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[Rosemary]

I just started The Last Time I Was Me It's good so far.

[Susanna]

Finished Shutter Island, next I'll pick up Chronicles, Volume 1 by Bob Dylan.

[Marti]

I am reading a fluffy romance to clean out my brain before I read The Unnamed. IT is waiting for me at the library to pick up.

[Ameena]

now reading:
the secret
roots
in skool: journey end

[El]

I liked Roots when we read it in junior high. I wonder how I'd feel about it as an adult.


I'm currently on a Susan Sontag kick after reading Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 yesterday. I started The Benefactor: A Novel last night (her first novel). It's freaking weird.

I'm also (very slowly) reading Aldous Huxley's After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. For some reason I can't seem to muster up excitement over this one right now. It's basically sitting there and mocking me.

[Juniper]

Hello!

I am reading The Sea by John Banville and I am really, really loving this book. Banville's use of language is incredible. He has more in this 195 page story than most novels twice its length. I am annoyed with myself for taking so long to get to it as it was published in 2005 and won the Man Booker Prize. I am savouring every word, sentence, paragraph and page!

[Bridgit]

El wrote: "I liked Roots when we read it in junior high. I wonder how I'd feel about it as an adult.


I'm currently on a Susan Sontag kick after reading [book:Reborn: Journals and Notebooks..."

El, I'm picturing this book taunting you BIlly Madison-style - "Stop looking at me Swan!"

[Michelle]

Bridgit wrote: "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 m..."

Bridgit,
I listened to this version as well and I agree! His voice was perfect for the story and this might have been the one time I enjoyed listening to the audio version more than I liked reading the book.

[Claire]

I am reading In the Woods by Tana French and liking it so far. I had to clean off my bookshelves yesterday so my husband could move the shelves and paint. I cannot belive how many books I have on my TBR. Its ridiculous! I CANNOT buy any more books until I make a dent in these.!!!!

[Ameena]

Claire i wanna b like that wen i grow up
soooo many books in my house library there no room
i love buying my books
i dont like borrowing them
:P
:) :)

[Sasha]

It's been so nice to be a grown-up and be able to finally buy books. Our second bedroom is slowly transforming from a study / hobby room into a library.

[Ameena]

sounds cool
buying books is SOOO much better then borrowing then
its more interesting
and personal!
:)

[Liz]

I recently started A Passage to India and The Hunger Games and intend to finish Oliver Twist today or tomorrow.

[Gorana]

I just started The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

[Rosemary]

Claire wrote: "I am reading In the Woods by Tana French and liking it so far. I had to clean off my bookshelves yesterday so my husband could move the shelves and paint. I cannot belive how many books I have on..."

It's funny how you said "I cannot buy any more books until I make a dent in these" ...You didn't say until I finish these! A firm book addiction, you go, girl!

[astrangerhere]

I'm working through all of Sherlock Holmes this year as well as all of Haruki Murakami. I'm also getting the Tale of Genji in the mail sometime this week along with some hisoricl conext guides, so I'll be chipping away at that as well.
On the nonfiction side of things, I am working through Heisig's Remembering the Kanji as part of my continued study of the Japanese language.

[Donna]

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

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

THX! It is def different from my norm.

[Sasha]

I read most of Sherlocke Holmes recently, and I'm flipping back to read a story here and there between other books now. Love that stuff.

[astrangerhere]

Alex wrote: "I read most of Sherlocke Holmes recently, and I'm flipping back to read a story here and there between other books now. Love that stuff."

I actually had it assigned as part of a college class, but you know how it was back then, trying to blow through hundreds of pages in a day for a class. Its been great re-reading it.

[Sasha]

Yeah, as with every other book in the world, re-reading it years later of your own volition is a whole new experience.

[Ameena]

i knw wat u mean
although ive never read a book twice
now when i go through the books ive read like last year
i feel as if ive never read it before!

[Jason]

Going to read cosmology books after the Hansen book and the Politoskayva books. I just loves my science
books !!!

[Ameena]

i love biology!
it interesting
chem and phy are all right!

[Jason]

Ameena wrote: "i love biology!
it interesting
chem and phy are all right!"

Thank you Ameena its great to come across someone who shares my feelings towards science books.

[Ameena]

hhhhhh

[Claire]

Rosemary wrote: "Claire wrote: "I am reading In the Woods by Tana French and liking it so far. I had to clean off my bookshelves yesterday so my husband could move the shelves and paint. I cannot belive how many ..."

LOL! Yes, my husband thinks I'm "sick"! :)

[Ameena]

book addiction, is the best disease!
u cant even call it a disease
it a blessing!
:)

[Cait]

Jason wrote: "Ameena wrote: "i love biology!
it interesting
chem and phy are all right!"

Thank you Ameena its great to come across someone who shares my feelings towards science books."

Science is awesome. :o)

[Ameena]

i like science
but like chem i get good marks and i understand the subject
but i cant really imagine how its all happening
like electrolysis and these stuff and electrons, neutrons!!

it just seems so unrealistic!

[Jayme]

Finished Shutter Island last night. Now I'll have to get back to the other three books I'm reading before I start anything else.

[Sasha]

Ha...I know what you mean, Ameena. I did fine in chemistry, but I never really got it in the same way that I understood biology. Maybe Jason's latest read, Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World would help.

Physics...you start talking about black holes and string theory and you can forget all about me getting any of it, but who cares? It's awesome.

[Ameena]

hhh
ur soo right!!

[El]

Chemistry can kiss my butt. I took it twice in high school and still didn't get it. Passed only out of the goodness of Mr. Bailey's heart.

I rocked biology. Bio and Chem are like apples and oranges; I don't care what my nerdy boyfriend says.


astrangerhere - What college class did you get to read Sherlock Holmes? Was it just an English class? I read the Holmes stories all on my own, but would have loved any class that made us read them.

[Beth]

I just finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, this is one of the best books I've read in a really long time. A well written book, I highly recommend this one.
It's a WW2 book with the narrator being death, or the grim reaper.

[Sasha]

You know what gave me a new appreciation for Chemistry? Breaking Bad.

[Ameena]

haha the movie
i didnt get it at first
but then i Google'd it
:P
about teh chem teacher and hid mid-life crises!

[Sasha]

TV show, but close enough. Yeah, he uses his expert knowledge of chemistry to cook methamphetamines (illegal drugs) and blow people up.

[Ameena]

hhhh
sounds cool
its 10:40 PM here in bahrain
i got skool tmrw
so good night all u good readers!

:)
:)

[Mary]

Fran wrote: "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, and loving it!"

Just finshed this, Fran and loved it as well!! Five stars from me.

[Maureen]

Reading "Wolf Hall" for my book club. Very interesting..

[Bridgit]

Over the weekend finished:

The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
The Old Man and The Sea - Hemingway
Deafening - Frances Itani
Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

and am currently reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike.

I really loved all four of these book. Rabbit Run is leaving me a little non-plussed. I'm just hoping to finish it soon to move on to something with hooks in it.

[astrangerhere]

Maureen wrote: "Reading "Wolf Hall" for my book club. Very interesting.."

I posted this article in another thread, but as its about Wolf Hall, you might find it interesting.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/enterta...

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Starting something I just got out of the library - Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200. Looks very cool, highly illustrated, with a CD-ROM tour of the House of the Vetii in Pompeii. Different tours if you tell it you're a slave, client, member of the family, etc., apparently.

[Catamorandi]

I am focusing in on Not for Packrats Only by Don Aslett right now. I am moving the end of April and want to figure out how to declutter for the move.

[Suzanne]

Fran wrote: "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, and loving it!"

I just started this and I am loving it also. I can't wait to be able to sit down with it tonight and just read!

[Samuel]

The Book of God and Physics: A Novel of The Voynich Mystery

Extremely interesting, and very factual based. However, I am getting a "Da Vinci Code" vibe to it.

[Sasha]

Wolf Hall's a cool book.

Susanna, that sounds cool too! I love the sorta virtual tour bit. I keep waiting for someone to put together Flash walkthroughs of various landmarks on the web; kinda surprised it hasn't happened yet.

Samuel, the Voynich manuscript is fascinating huh? Does lend itself to Da Vinci Code-esque conspiracy theories though. You'll have to let us know how it turns out.

[Carol]

Alex have you read Thieves World-Claire Sterling? I am reading it now.

[Sasha]

Nope! Fantasy / sci-fi's usually not really my thing. I like the anthology idea though, that's neat.

[Carol]

I don't think it is sci-fi. It is about the mafia and the Columbia drug cartel combining forces and creating a global cartel along with Japan, Russia etc. It is suppose to be true.