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[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I have not read Girl Who Played With Fire yet, but hope to sometime soon.

[Beth Ann]

I just started The Queenmaker by India Edghill. I think it'll be pretty good.

I've been gone for a few months, it's been crazy crazy crazy here. Got a few other books done since then. Just finished Empire Falls by Richard Ruoso, anyone read that? Not sure if I really cared for it much, I'm on the fence.

[Joy]

Dara wrote: "I almost done with the book I won in the GR Giveaways. Weekends at Bellevue, by Julie Holland, MD, is a pre-release book, an autobiography about the nine years that this psychiatrist worked in Bel..."

I won this book too but haven't had a chance to read it yet. It's the first book I've won in a giveaway and it was fun to get a pre-released book. Glad to hear you liked it!

[Andrew]

I had to take a hiatus from reading as much as I would have liked these last couple of months due to un frseen circumstances but I'm back on track and just finished Grapes of Wrath...which was long and boring. But I'm currently read Me:Stories of my Life by Katherine Hepburn and loving it.

[Andrew]

Fiona! It has it has, but I'm glad to be back!

[Carol]

Andrew wrote: "I had to take a hiatus from reading as much as I would have liked these last couple of months due to un frseen circumstances but I'm back on track and just finished Grapes of Wrath...which was long..."

Oh ,I thought it was one of his better books. The only one I did not care for was The Winter Of Our Discontent. And welcome back.

[Andrew]

Really? I loved Of Mice and Men, and was kind of hoping for something more similar to that I guess. Or maybe I just had to over anaylize everything, but I found it dry and tedious...tis all.

[Kathy]

Just ready to start "The Granny" by Brendan O'Carroll. Looks like it has over 4 star rating, so it should be good. Ive had it on my bookshelf for some time, so I guess its time to read it!

[Carol]

Andrew wrote: "Really? I loved Of Mice and Men, and was kind of hoping for something more similar to that I guess. Or maybe I just had to over anaylize everything, but I found it dry and tedious...tis all."

Well yes I must admit Of Mice And Men was exceptional.
Did you try Tortilla Flats?

[Juniper]

Hello!

is what I am reading right now. It is written by Canadian author Joan Barfoot. I am about halfway through and finding it very compelling - the kind of book you have to take a pause from every now and then to digest and think about what you have read. I am hopeful the strength of story and writing are sustained for the second half of the novel.

This book was on the shortlist of nominees for The Giller Prize in 2005. http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/ The Giller is the richest literary prize for fiction awarded in Canada each year. The 2009 long list is being announced on September 21st and I can't wait to see which books make it this year.

[Andrew]

Carol...Totilla Flats is on my list, as in Canary Row, but I haven't actually read them yet. But I defnitly want to.

[Carol]

They both are really good. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. Let me know what you think of them when you get around to reading them.

[Dara]

I just finished an ARC book that I won here on Goodreads called Weekends at Bellevue by Julie Holland, MD. It is the story of her years and her evolution as a psychiatrist at NYC's Bellevue Hospital. It is an interesting journey full of humor and sadness, portraying mental illness in a light that hopefully most of us won't have to experience.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Fiona, thank you for pointing Waheed in the right direction. I very much appreciate that!

[Marti]

I am currently reading a first reads The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel: A Novel.

[Dorie]

I'm reading Mind Scrambler A John Ceepak Mystery by Chris Grabenstein. A light mystery novel.

[Donna]

I just started Death on the Nevskii Prospekt by David Dickinson. It's a historical mystery set in Tsarist Russia and so far so good.

[Carol]

I am still on Cold Mountain he he. You would get the joke if you were here. It is a scorcher still. The marine layer won't be in until next week. I also started Back When We Were Grownups-Anne Tyler

[Queen]

Back When We Were Grownups is a great book Carol. The author touches on inner chatter, you know thoughts we dare not share with anyone. Just when you think that you've missed out on a great person, you realize that the one you chose to build a life with was what you needed. Hope I didn't spoil it for you Carol but this resonated with me.

[Carol]

Queen wrote: "Back When We Were Grownups is a great book Carol. The author touches on inner chatter, you know thoughts we dare not share with anyone. Just when you think that you've missed out on a great person..."

nah, I can read the end of a book and still enjoy the ride . I have a confession to make I am one of those people who sometimes reads the ending just so I can see if I will like it. I know I know what a kiljoy. Don't everyone boo and hiss at me. (blushing and laughing)

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I've just finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Now I'm off to read Cornelia Funke's Inkheart.

[Lauren]

Just finished The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova! Starting Anne Rice's Exit to Eden!

[Jeane]

Shary wrote: "Just finished Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris. Good book. I will definitely continue with the rest of the series. Next up: The Graveyard Book. "

That was my first and only book written by her but I really enjoyed it too!

[Jeane]

Susanna wrote: "Michelle - I couldn't put Girl With the Dragon Tattoo down."

I keep hearing only good stuff about it. I have realy not heard one person not liking it....And I bought it last Thursday!!!

[Jeane]

Lauren wrote: "Just finished The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova! Starting Anne Rice's Exit to Eden!"

Hi Lauren, what did you think of it? I loved the book and thought it was very orignal and inteesting and nicely long. But many people don't seem to hav liked it. You?

[Esther]

I've just started Water for Elephants. I'm enjoying it so far.
It is well written with a decent vocabulary and also quite funny.

[Jennifer]

I started A Northern Light today.

[Marti]

Jeane wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Just finished The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova! Starting Anne Rice's Exit to Eden!"

Hi Lauren, what did you think of it? I loved the book and thought it was very orignal and in..."

HI Lauren and Jeane, I loved The Historian too and was surprised by some of the reactions by other people.

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished RELENTLESS by Dean Koontz and gave it 5 stars! It was great! Now starting UNDONE by Karen Slaughter.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Andrew - I love not only Cannery Row but its sequel, Sweet Thursday.

[Ana]

I'm reading "The Angel's game", by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Brenda]

I just finished the children's book The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart last night. I started Distant Echoes by Colleen Coble this morning because it was available from my church library. I am slowly working on Last Night in Twisted River, this one is slow going for me this weekend.

[Brenda]

Grain de Beaute... Now I'm off to read Cornelia Funke's Inkheart. "
Are you enjoying Inkheart?

[Allison]

I'm about 1/4th of the way into Shadow of the Wind.
I'm really enjoying it, although around the 3-4th chapter I started to lose some hope, but it was quickly regained.

[Brooke]

I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye at the moment (and loving it).

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Beth Ann wrote: "I just started The Queenmaker by India Edghill. I think it'll be pretty good.

I've been gone for a few months, it's been crazy crazy crazy here. Got a few other books done since then. Just fi..."

I did read Empire Falls, and I agree. It wasn't my favorite. Not exactly sure why. The story seemed, good. Maybe it was the writer?

[Lindz]

Allison wrote: "I'm about 1/4th of the way into Shadow of the Wind.
I'm really enjoying it, although around the 3-4th chapter I started to lose some hope, but it was quickly regained."

I love that novel! Its like this baggy thing running around Barcelona. Not the perfect novel, but the images are brilliant. Well I think so anyway,

I am reading a bio on mary queen on scots, Am geeking out on history :)

[Carol]

Lindsay wrote: "Allison wrote: "I'm about 1/4th of the way into Shadow of the Wind.
I'm really enjoying it, although around the 3-4th chapter I started to lose some hope, but it was quickly regained."

I love tha..."

Which one are you reading. I have read Antonia Fraser's and Carrolly Erickson's. Mary Queen of Scots

[Writerlibrarian]

I'm 2/3 into rereading Firebrand. I'm on a Greek/Roman mythology kick. I have Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin and Black Ships by Jo Graham next in my to-read-pile along with a reread of The Odyssey.

[Denise]

I am just starting For Us, the Living A Comedy of Customs. I just found this book. The introduction says it all: "From Grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein comes a long-lost first novel, written in 1939 and never before published, introducing ideas and themes that would shape his career and define the genre that is synonymous with his name." I absolutely love all of Heinlein's books. I was first introduced to science fiction and specifically Robert Heinlein by a man I was dating in my late twenties/early thirties. I used to make these very broad all encompassing statements, in this case I hate science fiction. My then male friend said will you read a couple of books and I said sure but I'll hate them. He brought me Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love...need I say more? I was hooked, although at the time I said okay, I like Heinlein but no other scifi writer...wrong again...I went on to read Asimov, Bradbury and more. But my first love is Robert Heinlein, I have read every book of his that I can find (I have found all but one and I don't remember now what that was). Thus when I saw "For Us, the Living" I had to read it. I hope the charm is there!

[Mosca]

I've finished reading Black Swan Green A Novel by David Mitchell. I'm still digesting this one; and I may go back and rate it higher.

For a real change of pace, now I'm reading Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. This book is a recent gift from a favorite nephew, who strongly recommended it to me. So far it seems a bit more escape fantasy than I usually like; but I'm sticking with it for a while and see.

[Suzanne]

I started readingEscapetonight. Another memoir.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I finally finished Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders. I really enjoyed it, there's just too much going on at work at the moment for me to read as quickly as I usually do.

Now I'm finally starting The Book of Lost Things. I've heard so many good things about it, I'm excited to be reading it!

[Carol]

I must get back to reading tomorrow. I have been busy last two days. I am enjoying Back When We Were Grownups.SooI can't wait to get back to it.

[Petra]

Mosca wrote: "For a real change of pace, now I'm reading Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. This book is a recent gift from a favorite nephew, who strongly recommended it to me. So far it seems a bit more escape fantasy than I usually like; but I'm sticking with it for a while and see...."

Mosca, I've read the first two books of this series (Wizard's First Rule & Stone Of Tears). The story is quite detailed and very well told. I hope you enjoy the book(s).

[Petra X]

I'm reading Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by Goodreads author David Henry Sterry. Its beautifully-written, a really fabulous read after the rather tedious and snarky Julie & Julia - which I quite enjoyed, but not like this book, different league.

[Petra X]

I'm reading Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by Goodreads author David Henry Sterry. Its beautifully-written, a really fabulous read after the rather tedious and snarky Julie & Julia - which I quite enjoyed, but not like this book, different league.

Suzanne wrote: "I started readingEscapetonight. Another memoir." I read that, I thought it was really good - a 4 star read!

[Susan (NY)]

I'm reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon it's a lot better than I thought it would be. I definitely will be reading the rest of the series.

[Eva]

The book I am reading right now is QUEEN OF SILK by Vanora Bennet. I found it a bit slow at the beginning but toward the middle of the book its pace becomes faster and the book -- more interesting.

For me there is a special magic in reviving the past through novels.

Eva Etzioni-Halevy

[Michael]

carol (akittykat) wrote: "Queen wrote: "Back When We Were Grownups is a great book Carol. The author touches on inner chatter, you know thoughts we dare not share with anyone. Just when you think that you've missed out on ..."

Ha! That's a new concept for me Carol! I guess you can then try to enjoy the journey, and how the story is going arrive at the ending. I'm going to try not to do that, but you've put the idea in my head now though : D