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message 26901: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I finished PRIVATE # 1 SUSPECT by James Patterson and liked it. Now am reading GUILTY WIVES by James Patterson and am loving it!


message 26902: by tiasreads (new)

tiasreads I just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It was fascinating, I couldn't put it down. I also read A Woman of No Importance this evening. Not my favorite Oscar Wilde play, but it was okay.


message 26903: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 4 comments I'm currently reading "The Hunger Games" and "Kill Alex Cross". I'm enjoying both.


message 26904: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments I'm still reading Site Unseen and I've started Inflatable Men. Both mysteries and both so far are good.


message 26905: by Tess (new)

Tess Mertens-Johnson | 1411 comments Sushi for one by Camy Tang


message 26906: by Mirvan. (new)

Mirvan. Ereon (mirvanereon) | 82 comments Tess wrote: "Sushi for one by Camy Tang"

sounds interesting... is it good so far?


message 26907: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Just finished The Drop The Drop (Harry Bosch, #15) by Michael Connelly . I do love Harry Bosch and this was one of the best. (32 to go!)


message 26908: by Reshma (new)

Reshma Staker | 1 comments I am reading the Millenium trilogy by Larsson. Good read so far about society and greed. Corruption at large. I am on book 3 of the series.


message 26909: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I decided its about time I started reading more classics so yesterday I started reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë by Emily Bronte.


message 26910: by Stephany (new)

Stephany (thebigmachine) | 1 comments Just finished the monstrous Lolita, am now moving onto Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Nice small-town charm so far!


message 26911: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments I've added Espresso Tales to my reading, library emailed me.


message 26912: by Lea Ann (new)

Lea Ann (buntingla) I'm reading Jefferson's Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. It's a young adult novel about Thomas Jefferson's slave children.


message 26913: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Another one down (31 to go in this batch!)-- Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal Perfection A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz . I LOVE the cover. I liked the book and imagine it must have been incredibly cathartic to write. The only thing I'm not sold on is the extent to which the author seems intent on hanging on to the things that happened to her, and measuring herself against them. I suspect it's largely due to how recently the events had happened to her when she wrote this but I hope for her sake she grows into the ability to shed some of their influence.


message 26914: by Paula (new)

Paula (paularo) | 48 comments I'm still trying to finish Banned for Life (sorry Lori) - I keep hoping to get the 'gotta' with it. I know now it ain't gonna happen but I'll still finish it. I've almost got Irina and Jason off to Europe - thank god! I enjoyed the music references but cannot care about the characters except for his 'muse,' Cassady. I agree with Cassady about Jason; just leave the dude alone!

I am also reading a much more enjoyable yet major piece of mind candy, Celebrity in Death What a relief! About half way through.


message 26915: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Another one down. (30 to go in this batch!) April 1865: The Month That Saved America April 1865 The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik . 4 stars.


message 26916: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments 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't read anything..."


If you haven't read

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey , it is really quite good.


message 26917: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer by Jeffrey Archer


message 26918: by Gitte (new)

Gitte (gittetofte) Gary wrote: "I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archerby Jeffrey Archer"

I liked that one!


message 26920: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments Gary wrote: "I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archerby 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!


message 26921: by Cam (new)

Cam | 21 comments Gone with the Wind. Catching Fire, and Thier Eyes were Watching God.


message 26922: by Julia (new)

Julia (goodreadscomjuliap) | 26 comments 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.


message 26923: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments Gitte wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archerby Jeffrey Archer"

I liked that one!"


I'm liking it so far


message 26924: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments 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.


message 26925: by Lis (new)

Lis (lazyseagull) 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.


message 26926: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments Gary wrote: "Gitte wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archerby 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.


message 26927: by Gitte (new)

Gitte (gittetofte) Karen M wrote: "Gary wrote: "Gitte wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm reading Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archerby 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.


message 26928: by Mirvan. (new)

Mirvan. Ereon (mirvanereon) | 82 comments I am currently reading The Night Circus and Father Solo and other Stories.


message 26929: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10621 comments Mod
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.


message 26930: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments 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.


message 26931: by Shary (new)

Shary (sharyfg) | 104 comments I'm reading Smokin' Seventeen. Love Janet Evanovich!


message 26932: by Usako (new)

Usako (bbmeltdown) | 326 comments 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.


message 26933: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10621 comments Mod
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.


message 26934: by LindaD (new)

LindaD (freedom333) | 253 comments 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!


message 26935: by Usako (new)

Usako (bbmeltdown) | 326 comments I need to remind myself to add post-it notes with questions to ask Sarah McCoy.


message 26936: by Allison (new)

Allison (sockweasel) | 432 comments 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! :)


message 26937: by Yuliya (new)

Yuliya (yuliyalovestoread) | 1685 comments 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


message 26938: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments 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".


message 26939: by Heather (new)

Heather Boustead (ReflectionsofaBookWorm) | 21 comments Just finished Branded Faith

Heather-
http://bookwormrflects8.blogspot.de/


message 26940: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I've just finished reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë tonight and now I'm about to start High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5) by Janet Evanovich .


message 26941: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments 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.


message 26942: by Yuliya (new)

Yuliya (yuliyalovestoread) | 1685 comments 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 )


message 26943: by cazdoll (new)

cazdoll | 48 comments I've just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett it was a fantastic read, now I'm reading I Heart Paris (I Heart #3) by Lindsey Kelk which is very good also :)


message 26944: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments 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 - Thunder and Rain A Novel by Charles Martin . Really good so far. If the man has written a so-so book, I haven't read it. Highly recommend him.


message 26945: by Karen M (last edited Apr 05, 2012 01:56PM) (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments 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.


message 26946: by Michael (last edited Apr 05, 2012 02:21PM) (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I am about to begin The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb , the plot intrigued me.


message 26947: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) 'Nother one down-- 29 to go in this batch! Finished Jolie Blon's Bounce Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12) by James Lee Burke 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.


message 26948: by Kimberley (new)

Kimberley (aviendha) | 10 comments 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.


message 26949: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments I'm reading Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins


message 26950: by Lis (new)

Lis (lazyseagull) Paula wrote: "I'm reading Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins"

Meh, good luck. I found it to be a disappointment compared to the other two books.


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