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Cara | 3 comments Currently reading The First Man in Rome


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Rachel | 310 comments Michael wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I still need to finish The Fellowship of The Ring but right now I'm distracted by IT by Stephen King"

The movie version of 'It' scared the hell out of me!

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The movie used to really scare me too but the book has so much more in it that I find really terrifying


message 13803: by Cara (new)

Cara | 3 comments I am about to finish The Lace Makers of Glenmara.


message 13804: by alicia (last edited Aug 27, 2009 10:29AM) (new)

alicia grant (shesha556) Finished Relentless by Dean Koontz and liked it well enough.Almost done with Living Dead in Dallas.I just love Sookie Stackhouse.


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Katie (katieisallbooked) | 109 comments Cara wrote: "I am about to finish The Lace Makers of Glenmara."

I won this from a GoodReads giveaway and it's toward the top of my TBR shelf. What did you think?


message 13806: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 1 comments I am reading At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley. I am loving it-a story of a family with an ailing father. Great story so far-I hope I am not disappointed at the end!


message 13807: by Lisa (new)

Lisa | 437 comments I have started re-reading The Time Traveler's Wife. I love this book. I really like my copy as well...the paper feels wonderful. I am going to see the movie after I finish the re-read. I hope the doesn't ruin the story.


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Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Diane wrote: "Claire wrote: "Paula wrote: "Lauren, like Johanna I read Valley of the Dolls "400 years ago". I also loved it. I own the movie also so I guess you could say I REALLY liked it. LOL"

I've never r..."



Thats right, Gotta Get On.....I may have to rent the movie again soon.



message 13809: by Cara (new)

Cara | 3 comments Katie wrote: "Cara wrote: "I am about to finish The Lace Makers of Glenmara."

I won this from a GoodReads giveaway and it's toward the top of my TBR shelf. What did you think?"


I thought it was simple & predictable.


message 13810: by Lianne (new)

Lianne (eclecticreading) I finished reading The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet so now I'm on to The Thorn Birds, also by Colleen McCullough =)


message 13811: by Tani (new)

Tani | 137 comments 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.


message 13812: by Lisa (last edited Aug 27, 2009 07:54PM) (new)

Lisa | 437 comments 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.


message 13813: by Suzanne (last edited Aug 27, 2009 08:03PM) (new)

Suzanne (bellamy22) | 610 comments Alicia, try reading Dean Koontz 'The Taking' I think you might really like it! Let me know, okay?


message 13814: by Anna (new)

Anna (gqannanguyen) 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.


message 13815: by Lianne (new)

Lianne (eclecticreading) 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 =(


message 13816: by Petra (new)

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.


message 13817: by Jo (new)

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.


message 13818: by Rachel Lee (new)

Rachel Lee (rlcwt9) | 71 comments 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.


message 13819: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments 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.



message 13820: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments 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.



message 13821: by Emily (new)

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.


message 13822: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) Finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Starting Puhdistus by Sofi Oksanen.


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Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments 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.



message 13824: by Lzz (new)

Lzz | 1 comments 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.


message 13825: by Carol (new)

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


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Maria (minks05) | 481 comments 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.


message 13827: by Kathy (new)

Kathy (katywlawsbcglobalnet) | 3 comments 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.


message 13828: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 220 comments 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!





message 13829: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 220 comments Between Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories I have started The Historian!



message 13830: by Kathy (new)

Kathy (katywlawsbcglobalnet) | 3 comments Has anyone read any of Shirley Jackson's short stories? I think she was somewhat before her time with The Lottery.


message 13831: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) I just finished last night, "A Long Fatal Love Chase," by Louisa May Alcott. I was very interesting!


message 13832: by Ana (new)

Ana | 65 comments 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.


message 13835: by Beth (new)

Beth Diiorio (beth_diiorio) | 52 comments 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!)


message 13836: by Loretta (new)

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!


message 13837: by Catamorandi (new)

Catamorandi (wwwgoodreadscomprofilerandi) | 1045 comments 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.


message 13838: by Sue (last edited Aug 29, 2009 08:59AM) (new)

Sue | 2 comments 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.


message 13839: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne (bellamy22) | 610 comments Sue, you are in for a wonderful experience ... cannot put it down ...!!!


message 13840: by Kristine (new)

Kristine (foreveryearning) | 145 comments Finally getting around to the Crime and Thriller group's group read, Mistress of the Art of Death.


message 13841: by Beth (last edited Aug 29, 2009 02:21PM) (new)

Beth Diiorio (beth_diiorio) | 52 comments 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 .


message 13842: by Donna (new)

Donna | 137 comments Hi Beth, I hope you enjoy Three Bags Full as much as I did. Very creative and a good mystery too.


message 13843: by Mosca (last edited Aug 29, 2009 02:31PM) (new)

Mosca | 828 comments 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.


message 13844: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) I'm reading Puhdistus by Sofi Oksanen.


message 13845: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Vogtman (jessica_vogtman) | 9 comments I recently finished Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, and now I'm reading my last Jane Austen, Northhanger Abbey.


message 13846: by Vicki (new)

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.


message 13847: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 413 comments I just started The Time Travelers Wife.


message 13848: by Queen (new)

Queen | 74 comments I began reading The Myth of You and Me today.


message 13849: by [deleted user] (new)

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.


message 13850: by Kristin (new)

Kristin (kg05) | 310 comments I haven't started another book yet, I have no idea what to start for once :(


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