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[Theresa]

Emma, I loved it so much that I finished it and am going to break my no-book-buying thing to go pick up # 2 and 3 at the bookstore in about an hour. Seriously, friends, Emma knows what she's talking about: Gemma Doyle is awesome!

It helps that my boss sent me home sick around 9am this morning due to a severe stomach bug. Love it when he comes out of the office, takes one look at me, and says: What is wrong with you? You look terrible! Haha. Thanks, boss!

[Emma]

See, I know what I'm talking about! That, is fantastic! I'm so happy than you know what I mean! And it only gets better as you read more.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Boof, yeah for liking Blindness! I bought two more Saramago novels yesterday and cant wait to get to them, but i still have to finish Brothers Karamazov and then read Turn of the Screw for another group.. I am falling soooo far behind in reading its horrible!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Newbies Ari and Claire... thanks for posting with us!!! I am a little behind... I worked all day and have to play catch up while bathing the kids and all... hee hee

[Chloe]

Wow, Lori. You really dove in headfirst to a Classics Binge. First Dostoevsky and now Henry James! Let me know how you like Turn of the Screw, I have it and Portrait of a Lady sitting on my shelf and I can't decide which to read first.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I have to admit, if the reading group I am in wasnt reading it, then I wouldnt have picked it up. But its a Lost Lit novel, c'mon.. How could I NOT pick it up!! heehee.... yeah, the classics seem to have a firm grasp on me at the moment. I am a glutton for punishment. No light fluffy reads for me at the moment....

[Emma]

I need classics to grab me! I'm not going to get to them at all this summer. Well, I guess I'm going to read Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom so I am getting into them a little, but I don't know if it will catapult me into Little Women. And then Little Men and Jo's Boys. Though I have been getting eager to start Austen, after watching Becoming Jane. And then there's Dickens and Twain, ahhh!

[Rebecca]

Hello Everyone,

I'm a newbie and am glad to be here...I'm currently reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld & When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. I'm loving both of these books. Sittenfeld is one of my favorite writer's and Sedaris is just so hysterically funny & clever. I just saw that Claire is reading Wuthering Heights, a book I so loved as a heartsick teenager. I'll have to revisit Heathcliff and Cathy again soon.

[Stacie]

Hey Kristy, if I tell you how pretty you are can I get a copy of your fabulous spreadsheet too? Please. :)

[Lorena]

Stacie - he he he ...

[Charity]

Emma- Here, I have a book for you :-) Companion to your Austen and Dickens

Little Women is one of my favorite books of all time.

[Kirsty]

lol Stacie, of course you can. Its not finished yet though... it's time consuming so I'm doing it in stages lol

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I finished Corpse Candle last night, so now I am about to roam the house for something to devour!

Or I could finish one of the umpteen dozen books on my bedside table.

[Emma]

Thanks Charity! I love the Victorian era! This is perfect!

[Linda]

My first Picoult read was Nineteen Minutes (a Columbine theme). But I think if I had known more, I would have read Sister's Keeper first. While it also takes on a tough subject, it is injected with more humor than Minutes. Other books by Picoult I have read:

Vanished - Good/not great
Circle of Ten - Not her best
Change of Heart - FANTISTIC

[Linda]

Kirsty:

How do I get this spreadsheet, sounds fancinating.

Linda

[Lorena]

Kirsty - if I were you I would start charging, I could pimp it for you, you know hastle all the newbies to give something cool up if they want the goods ... ;o)

[Linda]

Hello Claire:

I recently joined myself and am spending more time on the PC than ever. WARNING, though, reading the comments and then buying the books may become addictive.

WHAT AM I SAYING MAYBE? IS ADDICTIVE.

Linda

[Linda]

Sorry, Ari, I missed you too, WELCOME!

[Sherry]

Lorena *LOL*

[Lorena]

Fine we can get someone else who looks more intimidating than me ... but who, we are a bunch of puppies and kittie cats, an emmu (sp?), nice flowers and that robot that makes indicent promises ... we'll have to think strategy here... ;o)

[Emma]

Haha, so true Lorena!

[TheReadingKnitter/]

I love Joid Picoult...I would not recommend you read Song's of Humpback Whale before you read other's of hers. That book just didn't have anything I wanted. But all her other books I've read are awesome. My two favorites are My Sister's Keeper and The Pact.

I just finished New Moon. I started Harvesting The Heart by Jodi Picoult. I'm hoping I can get through it pretty fast so I can read the Uglies before I have to return it to the library.

[Siobian]

I really love Jodi Picoult too. I think my favorite is Second Glance just because it was a bit different.
I just finished Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan...it was ok, not great. I couldn't really get into it. I was going to wait and see if The Book of Lost Things was going to make it as a group read but I don't think I can wait. I think I'm going to start that next.

[Chloe]

Whoa, Siobian, I guess you really do love Jodi Picoult!

[Bluedaizy]

giggles...i've done that!

[Marsha]

I'm reading the Great Gatsby- and now that I am into it, it is going much faster than I thought it would.

I'm really hoping for The Book of Lost Things too Siobian. I'll be reading that soon.

[Siobian]

Okay, so yeah, um... sorry about the comment appearing like 20 times. Something weird happened with my internet- everything froze up right as I hit "post" and well...anyway, not sure exactly what happened but I don't think that I like Jodi Picoult enough to post it 8 times. And I certainly didn't enjoy Midnight Never Come that much!

[Siobian]

Yeah! It only appeared once!

[Ann from S.C.]

I just finished A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith. It was great! Now I am starting SNOW FALLING AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See.

[Cynthia]

I just finished Begginer's Greek...a little more complicated than I expected...it sounded a lot like the movie Serendipity which I LOVE...yeah for John Cusack...but I guess a 441 page book would have to be more complicated than a 2 hour movie...lol. It did end up being really good though and the end was a happy one which is the best kind in my opinion.

Next on my agenda is Lynn Bonasia's Some Assembly Required.

[Christine]

Just finished Pillars and enjoyed it but thought it was way too long to cover so little ground. Most of the characters didn't develop much at all. The best part was realizing the amount of time and true energy that went into building all those old churches. (nothing comes close anymore). It really gives a new appreciation for viewing those amazing sights!

[Siobian]

I've been meaning to read Pillars of the Earth but I'm daunted by the sheer size of it. Someone convince me...is it going to be worth it?

[Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger]

I cant speak for everyone Siobian but I loved it i thought it was a excellent book!Do you like historical type novels

[Siobian]

I love historical fiction. I'm sure that once I get into it I'll like it, it's just the whole getting there part. I had the same issue with Cleopatra by Margaret George and absolutely loved it! I think I'm going to get over my fear and start Pillars tomorrow. Does it have a lot of description without a lot of dialogue or vice versa?

[Ann from S.C.]

Siobian, I really enjoyed PILLARS as well as WORLD WITHOUT END. Yes, they were both long, but very worth it. I have not read any other of Ken Follets books, but these 2 are 2 of my all time favorites.

[Siobian]

Speaking of historical fiction, know any good books aside from Phillipa Gregory and the Anne Boleyn era?

[Mandy]

I just finished Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes, great book, I was teary at the end.

Now for the hard decision - which book do I choose next, arghhh!!

[Sherry]

Siobian,have you read the Outlander series?It's very good.
Pillars is good as well.I had read several novels by Follet and found Pillars hard to get into at first because it's so different from his other stuff,but once I got into it I was hooked.

[Mandy]

Just finished Miracle on the 17th Green by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge, it was okay, the overall lesson is good but the book is a lot about golf, it was only a shortie though so easy to get through.

Ah, now another choice, what next????

[Mandy]

Okay, I've gone with Marley and Me and so far I'm really liking it, although still very early days. We have a female lab and I'm learning a few tidbits and also re-living some experiences through this book.

[Arinamidalem]

hi..just start with The Mayor of Casterbridge, now on pg.19

[Kristie]

Siobian,

2 of my favorite historical fiction novels are the Alienist and Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr. They are basically mystery/thriller type of books where the "sleuth" is a person using early forensics and the police aren't really buying into it. As I recall, the beginning of the Alienist might be a little slow, but once you get through it a bit, it picks up and moves along. It's been years since I read both, but I know when I finished I really loved them and just wanted to read more by him. I would definitely read both again, and in fact want to. :)

[Jen]

I started reading The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall and am hooked. It's such a clever, different story and very difficult to put down. I'm too busy trying to figure everything out to go about my daily routine.

Siobian - Tim started a historical fiction thread that you might want to check out.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show_g...

[Liz]

Hi all-

I just started Atonement, Twilight, and Jesus Land. Is anyone out there like me. I usually start 2 or three books at a time. Then pick up each one depending on what room i'm reading in or what tickles my fancy at the moment. I don't start new ones until the group of 2 or 3 that i initially started are finished.
Odd.

[Sera]

Siobian, try The Woman in the Tower by Jean Plaidy. It offers a nice perspective on Anne B.

I've decided to read something light so my husband recommended The Messenger by Daniel Silva. I started it last night, and I am already intrigued by the spy plot that involves the Middle East.

I have difficulty reading more than one book at a time, unless the other books are non-fiction/reference materials. My brain can only take one fictional story at a time :)

[Sera]

Ann, I loved Snow Fall and the Secret Fan. I bought the author's next book Peony in Love last week, and I am looking forward to reading that one soon.

Let us know how you enjoy the book.

[Siobian]

So many to answer! See what happens when I get off GR to do a little trivial thing such as sleep?!
Sherry, I LOVE the Outlander series! As soon as I finished the first book I immediately wanted to read it again! Thanks for the help on Pillars, I swear I'm going to start it today...eventually!
Kristie, I just looked both of those books up and they do sound interesting! I'm about to add them to my TBR list-which keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer :) But in my opinion it's a great problem to have!
Jen, thanks for the tip on Tim's thread! I'm new so I still haven't found all of the threads that I should be reading!
Sera, once again, yet another book to add to my TBR list! Yeah! Also, let me know what you think of Peony in Love. I just finished reading it and wanted to know the reactions of someone else.

[Angela]

Sera I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan so much. I keep meaning to pick up Peony in Love. I could not put the first book down. I just got home from work, had dinner, and am going to curl up in bed with Blindness. I finished Christopher Moore's You Suck at work and found it quite enjoyable. I need some sleep today as I've promised to take my daughter to the library before they close so I hope I don't get too into Blindness.

[Gracee]

Hi Siobian - historical fiction - I second the mention of the Outlander series!
Anything by Alison Weir (Tudor era) is grand as well. She's a very good writer. Typically writes non fiction, but has ventured into fiction.