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[Joanie]

Alex wrote: "That sounds wicked annoying, Raymond."

Alex, I love when you bring out the Boston!

I just finished the audio of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt which I liked despite the clunky ending. I finally made some headway on The Passage and I'm plugging away at Anna Karenina. I was telling my mom that I'm reading 2 huge books right and she said "Don't you get the stories confused?" It made me laugh to think about mixing up Anna K and The Passage!

I think I'm going to get another audio something from the library-just don't know what yet.

[Charity]

Alex, I love when you bring out the Boston!

Hahahaha! Ditto!

[Sasha]

Always here for you, with the Boston. :)

How're you liking Anna Karenina? I love that book.

[Ann from S.C.]

Just started SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana De Rosnay. It is very intense. (This is while I am still plodding through 2666.)

[Maria]

i started, and finished, Crush on You by Christie Ridgway today. total brain candy and fluff read, but i need something easy to top off the last few books i've read.

i just came back from the library, picked up 3 new books: Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan, Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson, and The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry. not sure which one will be the first one read, i'll have to go through the book jackets again to decide which one to start with.

[Carol]

I am now reading The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

[Rayna]

Carol, I just started reading The Children's Book as well. How are you liking it so far?

[Carol]

I am loving it. She is a very talented writer. I had to look up the arts& craft movement to get some history about the story line. I like how she has brought the children and her whole family into the story right from the start.

[Petra]

Jane wrote: "Petra - wanted to amend my comments about Flame. I loved the whole dialogue he had with himself about Sibilla. It was hysterical. My friends say that I over think things but they've never read t..."

There are sections that get rather dense but it's really an interesting story. I look forward to your thoughts at the end.

[Petra]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "Just started SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana De Rosnay. It is very intense. (This is while I am still plodding through 2666.)"

Oh dear.....an intense book while reading 2666! That's heavy!
Where are you in 2666? I'm almost at the end of Part 4.

[Sasha]

Knarik...you heard what now?

[F1Wild]

Charity wrote: "Just added it to my want-so-bad..."

I hope you 'get it so bad' and love it like I did.

[Charity]

I hope you 'get it so bad' and love it like I did.

Thanks! :)

[Charity]

Also just picked up another book off my unfinished/on hold shelf called Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond. I had only read a couple chapters before I got distracted by something else, so I'm glad to be getting back around to it now.

[Rajan]

Hi All,

I am currently reading Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell. I read some 50 pages and it looks promising. Am loving the characterisation and the use of history in narrative.

[Linda]

Just started Still Missing by Chevy Stevens and finding it off-the-wall bizarre.

[Flora]

Just started The Handmaid's Tale after finishing The Girl Who Played with Fire and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

[Rosabelle]

Just finished How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill, an inspiring story and makes me want to order my caramel machiato everytime i read this book :)

I'm now currently reading Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter, while at the same time re-reading the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Leslie T.]

I'm listening to World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. It's the first book I've listened to that has a full cast and I love it.

[Joanie]

Alex wrote: "Always here for you, with the Boston. :)

How're you liking Anna Karenina? I love that book."

I'm liking it much more than I thought I would and much sooner. I expected to have to plod through for a long time before the book really caught my interest but that's not the case. The problem I'm having is just having the time to read during the week. Of course if I didn't watch so much cheesy reality tv I'd probably be making a lot more progress!

The Rory Gilmore book club is reading Anna K for the months of July, August, and September so I've set myself up with a reading schedule of sorts (something I never do but figured it was worth a shot) so I can finish by the end of September.

Anne-Sarah's Key left me feeling wrung out and exhausted. It was good (except for a little part at the end) but harrowing. Definitely an important read though.

[Sasha]

Ha, World War Z has a cast? That's awesome. Fun book, too.

I have that feeling a lot, Joanie. "For a guy who loves reading, I sure did just spend three hours watching Top Chef."

[Mafi]

Garden Spells, Sarah Adisson Allen

[Maya]

I'm reading The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks I'm really enjoying it so far i just saw the movie last week i really liked it as well but i didn't really cry during it I've heard most people have bawled their eyes out but i did cry when i saw A Walk To Remember which surprised me i didn't think i would lol

[Carol]

I loved the movie didn't care for the book as much. It made a better movie than a book. haha
And you can't fault James Garner and Gena Rowland either. Who played them as a young couple I can't remember.

[Joanie]

But Top Chef is so good Alex, you can't regret it too much! I often watch tv with my book in my lap as if I'm going to read while I watch-doesn't usually happen though.

[El]

Christine, is the Gaskell a particular favorite of yours that you're re-reading it already? Or did you get distracted by a squirrel and realize you didn't absorb any of it the first time (which is easily something that could happen to me)? :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

I finished Fangland and was really underwhelmed by it. That's two in row.

Here's hoping 33 A.D. changes things.

[Maya]

Carol (Kitty) wrote: "I loved the movie didn't care for the book as much. It made a better movie than a book. haha
And you can't fault James Garner and Gena Rowland either. Who played them as a young couple I can't reme..."

Ryan Gosling as Noah and Rachel McAdams as Allie

[Carol]

Thanks Maya, they were not a memorable as James and Gena.

[Maya]

no problem :)

[Nancy]

Hi Lori,

I just joined when I saw your post on Dexter. The books are great but the series on showtime is even better.

We have to rent it cause we don't have showtime but it's so worth it! Michael C Hall who plays Dexter is perfect for the role.

It's definitely obsession worthy!

Nancy

[Nancy]

Hi Lori,

I just joined when I saw your post on Dexter. The books are great but the series on showtime is even better.

We have to rent it cause we don't have showtime but it's so worth it! Michael C Hall who plays Dexter is perfect for the role.

It's definitely obsession worthy!

Nancy

[Nancy]

The Magic of Ordinary Days (A. Creel)

This was an awesome book! I saw this noted as to read by recynd.

You will love it. Looking forward to your take on it.

Nancy

[Felina]

Leslie wrote: "I'm listening to World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. It's the first book I've listened to that has a full cast and I love it."

I've read the book a few times and listened to the audiobook a few times and I just love that book. Its unfortunate that the audio is abridged so there are a few stories from the book that got left out. Still love hearing Alan Alda in there.

[Matt]

I'm currently reading It by Stephen King. I've always loved his style and the genre in general. I'm about halfway through, and I plan to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell after.

[for-much-deliberation]

Matt wrote: "I'm currently reading It by Stephen King. I've always loved his style and the genre in general. I'm about halfway through, and I plan to read [book:Jonathan Strange &..."

Wow Matt, 'It' is one of my favourites its great that you're enjoying it.

[for-much-deliberation]

I'm currently juggling between 'Catch-22' and 'Sphere'.

[Dawnette]

I am reading The Dante Club and Ghost Story. I am surprised at how much the two are alike, I am listening to one in my car reading one at home. Both include a group of older, successful, intelligent men in a sort of "club" and strange mysterious happenings, and murder.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Erika wrote: "Lori wrote: "I finished Fangland and was really underwhelmed by it. That's two in row.

Here's hoping 33 A.D. changes things."

33 A.D. is an interesting concept. I'm..."

Will do Erika. I am only a few pages in at the moment, but I will let you know what I think as I go.

[Ann from S.C.]

Petra wrote: "Ann from S.C. wrote: "Just started SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana De Rosnay. It is very intense. (This is while I am still plodding through 2666.)"

Oh dear.....an intense book while reading 2666! That's..."

I am still in part 1!

[Maria]

i read Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson today. it was not that great. based on the title, and even the description on the jacket, i expected something lighter, maybe funnier even. however, it was fairly serious, and this would have been ok, but it wasn't very well done. the main character was not developed correctly, i thought, and i felt like we never got to see the real her. if there is a follow up to this book, which wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility, then maybe her character will be better developed further. otherwise, this one was a bust.

[Maureen]

I'm about half-way through with The Singer's Gun and very much enjoying it. I've also just started listening to A Mercy. Toni Morrison narrates it herself. Her voice is so soothing.

[Madeline]

That's crazy wierd Knarik, I don't know about the original but I didn't find anything of that nature in this translation. I'm googling it momentarily though, cause you've piqued my interest. The epic is phenominal though with or without the DNA! The flood portion is so similar to the biblical, but in my opinion better told, although it has been awhile since I've read the biblical. It just felt more devastating some how. (I wonder if while re-reading all these epics I read in high school I'm going to be constantly staggered by how much better they are than I'd remembered).

[Petra]

Matt wrote: "I'm currently reading It by Stephen King. I've always loved his style and the genre in general. I'm about halfway through, and I plan to read [book:Jonathan Strange &..."

I enjoyed Jonathan Strange. It was a fun, easy reading book.
I was at the Library today and the Books For Sale rack was full of Stephen King books (both hardcover and paperbacks). Guess someone cleaned out their bookshelves of all Stephen King novels.

[Petra]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "Oh dear.....an intense book while reading 2666! That's..."

I am still in part 1!..."

I'm looking forward to your thoughts on it.

[Marti]

Maria wrote: "i started, and finished, Crush on You by Christie Ridgway today. total brain candy and fluff read, but i need something easy to top off the last few books i've read.

i just came bac..."

I am looking forward to reading The Map of True Places- would love to hear about your reaction to it.

I am reading The Alexander Cipher and am quite enjoying it.

[Sue]

Finished Perfect Sax and trying to finish up The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsso I can get to Mudbound

[Mary]

I'm reading Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr; haven't read any of her other memoirs and am not crazy about this one so far, so I picked up What Is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman, which is quite good.

Er, also Infinite Jest, still.

[Sasha]

I just finished reading about Noah in the Old Testament, coincidentally; I agree with you, Madeline. Like many stories in the OT, it's a little fractured and weird. Gilgamesh tells it better.

Knarik, that's a crazy theory and sorta fun, but I don't remember anything like it in Gilgamesh either. Since flood myths exist in pretty much every culture ever, it'd be interesting to go through all of them searching for evidence.

In my opinion, any evidence found would be a push, though; these myths were written by humans with no way of knowing about DNA, so there's just no way any of it happened.

[Petra]

Alex, two novels based on Noah's story, that you might find interesting, are Not Wanted On The Voyage and The Preservationist. There's some interesting takes/interpretations in them.