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[Paula]

Dorie wrote: "Paula wrote: "
Paula, I recently read Linwood Barclay's [book:Too Close to Home|3454...

Dorie, I'll look for Bad Move next. I just finished "No Time for Goodbye" and really liked it.

[Justine]

Mosca, I'm also interested in hearing what you think about Kafka on the Shore. It's the next Murakami I will read. I have absolutely loved some of his books, and a few have been kind of blah for me.

[Claire]

Allison wrote: "Claire wrote: "I just finished The Book of Lost Things and thought it was excellent. The ending (last chapter)really touched my heart. I'm going to start The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I he..."

Allison, I think this will go to the top of my favorites list too. I just have never read anything like it and its a book that just really stirred my soul (especially at the end). I've not read alot of fantasy type books like this and am wondering what other good ones are out there.

[Cathyb]

I just finished The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and thoroughly enjoyed it. This was the first novel I have read by him and will certainly have to pick up The Shadow of the Wind.

I also just finished The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz. I also enjoyed this novel - which was a commentary on royal families in general, the Japanese royal family in particular.

I had started to read Shakespeare's Kitchen by Lore Segal this afternoon. With two books just added to my TBR by the end of the month, I hope this is a quick read. I like to read only one book at a time :).

[Tara]

I just finished up The Lovely Bones and The Handmaid's Tale. Both were decently good, but I need to mix it up a bit (granted, those books aren't exactly similar) so now I'm starting One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Lianne]

I'm currently re-reading Carol Berg's Breath and Bone and Margaret MacMillan's The Uses and Abuses of History =)

Bridgit wrote: "Li wrote: "I started reading Andromeda Romano-Lax's The Spanish Bow; I'm only two chapters into the novel and it's just absolutely wonderful, I'm completely sucked in. I think I'm really going to e..."

I finished the book a few days ago (couldn't put it down, lol) and I loved it too! Very enjoyable, sweeping =D

[Jessika]

I just started Rosamunde Pilcher's Flowers In The Rain & Other Stories on my gramma's recommendation. It's pretty good so far--she has a very comfortable writing style that makes it easy to sink right into her stories.

[Lisa]

Just finished "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy (so sad!). Listening to "Home" by Marilynne Robinson and reading "The Invention of Everything Else" by Samantha Hunt.

[Janny]

Li wrote: "I'm currently re-reading Carol Berg's Breath and Bone and Margaret MacMillan's The Uses and Abuses of History =)

Bridgit wrote: "Li wrote: "I started reading Andromeda Romano-Lax's The Spanish Bow..."

Li - Berg's Breath and Bone - one of my total favorites. Have fun!

[Janny]

Petra wrote: "Janny wrote: "Mel wrote: "Janny wrote: "Mel - The Quincunx - it would be interesting to see what you think of that one, if you care to comment when you've finished. The puzzle clues are very subtle..."

Hi Petra - well, you are in for a read and half! No, maybe a read and a whole - grin - I'd like to see if anyone unravels this in one take, careful or not.

For people in the dark - this is a Victorian tale, where the mystery involves a very conflicted inheritance - and five contenders whose up and down fortunes and straits make being the victor a matter of survival.

[BJ Rose]

Maureen wrote: "Just started The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. I've had this on my bookshelf for-e-ver."

Maureen,how are you doing with The Killer Angels? I loved and simply devoured it - Schaara told that devastating story so well.

[BJ Rose]

All this talk of The Quincunx has me intrigued, so I'll be looking it up on my next trip to the library.

I've been reading some non-fiction. Just finished Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou and have started The Whiskey Rebellion George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty by William Hogeland

[Mosca]

*****BIG TIME POUT!!*****

Today my books are due, so I go to the Public Library website to renew all my books. It renews them all except the one I'm reading right now--Kafka on the Shore. I'm about 30% into this book and really enjoying it. Someone placed it on reserve. :( :(

OK. I'm a boy scout with the Public Library--they're the good guys. Right? So I return the book. This time I place it on reserve.

Now to decide what to read next. Maybe The Wind-up Bird Chronicle; maybe The Graveyard Book.

*******POUT********

[GracieKat]

I just finished Angelica A Novel by Arthur Phillips. I can't say it impressed me all that much. I'm currently trying to figure out what to read next. I got so many books in the mail that I can't decide. To thin out my pile of books in my room that I've had for a long time I'm going to read a new one and then one of those. That way I can see what I want to keep.

[Claire]

Has anyone read In the Woods? I saw it at Target today and almost bought it.......

[Liz]

Mosca wrote: "*****BIG TIME POUT!!*****

Today my books are due, so I go to the Public Library website to renew all my books. It renews them all except the one I'm reading right now--[book:Kafka on the Shore|4..."
I think I would have issues being that well-behaved...
I am currently rereading Beowulf for my Anglo-Saxon class.

[Allison]

Claire wrote: "Has anyone read In the Woods? I saw it at Target today and almost bought it......."

I've read it.
I liked it, but personally wasn't satisfied with the end. It felt unfinished. There is a sequel of sorts, but I'm not sure how much it finishes up book 1. However, if you like a good mystery, and don't mind having some questions, it's a pretty good read.

[Jessika]

On top of my Rosamunde Pilcher book, I decided to start A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (it's a YA novel) and I finally gave in and decided to begin I Capture the Castle so I can join in the group discussion. So far, I love them all!

[Mosca]

Okay. So to recover from my pout, I taken off in a totally different direction.

Now I'm reading The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore.

So far this is a very cool book. My inner 12 year old is happy.

[Cait]

Claire wrote: "Has anyone read In the Woods? I saw it at Target today and almost bought it......."

I really liked it! I gave it 4 stars. I'm slowly working my way to the top of my library's hold list for the follow up.

[Emilia]

Just finished The Dead Travel Fast by Eric Nuzum, and almost done with the Nazi and the Barber by Edgar Hilsenrath.

[Maureen]

BJ Rose ~

I'm nearly half-way finished with The Killer Angels. Shaara's writing style is unique, to me, at least, but I'm really getting into it.

[Kristine]

Currently reading I Capture the Castle and Suite Francaise.

[Swalla]

I am going on a long flight to Europe as well this week and after long deliberation over many choices I have decided on "Outlander" (I do love Jamie!) and "the Dud Avocado" which is a Brigette Jones like adevntures of a young college girl in Paris for the first time...Sacred Games was a runner up.

[lauren]

I just finished New Moon, which I got a surprising amount of enjoyment out of, and now I'm working my way through The Fountainhead. I've been putting off Wicked lately, not sure why.

[Kristine]

I am currently reading Still Alice.

[Elena]

I've just begun Revolutionary Road (after having seen the movie, I must admit). It's wonderfully written, and it doesn't matter if I know the end already.

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Elena wrote: "I've just begun Revolutionary Road (after having seen the movie, I must admit). It's wonderfully written, and it doesn't matter if I know the end already. "

Hi Elena... I couldn't finish this one. Just didn't like the characters (although I don't think I'm supposed to like the characters...) or the atmosphere.

[Milana]

I just started Maeve on the Red Carpet.

[Bridgit]

I am rereading Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game. This is probably the 4th time I am reading it, but I love it every time.

[Swalla]

Cathyb wrote: "I just finished The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and thoroughly enjoyed it. This was the first novel I have read by him and will certainly have to pick up The Shadow of the Wind.

I also jus..."

I have been waiting anxiously for another Carlos Ruiz Zafon Book! I loved Shadow of the Wind. Was Angel's Game in Spanish or were you able to read a translation? I am so excited !

[Kirsty]

I'm reading a GR Giveaway book at the moment -Dead-End Road by Richard Kunzmann . I haven't had much chance to sit and read it for a prolonged period of time so it's taking me forever, but I'm enjoying it. The first 150 pages were a little slower than I'm used to in a thriller, but the pace is picking up nicely now.

[Marci]

Hi, I'm am currently reading Nose Up, Eyes Down by Merrill Markoe. Reminds me of my Dog Booker. He gives me that look all the time!!! I can almost read his mind saying" This look will melt her heart" Boy does it work!!!

[Doretha]

Hello all. I'm currently reading StarGirl by Jerry Spinelli and Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy. So far I'm liking both of them.

[Viki]

I have just started American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It is the first of his books I have read. So far so good.

[Bettie]

Just finished a re-read of An Instance of the Fingerpost A Novel and am now about to curl up early with The Alienist.

[Bettie]

Janny wrote: "Mel - The Quincunx - it would be interesting to see what you think of that one, if you care to comment when you've finished. The puzzle clues are very subtle...I found it had to be read extremely c..."

Janny, The Quincunx is masterful IMHO - a really intriguing read and I spend a fair amount of time trying to let others know of it's goodness. A few of us will spend the dark days of January 2010 re-reading.

[Janny]

Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "Janny wrote: "Mel - The Quincunx - it would be interesting to see what you think of that one, if you care to comment when you've finished. The puzzle clues are very subtle...I found it had to be re..."

Bettie - masterful and not for dummies. I definitely go for the unpredictable, and this book wasn't ordinary in any way.

My next reads will be a complete change of pace:


Conspirator by C.J. Cherryh and Entering the Castle An Inner Path to God and Your Soul by Caroline Myss.

[[deleted user]]

Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "Just finished a re-read of An Instance of the Fingerpost A Novel ..."

Long but good, I thought. Did you like it?

[Bettie]

Janny wrote: "[...:] not for dummies"

That's rather an elitist and non-helpful comment seeing as this is GoodReads and we are all levelled by our abundant love of reading.

[Bettie]

Hayes wrote: "Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "Just finished a re-read of An Instance of the Fingerpost A Novel ..."

Long but good, I thought. Did you like it?
"

Love Iain Pears and am awaiting his new one through the post this week and thought that I would fill up the interim with a re-read of Fingerpost and am so glad that I did - found whole roads of thought that was missed first time around.

:O)

[[deleted user]]

I've been trying to read The Immaculate Deception for months, but I overdid it with the book rings, they keep arriving, I have to read them first, and I keep having to put it off!

[Bettie]

Oooh Hayes - I will have to give that one a go; I'll add it to my wishlist. (so many books yadayadayada lol)

[[deleted user]]

Don't know when I'll get to it (before the summer, I trust); if you want I'll send it to you afterwards.

[Bettie]

Hayes wrote: "Don't know when I'll get to it (before the summer, I trust); if you want I'll send it to you afterwards."

That is a cracktastic offer that I just cannot refuse - ta!

[[deleted user]]

will keep you posted...

[Bettie]

Hayes wrote: "will keep you posted..."

bless ya!

xx

I've added you as a friend. I'm orft to my truckle bed with The Alienist

[Lisa]

I took Atlas Shrugged on my trip to IN. It took forever to get through. I think my main problem was the format of the book. It was 1070 pages of microscopic print. I couldn't read more than 50 pages at a stretch.

I started The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood. It's OK so far.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

I'm currently reading Slaughterhouse Five after just having finished Lolita.

[Liz]

I've finished The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and am rereading Romeo and Juliet for a class. I am actually kind of annoyed we have to read because there are only 8 people in the seminar and I think we've all rea dthe play before. I suppose I'd kind of perfer to read something new. Ah well, it's still good!