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[Maria]

i'm nearly finished with The City The City. it has turned out to be much better than my first impressions had me prepared for it to be. a tricky book to follow, but a very unique concept.

not sure what will be up next, i won't have time to read until sunday anyway, so i have some time to go through my lists!

[Julie]

I am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. So far I like it, but I am having a hard time finding time to really sit down and read. Stupid computer keeps getting my attention! :-)

[Louize]

Donna wrote: "I am now reading The Book of Lost Things"

Hi Donna, this books is one of my favorites.
Happy reading to you!

[Amy]

i am reading The lovely bones and alos The memory keepers daughter!!!

[Jason]

Suzanne wrote: "for Jason...have you read a Russian Diary by Anna Politkovskaya. I have it on my bookshelf but haven't read it yet."

Hi thanks I have ordered this from Amazon and can't wait to read it many thanks for the rec Jason

[Jason]

Currently I am half way through The Gathering by Anne Enright. Its one of those books that grow on you. You know you're not sure if you are enjoying it at first but the more you read the more of a struggle it is to put the book down.

[Bridgit]

Just finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh on audio book. I can't even properly rate this one. The volume of the recordign was so low that I could hardly hear it and as a result my attention went in and out. Mostly out.

I never really have much luck with audio - really don't know how people do it. I couldnt really tell you much about this book - no idea what happened. sigh... though i did listen to all 13 hours.

Am currently reading Deafening which is wonderful so far. About a woman who loses her hearing and WWI. I havent read a ton of WWI books - and the way the author penetrates the world of the deaf is remarkable so far. I am already wrapped up in it.

[Julie]

Bridgit,
I have never tried it, but don't think I'd do well with audio either. I don't think I could concentrate as well that way. And the speed is set, you can't easily pause a few seconds to ponder something.

[Karla]

I'm gonna try an audio this year I think it would be nice to get work done around the house while listening to a good story. I agree with the stop and ponder comment though I'm so very much like that when I read Julie! That's why I would pick an audio book that wasn't on a deep topic. I love quotes to and audio would be difficult to absorb those.

[Katie]

The car is the only place I can do audios. I used to listen on my 1.5 hour commute to and from work every day and I still like them for long rides in the car. I've tried listening when I run, but I can't get into them.

I'm reading The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella. Just a few pages in, but it's already a good read.

[FromAna]

3 willows

[Kehinde]

i will try the Pevear and Volokhonsky. i actually like the one i am reading although i find myself picking up another book from my list while still reading that one. right now i;m reading "to kill a mocking bird" which is absolutely delightful. i also have madame bovary, the man with the golden arm, native son and gone with the wind as my next books. if anyone can give me any info on the worth of this book, i'll br grateful. thanks for the feedback guys. Kehinde

[Huda]

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

[Sasha]

It's been a while since I read Madame Bovary and Native Son, but I remember liking both of them a great deal.

Here's my only thing with Madame Bovary: does anyone else picture a cow wearing a slutty dress when they hear that name?

[El]

Well. I will now.

[Sasha]

My work is done.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Finished Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World last night. Very interesting, and occasionally very funny.

[Suze]

Just finished Dragon House by John Shors. It opened my eyes to the wonder & beauty of Vietnam. Love books that educate and touch me - this one certainly did!

[Lucinda]

RE: Madame Bovary: does anyone else picture a cow wearing a slutty dress when they hear that name. I just really did Laugh Out Loud. Thank you for that image. :-)

[Suze]

Am now reading Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi. Kind of drags me down with its brutality and realism, but I will finish it! (I feel guilty if it don't as it's an advance copy)

[Lucinda]

Just finished Back Road by Tawni O'Dell. I liked the style and clever phrasing, the book was disturbing, however.

[Liz]

Alex wrote: "It's been a while since I read Madame Bovary and Native Son, but I remember liking both of them a great deal.

Here's my only thing with Madame Bovary: does anyone else picture a cow wearing a slut..."

Thanks for that Alex - a hilarious & valid point!

[Mary]

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich. I suspect I will have a hard time finishing this, if I ever do. Luckily it's a slim book, so maybe. So far nothing is happening but a great deal of tedious and meandering exploration of the two main characters' inner lives, and those two characters are not very likeable, in my opinion.

[KHoopMan]

I've been on this mission to read classics that I feel SHAME for never having read. But then, I saw The Real Grey's Anatomy by Andrew Holtz on the shelf. Not a classic, not by a long shot...but it's about 1st year medical interns and it talks about Grey's Anatomy- my guilty pleasure show! Minor detour.

[Alisha Marie]

Finished The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz and loved it! I'm so sad that there won't be anymore Spellman novels. I think they're all hilarous and Izzy Spellman it's a riot. But I guess good things must come to an end sometime.

Now I'm going to start reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I've been putting this book off because it's been so hyped up and so now I'm scared it's going to disappoint because I'm coming into it with high expectations. Hopefully it lives up to all the hype.

[Sasha]

Hey Eliza! That's one of my quests this year too, the shame books. :) You've nailed some good ones. I'll try not to judge you too hard for The Real Grey's Anatomy.

[Kehinde]

me too i read a lot but all i read is romance novels with the occassional mystery novel thrown in and when someone asks me what book i'm reading now i feel like a doll saying "nobody's baby but mine" i want to spew out a name of a book that will make them know i am smart and have a brain. so i'm dropping the romance and on a quest to read all the classic i can lay hands on.

[Sasha]

Just lie, Kehinde. Screw 'em!

No, but I was surprised to find that many of the classics (not all) are classics because they're totally awesome. Seriously, it was a revelation to me. I'd been reading whatever, pulp stuff, and it turns out classics are way better! It seems obvious in retrospect, but at the time I was under the impression that "classic" was just the polite word for "boring."

[Matthew]

I'm looking to finish 'The Dante Club' by Matthew Pearl today and then going to start 'Cat & Mouse' by James Patterson, part of the Alex Cross series.

[Emma]

I can't get the picture of a cow wearing a dress out of my head now, and as I am at work right now, that's not really a good thing. But it is keeping me smiling.

I just finished A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. It was pretty good, but I had to plow through about 150 pages before it got to being good and kind of hit its flow. But it ended really nicely and I would say probably 3.5 stars.

Just started The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen and I, of course, love it! She is one of my favorite authors, because I love the mystical, fantastical characters she creates. I wish she were like Patterson and could crank out a new novel every 6 months (although I would prefer she actually wrote them), because I just can't get enough! But I guess that is what makes them so special. I recommend!

[Linda]

Just finished listening to Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger. This is a first with this author and I have to say I really enjoyed it. Learned quite a bit about the traditions of the Indians. I give it a 4.

[Ameena]

I'm currently reading the Great Gatsby
its really good and mysterious
cause Gatsby keeps on disappearing.

[Rosemary]

Alisha wrote: "Finished The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz and loved it! I'm so sad that there won't be anymore Spellman novels. I think they're all hilarous and Izzy Spellman it's a riot. ..."
Alisha ~ why no more Spellman novels?

[Kehinde]

yeah me too alex but i have been plaesantly suprised through all my readings so far and find myself ditching the whole romance genre all together. luvin it

[Paula]

I have found some good authors by listening to them on audio. I started out by listening to things that I'd already read so I didn't have to concentrate as much. I think I get much more from READING, but I do enjoy listening when I can't read. I just finished listening to 3 CD's while on the treadmill and then doing some cleaning. It helps pass the time.

[Ameena]

i like reading better
i think its more personal!
i get more into the book that way

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World last night. Very funny! (Humor plus history, I was going to like this one, thanks Mom.)

[Ameena]

i think I'll look it up
cause i love history and a good laugh doesn't hurt every once every while
after i finish the books on my list i think I'll give it a try
thanks

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The bit I was reading last night had Mr. Horowitz in search of the Vikings in Newfoundland, and ending up in a sweat lodge listening to bad karaoke. I was much amused.

[Ameena]

i think i'll like it
wat is it mainly about?

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Tony Horowitz went to Plymouth Rock, and realized that he knew almost nothing about America before 1620. So he went on the road on the paths of the early explorers, from the Vikings to the Spanish and French.

[Ameena]

sounds nice!!
ur mom has good taste

[Bridgit]

Just finished listening listening to The Old Man and the Sea read by Donald Sutherland. OOOH BOY. That man can talk to me any time he wants!!!

Loved it. I think I actually liked it more than I would as a regular book just becuase of his voice. mmm..

Anyway...also just finished Deafening by Frances Itani which is the story of a girl who goes death around the time of WWI and how she views the world and copes when her husband is off at war. Beautiful story. The emotion is palpable and the author clearly has a deep understanding of the deaf world and the sensations and struggles they endure while trying to make it in the hearing world.

[Jason]

Just yesterday started James Hansen and The Storms of my grandchildren not really got into it yet, so I'll not try to review what I have read so far.

[El]

I am currently re-reading Anne of Green Gables, for it was a LONG time ago that I read it. I will, when done, move on to Anne of Avonlea, etc.

[Sasha]

I read A Voyage Long and Strange! That's a very good book. Horwitz has a really engaging writing style - fun to read - but his history's really solid too, so you really are learning stuff. Interesting stuff, too, that you didn't know.

I've also read Horwitz's Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, an excellent bio of Cook.

[Alisha Marie]

Rosemary wrote: "Alisha wrote: "Finished The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz and loved it! I'm so sad that there won't be anymore Spellman novels. I think they're all hilarous and Izzy Spellman..."

Lisa Lutz said the fourth was the last one. I guess I understand why, though.

[Maria]

i started Nora Roberts' Vision In White earlier. it's the first of her Brides series. it's a little light, but i need something simple this time around. hopefully it will be a quick read for me!

[Sharon]

Hi all,
"SEEING THE LIBERTY, The Journey of Eve's Daughter" -
a riviting Memoir, true story. check it out & more:
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[Kimberly]

I'm reading Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. So far it's wonderful.