just finished Paladin of Souls by [a:Lois McMaster Bujold|..."

Let us know how you like The Antelope's Wife. I read her The Master Butcher's Singing Club last year and loved it. Would like to know if her other novels are of that caliber.

[Liz]

Jamie, you are so right!

[Jeane]

Wy wrote: "Sophie's World"

That is one of my favourite books ever and I adore all his other books too. Read something else by the same author?

[Jeane]

Robin wrote: "Croyle wrote: "Over the weekend I read the Dan Browns 'The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons ' Liked the Code But didn't like Angels. Now I am starting Jack Whyte's Templar Trilogy. So far its been..."

I really enjoyed the da vinci code too. Probably because I read it as a fiction book too. Though I did go and look up things on the internet but out of curiosity.

[Jeane]

Liz wrote: "Wy, I'll be eager to hear your opinion of Sophie's World! I really liked it.
Jamie, I love Ella Enchanted, and I have to warn you that the movie does not compare to the book.
Operandi, both good ..."

Lizz, have you read anything else by the author of Sophie's world? It is one of my favourite books ever but I really enjoyed his other books too. I am always wondering how he manage to come up with those stories...they aren't the more usual kind of fiction stories. It is just so different and I ahven't read any book of an other author who writes stories like him.

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "What other books has he written that you'd recommend Jeane? I have got Sophie's World which I tried reading when I was about ten but it was a bit too heavy... I found it again a while ago, after th..."

really try it. It is lovely. I adored Maya and..... solitaire mystery too. His others where good too, give a look at mys helves. But those three I really liked a lot oh the second I read was very good too....uhm don't remember which one it was. But everytime I read one of his books I adore it.

[Mosca]

Elizabeth: "Let us know how you like The Antelope's Wife."

Elizabeth The Antelope Wife is the fourth Louise Erdrich book for me. About 10 years ago or so I read Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, and Tracks. Her work is excellent. All three books were riveting and emotionally powerful.

So far, The Antelope Wife is also powerful. She puts her characters through a lot.

[Liz]

Jeane, you are amazing! I've been wondering what else to read by him! I want to reread Sophie's World, and read sooo many other books for the first time...eek!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thanks, Mosca. Another author who I can buy automatically - both the good news and the bad news.

[Alisha Marie]

So, I just finished reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and while I didn't find it scary, I did really enjoy reading it. After I finish with the Spring Challenge, I'll be picking up Hell House from the library.

Now, I'm about to pick up Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner. I'm looking forward to reading this since I've liked all of her books so far with exception of one (Certain Girls).

[Maria]

i started The Sisters Mortland from Sally Beauman at lunch today.

i didn't get far (lunch is never long enough), maybe 6 pages or so, but it seems good so far.

[Maria]

Alisha wrote: "So, I just finished reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and while I didn't find it scary, I did really enjoy reading it. After I finish with the Spring Challenge, I'll be picking up Hell House..."


I liked Goodnight Nobody, i think that may have been my favorite, after In Her Shoes. i agree with you on Certain Girls, i think she ruined the character for me with that one. it just wasn't as good as Good In Bed...

[Alisha Marie]

I liked "In Her Shoes", but I loved "Good in Bed". I find that if I just ignore that "Certain Girls" exist, I can still love the character. You should try it; it works.

[Lisa]

Just starting "The Life Room" by Jill Bialosky. Finished "The Other Mother" this evening; mixed feelings on this one--I felt it could have been so much more.

[Lori]

I'm reading Edgar Sawtelle before I go to bed at night, Arthur Schlesinger's journals at lunch and in between classes, and Lolita before my first class (when I have like 20 minutes to read because I show up early). I like the way the 3 books juggle nicely.

[Ashley]

I am reading Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban for the first time.

[Emily]

I'm reading Lolita too, I don't know how I feel about it yet.