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[Alisha Marie]

I finished Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani and I really liked it. Now I'm reading Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas.

[Kaion]

A Tale of Two Cities was good (why hadn't anyone told me about it? bet it gets better on reread)- just started Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World 'cause it arrived today.

[Huda]

i went shopping on Sunday to Sunday bazaar (kind of a flea market in pakistan) I didn’t know you can get really good books from there and half the prize and guess what brand new! Got a lot of books from there but of them that I would like to mention and m reading these days id the “the bedside book of laughter” its kind of antique book published in 1966…. But I cant find it on good reads,,,, so that’s one of the books im reading these days


"the bedside book of laugthers"

[Esther]

I'm plodding through Northern Lights.

Yesterday I read an erotica novella Beth's Acceptance for a break.
Talk-about mental whiplash!! Sort of outside my comfort-zone and not really the kind of break I was looking for.

I think I may get started on Frankenstein.

[Patricia]

I finished Dubliners by James Joyces - a bunch of short stories which take place in Dublin, Ireland in the early 20th century. I liked them particularly Eveline, The Boarding House, A Little Cloud, and Clay.

Now I've moved on to Deliverance by James Dickey.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Has anyone read Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto: A Novel? It's an interesting book that seems slow to unwind... I know it's hiding something in it's pages, but it refuses to show it... I am about 100 pages in and hate putting it down because I feel I right on the cusp of finding out....

[Jayme]

Started Price of Altruism last night for a group read. So far so good.

Still slogging through Infinite Jest. Very slow going on that one, but not really in a bad way.

[Karen]

Break No Bones Kathy Reichs

[Joanie]

I finally started The Passage and Anna Karenina-both have but out on the nightstand waiting. I also just started the audio version of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt which I really like so far.

[Turner]

Has anybody read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ? I just saw that it was long-listed for the Booker Prize and was wondering what anybody might think about it.

[Flora]

I finished The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane which I really liked and have just started The Girl Who Played with Fire. So far I'm not overly impressed with this one. I've heard its as good as the first one so I won't quit just yet.

[Turner]

Flora wrote: "I finished The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane which I really liked and have just started The Girl Who Played with Fire. So far I'm not overly impressed with this one..."

I really loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , but didn't quite love The Girl Who Played with Fire as much, though the third one (and you definitely have to read the second to understand it) was better than the first (in my opinion). Keep with it! And even if the second isn't as good as the first or third, it's still really good!

[Da]

I love Dragons myself. Great Posts!I just got it now an ebook for 4.99 @ http://digitalpages.ecwid.com/simple-...
They got the guy from James Bond to be in the movie.....The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[Carol]

Turner wrote: "Has anybody read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ? I just saw that it was long-listed for the Booker Prize and was wondering what anybody might think about it."

I finished it a couple of weeks ago. Mitchell knows how to write a story.

[Turner]

Carol (Kitty) wrote: "Turner wrote: "Has anybody read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ? I just saw that it was long-listed for the Booker Prize and was wondering what anybody might think about it."
..."

Thanks for your reply! I think I will have to procure it very soon because the synopsis I read of it sounded very appealing!

[Carol]

Here is my very short review.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/...

[Turner]

Carol (Kitty) wrote: "Here is my very short review.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/..."

I'd love to read it, but somehow the link you gave doesn't seem to work :/ It seems to be getting very good reviews.

[Jayme]

Your profile is private, Carol. ;)

[Carol]

Oops sorry . The book is very good Turner. In fact I just finished Black Swan Green and have ordered Cloud Atlas. Right now I am readingElizabeth Costello. Coetzee is one of my favorite writers

[Knarik]

I am reading "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius which was written around 120 AD, it is a great story about the twelve caesars (from Julius Caesar to Domitian), their life and times. I really recommand it!

[Mona]

Rosabelle wrote: "Just finished Airhead. It was quite okay, light reading. I just started reading Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson. I've always read James Patterson..."

Rosabelle, have you readSuzanne's Diary for Nicholas? It's one of all-time favorites. A co-worker lent it to me a while back saying that I had to read it. Her sister had sent it to her in the mail. BTW, I really miss this co-worker. She was a magazine junkie like me and we discussed books/movies/life.

[Mona]

Laura Ashlee wrote: "@ Bernie and Kristi

I do that as well. I like it though. I like having the option to read something else depending on my mood."

Laura, Bernie, & Kristi:

I've got 4 books going right now:
Every Last One
Never Look Away: A Thriller
Half Life
We Need to Talk About Kevin

I'm liking all of them so far. Every Last One I picked up at my library's ongoing book sale. Hardcover for $2. The rest are library checkouts.

[Sasha]

I'm reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for the first time since around puberty. It's still awesome.

[Carol]

Are you home Mr.Alex. If so welcome bbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaacccccckkkkk.

I must say Elizabeth Costello gives you quite a look into the mind of Coetzee. I like it. There are no if's and's or but's with him.

[Sasha]

I'm back, Carol! I got a lot of reading done. :)

[Carol]

That is great. List please.

[Sasha]

Why, certainly.

- A Tale of Two Cities (because I was in London and Paris, so, y'know, like, duh)
- Henry V and a couple chapters of Shakespeare's English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama (I had no reason for anything else I read)
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Treasure Island
- Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
- The first two books of the Holy Bible.

Woo! That's what 16 hours on a plane, 6 hours in airports, 4 hours on trains and unknown hours drinking coffee and/or wine in cafes and/or my uncle's garden will get you.

[Betsy]

Finished I,Alex Cross today and was satisfied with the ending. I did wonder if he was trying to make a political comment about one of our former Presidents or if Patterson was inspired by a "what if" scenario. :D

[Carol]

That is a nice list. A Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorites.I have never read Journey to the Center of the Earth.

[Sasha]

Tale of Two Cities was my first Dickens (at least as an adult), and I thought it was staggering good. Journey to the Center isn't my favorite Jules Verne, but he never does me wrong.

[Carol]

I seen the Journey movie does that count. heheheh

[Sasha]

Heh...probably not. But I am curious as to how true to the book it is. Probably not at all.

[Max]

Even though I have absolutely no experience in filmmaking, I always wanted to remake a film version of A Tale of Two Cities... I think I could do a stand up job, despite my lack of experience and education in that area. Not actually, but I like to imagine I could.

Anyway, A Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorite books ever. And I had to read it in high school. You know a book is great when you have to read it for school and you still like it.

[Sasha]

Michelle wrote: "You know a book is great when you have to read it for school and you still like it. "

Well said.

I was thinking about a film version of ToTC while I was reading it too. Dickens has such a flair for visually stunning scenes, I kept imagining how they would look.

Looks like there've been a bunch of versions, the most recent being a BBC miniseries in '89.

[F1Wild]

Turner wrote: "Has anybody read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ? I just saw that it was long-listed for the Booker Prize and was wondering what anybody might think about it."

I loved it - the few plots kept me interested. I loved Mitchell's writing and will be checking out his other books soon.

[F1Wild]

I finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and have begun The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, my first of Gail Tsukiyama's books. So far I'm loving it!

[Carol]

F1Wild wrote: "Turner wrote: "Has anybody read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ? I just saw that it was long-listed for the Booker Prize and was wondering what anybody might think about it."
..."

I have read two so far and they have been great. I am waiting for Cloud Atlas

[Donna]

I am reading 2 now:

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

and

My first reads win (from a while back) Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

[Carol]

Has anyone readKindred. Someone gave it to me to read. I don't know if it is any good or not. Any thoughts?

[Maria]

Alex wrote: "Tale of Two Cities was my first Dickens (at least as an adult), and I thought it was staggering good. Journey to the Center isn't my favorite Jules Verne, but he never does me wrong."

alex, do you recommend giving A Tale of Two Cities another try? i "read" it my senior year in high school, and flat out hated it. i attempted to read it about 2 years prior to that, and didn't like it then either. think the 3rd time will be a charm? i'm willing to give it a go if persuaded.

[Maria]

i finished Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson today. for me it was so-so. the first part of the book was way to descriptive of EVERYTHING, and i think that made it drag. it was better towards the end. the Major grew on me, and when she finally let his character come out a bit and relax, the story was very good.

[Carol]

Maria wrote: "Alex wrote: "Tale of Two Cities was my first Dickens (at least as an adult), and I thought it was staggering good. Journey to the Center isn't my favorite Jules Verne, but he never does me wrong."..."

Marie it is one of the best classics to come down the pike. I did not read it until I was older. I appreciated it more.

[El]

Carol, I thought Kindred was pretty good. I haven't read a lot by Butler, but what I have read I've enjoyed. I'll be reading more by her when I have time.

[Carol]

El I thought I might start it next, as the lady will be curious if I liked it or not. It looks like a time travel book. I am not to fond of that genre, but if it is well written I can survive. hahahaha

[Lisa]

F1Wild wrote: "I finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and have begun The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, my first of Gail Tsukiyama's books. So far I'm loving it!"

I just finished those same books. I loved Gail Tsukiyama, so I read Women of the Silk and The Language of Threads right after.

Now I am reading The Kitchen God's Wife. I haven't decided if I love it yet or not. It's been on my TBR list for a long time.

[Jane]

It sounds like I enjoyed Major Pettigrew a little more than you did. I liked the slow unfolding (or unbending) of the Major's character. And the look into the still existent class and racial climate in England was interesting.

[Kristin]

I am currently reading , so far I am loving it, its not THE best book i've ever read but it's better than I thought it was going to be.

[Kaion]

I hear the 1935 ToTC is the way to go, though I admit the musical clips seem more entertaining. (Maria, I wouldn't force it- maybe it's just not the Dickens for you. Sometimes watching the movie first helps for me... I'm not sure I would've gotten through the rough parts of Pride and Prejudice if I hadn't already known when/how the rough parts would end via the '95 Ehle/Firth adaptation).

Carol, I read Kindred last month and really liked it. I do like time travel stories, though. All the paradoxes and the like are fun- but Kindred is really pretty light on the science fiction. Heavier on the historical/literary content.

[Sasha]

Marie - I thought Tale of Two Cities was amazing, and I can't count the number of things I hated in high school and later thought were much better - when I wasn't forced to read them. But hey, your mileage may vary; not all books work for all people. I have a "classic" or two myself that I can't warm up to. Give it a shot if you feel like it; if you're not sucked in in the first 50 pages, it's not your thing. There are like a million classics, right? You don't have to like all of them.

[Madeline]

Ooh one of my favorite scenes from Tale of Two Cities is the guillotine dance. So haunting! I love that book. I'm also a Christmas Carol junkie, that one is shorter, might be easier to get through on a first attempt. Waiting to get Oliver Twist in the swap, it's about time I sunk into another of his.

Knarik - I'm so interested in Twelve Caesars, thanks for sharing it, I'm going to add it to my slowly growing history list.