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[Eden]

I'm reading Haunted Gettysburg: Devils Den Area by Bob Wasel.

[Sasha]

I loved the first book of the Gunslinger series, for reasons I can't remember, and then never read any of the others. Worst endorsement ever?

[Gayle]

Just finished tomorrow I start reading

[Patricia]

I finished The Princess Bride by William Goldman and now moved on to Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

[Scott]

Finished Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story and now I have to find out what happens to Lisbeth in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

[Jeane]

Rayna wrote: "Haha, I guess I'm with you, Alex. A for effort. On the other hand it kind of makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall...

Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and ..."

lovely books!

[Kaion]

Should be writing reviews but would rather read in this ungodly heat. Can't decide between Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles and In Great Waters

[Claire]

Marti wrote: "I started this morning The Red Thread. It was interesting and a good start... then I went grocery shopping and realized that J D Robb has a new book out in PB [book:Fantasy in Death..."

Marti, I got Fantasy in Death as a gift - is this a series that I need to read in order or could it be a stand-alone? Thanks.!

[Maria]

i've been reading Plague of Doves from Louise Erdrich.

this is my first book from this author, and it's a bit slow going. there are a bunch of different stories being told, and other than the fact that they are taking place on or near the same Indian reservation, i don't see how they all fit together. according the summary they are supposed to tell the story of how one act affected the people, both Indian and non-Indian, so maybe i just haven't gotten to the tie-it-all-together point yet.

[Shay]

I'm reading Lonesome Dove, The Moonstone, Northanger Abbey, and some other assorted mystery/fantasy books. Anyone else find Northanger Abbey incredibly blah?

[Marti]

Claire wrote: "Marti wrote: "I started this morning The Red Thread. It was interesting and a good start... then I went grocery shopping and realized that J D Robb has a new book out in PB [book:Fa..."

The book absolutely can be read alone, but here is the short version of the background. It is one of a series of about 25 books. All the books are about Eve Dallas and after the first few her hunky husband Roark. Eve is a detective in 2060ish for the New York Police Department. The murders are puzzling, intense and even twisted and the sex is hot. In today's world Eve would be considered social inept at best... Her fears about doing girlie things is a hoot. They have great friends who have various personalities that blend together beautifully. Now you are all caught up - I am on page 190 and am totally stumped!!! Did I mention Roark is hot!

[Rayna]

I'm still reading too many books considering I leave for school Friday morning, but I'm determined to finish as many as possible before I go!

I finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas last night. All I can say is it was phenomenal. It kind of turned me into a wreck at the end, but the storytelling is just amazing.

[Flora]

I'm over half way thru Inkheart and I really like it so far. I think I will certainly continue the series. I have also just started The Island of Dr. Moreau and although I haven't gotten very far yet i think I'm hooked.

[Jamaie]

I'll be starting The Kitchen House. I've heard great things about it...so looking forward to it.

[Caity]

Jamaie wrote: "I'll be starting The Kitchen House. I've heard great things about it...so looking forward to it."

My mom has that book and I'm seriously considering snagging it from her for a bit.

[Jamaie]

Flora wrote: " also just started The Island of Dr. Moreau and although I..."

LovedThe Island of Dr. Moreau! Hope you do, too!

[Jayme]

I read Island of Dr. Moreau last month and also really loved it, Flora!

[Sasha]

I gotta read that. Moreau, that is. Did he win a Nobel Prize for science? Sure he did.

[PDXReader]

Just finished A Nail Through the Heart and absolutely loved it. It has everything that I find important (and sooo hard to find) in a mystery/thriller: It's a page-turner, the writing is great, the characters are believable and written with great depth, the plot makes sense and is for the most part unpredictable. I've already bought the next three books in the series for my iTouch, and bought two dead-tree copies of the first one for friends.

However... Anyone thinking about reading this book needs to know that it's pretty brutal. A large part of the plot concerns the absolute worst kind of child abuse, plus there are scenes of (adult) torture. None of the scenes are gratuitous and these horrors are essential to the plot, but some people may find these sections of the book highly disturbing.

[Sasha]

Man, you really dug that book huh Geep? Cool. I am sortof a wuss about child abuse though. (Which is why I have to leave the house when my wife wants to watch Toddlers & Tiaras.)

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "Man, you really dug that book huh Geep? Cool. I am sortof a wuss about child abuse though. (Which is why I have to leave the house when my wife wants to watch Toddlers & Tiaras.)"

Now THAT is child abuse.

Yes, I really did like the book. It's rare that I find a novel in this genre that's actually well-written (Dan Brown, eat your heart out!).

[Marcin]

Hello, it's my first time here;)
Currently i'm reading Stephen King's horror

[Sasha]

Miss GP wrote: "Yes, I really did like the book. It's rare that I find a novel in this genre that's actually well-written (Dan Brown, eat your heart out!). "

And so nice that you don't have to rack your brain for polite things to say to Timothy. You can actually just be sincere. :)

[Alisha Marie]

I finished The Gunslinger and was just "meh" about it. Ended up giving it two stars. However, as numerous people have said that the second one is better and because I own books 2-6, I'm going to continue the series someday...just not today.

Now I'm reading Made in the U.S.A. and the protagonist is highly unlikeable so I'm not sure whether I'm going to continue or not.

[Claire]

Marti wrote: "Claire wrote: "Marti wrote: "I started this morning The Red Thread. It was interesting and a good start... then I went grocery shopping and realized that J D Robb has a new book out..."

Thanks so much for bringing me up to speed, Marti.! I'll have to move this one up on my TBR and maybe read some more of the series! It sounds like a good storyline.

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "And so nice that you don't have to rack your brain for polite things to say to Timothy. You can actually just be sincere. :) ..."

Too true! I normally wouldn't have read it because of that very reason. I don't like interacting with authors, as I don't like the pressure to say something nice. I have an author bugging me now for my opinion on his book. I read it, hated it, but I'm unable to tell the guy his work stinks. (I'm also not very diplomatic.) Better to avoid the whole question by reading other books -- which, considering my enormous TBR stack, is not difficult.

I'm a paid reviewer for an online publication and a about a month ago they gave me a list of possibles to choose from. Hallinan's latest, The Queen of Patpong, was my second choice, and the editor decided to give it to someone else. It sparked my curiousity, and so I had Nail Through the Heart on my list already (as I *always* start reading a series with the first book!), before I "met" Timothy. I'm thrilled that I liked it so much, and didn't have to change my screen name or something so I could hide from the author!

[PDXReader]

Alisha wrote: "I finished The Gunslinger and was just "meh" about it. Ended up giving it two stars. However, as numerous people have said that the second one is better and because I own books 2-6, ..."

Alisha - I urge you to read the next book in the series. Gunslinger is very early King, and wasn't particularly great even after a rewrite. But the rest of the series is amazing and well worth the effort. The first book is just one of those things you've got to get through to get to the good stuff (kind of like the first half of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo).

[Jamaie]

I'm wondering if anyone knows if The Kitchen House is similar to The Help?

[Jane]

I just finished The Devil and the White City. Wonderful information about the building of the Chicago Fair in 1892 and the "first" serial killer H. H. Holmes. Very well written and engaging from the very beginning.

[Kaion]

Miss GP, that is high praise indeed! (Admittedly, I'm probably a bit of a lightweight when it comes to thrillers and mysteries.)

Orion You Came... was horrific, which serves me about right for being drawn in by its cover.

Instead will make a trip to the library and start tackling all the group reads for September. (How is it there are some months I don't like any of the picks, and some months I like everything?)

Until then, The Book of Salt.

[Jeane]

Flora wrote: "I'm over half way thru Inkheart and I really like it so far. I think I will certainly continue the series. I have also just started The Island of Dr. Moreau and although I..."

Flora, that makes me soooooo happy! Have you seen the movie? If not, do watch in the future, it is really good.

[Maria]

i finished The Plague of Doves today, and it was so-so. i liked parts of it, but wasn't thrilled with most of it.

i'll probably start An American Wife next, but that may change if i decide that a trip to the library is in order.

[F1Wild]

Hαlєy wrote: "Just finish reading and now reading "

I love Lisa See's books. I always suggest to anyone who likes her books to read her semi-autobiographical book about her Chinese family and their immigration to America, On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family.

[F1Wild]

Alex wrote: "Man, you really dug that book huh Geep? Cool. I am sortof a wuss about child abuse though. (Which is why I have to leave the house when my wife wants to watch Toddlers & Tiaras.)"

I read (and LOVED) Nail also, but actually didn't find the abuse parts to be as horrible as I thought they were going to be. Not saying it wasn't brutal, but I think I psyched myself up for beyondo stuff?

I do understand the worries with TLC's programming - didn't we all learn years ago that 8 was enough (you Kate, I know you watched the show!) and never mind 19 friggin' in the litter, Toddlers & Tiaras don't mix (unless it's the show Kathy Griffin invaded on that other network), anything with "Little" in the title will bore me to tears. My secret obsession with the TLCers is the Inks - Miami & LA and Hoarders. Hey, maybe Kat can tat this house full of shi...junk on the bodies then they can get rid of the shi...junk but always have it close??

OK, one more then back to bed.

[F1Wild]

As some might know I've been having back procedures done and have been mostly bedridden - so lots of reading. I've never considered myself a very quick reader (which has always made me a little insecure amongst some of you speedies), but it seems the pain, drugs and my lovely Italian sheets have turned my Kindle into a hot machine! In less than a week I've read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan and now I'm in the final pages of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Oh, and I've organized my Kindle collections not once, twice, but three times during this bedfest.

See ya next time I come up for air...

[Amanda]

About half way through Life is Short But Wide by J California Cooper. My first read by this author. I have to say that the description I saw (and the back of the book) seemed to deal more with the author's writing style and philosophical viewpoint than with the plot of the book. I am really enjoying it though.

[Eden]

I'm reading Ghostly Images III: Raising Your Spirits by Joe Svehla.

[Bridgit]

dun dun dun...

Starting War and Peace tonight. Im a bit intimidated, but I loved Anna Karenina, so we'll see.

After spending a bunch of days at the beach in August, I feel like I need to redeem myself from all of my trashy reading with some heavy lifting.

Wish me luck!

[Flora]

Jeane wrote: "Flora wrote: "I'm over half way thru Inkheart and I really like it so far. I think I will certainly continue the series. I have also just started The Island of Dr. Moreau ..."

I have not seen the movie Inheart, altho after finishing the book I plan on doing so. I absolutely loved the book and plan on continuing with the series.

[Sasha]

Nice, Bridgit! I haven't read War & Peace yet.

[El]

Bridgit wrote: "dun dun dun...

Starting War and Peace tonight. Im a bit intimidated, but I loved Anna Karenina, so we'll see.

After spending a bunch of days at the beach in August, I feel like I ..."

I liked W&P quite a bit and I was surprised it wasn't nearly as daunting as I had understood it to be. I hope you enjoy it. And if nothing else you'll feel such a sense of accomplishment when you finish. :)

[F1Wild]

Since I have a wee it of extra time on my hand I decided to do the unthinkable - read 2 at once (gasp!!). I started The Fourth Watcher: A Novel of Bangkok by our fabulously talented Timothy Hallinan and also Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain last night. Tony's description of sharing the experience of a several course dinner with a dozen of the 'toppest' chefs, including the decadent and illegal to 'sell' Ortolan was worth a few times over read.

[Joycer]

Just finished Mockingjay! loved it :) And Now I am rereading The Time Traveler's wife. Summer is almost over so I'm gonna try and fit in as much reading as I can before school starts again.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

For me the TLC addictions are What Not To Wear and the wedding gown shows.

And the good news here is that we finally got The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest from the library! (The "bad" news is that I'm being a very good daughter and letting my mother read it first.)

[Marti]

Susanna - you are being a good daughter ... I am not sure I would make that same sacrifice. I am back to reading Maisie Dobbs. I have moved onto Messenger of Truth.

[Caity]

Haha, I could never be a good daughter in that way. I'm a good daughter in that if I read something my mom would like, I let her borrow my copy. Granted, sometimes I have to take these copies back four years later after she has forgotten about them and therefore not read them.

Debating just working on Citizens of London slowly and starting some other, light read that I could finish in a few days. I just don't know WHAT.

[Sasha]

I dug Bourdain's Nasty Bits more than Kitchen Confidential. Have you read any of his other stuff, F1?

I started and finished the very brief Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture this afternoon, thanks to the boss closing the office early because it's too nice out to work. Fun little book.

[Carol]

Alex wrote: "Nice, Bridgit! I haven't read War & Peace yet."

What!!!!!! fie on you.

[Sasha]

I know, shameful. It gets worse: I hadn't read any Tolstoy or Dostoevsky before this year when I finally got to Anna Karenina. I promise I will read at least one of the behemoths every year until I'm caught up. Brothers Karamazov is next.

[Carol]

Alex wrote: "Brothers Karamazov is next."


Ok fie on me I haven't read that one. LOL