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bridgette ✨ (bridgettef) Esther wrote: "I'm reading The Girl Who Played with Fire and enjoying it so much I'm cutting down on my TV and internet time so I have more time to read."

Haha that's funny! But that excites me. I'm on Girl with Dragon Tattoo!


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Scott | 257 comments Shary wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games. Loved it! Started Horns Good so far."

I just finished Horns last week. I thought that it was great. I couldn't put it down.


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Shary (sharyfg) | 104 comments Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games. Loved it! Started Horns Good so far."

I just finished Horns last week. I thought that it was great. I couldn't put it down."


Good to know. I was hooked from the very beginning. Have you read his others?


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Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Finished Middlesex early this morning. For being about hermaphroditism,it was unpornographic and sentimental


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Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Beth wrote: "I just started reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins"

Oh boy, are you in for a good thought-provoking read!


message 22856: by Sasha (new)

Sasha Middlesex is one of my favorite books, Betsy!


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Scott | 257 comments Shary wrote: "Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games. Loved it! Started Horns Good so far."

I just finished Horns last week. I thought that it was great. I couldn'..."


I have also read Heart-Shaped Box. I was also good but I thought Horns was better.


message 22858: by Patricia (new)

Patricia | 185 comments I finished Night by Elie Wiesel and Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Both great reads! I'm now moving on to The Kids Are All Right by Diana Welch.


message 22859: by Kaion (new)

Kaion (kaionvin) Been sidetracked with a bunch of short stories for class, so took two weeks to finish A Tale of Time City (and no lie, it confused me, a lot).

Now reading Daughter of Fortune, which has been mostly painfully slow. I don't need to know every single character's entire life story starting with birth, thank you very much.


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Shary (sharyfg) | 104 comments Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games. Loved it! Started Horns Good so far."

I just finished Horns last week. I thought that it was g..."



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Shary (sharyfg) | 104 comments Shary wrote: "Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Scott wrote: "Shary wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games. Loved it! Started Horns Good so far."

I just finished Horns last week. I thought t..."

Thanks Scott!


message 22863: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments I have 20th Century Ghosts in paperback but I have not read a physical book since I got my Nook. Even with Horns, I have the hardback copy but I borrowed the ebook from the library so I could read it on my Nook.

I do have some paper books that I do have to read though.


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Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) Suzanne wrote,"Read This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections last night- really cute stories."

I have this book on my list to read this winter. I am glad someone has read and enjoyed it.


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PDXReader Betsy wrote: "Finished Middlesex early this morning. For being about hermaphroditism,it was unpornographic and sentimental"

That's one of my all-time favorite books. I think I was really attracted to Cal's grandparents' and parents' stories, as much as anything. My grandparents were immigrants too (Hungary, not Greece) and had similar experiences.


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Gitte (gittetofte) Miss GP wrote: "Betsy wrote: "Finished Middlesex early this morning. For being about hermaphroditism,it was unpornographic and sentimental"

That's one of my all-time favorite books. I think I was really attrac..."


It's also one of my favorites!


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Scott | 257 comments This afternoon, I'm going to start Neverwhere. This will be the first book I have read by Gaiman.


message 22868: by Carol (new)

Carol I just finished reading Butterfly Woman: A Novel Based on True Events..It was a very good book. Here is my review for others who think they might be interested.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


message 22869: by Esther (new)

Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments I'm back to YA fiction with Incarceron by Catherine Fisher.
I'm only a few pages in but enjoying it so far.


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Finished Last Night at Chateau Marmont which I liked however I think I trick myself into thinking I like Lauren Weisberger books (have read her other 3 as well) more than I do because they finish well by giving me the ending I want but aren't that gripping/interesting throughout the begining and middle.

Just started Notes from Underground which I haven't got further enough into (only a couple of pages) to have an opinion yet. Hopefully it will be interesting.


message 22871: by Liz (new)

Liz | 7 comments I'm working my way through the Complete Sherlock Holmes (vol 1) and enjoying the bite-sized mysteries. I hear there is going to be an American updated remake of the Sherlock Holmes saga coming soon.


message 22872: by Sasha (new)

Sasha I love Holmes, Liz. I just re-read (most of) that thing a couple years back.

There was an updated version recently, starring Robert Downey Jr...the sequel starts shooting soon, I believe.


message 22873: by Kaion (new)

Kaion (kaionvin) RDJ one was diverting, but it couldn't distract me from the incredible lack of a mystery. hear the BBC modern-era version is quite good.


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Andreea (andyyy) | 117 comments I found the BBC version much better than the RDJ one. It has more mystery and more witty dialogue, plus Sherlock and Watson don't act/sound like a couple.

I'm rereading Jane Austen's Emma for school and I leaf through The Journals of Mary Shelley now and again when I have the time.


message 22875: by Donna (new)

Donna | 137 comments Finished Devil in a Blue Dress which I found very interesting and I will probably read more in the Easy Rawlins series and Don't Point that Thing at Me which was OK but a little dated and maybe not the best reader on the audio I was listening too.

Now on to The Woodsby Harlan Coben which I am finding to be a very good page turner.


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Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Scott wrote: "This afternoon, I'm going to start Neverwhere. This will be the first book I have read by Gaiman."

I think this is a great book to start with for Gaiman... and it was our very first TNBBC group read!!


message 22877: by Rachel (new)

Rachel | 310 comments Finished Dracula by Bram Stoker. Really liked it. Not sure what to start next.


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Suzanne (bellamy22) | 610 comments 'Interview With The Vampire' by Anne Rice


Excellent.


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Scott | 257 comments Lori wrote: "I think this is a great book to start with for Gaiman... and it was o..."

Somebody else told me the same thing. It is interesting so far.


message 22880: by Sasha (new)

Sasha Rachel, if you haven't read Frankenstein yet, it's a great companion to Dracula. Man, I love Frankenstein.


message 22881: by Rachel (new)

Rachel | 310 comments I actually liked Dracula better, I think the characters were more distinct and it was more plot driven.


message 22882: by Sasha (last edited Oct 17, 2010 07:23AM) (new)

Sasha A lot of people do, yeah. I'm on Team Frankenstein myself, but I get it. Shelley's inexperience as a writer shows through at times. I really oughtta re-read Dracula one of these days.


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Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I just finished SONE GIRLS: MY LIFE IN A HAREM by Jillian Lauren and gave it 3 stars.


message 22884: by Carol (new)

Carol I am reading my own spook story for October, The Turn of the Screw, It is spooky.


message 22886: by Tracy (new)

Tracy Phillips | 133 comments Just started reading the Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard and yesterday I finished the Wives of Henry Oades. I am still currently actively reading The Heretic's Daughter and The Promised Land.


message 22887: by Marti (new)

Marti (marjay) | 985 comments I really enjoyed The Scent of Rain and Lightning and The Heretic's Daughter ...hope you are enjoying them. I am reading The House on Oyster Creek. I find myself reading it slowly almost matching the pace of the book...


message 22888: by Patricia (last edited Oct 18, 2010 06:20AM) (new)

Patricia | 185 comments I finished The Kids Are All Right by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, and Dan Welch. Now I've moved on to The Women by T.C. Boyle.


message 22889: by Carol (new)

Carol Patricia wrote: "I finished The Kids Are All Right by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, and Dan Welch. Now I've moved on to The Women by T.C. Boyle."

I liked The Women a lot. I found it to be interesting as I like F L Wright's innovated designs. I have one question though; are all geniuses such b#@^&*&ds?


message 22890: by Patricia (new)

Patricia | 185 comments Kitty wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I finished The Kids Are All Right by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, and Dan Welch. Now I've moved on to The Women by T.C. Boyle."

I liked The..."


Glad to hear you liked it, Kitty. I became fascinated with FLW's work in HS after studying him in art class and going to see the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. I guess all the 'genius' goes to the head! Ha!


message 22891: by Sasha (new)

Sasha Kitty wrote: "are all geniuses such b#@^&*&ds?"

In my experience, absolutely.


message 22892: by Dana * (new)

Dana * (queenofegypt) I am about 1/4 of the way thru The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith which is a sequel to Child 44 which I really liked.
Also working my way through Waiting for SUPERMAN: A Participant Media Guide Waiting for SUPERMAN A Participant Media Guide by Participant Media , graphic novel In Odd We Trust and Odd Thomas in audio format.

May have to put it all aside to read because the library will want that one back soon.
Dexter Is Delicious


message 22893: by Jane (new)

Jane | 221 comments Finished Forgotton Garden and Olive Kitteridge -starting The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle.


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AmandaLil (dandado86) | 17 comments The Gargoyle, can't put it down!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (susannag) | 1736 comments Heartstone, by C.J. Sansom. Excellent so far (about 2/3).


message 22896: by Lahni (last edited Oct 18, 2010 12:55PM) (new)

Lahni Amanda wrote: "The Gargoyle, can't put it down!"

I have this but haven't read it yet. Glad to know you are enjoying it.

I had put The Passage to the side to finish some books that had to be read by the end of Oct. Now they are done so I'm going to finish it.


message 22897: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Alex wrote: "Rachel, if you haven't read Frankenstein yet, it's a great companion to Dracula. Man, I love Frankenstein."

I'm reading Dracula and really like it so far.


message 22898: by Patricia (new)

Patricia Sands (patriciasands) | 2 comments Jane wrote: "Finished Forgotton Garden and Olive Kitteridge -starting The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle."

Jane, I've been struggling with The Forgotten Garden but am almost finished. I found it a bit too disjointed. What did you think? I'm starting Olive next.


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Rosalie Sambuco | 16 comments Currently I am reading Honolulu by Alan Brennert and finding it wonderful. I am also reading The Borgia Bride A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis and Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel


message 22900: by Marti (new)

Marti (marjay) | 985 comments I am going to be starting The Other Family: A Novel.


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