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[Cathyb]

Bunchie wrote: "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 !"

Bunchie:

I received and ARC. It was the English translation - the one that should be out next month (June 16th). This was the first Zafon novel that I read. I really liked it!

[Kellie]

Finished The Bible Salesman A Novel
by Clyde Edgarton.
Absolutely hated it. Blech. Yuck. Uch.

Started Bridge to Terabithia
Hope I don't cry

[Justine]

Fiona, Dance, Dance, Dance was good, but I read it right after Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, which I think took away from it a little. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle didn't do much for me, but I thought it was an interesting story. I put A Wild Sheep Chase down for six months. I've also read Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, but I don't really remember it.

[Allison]

Bunchie wrote: "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 just bought Shadow of the Wind so I'm glad to hear that people really enjoyed it.

[Madeline]

Now reading This Is Not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg - which is not at all what I'd expected, and The Law of Love by Laura Esquival which is amazing, it actually comes with a soundtrack and the flashbacks are Illustrated comic style, I'm loving it so far, very innovative and wonderful story.

[Mosca]

Just finishedThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore.

So, of course, now it will be The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2.

This first one has been really...........................extraordinary.

But I'm not going to rate it until I finish Vol. II.

[Adrienne]

I started Colm Toibin's The Master. The first 5 pages were good. :)

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

FINALLY finished A Prayer for Owen Meany. It was good, but it was about a hundred pages longer than my attention span for the story. I'll still give it 4 stars though.

I also finished a quick re-read of The Westing Game. I had forgotten what a fun little book this is!

Now I'm starting Charles de Lint's newest, The Mystery of Grace. I'm so excited to be reading a new adult book of his! And it's really, really good so far.

[Kristine]

JG wrote: "FINALLY finished A Prayer for Owen Meany. It was good, but it was about a hundred pages longer than my attention span for the story. I'll still give it 4 stars though."

Another one of the few required high school readings I didn't mind reading. Glad you enjoyed it!

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Jamie wrote: "I'm currently reading Slaughterhouse Five after just having finished Lolita."

I'm still trying to decide what I think about Lolita. One minute I love it, next I hate it. Full of too many contrasts. What did you think?

[Knarik]

I am reading THE RED AND THE BLACK by STENDHAL

[Fiona (Titch)]

Yesterday, started Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (audio), but I am also readin the book as it goes along and its word for word. Should finish this today. Then I will carry on reading The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Fiona, isnt that the point of the audio? That it follows the book word for word? I don't listen to audio books, so I am not 100% sure, however, it would seem unfair if the audio was a different 'version' of the written book.....

[Fiona (Titch)]

Lori wrote: "Fiona, isnt that the point of the audio? That it follows the book word for word? I don't listen to audio books, so I am not 100% sure, however, it would seem unfair if the audio was a different 've..."

Lori, I had a copy of Flesh House - Stuart MacBride and looked at the book and it was nowt like the book. I have to stop the audio as my tape player chewed the tape.

[Kathy]

JG, The Westing Game is one of my favorite books. I loved reading it with my kids when they were younger. I'm glad to know that someone else enjoys it, too. I'll have to fit in a re-read sometime soon.

Lori, you would think that is the point of the audio to follow the book word for word, wouldn't you? Unfortunately, the author sometimes approves an abridged version of the book, which, of course, leaves out parts. I don't listen to audio books much, but when I do (on a car trip), I make sure it's an unabridged version. I once picked up an abridged version of a book and was so irked. I always check now.

[Janny]

Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "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.

"

Betty - good point. Apologies, sincerely, to anyone who may have been offended.

Better words could have said what I meant in a nicer way - not a light read, a YA read, a frivolous read, or an escape.

I definitely should have added that this book left me feeling like I was "the dummy."

[Mary]

Just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett which I loved! Ms. Stockett is a great storyteller and The Help is the perfect summer read.

I am now onto On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.

[Debby]

I have been looking for an audio version of Rosamunde Pilcher's "Coming HOme" for several years. It's quite expensive to buy (as it is about a 750 page book) and my local library doesn't own a copy. I finally found an audio cassette version and am so excited to get started listening to it. I hope it is as good as The Shell Seekers, which was a 5-star book for me!

[Lenoir]

I just started The Book Thief for my in person book club. I'm still reading Away and for some reason I don't find myself enjoying it as much as I expected. I like it while I'm reading it but I'm not very excited to pick it back up when I put it down. It is pretty dark but that doesn't usually turn me off of a book so I don't think that's the reason. Maybe it's just me and it's the wrong book at the wrong time.

[Jessica]

I just finished Certain Girls and am now finally going to venture into the Stephenie Meyer universe of Twilight.

[El]

Just re-started Look Homeward, Angel, Thomas Wolfe for the nth time. I'm bound and determined to finish it this time.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Finished Will in the World How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare last night. Excellent.

[[deleted user]]

I finished Buddha Da which I just adored and gave it a rare 5 stars! It was probably a 4 1/2, but I decided to round up instead of down.

Am now starting The Human Stain and am worried that I will find it dated.

[JSou]

Hayes, I have The Human Stain on my bookshelf at home. It's been sitting there for almost a year...I'm also kind of afraid to start it. I would love to know what you think of it!

[BJ Rose]

Finished Hold Tight by Harlan Coben and am just starting The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - both audiobooks - makes cleaning out kitchen cupboards not quite so onerous. In the paper-book form, I'm reading Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh and slowly working on Elizabeth and Mary Cousins, Rivals, Queens

[Mosca]

Just finished The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2. This was really a good book, but not as good as Vol.1

Now I'm reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.

[Kellie]

Jessica wrote: "Hayes, I have The Human Stain on my bookshelf at home. It's been sitting there for almost a year...I'm also kind of afraid to start it. I would love to know what you think of it!"

I'm going to pipe in here.
Give the book away. It was such a play on words it was despicable. I totally hated it.
Just my "humble" opinion. :)

[Jenna]

Reading Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult and not that into it. I'm giving it a few more chapters and if I can't get into it I'm done. Too many other books to read.

[Kellie]

I just finished Bridge to Terabithia and loved it.
Starting Lisey's Story by King tonight.

[Laura]

I just finished The Bell Jar. It was an interesting book but one that may need some time to sink it. As the biographical note at the end noted, she intended for it to be like seeing life through the distorting lens of a bell jar. That effect does come across to a certain extent. I didn't find the story itself that interesting - it was rather contorted and numb-feeling. But, it is interesting as a semi-autobiographical story of Sylvia Plath's own experiences. I found myself sifting through what were real moments for Plath and what was made up.

I am now moving on to Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Kathy and Fiona, just another reason in a long line of reasons why I wont do audio. That just stinks that they can be different versions. grrrr....

LDB, we read The Bell Jar as a group read awhile back. Check in the discussion threads to read our thoughts on it as we went.... feel free to add your insight as well!

[Rachel]

Finished Night Shift by Stephen King this morning and started Misery tonight at work.

[Justine]

I started I Capture the Castle this afternoon. I've read through chapter four but it's going really slow for me so far.

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Jessica (and Fiona) wrote: "Hayes, I have The Human Stain on my bookshelf at home. It's been sitting there for almost a year...I'm also kind of afraid to start it. I would love to know what you think of it!"

Will let you know... getting off to a slow start, but I have had a lot of distractions at home this week.

Kellie said: I'm going to pipe in here.
Give the book away. It was such a play on words it was despicable. I totally hated it.
Just my "humble" opinion. :)

What did you mean by "a play on words"?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hey Seth.... I love books that creep me out! Is it creeping you out like "keep the lights on at nite" creepy, or "oh god, how disgusting" creepy?

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Hayes wrote: "Jamie wrote: "I'm currently reading Slaughterhouse Five after just having finished Lolita."

I'm still trying to decide what I think about Lolita. One minute I love it, next I hate it. Full of too ..."

That was exactly how I felt about it. I loved it and then I would hate it. I thought it was a really interesting book honestly. The subject matter was so serious and so sickening to me and at my heart I despised H.H. and thought he was so wrong. But the way he was writing the book was as thought it was H.H. appeal to us as the jury. This made it interesting for me because at some points I would find myself feeling bad for him or questioning things and then I'd have to be like "Wait...wait..he is SO wrong and sick..what am I even think about??" It was just so interesting to me!

[Dorie]

I finished Mudbound by Hillary Jordan and thought it was a very good story, if disturbing at times. Now I'm finally going to dive into John Hart's The Last Child. I loved his previous two so have been looking forward to reading this.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I just read the google preview, Seth, and it reads pretty well. I added it to my list of to-buys! I like creepy, predictive, set-the-stage kinda novels.

[Allison]

I've started The Woods. I'm only on chapter 4, but so far I'm pleased. Mysteries are my very favorite to read, so sometimes I run into book that follow the same basic plot line, and I usually don't mind. But I've never read a mystery similar to this one before, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

[Linda]

Dorie wrote: "I finished Mudbound by Hillary Jordan and thought it was a very good story, if disturbing at times. Now I'm finally going to dive into John Hart's The Last Child. I ..."

Dorie: Would love to hear how you like The Last Child. I, too, have loved Hart's books and have his newest on the shelf. Unfortunately, I have promised myself I will read the ones that have been there longer and am prolonging the desire to jump right in to his book.

[Linda]

Allison wrote: "I've started The Woods. I'm only on chapter 4, but so far I'm pleased. Mysteries are my very favorite to read, so sometimes I run into book that follow the same basic plot line, and I ..."

Allison: Coben is really a great mystery writer. Tell No One, Just One Look and Hold Tight were all great reads. Enjoy!

[Debby]

Lori wrote: "Kathy and Fiona, just another reason in a long line of reasons why I wont do audio. That just stinks that they can be different versions. grrrr....

Due to my visual disability reading is very tedious work. So, I do all my fiction "reading" by CD or tape and have done so for years. I am very familiar with books in audio formats
The "issue" is not the format of the book, but whether you are reading an abridged or unabridged version of the book. Abridged versions of books come in print too. Reader's Digest was publishing 3 abridged books in 1 volume over 50 years ago. So don't growl at audio books in general. That format is a godsend!! Your complaint really appears to be with "abridged" versions of books in any form. Of course an abridged book is going to be different - it's condensed. It's like reading Cliff Notes...it's not the same experience as really reading the entire book in print or in audio format.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Debby wrote: "Lori wrote: "Kathy and Fiona, just another reason in a long line of reasons why I wont do audio. That just stinks that they can be different versions. grrrr....

Due to my visual disability readi..."

I prefer to listen to my audios when I am in bath or doing chores around my house lol.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Debby, I am a basic disliker of all things Audio, so I'm not complaining about abridged vs unabridged. Fiona just made it sound like most audios dont follow the book word for word, and I thought that meant people who listen to Audio werent getting the true novel.

In any case, that is a discussion for the audio thread... so let me stop my ranting :)

[Mosca]

Debbie: Due to my visual disability reading is very tedious work.... That format is a godsend!!

Debbie, I agree that audio books are a very appropriate and useful format for reading. I enjoy them for long drives; and when doing household chores. For certain situations there is no substitute for audio books.

One thing that needs to be mentioned, though, is that audio books are dependant upon the narrator in the same way that books written in a language foriegn to the reader are dependant upon the translator. A creative narrator who understands the author can enhance and expand the experience; while a dull or clueless narrator can detract from the text.

[Jamie]

I finished People of the Book today (audio version) and I'll be starting Enna Burning once I pick it up from the library.

At first, I enjoyed listening to the narrator of People of the Book (it's unabridged), but then I started to get irritated by her accents. Somehow, they just didn't work for me, especially one that she read with a lisp (which wasn't related to the story at all). For me, the main problem I have with audio books is usually related to the narrators. Overall, I thought the book was pretty good, though.

[Debby]

Mosca wrote:
Debbie, I agree that audio books are a very appropriate and useful format for reading. I enjoy th..."

I wholeheartedly agree with you! The narrator of an audio book can make it or break it. I've lost interest in a book on CD numerous times due to the tone of a specific narrator's voice or their lack of input or interest n into what they are narrating. I especially like it when the author read their book. Joshily Jackson and Elizabeth Berg have been two of my favorites.
I also cannot do housework or go on car trips without listening to a book. I find it takes my mind off what I'm doing and/or makes the time go faster.

[Dorie]

Linda, you have much stronger willpower than I do!

[Kathy]

Linda wrote: "Allison wrote: "I've started The Woods. I'm only on chapter 4, but so far I'm pleased. Mysteries are my very favorite to read, so sometimes I run into book that follow the same basic p..."

Linda, I've read quite a few Coben books and agree that he's excellent. Allison, I thought The Woods was one of his best ones.

[Arinamidalem]

I am currently reading Imperium by Robert Harris.

Recently I change my reading strategy into per theme to make it easier to relate one subject to another.

Prior to this book I read Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Jerome Carpocino. So I've got slight illustration of ancient Rome before reading Imperium. ie the people, the road in rome, the clothing they wear etc.