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[Joel]

I cracked the much buzzed-about The Passage by Justin Cronin during my lunchbreak today. I've had an advance copy for several months but have been putting off reading it because it's so dang long. But I figured since it's finally in stores next week I might as well give it a go.

[F1Wild]

Renee wrote: "I have started East of Eden by John Steinback..."
One of my all-time favorites!

[Lianne]

Joel wrote: "I picked up a copy of this a few months back after reading The City & The City. I want to read it but I gather it is a love/hate thing based on what I have read. What do you think so far?"

I honestly don't know what to make of it, lol. While I appreciate the uniqueness of the world that these characters inhabit, so far I'm just not feeling it: the story's moving at a rather slow pace and I don't feel attached to the characters and their circumstances =( Nonetheless, I'm sticking to it in hopes that it'll pick up soon =) How did you find The City & The City?

[Joel]

I respected The City & The City more than I *enjoyed* it. The central concepts are really interesting and brainy, but the characters are kind of flat, as is the detective story that drives the plot. I suppose there's a chance that Mieville is just one of those writers that doesn't do it for me, but based on what I've read about PSS, I really want to like it. We'll see, someday!

[F1Wild]

I finished Honolulu by Alan Brennert late last night and also gave it 5 stars, liked it even more than Moloka'i. I started the first few pages of The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson and as expected got sucked in right away!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Joel wrote: "I cracked the much buzzed-about The Passage by Justin Cronin during my lunchbreak today. I've had an advance copy for several months but have been putting off reading it because it's..."

Jealous! They had that one at the BEA, but I missed it... I'm hearing good things. Let me know what you think.

[Joel]

Jealous! HA! I've seen the books you did manage to bring home... ;)

I'M jealous you got The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. I dont think it comes out until the fall.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I didn't get that book. Did I say I got that book? Lemme check my piles, hang on....

Nope. I wanted that one too, but didn't get it.

Off to harrass the publisher right now though, so I CAN make you jealous :)

[Bridgit]

Lori wrote: "I didn't get that book. Did I say I got that book? Lemme check my piles, hang on....

Nope. I wanted that one too, but didn't get it.

Off to harrass the publisher right now though, so I CAN make ..."

I got that book! :-P

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yeah Yeah, I know I know.. Thanks for rubbing it in :)

[Bridgit]

Hee hee.

But I'm intrigued that Joel was excited about that one. It wasn't even on my radar - that is going to move it up closer to the top of the pile for me.

[Sarah]

About 150 pages left in Roses, and I am loving the story and the characters. Reminds me a little of Gone With the Wind. Definitely enjoyable reading.

Emma wrote: "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 tha..."

[Kelly]

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

[Andrew]

Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid by Dr. Denis Leary. It is hilarious, yet offensive at the same time. I'm currently having mixed feelings.

[Jayme]

Alex wrote: "Oh cool Bridgit! Reading Lost City of Z made me want to do exactly what you're doing now. Awesome idea. I've never read anything non-Holmes by Conan Doyle either."

You need to go and get Lost World and start reading it right now! It was the first Doyle I ever read and it's still my favourite. Why aren't you reading it yet?!

[Joel]

Bridgit wrote: "Hee hee.

But I'm intrigued that Joel was excited about that one. It wasn't even on my radar - that is going to move it up closer to the top of the pile for me."

Sorry Lori, I guess it was Bridgit was thinking of. But I am jealous of you both so it works out.

[Joel]

Jayme wrote: "Alex wrote: "Oh cool Bridgit! Reading Lost City of Z made me want to do exactly what you're doing now. Awesome idea. I've never read anything non-Holmes by Conan Doyle either."

You need to go a..."

Incidentally you can get Lost World for free via email at www.dailylit.com as it is public domain. I love getting a few chapters by email every day.

[María]

Hi. Is anyone reading or has anyone read "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. I am finishing this splendid novel and I am looking forward to watching the film too, so I can compare both. I'm a sucker for classic literature and period dramas, specially if based on novels or plays. It's a novel about regret, guilt and religion, about friendship,love and betrayal. It's about past memories- the past is all we have at the end of the day, it is the light7heavy?? baggage we drag within our hearts. Love to hear from someone who is reading or has read this novel.

[F1Wild]

Andrew wrote: "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid by Dr. Denis Leary. It is hilarious, yet offensive at the same time. I'm currently having mixed feelings."
You've gotta love a fellow Mass guy - especially one who can champion for firefighters and make famous a song about "Assholes". ;-)

[F1Wild]

María wrote: "Hi. Is anyone reading or has anyone read "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh."
I read a piece about it in Vanity Fair a month or so ago and wanted to read the book, but it's not available on Kindle...yet - although The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh is.

[Lisa]

I read Brideshead Revisited about a month ago. It had been on my list for a while. I actually saw the movie first, which motivated me to move the book up the TBR list. I really enjoyed the book and the movie both.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

About Brideshead - the TV miniseries the BBC made in the 1980s is excellent and I recommend it - no idea as to the quality of the recent movie.

[Flávia Carvalho]

I am reading "Home"- Marilynne Robinson. So far, already impressed with her careful work with words.

[Lianne]

I started reading Louis de Bernieres's Birds Without Wings and Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit (at long last---it was given to me as a Christmas present and I've only gotten around to reading it now xD)

María wrote: "Hi. Is anyone reading or has anyone read "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh."

I recently bought it when I went out; looking forward to reading it! =D

[Bhumi]

I am reading Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris as well as Mary by Vladmir Nabokov.

[Petra]

I'm currently reading The Preservationist (very good, so far) and Come, Thou Tortoise (punny, great play on words and touching, so far).

[KHoopMan]

I finally finished She's Come Undone. It took me forever, but I did enjoy it. I feel like I've read a slew of 3-star novels lately. I'm looking for a 5-star emotional rollercoaster next.

[Marti]

I am reading a first reads from Book Browse called The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel. It is an interesting fast read about a man with four wives and the motivations and lives behind each one.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Petra wrote: "I'm currently reading The Preservationist (very good, so far) and Come, Thou Tortoise (punny, great play on words and touching, so far)."

Oooh ohhh ohh... David Maine!! I love all of his books. He is a great author.

[Chris]

I'm currently reading Neverwhere (by Neil Gaiman)while waiting to receive the rest of the Hyperion series from a friend, having recently finished Hyperion. Also reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau as filler.

[Petra]

Lori wrote: "Petra wrote: "I'm currently reading The Preservationist (very good, so far) and Come, Thou Tortoise (punny, great play on words and touching, so far)."

Oooh ohhh ohh....."

Lori, I read Fallen last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. This one is as good, if not better. I think I'll have to look up other David Maine books very soon. Are there any you recommend?

[Jack]

I just finished reading "The Final Theory" . Technically it's a popular science book, but it's also far more than that, so don't be put off if you're not an avid popsci reader. It talks about all the everyday things we think we know all about (gravity, electric charge, magnets, atoms, etc.) and shows that we don't understand them at all. We've largely just been handed down abstract claims from much simpler times, supported by logical fallacies of human thought. Anyway, all this and more is exposed in a clear, fascinating, accessible way, but that's only half of the story. It also presents an amazingly simple new scientific concept that actually explains all of this, tying it all together -- something called Expansion Theory. Mustn't go on and on here, but check out my book review on my bookshelf profile or see my Squidoo Lens focusing on several of my most important and influential book recommendations:

Important and Influential Books and Ideas

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SO I love good books, but have a serious shortage of time. I go back and re-read, even study the classics occassionally, but I also read movie scripts. Scripts are incredibly dense, even sparse. I just finished reading the script from The Shawshank Redemption. Crazy choices I guess. I do this because I also write, so I am looking for material that is either incredibly well developed and/or very, very tight (scripts), to absorb from it. I've recently finished my own novel, my first. I say (modestly) that the reviews are good. Yesterday (June 5), it became available for the Kindle, at $2.99. It's called "The Mine". Anyway, I'm looking for books (and scripts) that are fresh, offer great entertainment and strong character/plot development, but also have some socially redeeming quality, i.e., why are we killing our world? Why are we polluting the Gulf? Why are we polluting the skies? (I guess I know why, it's called greed.) As they used to say in the 70's: "Expose yourself!" I think they meant ... "to knew ideas."
As I write this, thunder cracks overhead. It's June and still raining in Portland, Oregon! Gawd!
-daniel cobb

[Cortney]

I just started reading A Wrinkle in Timefor the second time. The first time was probably when I was about 10-13 and I think a lot of the subject matter went over my head because I can't scrounge up any particularly fond memories of it. I figured I'd give it another shot, and I'm already enjoying it more this time around. :)
Anyone have a similar experience?

[El]

What do you think of the Pynchon, Jo? That's the only one by him that I've read and... well. I haven't read anything else, let's just say that.



I started Midnight's Children last night because I seem to have missed out on ever reading any Rushdie, so it's about time I fix that. I actually really want to read The Ground Beneath Her Feet (primarily because of the U2 connection - yes, I'm that superficial...), but decided to start with Midnight's Children to make sure I like him enough to continue on.

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El wrote: I started Midnight's Children last night because I seem to have missed out on ever reading any Rushdie, so it's about time I fix that"

I want to read that one! I haven't read any Rushdie yet either, but I plan to.

[Esther]

Susanna wrote: "About Brideshead - the TV miniseries the BBC made in the 1980s is excellent and I recommend it - no idea as to the quality of the recent movie."

The recent movie is alright. Matthew Goode is not bad as Charles Ryder though I thought the casting for Sebastian was a little strange.
But of course a movie misses out large chunks of the story. If you have the time it is best to see the BBC adaptation.

[Carol]

I am reading Brooklyn it is about Irish immigrants.

[Lianne]

El wrote: "I started Midnight's Children last night because I seem to have missed out on ever reading any Rushdie, so it's about time I fix that. I actually really want to read The Ground Beneath Her Feet (primarily because of the U2 connection - yes, I'm that superficial...), but decided to start with Midnight's Children to make sure I like him enough to continue on."

I know what you mean, I also recently picked up Midnight's Children for the same reason; his book The Enchantress of Florence intrigued me but I figured it's best to read Midnight's Children first. Hope you enjoy it! =)

[Esther]

Cortney wrote: "I just started reading A Wrinkle in Timefor the second time. The first time was probably when I was about 10-13 and I think a lot of the subject matter went over my head because I can..."
Actually for me it was the opposite. I was a total math geek and adored a Wrinkle in Time as a teen. When I read I read it in my 20s it just seemed pretentious and I was so disappointed.

[Mary]

I finished Every Last One and am now reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon.

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Courtney, I agree with you. I re-read Lord of the Flies recently. I enjoyed it as a kid, really liked it as an adult. Same thing for The Grapes of Wrath. (BTW, what a great title.) Esther, perhaps a Wrinkle in Time feels pretentious now, because it is more geared toward a teen, and the technical notions seem outdated today. We're a bit more savy. Perhaps jaded?

[Mary]

Eliza wrote: "I finally finished She's Come Undone. It took me forever, but I did enjoy it. I feel like I've read a slew of 3-star novels lately. I'm looking for a 5-star emotional rollercoaster n..."

Hmmm. How about After You'd Gone or Await Your Reply?

[Joel]

Li wrote: "El wrote: "I started Midnight's Children last night because I seem to have missed out on ever reading any Rushdie, so it's about time I fix that. I actually really want to read The Ground Beneath H..."

I picked up a copy of Midnight's Children after I saw it compared to 100 Years of Solitude, which I read in January for a book club. I don't know how long it will take me to get to it/through it without a book club deadline driving me though.

[Kelly]

Evernightby Claudia Gray

[Lori Ann]

I finished Into the Wild which I found to be just okay I liked Into Thin Air and Under the Banner much better. I'm now reading Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York which is a fictional account of the woman's suffrage movement.

Oh! I also read The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag which I liked as much as the first in the series The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

[Carol]

I just received Breakable You and The Sea.
Iwill start on Breakable You tonight.

[Cindy]

So excited to pick up The Passage tomorrow! Have been waiting not so patiently for a LONG time...anyone else planning on reading it?

[Joel]

Cindy wrote: "So excited to pick up The Passage tomorrow! Have been waiting not so patiently for a LONG time...anyone else planning on reading it?"

I'm about 200 pages into it right now (I had an advance copy I found on Goodreads swap). I'm enjoying it but I'm a little disappointed that such a long book is just one in a trilogy that probably won't be complete until 2014.

[Betsy]

Claire wrote: "Gosh, I feel like I read at a snail's pace compared to all of you guys/gals here on Goodreads. I'm still reading.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and enjoying it. I've about 100 pag..."

Loved Steig's first two novels,and am looking forward to buying the third.