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[Lori, Super Mod]

Kristin wrote: "Has anyone read any of Robert Rankin's books? I found him and all of his books got good reviews and they just seem like awesome books."

Ive read Hollow Chocolate Bunnies.... Very different. Check out my review on it... Good, but not as awesome as I had hoped.

[Eden]

Reading Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton. Not very far into the book, but I think it's really good so far.

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I started Saturday by Ian McEwan. So far I am really enjoying this book.

[Kandice]

I'm reading Saturday with Emilee.

[Leanna]

I'm a little over halfway through Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I love it so far and can't wait to finish. :D I have so many books I can't decide what to start next!

[Carrie]

Leanna, I'm reading Angels and Demons too. Are you reading it so you can go see the movie?

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I thought A&D made a MUCH better movie than The Davinci Code. If nothing else, Tom Hanks's hair is a little better! :-) And Ewan McGregor was great in his character.

I finished The Woods by Harlan Coben. It was solid, but the whole plot just felt familiar from his other books.

Now I'm starting one of my dad's old westerns--War Cry.

[Ariel]

I have just finished reading The Reader, and now I'd like to see the movie.

In the meantime I keep on reading Duma Key, it's about 700 pages and I'm almost in the middle of it :P

[Diane]

Ariel wrote: "I have just finished reading The Reader, and now I'd like to see the movie.

In the meantime I keep on reading Duma Key, it's about 700 pages and I'm almost in the middl..."


Hi Ariel - I saw the movie, The Reader, and now want to read the book. I loved the movie -- did you like the book?

[Donna]

I just finished a terrific mystery, Dog Eats Dog. It was a quick read and laugh out loud funny in parts. After watching the movie Burn after Reading I think the Coen brothers should make this book into a movie.

[Yvonne]

I finshed Loving Frank this morning. Ending was such a shock! I was expecting something to happen, just not THAT! I enjoyed the book though.

[Mel]

Just finished The Quincunx which I loved! It was a complete rollercoaster ride and while I got off a little bit dizzy it was an amazing and wild journey. Will take a little break and read something that's a bit more effortless next, thinking Dead and Gone and then start with The Woman in White.

[Justine]

I just started The Blind Assassin. It's been on my shelf for way too long.

[Petra]

Justine wrote: "I just started The Blind Assassin. It's been on my shelf for way too long."

Justine, I really liked this book. Hope you do to.

[Dorie]

I'm reading "The Kind One" by Tom Epperson. It's set in 1930's Los Angeles. Danny Landon is a wise guy with the criminal underworld, working for a local mobster. A year earlier Danny sustained a dent in his head from a lead pipe. Now he can't remember anything before last year, and suddenly finds the dirty work he previously enjoyed has become distasteful.

[Linda]

Jamie wrote: "I just started Water for Elephants today! I'm excited because I'm using it for the Summer Challenge and because it has been sitting on my shelf for months!"

Jamie: I think you will love Water For Elephants. It is such a wonderful book.

[Linda]

Yvonne wrote: "I finshed Loving Frank this morning. Ending was such a shock! I was expecting something to happen, just not THAT! I enjoyed the book though. "

Yvonne: I agree with you. I was so totally blown away that I went on line to make certain it was true. Never saw that one coming.

[Elhara]

I am almost finished Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed. Overall I have enjoyed it. I like Lamb's style. Some flashbacks were introduced out of no where, which I found a bit confusing and seemingly not very important to the basic story line. This feels both disjointed and bland. Unfortunatly I found this less enjoyable as it ventures away from the wake of the traumatic experience that the characters lived through. Hopefully things will pull together in the last few chapters. Every time I read a few chapters I really believe that these turns of events would lead any one of us on this road of disaster. It is not far-fetched at all! I have no idea as to how this book will conclude. Should be interesting.

[Liz]

Fiona wrote: "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon didn't work out unfortunately. Interesting story but there was just something that didn't gel for me. And it was the same thing that niggled at me with the other book I..."
Fiona, out of curiosity, do you know why A Gathering Light is called A Northern Light in the states? I'm just not sure why it would have been changed. I know Harry Potter was modified because they were worried that the slang wouldn't make sense to Americans (when I first got to the UK, I spent at least the first week thinking, "Why does everyone keep asking me if I'm all right?").
Justine, I'd be curious to hear your opinion of The Blind Assassain! I really enjoyed A Handmaid's Tale and want to read lots more Atoowd (including The Blind Assassain).

[Samantha McNulty]

I'm reading The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan currently.

[Ariel]

Diane wrote: "Hi Ariel - I saw the movie, The Reader, and now want to read the book. I loved the movie -- did you like the book?"

Hi Diane!

Although I have read and watched many Holocaust-related stories I really liked this book, found the plot very interesting and written in a simple and direct way; I liked how characters' psychology was described through the entire text and how it makes you reflect after having finished it.

Now I want to see the movie, possibly during next weekend :)

Best regards!

[Diane]

Yvonne wrote: "Hi Kim,
I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan last summer. I throughly enjoyed it. Yesterday at Barnes and Nobles, I spotted Shanghi Girls. Didn't buy it at the time. Maybe at a later time. "

Yvonne, I read Snow Flower too and loved it. I saw Shanghi Girls and am very interested in reading it. The premise sounds really interesting, and I like Lisa See's writing. I haven't picked it up yet either.

[Diane]

Elhara wrote: "I am almost finished Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed. Overall I have enjoyed it. I like Lamb's style. Some flashbacks were introduced out of no where, which I found a bit confusing and seemi..."

Hi Elhara. My live book club selected this book to read over the summer. I won't be starting it until August, and it's my first Wally Lamb book. I hope I'll like it, as I've been curious about his books.

[Diane]

Linda wrote: "Yvonne wrote: "I finshed Loving Frank this morning. Ending was such a shock! I was expecting something to happen, just not THAT! I enjoyed the book though. "

Yvonne: I agree with you. I was so..."

Hi Linda and Yvonne. Wasn't this a great read? I had no idea about the story at all, until I googled Mameh Cheney BEFORE I finished the book....needless to say, it blew the ending for me, but I loved it nonetheless.
I recently bought The Women, by T.C. Boyle which is about the 4 prominent women in FLW's life.

[Diane]

Petra wrote: "Justine wrote: "I just started The Blind Assassin. It's been on my shelf for way too long."

Justine, I really liked this book. Hope you do to. "


Great read. Read it with my live book club a few years back.

[Diane]

Ariel wrote: "Diane wrote: "Hi Ariel - I saw the movie, The Reader, and now want to read the book. I loved the movie -- did you like the book?"

Hi Diane!

Although I have read and watched many Holocaust-related..."

Please post back to me if you see the movie. I hope that after reading the book, the movie will not disappoint.

[Ariel]

Diane wrote: "Please post back to me if you see the movie. I hope that after reading the book, the movie will not disappoint. "

Sure, I will! :)

[Sharon]

Always carry a pen and notebook of blank paper, the words you read or the words you are inspired to write take their place at a certain point in your time and are well worth jotting down while they burn in your spirit. Summer is here and the sense of freedom to explore so many new things. For me it was just the ordinary day at the beach one summer when the Angel of the Lord appeared to me so magnificantly. I didn't have a notebook close by and had to run back to my hotel room to write down this experience and the Angel's words after I came back down from heaven! It was later that I realized the Angel's words would always stay with me. I think that is a part of experiencing God. Sharon Ellis Author of Communions With Christ.

[Liz]

Fiona wrote: "I'm thinking that MAYBE it is because over here 'The Golden Compass' by Philip Pullman is called Northern Light so maybe they didn't want two books with similar titles.

I don't really know what th..."
I thought of that as welll--people rarely expect me to realize that Philip Pullman's book have different titles over here, but I do! Also, I have no idea what causes the cover images to be different.

[Stephanie]

Sharon wrote: "Always carry a pen and notebook of blank paper, the words you read or the words you are inspired to write take their place at a certain point in your time and are well worth jotting down while they..."

Hi Sharon,

This thread is actually for sharing what you're currently reading. All your post does is allude to the book you've written, so this is the wrong thread. Care to share what book you're reading?

[Stephanie]

I just started on a Harry Potter reread. I dived into HP and the Sorcerer's Stone last night and now I'm wondering why I waited so long to start making my way back through them! :)

[Cathyb]

Have started The Woman in White and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .

[Cait]

I'm about to start American Psycho By Bret Easton Ellis. I've been looking forward to reading this for quite some time.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Emilee wrote: "I started Saturday by Ian McEwan. So far I am really enjoying this book."

Ugh! THis book was pure torture for me! Good luck ladies!

[Maria]

i finished two books over the weekend, The Time of My Life and Garden Spells. i actually finished Garden Spells in about 4 hours. i really liked both of these books.

i think i'm going to start A Conspiracy of Paper next, to ease in to my non-fiction pick from the library.

[Kellie]

Finished Down River by John Hart over the weekend. Fantastic read. Could not put the book down.

Starting The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

[Petra]

Cathyb wrote: "Have started The Woman in White and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

I'm also reading The Woman In White and loving it. I'm a big fan of Victorian novels.
I've also started Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters.

[Liz]

Right now I'm working my way through "Odd Thomas" by Koontz.

I'm also doing "Middlemarch" on MP3. That will take a while.

[Maureen]

I'm almost finished with Queen of the Road (Doreen Orion), for my face-to-face book club. It's a memoir/travelogue about a couple's one year road trip throughout the U.S. in a bus-converted-into-an-RV. It's been a fun, quick read.

I'm also listening to Kristen Chenoweth's book on audio. Love her!!

Finally, I've decided to read the Narnia Chronicles as my own personal summer challenge. (Never got around to reading these as a kid, for some reason.) I'm more than half-way through The Magician's Nephew (I've decided to read the books in the order that Lewis preferred).

And yay to those reading The Blind Assassin! I loved this book, and hope you all do, too. :-)

[Jenna]

Reading the 3rd book in the Dexter series, Dexter in the Dark. I really liked the first two, but this one isn't really entertaining me. I'm actually really looking forward to being finished with it. Have about 100 pages left to go and I really hope this one ends well.

[Yvonne]

Hi Maureen,
I have also read the Narnia Chronicles. I enjoyed them. Enchanting......I will reread them one of these days. What is the order that Lewis preferred?

[Yvonne]

Hi Liz,

I have read Odd Thomas by Kootnz. I have enjoyed most of his books.

[Lori Ann]

I'm reading Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Technically a re-read, but I first read it in the 8th grade so I don't remember much...

[Liz]

Liz, good luck with Middlemarch! That is definitely one of my favorites.


Maureen, I read all of The Chronicles of Narnia a few summers ago. I had read three of the books but decided I needed to read them all in order.

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Finished Disgrace... not quite sure what I think about it. The story starts with a professor getting chucked out of his job for sleeping with a student and continues with self-discovery, the meaning of family, etc. But the "original sin" seemed far less important and interesting than a lot of other sins that were dealt with throughout the book. Have to think about it some more.

Finishing up some re-reads and odds and ends and then will start Portrait of a Lady, which finally turned up. (I was desperately looking for a black book spine... my copy is yellow... oops!)

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Believe me Fiona it gets much better, the begining isn't the best but it does become much more iteresting and suprising.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jenna wrote: "Reading the 3rd book in the Dexter series, Dexter in the Dark. I really liked the first two, but this one isn't really entertaining me. I'm actually really looking forward to being finished with ..."


The third Dexter definitely had a different feel to it, but I enjoyed it still the same. I have to get my hands on the 4th book one of these days.....

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yvonne wrote: "Hi Liz,

I have read Odd Thomas by Kootnz. I have enjoyed most of his books."


One of my all time favorite series!

[Kristin]

Im on the second part of A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore and I just love it, its my fave book by him so far.

[Yvonne]

Currently, I am reading " A Box of Matches" by Nicholson Baker. Interesting read. I am also reading"How to Steal A Dog" by Barbara O'Connor.I am reading this to see if it will be a good read=aloud for my students next school year. Both are easy reads.