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[Beth]

I just started reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano

[Alisha Marie]

I finished Rot & Ruin and Hate List which were both amazing books. Now I'm reading The Transformation of Things by Jillian Cantor which was an LT win.

[Scott]

I quit reading The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements this afternoon. It was like reading a textbook from when I was in engineering school. I got about half way through it.

I have decided to reread The Gunslinger. It has been revised since the last time I read it. I didn't like it the first time.

[Petra]

Scott, that's disappointing. I wish my Library would order a copy of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. I'm trying not to buy any more books for awhile but want to read this one.

I just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and quite enjoyed it. It's two unfolding stories: the story of her cells and the story of her family's struggle about the cells and what it all means. Very touching at times.

I'm going to start The Children's Book now. I hope I'm not too far behind in the Group Read.

[Maria]

Beth wrote: "I just started reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"

i finished this a few weeks ago, i'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it. i liked about 80% of the book, but the other 20% wasn't that great for me.

[Alayna]

Paula wrote: "Alayna wrote: "I am currently reading It by Stephen King. Never read it before, and thought it was about time

Ooooo, a favorite for me! Hope you enjoy."

Thankyou paula i will :)

[Alayna]

Alex wrote: "Watch out for the super weird ending, Alayna."


haha thanks for the heads up Alex :)

[SandyC]

Patricia wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Moving on to The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver."

I'm waiting patiently for my turn at the library....I hope you enjoy it!"

Hi Lahni & Gillian, I am ..."

I couldn't finish The Lacuna, which was surprising since I've loved some of her other works. I'm looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it and if it's worth finishing.

[Tracy]

Petra wrote: "Scott, that's disappointing. I wish my Library would order a copy of [book:The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the..."

I am reading the Children's Book also. Glad to have you aboard :o)

[Jeane]

Maria wrote: "Beth wrote: "I just started reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"

i finished this a few weeks ago, i'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it...."

I read this one when it was published in Italian and was suprised to like it. I received it for my birthday and wasn't sure about it. It isn't my normal kind of book. But have to admit I enjoyed it a lot and it was well written.

[Tracy]

Currently reading Graceling, Revolution and The Children's Book. Recently finished The Alienist.

[Beth]

Jeane wrote: "Maria wrote: "Beth wrote: "I just started reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"

i finished this a few weeks ago, i'll be interested to hear your..."

I'm only 28 pages in but so far I'm enjoying it!

[Flora]

I'm just over half way thru The Invisible Man

[Sasha]

Oh, cool Flora.

I finished Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs halfway home today, and then for the next 20 minutes was in a panic because I had nothing to read. I actually started Conquistador again just to be reading something.

I mentioned somewhere that it's such a gripping story, all Levy has to do is stay out of its way and it'll be a good book; he succeeded.

[Bridgit]

Just finished Ender's Shadow. I have read Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead before, and wanted to see what the parallel series was all about. I really enjoyed it, but think I liked "Game" better. They each have their own pluses. Game was more action, Shadow was more cerebral/logic-oriented, Speaker was much more sophisticated and political.

I think I am happy with where they leave off and I probably wont continue the series, because i like having my last memory of the series be where it is now.

Just started Stacy Schiff's biography: Cleopatra: A Life. Good so far!

[Patricia]

Sandy wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Moving on to The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver."

I'm waiting patiently for my turn at the library....I hope you enjoy it!"

Hi Lahni..."

I finally finished The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. I liked the idea of the novel - a boy raised by his 'floozy' mother in Mexico who comes into personal contact with historical greats such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Lev Trotsky. However, I felt that Harrison's character was underdeveloped particularly when he reaches adulthood and is a writer in the US. Being a gay man in the 1940's, there's so much you can explore there and it was almost more of a side note. At the end I just found the story to be too long and too political. I gave it a middle of the road 3 stars.

Now I'm going to start Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

[KHoopMan]

I just finished The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible and I seriously loved it. The author read the Bible from cover to cover and then followed ALL the rules for one year. He ended up having a bit of a spiritual journey along the way. I'm so motivated to read more about different religions now...

[Maria]

i finished Juliet Naked by Nick Hornby this morning. i liked it, and since this is the first book of his i've read, i'll be adding his others to my TBR list to pick up.

i've got a stack of books from the library, so i'm not sure what my next read will be. i'm sure i'll figure it out sometime this afternoon though.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Finished The Color of Death last night.

[Ahuva]

"One false move" by Harlan Coben.

[Petra]

Tracy wrote: "I am reading the Children's Book also. Glad to have you aboard :o)..."

Thanks, Tracy! I plan on joining in the discussion in the "Spoilers" thread soon. I haven't posted there yet since I started reading late and don't want to find big spoilers yet.
It's very intriguing. My thoughts are going down a very dark road but I'm not sure if I'm reading too much between the lines yet.

[Gabriella]

I just finished Burning Down the House and now started Freedom by Malika Oufkir.

[Linda]

I just finished Juliet. Very enjoyable but perhaps a tad too long. Really two converging stories; a modern day and medieval day Romeo and Juliet.

[Lillie]

Reading A Novel Bookstore but am not finding it too difficult to put it down. Hoping it gets more interesting.

[Marti]

I just finished reading The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens. sigh.... love good historical romances

[Patricia]

I finished Room last night. I'm not sure I liked it as much as everyone else but I'm glad I read it. Next up is Prayers for Sale, it's been on my TBR list forever so I bought a copy at a used booksale last week.

I wanted to read The Art of Devotion next but my library does not have it. I was going to skip the library booksale coming up in two weeks, but I feel I have to go now to see if I can find this book, right?

[Marti]

I just started Room today. Goes pretty fast until it strikes you what is occurring at different times.

[Laura]

just finished charlie st. cloud and i absolutly loved it, halfway through fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, and haven't decided what im going to read next, but let you guys know when i decide!

[Tracy]

Petra wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I am reading the Children's Book also. Glad to have you aboard :o)..."

Thanks, Tracy! I plan on joining in the discussion in the "Spoilers" thread soon. I haven't posted there yet ..."

Petra, The book seems to be headed down a darker path in my estimation to! After all, how can all that joviality at the beginning not be hiding something at least a bit sinister underneath. It's exciting to see what happens as we proceed forward :o)

[Paula]

I'm reading "Pretty Boy Floyd" Larry McMurtry. I loved the "Lonesome Dove" series so decided to give this a try.

[Petra]

Tracy wrote: "Petra, The book seems to be headed down a darker path in my estimation to! After all, how can all that joviality at the beginning not be hiding something at least a bit sinister underneath. It's exciting to see what happens as we proceed forward :o)
..."

I'm seeing some very sinister forshadowing. Have you joined the Spoilers thread yet? I may today.

[Sandra]

I'm reading and thoroughly enjoying my second Dunnett book - Queens' Play. I'm starting CryoBurn on my Nook, and in audio am starting The Pillars of the Earth. Here is my November Shelf to see what I've already finished this month.

[Maria]

i started and finished katie fforde's Bidding for Love yesterday. it was a sweet book, nothing to complicated but not too sugary either.

[Natalie]

I'm currently reading Alphabet Weekends: Love on the Road from A to Z by Elizabeth Noble .

[Cody]

I just finished The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 today which really provides amazing and exhaustive details of the events leading up to 9/11 and all of the people involved. I'm starting Two Treatises of Government tomorrow probably.

[Betsy]

I was reading Farenheight 451... I took it to the laundramat,left to do some grocery shopping,and when I returned the book was gone. The book came from the RAG shop,so I'm not out money-wise,but ***, I only had 75 or so pages to go.

[Laura]

I finished Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson and as i love everything from her, i loved this as well and now im about 30 pages into Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!

[Flora]

I just finished The Invisible Man and I really liked it.

I'm getting started on The Moonstone

[Sasha]

Cody, those are some interesting books. I don't hear from folks who read political books like that very often around here. Good stuff, man.

Betsy, that's awful. :( Who steals books? Jeez.

I started The Aztecs today. It's more or less a textbook, so I'm braced for some dryness; it's written by an archaeologist. Those dudes aren't known for their thrill-a-minute writing styles. But it's not bad so far. The information is great.

[Lahni]

Just finished The Color Purple and I need a little time to digest before I decide what to read next.

[Kristi]

Laura wrote: "I finished Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson and as i love everything from her, i loved this as well and now im about 30 pages into Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!"

What age would you say is good for Fever 1793? I know it's YA, right?

[Laura]

Yup its ya I would probably 7th grade plus just for subject matter its not graphic but deals with a lot of sickness and death.

[Kristi]

Thanks! My daughter is in part of a gifted program and it was 1 out 4 books she could choose from. Reading level it's great for her, but content...enh...I wasn't sure. She's in 5th. Then again my kids are military brats, so unfortunately they understand better than most that life is finite, and people die.

[Lahni]

Catie wrote: "Lahni wrote: "Just finished The Color Purple and I need a little time to digest before I decide what to read next."

Lahni, I didn't know you were reading it too...I felt just the same way. I st..."

We are seeing the Broadway show later this month so I'll be interested to compare the two.

[Dana *]

Finished and , and began

[Ted]

Just finished reading Lee Vance's Garden of Betrayal.
Took a little longer than usual coffee break just to get to the last page. Quite intriguing.The Garden of Betrayal

[Kate]

I'm in the middle of The Likeness by Tana French. Despite the huge, over the top coincidence in the main plot line, I'm quite enjoying it. Tana French has an easy flow to her writing and am flying through it even with its size. A good comfort read in between essay writing.

[Meghan]

Kate wrote: "I'm in the middle of The Likeness by Tana French. Despite the huge, over the top coincidence in the main plot line, I'm quite enjoying it. Tana French has an easy flow to her writing..."

Have you read In the Woods? I read the Likeness first without realizing that ITW was the first of the series. Fortunately, and I give French a lot of credit, there are no real spoilers in TL, so it's okay if you haven't. And it clears up a lot of things alluded to in TL.

I agree the premise of the story (TL) is just really unbelieveable, but the story itself is well-written that it makes up for it.

[Meghan]

Betsy wrote: "I was reading Farenheight 451... I took it to the laundramat,left to do some grocery shopping,and when I returned the book was gone. The book came from the RAG shop,so I'm not out money-wise,but **..."

It's sort of ironic considering the story you're reading. Maybe the censors took it! (But sorry for your loss.)

[Meghan]

Bridgit wrote: "Just finished Ender's Shadow. I have read Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead before, and wanted to see what the parallel series was all about. I really enjoyed it, but think I liked "..."

EG is another of my all-time favorite series. Card said that SFTD was written as a stand alone book, but that he felt that readers would want a bit more background, so he wrote EG. I think if you're satisfied with where the story left off, then you're really not missing anything by not finishing either series.

However, if you are interested, I really recommend Children of the Mind. It's a continuation from the SFTD series (Ender's Saga series #4). It mainly deals with this one planet which is styled after the Japanese lifestyle. The "chosen" have very odd ways of speaking to the higher power, but how it all turns out is really fascinating (to me). And I enjoyed the philosophical issues about government and religion he brings up in this story.

I can't remember for sure, but it should be okay that you missed a book as the main story focuses solely on this planet which really has nothing to do with the main plot of the series.