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What are you reading?
Milly wrote: "Felina wrote: "Milly wrote: "I am currently reading Duma Key by Stephen King and just loving it!"I loved Duma Key. Hope you love it too!"
I can't seem to put it down!"
I'll have to bump that one up on my TBR list.! I love Stephen King.
I 'read' the audio version read by John Slattery. Fabulous. He should read everything by Stephen King.
Not wanting to risk damaging my library's copy of The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, I took The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society with me to the beach today. I CANNOT put it down! I love epistolary novels and this one is suiting my need for beach reads perfectly!
Felina wrote: "I 'read' the audio version read by John Slattery. Fabulous. He should read everything by Stephen King."I think he won an Audie Award for that performance. I've been wanting to check it out, as I've only heard good things.
I finished reading Tinkers, which I thought was really good. His writing at times took my breath away. That said, I can understand why some people have given it only one or two stars; it's a highly subjective read. I just think that I was in the right place/time/frame of mind.
Now I'm about 150 pages into The Passage and it (so far) is more than living up to the hype. I'm actually glad it's 700+ pages.
Cait wrote: "Felina wrote: "I 'read' the audio version read by John Slattery. Fabulous. He should read everything by Stephen King."I think he won an Audie Award for that performance. I've been wanting to che..."
I love books that you are grateful are long, those are my favorites :) I'm looking forward to reading The Passage as soon as I finish what I am currently reading. I am thinking I will try to start it so that I can be fully into it when I house sit for my mom for a week in July. Sit outside in the sun and read...
Alisha wrote: "Alex wrote: "Let's find out where Alisha lives and toss her apartment."Hate to break it to you Alex, but you wouldn't find it. My sister came over yesterday and took possession of it while I wa..."
Curses. Now we won't even get to find out yet if its worth the angst. Blah.
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Wow indeed! Have you read anything after..."
I read Haunted, and then I stopped. Haunted was really strange, and cringeworthy!
I am reading Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell and the Count of Monte Cristo.
I'm reading The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
I am currently reading The Epic of Gilgamesh.I also have been reading some random manga but I'm not sure if that counts...
Lori wrote: "I read Haunted, and then I stopped. Haunted was really strange, and cringeworthy!..."I agree. Haunted is beyond strange, and very cringeworthy.
I'm still reading Mary. It's a very well-written, fictional account of Mary Todd Lincoln's life. I wonder how much of it is based on hard facts. The book makes Mary out to be witty and lonely.....and Abraham Lincoln quite distant. I'm also listening to The Coffee Trader during my commutes. The accounting of the Commodities Market in 1600s Amsterdam is interesting. There seems to be hints of a mystery and love interest upcoming as well. So far, I'm enjoying it.
I had to put aside From Dead to Worse so I could start The Passage because I only have it for 3 weeks, I don't know if I can make it 700 pages in three weeks!! I have already cried just in 28 pages. I hope it lives up to its hype.
Wayway, cool. I love Gilgamesh. Which translation do you have? I read Stephen Mitchell's.
Penguin Classics version. The one with an introduction by N.K Sanders. I'm really enjoying it so far.
I think there's a perception that these wicked old epics are kinda simplistic - ponderous stories about large men thumping other large men. But Gilgamesh is so much more complicated and deeper and weirder than that! It's cool stuff.I always half-regret it when I don't buy the Penguin version of anything, because Penguin's introductions are so consistently good.
ps manga totally counts.
I've been reading Ouran High School Host Club and Fruits Basket. I am starting Hikaru No Go. Or atleast I will start it when I get it from the library. Yay! A place where manga counts.
Started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yesterday. A little plain, I want to say, except I like plain, so ... unstylized for my taste, but I am only on page 75. Too much exposition, at any rate.Erika wrote: "Oh cool. I've heard good things about those two and I've seen the anime of Ouran High School Host Club. I think I'll give Fruits Basket a try if I can find it. Thanks for sharing!"
Fruits Basket is an odd
I started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo several days ago, and I'm really enjoying it. I'm at 108 (eBook) and now begin to understand the beginning and why it was written the way it was. I promise, it's worth finishing! (so far, anyway.)BTW new to the group, hello!
Jamie wrote: "I started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo several days ago, and I'm really enjoying it...BTW new to the group, hello!"Hiya Jamie and hope you enjoy "...Dragon Tattoo" as much as the rest of us did...just wait 'til you get to "...With Fire"!!
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What did you think of the Martin novel?
Kaion wrote: "Started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yesterday. A little plain, I want to say, except I like plain, so ... unstylized for my taste, but I am only on page 75. Too much exposition, ..."
Well, I don't know if you were talking about me but I am new so... Hello!
Well, I don't know if you were talking about me but I am new so... Hello!
Just finished Catching Fire and LOVED it! Then I jumped right into The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Looking forward to seeing how this series ends!
Lori-I thought it was great! I devoured it in 1 day!
Will be checking out some of his other stuff soon! :)
Working my way through The Girl Who Played with Fire. Don't know why it's taking me so long to read.
Just started Wolf Hall. I really like historical fiction and this seemed right up my alley, so I'm not sure why I'm having difficulties getting into it. Maybe I just haven't been in the right mindset. I'm also having some difficulties figuring out the narrator/point of view. In any case, I intend to persevere.
I just purchased a NOOK and reading free friday book. Cry Sanctuary. I have read 55 pages so far and it pretty good so far.
Rayna wrote: "Just started Wolf Hall. I really like historical fiction and this seemed right up my alley, so I'm not sure why I'm having difficulties getting into it. Maybe I just haven't been in ..."You'll find that the POV just sort of "clicks", Rayna. It's an excellent book, keep going!
Mary wrote: "You'll find that the POV just sort of "clicks", Rayna. It's an excellent book, keep going!"I'm glad to hear it. This book seems so interesting, I really don't want to feel like I'm just laboring through it.
I've currently undertaken the daunting 1000+ pages of Infinite Jest. Anyone here read it? I love it so far, it keeps me interested and David Foster Wallace was clearly a genius. You can just taste it in his writing, ya know?Still, I think there should be Infinite Jest support groups. Not in the vein of AA, just... for support in finishing it because it's so long. And all the endnotes! I started days ago and I'm only on page 213!
Mary wrote: "Working my way through The Girl Who Played with Fire. Don't know why it's taking me so long to read."Mary, i just finished the girl who played with fire. It took me 6 days to finish it. there are some parts that are slow, but most parts, it's unputdownable... it gets more interesting as you go further in the book I think.
Waywaybinks wrote: "Penguin Classics version. The one with an introduction by N.K Sanders. I'm really enjoying it so far."Gilgamesh, eh? I've only read the relevant excerpt for my World History class. Should get to the rest of it one of these days.
Michelle wrote: "I've currently undertaken the daunting 1000+ pages of Infinite Jest. Anyone here read it? I love it so far, it keeps me interested and David Foster Wallace was clearly a genius. You can..."
I think there are a *lot* of Infinite Jest support groups online, hell, there are two dedicated to just that on goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/group/search...
Michelle wrote: "I've currently undertaken the daunting 1000+ pages of Infinite Jest. Anyone here read it? I love it so far, it keeps me interested and David Foster Wallace was clearly a genius. You can..."I just bought Infinite Jest for my eReader. I didn't realize it had endnotes. I hope that doesn't make it cumbersome to read on a Reader.
I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of this book, Michelle.
Michelle wrote: "I've currently undertaken the daunting 1000+ pages of Infinite Jest. Anyone here read it? I love it so far, it keeps me interested and David Foster Wallace was clearly a genius. You can..."I read an article about the book Although of Course you end up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky and went out and bought Infinite Jest then had the pleasure of meeting Lipsky at BEA. Haven't attempted to start IJ but also want to read essays Consider the Lobster first.
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We attempted a read a long a couple months back. The thread is located under "Wanna Discuss This Novel" folder.
Thanks, when I'm brave enough to start it I'll check it out!
Have begun reading The Imperfectionists. Really enjoying this book, and like the way the author intertwines chapters with characters from the international paper in Rome. Anyone else read this?
I'm currently reading And Then You Die by Iris Johansen. This is my first book by Johansen. So far so good.
Rayna wrote: "Just started Wolf Hall. I really like historical fiction and this seemed right up my alley, so I'm not sure why I'm having difficulties getting into it. Maybe I just haven't been in ..."If you assume that "he" is mostly Thomas Cromwell, it helps a lot. It occasionally is someone else, but mostly it's Cromwell.
Just finished The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore and boy was that a read. Long, for one. At 576 pages, it felt twice as long. Very impressed with the author and his writing style. I think this book will be making a HUGE splash when it comes out in February. Going to work on writing a review for it in the next day or so. I definitely recommend it, but not without reservations. If you had trouble with Lolita, don't even try this one. Anyway, starting The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and am looking forward to it.
On another note, in my 2010 reading goal to improve myself, am thinking I will tackle War and Peace at the end of the summer, maybe August or September. Has anyone else read it? Anyone interested in joining me? I feel like I will need some motivation to start and continue it. . .
Hey Bridgit, I would be prepared to join you in taking on War and Peace, it has been sitting in my tbr pile for a while now just waiting for me to find the motivation to pick it up.Just finished Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance which was an interesting read for anybody interested economics or imperialism. Just starting Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, at 933 pages could prove to be a good warm up for War and Peace.
Carla wrote: "Thanks, when I'm brave enough to start it I'll check it out!"Carla, I say just dive right in! To heck with putting it off. That's what I finally decided to do, because I found that the more I thought about it, the more I thought, "Yeah, not yet, it's too big, too difficult for right now," etc etc. But once you dive in it's not nearly as scary as it seemed! If you start now we can read together and push each other along... like workout buddies. ;)
I am reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest in between coughing, sneezing, and wheezing. I am enjoying it when I can concentrate on the book.
Hi Bridgit, I would be interested in joining the War and Peace-a-thon also. I could use the group support.
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I loved Duma Key. Hope you love it too!"
I can't seem to put it down!