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Esther wrote: "Tammie wrote: "i am done with 2 of my books and now i am reading by anne rice vittorio the vampire "

I read that a while ago. It was one of my first vampire books and there was so much blood I fel..."

her books are awesome to read.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Im about 90 pages into Last Night in Twisted River and really liking it!

[Beth]

I read the first chapter of Last Night in Twisted River, Lori, and it does seem like it's going to be good.

[Claire]

Lindz wrote: "I am reading reading "David Copperfield" and loving it!"

I'm glad to hear you like it, Lindz - this has been on my to read shelf for several years and I have yet to pick it up.....maybe I'll move it up in the queue!!

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Jason wrote: "Christine wrote: "carol (akittykat) wrote: "I am reading East, West- Salmun Rushdie. This guy is hilarious. The book is a selection of short stories. One of the stories is titled Yourick. I laughed..."

Thank you, I wrote this one on my list.

[Bridgit]

Just finished Wolf Hall and now I feel like I need a break for a day or two from reading. I am so drained!

It was really excellent and I totally understand why it won the Man Booker prize this year. The perspective that Hillary Mantel told the story of Thomas Cromwell in was innovative and offered an insight into one of the most influential, least understood characters in 16th century England.

Up until this point, I had only read about Cromwell as being an extremely manipulative, extremely negative persona in the Tudor reign. Wolf Hall gave a sympathetic, alternative look at what drove Cromwell to act as he did and how he became the puppetmaster behind Henry VIII and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.

I highly recommend this, but warn you that it is a deep undertaking in order to absorb it properly.

That said, I am planning on starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo now to see what all the fuss is about...but maybe I wont get to it until tomorrow.

[Delan]

I ordered a copy of The Autobiography of Santa Claus from Borders Market Place it should be here in a few days. I hope its as good as I have heard.

[Renee]

I am currently reading Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard. So far it sounds like it's going to be a good book.

[Liz]

I finally finished Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and am going to work on Eclipse and The Blackwater Lightship.

[Lindz]

Claire wrote: "Lindz wrote: "I am reading reading "David Copperfield" and loving it!"

I'm glad to hear you like it, Lindz - this has been on my to read shelf for several years and I have yet to pick it up........"

It is a really good book. It is very dense so not a quick read :). But I love Dicken's turn of frase. David is a vehicle for going around some amazing characters

[Linda]

Jamie wrote: "Brielle wrote: "I'm currently reading The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold.

It's....eh. I don't know, I'm not five chapters in yet but I'd like to return it to the library and check out s..."

I felt exactly the same. I thought I was perhaps expecting to much as I loved loved Lovely Bones. It just seemed flat to me.

[Julie]

I just started The Weight of Silence, i'm also reading King's Different Seasons, i just finished Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the begining was dry but i absolutly loved the ending, I plan on waiting a week or so before i continue with Apt Pupil.

[Linda]

Bridgit wrote: "Just finished Wolf Hall and now I feel like I need a break for a day or two from reading. I am so drained!

It was really excellent and I totally understand why it won the Man Boo..."

Hilary Mantel's writing style was mesmerizing, but required your full attention. I found it better to read at home and not en route to work.

[Blaine]

Am still working on A Conspiracy of Papers by David Liss. I find the book enjoyable, but it is much slower reading than some of the books I literally flew through in the past week. Also there is a lot of old English verbage that I find myself triping over at times, but the story is still fascinating to me.

[Linda]

Christine wrote: "I'm still trying to read The Book Thief. The story has grabbed me and so have the characters, but the writing style is driving me to extreme levels of insanity. I know everyone loves this book (p..."

I am not sure where you are in your attempt to read this book. I did find the beginning frustrating and somewhat confusing. Then everything seemed to fall in place, for me at least, and I ended up loving the book. It also stayed with me for a while after I finished.

[Linda]

Just finished A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein. It was a very engaging light read. My first experience with this author and I look forward to more.

[Linda]

Julie wrote: "I just started The Weight of Silence, i'm also reading King's Different Seasons, i just finished Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the begining was dry but i a..."

I picked up Weight of Silence because of the jacket cover. Heather Gundenkauf really pulled me in emotionally. I had not read anything by her before, so I was pleasantly surprised.

[Linda]

Jessica wrote: "Jaime wrote: I got that book out and I threw up in my mouth a little bit and took it back.

Haha! I felt the same way. Especially that one line...Ewww.

I finished [book:Death by Zamboni|17..."

Would love to hear what you think about the Calvino book. It has been on my TBR shelf for quite some time and keeps getting nudged out of the way by other books.

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Renee wrote: "I am currently reading Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard. So far it sounds like it's going to be a good book."

I liked that one!

[Juniper]

Hello!

I am finally reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows! :)

[Julie]

Linda wrote: "Julie wrote: "I just started The Weight of Silence, i'm also reading King's Different Seasons, i just finished Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the begining w..."

i agree, i was very suprized by this book, i had to read it for my book club and would not say that i was excited, but it is just pulling me in, i have to take a break now but cannot wait to continue.

[Andrez]

jane eyre

[Carol]

Leonor wrote: "jane eyre"

How far along are you and are you enjoying it?

[Andrez]

I'm in the part after they declare dthemselves.I'm actually loving it, I wasnt expecting it i really like her writing style

[Carol]

Well then you will be writing a review to share with us?

[Andrez]

my reviews are awful, I just write something special or disapponting

[Carol]

How better to learn. A review just relates your thoughts about the book. They are how the book made you feel or think.

[Fran]

The Zookeeper's Wife, far more enjoyable then I'd expected.

[Lisa]

Finished The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. I read lots of great things about it here and gave it a try. I really enjoyed it. It was a great mix of the World Fair and a serial killer.

[Andrez]

carol (akittykat) wrote: "How better to learn. A review just relates your thoughts about the book. They are how the book made you feel or think. "

k...

[Blaine]

Jennifer wrote: "
Hello!

I am finally reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows! :)"

I just got around to reading it last week. Very good book, fast moving part 1, but it dragged in my opinion in part 2. But no matter, it still is a very quick and good read.

[Marti]

I am finally reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows! :)"

I just got around to reading it last ..."

I read it a couple of months ago. To me it was like sitting curled up in a chair with your favorite aunt's letters and cup of tea. I thought the end didn't quite fit as well as I would have wanted...but all in all enjoyable.

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I just finished Lorina Stephens' (GR author) Shadow Song, which is a truly excellent novel. Now I'm putting aside Graham Greene's The End of the Affair to start tomorrow.

[Liz]

Leonor wrote: "I'm in the part after they declare dthemselves.I'm actually loving it, I wasnt expecting it i really like her writing style"
Jane Eyre is on my to re-read list. I've read it once but rushed through a bit. I really liked so I want to pick it up again at some point.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Beth wrote: "I read the first chapter of Last Night in Twisted River, Lori, and it does seem like it's going to be good."

Im a little over the 100 page mark (im reading slowly, lots of distractions, including work!).. and really really liking it!

[Loretta]

I've been stuck trying to read Endless Things for the last month. It's the last book in a series, and kinda disappointing - I just could not get into it, and life was getting in the way and not helping.

But I finally finished it yesterday, so now I can start reading The Wreckage for my book club - which is thursday. Good thing I've taken the day off work...

[Vonney]

Lisa wrote: "Finished The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. I read lots of great things about it here and gave it a try. I really enjoyed it. ..."

Lisa wrote: "Finished The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. I read lots of great things about it here and gave it a try. I really enjoyed it. ..."


We read TDITWC for book club a few months' ago, and I loved it; however, a lot of the ladies didn't. Said it waas too journalistic, had no emotion. That's what
I liked about it.

[Vonney]

Blaine wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "
Hello!

I am finally reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows! :)"

I just got around to reading it last ..."

I loved TGL&PPPS. One of my sons lives in Scotland, and I'm trying to get him to take a trip down to those Channel Islands so he can tell me if they're as
beautiful as the pictures I pulled up when I Googled.

[Blaine]

Vonney wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Finished The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. I read lots of great things about it here and gave it a try. I really ..."

I host a bookclub, and that was one of the books I had on my list to read and discuss in 2010. I better give it a read before I have the ladies of the club read it. I do not need a mutiny. We are only in our 4th month of books, but so far thing have been going well and being in South Carolina we must be a little careful with some choices since we are in the middle of the Bible Belt.

[Vonney]

Lori wrote: "Beth wrote: "I read the first chapter of Last Night in Twisted River, Lori, and it does seem like it's going to be good."

Im a little over the 100 page mark (im reading slowly, lots of distracti..."

Thanks for this Beth and Lori. I've been thinking about adding it to my ever-growing TBR list.

[Vonney]

The month of December is so chaotic for everyone, and
I'm a postal worker, which magnifies the hullaballoo 20x, so I don't get much reading or listening done. In what little spare time I steal I try to do some half-hearted research on the ebook Readers: Sony at Borders, Nook at B&N, and the Amazon Kindle. Let me know if there are any others out there. Couldn't confuse me any more than I already am. Anyway, while
looking around I read the first chapters of "The Girl
Who Played With Fire" and "The Brutal Telling". Both
very good reads, but with the former I want to read the first in the trilogy, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Didn't realize the author died, and the third one is not available in the US yet.

[El]

Vonney wrote: "We read TDITWC for book club a few months' ago, and I loved it; however, a lot of the ladies didn't. Said it waas too journalistic, had no emotion. That's what I liked about it."

I didn't feel there was no emotion about The Devil in the White City. In fact, I felt as far as nonfiction goes, it was less dry than a lot of other nonfiction. I'm surprised more people wouldn't be attracted by the nice flow.



Currently still plugging away at Under the Dome (I've never taken this long on any Stephen King book - wondering what my problem is here??) and recently began re-reading The Princess Bride for the first time in 15 or 16 years. I love it as much as the first time, and can't help but visualize the movie the entire time. :)

[Carol]

I love that movie. Strange I have never read the book. HMMMM wonder if the library has it.

[Claire]

El wrote: "Vonney wrote: "We read TDITWC for book club a few months' ago, and I loved it; however, a lot of the ladies didn't. Said it waas too journalistic, had no emotion. That's what I liked about it."

..."

Don't worry, I'm still plugging away on Under the Dome as well! Its a long book and this is such a busy time of year - its hard to fit in good chunks of reading time! I'm enjoying it though - hope you are too!

[Alisha Marie]

I just started Columbine by Dave Cullen and it's really interesting. I'm not too far into it yet, but I have a feeling that this will read a lot faster than other non-fiction books I've read. I'm also going to start reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Christmas season is going by so fast and I've only read one Christmas book and it was a bit of a dissapointment.

[Jessika]

I'm going to start Louisa May Alcott's Eight Cousins today, which I'm excited for because she's one of my favorite authors! Has anyone else ever read this?

[Katie]

I'm going to start Deck the Halls by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark this evening.

[Tani]

The nasty weather kept me at home yesterday, so I finished A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin and The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, both of which were 4 star reads for me.

Today, I'm focusing on East by Edith Pattou, which is a YA re-telling of the fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon." I'm a little more than halfway through, and I'm enjoying it a lot.

[Lindz]

With work and a very annoying head cold (how on earth do you get a head cold in summer!!!) Still plugging away with David Copperfield. Taking it slowly, knew it would take a while, but want to read it, and keep falling asleep. It's the head cold not the book.

[Carol]

I have heard that summer colds are the worst. For whatever reason.