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[Leslie T.]

Hater looks good. Do you know when the third book is supposed to come out? I hate reading a series that's not complete because I hate cliffhangers.

[Claire]

Flora wrote: "Finally finished The Blind Assassin, I was begining to think the book never ended.

I'm moving on to The Black Cat as well as [book:The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Su..."

How did you like The Blind Assassin?

[Claire]

Catie wrote: "Hey Alex and Claire - If you're going to read Oryx and Crake, then you must follow it with the sequel called The Year of the Flood. I actually didn't really LOVE Oryx and Crake until I read The Ye..."

Thanks, Catie - I'll be sure to read The Year of the Flood after O&C.

[Jamaie]

I am now reading

[Jamaie]

I completely agree...basically if you read Year of the Flood first, it may be highly confusing w/o reading Oryx and Crake first. But would be helpful to still read it.

Claire wrote: "Catie wrote: "Hey Alex and Claire - If you're going to read Oryx and Crake, then you must follow it with the sequel called The Year of the Flood. I actually didn't really LOVE Oryx and Crake until..."

[Sasha]

Hey folks, I need your help!

I have a dim memory of a book about the Nigerian Prince email scam, where it turns out that it's not a scam - there really is a Nigerian Prince who needs your help and will give you a million dollars or whatever. Does that ring a bell for any of you? If it exists, I figure someone here knows about it. Thanks!

[Sasha]

Oh yeah - and I'm reading Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic, nonfiction about the 16th century philosopher monk who was burned at the stake for insisting that the universe is infinite and made of atoms. Terrific so far.

[Bridgit]

Alex wrote: "Hey folks, I need your help!

I have a dim memory of a book about the Nigerian Prince email scam, where it turns out that it's not a scam - there really is a Nigerian Prince who needs your help and..."

Alex - is it this: I Do Not Come to You by Chance?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Leslie T. wrote: "Hater looks good. Do you know when the third book is supposed to come out? I hate reading a series that's not complete because I hate cliffhangers."

Uhm.. this time next year maybe? Dog Blood was just released in June.... so that seems about right.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jamaie wrote: "I am now reading "

More love for ROOM!!!!

[Flora]

Claire wrote: "Flora wrote: "Finally finished The Blind Assassin, I was begining to think the book never ended.

I'm moving on to The Black Cat as well as [book:The Dracula Dossier:..."

I didn't really care for the Blind Assassin. I thought it was really long and really sad. I think the story could have been told in a much shorter version. And I guess I'm a hopeless romantic cuz I prefer happy endings.

[Sasha]

Darn - thanks, Bridgit, but nope. That takes place in the world of Nigerian email scams, but the idea of the (again, possibly imaginary) one I'm thinking of is that they're real.

[PDXReader]

Lori wrote: "Miss GP, what did you think of Blindness?..."

Hey, Lori, I absolutely loved it. I haven't had a lot of time lately to be able to write up my thoughts about it -- hopefully soon -- but in the meantime, I'll simply say it's probably on my list of top ten books. (Which is probably more like a top 20, but you know what I mean!)

[Bridgit]

Now you are just being picky Alex...

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Claire wrote: "Catie wrote: "Hey Alex and Claire - If you're going to read Oryx and Crake, then you must follow it with the sequel called The Year of the Flood. I actually didn't really LOVE Oryx and Crake until..."

I really enjoyed The Year of the Flood, and am looking forward to Oryx and Crake, which I think is just in at the library.

[Sasha]

Heh.

[Leslie T.]

I just started Veronika Decides to Die.

[Sasha]

Leslie T. wrote: "I just started Veronika Decides to Die."

Hm. Interesting title - even more interesting when I imagined that this was an Archie Comics spinoff - but the description leaves me less intrigued. Hope you like it though.

[Cait]

Leslie T. wrote: "I just started Veronika Decides to Die."

I just finished this a few days ago. I sincerely hope you like it more than I did.

[Lahni]

Leslie T. wrote: "I just started Veronika Decides to Die."

This is on my TBR list so I'm curious to see how you like it.

[Leslie T.]

Me too! It's the book another group has chosen for the month, so I figured I would try it.

[Lahni]

I am reading A Quiet Belief in Angels which is nothing like I expected and I'm loving it! I'm also reading The Passage. Im about 1/3 of the way through it and I really like the writing style and language. I've also just started The Rivers Run Dry.

[Bridgit]

Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, The Cold Room, The Amber Spyglass, Storm Glass, Heat Wave, I Am Number Four

CURRENTLY reading Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride - a biography of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle (1895)

and trucking away on War and Peace. About 1/3 through with it...

[Sasha]

Damn, Bridgit! Impressive work. How're you liking War & Peace? I have that scheduled for 2012. (No, seriously.)

[Steph]

Bridgit wrote: "Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, The Cold Room, The Amber Spyglass, [book:Storm ..."

How did you like The Amber Spyglass? I didn't like it as much as the other two books and found it to be kind of all over the place which was a disappointment. I was still hooked though; was just expecting a bit better I guess.

[Bridgit]

Alex wrote: "Damn, Bridgit! Impressive work. How're you liking War & Peace? I have that scheduled for 2012. (No, seriously.)"

Let's just say that if I wasnt giving myself a big check mark for completing this sucker I would have given up a while ago. I am reading at like 1/4 my normal pace. The story itself is fine, but I keep getting lost with all of the ridiculously long named Igor Igorovitch's and thousand other names with 4 V's in them.

I will be glad to get through it. Though i think if i could just read about the Peace parts i would enjoy it more.

[Sasha]

Yikes.

[Bridgit]

Stephanie wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, The Cold Room, [book:The Amber Spyglass|1812..."

well, it took me like 2 years to read the whole trilogy. I liked them in descending order. The first one was pretty interesting and fun and fanciful. Then it got a bit preachy in the second, but overall I would say i enjoyed it. maybe a 5/10.

By the time the third one came around, the book was basically beating you over the head with anti-god sentiments.

Oddly i had the same reaction to this as christian fiction - they sort of have the exact same message, delivery and impact, just from polar opposite sides of the spectrum.

And dont get me started on the 'relationship' between the two kids. just gag.

[Flora]

I finished and really enjoyed it. I'm also about 1/4 of the way thru The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense and while the first 50 pages were really slow going the book is starting to pick up and has finally gotten my interest.

[Leslie T.]

Okay, apparently I'm not going to read Veronika Decides to Die because my ebook is not the entire book. So instead I'm going to read The Shining!

[Claire]

Flora wrote: "Claire wrote: "Flora wrote: "Finally finished The Blind Assassin, I was begining to think the book never ended.

I'm moving on to The Black Cat as well as [book:The D..."

Yeah, I've heard mixed reviews about Blind Assassin. Either you like it or you don't.

[Claire]

I just finished Promise Not to Tell: A Novel and thought it was just ok. I could see a teenager really enjoying the book - seems like its written more for that audience. It wasn't bad, just ok.!

[Steph]

Bridgit wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, The Cold Room, [book:The A..."

I actually read them one after the other. My favorite was the second book and I really liked the first of course. I agree with you about the third. I'm not religious at all and even I thought it was a bit much. Ohh and the "relationship" yes! Why can't it ever stay a friendship? Especially when the characters are so young it's almost creepy for me at my age (which is just 23) to read about a "romance" between them. Still love the series though just some complaints.

[Steph]

Started reading Anagrams and I think this may actually be my favorite book by Lorrie Moore so far which is saying a lot. She's just brilliant.

[Gitte]

I just started Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture today. It doesn't seem to have any plot, just descriptions of empty lives... I'm not sure if I like it...

[Jamaie]

5*'s....OMGosh...I loved this book!! I listened to the audio version & it's in the voice of the child. That made it all the better, though I'll admit the 'why this' and 'why that' started to wear thin, but I got used to it...knowing kids actually talk that way. I just adored it!

Lori wrote: "Jamaie wrote: "I am now reading "

More love for ROOM!!!!"

[Kaion]

Bridgit wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, The Cold Room, [book:The A..."

Ha, Bridgit. I read The Amber Spyglass when I was... 13? And I found the whole love thing so disgusting (but was wondering if I'd see it differently as an adult).

[Marti]

I am reading Me, Myself, and Why?. It is funny.

[Brenda]

I also enjoy Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite.

[Sasha]

Bridgit, I agree: fiction that's too Message-y bugs me, whether it's pro- or anti-God.

[Flora]

Just getting started on The Woman in White as well as making progress on The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense which is getting better as it goes along.

[Kristin]

I'm reading and (still) LOL .. Love the one your with is actually better than I was expecting.. I did like the other two books ive read from her though so I guess I shouldn't be suprised. I'm about half way through, i should be able to finish up this weekend.

[Carol]

I am almost finished with The Bone People . This is one of the best books I have ever read.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished Firefly Lane and I liked it. I found it to be a solid three star book, but definitely not my favorite female friendship story. Now I'm going to start Rosemary's Baby. Fitting for it being October now (give or take some minutes).

[PDXReader]

Leslie T. wrote: "Me too! It's the book another group has chosen for the month, so I figured I would try it."

I started it, too, because it's on the list of 1001 books someone thinks you should read before you die. I got about 20 pages in & then remembered I really don't like Coehlo. Reminds me of Richard Bach.

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "Bridgit, I agree: fiction that's too Message-y bugs me, whether it's pro- or anti-God."

... or environmental or political or any other kind of message. I'm fine with a message book if it's non-fiction, 'cause at least you know what you're getting into. I absolutely hate it, though, when you pick up a novel you plan to relax and enjoy only to discover it's one of those books.

[Sasha]

Miss GP wrote: "I'm fine with a message book if it's non-fiction, 'cause at least you know what you're getting into."

As long as you do know what you're getting into. I've read my share of history books that conceal their agenda. Cahill's Mysteries of the Middle Ages is one; nowhere in the description does it bother to mention that it's proselytization.

[Bridgit]

Kaion wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "Have been reading like crazy lately and not sharing - selfish, i know.

Have just finished: The Gargoyle, [book:The Cold Room|634..."

I think you might be even more grossed out by it as an adult!

[Bridgit]

Catie wrote: "I just thought I'd write to throw my hat in with the so-far quiet group that loved His Dark Materials. Also, although I'm not a religious person...I love a fiction book with a message/point/lesson..."

I think there is a big difference between a book with a 'point' and a book that shoves an idea so had into your face that you are smothered with it. I have zero problem reading books with a point-of-view. I do have a problem when that message takes precedence over the actual story that I picked up the book to read about.

I also have no problem with stories about children with crushes. As you said, that is natural among kids that age. Most YA books involve that of some sort. But this is about 13 year olds. Having sex. and it is supposed to be accepted and viewed as romantic?? No way.

That aside, the relationship went from non-existent to passionate love in the scope of like 50 pages. There was not even the evolution of a crush to love in the book.

[Sasha]

Bridgit wrote: "The relationship went from non-existent to passionate love in the scope of like 50 pages. "

That's how all my relationships went when I was 13. And then back to non-existent again, ten minutes later.

although the "passion" was sortof, y'know, expressed more through doodling names on Trapper Keepers than through actual sex.