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message 11651: by GracieKat (new)

GracieKat | 864 comments Finished The Keepsake today. as well as Patty Jane's House of Curl. Started Winesburg, Ohio.


message 11652: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Donna wrote: "I finally finished readin Bridge of Sighs and I loved it. It took me a long time because I have been very busy but now I am getting back on track and am currently reading

Almost Moon is a disturbing book but after I had finished it (which I almost didn't) and digested it, I decided that I did like it. It's very different but it was like having to psychoanalyze it afterwards. It has really stuck with me. Let me know what you think when you've finished (and maybe after digesting it). : )



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Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
I finished Spot of Bother a few minuted ago. It was a page turner for me, I was dying to know what was going to happen to everyone. That family is seriously FUCKED up!

I am about to embark on what might be the biggest book Ive read this decade. The Count of Monte Cristo.....


message 11654: by Yvonne (new)

Yvonne

Hi Lori,
I read that book a long time ago.......good read....stick with it.


message 11655: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Im certainly looking forward to it :)


message 11656: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I decided to wait on TO THE NINES by Janet Evanovich, and started and can't put down THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND by Jeffrey Deaver. It is a page turner and I am almost done and I just started!!


message 11657: by Carrie (new)

Carrie | 1 comments I just finished Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas - it was fabulous. I was trying to read Graceling which is a YA novel but I just can't get into it.

I'm moving on to See You in 100 Years - interesting concept about a couple leaving the big city to live off the land. No television, cell phones or grocery stores -- so far it's pretty good.


message 11658: by [deleted user] (new)

Lori wrote: "I am about to embark on what might be the biggest book Ive read this decade. The Count of Monte Cristo..."

I have this on my re-read list... great book!!




JG (Introverted Reader) I finished my dad's western, War Cry. It was not one of the best of that series.

Now I'm starting The Lincoln Lawyer.


message 11660: by Fiona (Titch) (new)

Fiona (Titch) Hunt (titch) Last nite I started reading Jessi and the Dance School Phantom - Ann M. Martin.


message 11661: by Kristin (new)

Kristin (kg05) | 310 comments Im glad you enjoyed it Lori, When I finish Dirty Job I'll have to read that one then.


Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner) (perpetualpageturner) | 636 comments Just finished The Bean Trees and now on to The Virgin Suicides


message 11663: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Lori wrote: "I finished Spot of Bother a few minuted ago. It was a page turner for me, I was dying to know what was going to happen to everyone. That family is seriously FUCKED up!

I am about to embark on wh..."


Lori, I have The Count of Monte Cristo on my TBR shelf. I've heard it is an excellent read.


message 11664: by Fiona (Titch) (new)

Fiona (Titch) Hunt (titch) Finished Jessi and the Dance School Phantom - Ann M. Martin and started Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson



message 11665: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Claire, so far it is pretty good, Im about 50 pages in, I started it this morning.


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Finished Put What Where?! Put What Where?! by John Naish a silly thing full of sex advice from times gone by. Very fun.

Will now read The Uncommon Reader A Novella by Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader A Novella


message 11667: by Loretta (new)

Loretta Johnson (lavendarfawkes122) | 39 comments I am currently reading Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice...not too far into the book yet. I am only on page 20 so we will see how it goes


message 11668: by Lisa (new)

Lisa "The Piano Teacher" by Janice Y K Lee and "The Beach Trip" by Cathy Houlton


message 11669: by Sherrie (new)

Sherrie (syellico) Just finished Blindness by José Saramago - wow, very intense and disturbing, but a great read.
I started listening to the audio version of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and am back and forth between Persuasion by Jane Austen and Drowning Ruth (Oprah's Book Club) by Christina Schwarz , which I'm enjoying so far!


message 11670: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Sherrie... Blindness is one of my favorite novels, from one of my favorite authors!


message 11671: by Sherrie (new)

Sherrie (syellico) Lori wrote: "Sherrie... Blindness is one of my favorite novels, from one of my favorite authors!"

It was my first Saramago, and I really liked it. I have to read more of him!




message 11672: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Can I recommend The Cave, Death With Interruptions and Seeing...? Seeing is the sequel to Blindness, same town, 4 years later...


message 11673: by Cait (new)

Cait (caitertot) | 604 comments I finished American Psycho and Thanks for the Memories.

Now I'm 43 pages into A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. So far so good.


message 11674: by Lori Ann (new)

Lori Ann | 105 comments Claire- I enjoyed Hound of the Baskervilles, but I've enjoyed other Sherlock Holmes stories more...

Sherrie- I read Brideshead Revisited not too long ago and loved it. What are your feelings about it?

I'm halfway through Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, its good!


message 11675: by Sherrie (new)

Sherrie (syellico) Lori wrote: "Can I recommend The Cave, Death With Interruptions and Seeing...? Seeing is the sequel to Blindness, same town, 4 years later..."

Awesome - thank you! I didn't know there was a sequel!


message 11676: by Brenda (new)

Brenda | 266 comments Giving up on Outlander (Gabaldon), The Shadow of the wind (Zafron), At Swim, two boys (O'Neill). Now moving on to The Snowball about Warren Buffet. I hate giving up on books but too little time, too many books to read....hoping The Snowball will be enjoyable.


message 11677: by Petra X (new)

Petra X (petra-x) I'm reading Academy X by Andrew Trees. Its not very good but its not bad enough to give up. Life as viewed by a teacher in a school for the privileged and rich who are to be got places in Ivy League colleges no matter how much it costs or what lies have to be told. It sounded interesting....


message 11678: by GracieKat (new)

GracieKat | 864 comments Winesburg Ohio suckedsuckedsucked. It's definitely taught me a lesson: classic does not automatically equal good. I started The Night Before by Lisa Jackson. It's part of the opposites challenge. After that I'm going to start on The Morning After by Lisa Jackson. So far it's not super-enthralling but it's interesting.




message 11679: by GracieKat (new)

GracieKat | 864 comments Sherrie wrote: "Just finished Blindness by José Saramago - wow, very intense and disturbing, but a great read.
I started listening to the audio version of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and am back and fo..."


I've got Drowning Ruth on my TBR. Glad to hear you like it!


message 11680: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I finished THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND by Jeffrey Deaver and it was awesome! Now I am reading MILKWEED by Jerry Spinelli, a young adult book.


message 11681: by Dorie (new)

Dorie (dorieann) | 430 comments I finished "The Kind One" by Tom Epperson and really loved it. I've discovered it's being made into a movie and they've cast Casey Affleck in the lead as Danny, which is spot-on. Now I can't wait to see it because I know it'll be a great movie. Although there were scenes of graphic violence, the story also had a great heart. Reminded me of Charlie Huston's novels.

Anyway, I've read a lot of dark stories lately so I'm going to lighten up and start a Terry Pratchett book, "Monstrous Regiment".


message 11682: by [deleted user] (last edited Jun 05, 2009 02:50AM) (new)

I gave up on my audio book of Sister Carrie. Just wasn't doing much for me. Yet another classic that has not borne well the test of time... (IMHO, if anyone just loved it, pls to let me know why!)

Moving on to Animal Farm (audio).

EDIT: Uncommon Reader has put me in the best mood! It's lovely!


message 11683: by Fiona (Titch) (new)

Fiona (Titch) Hunt (titch) Just finished Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson. Will now read Cross Country - James Patterson.


message 11684: by Robin (last edited Jun 05, 2009 04:24AM) (new)

Robin (robinsullivan) | 997 comments Hello all!!!
I've been scarce on GoodReads lately as I've been very busy with my husband's books but I'm going to start posting soon.

What I'm currently reading:
The Jungle The Uncensored Original Edition | The Curse of the Mistwraith | Tigana

The Jungle The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light & Shadow, Arc 1, Book 1) by Janny Wurts Tigana (10th Anniversary Edition) by Guy Gavriel Kay

-- Robin The Crown Conspiracy | Avempartha | Nyphron Rising (Oct 2009)


message 11685: by El (new)

El Hayes wrote: "I gave up on my audio book of Sister Carrie. Just wasn't doing much for me. Yet another classic that has not borne well the test of time... (IMHO, if anyone just loved it, pls to let ..."

I can't say that I loved Sister Carrie but I remember not hating it. Dreiser was heavy into the morality stories, loved showing the world what would happen if a young girl made certain decisions. It's totally bogus and overly dramatic, but it was an okay read. Have you read An American Tragedy? It's even more over-the-top. I think if you look at it from the point of view that Dreiser was a sensationalist, it helps a little. Like Upton Sinclair's The Jungle or Oil!. The story exists only to prove a point - at least that's how I look at Dreiser's and Sinclair's writing.


message 11686: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments I am almost finished with Midwives and I am really enjoying it. His writing reminds me of Jodi Picoult, who I love!


message 11687: by Sherrie (new)

Sherrie (syellico) So far, Drowning Ruth is very good! This woman is pretty messed up and I think it is unfolding nicely!


message 11688: by [deleted user] (new)

El wrote: "Hayes wrote: "I gave up on my audio book of Sister Carrie. Just wasn't doing much for me. Yet another classic that has not borne well the test of time... (IMHO, if anyone just loved i..."

Thanks El. I tried to look at it from the historical, moral cautionary tale POV, but it didn't keep me interested enough. LITS and TBRITL!




Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (susannag) | 1736 comments Finished The Murders of Richard III, by Elizabeth Peters, yesterday afternoon. Murder and mayhem among the supporters of Richard III (the Ricardians), c. 1974. Didn't like it quite as well as the Amelia Peabody mysteries, but still a fun way to spend an afternoon I had to spend lying down (blood pressure acting up mysteriously).

I am about in the middle of Murder on Astor Place. Not sure what I think of it entirely, yet. Writing a bit pedestrian, but the mystery is fairly good so far. On the other hand, the word "suffragette" has been used ahistorically at least five times now, and that's one of my bugbears.


message 11690: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (sbez05) | 556 comments I started on Those Who Save Us last night. So far very good.


message 11691: by Sharon (new)

Sharon Ellis | 176 comments I just yesterday found on my bookself an old copy of Little Women / Louisa M. Allcott, and inside the signature in my mother's handwriting "From Mummy and Daddy." My mother must have given it to me as a little girl when she was still referred to as Mummy and before she was called Mum. (Mum being From England). I really should read this book!
Peace, Sharon


message 11692: by Loretta (new)

Loretta Johnson (lavendarfawkes122) | 39 comments Little Women is a good book...I enjoyed it.


message 11693: by Allison (new)

Allison (sockweasel) | 432 comments Stephanie, I hope you enjoy Those Who Save Us. I really liked that one and that story has really stuck with me. :)


I finished I Capture the Castle yesterday and started The Glass Castle A Memoir by Jeannette Walls..... I am really enjoying The Glass Castle so far, it's such an interesting read!


message 11694: by Ashley (new)

Ashley (angelashly) | 160 comments Finished Thirteen Reason's Why and loved it.
Started Such A Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster.


message 11695: by Diane (new)

Diane  (dianedj) Allison wrote: "Stephanie, I hope you enjoy Those Who Save Us. I really liked that one and that story has really stuck with me. :)


I finished I Capture the Castle yesterday and started [book:The Gl..."


Allison, I read The Glass Castle about two years ago. There's so much to talk about once you've read it - you'll need to discuss it with someone!




message 11696: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Lori wrote: "Claire, so far it is pretty good, Im about 50 pages in, I started it this morning."


Good going, Lori- one day when I feel ambitious, I'll tackle it! Enjoy!



message 11697: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Allison wrote: "Stephanie, I hope you enjoy Those Who Save Us. I really liked that one and that story has really stuck with me. :)


I finished I Capture the Castle yesterday and started [book:The Gl..."


Allison, I'm reading The Glass Castle too - I'm almost finished with it. It is unbelievable how these children had to grow up! I'm really enjoying the book.




message 11698: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I finished MILKWEED and really enjoyed it. Now an reading TO THE NINES by Janet Evanovich.


message 11699: by Jessika (new)

Jessika Hoover (jessalittlebooknerd) Finished Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. About to start Love in the Time of Cholera and Twilight.


message 11700: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Just finished This Sceptred Isle 55bc-1999 and now onto The Master of Ballantrae. Good stuff eh?


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