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No you can't. Instead you furnish them a cozy bookshelf where they can stay with you forever.

[Theresa]

I am currently reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I'm enjoying it and am wondering if anyone else on here has read it and would you suggest I pick up the sequel?

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Embrock, you throw books out after you have read them? (clutches heart and gasps for breath). I need to sit down.........

[Chloe]

Theresa, Ender's Game is fantastic! I would recommend both off-shoots of it as continued reading. Speaker For The Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind follows Ender's life after the first book and is some of the best scifi ever written. Ender's Shadow is a parallel novel to Ender's Game that follows Bean and is spectacular. There are a good five(ish) books that follow after that, but I'm not as enamored of them as I am the Speaker for the Dead series.

[Theresa]

Thanks, Logan. I'll have to mark them as to-buy. :)

[Chloe]

I finished The Third Policeman this afternoon. I absolutely loved it. A perfect mix of surreal metaphysics and satire. I laughed as often as I was confused (often) and really enjoyed O'Brien's writing style. I don't think I can recommend this book highly enough.

I'm in the mood for something zombieish so I'll be reading David Wellington's Monster Island next.

[Macy]

Yes, Theresa - Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead are two of my favorite books. I'll guess that when you finish the first that the rest will miraculously move up on your to-buy list!

[Allison]

I just finished This Charming Man by Marian Keyes. (It was great!!!) :)

Now I'm starting Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks.

[Tisha]

I just finished reading the Book of Lost things, so my August reads are complete! :) I am heading to the library now to pick up my King Henry book I mentioned in another post.

In addition, I just received an email from my library that "Blindness" is in. I forgot I requested it. I know it is Lori's favorite and I've heard about it from so many people that I'm intrigued. I think I will start Blindness first since the Henry book is almost 1000 pages.

[Jen]

Yay! Another Blindness reader. There is a thread specifically for Blindness. Make sure to pop in there and let us know what you think as you're reading.

BTW, the new "movie" cover is now on Blindness at the bookstores. I hate it when they do that. I refuse to buy a book with an actor on it. It just seems to cheapen it.

[Sheryl]

I just started We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates and am really enjoying it so far.

[[deleted user]]

Hi all! Back from my lunch hour. Because of earlier threads, I went to look for King's expanded THE STAND at our local used bookstore. Alas, they only had the original version...lol. I did pick up three books. Two are by Thomas Tyron, who is an almost forgotten suspense author from the 70s. The books are THE OTHER and HARVEST HOME. They'll make for good Halloween season reads. The other is THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by Irving. I've heard so many good things about him from you guys, I decided to give him a try. Don't you love used book stores? With my credit, I got all 3 books for $1.39. Beautiful.

[Charity]

Yay!! Garp is awesome. Love the prices...you are the best bargain shopper ever!

[[deleted user]]

lol...well I sure love their prices...lol. Their policy is kinda strange. I took back a bunch of old books. They came up with a total. Now when I buy books there, I still have to pay something: for paperbacks it's 15% of the cover price. But I'm still saving. Does that make sense? And they deduct the total from my credit.

[[deleted user]]

Yes, I'm looking forward to Garp, based on the recommendations of many people in our group.

[Sera]

Ken, No Country for Old Men IMHO is better than The Road. It's also a quick read so you may want to check it out.

I can't wait to read Blindness! I have one fiction book ahead of it, and then I will be immersing myself in that one.

I just finished Age of Innocence. Edith Wharton is awesome. I continue to work my way through the Romanov book, and it is fascinating to me. So far, the one fiction, one non-fiction approach is working for me. And, in between, I'm reading my pregnancy books - so life is good!

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Ken, I don't know your preponderance for violence, but McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN gushes over with it. That said, some of McCarthy's writing is drop-dead gorgeous. I'm about halfway through it and I will see it to its conclusion. Might be a McCarthy novel to consider for the future.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Jen, I agree about books with actors on the front. I deliberately don't buy them because of that. I think part of it is the snob factor cos I don't want people thinking I have only picked up a book cos it was a movie.

[Tisha]

Jen,

I will definitely check out the thread. I too, hate the "movie" covers of books.

[Lorena]

Sera - have you seen the movie adapted from NCFOM? I want to give McCarthy another try (sorry you all fans but I just didnt like the road) if the book has a different ending than the movie I might pick it up.

[JT]

Just finished The Book of Lost Things. It grabbed me in the beginning, lost me for a bit, but then grabbed me again through to the end. The set pieces are definitely disturbing but vividly and evocatively portrayed. I can completely see this as a film and I wonder if the rights have been sold??

Still in Anna Karenina. My goal is to have it finished by the end of the month. I'll probably start Secret Life of Bees today as well.

And now, I've got to figure out what besides Tale of Two Cities to pick up this weekend at the bookstore. I had planned on Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, but now after reading some of the comments here, I'm more inclined to go with The Road and/or Blindness...

Not to mention the huge stack of unread books already sitting at home!! AHHH!!!

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

JT, go for Blindness and The Road! And enjoy your weekend splurge. I had mine today and I looked for Anne of Green Gables but there wasn't any :o(

Emilee, I just saw your comment saying if you could wake up in any city in the world you would choose Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Why there of all places? I live just down the road from there so really curious. Is it anything to do with the Bronte's? That's the only reason I can think of.

[embrock]

Well, I do have some friends who are happy to give them a new home. I just have so many books.

[Ann from S.C.]

I'm like you, Embrock... I give my books away. Either to friends or to thrift stores. My sister says she wants to one day own a little used book store, but I do not have any room! But I will save them for her if she begs sweetly...

I am starting BLINDNESS in the am. I can't wait.

[Sera]

Lorena, I only saw parts of the movie, because I was sleeping through most of it. Not because it was boring, but because that's when my pregnancy fatigue started - I've been sleeping alot for the last 2 1/2 months :)

The movie follows the book pretty closely, but it's the Sheriff's narrative in the book that I found to be so insightful and interesting, that I don't think the movie captured. The book is violent, but very different from The Road. I read the two back to back, and although I really enjoyed The Road, NCFOM blew me away.

[Mandy]

Boof - I'm the one in the middle behind the gal in the green and white stripes.

[Mandy]

Shannon - I could not talk at the end of that book!

[Mandy]

Okay well I just finished The Tao of Pooh and I must admit for a small book it frustrated me to get through it. It was horrible although the pooh tales were fun.

Anyways....what should I read?

1. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. Swapping Lives by Jane Green
3. The Gatecrasher by Madeline Wickham (Sophie Kinsella)
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

[Liz]

Currently "reading" The Shunning by Beverly Lewis - enjoy books on the Amish and wanted to try just one of this series.

Was listening to "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer - wanted to see what all the fuss was about. But had to bring it back to the library since it's so popular. Will try to get it back to finish - just because ...

[Stacie]

My vote is for Kite Runner! However, I haven't read any of the other books, so my opinion might be a tad uninformed. But, it is a good uninformed opinion! :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Oh my. I miss so much when I am at work. I wanted to reply to so many people and have forgotten just about everything I was going to say.
Damn.

Well, for what i remember ::::
Ken, Nothing can top The Road, McCarthy hit a homerun with that book and everything else he writes, I feel, will pale in comparision. That being said, I just read Child Of God by him, and after I got over the shock of it not being The Road, and got used to reading it as a stand along novel, it turned out to be quite good. Not even CLOSE to The Road, but not too shabby either.

Logan, Yeha for loving Third Policeman. Dont you wish you had found out about the ending on your own without having it spoiled for you? I think it would have had a greater impact on me had i NOT known in advance. Trippy book!!

Mandy, you are quickly becoming a Blindness Pusher! I love it! You were the one who cut and pasted me on that... right? hee hee... Gotta love it.

I cant tell you guys how happy I am to see so many of my favorite novels being picked up and read around... It warms my bookloving heart. Now if I could only get more people picking up Daivd Maine and Jules Verne...
:)

[Mandy]

It won't be long, Lori, we'll be picking up Maine and Verne in no time and yep, I cut and posted you, you are the Queen of Blindness!

[Mandy]

Mandy - I've read My Sister's Keeper, Swapping Lives (which is Life Swap in Oz) and The Kite Runner.

The Kite Runner is one of my favourite books, it's an emotional read for some.

My Sister's Keeper was my first Jodi book I read and I loved it, also emotional but in a different kind of way.

Swapping Lives is one of my fav Jane Green books, light and easy read and reminds me of the movie The Holiday a tad.

Depends what you're up for really, what kind of reading mood you're in.

[Mandy]

Alright Mandy... now you have me thinking order. LOL

May have to do fun read now Swapping Lives, then deep, The Kite Runner, then fun The Gatekeeper, then deep My sisters keeper.

Phewww. That was difficult yet easy. LOL

[Leila]

I started on Atonement. The first chapter was dreadfully boring and made me rather uneasy about this very much praised book but then things got much more interesting. The register was very different though from what I was expecting :|

[Kristina]

I am currently reading "The Problem of the Wire Cage" by John Dickson Carr, which is a book that my dad recommended to me and I am really enjoying it so far.

My boyfriend is trying to get me into reading more Fantasy novels, so yesterday I also started reading "Assassin's Apprentice" by Robin Hobb.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Leila, I found exactly the same thing with Atonement. I actually abandoned it at first and went back to it later. I ended up loving it.

[Kellie]

Sheryl
I saw that Mulvaney book in the goodwill yesterday and almost picked it up.
Let me know what you think of it.

[Kellie]

I just finished Fearless Fourteen and liked it. My favorite parts of these books is the banter that goes on between the characters. Lula and Grandma are the funniest characters. There are so many funny lines and phrases, I giggle thru the whole thing.
The plots are getting a bit old and I didn't care for the ending of this one, but it still is one of my favorite series.

Going to start K is for Killer by Grafton today.

[Hayley]

I'm currently reading Candlenight by Phil Rickman and it is a rather creepy book but so far so good. I plan a nice light read for my bext book - I've read quite a few heavy book recently.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

I started Before I die by Jenny Downham last night and I am already 250 pages in and loving it. It's about a 16 year old girl who only has a few months left to live (she has cancer) and she is doing all the things she wants to before she dies. It's incredibly moving but at the same time so vibrant because she notices everything around her that you and I forget to look at (thunder storms, leaves on trees etc). Very moving book.

[Hayley]

wow that sounds interesting Boof, I think I'll be adding this to my TBR list:D

[JT]

Leila, Atonement is one of my absolute favorite novels. Let me know what you think when you finish!

[JT]

I started Secret Life of Bees yesterday and it captured me from sentence one. I'm really enjoying it. So far, it's the perfect read for these lazy, hazy last days of summer. Has anyone read this? I must admit it's been on the outskirts of my TBR radar ever since it came out. I think the film coming in October has really sparked me to read it.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

I just finnished Before I Die and loved it. Beautiful book.

JT, I amost started Secret Life of Bees a few weeks ago and actually got it out to read but got sidetracked with something else. Let me know what you think and it may get bumped back up the (ever changing) list.

I was sent The Story of Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer this morning for free as I am part of the Amazon Vine programme. I may read this next (but that is subject to change when I have a little wade through my shelves this afternoon).

[Cynthia]

I just heard about the vine program the other day...how do you get invited to join that? I'm still reading the Red Leather Diary...just haven't had the time to read the last couple of days.

[Angela]

I enjoyed We Were the Mulvaneys also. If you like Joyce Carol Oates, I would also read one of her newer novels, Missing Mom.

[Lorena]

JT, Boof -Secret Life of Bees is great, I really liked it, it had every component of a great story. I had a very minor dissapointment with the plot at one point in the book, but I guess the author was going for realism more than anything else. I hated Lili's father so much, I started thinking about him as if he were real!

[Liz]

Mandy, I'd suggest "The Kite Runner" - you won't be sorry!

[Jenna]

Oh my...I was away in Bermuda for the week and came back to 300+ posts on this thread alone. Sheesh...It's gonna take awhile to catch up again.

Anyway...while on vacation, I finished both Book of Lost Things and The Book Thief. BOLT was good, but I didn't love it. It is not something I would normally read, but I did like it. I loved the Book Thief. i thought it was wonderfully written and I couldn't put it down.

I am now reading Journey to the Center of the Earth and am really liking it. Thanks to Lori for the Verne recommendation!