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message 26551: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Finished reading Atlas Shrugged, Red Mist and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. First two I loved but the last book was a dissapointment.
Starting North and South.


message 26552: by Flora (last edited Feb 08, 2012 02:25PM) (new)

Flora Smith (bookwormflo) I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and just starting Blood Bond (Blood Tale, #1) by Jennifer Cloud


message 26553: by Ashleigh (new)

Ashleigh (plathheart84) Flora wrote: "I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and just start..."


what did you think of 1Q84? Im a fan of Murakami so do you think I need to get hold of a copy asap?


message 26554: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Die Trying Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) by Lee Child finished yesterday. Bad Luck And Trouble Bad Luck And Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11) by Lee Child started today. Audio books. Amazing how many books you can add to your yearly reading by listening to one while you get dressed & put on your makeup for work.


message 26555: by Joe (new)

Joe (dogboi) | 68 comments I just finished reading A Greater Monster by David David Katzman and now I'm reading Nothing A Memoir of Insomnia by Blake Butler .


message 26556: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10644 comments Mod
Joe, what did you think of A Greater Monster?? I have this one sitting in my review pile.


message 26557: by Michael (last edited Feb 08, 2012 05:27PM) (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished The Summer I Turned Pretty, it was okay

I sam about to begin Still Missing by Chevy Stevens


message 26558: by Meghan (new)

Meghan (meggy665) | 11 comments Jennifer wrote: "Die Trying Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) by Lee Child finished yesterday. Bad Luck And Trouble Bad Luck And Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11) by Lee Child started today. Audio books. Amazing how many ..."

I absolutely agree! I so look forward to the mornings now and the drive to work as I am currently listening to

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini


message 26559: by Wendy (new)

Wendy Barlow | 101 comments Ashleigh wrote: "Flora wrote: "I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury an..."


I thought 1Q84 was fantastic Ive read books 1 and 2 and have book 3 waiting. Really want to find out what happens but don't want it to be over. Well worth reading.


message 26560: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments I'm Reding The Fear Index by Robert Harris by Robert Harris.


message 26561: by Flora (new)

Flora Smith (bookwormflo) Wendy wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Flora wrote: "I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami but it was really long. There were times I thought I would never finish.



message 26562: by Flora (new)

Flora Smith (bookwormflo) Kyle wrote: "I just started reading The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch, a book that is told in reverse!"

That sounds really interesting, is it really good so far?


message 26563: by Wendy (new)

Wendy (wennie_s) | 15 comments Just started reading The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison.


message 26564: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I've just began reading The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell this evening.


message 26565: by Ashleigh (new)

Ashleigh (plathheart84) Flora wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Flora wrote: "I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru [bo..."


Im excited to get copies of these now! :D


message 26566: by Ashleigh (new)

Ashleigh (plathheart84) Wendy wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Flora wrote: "I've recently finished Eirelan by Liam O'Shiel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez

I'm currenlty about 2/3 thru [bookcover:Fahren..."


I shall buy them once I have gotten through some of my to read pile ;) haha. Im glad they are good though. I was scared when I saw the size of them but as long as they are worth reading I am happy.


message 26567: by Patricia (new)

Patricia | 185 comments I finished Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell which I really enjoyed. Now I'm reading The Girls by Lori Lansens.


message 26568: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Joyce | 3 comments Hi, My name is Mandy and i have just recently joined this club, I love to read and will read just about anything barr sci and vampires. I have just finished the collection by Martha Long.It is her own story about being brought up in Ireland, when nuns and priests had full control, the first book in this collection is "Ma, he sold me for a few cigerettes, i loved these books and look forward to the final of her collection




Lori wrote: "I am curious to know what everyone is

currently reading.

I just finished High Fidelity by Nick Hornby this morning and jumped right into The Town That Forgot To Breathe.

Strange book to pick ..."



message 26569: by Wendy (new)

Wendy Barlow | 101 comments still reading A Game of Thrones and just starting Popcorn aswell as reading Ripper's Rowon my Kindle.


message 26570: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments Close to finishing Commune of Women which to my surprise is not a thriller although a terrorist attack triggers the story and at long last I have started the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.


message 26571: by Donna (new)

Donna (dfiggz) | 1626 comments Just started Maybe This Time


message 26572: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) This weekend I am going to start to read Salting Roses.


message 26573: by Lori (new)

Lori Goldstein I hope to start Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes


message 26574: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished Still Missing by Chevy Stevens , this was simply terrifying and amazing. For those who loves thrillers, check out this one!


message 26575: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10644 comments Mod
So, I finished the audiobook of THE TERRIBLE PRIVACY OF MAXWELL SIM and it was really good. If you want to see my review: http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.c...)

Now, I am starting Ryan Bradley's upcoming release Code for Failure. Been looking forward to getting on with this one for a while now :)


message 26576: by Lori (new)

Lori Goldstein Lori, Just read your review and I'm excited to read this. Will get it from the public library on my next visit.

Love this site for so many new book ideas.


message 26577: by Michael (last edited Feb 11, 2012 12:13PM) (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal, it was TERRIBLE, did't get through it!

I am about to begin The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper


message 26578: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10644 comments Mod
Thanks Lori. I hope you like. Would be interested to hear what you think about the ending, once you get there!


message 26579: by Lori (new)

Lori Goldstein I will let you know Lori but right now have too many books on hold at the library.

So funny writing to you because I feel as if I'm writing to myself. LOL


message 26580: by Albert (new)

Albert | 17 comments Cinder by Marrisa Meyer. Pretty good so far!Beginning to think some of the most imaginative writing today is in young fantasy.Cinder


message 26581: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I finished Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell and liked it better than some of her last few. Now am reading 77 SHADOW STREET by Dean Koontz. Very creepy.


message 26582: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Ann from S.C. wrote: "I finished Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell and liked it better than some of her last few. Now am reading 77 SHADOW STREET by Dean Koontz. Very creepy."

I finished Red mist a bit earlier int he week and felt soooo good having read it!


message 26583: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Just finsihed North and South by Gaskell and enjoyed it.


message 26584: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments I've just started Assassin's Creed: Renaissance


message 26585: by tiasreads (new)

tiasreads I was reading Fragile, but couldn't finish. The MC was whiney and self-absorbed. So, I'm moving on to Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.


message 26586: by Al (new)

Al Mascareñas (goodreadsalsmemoir) | 9 comments I had to put this someplace. I am in tears after reading a review posted today. I can't say anymore. I wonder if I'm ready for this. http://amzn.to/yZaP8V


message 26587: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments I'm a couple of hundred pages into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, finally forced myself to read the final book. Hate seeing the series end. I'm also reading a strange little book called The Gorge, murders, cults, rattlesnakes, evil spirits, can't wait see what the heck the author comes up with next! LOL


message 26588: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments I'm reading The Torture Doctor by David Franke . It's been pretty good so far, the story of H. H. Holmes.


message 26589: by Lori (new)

Lori Goldstein Suzanne C wrote: "I was reading Fragile, but couldn't finish. The MC was whiny and self-absorbed. So, I'm moving on to Snow Flower and the Secret Fan."


This is a GREAT book and you might want to watch the DVD when finished. Let me know what you think when finished.

Eventually if this Asian themed book was enjoyable for you I'd read Mao's Last Dancer. This is based on a true story and didn't realize it was a book until I saw the DVD. Funny thing is I found out about this movie as a coming attraction on another DVD so you never know where book suggestions might pop up from.


message 26590: by Rhonda (new)

Rhonda | 3 comments The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
This debut novel is splendid storytelling. I'm loving it. There's a giveaway offer up at new york journal of books. Worth a shot, great writing:
http://nyjournalofbooks.com/giveaways...


message 26591: by Yuliya (new)

Yuliya (yuliyalovestoread) | 1685 comments Lori wrote: "Suzanne C wrote: "I was reading Fragile, but couldn't finish. The MC was whiny and self-absorbed. So, I'm moving on to Snow Flower and the Secret Fan."


This is a GREA..."


I just finished “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan week or so ago, and I liked this book very much....

Now I'm reading


Mice by Gordon Reeceit's very scary and impressive sad, it's about girls school bulling and when you have a child in school it's really touch you felling and scared the hell of you to don't happened something like that to anybody and especially you child


message 26592: by Lis (new)

Lis (lazyseagull) Finished The Wise Man's Fear-- IMHO, I found it better than The Name of the Wind, for some strange reason. Maybe I wasn't as impressed by the first, or something. Either way, I still love both of them.

I'm starting Atonement, an entirely different genre.


message 26593: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Ann from S.C. wrote: "I finished Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell and liked it better than some of her last few. Now am reading 77 SHADOW STREET by Dean Koontz. Very creepy."

Let us know what you think, Ann. I'm reading 77 Shadow Street as well. I think this may be my first Dean Koontz book that I've read, so I have nothing to compare it with (from his previous novels). Can anyone recommend any other good books by Koontz?


message 26594: by Alex (new)

Alex Kudera | 49 comments The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon and Death on the Installment Plan by Celine (sort of marooned in the latter and the former is for school). I began Funny Man by John Warner, too. Do I pass?


message 26595: by Allison (new)

Allison (sockweasel) | 432 comments I'm reading One Day by David Nicholls. I'm about half way through and it's really holding my interest so far.


message 26596: by Denise (new)

Denise (sportygirl83) | 2 comments I am currently reading Peony in Love by Lisa See and I plan on reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell next. I just finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and I wasn't as impressed with it as I thought I would be. I think because it has been praised all over the world I was expecting something more.


message 26597: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments Finished A Dirty Job yesterday and then started Bad Moon Rising. This is the final installment of the Pine Deep Trilogy.


message 26598: by Peter (new)

Peter | 3 comments I'm reading Jane Addams' Twenty Years at Hull-House, her memoir of the first two decades of her pioneering settlement house/social service institution in Chicago. The prose is a bit dense at times (not uncommon for 1910) but the story is quite interesting. This will probably take me through this month, and right up to my annual Irish March, where I will probably read nothing but William Trevor - one of my favorite writers.


message 26599: by Betsy (last edited Feb 14, 2012 12:38PM) (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Finished The Girl Who would speak for the Dead,which I found very interesting. It basically fictionalizes the growth of Spiritualism in the US. I was surprized to see its' only rated 3 and a tiny fraction more of Stars. I also finished Incredibly Loud and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (bet I switched my adjectives) which I also thought was fantastic. I thought Foer's voice fit the character of Oskar well.


message 26600: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper , exceptionally written, love the characters and how consistent the story was. Highly recommended!

I am about to begin The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf


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