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Apr 02, 2012 08:25AM
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Gary wrote: "I'm reading
by Jeffrey Archer"The end is great! The second book in the series has been published. I need to check to see if the library has it!
I'm reading Fifty Sades of Gray. I saw the author on Good Morning America and everyone was talking about the book and the controversy surrounding it.
I just finished Ready Player One. I'm on a streak of great books. Hope it doesn't end.This morning I started The Bottoms.
Reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. It's a bit dry starting out, but I want to see how it ends, so I'm sticking to it.
Gary wrote: "Gitte wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm reading
by Jeffrey Archer"I liked that one!"
I'm liking it so far"
At one point I started to think I knew how this was going to end but I was surprised.
Karen M wrote: "Gary wrote: "Gitte wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm reading
by Jeffrey Archer"I liked that one!"
I'm liking it so far"
At one point I started to think I kn..."
Me too! I didn't really care for the ending, but I'm still curious to read the next one.
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Any naked parts in it?"
Kyle, That is an inappropriate question. Please do not ask questions like that of our members or the books they are reading.
Kyle, That is an inappropriate question. Please do not ask questions like that of our members or the books they are reading.
Having troubles with my electronic version of The Bottoms so I read The Cask of Amontillado and now I'm reading The Rats in the Walls.
Heard there is a bananza for Fifty Shades. It's amazing how it hit the bestseller's list since it started out as fanfiction. This may get other authors who do fanficition a greater possibility of publication with other works.I started reading The Baker's Daughter and am in love. I have had to double-check certain german words since I forgot what a few mean. But I am liking the direction thus far for a WW2 era book.
Usako wrote: " I started reading The Baker's Daughter and am in love. "
Hooray for that! Can't wait until Sarah McCoy joins us to discuss!
As for me, I am reading Two Dollar Radio's upcoming Radio Iris, which is really good so far,
and listening to Jim Greer's The Failure via Iambik Audio. The audio is recorded by a guy with a strong english accent and he speaks incredibly fast... so not sure how I feel about the book yet. It's hard to catch the storyline when my brain is racing to catch up with his words.
Hooray for that! Can't wait until Sarah McCoy joins us to discuss!
As for me, I am reading Two Dollar Radio's upcoming Radio Iris, which is really good so far,
and listening to Jim Greer's The Failure via Iambik Audio. The audio is recorded by a guy with a strong english accent and he speaks incredibly fast... so not sure how I feel about the book yet. It's hard to catch the storyline when my brain is racing to catch up with his words.
Still on my WW2 reading binge, learning and growing through history. This is also related to the realization that race is not the cause of war as everyone wants us to believe, they just profit from it when it's ___vs___. Fill in the blank: white/black, hispanic/white, hispanic/black, sunni/shia, light-skinned/dark-skinned, tutsi/hutu, russian/german, jewish/german, japanese/american, south/north, tupak(west)/biggie(east), etc. Always generalizing about groups to stir the pot. I have the faith most people are too smart to fall for it. Here's my list:A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
Exodus
American Gods
48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust
just finished Love in a Nutshell, a light read with a happy ending!
Linda wrote: "Allison wrote: "Yuliya wrote: "It's me, books or my flu???????? I've never had so many books in row then recently which I don't like and rate 1 or 2 stars!!!!!!!!!"Me tooooo. I feel like I haven..."
Linda- Thank you so much for the suggestion! I haven't heard of that one, I'll get my hands on a copy. I really appreciate the suggestion, I need something good to read! :)
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis I started this beautiful tail/myth and I like it no less than a Narnia
I have almost finished Site Unseen, am about 1/4 of the way through Shakedown which seems to be a fast read and just about to start Stuff to Die For. Hmmm all start with "S".
Just finished PRIVATE GAMES by James Patterson and loves it. Now am reading THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkenton for face to face book club. Also reading CAIN bu Jose Saramago and am really liking it so far.
Ann from S.C. wrote: "Just finished PRIVATE GAMES by James Patterson and loves it. Now am reading THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkenton for face to face book club. Also reading CAIN bu Jose Saramago and am really..."I like PRIVATE GAMES and all James Patterson books, which I read very often between other reading.
Right now I'm reading one of Scarpetta series - Trace by Patricia Cornwell which I like very much too (like to read about area of forensic )
Just finished Stay Close by Harlan Coben. It's his newest, but not his best. It was slightly more than an okay read. Am currently reading Charles Martin's new one -
. Really good so far. If the man has written a so-so book, I haven't read it. Highly recommend him.
I finished Site Unseen which was a really good mystery. So I go to my "to read" listing and decide I'm going to read Dune again. Can't find the darn book. So then I decide to read Tara Road which I found on the attic steps a couple of months ago. I read 50 pages and finally realized there was a reason why the story seemed very familiar. Guess I put it there a few years ago when I read it the first time. So, undaunted, I am actually reading The Moneychangers which was staring at me from the shelf where it has been waiting it's turn for years.
'Nother one down-- 29 to go in this batch! Finished Jolie Blon's Bounce
last night. James Lee Burke is one of my 4 or 5 favorite mystery authors and he does two things extraordinarily well-- first, he mixes description in with narrative so well that you don't realize a picture is being painted. You wind up with a story set in a place that arose fully formed in your mind as the story unfolded. The second thing is dialogue. His dialogue reveals his characters even as it communicates and pushes the story forward. And I'm sorry, I just love Clete Purcel. I realize he is intensely flawed and there is almost nothing about him that withstands scrutiny-- but, dude.
Just finished Sorrows of an American. Nothing blows up, there are no supernatural creatures or earth shattering mysteries. This is just a solid novel on many levels. I really enjoyed it.
Paula wrote: "I'm reading
"Meh, good luck. I found it to be a disappointment compared to the other two books.
Lizzy wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm reading
"Meh, good luck. I found it to be a disappointment compared to the other two books.
So far I'm not getting through it as quickly as the other two, but have to see how it ends.
Two more down. 27 left in this batch. I love when I get near the end of a set of 8 or 10, and I'm so close to being done with most of them that they fall like dominoes. Accomplishment, and off to a new bunch, all at the same time. The Reversal
-- didn't see the end of this one coming!The Winter Garden Mystery
-- the second in this series. Took me a bit to get absorbed in it but it paid off in the end. The first one was the same way for me.
I just finished I Still Dream About You, which was pretty funny. Next up is whatever jumps out at me from my last trip to the library.
I just finished The Hour I First Believed, it started off compelling but the author added too much detail that I felt drained. I love his writing style but it was not very consistent, hence the low rating it received.I am about to begin I'll Be Watching You. I read one of her other novels-Wrong Place, Wrong Time and was disappointed. On the other hand, I decided to give her another chance.
I subscribe to Granta so I'm dipping in and out of Granta 118: Exit Strategies. I'm also reading The Driver's Seat - both of those are in paperback. On my Kindle I'm reading a collection of short stories: Jumble Tales.I just finished Before I Go to Sleep and thought it was brilliant.
click on add book/author, put in name of book and click "add". For just the cover, click cover rather than "link".
Alex wrote: "hi, someone help ....how do I add the book covers and book info?????"If you look just above the box where you enter your text, you'll see a link that says "add book/author" (to the left of where it says "(some html is ok)".
Click on that and you'll get a pop-up box, search for the book or the author and choose to add the cover or a link. After you've found the book you want, click "add" and it'll automatically some text in brackets and then you submit your post, it shows up like this --->
Brenda wrote: "This week I am working on Room and The Warlock. I think I will enjoy both.I really liked "Room", hope you enjoy it.
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