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[Linda]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "I just finished SHUTTER ISLAND and boy was it good! I did not see that ending! Now I am not sure what to read next."

Ann: Quite a shocker, huh? Lehane is someone I have had good and fair experience with, but Shutter Island is a great read.

[Leanna]

I'm currently reading Magyk by Angie Sage. It's actually really good. A bit childish and light (which I like) and it reminds me of the first Harry Potter book in its somewhat simplicity and silliness. It seems especially light after what I just finished (The Devil's Labyrinth by John Saul).

I'm also reading Stephen King's graphic novel The Gunslinger Born which is AMAZING! I loved Roland's story in Wizard and Glass and seeing the illustrations that go along with it only adds to the experience. If you've read the Dark Tower books, I highly highly highly recommend reading the graphic novel, too.

Next, I have to choose between The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, and City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments book 1). Any suggestions on which I should start first?

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

I just finished Vision in White, Nora Roberts -this was very light reading & it kept my attention thru out - had some funny parts & others that grated my nerves somewhat but I did enjoy overall & now I have started Living Dead in Dallas...So far I'm just as hooked as I was with the first Sookie novel.

[Jenna]

Just spent a couple of days devouring Brandon Sanderson's Elantris and the first two of in his Mistborn series. I have no idea HOW I missed reading him before. As a lover of fantasy.. amazing!

Now, I'm working on Old Man and the Sea in my continuing journey to read more of the "classics"...I'm not very far into it, but it shouldn't take too long.

[Kate]

I've just about finished The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
What a bizarre, creative and highly entertaining book. Something I would never have picked up myself without discovering it on Goodreads.
Its not for everybody(what book is?), but if you love fantasy and well written, imaginative stories, don't be put off by the seemingly childish fact that the main character is a book-loving Dinosaur and pick it up :) It might surprise you.

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Well, I always jump around from one book to the other unless I happen to stumble upon something which is just too good to let go. Yesterday I picked up "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus". It was recommended to me by my mother but I thought it over simplified and over generalized issues that are too subjective and varied in reality to frame in a matter of fact way. So, if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I'm dying to read a good book.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Susanna wrote: "JG - Fun series, Temeraire, isn't it?"

I love Temeraire! And I'm glad that Laurence has loosened up a little in this one.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Leanna wrote: "Next, I have to choose between The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, and City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments book 1). Any suggestions on which I should start first?"

I vote for The Book Thief. It's my all-time favorite.

[Cindy]

Emily, Two of my favorites this year have been The Thirteenth Tale and The Gargoyle. Oh! also The Lace Reader and Astrid and Veronika

I am currently reading The Lost Hours by Karen White and though only on Page 65, I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Donna]

I am currently reading The God of Spring A Novel by Arabella Edge which tells the story of the controversial artist Theo Gericault and the creation of his famous painting, The Raft of the Medusa. A mix of art and politics in the early 1800s Paris.

[Teresa]

Roadside CrossesThis book I haven't finished and I highly recommend, I have read it non stop since yesterday.

Plot: Boy is cyberbullied online in a blog and attacks happen against the posters, Crosses are posted on the highway BEFORE the crime happens, it is a cat and mouse game using the internet savvy teenager agianst techo phobic cops

[Dorie]

I finished "Hero" and thought it was pretty good. Easy reading and entertaining. I'm now starting "A Great Deliverance" by Elizabeth George.

Teresa, "Roadside Crosses" looks good. I may have to check that one out.

[Lisa]

Jenn wrote: "Just spent a couple of days devouring Brandon Sanderson's Elantris and the first two of in his Mistborn series. I have no idea HOW I missed reading him before. As a lover of fantasy.. amazing!
..."

I just added Brian Sanderson to my TBR list. His books sound very interesting.

[Teresa]

Dorie wrote: "I finished "Hero" and thought it was pretty good. Easy reading and entertaining. I'm now starting "A Great Deliverance" by Elizabeth George.

Teresa, "Roadside Crosses" looks good. I may have ..."


I just finished it a 24 hr hour read, well not non stop read but started it yesterday morning and finished it about an hour ago

and the website mentioned in the book does appear on the internet off to check it out

[Yasmin]

Emily wrote: "Well, I always jump around from one book to the other unless I happen to stumble upon something which is just too good to let go. Yesterday I picked up "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus"...."

If you haven't read The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde or The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization are jolly good books to read.

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JG wrote: "I vote for The Book Thief. It's my all-time favorite...."

It's up next!! Can't wait.

[Jenna]

Lisa wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Just spent a couple of days devouring Brandon Sanderson's Elantris and the first two of in his Mistborn series. I have no idea HOW I missed reading him before. As a lover of fantasy...."

I hope you enjoy them! I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the third in the trilogy. The library didn't have it, so I have to wait for it to come via inter-library loan.. ugh!

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Cindy wrote: "Emily, Two of my favorite this year have been The Thirteenth Tale and The Gargoyle. Oh! also The Lace Reader and Astrid and Veronika
I am..."

Thanks I'll be sure to look them up :D.

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Yamin wrote: "Emily wrote: "Well, I always jump around from one book to the other unless I happen to stumble upon something which is just too good to let go. Yesterday I picked up "Men are from Mars and Women ar..."

Thanks Yamin, I am an Oscar Wilde myself, and so I have read many of his books. I was thinking about reading "the Ideal Husband" actually, have you heard of it?

[Jenna]

I finished Old Man and the Sea. Not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. In my review I said I would probably not read it again, however, upon further reflection. I think I need to.

I'm now reading Daphne du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre. It's awesome!

[Claire]

I'm still on The Shack and really enjoying it. Its giving me a new perspective on God and Christianity. Its really amazing. I went to Half-Price Books today and bought three books, one being The Mists of Avalon. I don't know how I'm going to get through all of the books on my shelf in my lifetime. LOL. I have got to stop buying books for awhile.

[Ann from S.C.]

I am now reading DEVIL BONES by Kathy Reichs. It is #11 in the Temperance Brennan series.

[Abbie K.]

Last week I finished #17,"Skin Trade", in the Anita Blake series. I love that "kick-butt" attitude and that "I don't care what kind of prenatural creature you are... behave yourself!" but I am soooo tired of Hamilton's need to reaffirm her sexuality after her divorce. Anita got up to Obsidian Butterfly or maybe Narcissus in Chains, then spent the rest of the series staring at the ceiling on her back. Laurell, get over the divorce already, let's get back to plot!!!

[Adrienne]

I just started The Patron Saint of Liars today by Ann Patchett. I'm not sure this is what I'm in the mood for, but it's going pretty quickly, so I might stick it out.

[Petra X]

I've just bought and started Kavita Daswani's Everything Happens for a Reason. It looks like chicklit and I'm excited! I've read a couple of 'heavy' books in a row, time for something light and frothy.

[Yasmin]

Emily wrote: "Yamin wrote: "Emily wrote: "Well, I always jump around from one book to the other unless I happen to stumble upon something which is just too good to let go. Yesterday I picked up "Men are from Mar..."

Oh yes I am a dedicated admirer of Oscar Wilde, I have two large books for the complete collection of his works. I even went to see "A Woman of No Importance" at St. James Haymarket Theatre in London and saw Rubet Graves, Prunella Scales, Samantha Bond and a few others some years back. It was marvellous! This year I went to Trinity College, Dublin and Pere le Chaise in Paris!

[Jenna]

Just finished Classics of the Macabre (sooooooo nice to have so much time to read right now)...

On to .... American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It's been on my mind to read forever and it was one of only a couple of books that were actually AT my library. The poor little library needs help... sigh...

[Elhara]

I've been having a string of bad luck in the form of boring books lately. I am now halfway through The Art of Keeping Secrets. I'm happy to say I am enjoying this one.

[[deleted user]]

Doncha hate it when that happens? Had a run like that a while ago, but am now enjoying a re-read (The Beekeeper's Apprentice) and a new read The Audacity of Hope Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, which I am loving. What a great "civics" lesson! I wish they had let me study American History like this at school!

[Dorie]

I switched reading, as "A Great Deliverance" was annoying me. I didn't understand what the people in the beginning were talking about, let alone who they were. Elizabeth George didn't do a good job of pulling me into the story, that's for sure.

So I set it aside and started reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. Only a couple of chapters in but I like it so far.

[Kristin]

Im over half way through History of Love.. It's not as good as I wanted it to be, the beginning was really good, now i think its kinda dragging along.. its still good, dont get me wrong, but i just can't wait to get done with it and move on to something else now.

[Stef]

I am reading Kafka on the Shore. I am on page 97 and like it. It is very different from what I usually read but okay.

[Petra X]

I read Everything Happens for a Reason this morning as a bit of light relief, but now its back to R.K. Narayan and I'm just about to start Bachelor of Arts

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Just finished Speak and now on to The Poisonwood Bible which I've heard great things about!

[Jeane]

Finished reading Scarpettaand it was great!

[Kristin]

Just finished History of Love
It was okay.. I was really into it in the beginning then by about 100 or so pages in i just wanted to finish it up. The ending was good, although I wish there would've been more detail in the end.

I have no idea what to read next, I have so many good books that i haven't a clue.

Dogs of Babel
The Glass Castle
In the Woods
I think are my three choices although I have so many books sitting here idk what to pick.

[Allison]

Kristin, read The Glass Castle! :) Okay, I haven't read the other ones on your list, but I did just read The Glass Castle, and I loved it, so that one has my vote! :)

[Lisa]

I am reading Pride and Prejudice right now. I should be getting P&P&Z from the library in about a week, so I will be able to compare.

[Serena]

I just strated The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. I've had a little trouble getting through the books I've started lately - but this one is holding my interest. (It was on my TBR and my daughter bought it for me - what a doll!)

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished DEVIL BONES and it was ok. Now am reading BEANEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors. I am really liking it.

[Jar]

I wanted to read something and I'm thinking about reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Does anyone have an opinion on it?

[Kristin]

I've heard Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was really good, Its on my wish list though, so i couldnt say for sure.. it got great reviews from what i've seen.

I started reading [books: What Looks Like Crazy] - Charlotte Hughes.. and so far i'm loving it, its such a great book and im on page 100 already so i might actually finish it tonight.

[GracieKat]

I just finished Catering to Nobody andDead Until Dark. Dead Until Dark was pretty good but I'm not sure about Catering to Nobody. I'll read one more book in the series but if that one doesn't do it for me then that's it.

I'm now reading Forever Odd and The Dark Half.

[Maria]

i'm still working on John Adams, it's been slow going for me the last few days. this week isn't looking to shape up any better, but we'll see.

i have a few books i'm excited to read for bookgroups this month, The 19th Wife for my library book group, and The Eight for my friend book group. i also want to squeeze a re-read of HP #6 in some time before i go see the movie when it opens. should be a busy few weeks!

[Laura]

I am currently reading "En attendant le vote des betes sauvages" (or Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote). I had a work trip to Africa (DR Congo) and wanted an African book in French to accompany the trip to a francophone African country. It is not as good as some of the other books I have read by Kourouma but it is an interesting spoof on the transition from colonialism to independence in Africa. I want to like it more than I actually do and find myself fighting to get through it.

[Michelle]

JG wrote: "Leanna wrote: "Next, I have to choose between The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, and City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments book 1). Any suggestions on which ..."

I just finished The Book Thief and cannot stop thinking about it. Simply an amazing read.

[Moody]

Final book of Harry Potter... Harry Potter and the deathly hollows

[[deleted user]]

I started Wuthering Heights about two weeks ago and haven't gotten very far with it yet, in fact i haven't picked it up in about a week. Finding it a bit difficult with the language, i think this maybe something i have to sit down and ready for a long period of time all at once so that i can adjust to it.

In the meantime I also started the first book in the Charlaine Harris, Sookie Stackhouse series Dead Until Dark late last week (Thursday i think) and finished it yesterday(Sunday) and now i'm already onto book number two, Living Dead in Dallas and am a chapter through. It was a little odd to get used to since falling in love with the Twilight Saga (the differences with the Vampires, Sookie Stackhouse being more traditional) but i have really enjoyed the humor in it and can't wait to get further.

[Rita]

I've just started the Guersney Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's one of my newer purchases and there were several other books that were in front of it but I've heard such wonderful things about this book that I had to read it right away.

[[deleted user]]

I'm currently working on The brothers Karamazov. Only 200 pages to go, but not as good as Crime and Punishment. And a children's book, Padjelanta by Anton Quintana, about 18-year-old Bo who escapes modern Swedish society to live with and among the Sámi people, the native people of northern Scandinavia.