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[Jeane]

Diane wrote: "Heather wrote: "I finished Prodigal Summer A Novel, which was excellent, and am now reading The Book of Lost Things. I'm really excited because I've been dying to read th..."

I also read the poisonwood bible but it wa so different. I also thought it was pretty heavy.

[Patricia]

Diane wrote: "It's too bad you seem to not be getting into Edgar Sawtelle. It was one of my favorites, and a book that I was anxious to discuss with others who read it. I found that most I know who read it eit..."

Diane, I'm almost finished with Edgar Sawtelle. I'm really enjoying it now. I'm glad I stuck with it. Love the part about the bread in the grocery store.

Patricia

[Petra X]

I'm reading Nim Chimsky: The Chimp who would be Human by Elizabeth Hess. Its too much about the researchers and not enough about the research, but still quite a good read.

I have Edgar Sawtelle to read but never get round to starting it.

[April]

I am currently reading Smart Women by Judy Blume. It's my first Judy Blume adult books. I've read all of her books for young adults and children so I'm really excited to read this book!

[Jeane]

Leigh wrote: "Sherrie - I loved the Kite Runner and had heard that A Thousand Splended Suns was a letdown after it, so it's interesting to read your comment. I also enjoyed the Lovely Bones - a strange but inter..."


I think his books put people in two big groups. I had more the contrary. Loved A thousend splendid suns but didn't reallu like The kite runner.
I absolutely hated The lovely bones...at least the cover had a nice blue color:-) I have to admit that the color of the cover made me finally buy it after I heard lots of good about it. Oterwise I probably would have kept picking it up but wouldn't have read it.

[Michelle]

I'm also a huge Kingsolver fan!! She is an amazing writer, and her books are all so different, from the sweet, funny Bean Trees to the epic, haunting Poisonwood Bible. I just wish she had more, I've read all of hers and loved them all for different reasons.

[Jenna]

Reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Really liking it so far...so different!

[Kristen]

I'm reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer but I am having trouble getting into it.

[Cait]

Allison wrote: "Cait wrote: "I just started In the Woods. I'm only about 50 pages in, but I am really liking it so far."

I hope that you enjoy it. I loved it when I started it, but was pretty surpr..."

Oooh, I'm intrigued. :o) I hope I enjoy it too. I might finish today. When I do, I'll post an update for you and those who added it to their TBR.

[Jeanie]

I'm reading Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Very interesting and engrossing novel about Ethiopia in the 1950s. The title - Cutting for Stone - refers to surgery to remove kidney or bladdar stones, and is also from the Hippocoratic Oath. The story centers around a hospital that struggles to treat people in a nation that is struggling toward independence.

[Viki]

Just finished Vernon God Little....stange but hilariously funny! Starting The Time Traveler's Wife. I have been looking forward to reading it. Heard many good things about the book.

[Jeanie]

Heather wrote: "Diane wrote: Heather, I also read Prodigal Summer and liked it very much. It is the only book I've read by her, but I do have Animal Dreams and The Poisonwood Bible - have you read either of those?..."

Heather and Diane, my book club has been meeting for 13 years, so we've read about 150 books together. Poisonwood Bible remains our all-time favorite!

[Kristen]

Cait wrote: "Allison wrote: "Cait wrote: "I just started In the Woods. I'm only about 50 pages in, but I am really liking it so far."

I hope that you enjoy it. I loved it when I started it, but ..."

I also did not enjoy the ending of In the Woods. It pretty much ruined the rest of the book for me.

[Shandra]

I am reading Luxe by Anna Godbersen

[Judy]

I'm reading "Smilla's Sense of Snow" which has been on my TBR pile forever.

[Adrienne]

I'm about to go lay on my bed and start About Face by Donna Leon!

[Allison]

Kristen wrote: "Cait wrote: "Allison wrote: "Cait wrote: "I just started In the Woods. I'm only about 50 pages in, but I am really liking it so far."

I hope that you enjoy it. I loved it when I sta..."

I had received In The Woods and the 2nd book, The Likeness together as gifts. After reading ITW, I'm a little hesitant to read The Likeness, if the ending is going to be the same.

My fiancee just finished ITW and was less than thrilled with it as well.

[Kellie]

Just finished The Smoke Jumperby Nicholas Evans.
Going to start HP #1...late in the game but better late than never!

[Liz]

Currently reading "Big Stone Gap" - picked it up because the author's "Very Valentine" was LOL funny. this one lives up to my original impression!

[Lydia]

I'm currently reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. The first chapter kind of through me off but I'm gonna continue with it. See how the story unfolds.

[Dorie]

Lydia wrote: "I'm currently reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. The first chapter kind of through me off but I'm gonna continue with it. See how the story unfolds."

Lydia, it takes a little bit to get into the story. Be patient at least until you start learning the details of the Vanger family. That's when it really caught my attention. The beginning was a bit slow for me, and I wondered if I would end up liking it. Hope you end up enjoying it too.

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Jeanie wrote: "I'm reading Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Very interesting and engrossing novel about Ethiopia in the 1950s. The title - Cutting for Stone - refers to surgery to remove kidney or bladdar s..."

sounds really interesting... are you enjoying it?

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Sacred Games just wasn't doing anything for me... I have too much to do and to read and 1000 pages was too much. Interesting, however. If I find it in the library I may try again.

Will now read Touchstone, which I bought last December (!). Hope that's good... I've had a couple of duds recntly.

[Claire]

I just finished reading Stasiland yesterday which I really enjoyed. Having been to Berlin a couple of years ago it was interesting being able to imagine what it was when the wall was up. The stories are quite disturbing, but I really loved the way the book was written. Took me a while to get through (non-fiction usually does) but it's a great read.

So then yesterday I startedI Capture the Castle. I'm up to Chapter 5 and I already love this book!

[Fiona (Titch)]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (Audio). Will now carry on reading Broken Skin - Stuart MacBride.

[Robyn333]

I am currently reading Closed for Winter by Georgia Blain; It is an amazingly intense story about loss and grief and finally letting go after 20 years of not facing the events of the past. I am gripped

[Liz]

I need to start The Winter's Tale this afternoon, working on The Aeneid a bit on the side.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am now listening to Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey

[Nelly]

you said you're reading host?!can you please let me know which number of twilight it is?!

[Nelly]

i'm sorry i am with kristen

[Patricia]

I finished The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and will start Olive Kitteridge tonight.

[Melet]

Hello everyone - this is my first post to a Goodreads group - been reading you guys for a few weeks! I am curently reading Desperation by Stephen King. I am a King fan, but this is the first one I have read that I would classify as horror. The others I have read and adored were fantasy, perhaps some science fiction, but not even close to horror. Actually one of my pet peeves is that the bookstores always place his work in the Horror section - not accurate and it keeps some people from reading what is some of the finest modern literature. Anyway, happy reading!!

[Dorie]

Welcome to the group, Melet!

I finished Shatter" by Michael Robotham, which was a great thriller. I had a hard time setting it down. I'm now reading How I Paid For College: A Tale of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theatre, which is very funny and just what I needed to kick off my week of vacation (spending it at home).

[Laura]

Kellie wrote: "Just finished The Smoke Jumperby Nicholas Evans.
Going to start HP #1...late in the game but better late than never!"


OMG Kellie! I didn't know! Stay with it, it's by far the slowest of the series, esp. at the beginning.

[Laura]

Diane wrote: "Liz wrote: "Laura wrote: "OK so I'm reading Atonement, and I can't remember the last time a book literally had me on the edge of my seat. I read late at night, I wake up at 4:30 and read, I listen..."

Plan to watch the film today, will let you know!

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Laura wrote: "Kellie wrote: "Just finished The Smoke Jumperby Nicholas Evans.
Going to start HP #1...late in the game but better late than never!"


OMG Kellie! I didn't know! Stay with it, it's by far the..."

Don't worry... it was the one I liked the best!! I envy you, really. I'd love to be able to start all over again, never having read them, I mean. I hope you haven't heard too much about them to spoil it all.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Laura, can we read HP out of order or do we have to read in order?

[Laura]

I wouldn't read it out of order, but you can do whatever thrills your noggin Miss Titch.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Thanks Laura xx

[Laura]

Glad to help. Great series, tho, highly recommended.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I have watched all the films up to date. Just need to read the books now. I am thinking of doing HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban on audio for a challenge.

[Angela]

you said you're reading host?!can you please let me know which number of twilight it is?!

The Host is not part of the Twilight Series Nelly.

[Laura]

I am reading "Etiquette For Outlaws" by Rob Cohen & David Wollock. Great stuff! It talks about social norms for the not so run of the mill person. Like me! There is an entire chapter About tattooing and piercings and they are SO on the money coming from someone who has been getting tattooed for 20 years! Other topics such as 'Traditional Vices' ans 'Sex' of course. Funny. True and worth reading.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Fiona wrote: "Ah well if you've seen the films, but I'd still recommend reading them in order. the first three are really quick anyway. It's the layers you'll be missing."

Thanks Fi, will read the others before I do the Audio xx

[Sherrie]

Jeane wrote: "Leigh wrote: "Sherrie - I loved the Kite Runner and had heard that A Thousand Splended Suns was a letdown after it, so it's interesting to read your comment. I also enjoyed the Lovely Bones - a str..."

Jeane wrote: "Leigh wrote: "Sherrie - I loved the Kite Runner and had heard that A Thousand Splended Suns was a letdown after it, so it's interesting to read your comment. I also enjoyed the Lovely Bones - a str..."

Funny - sounds like you either love one or the other of his books, but not both. I "read" both on audio, but I don't think changed my reaction to either. I started my morning on Friday with The Lovely Bones and it did not start my day out well - what a sad/horrifying first chapter!

[Liz]

Am procrastinating and started Got You Back for something light.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I'm about half way through The Secret River, which I learned about because of the Spring Challenge. I'm delighted with this one and will look forward to reading more by this very talented author.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Yes, Fiona, annoyed is what you should be! ;)

[Laura]

Hmm, Booker nominee...looks like a winner.

[Maureen]

I read Breakfast at Tiffany's (Capote) yesterday for my face to face book club. We're reading the novella and then watching the movie to compare the two. I've only seen bits and pieces of the movie so far, but from that, it seems that the novella and movie are quite different. I'm planning on watching the movie next weekend, so I'll find out for sure then.

Just started Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping (Levine).