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I'll be finishing Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel tonight and then continuing with Sweetheart, the second Gretchen Lowell mystery.
Very enjoyable novel 22 though its hard to follow at times in your head, with its surreal and anarchic humour, though I suppose thats the point of it."HAving a hard time really (caring :/) getting into it I mean but I have a no book left behind policy so I'll stick it out to the end
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I liked catch 22, but that was years ago. I picked it up recently and though why did I like it. No I will not re-read it and you can't make me.
I own the book but haven't read it yet. Maybe I should try...
If you do let me know. I don't want to read it, but I would be interested in what you think.
I enjoyed Catch 22. I read it in high school and at the time it was not a quick read for me but it was funny!
I've always wanted to read Catch 22. I plan to attempt it but right now I have too many other books pulling at me. I'm ready to start Brother Odd by Dean Koontz and Speaker for the Dead by Orson scott Card. I also have The Gunslinger and The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy calling my name. So many books...so little time!
I am reading The Woman In White-Wilkie Collins. It is deliciously chilling.
Carol, I really enjoyed Woman In White. It's gothically wonderful. Another Wilkie Collins book that I enjoyed is The Moonstone.
So I understand . Over in Constant Reader there is an archive discussion for Moonstone. I will check it out when I read it. I want to totally absorb this one first. They are trying to find the woman who delivered the letter to Laura. They are in the graveyard.
Am really getting into THE GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO. It is geting good!
Rene wrote: "I read Hot Zone several years ago and it still haunts my memory. It was very scary and a hint away from being true."I also read Hot Zone at least 10 years ago and really liked it. It was hard to put down.
Mm, I've heard great stuff about Hot Zone. Its author, Richard Preston, also wrote The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, which is pretty exciting for a book about trees, and edited my favorite in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series (2007).
Alex wrote: "Mm, I've heard great stuff about Hot Zone. Its author, Richard Preston, also wrote The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, which is pretty exciting for a book about trees, and ..."I'll have to check that one out, Alex (The Wild Trees). I'm still reading The 19th Wife and really liking it alot.
Thanks Beth :)Lori wrote: "Ana, you are stronger than I! I tryed to read that dang novel twice and couldnt get more than 40-some odd pages in .... I still own it, so maybe, just maybe, someday..." WE CAN DO IT!
LOL CAROL
Bhumi - Oh I will I'll come back and complain or encourage you all to read or re-read it
Thanks Liz I'm going to give it my full attention today. I'm sure it won't be my favorite book but I have to give it a chance.
Linda wrote: "Just finished Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. WOW! Two days, just two days and I had to keep reading. I gave it a 5 and believe me I don't do that lightly."Linda, I love her books. I've read most of them. Some of her books are part of a series about a group of female lawyers.
Just finished reading Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison for a scifi module at uni. Thought it was a fantastic imagining of the future, and to me felt so close in some ways to the present day.Unfortunately, due to uni commitments, I find I can't let myself get too engrossed in books for pleasure, else I wouldn't get any work done whatsoever! As such, I'm currently reading a book of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Alex, I felt the same about Saramago's Seeing. I rushed right out to get it the day it was published, but as of now, almost 4 years later, I have yet to finish it. Maybe someday.I'm about at the halfway mark in Doctor Zhivago and I just started reading Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
oh Doctor Zhivago is next on my list how is it?
Hmmm, well, I found it hard to get into at first (compared to other Russian works), but I'm having a much easier time now. As much as I loathe to say it, I might actually prefer the movie (w/ Omar Sharif) to the book. The book isn't bad at all, but the movie is better.
Sometimes books work better if you see the movie first. You can visualize the scenes as you are reading.
I just started Ford County. I am looking forward to something I can read in little spurts for a bit. This fits the bill.
Just finished The Library Diaries and hated it and now I am reading I am reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I am reading Shutter Island. I am really enjoying it. I need to finish it before the weekend so we can go see it at the movies.I have not read this thread in a while and some people were talking about Jodi Picoult book's last week. I have read Nineteen Minutes, The Pact: A Love Story and My Sister's Keeper. I needed to take a break from those heavy topics and I read Talk of the Town. It was a kindle freebie about a month ago and it was a pleasant change. I have several other Picoult books already downloaded and ready to read.
Rachel wrote: "At any given time, I am reading three books: 1 fiction, 1 non-fiction, and a re-read. Right now, I am into the second book of Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy, which retells Prid..."I wouldn't mind rereading the historian myself. I liked the book a lot!
I finished "Inkspell" (loved it, a great sequel) and started today "Gods behaving badly", by Marie Phillips.
I think I will read next Revolution 1989 The Fall of the Soviet Empire. Won't be for a while as I still have two thirds of Civilization to read.Though knowing me I might just as likely read something else first !!!
Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, Book 5) by James Patterson Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, Book 5)
Jason, Revolution 1989 looks cool You'll have to let me know how it goes. What's this Civilization book?
Recently finished Saving Ceecee Honeycutt: A Novel, Sarah's Key, and The Good Mayor: A Novel. Gave them each four stars. Now reading and enjoying Remarkable Creatures.
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Now starting "Shutter Island" !!!!!
I'm trying to figure out what to read next. None of my current reads are speaking to me...lol. Maybe 19th Wife but I left it in the car. I finished
yesterday and loved it. I have two separate orders from Amazon coming in the next few days...hm. What to read, what to read.
My eight year old daughter, after finishing the entire Percy Jackson series, is reading The Adventures Of Ulysses. I don't think I could even get through that. LOL.
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Lori, I know it. LOL! She's funny. She desperately wanted to read Les Misérables after seeing the musical. I was so thankful to find a kids' version for her.
Shary wrote: "Linda wrote: "Just finished Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. WOW! Two days, just two days and I had to keep reading. I gave it a 5 and believe me I don't do that lightly."Linda, I love her books..."
Shary: Can't believe I have gone this long and not read something by her before. Well that error has ended. Thanks for the information.
I'm reading The Hunger Games and can't put it down. I started reading on my lunch break which was a mistake because then the second half of the day I get nothing done. I'll definitely finish it today.
Ashley, it's so good!I just ordered the sequel from amazon, should be here today or tomorrow - I'm so excited!
I'm reading several but also started Watchmen. It's the only graphic novel on the 1001 books list and I've never really read comics or graphic novels so its definitely a big change for me. I'm about 30 pages in and I'm enjoying it but I don't see me switching from novels to graphic novels anytime soon. I was really surprised to see it on the list though.
Pauline, Did you enjoy The 19th Wife? I am thinking about reading this one in May '10.
T.C. wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I just finished reading the new book by Nancy Pickard, "The Scent of Rain and Lightning." It was a very good read."Love that title! I'm gonna take a look - thanks.
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T.C. I really did enjoy every minute reading this book.
That's good to know Brenda - still not available in the Kindle Store, but it's on my list!
Brenda wrote: "Pauline, Did you enjoy The 19th Wife? I am thinking about reading this one in May '10."Hi Brenda - I noticed you were asking about The 19th Wife. I'm reading it and loving it. Its very good. It switches between modern day and the early days of the Morman church.
Well, I've got several books going, but they're all rather "heavy," and I'm sick. So I'll likely be picking something else up. Maybe some historical fiction.
Susanna Hope you are not seriously ill. Feel better soon.
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Very enjoyable novel 22 though its hard to follow at times in your head, with its surreal and anarchic humour, though I suppose thats the point of it.