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[alicia]

Finally finished The Secret and Now can turn my full attention to Bloody Mary.So far so good.

[Donna]

Gave up quickly on reading April Blood. Just wasn't in the mood to read about the Renissance right now so I went back and decided to read The Red Leather Diary!!

[Beth]

Logan, I'm a vegetarian but back when I did eat meat I used to love horseradish on prime rib. Horseradish mixed in mashed potatoes is the perfect way to get a fix!

[Charity]

Well Boof, I've officially made it one page further than you in BoLT and I'm wondering...where in the world this book is going??

[Emma]

Almost-finished-with-torture. The AGONY!

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Well done Charity. As I didn't get to page 144 I can't comment on where it goes from there but I hope it picks up for you if you carry on with it.

[Leila]

I'm still on the Zahir but I don't feel like reading it. I feel like reading a nice, long, mysterious novel with romance and fantasy, like the Twilight series or The Time Traveler's Wife. Something that is easy to read and will just take me away from this world for a little while *sigh* I can't find one.

[Jen]

Leila - In May, NPR posted a list of great easy summer reading books. You might be able to find a good one there???
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

[Jen]

Charity - I'm so sorry you're not enjoying BofLT. I think Boof was right in giving it up. I enjoyed just about every minute of it, but the plot continues at a similar pace. If you're not crazy about it up front, I can't see that changing as the book progresses.

I'm reading A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs. So far, it is just painful. I don't argue that the man went through terrible things with his father, but it just seems so whiney.

[Jessica]

Just finished The Book Thief and am anxious to jump into the spoiler thread. I really enjoyed the book.

I'm now onto The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer as I have not managed to aquire a copy of Book of Lost Things yet.

[Charity]

Jen - It isn't a bad book at all. I guess I'm just not in love with it. Some of it seems a little gimmicky to me. I like it enough to keep reading and join in on the discussions. :-)

Up next will be Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard because it is a group read for the 1001 group and they will be starting the discussion on the 15th. Then, I'll be diving into The Book Thief. If I can knock that one out quickly, I should still be able to catch some of the discussions here.

[Chloe]

Jen, I had the same thoughts on most of Augusten Burroughs' books. I really enjoyed Running With Scissors but was less than excited about Magical Thinking and flat out disliked Dry. I'm just bored with self-pitying, mommy-and-daddy didn't love/understand me so I became a drunk books. They've been done to death, which is probably a fantastic indictment of our culture but not necessarily something I need to read again and again and again. Still, I'll probably read his new one at some point. Tegan & Sara wrote a song for the new book, and I am hopelessly in love with them.

[Liesl]

I live in a small-ish community and have struck out finding The Book Thief at my local Barnes and Noble, Hastings (we don't have borders, darn it!), used book stores and library -- it looks like I'm going to have to order from Amazon, so it will be a few days before I can begin. In the meantime, I'm reading Paula by Isabel Allende. I'm 100 pages in and am entranced. It's a beautiful memoir written as a letter to her daughter while Paula was in a coma. It's quite bittersweet, moving from Isabel's fascinating life in Chile (and elsewhere) to her heartsick worry and prayers as her (adult) child lay dying. So far, it's quite good.

[Debbie]

oh! i've just finished reading Terri Prachett's and Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter". Fantastic read!! has anyone else read this? would love to raise a discussion on it!

[Val]

Liesl, I LOVED "Paula"! My husband actually introduced me to the works of Isabelle Allende when we first started dating, with "Tales of Eva Luna". Have you read anything else of Allende's?

[Mandy]

Cori, I've got that one sitting on my shelf to be read, sounds like it's something I'm going to have to bump up the list.

[Liesl]

Val - I did start Daughter of Fortune a very long time ago, but had only gotten to the part where she met the Chinese doctor before I got seriously sidetracked. I will get back to it one of these days. What others of Allende's novels would you recommend?

[Kellie]

Good Morning Everyone!!
I finally finished "Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman last night. I really didn't like it at all. Glad to get it over with. If you have read this book, I would love to hear what you thought about it.
I just started "Twilight" and I'm already hooked. Just finished the part where Bella gets saved by Edward in the parking lot. I should fly throught this one. It seems like it's going to be a good one.
After this, Fearless 14 by Evanovich. Heard it was so so.
Have a great Saturday!

[Eva-Marie]

I think I already answered this- I must have really but it's probably changed and I'm here so I'll answer again. LOL I just finished A Piece Of Cake and a few others and I started Me Talk Pretty One Day (not feeling that one yet :( and...great, I forget the title of the one I am liking. The author is Toni Maguire and it's a memoir about her abusive parents/past. I can't believe I forget the title and I was just reading it a minute ago. LOL

[Eva-Marie]

Jen- you are the first (and as yet) the ONLY person who I have heard say that except for myself. I cannot stand that man. I understand his childhood was painful but my God. I didn't like his writing at all, I really didn't like anything about his books and I did keep reading to maybe see if I was just missing something. I won't be wasting any more time on his books, I know that!

[Jen]

Logan and Eva - I'm so glad to hear somebody else felt the same way. I was feeling a little cold and heartless last night and almost didn't want to post that I thought it was whiney. I will say this, it did get better. I'm a little over halfway through and am sucked into the story now. It still lacks the strength that I like to feel when reading books like this. Burroughs is just sooooo sad/pathetic. He used to stuff his dad's clothes with pillows and curl up next to the "body" in bed - ugh. I like to hear from the kid that would spit on the clothes or fill them with itching powder.

I will say this - The guy's dad is a total axxhole!

[Stacie]

I really liked Running with Scissors and I can't really remember, but liked Dry. However, I have no interest in reading the other as I just feel like memoirs get taken too far. It's like, "Oh, you liked this shitty part of my life, wait until you see what happened next." I know I keep bringing it up, but that is how I felt about "Tis - It was just an unnecessary follow-up to a great book/memoir.

[Melanie]

Kellie - Thank you for the heads up about The Zookeeper's Wife! I keep picking that one up and then putting it down.

[Kristie]

Currently Reading "Breaking Dawn" but I am in a reading rut.....I keep finding other things to do than read. Maybe today, I will buckle down so I can start Book of Lost Things. That discussion has been moving.

[Liz]

Has anyone read the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fjord? Particularly The Eyre Affair? Just curious if it's worthy of my next read. :)

[Chloe]

Cori, I've read Good Omens and think it's absolutely one of the funniest books I've ever read. It's definitely more of a Patchett novel than a Gaiman one, and it works fabulously. Az and Crowley are two of my favorite characters of all time.

[Sera]

Liz, I've read The Eyre Affair, and I thought that it was cute and fairly clever. The end was a little abrupt for me. It was also a little lighter than for what I had hoped, but I know many people who love the series. I believe that the 2nd book in the series is where things really take off. You should definitely give it a shot, and if you do, let me know what you think.

[Sera]

Thank you to those folks posting on The Zookeeper's Wife. I was thinking about giving it a shot, but I'll pass now, having seen so many people who didn't really enjoy it. This club continues to keep me on track :)

[Joe]

i enjoyed SCISSORS but got disgusted with the explicit homosexual descriptions although as seinfeld so apptly put it,,'there s nothing wrong with it..lol' . i enjoyed the newest one A WOLF AT THE TABLE cause i have father issues as this one is about the problems he had with his father. from your reviews of his other books,i doubt if ill read them.thanks

[Liz]

thanks Sera-
i just finished reading the original Jane Eyre -and fell in love. I'll check out the series and let you know!

[April]

I just finished BoLT. I am about to begin Fell by David Clement-Davies. Since I'm trapped at work until an unsavory 2 a.m. I'm hoping that Fell is as engrossing as Firebringer and The Sight. A good book definately makes boring old work go by a lot faster.

[Sherry]

April,what job do you have that allows you to read while working???

[April]

Haha... Basically I am the student building manager at my college's student union, meaning that when the professional staff aren't here (nights and weekends), I have the sacred duty of walking around the building once every two hours to see that everything is in working order. Also when there are events here I unlock the doors to the rooms that they need, set up technology, and turn on the lights. Then I lock the building up at closing time. When I don't have to do that, I sit at the customer service desk and watch Instant Netflix or read books.
So pretty much its one of the best jobs ever.

[Stacie]

That sounds like an awesome job! I would love to have a job that afforded me the time to just read or watch movies!

[Sherry]

I'll say!kind of like being paid to read.Very lucky you!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Liz - I like the whole Thursday Next series. For me they were all fun reads.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I have read and loved Good Omens (that was quite a few years ago) and also bought Eyre Affair at the salvo but havent read it yet... Tho I will get to it eventually. I have heard good things....

[Heather]

I have to add my voice to the Thursday Next series too. I love them! Think in terms of Monty Python meets classical literature. Even if you don't like the classics they're a fun read.

[Dylan]

Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm currently reading The Ruins by Scott Smith. I love horror novels. The Ruins (novel) is so much better than the movie. Like all books. I'm also reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. I liked the series very much and am eager to find out how it all ends. I'm also reading The Wolf's Hour by Robert Mccammon. A very good twist of the classic werewolf novel. Another series I'm working on is The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I'm currently on book 3, Queen of the Damned. I love her writing style. Anyway those are what I'm reading. :D

[Val]

So far I've only read The Eyre Affair, but know that I MUST have all the others. I picked up my first Jasper Fford book at the library a few months ago, The Fourth Bear, no knowing that it was the second in the Nursery Crimes books. It was hilarious!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Val, I read The Fourth Bear thinking it would be good, and I kinda struggled through it. I liked the idea, but not the execution of it, I guess. That was why I was a little worried about Erye Affair...

[Val]

Lori, I'll be interested to see what you think of The Eyre Affair. I honestly didn't like it as well as The Fourth Bear.

Have you (or anyone) read any of Walter Moers' work? He wrote Rumo and The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, among others.

[Heather]

Hmmm. I didn't care too much for the Nursery Crimes books. Lori, the Eyre Affair is soooo completely different. I think you'll like it.

[Nancy]

Right now I'm reading Shadows Return, by Lynn Flewelling, the fourth book in the Nightrunner series. It's enjoyable, but not as good as the earlier books.

Next up is The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls.

[Val]

Oh Nancy, you will LOVE The Glass Castle. It's an amazing story. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it!

[Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger]

I just started Heart Shaped Box and I am very impressed I dont scare easily but that is a very creepy book!

[Sharon]

I just bought the Heart Shaped Box today from a used book store. I am reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer and Deja Demon by Julie Kenner.

Next: Child 44. Has anyone read that one?

[Val]

Heart Shaped Box is so good! I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one creeped out by it...I thought I was just being a big weenie. Well, I probably was, but at least I'm not the only big weenie!

[Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger]

Im not only am a weenie but have a 1st and last name hint O.M!lol

[Tisha]

It is after midnight and between the Olympic games I finished reading The Book Thief. I enjoyed this story and am excited to finally review the "spoiler thread" comments.

Earlier today I picked up my copy of The Book of Lost Things, so I am now beginning that book tonight.