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[Emilly R]

I am still reading "TREE JUNES"by Julia Glass,so far i love this book

[Julie]

I am reading Look Again. I am a little over halfway and I really like it so far!

[Chinook]

Claire wrote: "I got most of the way through Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult and skimmed about the last 1/4th of it. I found it pretty boring and just the same storyline as My Sister's Keeper. H..."

I've found that to be true of Jodi Picoult books before - the plots are very similar.

[Caity]

I managed to finish off Dead Until Dark and Dear Exile : The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean in three days, so I'm now trying to focus on One Hundred Years of Solitude.

I've been trying to read this since August. I'm currently on page 61. It takes me an hour to read about 40 pages of most books, but this one I can get through 20 pages in 3-4 hours. It's not because I'm soaking up what's going on, either, because I don't have a clue what is happening. I read a few pages and feel so disoriented and off-balance it's not even funny. It's like it's jumping around all over the place, trying to stick primitive herbal medicinal discoveries in the same time period as the prototypes of cameras and... I don't even know. I haven't been this tempted to give up on a book in a long time, but I'm about ready to list this on ebay or something just to get rid of it. If I wasn't morally opposed to book-burnings, I'd have chucked my copy in the fireplace by now.

[Esther]

Toni wrote: " Heather wrote: Ummm... maybe in another lifetime--"
Emma is one I've tried to get through a few times. YUCK - I can't seem to get through it at all."

Emma is my least favourite Austen with my least favourite heroine.

This is probably the reason I feel the Gweynth Paltrow film to be a good adaptation - not being a fan of Ms Paltrow I feel her portrayal of Emma is spot on.
In contrast the recent BBC adaption though brilliant is much too enjoyable for me to consider it a faithful adaptation!

[Esther]

I started Angelfire but Dead Until Dark just yelled at me from the bookshelf so I had to pick it up and so far it is great fun.

[Gitte]

Catie wrote: "I finished A Prayer for Owen Meany and it left me feeling so depressed! It was good though. I then read Perfect Chemistry in one afternoon, which was fluffy and silly. ..."

I read Owen Meany last Christmas and felt the same way! It made me so sad!

[Suzanne]

I am reading Friends of Choice by Linda Nelson. I won it in the giveaways. Awesome!

I am also reading Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Promise Not to Tell seems to be a little more engrossing to me, as I am flying through it and can't seem to put it down to pick up the other one.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The Water is Wide is a good one, Betsy.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Alex wrote: "I'm reading War and Peace. This book is lengthy."

Really!?!

[Alisha Marie]

Claire, the only Jodi Picoult book that I loved besides My Sister's Keeper was Plain Truth. I've stopped reading her books though because I feel like once you've read one, you've basically read them all since their pretty formulaic.

Anyway, I finished my re-read of The Spellman Files and enjoyed it just as much as the first time. I've put down The Cruelest Cut because it seemed to go down this revenge route with a kid dying by chapter 3. And I'm not into that. Now I'm reading Going Bovine.

[Suzanne]

Alex wrote: "I've started War and Peace. As usual with books like this, the first bit takes a while as you try desperately to get all the characters straight. I'm sure it'll speed up eventually."

I want to read that! But I've got to get caught up on all the other books I have first. My husband finally but a limit on the books I can buy that I haven't read yet. lol

[Jessica]

I have many books going on right now as I apparently decided that just because I can get books for free at the library, I need to pick up 15 at one time. Star Islandlike all Carl Hiaasen's book is,so far, a quick read and funny. I am also reading Stardust and I am listening to Inca Gold on CD.

[Flora]

I finished In the Time of the Butterflies which I absolute loved. I gave it 5 stars, which I rarely do. And I admit, I cried at the end.

I'm still trying to get into Phineas Finn but at this point I'm not sure I am going to finish it. I'm also working on False Memory which I haven't gotten very far into but I like it so far.

[Catherine]

I'm about halfway through The Thin Man. Before that I read Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. I'm on a bit of a mystery kick at the moment.

[Diane]

I just finished a really bad holiday novella: Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball. Glad to be beyond that, but still in a holiday mood. I'm just starting Christmas Wishes, by Barbara Metzger, who's supposed to be a great romance writer. We'll see . . . .

[Lori]

I'm reading one I stumbled over accidentally, The Darkest Child. I keep skipping all over the place in genres these days.

[Diane]

Me, too but then, I always have.

[Gabriella]

I know this isn't the right place to ask, but I'm looking for a few books and I don't know their names or the authors and I was just wondering if you could help me. Some of them are by a young boy who was on the Oprah show, he was in a wheelchair and he was very sick. He wrote some books of poetry. The other one is by a women who wrote a memoir about her sister, who was a victim of Robert B. Pickton. Do you guys know the names of any of these books? thanks.

[Diane]

Sorry, no. The boy from Oprah sounds familiar, but I don't remember his specifics.

[Suzanne]

Gabriella wrote: "I know this isn't the right place to ask, but I'm looking for a few books and I don't know their names or the authors and I was just wondering if you could help me. Some of them are by a young boy..."

Mattie J.T. Stepanek is the little boy that was on Oprah, I believe. I'm not real sure about the other one, but I will see if I can find it.

[Carol]

The other one is by a women who wrote a memoir about her sister, who was a victim of Robert B. Pickton. Do you guys know the names of any of these books? thanks.


Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister- by Maggie de Vries

[Gabriella]

Thanks so much!

[Carol]

You are welcome.

[Diane]

I hadn't heard of this before . . . . It looks interesting. Do you like it?

[Dana *]

Just finished The Pleasure of My Company which was delightful and a rest from my usual horror novels. Now reading DMZ Vol. 3: Public Works and Scalped Vol. 6: The Gnawing

[Sasha]

Marjorie, I have never read Anne Frank. Weird, huh? I have a little segment in mind to cover that, Elie Wiesel's Night and this The Kindly Ones thing at some point so I can be totally depressed. Is Prose saying it's a fabrication? Or just that Anne Frank is a smart kid?

[Heather L]

Toni: I also liked Mansfield Park. Honestly, I've liked all the ones I've read except Emma. Still need to read Sense and Sensibility -- hope to get to that one next year!

Esther: I've not seen any of the adaptations for Emma, probably because I disliked the book so much. *grin*

[Kaion]

Just started North and South for the Victorian book group on goodreads. Loving it so far:

"...she wished herself back with her mother—her father—anywhere away from him, for she was sure he was going to say something to which she should not know what to reply. In another moment the strong pride that was in her came to conquer her sudden agitation, which she hoped he had not perceived. Of course she could answer, and answer the right thing; and it was poor and despicable of her to shrink from hearing any speech, as if she had not power to put an end to it..."

[Claire]

Marjorie wrote: "I am reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

I have this on my to read shelf, Marjorie. I'm looking forward to reading it. It was never an assigned book when I was in high school/junior high (at least my classes never had to read it). I'm glad you like it.

[MichelleCH]

Patricia wrote: "I finished Sula by Toni Morrison yesterday and am now reading The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt."
Just started this as well after finishing
Wolf Hall

[Sasha]

I see, Marjorie. That's interesting!

[Esther]

Heather L wrote: ".....I've not seen any of the adaptations for Emma, probably because I disliked the book so much. *grin* "

Try the TV adaption with Romola Garai and Johnny Lee Miller. The exchanges between Emma and Mr Knightley are electric. Most unlike the book itself.

[Dani]

I'm currently reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Dracula by Bram Stoker. I'm on a classics binge. Wait, I'm always on a classics binge! :)

[Dani]

Patricia wrote: "I finished Sula by Toni Morrison yesterday and am now reading The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt."

Patricia, what do you think of Sula so far? I found that book mildly disturbing and I still haven't really made my mind up on it.

[Tracy]

I finished Year of Wonders and absolutely LOVED it. I started Wand Peace which will be my main focus for the next weeks/months. Also I would like to finish The Battle for Christmas by the end of the first week of January.

[Claire]

Danielle wrote: "I'm currently reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Dracula by Bram Stoker. I'm on a classics binge. Wait, I'm always on a classics bi..."

Hope you enjoy Dracula, Danielle. I recently read it and liked it very much.

[Dani]

Claire wrote: "Danielle wrote: "I'm currently reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Dracula by Bram Stoker. I'm on a classics binge. Wait, I'm always..."

I'm about 70% of the way in and I am really enjoying it. It's so creepy. Vampires should be unnerving just like the Count.

[Madeline]

Hmm I can't remember the last book I posted about here.

I recently finished An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, which I thought, despite an annoying main character kind of making up for it in the end, was a mildly unpleasant read. Really too bad because I fell for that title.
Before that I read Love in the Asylum: A Novel, which I think I mentioned here, and just to reiterate, I loved. :)

Now I'm reading The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. Which I'm enjoying so far. I find Susanna Clarke's writing to be a soothing kind of excitement.

[Sasha]

Ah, I wanted to want Arsonist's Guide, but when I looked into it further I got dodged out. Glad to hear you backing up my misgivings, Madeline.

[Scott]

I just finished The Graveyard Book. It was excellent.

Now I am reading The Innocent.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished Going Bovine which was incredibly disappointing. Now I'm reading Sacred by Dennis Lehane and With Good Behavior by Jennifer Lane, which was a First Reads win. Both pretty good so far.

[Rebecca]

I've finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I found the book most entertaining, evoking many differing emotions... disgust, suspense intrigue, and a few laughs also. I am looking foward to the sequels. 4stars
City of Ashes The twists are epic and jaw-dropping, the action very gripping. I can't wait to read the rest of their journey in City of Glass. I would recommend this series to all ages. 4stars
Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley It is extremely well researched and very careful in it's dealings with highly biased source material. Alison's Weir's conclusions on Mary and the murder of Darnley hardly rock the boat, but nevertheless this is a readable and highly detailed account of a most interesting historical event. I also gave this book 4stars
I have started Cry Wolf and Wild Magic

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium. Enjoyable so far.

[Jessika]

I'm reading The Christmas Box Collection: The Christmas Box Timepiece The Letter by Richard Paul Evans, just like I do every year around this time!

[Patricia]

Danielle wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I finished Sula by Toni Morrison yesterday and am now reading The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt."

Patricia, what do you think of Sula so f..."

I actually couldn't get into this one Danielle. Between Sula's grandmother's storyline (with her leg and what she did to her son) and the the relationship between Nell and Sula, I just wasn't sucked in. Definitely disturbing.

[Madeline]

I'm almost done now Marjorie, and it's good, Usually in short stories I am usually ehh about one or two, but so far I wish they were all full novels!

Yeah good on you Alex, if it hadn't been a free book, I hope I'd have had your intuition to stay away. Pity the waste of a good title.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished Sacred, which I liked, although it was my least favorite of the Kenzie/Gennaro series. I also finished With Good Behavior, which I thought was a really great romance book even though I don't tend to like romances.

Now I'm going to start Her Fearful Symmetry and I'm really hoping that I could get through this one as I couldn't get through The Time Traveler's Wife.

[Sasha]

Well hey, Madeline, free is free.

[Caity]

I've decided to go ahead and start The Wake of Forgiveness, since it was a give-away win on here and all. Only read the first chapter, but so far it seems to be headed in a much better direction than 2 of the 3 others I've got going right now.