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[Linda]

I just finished Borderline by Nevada Barr. I always enjoy her books! And I'm starting The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah Strohmeyer. I read one of her Bubbles books some time ago and enjoyed it. It seems like Penny Pinchers should be timely.

[Dan]

Currently in the middle of Rebecca and The Unknown American Revolution The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America. Finally got The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from the library today and will have to start it now because I won't be able to re-check it since 60 people are in the reserve queue for it. Also have Naked Lunch The Restored Text on the way at the library and it sounds warped enough that I want to get into it as soon as I can. I may be headed for another period of 5 or 6 books going at once.

[Suzanne]

Dan! You finally got it!!! READ READ READ ..........

CAN'T WAIT!!!

[Claire]

I'm still reading The Shadow of the Wind and really loving it.

[Amber]

i'm almost done with the red tent by anita diamant. i'm basically in love with this book :D

[Brenda]

Just started The Education of An American Dreamer by Peter G. Peterson. I am really enjoying this one.

[Mary]

i'm almost done with the red tent by anita diamant. i'm basically in love with this book :D


Amber, if you like this you will love The Last Days of Dogtown A Novelby the same author.

[Donna]

Hi Mary and Amber, I really liked both The Red Tent and The Last Days of Dogtown A Novel. A friend just gave me an ARC of her newest book Day After Night A Novel and I am realy looking forward to it.

[[deleted user]]

I just finished reading Who Killed Bianca and I'm now onto Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. The only thing stopping me at the moment is STUPID ASSIGNMENTS ALL DUE WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER!

Other than that everything is going along fine...

[[deleted user]]

Gave up on the Sci-Fi - I keep trying, but it's just not my thing.

Will now start A Thousand Splendid Suns. : )

[C.]

I'm about to start The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.

[Janny]

I just finished The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer, for the fun of a complete change of pace. It still holds up extremely well, for light enjoyment. Next up is Sabriel by Garth Nix for a group read, an unusual side trip for me, since I don't often venture into YA books - not because they are not good, but my reading time is so tight. And on my own account, I'm a quarter of the way through Rift in the Sky.

[Ashley]

Just started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao because a friend has been trying to get me to read it for the longest time... I didn't think I was going to like it but all of a sudden I'm on page 45 :)

[[deleted user]]

I just adored it Ashley! Heavy at times and always a whirlwind, but great.

[JSou]

I really enjoyed Oscar Wao too, Ashley. All the "nerd" references were awesome!

[Ana]

I'm just going to start reading "Love in the Time of Cholera", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Cait]

I'm about 100 pages into Watership Down and I'm hooked!

[[deleted user]]

Gotta re-read that!! I loved it when I was in high school!! ... a century or two ago ; )

Have just read 15 pages of A Thousand Splendid Suns ... I think I'm gonna be up all night! I love it when a story grabs me right away!!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Oooh Cait, when I read Watership Down I was totally sucked in. It's funny how a book about a bunch of rabbits can be so deep and enthralling :)

I finished the Border trilogy by McCarthy last nite. I loved the All the Pretty Horses, and was sad to find that the other two just couldnt come close to it. He set the bar too high with that one, I guess.

I am now reading The Descent by Simon Clevland. He is a Goodreads author. I am a little confused, tho I think I have it figured out. Im about halfway through, so I will find out soon if I am right or not!

[[deleted user]]

The Girl Who Played with Fire Can't put it down.

[C.]

Jo wrote: "Cheri wrote: "I'm about to start The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe."

I want to read that "

You should. It's turning out to be a good read. I'm definitely enjoying it.

[Petra X]

I am very excited as I'm reading a totally amazing book quite unlike anything I've ever read. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, translated by Lionel Strachey. I'd read all the Sasson books, but they were about Saudi Arabian princesses and just as oppressed as you might imagine. But this one is an autobiography of Princess Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar and Oman, a not at all oppressed woman. She later converted to Christianity and moved to Germany and was known as Emily Ruete (1844-1924). There are pictures too. Amazing book.

I got it from http://worldebookfair.org/Collections... the women's writing collection which is having a free download (many as you want) for a month.

[Maria]

i've been slacking on my reading and GR-ing lately. football has started, so my nights will be busy, but i'm hoping to get some reading in while practice is happening.

anyway, i've passed the halfway point in John Adams. woohoo! i think i'm going to focus on this for a bit, that way i don't lose ground on it again.

i tried to get Girl With the Dragon Tatoo at my library, but it was out and there were 15 people on the hold list, so i'm not going to be able to read it for the july group read. kinda bummed about that, but i'll get to it eventually.

[Renata]

Fiona wrote: "Renata wrote: "Just picked up The Girl Who Played with Fire at Borders - I might just have to abandon Out. Let's see if I have any discipline."

Haha - oh dear is Out just not hooking you enough t..."

That's funny! You're right - I'll read it and then have to wait forever for the third book. But look at Sara's post below - it must be really good.

[Renata]

Suzanne wrote: "I just finished 'The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane' and it was terrific!!!

Also, Renata, did you read 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' first? It would really help you with '...Played With Fire.' :)"

Oh yes - a friend sent it me from London, so I read it ages ago. It was great, that's why I can't wait to read the second one. But as Fiona pointed out, maybe no sense rushing to it since the third one is a ways off from being published.

[Mel]

Just finished Along Came a Spiderand, it being my second James Patterson, I have to admit that I am just not a fan. I find the first person narrative extremely annoying and, like Dan Brown, I'm embarrassed for him because he is not nearly as smart as he alleged his main character was. I'm no rocket scientist but I hate it when a main character is described as top drawer brainiac educated through the ying yang at a premier university and then they do or fail to do things that are so obvious it makes me want to smack them....there were some good bits to the story but overall definitely not a keeper and I probably won't read another.

I was going to start something on my to read pile but someone here lured me with the temptation of rereading the Anne of Green Gables series for the umpteenth time. I am swept away as always. I'm actually afraid to visit PEI for fear it won't live up to my expectations.

[Judy]

Amber wrote: "i'm almost done with the red tent by anita diamant. i'm basically in love with this book :D"

The Red Tent is on my lifetime top 10 best book list. Judy

[Carol]

I am reading Islands ,and Saving Fish From Drowning. I want to state Gate House next. I am almost finished with Saving Fish. This is the first book I have read by Amy Tan. I have enjoyed it very much. I laughed from page one.

[Judy]

Heather wrote: "Well, I'm making progress on The Fiery Cross, the 5th book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. This book is huge, with almost 1000 pages, and I'm just over the halfway mark. The..."

I wizzed right through Voyager (volume 3). The next one is on my night stand, waiting, but I have to alternate a bit...and put a couple of other books in the middle. I've just finished Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler and am ready to go with The Time Traveler's Wife.

[Judy]

Ana wrote: "I am reading "The lace reader", by Brunonia Barry"

Let me know what you think...it's coming up...in line in the pile on the nightstand. Sounds interesting.

[Claire]

Donna wrote: "Hi Mary and Amber, I really liked both The Red Tent and The Last Days of Dogtown A Novel. A friend just gave me an ARC of her newest book [book:Day After Night A Novel|63..."

Hi Donna - thats good to know, I didn't know she had a new book out. I loved The Red Tent as well but haven't read Dogtown ---- I'll have to add that to my shelf.

[Claire]

Yvette wrote: "Christine wrote: "I am reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I've heard mixed reviews, but so far I'm enjoying it. "

Christine, Everytime I go to the bookstore I almost get this book as it ..."

Throwing my two cents in, I really liked Water for Elephants.

[Robin]

I have officially given up on Anna Karenina... I am just not into it.. I know its bad when I will do ANYTHING else other that pick it up! SO moving on....

[Jennifer]

Robin wrote: "I have officially given up on Anna Karenina... I am just not into it.. I know its bad when I will do ANYTHING else other that pick it up! SO moving on...."


Don't feel bad - I tried to read it last year and gave up after reading nearly 500 pages. I keep telling myself I'll pick it back up again, but I don't know if that's true...

[Stephanie]

Hayes wrote: "Gotta re-read that!! I loved it when I was in high school!! ... a century or two ago ; )

Have just read 15 pages of A Thousand Splendid Suns ... I think I'm gonna be up all night! I ..."

That is such a great book!!!

[Stephanie]

I just started Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts

[Amanda]

Stephanie wrote: "I just started Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts"

I really enjoyed that series! Totally going through a supernatural sort of phase at the moment though.

[Beth]

Just finished Mudbound and really enjoyed it (4 stars). I am now reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading Finding and Losing Myself in Books .

[Beth]

Just finished Mudbound and really enjoyed it (4 stars). I am now reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading Finding and Losing Myself in Books .

[GracieKat]

Jo wrote: "Im just starting The Virgin Suicides"

Let me know what you think of it.

I finished up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it was okay. I'm not a huge fan of zombies so maybe that's what killed it for me. Maybe I would have liked Pride and Prejudice and Werewolves better! Or ghosts!

Anywho, right now I'm reading The Hour of the Oxrun Dead. so far it's not grabbing me. I also just finished up Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. I really liked that. It was pretty funny and it also didn't give off the whole "Cops are so stupid they couldn't solve it without me" vibe that a lot of the Do-It-Yourself Detective books seem to have.

[Cait]

Lori wrote: "Oooh Cait, when I read Watership Down I was totally sucked in. It's funny how a book about a bunch of rabbits can be so deep and enthralling :)

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Seriously! I can't believe I'm almost 30 and just reading this for the first time - I've been missing out.

[Carol]

Do like me .Get half way through book, then went to the last 10 chapters. That about summed it up. Tolstoy is not one of my favorites

[Lori, Super Mod]

So I finished Descent a few minutes ago. Very strange story about a very strange character. erm.. characters...

Moving on to Dr. Zhivago but probably not until AFTER my surgery tomorrow......

[Lauren]

Beth wrote: "Just finished Mudbound and really enjoyed it (4 stars). I am now reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading Finding and Losing Mys..."</i>

Let me know what you think of [book:The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. I finished that book a couple days ago!

[Lauren]

Just finished The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette A Novel! Loved it! Starting Misery by Stephen King next!

[[deleted user]]

Lori wrote: "So I finished Descent a few minutes ago. Very strange story about a very strange character. erm.. characters...

Moving on to Dr. Zhivago but probably not until AFTER my surgery tomorrow......"

I missed a bit, Lori!! What surgery!! Hope all is okay!

Loved Dr Zhivago, film and book (my 12 year old crush on Omar Sharif still continues, I confess, almost 40 years later!!)

The husband loved Shadow of the Wind... which should he read next? Angels Game or Marina?

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Hayes wrote: "Have just read 15 pages of A Thousand Splendid Suns ... I think I'm gonna be up all night! I love it when a story grabs me right away!! "

This was so good and so emotionally draining! I can't wait to see what you think of it.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I finished Emma Brown. It stayed pretty true to all the Gothic twists and turns that I associate with the Brontes, but I just couldn't like Emma. 3 stars.

I also tore through Sarah's Key. Great book about the roundup of French Jews in Paris in WWII. I just could've done without the drama of the modern day woman's life. 4 stars.

Now I'm at work and out of books and feel a slight panic. I always have a "currently reading" book and I feel naked without one! :-)

[Fiona (Titch)]

Taking a break from Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins and gonna read Meredith's Treasure - Philip Harbottle. A Western genre book lol.

[Ken]

Thanks to someone one in this group I discovered Jim Butcher and have just finished reading 'Turn Coat'.
I was looking for some beach side reading as we have grand children visiting. I really enjoyed this book with all its wizards, vampires and were wolfs. A great page turner with a nice complicated plot ideal for the beach. I shall now look out for others by him.