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I started The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan yesterday while I was out with my parents. I like it so far--it's very easy to read, and it has been very easy to get into.
I just finished As Time Goes By, a sequel/prequel to the movie Casablanca. It was actually pretty good. Now I think I'll start Caught.
Still reading Angela's Ashes and started today Lost at the Con, free download & lite, and 44 Scotland Street which orginally ran as a serialized novel in the newspaper.
I'm still reading The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which is awesome, and I started The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan because I've been craving some fantasy.
Just finished
. Gave it a 1. If I wasn't reading it for a book club, I would have given up. Just confirms my dislike for the author's work. A complete slog.
i have finished The ruins of us and really loved i am almost finished the Sisters brothers..really enjoyable read ..i will be startin The sealed letter by Emma Donoghue tonight. if anyone gets the chance to pick up a copy of Slammerkin by Donoghue, i promise you will not be disappointed
Mandy wrote: "i have finished The ruins of us and really loved i am almost finished the Sisters brothers..really enjoyable read ..i will be startin The sealed letter by Emma Donoghue tonight. if anyone gets the...I loved Slammerkin when I read it years ago now.
Just finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, halfway through The Lies of Locke Lamora, and starting The Book Thief for our local club.Books recently finished that I loved were The Ninth Circle for its wry humor and crazy characters (picture Academia meets the Marines, and other things otherworldly) and The Daemon Prism which adequately finished Carol Berg's latest trilogy.
I am hugely looking forward to C. J. Cherry's latest in the Foreigner series, just released.
Mandy wrote: "i have finished The ruins of us and really loved i am almost finished the Sisters brothers..really enjoyable read ..i will be startin The sealed letter by Emma Donoghue tonight. if anyone gets the..."Nice to hear about Slammerkin. I have it sitting on my TBR shelf patiently awaiting it's turn to be read.
....Damned by Chuck Palahniuk and it very interesting book about perspective living in hell after death. It's like antipode of "Lovely Bones", there is story from the mouth of the girl killed and living in heavens, but in Damned this is a story from the worlds of young girl also, but leaving in hell
Hey there, I haven't been here in a long while and I also haven't been reading much either. I recently picked up Not Lost Forever by Carmina Salcido.
I'm currently reading A Sword For Hire, an entertaining romp so far, and Revelation Space, which is anything but a light read. In fact, I think I read it years ago but it collapsed in my memory under its own sci-fi heaviness.
I went through a reading withdrawl, FINALLY I am back to reading(major book nerd here)I am about to begin
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I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King this afternoon and now I've started reading Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.
Pride and Prejudice. Ive read 200 pages (Ibooks version) and it still feels like Ive only read 2 aha. Has over 1,000 pages geez
Finished And Then There Were None
-- probably one of my favorite Christies so far, which surprised me. Finished The Brass Verdict
also - which since I unexpectedly find myself serving on a jury this week was kind of apropos. Ripping through The Affair: A Reacher Novel
, The Kitchen Witch
, and my pen-pal books for two of my groups: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
; and The Borgia Bride
-- each fascinating in its own way and all very different reads.
I finished Caught last night, or should I say, early this morning- I just couldn't put it down! I didn't see the finish coming, which is the sign of a good book to me. Now I'm reading Jane and the Man of the Cloth.
Currently reading the godfather by Mario Puzo & Habibi by Craig Thompson. Both seem really good so far :D
With no special intention reading and listening to two medical fictions - Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook and book:The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
I just finished THE TIGERS WIFE and liked it. Now I am reading THEN CAME YOU by Jennifer Weiner and I really like it so far.
Yuliya wrote: "With no special intention reading and listening to two medical fictions - Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook and Robin Cook[book:The Anatomist's Apprentice|12..I really enjoy Robin Cook but have a lot to catch up on.
Just finished "Bring in the Blessings" by Brenda Jenkins and starting "In the Garden of Temptation" by Cynthia Wicklund.
Paula wrote: "Yuliya wrote: "With no special intention reading and listening to two medical fictions - Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook and Robin Cook[book:The Anatomist'..."I read all his books about medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton and also some other books. For me it always interesting and fast reading.
Funny you should ask. I got a call late last night from a collection agency about a tab with the Los Angeles Public Library to the tune of $72.00. Relying on my expansive business acumen, six months ago I go on the list for 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami, an amazing writer. When I finally got it, I discovered the *&^%ing thing is over 900 pages long! I am pretty sure the retail price is less than $72.00.It's heavy. I suggest a digital copy. Don't worry about a spoiler. I only got up to page 600.1Q84
I finished The People Next Door, I enjoyed it, it was a easy read I'm just about to start 3 books now they are as follows:1.
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I just finished
, by far the best thriller I read in years! It was exceptional, full of twists and turns, check this one out!I am about to begin
I'm about to finish Reunion by Karen Kingsbury and will be starting something new from my shelf this weekend. I always love to pick out a new book from my shelf.
I love reading old plays for a number of reasons. One reason is that they usually publish the original cast, often with a photograph or two, and I often discover actors whom I know as big stars either in early roles when they were virtually unknown (in one play I'm reading now, Edward G. Robinson is billed near the end as "an unidentified man") or, later in their careers, they've returned to the stage for fun, for a break, because they loved the live theatre, to do a play they believed in or to have an opportunity to work with a director, cast, or playwright they liked. The second play I'm reading, A Gift of Time: A Play in Two Acts, is written by Garson Kanin, who co-wrote the script for the Tracy/Hepburn movie "Adam's Rib" with his wife, the actress Ruth Gordon. When I open the cover, there looking up at me from a photograph are Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland! (Believe it or not, O de H is still alive, in her 90s...)
I just finished THEN CAME YOU by Jennifer Weiner and loved it! Now am reading SMOKIN' SEVENTEEN by Janet Evanivich.
Right now, I'm reading Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill and The Gunslinger by Stephen King, both of which are awesome.
just finished A Game of Thrones and started A Clash of Kings so glad I decided to give this series a go. It is so addictive. Also re-reading Wuthering Heights on my Kindle.
Gitte wrote: "I'm reading Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - very good so far!"I read this, Love Letters and Two Other Plays: The Golden Age, What I Did Last Summer and Evelina around the same time and developed a love for epistolary novels because of them. One reason I'm loving The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society so much. Do you like epistolary novels in general?
I've got three books going right now. The Ghostway, 44 Scotland Street and Yellow Medicine. I can read three at once but they have to be quite different. The Ghostway is a mystery without alot of violence but Yellow Medicine is quite violent.
Michael wrote: "I just finished
, by far the best thriller I read in years! It was exceptional, full of twists and turns, check this one out!I am about to begin [bookcover..."
Glad you liked [book:Before I Go to Sleep|9736930]! I just read it too, and really enjoyed it. I just ate it up.
Maya wrote: "I finished The People Next Door, I enjoyed it, it was a easy read I'm just about to start 3 books now they are as follows:1.

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i just finished one day and loved it!!!!!
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