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Paula (paula717) | 52 comments Bhumi wrote: "Paula, if you don't enjoy Catching Fire as much as you did The Hunger Games, maybe you'll enjoy the third one more.

Right now, I'm reading Magic Study by Maria Snyder. Anybody else read it?"


Bhumi, I finished it and liked it a lot more than I expected. It surprised me at the end and I like that. I,m definitely going to read the 3rd. Thanks!




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Jamaie | 66 comments Lori wrote: "im cuurently about half way thru The Book Of Lost Things... Its a very dark and twisted take on some of the fairy tales we have grown up on.very well written and keeps me up late into the nite becu..."

I just bought this today on ur recommendation..LOL..I read the first few pages & am already being pulled in. I'm finishing the last of Oryx & Crake(loving it)this evening. So TBOLT's & The Hunger Games are next on my list. I went a little book crazy shopping today buying Year of the Flood(Atwood), The Elegance of the Hedgehog(Barbury), The Maze Runner(Dashner), Chasing Fire(Collins)& The Book of Lost Things(Connolly). I'm so excited to read all of them!!!


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Marti (marjay) | 985 comments I have started The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry and already we have people running around in the middle of the night with gunmen following them. Nothing like jumping right in.


message 17305: by Lyn (Readinghearts) (new)

Lyn (Readinghearts) (lsmeadows) Bhumi - Did you say you were reading Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder? I haven't read it yet, but I read the first one in the series and really liked it. How is this one going?


message 17306: by Bhumi (new)

Bhumi | 524 comments Paula - Great! I can't wait to see what you think of it.

Lyn - Yup, I read Magic Study, and now I'm reading Poison Study, the second in the trilogy. I liked Poison Study a lot, but I'm only a few pages into Magic Study so I can't say much. But I'm already missing Valek for that matter :)


message 17307: by Lianne (new)

Lianne (eclecticreading) I finished reading Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1-4 so I'm now reading Daniel Silva's The Mark of the Assassin. Should be an interesting book, I love all of Daniel Silva's stuff =)


message 17308: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments Just finished 14 by J.T. Ellison. I really enjoyed this fast-paced thriller. Gave it a 4.


message 17309: by Michelle (new)

Michelle Lour Finished Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and started Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.


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Eric | 382 comments Just finished Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay. It was good. Now I am starting the fourth Percy Jackson book called The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan.


message 17311: by Jayme (new)

Jayme (jayme-reads) Starting Trojan Odyssey for AtW challenge because we own it and it fits a country I need. My boyfriend's a huge fan of Dirk Pitt, I can see why even though they're not exactly my cup of tea, they are entertaining though.


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Christy | 181 comments Right now I'm readdcing Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead. I believe it's the first of a trilogy (Kingraven) about Robin Hood. It is soooo good. I'm about halfway through.


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Beth Knight (zazaknittycat) | 501 comments I just started reading Little Bee by Chris Cleave


message 17314: by Ana (new)

Ana (anacnunes) I'm reading The Hunger Games and Storm Front and enjoying both.


message 17315: by Marti (last edited Jan 15, 2010 02:30PM) (new)

Marti (marjay) | 985 comments Beth wrote: "I just started reading Little Bee by Chris Cleave"

Would like to hear about Little Bee - got some good press - but I haven't heard of anybody who has read it yet.....

Still on The Paris Vendetta - oh there is a treasure of gold that the bad men are looking for... left by the Germans in Corsica... hmmm


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Rach (rachlovestv) | 104 comments I just finished The Third Policeman and am planning on starting The Invention of Morel tonight.

And of course, after waiting for weeks/months, a bunch of holds just came in at the library. Today I picked up Everything That Rises Must Converge, The Children's Book, Poison Study and Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. Yes, I will be busy these next 3 weeks!


message 17317: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 413 comments I just finished The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall. And now I'm going to get started on the second book The Girl from Junchow. I can't wait!!


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message 17320: by Beth (new)

Beth Knight (zazaknittycat) | 501 comments Marti, so far I really like Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Last night I was only 40 pages in and I was already crying.


message 17321: by Bhumi (new)

Bhumi | 524 comments Rachel, I hope you enjoy Poison Study!


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Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I am starting THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski.


message 17323: by Lianne (new)

Lianne (eclecticreading) I've started reading Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White. Am looking forward to reading it, it's been interesting so far =)


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Leah (ling_ling) | 226 comments Brielle wrote: "I just started reading Jane Eyre. I'm enjoying it, although I'm not very far in yet."

I just needed to say that Jane Eyre is my favorite book of all time.. I really hope you enjoy it!

I am starting up a re-read of Gone With The Wind today .. Just woke up and needed a good fix of Scarlet and Rhett!


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Tracy (mamallama) | 130 comments I'm right in the middle of Have a Little Faith: The Story of a Last Request and really enjoying it so far. A bit different from his other books because this one is autobiographical.


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Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Jamaie wrote: "Lori wrote: "im cuurently about half way thru The Book Of Lost Things... Its a very dark and twisted take on some of the fairy tales we have grown up on.very well written and keeps me up late into ..."

Glad to hear you are enjoying Book of Lost Things... If you like his style, I have to recommend his new one as well.. The Gates!


message 17327: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Beth wrote: "Finished All the Names by Jose Saramago. I loved the thorough inner dialog Senhor Jose had with himself. I will definitely read other books by Saramago. I am now reading [book:A Gate..."

Whoo hoo Beth! Another Saramago fan, I love it :)


message 17328: by Loretta (new)

Loretta Gotta read more of Saramago - I really enjoyed both Blindness and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, but haven't yet got anything else from him. Too much else to read!

All of my library book requests that have been on hold for months are coming due at the same time. I have The Hour I First Believed: A Novel home from the library, I'm a 100 pages in or so and really liking it. I've got two other library books after that, and have just been told that two more are ready for me - and one of those is War and Peace. Ulp. I think my reading for the next month or two is pretty well settled now...



message 17329: by Beth (new)

Beth Diiorio (beth_diiorio) | 52 comments Just finished A Gate at the Stairs. The first approx. 200 pages, for me, made this a 3-star book, but then from page 230 onward, it became much more engaging and 4-star-ish. Moore's imagery and metaphors are incredible, as is her humor, but at times this story seemed unnecessarily drawn out with dangling possibilities. Now I am reading The Mezzanine: A Novel and Half of a Yellow Sun.


message 17330: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Loretta, I havent read The Gospel According to Jesus Christ yet, but I really want to. I see they will be translating one of his newer novels "Cain" soon too...


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Brittany wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Evensong by M.L . St. Sure (a giveaway win) and Thomas Hardy: Everyman Poetry"

How are you liking Evensong? I'm about fin..."


Hi Brittany, I'm not much into it yet. I think it's going to be an enjoyable book, but some parts--like the funeral of Joseph Cross--felt quite forced to me. Did you win yours through First Reads? :-)


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Stephanie wrote: "I just finished The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall. And now I'm going to get started on the second book The Girl from Junchow. I can't wait!!"

How was the Kate Furnivall book? I have it here so I am curious.


message 17334: by Kathy (new)

Kathy  (readr4ever) | 510 comments I finished The Help last night (fantastic read) and naturally progressed to Sena Jeter Naslund's Four Spirits: A Novel today.


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BJ Rose (bjrose) | 1489 comments I'm reading The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa and it's wonderful!


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Carly Svamvour (faganlady) | 220 comments Maybe I already said this . . . I'm at the beginning of The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro.




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Mary (madamefifi) | 358 comments I was going to read The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox, but I gave it to my husband to read instead---he was in the mood for a historical mystery-type book. So I've been knocking off a few "easy reads" from my TBR pile. Currently I'm reading Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag--she's one of my "guilty pleasure" writers.

I'm saving two "serious" books for our cruise next month--Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherford, and Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.


message 17338: by Jenna (new)

Jenna | 224 comments Finished Odd Thomas which was very good, and am starting the Lovely Bones which has been on my TBR list for maybe the past eight years or so. Gotta get this one read!


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Finished Wuthering Heights last night which after getting into the language (being my first classic and all) I really enjoyed it.

Now i'm picking back up Biker Chicks after putting it down a while a go.


message 17340: by Carol (new)

Carol Cristy wrote: "Finished Wuthering Heights last night which after getting into the language (being my first classic and all) I really enjoyed it.

Now i'm picking back up Biker Chicks after putting it down a whi..."


Cristy I don't remember if you joined in the discussion here. If not look and see what you think.


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I'm planning on reading Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw in one sitting tonight.


message 17342: by Maria (new)

Maria (minks05) | 481 comments Mary wrote: "I was going to read The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox, but I gave it to my husband to read instead---he was in the mood for a historical mystery-type book. So I've bee..."

i love Edward Rutherford's novels, i've read 4 of them, though Sarum isn't one of them. i just saw New York in the bookstore today, and it wasn't as large as his other ones i've read. hope you enjoy it, and your cruise!


message 17343: by Maria (new)

Maria (minks05) | 481 comments i finally finished The Winter Rose from Jennifer Donnelly. not a bad story, just a little slow going.

i started Very Valentine this evening, and i'm really enjoying it. should be a quick read for me!


message 17344: by Elman (new)

Elman (goodtime) Started Razor's edge by Maugham,the last reading is Girl with a pearl earring.
P.S. I am a new-comer to this website.To get started,i need a friend,but not yet


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Catamorandi (wwwgoodreadscomprofilerandi) | 1045 comments I just finished Blink and am now reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.


message 17346: by Carol (new)

Carol Welcome Chun, did you check out the welcome site? It let's everyone know we have a newbie on board.


message 17347: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 413 comments Christine wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I just finished The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall. And now I'm going to get started on the second book The Girl from Junchow. I can't wait!!"
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I really enjoyed it!! It was not exactly what I was expecting from the title but it was very good.


message 17348: by Magda (new)

Magda | 6 comments I just finished The Catcher in the Rye, tried to read Wuthering Heights, but the vocabulary level was too difficult for me so now I'm reading Crime and Punishment :)


message 17349: by Carol (new)

Carol If you are able to get through Crime and Punishment You can do Wuthering Heights. If not now sometime in your future. The discussion for WH is on tnbbc, look at it and see if you get some insight into the book. Don't worry, sometimes it will take two or more attempts at some books. Usually they are worth the trouble though. Of course this is just my opinion.


message 17350: by KHoopMan (new)

KHoopMan  (eliza_morgan) | 151 comments I just finished The Book of Lost Things, which was totally twisted! I really enjoyed the language that Connolly uses, he managed to pull me into a genre that I don't typically enjoy. Next up is The Hunger Games!


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