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[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I enjoyed that one, Judy. Very good series, I think.

[JSou]

Katie wrote: "Haven't been on here in a while b/c of school and things but I decided to join back in :)

I just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K Dick.
I love the film Blade Runner so m..."

Oooh, I loved Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Katie! I still have yet to see Blade Runner, but the book was a great read! Would love to hear what you think about it once you're done!

[Petra]

Thanks, Mosca and Kathy. I'm not giving up on the book and will finish it. It's not bad; it's just not as interesting as it sounds, I think. Wing Biddlebaum's story is sad and was out of his control but the others seem to make their own sadness. All stories seem to point towards George Willard. Maybe his chapter will pull things together.
Thank you for your inputs.

[Felina]

I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Has anybody read them? They are an easy and quick read. Not a whole lot of depth or character development but an excellent time waster. :)

[Breezy]

I joined a while ago, but this is the first time I think I've posted a comment here. I'm currently reading Julie Andrews' autobiography. I think it would be better as a biography... if someone else had written it, or maybe if she'd had a ghost writer? I don't particularly enjoy her writing style: it's somewhat disjointed and she jumps topic every once in a while. However, her life is so terribly interesting that I want to keep reading on. So much that I want to learn about her life: how she became who she is, her family, the people she has loved and hated, what "lucky breaks" helped her become the Julie Andrews we all know today. Sounds a bit corny, I know, but I can't help it! That's just my personality.

[El]

Breezy wrote: "I joined a while ago, but this is the first time I think I've posted a comment here. I'm currently reading Julie Andrews' autobiography. I think it would be better as a biography... if someone el..."

Hi Breezy, welcome to the group!
I felt the same way about Cash The Autobiography by Johnny Cash. His life also was very interesting so I wanted to keep reading, but he was also disjointed in his thoughts, but I just figured, "It's Johnny Cash! Who in their right mind would tell him he needs to tone it down?" :)

I've always liked Julie Andrews (in Sound of Music and Mary Poppins particularly), so I might check out her autobiography also. If you like this sort of thing you might also check out Carol Burnett's memoir, One More Time.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Felina wrote: "I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Has anybody read them? They are an easy and quick read. Not a whole lot of depth or character development but an excellent time waster. :)"

Are you kidding? I love that series. I am waiting till the hardcover of the newest one either ends up in the bargin bin or I get a great coupon from Borders to pick it up. I did just buy the HBO series on DVD today (coupon!!) and plan to watch it this week.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Changed my mind and wanna read For One More Day - Mitch Albom

[Jeane]

Debby wrote: "I'm reading Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy and really enjoying it. "

Debby, I love Maeve Binchy stories!!!!

[Jackie]

I am getting ready to start Secrets by Jude Devreaux. Just finished The 8th Confession.

[Suzanne]

I am getting read to start The Friday Night Knitting Club. I just finished Blood Orange.
I have 8th Confession on hold at the library. I can't wait til when it comes in.

[Felina]

Lori wrote: "Felina wrote: "I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Has anybody read them? They are an easy and quick read. Not a whole lot of depth or character development but an excellent time waster. :)"
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I LOVE the show. I think its alot better than the books. I like the character development in the show alot better. Good to know there are more fans out there.

[Claire]

Allison wrote: "Robin, you're going to love The Glass Castle! :)

I just finished it this afternoon, and it was excellent! :) I really enjoyed it the whole way through.

Claire, You must be close to being done n..."

I'm done with The Glass Castle, Allison! What a great (true) story! Did you want to discuss it - I wonder if we should start a different thread so as not to create any spoilers? Let me know - and whoever else wants to join in is welcome.

[Liz]

I've just finished John Dryden's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, which I'd been reading a few pages at a time before bed along with lighter things to balance out school work. Now I'm trying to finish a reread of Great Expectations which I started for a class last semester and didn't quite finish.

[Kathy]

Felina wrote: "I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Has anybody read them? They are an easy and quick read. Not a whole lot of depth or character development but an excellent time waster. :)"

Felina, I love the Sookie series by Charlaine Harris. I just finished her last one, Dead and Gone. I'm also a huge fan of the HBO series based on the books, True Blood. Season Two starts this coming Sunday, June 14th.

[Kathy]

Lori,you will love the True Blood show, or at least I hope you do. I just finished watching all of the DVDs and then had HBO hooked up just so that I could get True Blood when the new season starts. I, also, bought the soundtrack and love it.

Felina, I agree that the show does seem to be fleshing out the characters more.

[Lori, Super Mod]

SUnday June 14th??? its on already? Oh no.. I gotta start watching tonite then!

[Felina]

Kathy wrote: "Felina wrote: "I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Has anybody read them? They are an easy and quick read. Not a whole lot of depth or character development but an excellent time waster. :)"
..."

Yeah I'm excited about the TV show. I have a group of friends that always get together to watch it together. Eat your heart out Grey's Anatomy.

[Kathy]

Lori wrote: "SUnday June 14th??? its on already? Oh no.. I gotta start watching tonite then!"

Yes you do. One of my best friends just started watching them today and is loving them. Guess who will probably want to come over to my house Sunday to see the new season?

[Adrienne]

I am reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. I like it very much and will be sad when it is over. That is not making me slow down in my reading, however.

[GracieKat]

I finally finished The Night Before by Lisa Jackson and The Morning After by her also. I'm so happy I'm finished with them. They sucked so bad! Her New Orleans series wasn't too bad but these two were horrible!.
I also read The Birds' Christmas Carol today. It was really short, about 90 pages.

I started The Girl with No Shadow A Novel by Joanne Harris. I was really excited to read it since it's the sequel to Chocolat. It's pretty good so far.

[Ladybird]

I just finished Long Way Down by Nick Hornby and didn't enjoy it. I'm now reading Bel Canto and a true crime book called And Never Let Her Go. One book I've been trying to read, but simply can't into it is called Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Has anyone read this? If so, was it a breeze for you or did you struggle to get into it at first?

[Kristin]

I cant wait to get the Sookie Stackhouse books! Im trying to get all of the Janet Evanovich books and The Cat Who books before I start reading them all so i'll do the same thing with the Sookie books.


I just finished A Dirty Job and started Love Walked In today, so far i like it, im only on the first chapter though.

[Donna]

I just finished Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn. It was a quick read. Quite clever and entertaining but with a message as well. Highly recommended.

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

Claire wrote: "Allison wrote: "Robin, you're going to love The Glass Castle! :)

I just finished it this afternoon, and it was excellent! :) I really enjoyed it the whole way through.

Claire, You must be c..."

It was a great book.

[Lynai]

I'm reading The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis during office hours today. I will definitely try to finish up before the day ends. :)

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

I just finished The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon....author of Shadow of the Wind....I liked the book but liked Shadow of the Wind better....same talented writer, but different theme.

I am now reading The Wednesday Sisters....sort of chic lit, but good....it is about the bonding between women and how we as women can work and have babies.

[Tia]

I just finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (which was terrible). I'm now reading The Great Gatsby.

[Donna]

Tia, I can't agree with you more!!! I just finished it up not to long ago and I just thank GOD that it was a quick (and painful) read.

Now I am reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan and I gotta say, this is on my top faves right now. I am only on page 120 but it is great thus far.

Has anyone else read it?

[Cathyb]

Tia wrote: "I just finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (which was terrible). I'm now reading The Great Gatsby."

Oh no! I have AM in my TBR pile.

[Stephanie]

Maria wrote: "I just finished Long Way Down by Nick Hornby and didn't enjoy it. I'm now reading Bel Canto and a true crime book called And Never Let Her Go. One book I've been trying to read, but simply can't i..."

Maria - I read Never Let Me Go earlier this year, and while it wasn't a terribly compelling book I really did enjoy it. It wasn't one I couldn't put down, but I thought the concept was fantastic and I really like the way Ishiguro writes. The style of the book sort of reminded me of John Knowles' A Separate Peace.

[Yasmin]

I've almost finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, in tandem with John Keats Complete Poems and Dylan Thomas Omnibus. Since I started A Thousand Splendid Suns, yesterday I haven't been able to put it down. Khaled Hosseini knows how to catch the reader with his style of writing. I can't tell even now if I like it or not. There is so many things to say, complimentary and compliants. But I would recommend it.

[Huda]

Lisa Julianna wrote: "I am currently working on finishing I Capture the Castle. "

hey is it any good, I read classics a lot, and I've heard about it and watched some parts of the movie, I mean is it worth reading?

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished For One More Day - Mitch Albom. Now I am going to carry on reading Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham

[Linda]

Jody wrote: "I am now over half way through ´The Shadow of the Wind´ by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I am completly hooked. "

Jody: There are so many reasons to love this book and I am glad to see another person feels that way. Our book club at B&N is discussing it next week and I can't wait to hear what people think. Zafon is a master. I can't wait to read his newest book.

[Leila]

Am reading Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. It's confusing but sometimes interesting. Will have to read more though...

[Claire]

Yamin wrote: "I've almost finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, in tandem with John Keats Complete Poems and Dylan Thomas Omnibus. Since I started A Thousand Splendid Suns, yesterday I haven't been able t..."


I really liked A Thousand Splendid Suns, Yamin. I thought it was a good portrayal of the treatment of women in Afghganistan under the Taliban rule....parts were very hard and sorrowful to read though.....I hope you enjoy it.

[Marci]

Reading Summer Blowout by Claire Cook listening to In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. On Opposite ends of the spectrum!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Leila wrote: "Am reading Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. It's confusing but sometimes interesting. Will have to read more though..."

Leila, I found that rathr weird at times as well.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Everyman wrote: "Donna wrote: "Tia, I can't agree with you more!!! I just finished it up not to long ago and I just thank GOD that it was a quick (and painful) read."

I'm always curious. Once people start a book,..."

Everyman, we have a separate discussion for this in a different thread, feel free to find it and post to it. In this thread, we are talking about what we are currently reading.

[Maria]

Donna wrote: "Tia, I can't agree with you more!!! I just finished it up not to long ago and I just thank GOD that it was a quick (and painful) read.

Now I am reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan and I gotta s..."

i read Loving Frank in the fall for my library book club. it was a great story, and although a lot people felt that Mayma (did i spell that right?) was a trollop and a bad mother, i didn't feel that way about her. the ending is so sad, too. however, FLW was a self-centered man, who was so passionate about everything until it was surpassed by something else, that i had a hard time liking his character as he was portrayed in the book.

[Allison]

Claire wrote: "I'm done with The Glass Castle, Allison! What a great (true) story! Did you want to discuss it - I wonder if we should start a different thread so as not to create any spoilers? Let me know - and whoever else wants to join in is welcome."

Yeah, I'd love to discuss it! That's a great idea about making a new thread. :) Then it's out of the way and we don't have to worry about spoilers, and who ever wants to join in can do so. :)

[Allison]

Claire, I started a thread for us in the "wanna discuss this novel" area. :)

Anyone else who has read The Glass Castle and wants to join us is welcome to! :)

[Donna]

Hi Maria and Donna, I read Loving Frank A Novel for my face-to-face book group a while ago and it was a very big hit with everyone. The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is very well known but we were all surprised how little we knew about the man and all the women in his life.

[Claire]

Allison wrote: "Claire, I started a thread for us in the "wanna discuss this novel" area. :)

Anyone else who has read The Glass Castle and wants to join us is welcome to! :)"


Ok, Allison, I'll see ya in that thread. Anyone who wants to join in, please do so---discussion of The Glass Castle.

[Lianne]

I started reading Byron Ayanoglu's Crete On The Half Shell. I'm only a few pages in but I'm looking forward to it since the only things I know about Greece comes mainly from history; it'd be interesting to read this travelogue/memoir set in Greece...

[GracieKat]

Still reading The Girl with No Shadow A Novel and I don't think it's really measuring up, story-wise, to Chocolat.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished listening to The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

[Tamara]

I am also new to the Book Club, and I have just finished World without End- Ken Follett.. Amazing read!!!! Loved every page, highly recommended. And then I have started the vampire books!!!! Maybe not a good idea to mention this to a book club, seeming that it is youth literature! But I am enjoying it, busy with Twilight and New Moon is already waiting......

[Jessika]

Leila--if you haven't read it already, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson is pretty good.

I finished Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez yesterday. I'm continuing withTwilight and starting The Shunning - Beverly Lewis.