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message 14801: by Cammie (new)

Cammie I am reading "Communions With Christ" by Sharon Ellis and really loving that one, and "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon I like this one also :)


message 14802: by Alisha Marie (new)

Alisha Marie (endlesswonderofreading) | 715 comments Finally finished The Autumn Castle and I thought it was great. I loved it! Now I'm reading The Exorcist and I haven't really started it yet, and I'm already terrified.


message 14803: by Carol (new)

Carol Alisha wrote: "Finally finished The Autumn Castle and I thought it was great. I loved it! Now I'm reading The Exorcist and I haven't really started it yet, and I'm already terrified."

If I remember right the Exorcist is pretty scary. I just finished Winter in Madrid. I guess i will start Duma Key


message 14804: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Michelle♥ wrote: "Omgosh! It looks amazing! :) I'm so excited right now!!! I like Leo as Teddy Daniels. He nails the accent!!

I think it looks very good and the cast looks good too.



message 14805: by Sharon (new)

Sharon Larson (gammasharon) | 10 comments Lindsay wrote: "Sharon wrote: "I am reading The Gargoyle. Has anyone any comments on this rather strange book?"

I liked the gargoyle. It was a little patchy though. Incredible detail. But some how the fantasy ..."


I am liking it to and would recommend it. Sometimes when in the present time it seems to me as if the author is speaking rather than the character. I know that sounds strange but...


message 14806: by Lindz (new)

Lindz (miss_bovary00) I know what you mean. The main character will often slip into the author, especially when he is talking about Galileo. A well written book, but he has a lot of himself in there.


message 14807: by Avigail (new)

Avigail (avigailr) Well I finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and I am aproximatly 100 pages in Daughter of the Ganges The Story of One Girl's Adoption and Her Return Journey to India by Asha Miro it is a fast and intresting read. I have to continue to read the greek translation of The Name of the Rose Including Postscript by Umberto Eco


message 14808: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments The book I am reading, The Fireis sooo good. I am about 80 pages and completely absorbed. It is one of those books That you go and sit down because you know you will be reading for a while, not knowing there is a world outside the story. My friend who gave me her book was right with all her feleings she had about it!


message 14809: by Fiona (Titch) (new)

Fiona (Titch) Hunt (titch) Still reading Case Histories - Kate Atkinson. Also decided to listen to American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld (21hrs 30 mins) as this is a library copy and needs to be sent back before I go away on Friday lunchtime. Next will listen to Betty:The Autobiography - Betty Driver.



message 14810: by Teresa (new)

Teresa (westminstergirl) | 7 comments I am currently reading The 19th Wife and The Cell


message 14811: by Kellie (new)

Kellie (acountkel) | 992 comments Hey everyone!! It's been a while....I've just finished The Pillars of the Earth which was fantastic. It has made it to my ALL TIME list...towards the top. (If not on the top)
I'm switching it up now and decided to read a thriller...The Perfect Husband


message 14812: by Katie (new)

Katie (katieisallbooked) | 109 comments I'm starting Slickrock A Gail McCarthy Mystery by Laura Crum. I really enjoy this series about Gail McCarthy, a female horse vet who solves mysteries.


message 14813: by Kellie (new)

Kellie (acountkel) | 992 comments Katie...Never heard of this series but it sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.
What is the name of the first book?


message 14814: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm currently reading Smooth-Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas.


message 14815: by Loretta (last edited Oct 04, 2009 07:14AM) (new)

Loretta I just finished The Solitudes by John Crowley, which is the first of four books in a series called the Aegypt cycle. I enjoyed it, although it's a little (a lot) dense and really a novel of ideas more than anything else. I also think it was in large measure setting up the ideas and characters for the rest of the series, so moving on to the second book now, Love & Sleep


message 14816: by Claire (new)

Claire (proud-mum) | 3949 comments Re-reading Twilight - Stephenie Meyer


message 14817: by Maureen (new)

Maureen Just started The House at Riverton.


message 14818: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (JenJen1221) | 215 comments Claire wrote: "Re-reading Twilight - Stephenie Meyer"

Oh yay!!! I'll be re-reading it later this month & then New Moon next month for the movie : )


message 14819: by Linda (last edited Oct 04, 2009 09:24AM) (new)

Linda | 887 comments Jenna wrote: "Still reading the Poisonwood Bible which is very slow going. I think I am also going to start Shutter Island. I got that out of the library finally and have been dying to read it."

Jenna/Paula: I loved Shutter Island. While I am currently reading a Dennis Lehane novel and really loving it, I am not totally a huge fan of his, but Shutter Island is IMO one of his best.




message 14820: by Carol (new)

Carol He has a new historical novel out just read about it in
the New Yorker

The Given Day-Dennis LeHane


message 14821: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Kellie wrote: "Hey everyone!! It's been a while....I've just finished The Pillars of the Earth which was fantastic. It has made it to my ALL TIME list...towards the top. (If not on the top)
I'm switc...

Glad you liked "Pillars" Kellie, I loved it when I read it and couldn't wait for the sequel (which takes place 200 years later) but it's still sitting in my stacks! LOL




message 14822: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Linda wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Still reading the Poisonwood Bible which is very slow going. I think I am also going to start Shutter Island. I got that out of the library finally and have been dying to read it."

Linda, I've only read "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River" and loved both of them. I have all his others in my stacks but haven't gotten to them yet.



message 14823: by Kristin (new)

Kristin (kg05) | 310 comments Notoriously Neat A Grime Solvers Mystery (Book 3) by Suzanne Price
Started reading this today, im already about 100 pages in, and its only 250 pages so i should finish it today.
It's alright, nothing spectacular but I got it at a book sale at my local church and it looked decent enough.

I wanted to get through all my "quick read" books first since I have a couple sitting on my shelf.


message 14824: by Kristin (new)

Kristin (kg05) | 310 comments Cattery Row by Clea Simon
I think I'm going to read this one next, its also a short book, 250 pages i belive, smaller print then what im reading now but it should also be a quick read.


message 14825: by Denise (new)

Denise Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? I enjoyed both of those.


message 14826: by Dara (new)

Dara | 88 comments Paula wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "Oooo! Yay!!! I can't wait for the movie for Shutter Island to come out! I didn't know that they were making one. I'll definitely have to research it. I wonder who's playing who! T..."


Wow...I had not heard of Shutter Island...but I am off to order it online from my library. The trailer looks awesome! Must read before the movie comesout!




message 14827: by Bhumi (last edited Oct 04, 2009 12:38PM) (new)

Bhumi | 524 comments I just finished The Jungle by Upton Sinclair a few days ago, and it was not my kind of book. It was just so sad, the whole thing.


message 14828: by Petra (new)

Petra Bhumi wrote: "I just finished The Jungle by Upton Sinclair a few days ago, and it was not my kind of book. It was just so sad, the whole thing."

I read this a few years back and almost threw the book across the room. The author made me that upset. Didn't you find that the Author was much more damaging to the family than Capitalistic America ever could have been? I think he became worse than the system he meant to demean.


message 14829: by Denise (new)

Denise Kellie wrote: "Katie...Never heard of this series but it sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.
What is the name of the first book?"


Kellie: Here is a list of books in this series:

Cutter '94
Hoofprints '96
Roughstock '97
Roped '98
Slickrock '99
Breakaway '01
Hayburner '03
Forged '04
Moonblind '06
Chasing Cans '08

If you ever want to check out a cozy mystery series I recommend the website: http://www.cozy-mystery.com/



message 14830: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cyndil62) | 253 comments Just recently discovered that website Denise and it is great! Hate to start in the middle of a series; this website sure takes care of that!


message 14831: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments Paula wrote: "Linda wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Still reading the Poisonwood Bible which is very slow going. I think I am also going to start Shutter Island. I got that out of the library finally and have been dying..."

If you have The Given Day, I highly recommend it.




message 14832: by Rachel (new)

Rachel | 310 comments So i found out that with a busted computer, I have tons more time to read! I finished Catching Fire which was pretty good, and last night finished Handle with Care. Vary well written story with interesting characters but the subject matter made me very angry. Although I kinda thought going into it that it would, made the book harder to read cuz I kept thinking about it and arguing in my head with the characters.


message 14833: by Michelle♥ (new)

Michelle♥ Denise wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? I enjoyed both of those."


To me, Angels and Demons was the best of the Robert Langdon series, then came The Da Vinci Code. I pre-ordered The Lost Symbol because I was so excited to read it! I got it delivered on the day it was in stores, Sept. 15th, and devoured it that night when I came home from work.

Now this is just my opinion, but I honestly did NOT like this book. I felt there were two halves to it and it should have ended a lot sooner than it did. Unfortunately all my expectations that I had for it were shattered. My advice would be to wait til it comes out in paperback for those who have not read it yet.

Don't get me wrong; I will most definitely pick up another literary piece written by Dan Brown, but I just think that The Lost Symbol was not what it was suppose to be. It did not satisfy the Robert Langdon craving or the mystical secret society wisdom that I wished to obtain. I don't want to give away any of the plot so I'm not mentioning a lot and just keeping this very brief and broad.

Message me if you want more details, Denise.


message 14834: by Carol (new)

Carol Michelle♥ wrote: "Denise wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? I enjoyed both of those."

T..."


That was an interesting review. I have read Angels & Demons,because it was on a list of books to read before you die. It was a bucket list of books.

I kept saying to myself why was it a must read. I have read so many other books that were better. When I read the Da Vinci Code. I just wanted it to be over. I was exhausted trotting all over Europe.




message 14835: by Viki (new)

Viki | 42 comments I am reading Amy Tan's Saving Fish From Drowning. It is very different than the other books I have read by her. Entertaining, but very different.


message 14836: by Mary (new)

Mary (madamefifi) | 358 comments Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Very good so far, I am less than halfway through and already a plot twist I totally wasn't expecting.


message 14837: by Carol (new)

Carol Viki wrote: "I am reading Amy Tan's Saving Fish From Drowning. It is very different than the other books I have read by her. Entertaining, but very different."

I loved it. I laughed so hard. especially at her funeral.


message 14838: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 220 comments Still reading The Shadow of the Wind... This has potential to be one of the best books ever so I am trying to savor it! Anyone else read it?

Viki: I would be interested to hear what you think about Saving Fish From Drowning when you are through! I bought a copy at the Goodwill the other day!


message 14839: by Dara (new)

Dara | 88 comments Denise wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? I enjoyed both of those."


I read it a couple weeks ago and it was good, very involved and tedious at points seemed like it was kinda draggin on towards the end but I did like it. Definitely worth reading.


message 14840: by Dara (new)

Dara | 88 comments carol (akittykat) wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "Denise wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? I enjoyed both..."


Carol, if you felt that way about Angels and Demons and DaVinci Code then I wouldn't read The Lost Symbol. It is very tedious at times, very very involved and at the end I felt like it just kept going and going, even after the big reveal.




message 14841: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Seth wrote: "I am starting a horror novel called Deeper, by James A. Moore, about some kind of sea monster."


Seth, let me know if its any good... well, my kinda good.. I love books with monsters, and sea monsters... whoo hoo!



message 14842: by Carol (new)

Carol Dara wrote: "carol (akittykat) wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "Denise wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "I have read The Lost Symbol."

What did you think? Did it compare with The Da Vinci Code and [book:Angels &..."


I was thinking the same thing. I know I will not purposely buy it. I will wait until I am desperate to read something different. Thanks for your input.


message 14843: by Vicki (new)

Vicki I am reading Song of Troy by Colleen McCollough. I like it so far.


message 14844: by Marti (new)

Marti (marjay) | 985 comments Maureen wrote: "Just started The House at Riverton."

Can't wait to hear about The House at Riverton - it is on my to read list.

I am reading Royal's Bride




message 14845: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I am reading IN THE WALLED GARDENS by Anahita Firouz. So fr so good.


message 14846: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Linda wrote: "Paula wrote: "Linda wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Still reading the Poisonwood Bible which is very slow going. I think I am also going to start Shutter Island. I got that out of the library finally and h...

I'll do have it, I'll push it closer to the top! Thank.



JG (Introverted Reader) I finished Heretic's Daughter. It was okay, it just left me in a people-hating mood. I think I'll start Odd Hours next.


message 14848: by Andrea (new)

Andrea | 5 comments I just started 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova and it is kinda hard for me to get into.


message 14849: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 220 comments Andrea wrote: "I just started 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova and it is kinda hard for me to get into."

Stick with it Andrea! I found it difficult to get into as well but it didn't take long and I was hooked! I loved the book in the end!


message 14850: by [deleted user] (new)

Current - The Beach by Alex Garland. Yup, the Leo Dicaprio movie. Not too far in just yet, but GREAT book so far.
Trying - to get through the Thomas Covenant chronicles. Having a bit of trouble, possibly because I have each series as a single volume, makes it a bit of a daunting read.
Next - thinking about starting on the Hawkwood series.


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