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Cassidy, Just took a quick look at your book list(s). I see you have "The Historian" as a to-read book. That might be a good book for your flight. It took me awhile to read and it was a bit slow for me at times, but overall I enjoyed it. And a friend of mine who reads as many vampire novels as she can get her hands on liked it a lot.
I am almost done with witch of portobello, should I follow with the Road or In the woods ... What do you guys think?
They both look really good.If you just want to give your brain a rest after the Seeing and Witch In the Woods looks good .Both would be hard to put down.It might be nice to read something with a different pace after WoP.The Road is really good as well and a fairly quick read.(I think I've just added another book to my wishlist...:)
He he he Sherry ... sorry, I think ... LOL
*LOL* Don't be,I love finding something I find really interesting that I hadn't heard of :)
Cassidy - On behalf of ScottK and many others, we'd like to recommend The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.City of Thieves by David Benioff and Mudbound by Hillary Jordan are also supposed to be great summer reads. Let us know what you decide on.
I'm currently reading The Modern Mind, by Peter Watson. It's excellent; encyclopedic in scope. It's slow going, but that's a reflection of my reading habits, not Watson's narrative style. I'm also reading the Collected Borges- I read a story here and there. So at the moment, my head is full of all things twentieth century.
Lorena, I read The Road a couple of months ago and it's amazing. It is almost unbearably dark, but the relationship between father and son make it memorable; it may seem impossible to find something positive in this novel, given its subject matter, but McCarthy does it. I can't recommend it enough. Also, Junot Diaz's Oscar Wao is a fun novel.
Just finished reading the Rent Tent which was a really beautifully written book. I'm now reading Pillars of the Earth which I started awhile ago. I'll probably start Snow Flower and the Secret Fan too since I've been wanting to read that for some time and it has been staring me down from my bookshelf.
finished STALIN'S GHOST BY MARTIN CRUZ SMITH (he wrote GORKY PARK) was good listening bookstarting MILDRED PIERCE BY JAMES CAIN
A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES (FOR IN PERSON BOOK CLUB HERE IN COLUMBUS)
I am reading Dark Side of the Moon (Dark-Hunter Series, Book #16) by Sherrilyn Kenyon. It is paranormal romance. It is about a Were-Hunter (he is a were-cat) Ravyn and a spunky human woman Susan.
Just finished "Face Forward" by Kevyn Aucoin. Almost finished with "Harvesting the Heart" by Jodi Picoult.
Just started "The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew- Three Women Search for Understanding".
Finished Sail last night, great book.Am now 100 pages into Shopaholic takes Manhattan and I'm liking it, exactly what I need at the moment.
Jesse- Sherry, yeah I'm going with The Road, since Sherry gave it 5 stars and we have similar tastes in books, and Jesse is recommending it too!Jenna I totally loved Snow Flower, is it such a beautiful book, I loved to be able to take a look at a culture I really know very little about, and specially the relantioships between women in the years gone.
Hey Jim, I read Mildred Pierce around this time last year. It's a great read. Hope you enjoy it!
Jenna, I know what you mean about Snow Flower. That book stares at me everytime I walk in the bookstore. I just need to break down and buy it and add it to the TBR pile.
Snow Flower is a wonderful book and I recommend following up with Peony in Love as it goes into more detail about different aspects of Chinese culture,though the books are not related.Lorena,I hope you enjoy it.
Completed Things Fall Apart on the airplane back home today and am starting Death in Venice.
I just started The Monsters of Templeton - I like it so far.
Finished Shopaholic Takes Manhattan today and I must say that I really liked it, may be the mood I'm in but it was really good - and now I'm wishing the thesaurus in my head went beyond liked and good!! Anyways, it was better than the first one.Now I'm reading The Book of Lost Things, very early days yet but I'm loving it - thanks Katie!!!
The monster's of Templeton was bizarre but really good and it gets better as it goes on...so I hope you do like it Melanie.I finished Gilding Lily last night and it was really good...another book with a voyeuristic look into a life I'll never have...that of a wealthy socialite. Really nice quick easy read.
I'm putting a couple new books that don't have many holds on them on the back burner and getting back into my summer reading program books and will start Walking West tomorrow probably.
Well, I've been sick the past couple of days and I've mostly been watching shows on my DVR. I've put down the chick lit because I was getting annoyed with the cheesiness. I picked up Heidi because I don't remember actually finishing it when I was a child and because I needed something light while I'm sick. However, I'm kind of bored and I don't know if it is due to being sick and having NO attention span OR because I just can't get involved in the story. I'm almost a third of the way through and I'm hoping to just plow through it today and move on to something else. I hate being sick.I think my next read will be Summerland by Michael Chabon. Anyone read this?
My oldest has been sick for the past two days ... I hope you feel better Charity!
Sorry to hear you're sick Charity.Have missed your posts.My son has been sick as well which is unusual for summer.
Yeah, what is up with that! Mine rarely ever gets sick and had the nastiest stomach bug, I am so thankful it was only a 48 hour thing ... Hope yours feels better soon Sherry. ;o)
Me too,he still had to work today despite being up in the night with cramps well...ect,ect,if you know what i mean.It is really weird for summer though isn't it?So your lovey is all better?
I am reading too many books at the moment.1. Come Away With Me by Sara MacDonald
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Jazz by Toni Morrison
4. Studentdom by Matt Stuart
5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (started this in like, March, and am considering giving up. I can say "Yes, Tolstoy wins the award for having the most characters in a novel, as yes, it was interesting, but I'm really not being sucked into the story enough, in fact, Tolstoy's confusing me with all of the characters! Plus, the librarian wants to reorganise the Classics section and I'm holding her up.")
I think that once I've finished these books (ignoring Anna Karenina, as that counts as seventeen books) I'm going to try and stick to a maximum of two books at a time.
Sherry, I think having a child sick is sometimes harder than being sick yourself. Except, of course, in Charity's case! :)
Jeremy,I agree!It's the most helpless feeling,somehow worse with my son as he's always being so brave and stoic.It just slays me!
You are right. Most of the time, kids are tougher than adults..when it comes to nausea anyway. My son is going through this thing where he swells up when bitten by insects. I can't stand it. He's only 3 and doesn't know the difference but it is nearly heart breaking.
Ahhh...Jeremy,I know just what you mean.
;o) Guys I found the name of that short story I have been bugging everyone about! I am so excited!Its Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte
by Horacio Quiroga
I have no idea what that means but it does sound pretty!
Tales of Love, Craziness and Death ... its so good!
Hmmm,it sounds so beautiful in the spanish you wouldn't guess that Craziness and Death are part of the title. :)
I would love to be able to read in more than one language...
Especially Spanish or Italian.I love to announciate(and exaggerate)all the italian dishes I can pronounce,like ravioli and rigatoni!Just letting the names roll off my tongue is so pleasureable!
I did used to "speak"Sign Language.Years ago I had taken a couple of courses in college,but I'm sad to say I've retained very little.I have no deaf person in my life to keep the skills fresh with but it to is such a wonderful language and I really enjoyed learning it.
We try to teach our son some basic signs and bought a DVD that has been watched countless number of times called Babies First Signs or something like that. It is quite fascinating, but I have only learned the basics...if that.
I started The Lost Constitution, by William Martin, last night.It's a murder mystery about the second amendment. I'm enjoying it so far.
Susanna, I have that book sitting at home and I can't wait until I get around to reading it. It sounds really interesting!
Susanna I also have that going right now. I just got to the part where .....Ha ha no spoilers it is good so far though!!
So I'm still reading The Book of Lost Things and it's getting a little weird shall we say, I'm wondering how the rest of the book will turn out.
Hm, well I loved the start, I just loved some of the sentences and now things are getting a little strange and I'm not totally sure yet. Um, I must say my reading has been pretty straight down the line for most of my life and it's only since this group that I've become aware of books such as Dirty Job, Dexter, etc, and it does take a little getting used to - don't get me wrong, I love reading other types of books and I won't be stopping, in fact I shall be reading more because it's time to explore that area.So in short, Sherry, I'm liking it but as it's something new perhaps I'm not liking it as much as others. Does that even make sense??? LOL
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Only at the beginning of the "strangeness" if you know what I mean, about 70 pages in, he's with the Woodsman.
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