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[Carol]

Lilian wrote: ""message by Carol (akittykat)
I just started The Man in the Iron Mask."

I think I've read everything Dumas wrote. There is some debate about how much was his work and how much was his researcher..."

So I have heard. Who ever wrote the books was talented. I feel like I am in an Indiana Jones movie.

[Joel]

Tammy wrote: "I'm ... listening to To Say Nothing of the Dog. I've never read any Connie Willis and will definitely be reading more from her."

Though it took me a bit to get used to the leisurely pace, I loved TSNOTD on audio, so much so that I purchased Doomsday Book and Passage, but I haven't started either. I'm afraid I'll get too bogged down in detail and meandering plots if I'm reading versus listening to audio though. From what I've read, she could probably do with a bit more editing.

[Sasha]

Yeah, that's how I feel about David Grann too. I'll pretty much read anything he puts out at this point.

I'm trying to muscle through on Decameron. I'm about halfway done with Day 9 now, so it shouldn't be long. Be working on it right now if I hadn't left it my friend's house after her Memorial Day barbecue.

I've never read any Dumas. Shocking, right? Looking forward to getting to him.

[El]

Shocking and inexcusable, Alex. Dumas is fantastic. It'll be fun reading your impression when you do get around to him.

Ouch, is your friend local or will they have to mail Decameron back to you?

[Carol]

Alex wrote: I've never read any Dumas. Shocking, right? Looking forward to getting to him.



He is a favorite of mine. Always an adventure.

[Sasha]

Yeah, she lives right around the corner from my office, so I'll be able to meet her for lunch this week and play with her dog in the park. I knew it was safe to bring that book even though I also knew I'd forget it there. Had it all worked out. :)

Everybody seems to love Dumas. It'll be fun.

[Donna]

Reading The Titan's Curse. Lucky me, I got all the pages this time! The last one from the library was missing 67 pages! Thank goodness I noticed it before I began to read it.

[Elizabeth]

I just finished "The Dark Divine", and I'm starting on "The Sugar Queen" as soon as I can pick it up!

[Ann from S.C.]

I am now reading HONOLULU by Alan Brennert and it is good so far.

[Joel]

Just finished Next by James Hynes. A rather unusual book. Best to read it without knowing where it is going, because it definitely takes quite a turn.

Almost done with The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton via DailyLit, and a third of the way through Black Swan Green: A Novel by David Mitchell.

[El]

Joel, are you liking the Chesterton? I read it not too long ago and wound up giving it 4 stars. For some reason I just can't get into David Mitchell's books.

[Donna]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "I am now reading HONOLULU by Alan Brennert and it is good so far."

That is next up on my list!

[Lori Ann]

I am finally reading The Bell Jar, a book I have been meaning to read for a long time now

[Joel]

El wrote: "Joel, are you liking the Chesterton? I read it not too long ago and wound up giving it 4 stars. For some reason I just can't get into David Mitchell's books."

Chesterton is enjoyable thus far. I'm liking the surreal winding of the plot, and it reads easily and quickly for something nearly 100 years old. I'm trying to read more "classics" this year and I'm finding this one more engaging than most.

BSG is my first by Mitchell, though Cloud Atlas is on my list. From what I understand, it's a bit of a departure for him, as it's a fairly straightforward book without a great deal of narrative trickery. It's almost a YA book in its focus on the singular world of a 13-year-old boy, and quite funny in places.

[Felina]

I'm reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter which is pretty good so far. The TV show is better. If you haven't read the Dexter books or seen the TV show make sure you read the book first. It is well written and interesting but...

[F1Wild]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "I am now reading HONOLULU by Alan Brennert and it is good so far."
I'm a little over halfway through and love it...maybe even more than Moloka'i!

[Renee]

I have started East of Eden by John Steinback. I also haven't read anything by Dumas. I have heard that his books are really good. I'm going to have to give him a try.

[Emma]

Sarah wrote: "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?"

I read that as one of my first books of the year and loved it! I was so hooked into the story and the characters-I love books with different perspectives, although these characters inner thoughts were written in very similar styles that I almost forgot who's point of view I was reading from. But it was a fantastic read and so worth the 624 pages! Let me know what you think as you get more into it!

[Madeline]

I just started I Was Told There'd Be Cake which is bizarre and funny.

I'm another on the Dumas love train! I've only read Monte Cristo, but I'll get around to his others sooner than later I hope.

[Donna]

I just finished The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar and One for the Money. Very different books but I enjoyed both.

[Apocralypse]

Im reading War and Peace and Right Ho, Jeeves...
Suffice it to say they are quite different

[Jamaie]

I am getting "Speak Softly, She Can Hear" from the library. It will be my first Pam Lewis.

Jodi wrote: "Over the weekend I finished and . Now I am getting ready to read ."

[Jodi]

Jamaie wrote: "I am getting "Speak Softly, She Can Hear" from the library. It will be my first Pam Lewis.


This is my first by her as well. We will have to compare notes. I just started reading it last night. I can't wait to hear what you think of it.

[Timmie]

Just finished The Great Gatsby(Fitzgerald) and The Baby Jesus Butt Plug(Mellick) Both were amazing, Very different from each other haha. Gatsby was aesthetically pleasing and relate-able , and Baby Jesus was just hilarious.

Now I'm going to Start Breakfast At Tiffanys(Capote)
Has anyone read it? opinions would be nice.

[El]

Timmie, I read Breakfast at Tiffany's a few years ago. I like Capote and haven't really come across anything by him that I didn't like. But if you've seen the movie and expect the story to be like it, you'll be disappointed. They're very different.

[Jayme]

I liked Breakfast at Tiffany's too...but I've never seen the movie. I wouldn't mind seeing how they are different from each other though, maybe I should pick it up soon.

[Flora]

I finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. It was a very quick read, just a day and a half. I really liked it, having the perspective from an autistic boy was certainly different.

Just started Middlesex not sure about this one yet.

[Sasha]

Middlesex is one of my favorite books ever!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Did I mention that I started Hot Springs yesterday? Approaching the half way mark. Interesting story about a mother who gave her daughter up for adoption and returns to kidnap her 5 years later. A little nutty, a little strange....

[Flora]

Alex wrote: "Middlesex is one of my favorite books ever!"

I'm glad to hear that it, the reviews that I have read have given me hight hopes. I've just started so I haven't formed an opinion yet.

[Timmie]

El wrote: "Timmie, I read Breakfast at Tiffany's a few years ago. I like Capote and haven't really come across anything by him that I didn't like. But if you've seen the movie and expect the story to be lik..."

I disagree, I'm not very far into it yet but so far the beginnings seem pretty similar(at least the dialogue).

[Carol]

The atmosphere in Breakfast at Tiffany's is different in the book than in the movie. I think the book is more intense.

[Sasha]

I don't think I can read that book because I have a weird hatred for the song.

[Petra]

Flora wrote: "Alex wrote: "Middlesex is one of my favorite books ever!"

I'm glad to hear that it, the reviews that I have read have given me hight hopes. I've just started so I haven't formed an opinion yet."


I really enjoyed Middlesex as well. I thought the story was rich and entertaining.

[Clare]

Just started Scott Westerfield's YA Dystopian series Uglies. It's good. Not GREAT, but good.

[Kelly]

I just started the bookAt First Sightby Nicholas Sparks

[Tess]

Joel, I love every single David Mitchell book. Black Swan Green is semi-autobiographical. I loved it, but then I grew up about 7 miles away from Mitchell in a small village (with a village green) and moved to Cheltenham when I was 12.

I read his books in order though: Ghostwitten, No. 9 Dream, Cloud Atlas, BSG and finished The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet last month. BSG is definitely a departure from his other books that's true. They are all wonderful, but my favourites are No. 9 Dream and Cloud Atlas.

[Tess]

I'm reading The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey. It's on the Shortlist for the Orange Prize, one of my favourite awards.

[Mary]

Tess wrote: "I'm reading The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey. It's on the Shortlist for the Orange Prize, one of my favourite awards."

Oh, that sounds good, Tess.

I just finished Spoken from the Heart and am going to start Every Last One.

[Adina]

I'm reading , and so far am in love with it. It seems to be one of those books that, judging from reviews, people either LOVE or HATE. I find it hard not to laugh out loud when I read it in public :)

[Natalie]

Alex - I read where Middlesex is your favorite book. I read it in 2008 and said this about it: “Interesting – was it real? I got impatient half way through with “Get to the Point”. If its the same "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides that I have on my bookshelf, I will reread and give it another try.

[Sasha]

Yeah, same Middlesex. It's a little bit of a love / hate book (although not as polarizing as Confederacy of Dunces, Adina!), so I'm not sure a second reading will change your mind. But I certainly loved it.

[Ruby]

I thought Middlesex was okay, but not nearly as good as I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb. A better book along the same lines, in my opinion.

[KHoopMan]

Lori Ann: I just read The Bell Jar this year. I thought it was amazing, let me know what you think!

Natalie: Middlesex is one of my favorite books, also. I was definitely in love with it by the halfway point though...I think it's worth the extra effort!

[Maria]

Madeline wrote: "I just started I Was Told There'd Be Cake which is bizarre and funny.

I'm another on the Dumas love train! I've only read Monte Cristo, but I'll get around to his others sooner..."

i read this in the fall for my library book club....i really thought the essays in the first half of the book were much better than the later ones. towards the end they got a little odd, in my opinion. as you said, very funny overall!

[Maria]

Petra wrote: "Flora wrote: "Alex wrote: "Middlesex is one of my favorite books ever!"

I'm glad to hear that it, the reviews that I have read have given me hight hopes. I've just started so I haven't formed an..."

i've actually read this twice, i liked it that much. it was better the second time around, and i liked it so much the first time, that's saying something. i learned a lot reading that, which is why i liked it so much, i think.

[Maria]

i picked up a pile of books from the library tonight, and i can't remember what everything is. however, i did start in on The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins, and it's ok so far.

[Marti]

I am about half way through reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. I am finding the book charming and enjoying the main characters.

[Sherrie]

Finished The Map of True Places (5 stars) and What the Dead Know (NOT 5 stars).
Started the audio version of Push today, and am still working on Reading Lolita in Tehran for bookclub next week. Any encouraging words for me on this one? It's going so slowly.

[Madeline]

Maria wrote: "Madeline wrote: "I just started I Was Told There'd Be Cake which is bizarre and funny.

I'm another on the Dumas love train! I've only read Monte Cristo, but I'll get around to hi..."

I've almost finished it now. A couple of the essays have been eh (like the construction, the moving and the butterflies) but overall I think she's pretty funny and I enjoy her quirky imagination and somewhat painful honesty.