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[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Just finished Wolf Hall - very interesting novel.

[Marti]

I really really enjoyed Not My Daughter. I think she really nailed the mother-daughter relationship. I think the story makes you step back and reflect on teen's having babies.... The last three Barbara Delinsky books have been awesome.

[Writerlibrarian]

I've finished The Foreign Correspondent and starting Night Soldiers. I'm embarking on the Balkans Trek of my Around the World in 80 books challenge. So lots of WW2 books in my near future.

[Sandy]

I am going to read a book I bought a long time ago and just found it, it is by Janet Evanovich A Stephanie Plum Novel called One For the Money I don't usually read this kind of boo I am usually a romance reader so this should be interesting

[Kristine]

I started The Lightning Thief last night and I'm speeding right through it. I really quite like it so far.

[Laura]

Sandy wrote: "I am going to read a book I bought a long time ago and just found it, it is by Janet Evanovich A Stephanie Plum Novel called One For the Money I don't usually read this kind of boo I am usually a r..."

I was handed One for the Money for a book club, never would have read it otherwise. It was really quite a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy.

[Bhumi]

I hope you enjoy The Lightning Thief, Kristine. A lot of people seem to be reading it nowadays. I read it earlier and liked it.

[Marti]

Laura wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I am going to read a book I bought a long time ago and just found it, it is by Janet Evanovich A Stephanie Plum Novel called One For the Money I don't usually read this kind of boo I ..."

I love those books. I found myself laughing out loud at Stephanie's family and her inability to do her job!

[Paula]

Kristine wrote: "I started The Lightning Thief last night and I'm speeding right through it. I really quite like it so far.

I'm listening to "The Titan's Curse" on audio now. I have the next one on order at the library. I like this series.

[Jayme]

F1Wild wrote: "As I have said, I'm deep into Steinbeck's Travels With Charley... (seems to be popular these days) and as a huge fan of his writing, of course, am finding this delightful!!

I also just read the sa..."

Kitchen Confidential's on my list. I can't wait to hear what you thought of it.

[Kristine]

Bhumi wrote: "I hope you enjoy The Lightning Thief, Kristine. A lot of people seem to be reading it nowadays. I read it earlier and liked it."

Just finished it a few minutes ago and I really liked it! I think a lot of people may be reading it recently because the movie is coming out in a couple of weeks. That was my reason :D

Paula wrote: "Kristine wrote: "I started The Lightning Thief last night and I'm speeding right through it. I really quite like it so far.

I'm listening to "The Titan's Curse" on audio now. I have the next one o..."

I like it now too :)

[Barbara]

I'm reading The Private Patient by P.D. James. As a lover of British mysteries, I don't know why I put off reading her for so long, but I'm loving the book and now I have all her others waiting.

[Alisha Marie]

I just finished Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and found it very disappointing. I'm starting to get a little disheartened. Every book I've read so far in 2010 has been very lackluster.

Anyway, now I'm reading The Bird Room by Chris Killen. It was a GR giveaway win and I'm really liking it so far. Here's to hoping it stays that way.

[Kathy]

Alisha wrote: "I just finished Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and found it very disappointing. I'm starting to get a little disheartened. Every book I've read so far in 2010 has be..."

Oh, Alisha, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Mistress of the Art of Death. I loved it and love the series featuring Adelia Aguilar as the strong woman character. Maybe you didn't like the time period? The middle ages is one of my favorite periods. Anyway, with all the great reads out there, your year is sure to improve for you.

[Viki]

Just finished Last Night in Twisted River (wonderful) and started Her Fearful Symmetry today.

[Kathy]

Viki wrote: "Just finished Last Night in Twisted River (wonderful) and started Her Fearful Symmetry today."

Viki, I have been wondering about Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel. Thanks for the positive feedback on it. One of my favorite books is A Widow For One Year by Irving.

[Alisha Marie]

Kathy wrote: "Alisha wrote: "I just finished Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and found it very disappointing. I'm starting to get a little disheartened. Every book I've read so far..."

Kathy, one thing I did like about Adelia was her sarcastic wit (as a sarcastic female myself, I enjoyed and see the use of it) and I am planning on reading The Serpent's Tale since I already own it. Hopefully I'll like that one more.

I just finished The Bird Room by Chris Killen and enjoyed it. I thought the story had great moments and it was definitely a page turner. Now, I'm going to read The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I read Mistress of the Art of Death and wasn't wildly in love with it either - it probably didn't help that it was sold to me as the best thing since sliced bread.

I have The Serpent's Tale but haven't bothered to read it yet.

[Dara]

Marti wrote: "I really really enjoyed Not My Daughter. I think she really nailed the mother-daughter relationship. I think the story makes you step back and reflect on teen's having babies.... The last three ..."

Marti, I agree...I have enjoyed all of Delinsky's books that I have read (and there have been many) but her most recent, While My Sister Sleeps, I read in one night...couldn't put it down!

[Dara]

I had started reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog but found it just too much for me. I don't know French so I was looking up probably 4 words per page as she scatters French words into the story and her sentence structure was so complex that her sentences are like 6-8 lines long. It just felt like too much work to me so I gave up after about 25 pages. I think it sounded like an interesting story but by all accounts there were many, many characters to follow and I just didn't have it in me to work that hard at it at this time...maybe later!

So I am now reading Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. I love her and this book is very good so far. I can't wait to go to her book signing in March in the Chicago suburbs, I went last year and thoroughly enjoyed myself!

[Kathy]

Dara wrote: "I had started reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog but found it just too much for me. I don't know French so I was looking up probably 4 words per page as she scatters French words into the story ..."

Dara, I have Vanishing Acts on my short list. I've loved all of her books I've read so far. Let me know what you think of this one.

[Crystal]

I am reading "Willow" By: Julia Hoban. It is a very good book, but somewhat long..but hey its worth it!

[Kamee]

After finishing The Last Song and before, The Hunger Games & Catching Fire, I feel as if I don't wanna pick up another 'regular' book. It's like they set up an expectation that I want other books to have... so I'm kinda shaky on what to read next. I thought about reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy as mentioned in the book, but it's so long and I don't think I'll have the time to read it. Does anyone know if Dear John is a really good one?

[Bhumi]

Kristine wrote: "Bhumi wrote: "I hope you enjoy The Lightning Thief, Kristine. A lot of people seem to be reading it nowadays. I read it earlier and liked it."

Just finished it a few minutes ago and I really liked..."

Great. Hopefully you'll the next few books too.

[Leah]

Just finished reading 1st to Die and I can't wait to read 2nd Chance!

[Kamee]

Leah wrote: "Just finished reading 1st to Die and I can't wait to read 2nd Chance!"

What's 1st to Die about?

[Leah]

Kamee wrote: "Leah wrote: "Just finished reading 1st to Die and I can't wait to read 2nd Chance!"

What's 1st to Die about?"

its a murder mystery novel by James Patterson its about 4 women who come together as friends and through their professions to help solve the murder of newly weds..its the first in the Women's Murder Club novels.. I think there are 8 or 9 books so far..

[Dara]

Kathy wrote: "Dara wrote: "I had started reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog but found it just too much for me. I don't know French so I was looking up probably 4 words per page as she scatters French words in..."

I will let you know Kathy. I am about 140 pages into it and am really liking it so far. I love JP so I doubt that I won't like it. However, there is athread on another group I am on where it appears not many of them like her much at all. I disagree...but that is the great thing, we can all like different things. It would be very boring if we were all the same!

[Bhumi]

Right now I'm reading Truly, Madly by Heather Webber, and I was suprised to find that it's actually quite an enjoyable read.

[Tani]

F1Wild - No, I haven't read Stolen Innocence, but it looks really interesting. It's crazy to see the extremes that religion can push people to! Thanks for mentioning it. I've added it to my to-read list.

Vonney - I had heard of Under the Banner of Heaven, but never read it. Looks like I will need to pick that one up in the future as well. Thanks for the recommendation!

[Dara]

Bhumi wrote: "Right now I'm reading Truly, Madly by Heather Webber, and I was suprised to find that it's actually quite an enjoyable read."

Oh Bhumi...I am glad to hear this. I just won this here on GR a couple days ago!

[Claire]

I just finished Shutter Island and really liked it. Its a real page turner. I had a few questions about it though so I'm going to start a thread on it (with spoilers) - if anyone has read it and can enlighten me on the ending, please go to the thread. Thanks.

Next up is Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse).

[Jeane]

I have finished The Eight and it was the second treaure wriiten by Katherine Neville. I still adore even more The fire, but this one came very near.

[Jamaie]

Just started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I'm amused by it & I've only read the first chapter. It has a fast pace to it with this boy asking so many questions & Wow, the way his mind works...it's hilarious! Yes...I promise...still going to read The Help eventually..LOL

[Beth]

Just finished Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde. It was AMAZINGLY creative and original...loved it, loved it, loved it!!!

Now, I'm reading The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. I heard her recently interviewed on NPR about writing this particular book. So far, so good.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and it was terrible. The book itself was amazing. But the subject matter and the actual events that happened were horrifying.

Now I think I'm going to read The Lightning Thief.

[Kathy]

Jeane wrote: "I have finished The Eight and it was the second treaure wriiten by Katherine Neville. I still adore even more The fire, but this one came very near."

Jeane, I just bought The Eight and plan on reading it soon.

[Kathy]

Beth wrote: "Just finished Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde. It was AMAZINGLY creative and original...loved it, loved it, loved it!!!

Now, I'm reading The Swan Th..."</i>

Beth, I can't wait to get to [book:The Swan Thieves. It is going to be a February read for me.

[Kathy]

Just started The Blue Handbag by Fiona Robyn.

[Paula]

Kristine I think the books get better as you go. I liked the 2nd one better than the first etc.

[Dara]

Beth wrote: "Just finished Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde. It was AMAZINGLY creative and original...loved it, loved it, loved it!!!

Now, I'm reading [book:The Swan Th..."

Keep me posted on the The Swan Thief Beth, I just ordered this on B&N.com last night! I should recieve it this week. I also ordered The Historian and Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky...can't wait to get them.

[Bhumi]

Dara wrote: "Bhumi wrote: "Right now I'm reading Truly, Madly by Heather Webber, and I was suprised to find that it's actually quite an enjoyable read."

Oh Bhumi...I am glad to hear this. I ju..."

Great! Let me know what you think about it when you read it. At first, I wasn't sure whether it would be good, but it certainly exceeded my expecatations.

[Chrystal]

Jamaie, Christine, and Diane U.....I really enjoyed Not My Daughter. I thought it was one of Barbara Delinsky's best novels. It is something that could certainly happen to anyone, and the way some of the town treat's one of the mothers is just ridiculous. Let me know what you think of it once you read it.

Dara-I'm reading Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult. Just wondering what you thought of it if you've read it. I haven't read Vanishing Acts yet either so curious to hear what you thought of it. I love all of the books that I have read by her. And I think that every high school teacher and student should have to read Nineteen Minutes.....my aunt thought it was too intense, but I thought that it was amazing.

[Jenna]

Finished Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. Thought is was pretty good. Kinda dragged in some parts.

Now starting Peony in Love by Lisa See. Loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan so I have some high hopes.

[Ann from S.C.]

I am now reading THE SECRET BRIDE by Diane Haeger about King Henry 8 sister Mary.

[Carol]

I just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Now I am dipping my toe into War and Peace for a while. I will be reading this one in between some others I have on hold at the library.

[Laura]

Laura wrote: "Now I'm starting The Eye of the Storm by Patrick White and am..."

Oh Dear! I've put The Eye of the Storm down. It was really beautifully written. And then??? My mind kept wandering. I'm not sure why and I'm not proud of it, but I put it aside (I'll definitely pick it up when my brain feels ready again) and am now reading Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard. Your mind doesn't wander reading this kind of book!

[Stephanie]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "I am now reading THE SECRET BRIDE by Diane Haeger about King Henry 8 sister Mary."

I really liked that one.

[Stephanie]

I am just starting Hand of Isis by Jo Graham. I just finished her book Black Ships and really enjoyed it.

[Lora]

I'm reading Η Λυγερή and The Queen's Necklace