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[Tani]

Li, what did you think of The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet? It was one of the books that I considered reading for the summer challenge, since it's on the most unpopular list, but I never got around to it. I still might want to pick it up eventually though, so I'm really curious about people's reactions to it.

[Lisa]

Tank...I started to read that one, too. I stopped quickly because I didn't like the direction in which the characters were developed. I wanted to keep the image of them created by Austen. I'm a fan of McCullough, but I couldn't read that one.

[Suzanne]

Alicia, try reading Dean Koontz 'The Taking' I think you might really like it! Let me know, okay?

[Anna]

I'm reading The Shadow of the Wind. Actually I just started the first 10 pages earlier today before I was forcefully pulled away from it. So far I have to say that I can't wait to dive back to Barcelona in 1945 with Daniel.

[Lianne]

Tani wrote: "Li, what did you think of The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet? It was one of the books that I considered reading for the summer challenge, since it's on the most unpopular list, but I never got ar..."

Lisa wrote: "Tank...I started to read that one, too. I stopped quickly because I didn't like the direction in which the characters were developed. I wanted to keep the image of them created by Austen. I'm a ..."

Tani, I managed to finish reading it but I can't say I enjoyed it a lot. Like Lisa said, the direction which the characters were developed were rather...weird (for lack of a better word). At first I kept an open mind about it but after a while I just couldn't believe that this would be the way the characters of P&P would turn out in 20 years...that and I found the plot of the story rather boring =(

[Petra]

I'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It was a bit of a slow and tedious start but then the story picked up. I'm really enjoying it now.

[Jo]

Lori wrote: "Pers, this is a great book. I really enjoyed it, as much as you can enjoy a sci fi novel about the end of the world :)
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Oh yes, it was really good! I'm already thinking about getting another of John Wyndham's books... and the TBR pile just keeps on growing, heh.

But for now, I'm reading Tender Is the Night.

[Rachel Lee]

Couldn't sleep last night, so I finished 3 YA books.

The Chosen One-Fast Read, but it had a lot of depth and was very emotional.

Princess of the Midnight Ball-good, quick read- love Jessica Day George

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover-this series is always enjoyable, will look forward to the next one

Now to finish The Big Over Easy and Extracurricular Activities so I can read the sequels for the Fall Challenge.

[Paula]

JG wrote: "I'm reading The Dress Lodger. I'm not too sure what I think of it yet, but I do know that I'm glad I live now and not then!

I LOVED "The Dress Lodger" when I read it. It did take some getting into but not too long before you become enmeshed in the characters lives. Hope you'll end up liking it.

[Paula]

Lauren wrote: "Just finished Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann! I loved it! Couldn't put it down!

There is a sequel to "Valley" Lauren. I think it's called "Shadow of the Dolls" and continues in the characters lives. I thought it was pretty good but not as good as the first one of course. It was started by Suzanne but finished by her sister? or friend after her death.

[Emily]

Finished Sexing the Cherry in one night with a nice case of insomnia, I really liked it but it was strange, though that could have been compounded by my lack of sleep.

Now I'm reading Toni Morrison's Beloved, about half way through and really enjoying it.

[Susanna]

Finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Starting Puhdistus by Sofi Oksanen.

[Esther]

Pers wrote: "...But for now, I'm reading Tender Is the Night."

I watched Tender is the Night because I liked both Peter Strauss (playing Dick Diver) and Fitzgerald very much.
I then read the book and enjoyed it even more. I wanted to smack Nicole.

If I hadn't read so much Fitzgerald the decadence would make it almost like fantasy.

[Lzz]

I am reading a lot of books currently - I start to read a book, but stop and start reading another one - but the one I am reading now is Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carmen.

[Carol]

What is with us not sleeping. I finished The Cat Who Went To Paris,The Red Tent and I am still working on Moby Dick. I am wading (pun) through it slowly. hehe

[Maria]

i'm about 1/4 of the way in to The Skin Gods. it's not bad, but it's been awhile since i've read a police-style mystery, so it's a little hard to get sucked in to. good story though.

[Kathy]

I hesitate to say that I'm just starting the third book of "Twilight..." Being a bit "middle aged," (can you be "a bit" middle aged?) I'm enjoying the teenage angst, etc. Great escapism.

[Lauren]

Paula wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Just finished Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann! I loved it! Couldn't put it down!

There is a sequel to "Valley" Lauren. I think it's called "S..."

Thanks for the info! I will have to check it out!

[Lauren]

Between Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories I have started The Historian!

[Kathy]

Has anyone read any of Shirley Jackson's short stories? I think she was somewhat before her time with The Lottery.

[Brenda]

I just finished last night, "A Long Fatal Love Chase," by Louisa May Alcott. I was very interesting!

[Ana]

I started reading "Iris & Ruby", by Rosie Thomas

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Lisa wrote: "I just finished The Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series). I'm going to jump right into Book 2. My fried bought the first 3 for me for Xmas. She keeps asking if ..."

Ya I read it a long time ago Rick Roirdian came to my school and talked to us about it ha also gave one of my friends an autographed shirt it was pretty cool but when he came he wasnt popular like he is now

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Paula, I ended up liking The Dress Lodger quite a bit. It's not a new favorite by any means, but I did like it.

I read Persepolis 1 The Story of a Childhood yesterday. It was a solid 4 stars.

I've been on a pretty long stretch of 3 star books, so now I'm starting Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders, hoping he'll break me out of my rut.

[Beth]

Lauren and Kathy,
I recently joined another interesting GoodReads group called "Short Story Lovers." You should check it out to track down additional titles by short story authors you enjoy (or even find new ones!)

[Loretta]

Just finished Cold Mountain, and really loved it. Am about to start "Alibi Man" by Tami HOag - I've never read anything by this author before, so am hoping to discover something I enjoy!

[Catamorandi]

I just finished Get Real by Donald E Westlake. It was very entertaining. Actually, it was hilarious. I gave it 5 stars. I am now reading One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz.

[Sue]

Although I'm not usually a myster reader, I thoroughly enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson), and am getting ready to start in on The Girl Who Playe with Fire.

[Suzanne]

Sue, you are in for a wonderful experience ... cannot put it down ...!!!

[Kristine]

Finally getting around to the Crime and Thriller group's group read, Mistress of the Art of Death.

[Beth]

Recently finished Patty Jane's House of Curl and really enjoyed it (4 stars), as well as Nineteen Minutes (2 stars). I've gotta take a break from Jodi Picoult books...the "doom and gloom" feeling is too predictable. Now I am reading Three Bags Full .

[Donna]

Hi Beth, I hope you enjoy Three Bags Full as much as I did. Very creative and a good mystery too.

[Mosca]

Just finished reading Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich, which was really a joy. So I wrote this review

I've been a bit scattered, reading a few books at the same time; but I hope now that I can settle down to one at a time again.

Now I'm reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell.

[Susanna]

I'm reading Puhdistus by Sofi Oksanen.

[Jessica]

I recently finished Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, and now I'm reading my last Jane Austen, Northhanger Abbey.

[Vicki]

I am still working on [Book: The Name of the Wind]. I am enjoying it, though life has kept me from it for awhile. I also just started [Book: Maisie Dobbs], so far not bad.

[Stephanie]

I just started The Time Travelers Wife.

[Queen]

I began reading The Myth of You and Me today.

[[deleted user]]

Had to park both of the books I was reading (The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, which started out really well and then lost me; The Invention of Everything Else, strange couldn't get into it - will come back to both later).

Will start The Earth Hums in B Flat, a YA mystery set in 1950s Wales.

[Kristin]

I haven't started another book yet, I have no idea what to start for once :(

[Stephanie]

Kristin wrote: "I haven't started another book yet, I have no idea what to start for once :("

I see in your picture that you have The Pact...I have been wanting to read that one=)

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Still reading The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson, and of course i'm loving it, don't know why i held off for so long before starting it. It definitely stacks up to the first in the series (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as i only have about 150 pages to go and i still haven't figured it out yet.

Can't wait for number 3!

[Jeane]

Hayes wrote: "Jeane wrote: "I am getting to the last third of Io uccido.(I kill in Englsih) and I am so glad they talked me into buying this one. I just love it!!!!"

sounds good, Jeane... on the ..."

Hayes, I really loved the book. My boyfriend's brother and girlfriend, sorry wife (since last sunday, have to get used to it) recommended it to me. He bought me now a camilleri book which he thinks I will like a lot.

[Jeane]

Avigail wrote: "Well I am in the middle of "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck and I totally love the way he wrote. And I just started "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (because it is a bookray from bookcrossing..."

I never understood what it was about the grapes of wrath but I really liked that book.

[Jeane]

Melissa wrote: "Fiona wrote: "Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami."

i read that a couple of years ago, absolutely loved it!"

Fiona, you will have to force me to read it ebcause I keep seeing it, want to buy it or read it everytime and still didn't...

[Jeane]

Ashley wrote: "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 sudd..."

Oh that is another one I keep seeing, never take with me and want to read...

[Jeane]

Petra X wrote: "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..."

petra, that does interesting. I am going to check the link but just realize it might make me go even more crazy with books and reading....

[Jeane]

Ms. Erin wrote: "It is always impressive what is only given a day or two in History Classes; I'll bet that read is an intense one though!

I feel like I am flogging this book (then again, it is probably because I..."

Oh The historian is not really about vampires. I think there was a very strong story about the search for dracula but also more. I liked a lot the story around it so the part that was a bit less focused on Dracula. Loved the book.

[Jeane]

Susanna wrote: "I finished Victory of Eagles last night, and I think it's on to a Steven Saylor. I think."

Susanna, I only read one saylor book but adored and was immediatley in love with it.Which did you read? ( am catching up now that I have again internet)

[Jeane]

Taejas wrote: "Hmm, is Choke a good representation of Palahniuk? Because I have to admit, I'd really wanted to read Fight Club but I read Choke first and it sort of scared me off because..."

I didn't read the book but saw the movie and even though it was done very well and in some way also interesting I thought it was just way too heavy for me. I might have not een finished watching it....I think.