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

Am also about 100 pages in ofThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane..."
If you enjoy 1984, you might look at This Perfect Day by Ira Levin. Some say its even better than 1984. I like them both.




Am also about 100 pages in ofThe Physick Book of Deliverance..."</i>
I added Perfect Day to my to-read list. I had also heard that [book:The Handmaid's Tale went along with 1984 I'm picked it up over the wkd and planning on reading it when I finish 1984

Now, I'm reading The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman. I've been waiting for this from the library for a long time. I love her sense of humor. After that, I have a stack of library books to get through...I raided the library this weekend!!

I picked up and ARC copy of Daughters of the Witching Hill from my local bookstore. I am starting it tonight.
I looked up the word cleaning and it is related to the word work.... scary





"the bedside book of laugthers"

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.

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

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




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!

They got the guy from James Bond to be in the movie.....The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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

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

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.



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.

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.


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.

- 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.




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.

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.
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