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Shary (sharyfg) | 104 comments I just finished Water for Elephants and liked it. Starting The Ghost Trap


message 24802: by Linda (last edited May 13, 2011 09:02AM) (new)

Linda | 887 comments Devin wrote: "I just finished The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. It was a fun read, very quirky characters.

I am debating now whether I want to read A Confederacy of Dunces or [book..."


Haven't read Oryx and Crake, but Confederacy of Dunces is outrageous fun. If you like to audio, this one is exceptionally well done.


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Venuskitten | 26 comments I have just finished On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks (I gave it 3 stars out of 5) and I am reading Mr Briggs' Hat by Kate which is the true story of the first murder on the UK railways.


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Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) Amber wrote: "Reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. I am having a love/hate relationship with this book, It seems like I love one chapter and hate the next one. I haven..."

I found that Wicked was one book that I wanted to read once. The book had its good and bad parts.


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Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) I am reading for pleasure one of my favorite authors Diane Mott Davidson, the book: Crunch Time.


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Paula | 1098 comments Maria wrote: "i finished The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag from Alan Bradley, and i liked it just as much as the first one.

i started The Art of Racing in the Rain for our li...

I thought "The Art of Racing..." would be cheesy for the same reason but it's ended up being a favorite read for me even 2 years later. Hope you enjoy it.



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Paula | 1098 comments Maria wrote: "i finished The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag from Alan Bradley, and i liked it just as much as the first one.

i started The Art of Racing in the Rain for our li...

I thought "The Art of Racing..." would be cheesy for the same reason but it's ended up being a favorite read for me even 2 years later. Hope you enjoy it.



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Think | 332 comments Jo wrote: "I'm reading City of Ashes"

So am I! So far about 100 pages in and really liking it.


message 24809: by Angela (new)

Angela Sellers Scott wrote: "I finished Red yesterday. It ended in a cliffhanger. I'll have to finish the trilogy soon.

Then I started Hearts In Atlantis."


The Circle series is AMAZING!!!! Did you start with Blackor Greenfirst?


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Angela Sellers Flora wrote: "I just finished Jurassic Park and must say I loved it. It such a fun read. I'm now just getting started on Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution"

Madame Tussaud was pretty good :)


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cazdoll | 48 comments I'm reading The Other Boleyn Girl I'm really enjoying it :)


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Chantelle (chantelle13) | 90 comments I just finished The Story of Beautiful Girl. I loved it!


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Clara | 157 comments Chantelle wrote: "I just finished The Story of Beautiful Girl. I loved it!"

Oh thank you for liking it, cause bought it because of the nice cover. I hope I will also like it.


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Chantelle (chantelle13) | 90 comments I think you will. I just wrote a review for it. It's a really good story.


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ILoveBooks | 85 comments Rage: Jackie Kessler


message 24817: by Angela (new)

Angela (apalone) I'm reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I'm just absorbing these books!


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Jennifer (jhaltenburger) I just finished In the Last Analysis In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler, #1) by Amanda Cross and it's one of the best mysteries I've read in a long time-- intelligent, and without the common flaw of explanations for events that either are too flimsy to ring true or too obvious. Nice book!


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Jane | 27 comments I just started The Silent Land by Graham Joyce and it has an incredibly eerie feeling to it. I am definitely sucked in and am flying through it!


message 24820: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) I have finished reading, Crunch Time, will post the review later today. I am reading the YA title, The Emerald Atlas.


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Flora Smith (bookwormflo) I'm currenlty half way thru Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution as well as World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and so far I really like them both.


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Lauren | 220 comments I just started The Gates by John Connolly ! Loving it so far! I fell in love with The Book of Lost Things and I can only hope this one will measure up! So far, so wonderful though!


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Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments I started The Lost Symboland I think that whatever you think about the story or if you give value to it or not, he writes in a way you get so into it.


message 24824: by Max (last edited May 16, 2011 12:48PM) (new)

Max Shaking the dust off myself after a long semester of assigned college readings, and finally reading for MYSELF!

I've chosen Middlesex for my first book of the summer... I'm only 21 pages in, and it's not boring me at all. Strange for a book to be interesting from the very beginning.


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Serena Just finished The Long Song. I love historical novels and enjoyed this one. (I've added her other book The Small Island to my to-read list.)


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Sara Migers | 4 comments Hi,
I just started reading " He liked tuesdays best" polish bestseller The story of everyday life of John Paul II.
I think this could be interesting story because is wrote by his best friend and long associate Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki with journalist Brygida Grysiak.
The book speaks about an ordinary day of John Paul II in the Vatican,and why he liked Tuesdays..

You can find more about this book at http://www.jp2books.com/


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Gitte (gittetofte) Michelle wrote: "Shaking the dust off myself after a long semester of assigned college readings, and finally reading for MYSELF!

I've chosen Middlesex for my first book of the summer... I'm only 21 pa..."


Middlesex is one of my favorites!


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David Granger (AUGrad84) | 13 comments Just over half through When the Killing's Done, by T.C. Boyle. So far, I think it ranks with Boyle's best. I'll post a review in a couple days, I'm sure.


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Lianne (eclecticreading) I am currently reading Brad Meltzer's The Tenth Justice for a bit of a break ;)


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Angela Sellers I am just starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.


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Paula | 1098 comments I'm reading "Loud in the House of Myself" Stacy Pershall. It's a NF about her life with anorexia, bulemia, bipolar, depression and borderline personality. Pretty good so far. Loud in the House of Myself Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy Pershall


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Maria (minks05) | 481 comments Michelle wrote: "Shaking the dust off myself after a long semester of assigned college readings, and finally reading for MYSELF!

I've chosen Middlesex for my first book of the summer... I'm only 21 pa..."


I loved this book. One of the few adult fiction books that I've re-read.


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Flora Smith (bookwormflo) I just finished Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution and loved it. I hated to see it end.

Am currently still finishing up World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War


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Rebecca (bexsi) Angela wrote: "I am just starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

That is a fantastic book I found the book most entertaining. evoking many differing emotions... suspense, disgust, intrigue, and some laughs also. Let me no wht you think.


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Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Reading The Queen of Last Hopes The Queen of Last Hopes by Susan Higginbotham . I'm liking it although for some reason I'm finding the switching back and forth between points of view difficult-- probably because Margaret and Suffolk sound enough alike and are talking about the same situations to such an extent that the normal "separation" cues are missing. I'm enjoying it though.


message 24836: by Esther (last edited May 18, 2011 08:36AM) (new)

Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments I'm currently reading The Prodigy Project by Doug Flanders.
I'm enjoying it so far. It has quite a distinctive style (can you call conservative, Christian American a style?)


message 24837: by Gary (last edited May 18, 2011 08:41AM) (new)

Gary R | 117 comments I'm readingPort Mortuaryby Patricia Cornwell


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Olga (olgapar) | 3 comments I'm reading Blindness by José Saramago in Greek. I think it's one of those books/writers that you either love or hate. This is my second novel of Saramago and I am already a huge fun of his writing and his way of seing things.


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Melinda | 7 comments I'm reading Ashley Judd's autobiography- All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir


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Angela Sellers Rebecca wrote: "Angela wrote: "I am just starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

That is a fantastic book I found the book most entertaining. evoking many differing emotions... suspense, disgust..."


I'm not even 100 pages into it, and i'm obsessed!!!! (and I know I haven't even gotten to the good parts yet)


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Mafi I'm reading Night Play (Dark-Hunter, #5) (Were-Hunter, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon by Sherrilyn Kenyon


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Dana * (queenofegypt) I just finished listening to We Need to Talk About Kevin and it was gut-wrenching. Although it is a long book, and the narrator may sometimes get on your nerves, it is a book I would recommend heartily to anyone. It was very emotional, in a painful way.


message 24843: by Esther (new)

Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments Sara wrote: "Hi,
I just started reading " He liked tuesdays best" polish bestseller The story of everyday life of John Paul II.
I think this could be interesting story because is wrote by his best friend and lo..."


Interesting! I've added that to my TBR list as I always liked JP2.


message 24844: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) I have started and am enjoying Mary Jane Clark's Do You Promise Not to Tell?/Do You Want to Know a Secret?.


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Paula | 1098 comments Dana wrote: "I just finished listening to We Need to Talk About Kevin and it was gut-wrenching. Although it is a long book, and the narrator may sometimes get on your nerves, it is a book I would ...

I read this one a few years back and it is still sticking with me. It is gut wrenching, I agree and hard to forget.



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Kaylan Rose | 3 comments Angela wrote: "I am just starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

I loved all three of these book, the second especially! I read them rather quickly after a having to take a whole slew of lit classes for my LA/E Associates...Now I'm kinda back on a lit classics kick. I'm reading 1984 by George Orwell, kind of on a dystopian theme I guess...


message 24847: by Flora (new)

Flora Smith (bookwormflo) I'm currently about 1/2 way into The Telling


message 24848: by Angela (new)

Angela Sellers Kaylan wrote: "Angela wrote: "I am just starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

I loved all three of these book, the second especially! I read them rather quickly after a having to take a whole slew of lit..."


1984 is definitely on my to-read list! I love classic literature, so i'm always up for a good suggestion.


message 24849: by Jacqueline (last edited May 19, 2011 03:07PM) (new)

Jacqueline Quackenbush Just entered my summer vacation and am starting off with the little known Thaïs by Anatole France


message 24850: by Patricia (new)

Patricia | 185 comments I finished Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer which I wasn't crazy about. I liked Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close so much better!

Now I'm going to read Pretties by Scott Westerfeld.


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