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[Linda]

Just started Still Alice by Lisa Genova. So far (about 100 pages) it is a great read, but a bit scary. Since it is a book about a woman who discovers she has Alzheimer, I find myself taking stock about my own idiosyncracies of forgetting.

[Samantha McNulty]

Just finished The Women of Pemberley, a sequel of P&P, and will start Netherfield Park Revisited, another P&P sequel later today.

[Claire]

I just finished The Glass Castle and am starting The Shack. The Glass Castle was great.

[Christina]

I have to agree that Almost Moon was terrible! I was so disappointed because I had read The Lovely Bones a while back and though disturbing I thought it was a great book.

I just started Reading Lolita in Tehran.

[Cathyb]

Lovely Bones was a good book - the reason I bought Almost Moon. :(

I read Reading Lolita in Tehran a while ago. It was a decent book.

[Fiona (Titch)]

That was the reason I chose to read The Almost Moon as well

[Dara]

Claire wrote: "I just finished The Glass Castle and am starting The Shack. The Glass Castle was great."

Both are great books Claire! I couldn't put The Glass Castle down, however The Shack was a much, much slower read for me. It is very thought provoking and just isn't a quick read. But I very much enjoyed it.

[Leila]

I've read so many negative reviews about the Almost Moon and it's sad because so many say good things about Lovely Bones.

[Leila]

Sam wrote: "Just finished The Women of Pemberley, a sequel of P&P, and will start Netherfield Park Revisited, another P&P sequel later today."
I'd love to read a P&P sequel! Did you like Women of Pemberley?

[Claire]

Dara wrote: "Claire wrote: "I just finished The Glass Castle and am starting The Shack. The Glass Castle was great."

Both are great books Claire! I couldn't put The Glass Castle down, however The Shack was..."

Thanks for your input, Dara. I've heard alot of good things about the shack. Our pastor mentioned it in his sermon at church one Sunday and peaked my interest in it. I agree, The Glass Castle was a great read.

[Paula]

Tia wrote: "I just finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (which was terrible).

I hear that from everyone! After I had digested the story, I liked it if you can say that about such a tragic and sad story. I think it was a message about mental illness but it is a tough one.

[Paula]

I just finished "My Sister's Keeper" Jodi Picoult. What a well written book and one that will stick with me for a long long time. I haven't decided what I'll pick up next but I know it will be something light!

[Gloria]

I'm reading Standing Still A Novel. I am loving the slowly unraveling story and observing the personality of the protaganist. She is a fascinating woman, gripped by her panic disorder but oddly unafraid of things she should fear.

[Lisa]

I am about half way through I Capture the Castle. I like it so far. For some reason I thought it would be a fantasy book, so it certainly isn't what I was expecting. I am still enjoying it though.

[Donna]

Maria and Donna:

I haven't gotten that far into the book (140 in thus far) but I do like it so far. I don't wanna judge any characters yet until I read on a little more but I am kinda following you, Maria!

I don't know anything about FLW so this is all news to me! After this I plan on reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo did anyone likes this or hate it?

[Lisa]

"The Elegance of the Hedgehog"; I like the story but there's just so much philosophical stuff in it and I keep getting so bogged down in that.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Donna - I haven't read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yet, but I've heard good things about it from several people who have read it.

Great title, too.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I finished A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly and loved it! I highly recommend it.

Now I'm starting The Woman in White. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Cathyb]

Donna wrote: "Maria and Donna:

I haven't gotten that far into the book (140 in thus far) but I do like it so far. I don't wanna judge any characters yet until I read on a little more but I am kinda following ..."

Donna:

I recently read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . I liked it and plan on purchasing the sequel when it is available in stores - I have bad luck with pre-ordering (books have been damaged on several occassions). I found the beginning a little slow but the story eventually picked up and was pretty much a page turner. Beware that there are some very graphic scenes - most that add to the plot but also one/two that I felt did not.

Hope you enjoy it!

[Marci]

I too have Almost Moon(borrowed from my sister) I don't even think I want to read now. I read Glass Castle was excellent. I heard Jeannette Walls speak at our local community college. She was lovely. I will move to the other thread

[Eden]

I'm reading Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison.

[Allison]

I am now reading Water for Elephants... I'm enjoying it so much so far! :)

[GracieKat]

Eden wrote: "I'm reading Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison."

What do you think about it? I didn't like it.

I just finished The Girl with No Shadow A Novel and to say the least I was disappointed. Definitely not a worthy follow-up to Chocolat.

I also just started reading Sense and Sensibility for half of the I Love Lucy Challenge.

[Yvonne]

Donna wrote: "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 wel..."

I finished Loving Frank a few weeks ago. What a shocker!

[Yvonne]

Maria 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.

Now I am reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan..."

I agree with you about FLW

[Yvonne]

Maria 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.

Now I am reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan..."

I agree with you about FLW

[Yvonne]

Tamara wrote: "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..."

Is it just as good as The Pillars of the Earth? I enjoyed that story line.

[Sue]

I finished reading "Columbine" about a week ago. I keep picking it up and reading parts of it over and over. Painful to read at times, so many lives changed forever. Sorts out a lot of what went wrong, and right that day.

[Dorie]

I finished reading Michael Connelly's "The Scarecrow" and liked it a lot. He's always so dependable for a good read.

I'm now starting The Pig Did It, a humorous mystery set in Ireland. I hope it's good because it was an impulse buy.

[Dan]

Finished Jacob's Room last night and started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Mind of God. I'm also working on The Metaphysical Club and I'm nibbling away at the 2006 edition of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Allison wrote: "I am now reading Water for Elephants... I'm enjoying it so much so far! :)"

I LOVED that book!

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Just finished Choke. No idea what to read next! I have a few in mind (for the Summer Challenge) but can't decide!

[Eric]

Jamie, I liked Choke so-so but, Allison, I really enjoyed Water For Elephants. It is a wonderful book.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Just finished a reread of Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic. Golly, that's a good book.

[Donna]

Thanks guys!!! I have to go pick it up this weekend but as I said earlier that I am still on Loving Frank but I am flying thru it so...? I should get on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo rather quickly

[Allison]

Eric and Jamie, I'm glad you guys liked Water For Elephants! :) I really don't want to put it down. It's nice to hear you enjoyed it too!! :)

[Viki]

About to begin Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. I grew up during the Viet Nam era so I am anxious to read it. Hope it doesn't disappoint.

[Yasmin]

Claire wrote:
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.
I think the book is good at portraying women in a constant war zone as well you can see the mirror image of how women are treated all over the world in peace or war.

[Kandice]

I'm listening to The Goose Girl and reading On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.

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Hi Ameta. I'm dying to read that (Bees) and I love that series!

[Eden]

Grace wrote: "Eden wrote: "I'm reading Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison."

What do you think about it? I didn't like it.

I just finished The Girl with No Shadow A Novel and to say..."

I really like the book, I think that it's pretty good.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started I, Elizabeth A Novel last night.

It is probably pretty good as I kept reading it though being exhausted.

[Allison]

I finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen today. I absolutely LOVED it. Definitely one of my new favorites. :) I highly, highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

Now I'm starting The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

[Lisa]

I am about half way through The Woman in White. I am really enjoying it.

[Yasmin]

I finished Dante's Inferno yesterday. Now I'm mulling through poems of John Keats (!). For Oscar Wilde admirers there is some exciting news I found out today...

[[deleted user]]

Brava, Yamin! I always love it when I hear that someone has decided to tackle this brilliant and daunting poem. In Italian? or Translation, and if so, whose?

...and don't keep us hanging about the Wilde news....

[[deleted user]]

Couldn't get my audio book of Animal Farm to work (who knows what I did to it...), so I started The Enchanted April and it's absolutely charming. There is a movie too, with Alfred Molina and Miranda Richardson, which looks fabulous and which I am now going to have to track down.

Anybody seen it and/or read it?

[Linda]

Jamie wrote: "Allison wrote: "I am now reading Water for Elephants... I'm enjoying it so much so far! :)"

I LOVED that book!" I totally agree with Allison. Water For Elephants was a great read. It was funny, tragic, informative and kept me riveted.

[Linda]

Allison wrote: "I finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen today. I absolutely LOVED it. Definitely one of my new favorites. :) I highly, highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

Now ..."

Allison: I know that The Time Traveller's Wife has gotten mixed reviews, but I really, really liked it.

[Yasmin]

Hayes wrote: "Brava, Yamin! I always love it when I hear that someone has decided to tackle this brilliant and daunting poem. In Italian? or Translation, and if so, whose?

...and don't keep us hanging about the..."

English translation by Elio Zappulla and as he says not a literal translation, I don't know a word of Italian.
The Oscar Wilde news care of the Oscar Wilde Society (UK) that two authors have finished editing a pervious unpublished work of his from 1876. Mr. Robert Ross had the work to include in his published collection but never finished editing it before he died. Thomas Wright and Donald Mead are the editors. I believe it is called Homer's Women.