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[Clara]

I am now reading The Help. It is very interesting so far I can't put it down.

[Clara]

Kitty wrote: "I finished Sarah's Key Now I am readingBlame: A Novel"

Kitty, How is Sarah's Key?

[Cait]

I finished The Bad Seed, which was perfectly creepy and disturbing, and now I'm on to Affinity.

[Carol]

Clara wrote: "Kitty wrote: "I finished Sarah's Key Now I am readingBlame: A Novel"

Kitty, How is Sarah's Key?"



I didn't particularly like it,but many others did, so don't go by me.

Blame: A Novel was good.

I started reading Doctor Zhivago for our side discussion.

[PDXReader]

Matt wrote: "After Fahrenheit 451, I started the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I thought the Gunslinger was fairly good, although it's mainly a "set-up" for the rest of the series, and am now reading The ..."

I'm envious of your getting to read this series for the first time. I think it had the best ending of any series I've ever read. A lot of King's works are real crap (in my opinion, of course!) but The Dark Tower Series -- genius.

[Linda]

If you like cozy mysteries, The Fleet Street Murders is good.

[Laura]

hey guys i'm new to this group, i am currently reading along for the ride by sarah desson, and after i am finished that i believe my next book will be evermore by alyson noel!!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Laura, welcome to the group and thanks for sharing!

[Flora]

I'm hoping to finish up The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense today. Its gotten very good and very creepy. Its a good Halloween read.

[Susanna]

I'm halfway through Fahrenheit 451 (my second Bradbury) and halfway through listening to The Wordy Shipmates (my first Vowell). Both are interesting in their own right but I'm not sure how I feel about either just yet. Though I think I'd be happy to listen to more Vowell.

[Sasha]

Ah, the Vowell book. I'll be interested to hear how it comes out for you. Definitely on my TBR list. Saw an interview with her and now sortof nursing a crush on her. That's a good reason to buy her book, right?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Oh I love bookish author crushes! Nurse away, Alex.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I think I shall start Mr. Midshipman Hornblower later today.

[Shary]

I'm reading Case Histories: A Novel
Pretty good so far.

[Flora]

I just finished The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense which I really liked after I got past the first 50 pages. I'm currently continuing on with The Woman in White

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished BLACK WAVE by John and Jean Silverwood and gave it a 3 stars. Now am reading BROKEN by Karen Slaughter. So far so good.

[Madeline]

Susanna I love Hornblower! I haven't finished the series but I've read the first two or three, I started them after the A&E miniseries caused me to fall in movie star love with Ioan Gruffudd (I was 17) haha.

I just started reading One Good Knight, It's starting out good so far. I didn't expect the greek twist, but I like it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I'm liking it so far, I must say.

[Kristin]

Shary wrote: "I'm reading Case Histories: A Novel
Pretty good so far."

I have this on my shelf and I had it in my hand today to start reading but put it back and picked out The Abortionist's Daughter instead.

[Marti]

Jeane wrote: "Donna wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Rosalie wrote: "Currently I am reading and loving it. I finished Ms Brooks which prompted me to..."

I thought People of the Book was the best, with The Year of Wonders second and March last.

[Michelle]

I just finished Beat the Reaper: A Novel, about which I heard raves but did not particularly like, and have just started Deerskin. I have also paused in the middle of the Dark Tower series (after book 4) and would like to pick it up again at some point before I forget what happened in the first 4 books.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Michelle, Beat the Reaper was a three star for me too. It wasn't quite what I had expected it to be, I guess.

[Patricia]

I finished Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving this morning. I'll move on to Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence on my commute home from work.

[Shary]

Kristin wrote: "Shary wrote: "I'm reading Case Histories: A Novel
Pretty good so far."

I have this on my shelf and I had it in my hand today to start reading but put it back and picked out [book:The ..."

I did that several times myself before finally sticking with it. I have never read anything by this author before. So far... pretty good.

[Regan]

tried to get Let the Right One In, but all the public library's copies are checked out for another 2 weeks :( so picked up The Plauge by Camus and Orxy and Crank by Atwood.

[Kristin]

I finished Heartsick and started The Abortionist's Daughter last night.. Im almost 200 pages into it so I am almost done with it.. Nothing spectacular.. it's kind of dragging on for me but it's not the worst book I've ever read.

[Claire]

I'm still working on and liking it, although its not quite as fast a read, with the 19th century English. However, its very creepy and so cool to read the original vampire novel (correct me if I'm wrong about this). I'm getting reminders of some characteristics about vampires, i.e. they don't have a reflection in a mirror.

[Tracy]

I am currently reading Let the Right One In and just finished Shutter Island

[Mary]

I just finished The Forgotten Garden (4.5 stars) and am now reading I Curse the River of Time.

[Maria]

i finished A Murderous Procession from Ariana Franklin last night. i enjoyed this fourth book as much as the first three, but i want to get some other readers' thoughts on the ending. namely, is that it? i couldn't tell if the ending was supposed to be the total end to the series, or if there will be a fifth book. i hope it doesn't end that way, because it was a very disappointing ending for the whole thing.

i started A Small Death in the Great Glen from A. D. Scott. so far so good, but i do wish i had a slightly better grasp of Scottish culture and ways of speaking. it's shaping up to be a good story so far.

[Kristin]

I finished The Abortionist's Daughter tonight.. I give it 3.5 stars.. Not the best book ever but not the worst.

I started reading Still Alice. I'm only 30 pages in but I am enjoying it so far.. I work as a nurse aide at an assisted living facility so I am around a lot of people with alzheimer's, It defiantly helps me understand a lot of what is going to be going on in the book. I am looking forward to reading more!

[Alicia]

I'm still reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, I am stuck on the part where he develops background on the country and have had trouble motivating myself to read it. Judging from experience with his first two, I know it will get better...eventually.

In the meantime, I also started Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. A friend loaned it to me awhile ago and said it was pretty awesome so I am excited!

[Dana *]

I just finished the Maze Runner. This is YA, but I wouldn't let that stop you from reading it, it is really well done. There are two more in the series, so I have a new TBR list.

In a future of unknown status, young men wake up in an enclosed fortress which they call the Glade. Each new arrival has no personal memories, family, friends, experiences, nothing but their name. There are rules for living in the Glade, made by the group themselves. Everyone has a job, a purpose. The main goal is to get OUT of the Glade, through a maze that mysteriously changes wall positions every day. In order to inspire immediacy in the Gladers, there are killing machines that roam the maze.

A new arrival has some sort of hazy memory of what this is all about. Things begin to fall apart fast after his arrival.

What is the maze, why are they here, if they can get out, what is there to get to?

I loved this book. The characters are engaging, the plot paced well, the mysteries stacked up nicely. This is first in a series of three. I am quickly moving on to the next.

Although this is classified as young adult, I think that does it an injustice. This story will be interested to lovers of dystopian stores and post-apocalypic fiction.

[Linda]

Just finished and thought it was an excellent (4.3) read. Would highly recommend this historical novel.

[Sasha]

That looks cool, Linda! Is it based on a real story, or is it more an imagined story based on real events?

Dana, Maze Runner sounds like fun too. Your description reminds me of the movie Cube. :)

[Rosabelle]

Dana wrote: "I just finished the Maze Runner. This is YA, but I wouldn't let that stop you from reading it, it is really well done. There are two more in the series, so I have a new TBR list.

In a future of..."

I have this book on my list as well. Thanks for the good feedback Dana :)

[Rosabelle]

Currently reading because I saw the movie on a plane ride home and I laughed through it and thought it was so funny, so i decided to read the book. It's a very light reading, but good to relieve stress after a hard working week..

[Scott]

Alicia wrote: "I'm still reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, I am stuck on the part where he develops background on the country and have had trouble motivating myself to read it. Judging from experienc..."

I totally agree. It did get better but the whole series was really in need of a good editor.

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "That looks cool, Linda! Is it based on a real story, or is it more an imagined story based on real events?"

I enjoyed Someone Knows My Name, also known as The Book of Negroes. The heroine herself is fictional, but there's a lot of good history here. The Book of Negroes was an actual historical document in which the names of black slaves who aided the British during the US Revolution were recorded. These blacks were manumitted by the British and resettled in Nova Scotia, some eventually leaving for Sierra Leone.

[Leslie T.]

I just finished Let the Right One In and I'm so glad I picked the book up again because it was awesome. Now I'm going to read The Killer Inside Me. I hope it doesn't suck.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Glad to see so many members picking up Let the Right One In... I will have to get my hands on one... eventually.

[Dawn Mateo]

Currently I am reading Seabiscuit. While I like the book, I tend to find it very long, drawn out, and packed full of a TON of information. While I'm reading it for fun...I find myself making notes and highlighting people so I don't forget who they are. If you have read this book, what were your thoughts?

[Claire]

Swimming - Nicola Keegan

[Jeane]

I am about to finish Inkdeathand it is making me go crrrrazzzyyy!

[Tammie]

Lori wrote: "I am curious to know what everyone is currently reading.

I just finished High Fidelity by Nick Hornby this morning and jumped right into The Town That Forgot To Breathe.

Strange book to pick ..."

I've not read it but it sounds interesting.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Finished Marvellous Hairy today and started The People Who Watched Her Pass By - about a three year old who was stolen out of her house by the hot water heater fixer....

[Janny]

Dawn wrote: "Currently I am reading Seabiscuit. While I like the book, I tend to find it very long, drawn out, and packed full of a TON of information. While I'm reading it for fun...I find myself making notes..."

Dawn, I loved it for its care and accuracy, for depicting a rare and wonderful relationship between a trainer, a gifted horse, whose early career was badly maligned and misinterpreted, and a rider who fully earned his fame from behind. The author did an exceptional job on her research - and captured the essence of a rags to riches tale about an exceptional horse whose talent was so nearly overlooked. But for the grace of the salvage, done by a gifted rider and a trainer with an eagle's eye - we would not have this bit of history to marvel over.

And one horse's heart, that illuminated the spirit of perseverance during the great depression - it is a true story that captures the essence of myth.

As a rider and lifelong horse person, I thought it an exemplary book.

[Dawn Mateo]

Jan, you are right...it is very accurate.. I loved the detail during the race segments.. and I suppose you are correct...it is very very detailed, but for a very good reason. I think I have been too critical of this book...all the information within the book made for a great story and easily understandable. Thank you very much for your insight on the book. Since I don't ride (Lord I wish I did) I don't think I appriciate the facts, love, and commitment.

[Petra]

I finished The 19th Wife today. I really enjoyed this look at polygamy, how it got started, the effects on both the early practitioners and the effects about 100 years afterwards (today's world).
I don't know how acurate the "facts" are and, being fictional, I'm sure some license was taken. That said, it seemed as if the author was trying to give a human side to the polygamy issue by focussing on the thoughts and reactions of the characters.
Very interestingly told in 2 time lines: one at the time when polygamy began (the why, the how, the inital effects) and one in modern times (how polygamy effects practitioners today, especially the children/young adults).
I'm continuing with Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, which is fascinating. A few chapters/ideas give me a bit of a squeamish feeling/thought. Those who donate their bodies to science are really heroes. They've helped so many of us today.
I've also started Doctor Zhivago but am not far enough along yet to comment on it.

[Melissa]

I've just started to read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.