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[Marti]

Emma, So far the story, The Broken Teaglass is like spending time with someone new - a little awkward, not knowing how they are going to react, and not knowing what to expect. Having said that I am enjoying the quirky characters and the mystery.

[Emma]

Marti wrote: "Emma, So far the story, The Broken Teaglass is like spending time with someone new - a little awkward, not knowing how they are going to react, and not knowing what to expect. Having said that I a..."

Well, that sounds interesting. I think it may be one that I check out again out from the library as I have not seen it mentioned until your post. But I love your description of it :) Thanks for the feedback!

[Tabatha]

Casi wrote: "I'm currently reading Water for ElephantsIt's really good! I picked it up because I know that there will be a film version of the novel. Sorry folks, bit of an RPatz fan. Most defin..."

it's wonderful

[Sherrie]

Finally starting The Art of Devotion for discussion. Also listening to The Nobodies Album which is certainly keeping me hooked although I think I have the whodunit figured out.

[Esther]

Casi wrote: "I'm currently reading Water for ElephantsIt's really good! I picked it up because I know that there will be a film version of the novel. Sorry folks, bit of an RPatz fan. Most defin..."

I loved Water for Elephants and had someone totally different in mind for young Jacob.
However, although I am not an RPatz fan in the clips I have seen so far he looks good.
Ms Witherspoon is a totally different kettle of fish. She plays a certain kind of perky character very well but not much else. She was terrible in Vanity Fair and I think for Marlena you need some like Neve Campbell who is better at playing 'damaged'.

[Sasha]

Marti, I love your description of Broken Teaglass. :)

[Theresa]

I'm currently reading "Romancing the Dead" the third book in Tate Halloway's Garnet Lacy series. It's YA fiction, but I've been on a bit of a vampire genre tear (just finished the Twilight series -- UGH!, Nora Robert's Circle Trilogy and will soon embark on the Black Dagger Brotherhood, although I want to wait until I have at least the first six books before I start - I'd like to just read the books in order -- I'm still looking for the 3rd book.)

[Paula]

Casi wrote: "I'm currently reading Water for ElephantsIt's really good! I picked it up because I know that there will be a film version of the novel. Sorry folks, bit of an RPatz fan. Most defin..

I loved the book and am hoping the movie is good.

[Matt]

Finished Fingersmith yesterday. I felt the book really tapered off during the 3rd part, but I still enjoyed it as a whole.

Started Fahrenheit 451. Love it so far. Reminds me of 1984.

[Karen]

King of the MurgosDavid Eddings
Die for YouLisa Unger

[cazdoll]

im currently reading im liking it so far still on first charecter but good story so far

[Marti]

I read the wrong book this month for book club... 8>( I read That Old Cape Magic instead of Her Fearful Symmetry and I am in the middle of The Broken Teaglass: A Novel. Normally - no big deal I would read it over the weekend - HOWEVER - this is Highland Games Weekend and I am going with a part of my family!!!! Oh well. I will try anyway - Maybe at night. We didn't buy any tickets for the night concerts or dinners - but if we play cards all bets are off!!! Mar sin leat

[Eve]

I just finished The Gendarme by Mark Mustian - what a powerful, haunting novel! Now reading Never Let Me Go in anticipation of watching the movie this weekend.

[Beth]

I just started reading Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

[Sasha]

Dug the book, Stephanie. Considerably nervous about the movie.

[Yassemin]

Currently reading two at the moment; World Without End which I really am enjoying, with this book and his previous one, I really feel like I'm escaping into another world as its so real to me. Love it! However probably wouldn't try many of his political books.

Also reading The Alexandria Link, first one by Steve Berry but I like him very much. The book is really enjoyeble, very Dan Brownesque which is great!

[Linda]

Stephanie wrote: "I just finished The Gendarme by Mark Mustian - what a powerful, haunting novel! Now reading Never Let Me Go in anticipation of watching the movie this weekend."

Stephanie: I am about a third of the way through with The Gendarme and you are absolutely right. I sometimes feel as though I am walking right through the middle of his dream state sequences.

[Efe]

I have recently read Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner which was horrendous and has pretty much turned me off reading anything else from her. After that I read The Secret Life of Bees which was okay but not as good as I anticipated and then Mockingjay which was amazng. I am now reading The Count of Monte Cristo and then after that will pick up The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel. Whew!

[Esther]

Monef wrote: "...After that I read The Secret Life of Bees which was okay but not as good as I anticipated ..."

I felt the same. What was it you didn't like?

[Carol]

I finishedHomer and Langley: A Novelwhich I might add was interesting. Trying to now finishThe Hundred-Foot Journey: A Novel before I startSouth of Broad

[Eve]

Linda- This dark chapter in history has lately fascinated me, but The Gendarme has made even more curious so I've borrowed a couple books from the library to educate myself.

[Sasha]

Nice that you're tackling Count of Monte Cristo, Monef! That's been on my to-read list for a while. I hear it's one of the Best Ever.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Alex wrote: "Nice that you're tackling Count of Monte Cristo, Monef! That's been on my to-read list for a while. I hear it's one of the Best Ever."

Gasp! You have not read the Count yet Alex? What are you waiting for? Oh my, this must be rectified asap.

[Sasha]

I know, I know, very embarrassing. I'm hoping to get to it next year. I'm on Don Quixote now and I have Paradise Lost, Faerie Queene and Brothers Karamazov coming up the pike, so, y'know...one tries to space out one's mammoth reads.

[Ruby]

I felt that Secret Life of Bees could have been a real book with a stern editor and a HEAVY rewrite. It was disjointed and muddled, set out to do things that it didn't accomplish. I was reading on an author's blog the other day how editors used to be very much more engaged with their authors and really do a lot of work helping the creative types cut down and focus their writing, and nowadays they mostly issue a few orders and publish or don't. Not everybody is good at being their own editor, probably, but maybe writers just gotta, these days.

[El]

Alex, give a shout out when you plan to read Brothers Karamazov. I haven't read that one yet myself. (I think I started it once but didn't make it very far and my memory is fuzzy enough to warrant starting fresh anyhow.)

[Sasha]

The vague plan is this spring, El. (And when you're planning six months in advance, things are getting weird.) I'll letcha know.

[Efe]

Esther wrote: "Monef wrote: "...After that I read The Secret Life of Bees which was okay but not as good as I anticipated ..."

I felt the same. What was it you didn't like?"

It started off quite well but really lost focus too early on for my taste. There was a lot of pointless meandering that didn't really do anything to develop characters or advance the story. I felt like I was reading the work of someone who has been told that she writes beautifully, and so she pontifiacted endlessly without point. Maybe if I had read it before I read Kathryn Stockett's The Help', I would have been more taken with it, but as it stood, all I could think was how other people have done more interesting and enjoyable things with the genre. All in all, on paper it seemed like a book I would love, but somehow I just didn't.

[Efe]

Ruby wrote: "I felt that Secret Life of Bees could have been a real book with a stern editor and a HEAVY rewrite. It was disjointed and muddled, set out to do things that it didn't accomplish. I was reading on ..."

You really got to the heart of the issue with that book much better than I did in all my waffle, kudos!

[Efe]

Alex wrote: "Nice that you're tackling Count of Monte Cristo, Monef! That's been on my to-read list for a while. I hear it's one of the Best Ever."

The Count is amazing! It is huge, so it makes it a bit of a nightmare to toe on the train, but it really is amazing. It started to drag somewhere around page 600, but once I got past the hump ot has started to pay off and even though I know the bare bones of the story, I am dying to see how it all shakes out. An absolute corker!

[Carol]

TCOMC ranks among my best read books. I am a sucker for Dumas.

[Kristi]

Casi wrote: "I'm currently reading Water for ElephantsIt's really good! I picked it up because I know that there will be a film version of the novel. Sorry folks, bit of an RPatz fan. Most defin..."

Wow, it seems as if they're making all the books I'm trying to find time to read into movies. Man, I hope I can get them read first. Jeez, (ha ha) talk about pressuring a girl.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Alex wrote: "I know, I know, very embarrassing. I'm hoping to get to it next year. I'm on Don Quixote now and I have Paradise Lost, Faerie Queene and Brothers Karamazov coming up the pike, so, y'know...one tr..."

Oh no, you havent read Brothers K yet either??? That was an amazing novel too!!

[Ruby]

Thanks! It just seemed like the editor was on vacation that week and decided just sign off on it!

[Steph]

I just picked up The Book of Lost Things. I was going to the library after work and intended to start Fingersmith next but a day long internet outage at the office kind of forced me to pick something up.

[Claire]

I just finished Affinity by Sara Waters and gave it 3 stars. The ending was a little predictable. I'm starting Promise Not to Tell: A Novel by Jennifer McMahon.

[Edina]

Mockingjay! :)

[Esther]

Monef wrote: "....There was a lot of pointless meandering that didn't really do anything to develop characters or advance the story. I felt like I was reading the work of someone who has been told that she writes beautifully......"

Ruby wrote: ".... It was disjointed and muddled, set out to do things that it didn't accomplish....."

I agree with both of you. Some of the writing was lovely especially in the 'bee shed' but I felt mysself asking "And?' all the time because she never seemed to fully develop her thoughts.

[Kristi]

Edina wrote: "Mockingjay! :)"

Loved it! Enjoy!

[Sharon]

Suzanne wrote: "Marti wrote: "I finished The House at Riverton and loved it. I did buy her other book The Forgotten Garden, but it will have to wait a little while as I have a couple of book club books and librar..."

I agree. The Forgotten Garden is nearly impossible to put down once you get started. I envy you because you have not read it yet! You have a real treat ahead of you.

[Gitte]

I'm reading An American Tragedy

[Mary]

I'm reading True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World. I wanted a light read before delving into Room.

[Flora]

Finally finished The Passage so now I can get back to Wuthering Heights

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished ONE SECOND AFTER and really liked it. Now am reading THE CONCUBINES DAUGHTER by Pai Kit Fai.

[Maria]

i am reading The Little Book from Selden Edwards. the best way to describe it is captivating. it's kind of hard to describe, but it's about a 47ish year old man who, in 1988, finds himself transported to 1897 Vienna. i'm not too sure what the end result is going to be, or even why he is there, but at about 200 pages in, i am thoroughly enjoying it. the descriptions are awesome, and the narration, which is from the mother's re-telling of his journal, doesn't sound like someone re-telling journal entries, it's so fluid and comfortable. very glad i picked this one up!

[Linda]

Maria wrote: "i am reading The Little Book from Selden Edwards. the best way to describe it is captivating. it's kind of hard to describe, but it's about a 47ish year old man who, in 1988, finds him..."

Maria:

Soooooooo happy to hear you are reading this book. Haven't seen it mentioned too much in GR, but I loved it all the way through. There is so much historical "meat" to the novel.

[Brenda]

I am currently reading Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham. 1/4 of the way through the book and for the most part I am enjoying it.

[Jodi]

Maria wrote: "i am reading The Little Book from Selden Edwards. the best way to describe it is captivating. it's kind of hard to describe, but it's about a 47ish year old man who, in 1988, finds him..."

The link for this one came up a different book. I think this is the correct link:


The Little Book

[Jane]

Took a break from Fingersmith and read 4 Andrea Cameilleri Inspector Mantalbano quickies and have now returned to Fingersmith and added 2 Anita Brookners - The Rules of Engagement and Hotel Du Lac ---

[Gloria]

I just borrowed Sense and Sensibility from a friend. It will be the first Jane Austen I've ever read.