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[El]

Just starting A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks. I won it through the First-Reads Giveaway and after a painful few months of waiting, it finally arrived. Now I can spend some quality time with it.

[Sherrie]

About half way through The Map of True Places and I am enjoying it. I picked up The Lace Reader today by the same author on the bargain book shelf at Borders. I really like her writing style, and it's been on my tbr shelf for a while. I'm also partway through Reading Lolita in Tehran for my face to face bookclub. It's proving to be a slow read for me, have to stop and read slowly a lot of the time with all the political speak.

[Patricia]

Beth wrote: "I'm just starting Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer"

Beth, I saw him on Ellen a few weeks ago; I've been wanting to read that book. Let me know what you think of it when you're done.

[Jayme]

I'm about half way through ttyl...taking a quick and yet still time-wasting break from Consilience.

[Tracy]

I just started The House of the Spirits . I wasn't sure what to expect since I've not read anything of hers, but so far, it's pretty good.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jacqueline wrote: "During the semester I only managed to read one book with my huge course load, which was Of Human Bondage.

Now that I'm officially on summer break I've picked up [book:Science Under ..."

What did you think of Of Human Bondage?

[Carol]

I just started The Lace Reader. So far I am not liking it. It is meh for me.

[Paula]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I just started The Lace Reader. So far I am not liking it. It is meh for me.

This was one that I really liked Carol but a lot of others didn't. : )

[Samantha McNulty]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I just started The Lace Reader. So far I am not liking it. It is meh for me."

I added that book to my TBR list a month or two ago, mainly because I read a great review on it.

[Michelle♥]

I am on three different books right now. The one I just picked up is Brave New World. I'm only on the 19th page and I'm freaked the f out! What?? this is going to be intense. Love dystopians.

I am still slowly going through Memoirs of a Geisha, Jurassic Park, and I just finished my last (owned) Sookie Stackhouse #8, From Dead To Worse. Talk about a snoozer. I feel like that series is just dying off (no pun intended).

[Paula]

Sam wrote: "Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I just started The Lace Reader. So far I am not liking it. It is meh for me."

I added that book to my TBR list a month or two ago, mainly because I read ...

I hope you enjoy it Sam, it was a favorite for me. But we don't all like the same things and that's ok too.

[Lori Ann]

Michelle isn't Brave New World great?!

I'm reading The War of the Worlds and The Road.

[Alisha Marie]

I'm reading A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane and though I'm not too far into it, I can tell I'm going to like it. I'm also dipping into Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Last night I finished Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World. A bit dense, with some organizational choices I wouldn't have made. Still interesting.

[Mary]

I just recieved an ARC of The Nobodies Album so I'm reading that even though it makes me feel guilty about all the other books in my TRB that are aging quietly as they wait for me to pick them up.

[Sasha]

Very interesting subject for me, Susanna. I've had my eye on Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists for a while...I go back and forth on whether it looks like the right book.

[Marci]

I am reading Look Me in The Eye: My Life with Asperger's. Just finished The Ask By Sam Lipsyte.

[Lianne]

I finished reading Pratchett's Going Postal last night so now I'm reading Arturo Perez-Reverte's The Club Dumas and Thomas More's Utopia =)

[Lori, Super Mod]

I am starting Wendy Webb's The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel - hopefully it is spooky and creepy.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Marci wrote: "I am reading Look Me in The Eye: My Life with Asperger's. Just finished The Ask By Sam Lipsyte."

Marci how did you like The Ask? I saw Lipsyte do a reading from it in Baltimore back in April. It sounded a bit all over the place.

[Kelly]

Finally finished Storm Glass and now i am moving on to Just Listen =)

[Sarah]

I have just started Roses by Leila Meacham. I'm only a few chapters in, but it's already keeping me very interested. Has anyone else read this?

[Tanya]

Sarah, I read "Roses" by Leila Meacham and it is one of my favorite reads this year. Hope u enjoy it too.

[Flávia Carvalho]

I am reading "In Lucia's eyes", from the Dutch author Arthur Japin.

[Lisa]

Rebecca wrote: "I just finished The virgin of small plains, but Nancy Pickard (now favorite book of all time.

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Rebecca, I am about a third of the way through The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard. I am really enjoying it. I will probably have to read The Virgin of Small Plains, too.

[Mary]

I'm reading Storm Prey, the 20th installation of the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford. After 20 books it's become a little formulaic--the "bad guys" aren't really very interesting or smart and are strongly reminiscent of previous "bad guys". But Sandford is a good writer and the core group of characters is likeable and well-developed, so I never mind spending the $$ for a hrdcover copy as soon as the books are published. These are the kind of books you can read over again if you're in a slump.

[Jessika]

I just finished Jane Hamilton's The Book of Ruth, and really enjoyed it despite how depressing it was.

Now I've just started The Kite Runner and Snow Falling on Cedars.

[Katie]

Like the rest of the USA, I'm reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (sarcasm). It's good, but it would've been better if I read it right after reading #2, which I read 2-3 months ago. There are a lot of characters with similar sounding names, and many plots. The #2 book had a much better follow-up, so you did not have to read #1 to enjoy #2.

[Ann from S.C.]

I am reading SOMEWHERE INSIDE by Lisa and Laura Ling and it is a page turner.

[Jayme]

I'm #12 in the queue for that book at the library. It's still on order but the queue is getting shorter as people give up on waiting and buy it.

[Sarah]

Tanya wrote: "Sarah, I read "Roses" by Leila Meacham and it is one of my favorite reads this year. Hope u enjoy it too."

Thanks Tanya! I'll let you know how it goes. :)

[Marti]

Marci wrote: "I am reading Look Me in The Eye: My Life with Asperger's. Just finished The Ask By Sam Lipsyte."

How is this book? It is on my curious about it list.

I am reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and then The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel and then Little Bee. After I read all those for the library and book clubs, I can read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

[Carol]

I just started The Man in the Iron Mask.

[Maureen]

I finished Inkspell (#2 of the Inkheart trilogy) over the weekend, and started Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography for my face-to-face book club.

[Natalie]

I just started Elizabeth George's new mystery

[Dave]

I'm reading Sebastian Junger's WAR. Very intense.

[F1Wild]

Rebecca wrote: "Currently I am reading The Postmistress by Sarah Blake. Outside my usual type of read. Mixed feelings so far."
I felt the same way when I read it - like there could have been so much more to the story (stories).

[F1Wild]

Rebecca wrote: "Currently I am reading The Postmistress by Sarah Blake. Outside my usual type of read. Mixed feelings so far."
I felt the same way when I read it - like there could have been so much more to the story (stories).

[F1Wild]

Jess wrote: "Now I've just started...and Snow Falling on Cedars."
Loved Snow... - was delicate in its story, but powerful in the messages.

[Dara]

I am currently reading

[Jessika]

F1Wild wrote: "Jess wrote: "Now I've just started...and Snow Falling on Cedars."
Loved Snow... - was delicate in its story, but powerful in the messages."

I'm really enjoying it thus far! It's intriguing and I can't wait to see where it will go. Plus, this writing is beautiful!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Finished Webb's The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel - gave it 4 stars. Gothic creepy without being scary.

And moving on now to a Tin House review copy of Hot Springs.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

I started The Sugar Queen tonight.

[Petra]

I started The Book Thief tonight. So far, it's rather intriguing. Very differently written and very effect, giving a sense of mystery and sadness.

[Mary]

I'm just starting So Much for That by Lionel Shriver.

[Tammy AZ]

I'm reading The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship and listening to To Say Nothing of the Dog. I've never read any Connie Willis and will definitely be reading more from her. I'm liking The Girls from Ames but I'm not sure it's for everyone. I grew up in a small town in the same era so I can really relate.

[Blaine]

I just finished reading The Englishmans Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe. It combines a cowboys story from the Old West with the story of the early days of Hollywood. Enjoyed the format of alternating chapters, one dealing with Hollywood and trying to make a movie about an iconic cowboy, and the next chapter being the cowboys actual story that was the inspiration for the Hollywod movie.

Have just begun Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez, which follows the lives of three generations of women in El Salvador and their interaction among themselves and the coffee plantations. A very fast read.

[Jodi]

Over the weekend I finished and . Now I am getting ready to read .

[Flora]

I started and finished The Sea of Monsters over the weekend. I know thats a YA series but I'm really enjoying it. I also started The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time this one is certainly written from an interesting point of view. I really like it so far.

[El]

I'm finally actually reading The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession now, instead of just talking about reading it like I have been for the past few weeks. As I expected, it's pretty awesome so far. One thing I've noticed with Grann's writing (as with this and his first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon) is that it reads very quickly and easily. It's not dry or filled with unimportant details. As far as non-fiction goes, I would say it's on par with The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America as far as readability goes.

Still cracking away at Our Mutual Friend and The Decameron as well.

I finally received the Goodreads giveaway book that I had won at the end of March, so I squeezed that in over the weekend so I could get it reviewed right away - A Week in December, Sebastian Faulks. If I hadn't spent time with that and the Grann book, I probably would have gotten more read of the Dickens and/or Boccaccio.