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What are you reading?
I am reading Dead Until Dark. I love this series, a friend of mine picked it up and ended up buying the series and I borrowed them from her as she finished them. I absolutely love the characters and their relationships.
Finally finished Lauren Weisberger "Chasing Harry Winston" really wanted to like this book, but failed.(
I finished The Hunger Games (****) and moved on to Madame Bovary.
Finished The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. What a classic! :) Kicking myself (yet again!) for waiting so long to read another great book!On to...Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Trying to get all my library books read and sent back before Monday...
Susan wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Susan wrote: "I'm still trying to get through The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"I have a feeling that by the time I am getting this from my shelves the whole population will have re..."
Yeah, I know I will once read them but earliest next year or later. It took me a couple of years too ebfore I even read the first Harry Potter. I have still only read the four of those!
Just started Rapture of the Deep Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy, I absolutely love this series!!
Lolita and The Original Lauraby Vladimir Nabokov,just ordered these from Amazon.
The Original Laura was just Published. It was the last book he wrote. It has been in the news .
I really liked Lolita, though I felt I had to hide the cover on the tram while I was reading. It is a book that you can get many things out of, little nuances. Humbert Humbert is a fantastic evil dark character , who will at one time play the victim then next trying to be the hero then some times with a acceptance of what he really is. All with a wit that will bring a guilty smile to your face :).
I am currently reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer. And next I want to read Because I am Funiture by Talia Chaltas. Anyone have any book recommendations?
Lindsay wrote: "I really liked Lolita, though I felt I had to hide the cover on the tram while I was reading. It is a book that you can get many things out of, little nuances. Humbert Humbert is a fantastic evil..."Go to Amazon and read review for The Original Laura, you will probably like it also. It sounds very good.
Moving onto The Luxe, which I thought would be pretty eh, but is actually really intriguing and surprisingly easy to relate to.
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Recently read and found very entertaining.
Just started this guilty pleasure. Great fresh science fiction. Stayed up till wee hours of the night with this.
Michelle♥ wrote: "Finished The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. What a classic! :) Kicking myself (yet again!) for waiting so long to read another great book!On to...Heartbeat ..."
I have read that and loved it. At first I only read it because of my teacher but it's interesting and it kept my attention.
Finished Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman and am on to Persepolis 1 The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, which will be followed by Persepolis 2 The Story of a Return. It's a graphic novel weekend.
Sibyl wrote: "I finished The Hunger Games (****) and moved on to Madame Bovary. "I was forced into reading Madame Bovary in college. That was agonizing, so be afeared.
I finished Heartbeat and it did keep my interest; very different prose from what I'm used to, but a quick read.Of course, when I told myself that I would stop reading all my YA books from the library and try and switch it up, I'm gravitated towards more vampire tales.
Now I'm onto Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. I've heard that the House of Night books are very addicting and I can see why! This is going to be good I can already sense it.
So much for not reading more YA....
You know it's funny...I have never had a desire to read or watch movies for that matter that had ANYTHING to do with vampires. It just seemed tacky.But ever since I read Twilight...my perspection changed. I would not that I have been obsessed (well maybe just with those books...) with the whole vampire gaga.
This will be my first series outside of Twilight that has to deal with vampires. I have the Sookie Stackhouse series (still in mint condition with the plastic seal covering all 8 books in the series) TBR. I think I wanted to wait til after I saw New Moon in theaters before I continued with any vampire books.
Well whoops on my part for starting another addicting vampire series. I'm not more than 50 pages into House of Night #1 and I'm already hooked.
carol (akittykat) wrote: "I just can't get pumped up about all the vampire books. Must be my age. "I don't care for vampire books or movies but I love everything zombie - go figure.
Michelle♥ wrote: "Finished The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. What a classic! :) Kicking myself (yet again!) for waiting so long to read another great book!On to...Heartbeat ..."
Michelle, The Outsiders is one of my all-time fave books. It's one of the first books I can remember that really affected me emotionally - bawled like a baby through about the last third. :-)
Jeane - I came late to the Harry Potter series, too -- have only read the first three so far. Maybe I'll actually get through the rest before the last movie comes out. lolCarol - I've never been big on vampires, either (ignored the whole Buffy craze a few years back), but last summer I read a novella by MaryJanice Davidson and was instantly hooked on her "Queen Betsy" series (starts with Undead and Unwed), then this year got hooked on the Sookie Stackhouse series.
Which brings me to my current read. Finished I Scream, You Scream A Mystery À La Mode by Wendy Lyn Watson (loved it!) and am now starting A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris.
Heather L wrote: "Jeane - I came late to the Harry Potter series, too -- have only read the first three so far. Maybe I'll actually get through the rest before the last movie comes out. lolCarol - I've never bee..."
That is great maybe one of these days I will attempt one. Thanks for the suggestions.
Maureen wrote: "Michelle♥ wrote: "Finished The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. What a classic! :) Kicking myself (yet again!) for waiting so long to read another great book!On to...[book:H..."
Maureen,
I completely agree! I was crying too at the last third of it! I still can't get over my shell-shock of S.E. Hinton writing it at JUST 16 years old!
Just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom! Starting Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler! I am really excited to start this one! Has anyone read it? I would be interested in hearing what you thought!
Just finished Look Again. Way too predictable. I should probably wait until morning to write my review on GR's until I've calmed down.Started The Boy Next Door A Novel by Irene Sabatini. I haven't heard anything about this one. Picked it up at the library because, GASP, I liked the book jacket.
Lori wrote: "Sherrie, I just bought Dead and Alive at my library sale today. I have all three for the series now, but havent read them yet. How are they?"I've read the 1st and 2nd, and they were fantastic! Can't wait toget the 3rd!
I finished My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young and loved it. Now I'm going to pick up The Portable Dorthy Parker.
Alisha wrote: "I finished My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young and loved it. Now I'm going to pick up The Portable Dorthy Parker."Good to see a positive review for My Enemy's Cradle. I have that waiting for me in my latest library pile. :)
Maicie wrote: "Just finished Look Again. Way too predictable. I should probably wait until morning to write my review on GR's until I've calmed down.Started [book:The Boy Next Door A Novel|651..."
That's very good of you, as waiting until one calms down is the hardest part! I like to write my reviews right away, and when I go back to look at them later, I agree with myself (phew) but sometimes realize I left a few things out.
So I needed a quick break from my vampire obsession, and I picked a book from my library pile that would be relatively short...OMGosh! If you have NOT read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, you are missing out on the best YA novel! (It's a great book for adults too!)
I am so glad that I picked up this book! I was crying, guffawing, crying because I was laughing out loud, and I did not want it to end! Add it to your TBR piles and you will enjoy it as much as I did! GUARANTEED!
Now back to Marked....
Susanna wrote: "Next up, finally(!): Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country."Susanna wrote: "Next up, finally(!): Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country."
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Libby wrote: "I am now reading the Year of the Flood. It is a real eye opener...."Libby, Loved that book! I just re-read Cat's Eye by her, and if you haven't read it, encourage you to put in on your list!
Sherrie Y wrote: "I just finished Her Fearful Symmetry, which I gave 5 stars. I really enjoyed it!I also just finished The Angel's Game on audio. I liked it, but it was kind of conf..."
Susan wrote: "I'm still trying to get through The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
I loved Her Fearful Symmetry and checked out the graveyeard in England that she describes in the book. It's awesome!
Finished Deja Dead yesterday, which is the first book in the Temperance Brennan series (on which Bones is loosely based). About halfway through Juliet, Naked now, which is my first Nick Hornby book. So far, it's great.
Lauren, how was The Five People you Meet in Heaven? I have a copy my mom gave me a few years ago, but I've never read it.
Flora wrote: "Sibyl wrote: "I finished The Hunger Games (****) and moved on to Madame Bovary. "
I was forced into reading Madame Bovary in college. That was agonizing, so be afeared.
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I volunteered and am now 100 pages in, I think I'll be fine, but thanks for the warning.
I was forced into reading Madame Bovary in college. That was agonizing, so be afeared.
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I volunteered and am now 100 pages in, I think I'll be fine, but thanks for the warning.
Just finished up on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies and now I am reading my first reads win Eating Animals
I'm nearly finished Fool's Errand, and will probably pick up Blood and Iron before starting our neighborhood book club read.
I have been on the road a great deal, and have finally had the time to read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, by Michael Chabon. Absolutely superb. I know the book has been out there a while, but in Updike's passing, there is new giant.
Janny wrote: "I'm nearly finished Fool's Errand, and will probably pick up Blood and Iron before starting our neighborhood book club read."You have a neighbourhood book club?! That's awesome!
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