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[Marcia]

I am listening to Honoluluby Alan Brennert. Loved his book Moloka'i and this is equally as good. Book in hand: Ugliesby Scott Westfeld. Like to be able to discuss YA fiction with my tween patients. Enjoying it but haven't hit the wow level that I have read about in so many reviews.

[Steph]

Emily wrote: "I am finishing The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus today!
I am currently in the middle of Remarkable Creatures. It is pretty mediocre so far. Hopefully it ..."

What did you think of The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus? I just checked this out at the library. I am thinking of reading The Handmaid's Tale first though because everyone says such good things about it.

[Efe]

Catie wrote: "About halfway through The Lost Hero. Pretty entertaining so far. I also picked up The Color Purple which is just amazing so far. I got it at my library book sale. Ca..."

God I love the Colour Purple. One of my favourite books ever.

[Gitte]

I'm reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins for the Victorian book club.

[Jeane]

The Birth of Venus and very curious!

[Lahni]

Catie wrote: "About halfway through The Lost Hero. Pretty entertaining so far. I also picked up The Color Purple which is just amazing so far. I got it at my library book sale. Ca..."

I'll be starting The Color Purple in the next couple of days. I'll be seeing the Broadway musical later this month and I want to read it first.

[Claire]

Catie wrote: "About halfway through The Lost Hero. Pretty entertaining so far. I also picked up The Color Purple which is just amazing so far. I got it at my library book sale. Ca..."

I read The Color Purple years ago and loved it. It is in my top 10 of best books ever read.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started The Color of Death last night.

[Flora]

Jennifer wrote: "Just finished Prodigal Son about to start book two City of Night both by Dean Koontz. This is my first ever Koontz!"

Loved both of those. I finished the third book in that series not long ago, you will definitely want to continue with it.

I just finished Interview With the Vampire and I'm glad thats finished. I found it very depressing. I don't think I will continue with that series. I'm also nearly finshed with The Witchery which I have enjoyed but it would be alot shorter without all the history lessons in it.

Getting ready to start The Invisible Man.This looks like a fun, short read.

[Suzanne]

Flora, don't give up on Anne Rice... she's a great writer. Try the Mayfair Family books. The first is 'Lasher' I believe.

[Flora]

Suzanne wrote: "Flora, don't give up on Anne Rice... she's a great writer. Try the Mayfair Family books. The first is 'Lasher' I believe."

Honestly I thought that Interview With a Vampire was well written it was just too depressing for my liking. Are the rest of the books in that series so depressing?

[Suzanne]

I do not find them so, but I love her, and the subject matter.
I think that hers is the closest to a 'realistic' view of Vampires among us... maybe my wishful thinking.
Vampirism is tragic...all the 'Twilighters' sort of pass that over, in my opinion. It is an eternal dilemna, with harsh consequences.

I guess all her books are deep and soulful...

[Flora]

I guess thats why I have never gotten into the Vampire genra. I prefer something not quite so deep and a little more fun. I'm a sucker for a happy ending :)

[Jennifer]

Flora wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just finished Prodigal Son about to start book two City of Night both by Dean Koontz. This is my first ever Koontz!"

Loved both of those. I finished th..."

I went out and bought the 3rd book, thinking it was the final and found out that there's a 4th! That is completely unacceptable! I need closure! Don't get me wrong, I'm totally loving it and am glad that there are more, but since I thought it was a trilogy I was super upset when I found out it wasn't finished. GRR!

[Suzanne]

Flora wrote: "I guess thats why I have never gotten into the Vampire genra. I prefer something not quite so deep and a little more fun. I'm a sucker for a happy ending :)"

:) ♥

[Flora]

Jennifer wrote: "Flora wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just finished Prodigal Son about to start book two City of Night both by Dean Koontz. This is my first ever Koontz!"

Loved both of those. I..."

I honestly thought he should have stopped with three. I think it ended well and would've been fine just as it was. I haven't read the fourth one yet. I've been wondering if its as good as the others.

[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 .