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What are you reading?
Brenda wrote: "Beth wrote: "I just started reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins"Are you enjoying the story Beth? Catching Fire was my favorite book of the series."
I haven't had the chance to read much of it but so far so good. We had a really busy weekend so I hoping that today I'll get a lot more reading time!
Alisha wrote: "I'm reading In Cold Blood for my out and about book and am going to start Room for my at home book."I read In Cold Blood not too long ago. I thought it was ok but i didn't find it as scary as I had heard it was.
I finished The Hounds of the Baskervilles and I thought it was a fun read. Getting ready to start The Quiet American and not really sure what to expect from this one.
I finished The Hounds of the Baskervilles and I thought it was a fun read. Getting ready to start The Quiet American and not really sure what to expect from this one.I read the Quiet American, great food for thought.
Kitty wrote: "I finished The Hounds of the Baskervilles and I thought it was a fun read. Getting ready to start The Quiet American and not really sure what to expect from this one.I read the Quiet American, gr..."
But that doesn't tell me if its a good one. Did you like it?
I'm reading The Stand by Steven King. It's fitting in nicely with my post-apocalyptic fascindation lately. I tried to read it when I was much younger, but I don't think I was ready for such a deep read at that time. I'm really loving it now. I'm so invested in the characters I don't know how I'll move on from them!
Flora wrote: "Kitty wrote: "I finished The Hounds of the Baskervilles and I thought it was a fun read. Getting ready to start The Quiet American and not really sure what to expect from this one.I read the Qu..."
It was a four star read for me. I like Graham Greene and this cinched him even more as a great writer.
Thanks, Kitty. That at least gives me some hope.
Christy, here are a couple of best-of lists of what's apparently called "Apocalit," if you're interested:Scientific American
FiveBooks
I am right now reading "Doulbe Cross" by Betsy Brannon Green, and so far the book is good and can not put the book down
I just finished Island of the Sequined Love Nun this afternoon. This is a different kind of Christopher Moore book than the other 3 I've read. Humerous and wacky with a serious underside. I'm going to start reading The Girls this evening.
I stopped by the library today. My boyfriend was sitting using his computer, so I had lots of time to just roam around looking at stuff. I accidentally went a little crazy. Here's what I ended up with:The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
And I got The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley and The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard in the mail today.
Yeah. It's a good day.
Emily wrote: "I stopped by the library today. My boyfriend was sitting using his computer, so I had lots of time to just roam around looking at stuff. I accidentally went a little crazy. Here's what I ended up w..."Quite a lot of good finds. Unfortunately I'm a little hesitant to go to my library right now. A couple of libraries in our county have had bed bug infestations and with all the transferring between branches I'm nervous to check out anymore. I'm even considering returning the ones I've got out now but I guess I've had them for a week so if any harm was done it was already done.
Actually not sure how well I'll sleep tonight. Haha.
I received Hell it was highly recommended to me. I will start soon after I finish Big Trouble. I hope Hill House wins.
Madeline wrote: "I love Amelia Peabody. All this talk of Crocodile on the Sandbank is getting me nostalgic. I finished [book:Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart : Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna|736..."
Looooooovvvvved Inanna!
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Oooh Yay for liking Room. Isn't the narration just amazing? I think that is what makes the book so great, her choice to have the boy narrate it. It's so innocent and sad.
I accidentally left The Count of Monte Crosto at work last night, so I ended up picking up The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel. Fast forward 4.5 hours later and I am finishing the book. It was a juicy, puply satisfying read. Not life changin literature or anything, just a great romp. Next up I will be finishing TCOMC and after that I plan to read Eva Luna.
Monef wrote: "I accidentally left The Count of Monte Crosto at work last night, so I ended up picking up The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel. Fast forward 4.5 hours later and I am finis..."Eva Luna is about as fun to read as it gets. Wonderful ending!
I just finished reading A Feast for Crows. Now I'm at a loss as to what to read next because I've been pivoting on one foot shouting, "But, George, what happens next!!" I have So Cold the Riveron order. Maybe it'll be in the mailbox when I get home.
Stephanie wrote: "Gloria wrote: "I just borrowed Sense and Sensibility from a friend. It will be the first Jane Austen I've ever read."I've read four of her books so far and S&S is definitely my favo..."
Started that one too. Not so sure for the moment.
Emily wrote: "I stopped by the library today. My boyfriend was sitting using his computer, so I had lots of time to just roam around looking at stuff. I accidentally went a little crazy. Here's what I ended up w..."I know that feeling and those situations Emily!:-) When we moved to the UK, my boyfriend was already there for a mont and had a library ard to be abe to use internet untill it was installed at home.When I arrived he had to go for half an hour something to his work to do something, so we decided I would go to the library and meet ther afterwards. When he came back I ahd several books in my hands and was already reading a book too....even if I didn't ahve a library card yet and that were probably the only books that ever went on his card!
Reading Messages,a book about the 9/11 victims and after death communication between them and their significant others and friends.Of course i find this fascinating,and it's good to know a donation will be made to a survivors'fund from the sale of this book.
El wrote: "Andreea, James Baldwin is one of my favorite authors. I hope Another Country starts picking up for you. What is it about books featuring racial conflicts that doesn't work for you?"The fact that racial conflicts, as opposed to the writing/book/story - whatever you want to call it - itself must take center stage. It's just .. unliterary. Surely, racial conflicts, racial identity, etc etc are all very fascinating topics, but they tend to take over the discussion when people approach books that deal with such matters and I don't like that, it's a really easy way to read a book, too easy. But I'm slowly worming my way through the massive secondary reading list and it's getting better.
Almost done with The Quiet American this one has been really good, I'm finding it very hard to put down.
i started and finished the YAL book Skies Over Sweetwater at lunch yesterday and today. it was interesting, i never knew much about the first female pilots in the armed forces. the fact that it was a quick read was a bonus!i started Haunt Me Still from Jennifer Lee Carr. i didn't read her first one yet Interred With Their Bones and didn't realize that this was a sort of sequel. the english major in me is loving the story based on shakespeare, but since i've never read macbeth (i know, i know) i'm sure i'm missing somethings that i would "get" if i were more familiar with it.
How lucky to be discovering Jane Austen for first time. Pride and prejudice and Emma are more accessible I think, but Sense and Sensibility still an excellent read.
Stephanie wrote: "Emily wrote: "I stopped by the library today. My boyfriend was sitting using his computer, so I had lots of time to just roam around looking at stuff. I accidentally went a little crazy. Here's wh..."
I just finished
. I really liked the intrigue and the story but at times I felt it would never end! It was very wordy.I am now starting
I have just finished readingThe Name of the Wind. Im waiting on my copy of The Warded Man to arrive. So as a gap filler i am reading Ship of Magic.
Stephanie wrote: "Emily wrote: "I stopped by the library today. My boyfriend was sitting using his computer, so I had lots of time to just roam around looking at stuff. I accidentally went a little crazy. Here's wh..."That is just so yucky!!!! Bed bugs are a severe infestation that is not easy to remove. I would be wicked hesitant about borrowing books there for quite a while!!!
I'm currently reading The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover, which I won from a goodreads giveaway and I am more than half way through it. It is wonderful, I'm really loving it.
Currently I am reading Compromising Positionsby Jenna Bayley-Burke which is TOTALLY out of my normal genre but it was a free kindle download so I thought I would give it try. Won't be winning any awards of my new favorite book, but for a little random light romp through a modern romance it works.
Alan wrote: "I have just finished readingThe Name of the Wind. Im waiting on my copy of The Warded Man to arrive. So as a gap filler i am reading Ship of Magic."I thoroughly enjoyed the Liveship Traders trilogy - to me it is by far the best of Robin Hobb's books, considerably better than the Assassin trilogy or the Fool trilogy that follows up on both.
Hello Ruby, I am only 200 pages into the first book of the LST so its still getting going. One thing i am liking about this book so far is that its so easy to pick up and put down. A perfect gap filler.
I am reading Book of Shadows, about halfway through. The author could dump all of the useless sex scenes and innuendo.I just finished Still Missing, which I thought was very good.
Eden wrote: "I'm currently reading The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover, which I won from a goodreads giveaway and I am more than half way through it..."Glad to hear this is a good one. I also won it, and just received my copy last night. Will be starting it as soon as I finish my current read.
Just finished The Quiet American. It was definitely not what I expected and I loved it.Now moving on to The Blind Assassin
Flora wrote: "Just finished The Quiet American. It was definitely not what I expected and I loved it.Now moving on to The Blind Assassin"
Glad you liked it. Try some more books by Greene after a bit.
Brighton Rock, Stamboul Train, Travels with My Aunt, The Human Factor, Our Man in Havana just to name a few.
Petra wrote: "Flora, The Blind Assassin is one of my favorite of Margaret Atwood's books. Hope you like it, too."Oh good, The Blind Assassin is on my tbr......the only one I've read of hers is The Handmaid's Tale and I loved that. I am still reading Promise Not to Tell: A Novel by Jennifer McMahon and really enjoying it so far.
Claire wrote: "Oh good, The Blind Assassin is on my tbr......the only one I've read of hers is The Handmaid's Tale and I loved that...."Claire, the world of Margaret Atwood's books is a great place to explore! You've got a lot of good books ahead of you!
If you like Dystopian type of books, I highly recommend Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. Both stories take place in the same world, at the same time, but are very different perspectives. There's a third book in the series coming out (no time frame, though, it could be a long while).
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is an interesting look at Debt & the stigma of it through the ages. Atwood's humour comes through in this one.
Petra I agree completely. Margaret Attwood is one of my favorite authors too. Loved Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood as well as The Handmaid's Tale. I have high hopes for The Blind Assassin
I haven't read any from Margaret Atwood but I'm thinking of picking up either The Blind Assassin or Oryx and Crake. I like Dystopian stuff but The Blind Assassin looks really good.
Reading The River by John Hart. Although I'm just 50 pages in, I'm captivated by his characterization.
Stephanie wrote: "I haven't read any from Margaret Atwood but I'm thinking of picking up either The Blind Assassin or Oryx and Crake. I like Dystopian stuff but The Bl..."</i>I really like [book:The Blind Assassin but prefer Oryx and Crake, which I found very fascinating.
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Enjoy! Still didn't read that one."
I love Jane Austen... Emma is still my all time fave... HOpe you love Sense and Senseibility. Everytime someone brings it up, the first person I think of is Hugh Grant!