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[Donna]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I think I have read one of her's. But as you say I need to be in the mood. I have been reading heavy stuff lately, it is time for fluff. So bring on all fluff and I will check it out. Thanks guys."

Another charming book is A Guide to the Birds of East Africa.

[Samantha McNulty]

Currently engrossed in The Luxe, which is great for me, as I have not read as much this year due to personal things that have happened. I'm really enjoying it so far; loving the character developments!

[Christy]

Suzanne wrote: "Christy wrote: "I tried and tried to get through The Elegance of the Hedgehog but gave up. Now I'm reading The Book of Lost Things and loving it."

I had a hard time ..."

My best friend absolutely loved it so I had high hopes. I will revisit it at some point. I had a hard time letting go of my feeling that the concierge was really condescending, snooty and judgmental.

[Bhumi]

Just started Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut.

[Lil]

I just finished The Thirteenth Tale and just LOVED it! Tonight I'm starting Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

[Maria]

i finished Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern. this wasn't my favorite of hers, but i still enjoyed it.

not sure what i'll pick up next, most likely it will be Shutter Island. i got that and two others over the weekend at Half-Priced Books for a whopping $11.98 total. i love book buying!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Finishing up The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found, which has been most thought-provoking (and I may give it 5 stars), and contemplating several books after that. Possibly How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower.

[Carol]

I am reading Cutting For Stone.

[Trion]

The prisoner of birth

[F1Wild]

Finished Wench last night and will begin Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian tonight - assuming I ever get to bed (3:30am now) A big shout out thank you to the Book Ref voters!!

[Suzanne]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I added Major Pettigrew, that sounds more to my liking.
Thanks every one for your input. Wench, and Moloka'i looks good also."

I loved Major Pettigrew. I was sorry when it ended. It was a charming book with beautiful language.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Carol, thank you for calling Reza out. Funny how he writes the blurb as if the books is not his.... But looks like you scared him away...

I am currently reading Conquering Venus by Collin Kelley. It is an unusual genre for me - Gay Literary Fiction. I am enjoying it, it was referred to me by an author I had recently reviewed, otherwise I may never have come across it.

[Stephanie]

I'm still working on...The Fairy Godmother and The Poyson Garden.

[Bridgit]

just finished The Help, which was really great. Have started on The Story of Edgar Sawtelle last night. Am hoping to finish today and pick up a nice easy book for Thursday, because I am going away for the weekend and the book I'm carting around is going to be The Historian. From all i have heard, It is going to be homework. So i'm hoping 11 hours of travel with no other options will help me get through it.

[Sasha]

The Historian is okay to read. Not the most engaging book in the world, but I would put it above homework.

It's not a particularly wonderful book though, so if you're not looking forward to it I don't see a compelling reason to force your way through it.

[Carol]

Lori wrote: "Carol, thank you for calling Reza out. Funny how he writes the blurb as if the books is not his.... But looks like you scared him away...

I am currently reading Conquering Venus b..."

I think he was drive by anyway. He posted same thing in his other clubs he joined.

I am enjoying Cutting For Stone

[Bridgit]

I'm reading it for the Seasonal Book Challenge. It is the only one of the three 'group reads' that I havent already read.

I was looking forward to it until I heard all the reviews...

[Carol]

Are you talking about Historian, if so I was not impressed. ,But I am liking Cutting For Stone.

[El]

Bridget, I was one who didn't care for The Historian, but maybe you'll be one who really does like it! One of the girls I work with talks about it constantly still, so lovers of the book do exist. :)

[Sasha]

I was talking about Historian, yeah. Ah, the Seasonal Book Challenge. That thing looked really hard.

Glad you're digging Cutting for Stone, Carol. I'm probably gonna read that eventually; I have sortof a thing for Ethiopia.

[Clare]

The Historian could have been so good with a proper editing job. Ah well, who am I to judge a best seller? I'm currently reading the Amber Spyglass, I have no idea why it's taken me so long to get to this book.

[Lori Ann]

Just finished East of Eden and The Raw Shark Texts. Eden was a very good excellently written book. Raw Shark was pretty weird, I liked it but still...weird.

I am now starting The Help

[Sasha]

Whoa. Description of Raw Shark Texts sounds really interesting. Might want to try that myself. Was it fun to read? Or too weird to really enjoy?

Reminds me a little of the plot of Oldboy, the awesome (and deeply disturbing) Korean movie.

[El]

Oldboy is fantastic.

[Fran]

Just started listening to the audio version of The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey, and am loving it!

[Janet]

Just finished Death of a Dentist by M.C. Beaton, one of a string of Hamish Macbeth mysteries set in the highlands of Scotland. Now I'm reading and enjoying a biography of P.G. Wodehouse by Robert McCrum.

[Charity]

Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi

[Janet]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I need a book that is funny,(soon) but I don't like Stephanie Plum books or Chris Moore books. I was thing along the First Detective Agencies books line. I have read a couple, does any one know of ..."
I love the Bennie Harper mysteries by author Earlene Fowler. They are very funny.

[El]

Charity wrote: "Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi"

Charity, this looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to reading your review when you finish.

[Donna]

I am listening to Ten Days in a Mad-House - Under Cover

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs.

[Lori Ann]

Alex- The Raw Shark Texts was not too weird to read, it just turned out very different than I expected.

Susanna- I watch Bones, are Kathy Reichs books like the show at all?

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Well... the show, from what I've seen of it (not a regular watcher, just an occasional one) has a lighter tone. And a younger main pair of characters. Tempe Brennan, the forensic anthropologist in the novels, is 40ish and a divorced mother.

[[deleted user]]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I am reading Cutting For Stone."

What do you think of that one?? Is the medical grossing you out or do you find it interesting? I really liked the book, but could not stomach some of the medical details.

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: A Novel

[PDXReader]

I've been fortunately enough to encounter two books I've absolutely LOVED lately. The first is Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, by Karl Marlantes. Best war book I've ever read. Completely enjoyed watching the main character mature from naive college kid to a real leader, plus it had great action -- quite the page turner. I appreciated the fact, too, that the book was pretty apolitical, concentrating more on the people involved than on the rationale for the Vietnam War.

The other book is Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. I don't read a lot of non-fiction, and was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The author explored current events in North Korea by following the lives of five ordinary yet diverse individuals. Their experiences were all different, yet they overlapped enough to create a fairly complete picture of the lives of "normal" people in Communist N. Korea.

I've also read (former Pythoner) Michael Palin's book Sahara. It was good, but not great, and dragged a bit. It was as if Palin wasn't really having a very good time while traveling through N. Africa, and it showed in his writing.

Currently reading Heart of Darkness.

[Charity]

El wrote: "Charity, this looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to reading your review when you finish."

I'm enjoying it so far, if that helps. :)

[Sasha]

Oh wow, Nothing to Envy sounds awesome. I'd love to read that.

And Matterhorn is getting an awe-inspiring amount of praise.

Love to talk about Heart of Darkness with you; I just reread it a few months ago. I was reminded of it yesterday, actually; a friend of mine's getting divorced because after six years she suddenly found out that her husband is not at all the man she thought she was marrying. This is what Conrad is saying, right? That behind our civilized masks, the capacity for real evil rages away in some of us. Not all of us. Some.

Not me, of course; my despicable evilness is right out in the open.

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "Not me, of course; my despicable evilness is right out in the open ..."

LOL! I'll let you know what I think. I'm intrigued by the love it or hate it reviews it's getting.

[Sasha]

I've noticed that too. It's a very polarizing book, like 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Confederacy of Dunces.

Someone posted a list a while ago of "The 50 Most Important Books Everrrrrrr" or something like that, and virtually all of them were polarizers. That probably means something.

[Carol]

Christine wrote: "Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I am reading Cutting For Stone."

What do you think of that one?? Is the medical grossing you out or do you find it interesting? I really liked the book, but could not..."

I am finding Cutting For Stone very interesting. The medical part does not bother me. I also liked Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard.

[Christy]

Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb.

[[deleted user]]

Carol (akittykat) wrote:I am finding Cutting For Stone very interesting. The medical part does not bother me. I also liked Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard.


I think I'm just a squeamish girl. My bookclub loved it. I'm glad that you liked Hullabaloo, I just started it, but it's funny.

[Carol]

I am finding the book(CFS) well written and the story is of an interest to me. I am hoping to learn more about Ethiopia.

[Jessika]

Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

I loved The Book of Lost Things! It's one of my all-time favorites!

[Kimberly]

I'm reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. I read it once before last year and it became one of my favourites so I have to read it again.

[Paula]

Nam, I couldn't put "A Reliable Wife" down! I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

[Lil]

Bridgit, I also loved The Help. The Historian was okay but a bit tedious to read.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jess wrote: "Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

I loved The Book of Lost Things! It's one of my all-time favorites!"

This is a great story.

Kimberly wrote: "I'm reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. I read it once before last year and it became one of my favourites so I have to read it again."
Awesome book.... I heart Verne.

[Kimberly]

I too heart Verne. I wish he wrote hundreds of books so I could read them my whole life....