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[Paula]

Olympia wrote: "I'm currently almost finished with the book This Day in the Life,Diaries from women accross America. Great book.Then I'm going to start book six and seven of Janet Evanvoich's Stephanie Plums bount...

I always enjoy these also Olympia. Have fun.

[tiasreads]

I am reading both Becoming Mae West and The State of Jones, but I may have to put them aside. The second installment of Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge series (Wings of Fire) came in the mail today and I cannot wait to pick it up. But that has to wait until my Dawgs beat Auburn!!!

[Allison]

Today I finished Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, and it was good. Now I'm starting The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (who wrote The Shadow of the Wind, one of my favorite books.) I'm hoping it will be good. :)

[Linda]

Claire wrote: "Linda wrote: "Started the latest Stephen King and the man does not disappoint."

Linda, is this the one about JFK's assassination?"

Yes. Hope it keeps the momentum. So far I feel like I have fallen down the rabbit hole into an age gone bye.

[Miriam]

I'm starting 'Then man in the white sharkskin suit: A jewish family's exodus from old Cairo to the New World' by Lucette Lagnado

[Gitte]

I just finished The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion which was really depressing. Now I'm reading Inconceivable by Ben Elton to cheer myself up.

[Kat]

Currently reading two books - Pure and Thicker Than Water

[Darla]

Currently reading The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness.... almost done and it is AMAZING!! Even better then The Knife of Never Letting Go! Can't wait to start Monsters of Men =)

[Mary]

Reading by Zoran Drvenkar. The plotline is pretty far-fetched but it's interesting.

[Krista]

I'm reading Sweep, Volume 1 for fun and The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation for book club.

In audio I just started A Great and Terrible Beauty.

I'm also hoping to start Nightmares and Dreamscapes for the Stephen King Goodreads club. We'll see, though. I think it may be a bit much for me to keep all these books straight. :o)

[Verona]

I just finished - When she woke by Hillary Jordan,I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about the book, same author of Mudbound but very different. I'm almost finished "little bee" too, I think I'm ready for something to make me laugh out loud now! I will have to go searching...........

[Susanna]

I finished Animal Farm; short but powerful, definitely recommend it. I'll probably delve further into Scandinavian mythology before picking up Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor .

[Judy]

Susanna wrote: "I finished Animal Farm; short but powerful, definitely recommend it. I'll probably delve further into Scandinavian mythology before picking up Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor."

"Survivor" sounds good, I'm adding it to my TBR list :) What are you reading of Scandinavian mythology?

[Renee]

I'm currently reading Here's the church Here's The Steeple by Tempa Pagel. This has been a good fast paced cozy mystery.

[Yuliya]

The Face byDean Koontz - when I want to relax, I always taking Koontz for reading. It's spooked and relaxed me at the same time

[Michael]

I am currently reading .

[Paula]

I'm reading "A Drink Before the War" Dennis LeHane.

[Susanna]

Judy wrote: ""Survivor" sounds good, I'm adding it to my TBR list :) What are you reading of Scandinavian mythology?"

Oh, I think Survivor is one of Palahniuk's best. I've been meaning to re-read his stuff for years and I'm finally getting around to it. Very excited :)

I'm reading a Finnish edition of The Poetic Edda. It's a collection of poems about the olden days in Iceland. The poems themselves are a thousand years old and these poems mainly tell of the myths of that age. The Finnish version has been split into two parts, the poems dealing with gods (which I read earlier this month) and the poems dealing with heroes. I've just picked up the latter one. The former one was about Odin and Thor and Loki and all them folks if that sheds any light on what I'm trying to talk about :)

[Rebecca]

I have recently read
Light My Fire 3 stars
The Body in the Library 3 Stars
Destined 4 Stars
At Grave's End 4 stars
Kitty and the Midnight Hour 2 Stars
and The Night Circus 4 Stars
and I am currently reading The Red Queen
and Silence of the Lambs

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hey guys,

Been awhile since I've posted in this thread (bad moderator, I know!). I am currently reading Bill Warrington's Last Chance: A Novel to prepare for our Author/Reader discussion in December

and I am also listening to the audiobook version of The Passage - just borrowed this today from the library.

[Yuliya]

start to listening Twelve Rooms with a View: A Novel.

[Wendy]

Ive just finished book 1 of 1Q84 and now reading book 2 really enjoying it and glad i purchased book 3 at the same time.

[Rayna]

Susanna- I've wanted to read The Edda for a while now. Do you know of any good English-language translations?

[Jane]

Just finished Doc by Mary Doria Russell. She's a great story teller. Never knew much about Doc Holliday.

[David]

I'm currently about 200 pages into 1Q84. So far, so good!

David Abrams
The Quivering Pen, a blog about books
www.davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com

[Tess]

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

[Kevin]

Paula wrote: "I'm reading "A Drink Before the War" Dennis LeHane."

I really have enjoyed all of Dennis LeHane's books. I believe I read that series one after the next. Enjoy!

[Paula]

Kevin wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm reading "A Drink Before the War" Dennis LeHane."

I really have enjoyed all of Dennis LeHane's books. I believe I ..

Thanks Kevin, I'm really enjoying it so far and already looking forward to the next one. : )

[Susanna]

Hi Rayna!

I'm not an expert on the subject so I can't really recommend anything so if you'll excuse my Wikipedia browsing... :)

I'm not sure if the Edda has been published as a single volume in any language. But I think the Finnish editor mentioned using Henry Adams Bellows' translation of the Poetic Edda (1923) when he worked on his own translation. As for the Prose Edda, I guess you would be pretty safe betting on Penguin Classics and checking out Jesse Byock's translation (2006).

If anyone has differing opinions, please voice them? As I said, I'm not an expert on the subject and I'm reading Finnish translations so I can't guarantee anything about the English ones.

[Michael]

, I just started it.

[Chantelle]

I just finished From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation and after that Those Who Save Us. I also just read Ten Days in a Mad-House.

Right now I'm reading Happy Ever After to finish out the series. It's nice and light.

[Gabriella]

Cat Striking Back by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

[Eden]

I'm reading House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday.

[Claire]

I just finished Duma Key and am starting Mudbound by Hillary Jordan.

[Rachel]

I love Duma Key.

[Rayna]

Thanks for the suggestions Susanna. I'll see what Penguin has to offer :)

[Rachel]

It's a Stephen King novel, a ghost story so, yes, it has horror elements but it also talks a lot about the healing power of art which to me made it even more powerful.

[Rachel]

I think it's one of his more "literary" books. The ghost story is pretty creepy, I think you'll enjoy it.

[Rachel]

I have read Blaze. I like what he tried to do with the story and making it like Of Mice and Men (one of my favorite stories) but something about it kind of falls flat for me. But I read it so long ago, I don't remember what didn't work for me. I do remember it added the phrase, "That's how I roll" to my lexicon though. :)

[Scott]

Kyle, I just read Duma Key earlier this year and I thought that it was excellent. It is more of a suspense novel than horror. I highly recommend it.

[Claire]

Kyle wrote: "It sounds like I would enjoy it. I love a creepy ghost story.

Have you read Blaze by Stephen King yet? I've heard good and bad things about it. I'm not sure if I should read it or not.

Thanks f..."

The art in Duma Key has elements of horror in it. It is used as a technique to bring out the evil and sinister. It is, as always is the case with his books, very well written and great character development. Its definitely not my favorite of his books but it was good. I agree with Scott, its more suspense than real horror.

[Karen M]

I'm just starting the classic Captain Blood.

[Jane]

I'm about half way through It's a Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. I don't think I've laughed so hard for a while. The man is totally insane!

[Yuliya]

Back again to Maugham, W. Somerset (I read him like 15 years ago). Now I'm reading and I liked it

[Lori, Super Mod]

Tess wrote: "Club Dead by Charlaine Harris"

Are you also watching True Blood on HBO? If so, what do you think of all the changes from book to show?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jane wrote: "I'm about half way through It's a Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. I don't think I've laughed so hard for a while. The man is totally insane!"

One of my favorite C Moore novels!! Loved this one!

[Lori, Super Mod]

I'm reading Touch and Go by Thad Nodine. This one is from Unbridled Books and I really like the way it is written. It's from the perspective of a blind man - who is on a road trip with his sponsors and their foster kids to deliver a hand made coffin to their dying father.

Trust me, it's one to be added to your lists!

[Claire]

Dear Fatty - Dawn French

[Kat]

World-Mart - for both my love of dystopia and Goodreads Authors!

[Michael]

I just finished , it was very disappointing. I thought it was going to great, like his previous novels.

I am about to begin