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What are you reading?
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.
I just finished
, it was a disappointed. This may be my last book by this author.I am about to begin
, Picoult is one of my favorite authors.
One more done, 26 to go. Finished As The Pig Turns
and was busily congratulating myself that I'm all caught up on this author when I found out she has published not one, but two more Hamish MacBeth since last I checked. Sigh. This one wasn't bad. She's been phoning them in somewhat the last couple years but still highly readable.
I just had 2 books in a row that I couldn't finish, which never happens.
and
.But I just learned that Christopher Moore has a new book coming out and I can't wait!
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado- very rich and colorfull, I feel like I'm really in Brasil.... I like this writer already from Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
When you want to add the cover...click add book/author above this box and it lets you search for the book you want to add. You can add cover...or link, but they both take someone who clicks on it to the book.
I've Got Your Number and The Spaces BetweenTwo very different books! :)
Heather-
http://bookwormrflects8.blogspot.de/
Just finished Radio Iris, which releases from Two Dollar Radio next month. Not a bad little debut...
And I've started in on the upcoming Matthew Battles short story collection The Sovereignties of Invention, which I am currently giving away copies of on TNBBC's blog - it was chosen as our May Author/Reader Discussion novel!!
http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.c...
And I've started in on the upcoming Matthew Battles short story collection The Sovereignties of Invention, which I am currently giving away copies of on TNBBC's blog - it was chosen as our May Author/Reader Discussion novel!!
http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.c...
Currently in the middle of Friday Mornings at Nine
and Last Car To Elysian Fields
from my enormous current reads batch, and about to start on Death by Diamonds
, Crocodile on the Sandbank
and Deeply, Desperately
. Once those five are finished, I'll have 21 left in this batch. Making headway!
Right now I'm reading
,
and
(because I had to see what all of the fuss was about.) Of these, The Language of Flowers is the best one so far.
Lizzy wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm reading
"Meh, good luck. I found it to be a disappointment compared to the other two books."
In general I liked it because I loved the whole series, but Mockingjay was my least favorite of the three. It took me a lot longer to get through it, partially because it was just so different than the first two and also because I didn't really want it all to be over, if that makes sense.
Finally I got a hold of on books from my written to-read list (I also have mental to-read list and anything to-read list which is included any books from some writers I read a lot of anything that they produced)]. So, this book from my written list is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and I love it so far (I'm about 1/4 part right now). Many book resently I liked from beginning (like His Other Wife: A Novel by Deborah Bedford ) but it was getting worse and worse during progressing to the end and by finishing I already didn't like this book/sBut I already have experience with other Atwood's book "The cat's eye" and I liked this book, so I hope I will not have my opinion from positive to negative also about book I'm reading now
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..."
Oh... so glad to hear you like CAIN. I gotta get my hands on that one. Saramago is one of my favorite authors!
Oh... so glad to hear you like CAIN. I gotta get my hands on that one. Saramago is one of my favorite authors!
I just finished
, it was outstanding with an amazing twist at the end!I am about to begin
, love this author writing style!
April wrote: "Lizzy wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm reading
"Meh, good luck. I found it to be a disappointment compared to the other two books."
In general I liked it because I loved t...
It was my least favorite of the 3 also, but was still good.
Finished reading The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly before work this morning (great suspense!). Am about to start Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Just finished reading
77 Shadow Street. A lackluster effort by Koontz, this novel is disappointing on many levels, in my opinion."I read 77 Shadow Street also and liked it pretty well but haven't read any of Koontz's other works, so nothing to compare it with. I have heard that others didn't think it was that great either, compared to his earlier books.
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Believe me, Claire, 77 Shadow Street is not the best Dean Koontz has to offer. I found it over-long, depressing, outlandish and populated with characters I cared nothing about.His earlier books..."
I used to like Koontz's work unconditionally.... But I'm agree, I also was disappointed in some his latest works
Another one down. 25 to go. Finished Last Car To Elysian Fields
. James Lee Burke never disappoints.
After discussing the American Literature Renaissance in my U.S. History class today, I'm feeling the urge to tackle some James Fenimore Cooper (The Leatherstocking Series) and revisit some transcendental poetry from Thoreau and Emerson.Getting in touch with my American roots is always a gratifying feeling. :)
I have just finished One Day by David Nichols really enjoyed it, still currently reading Dark Matter By Michelle Paver and Personally, I blame my fairy godmother By Claudia Carroll
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Believe me, Claire, 77 Shadow Street is not the best Dean Koontz has to offer. I found it over-long, depressing, outlandish and populated with characters I cared nothing about.His earlier books..."
I've heard that Odd Thomas was one of his better ones. I'll have to put that on my list. Kyle, can you recommend any of his others that you thought were good?
I'm reading The Moneychangers which is a paperbook so it's slow going. On Kindle I'm reading The Lord Is My Shepherd which a cozyish mystery and I just started to reread The Enchanted April.
listening to:
by Elmore Leonardreading:
and getting ready to start:
Heliopolis for my atwi 80 books challenge.
Paula wrote: "I'm reading
. Very interesting so far."I just finished that book, Paula. It was utterly fascinating.
I sent The Secret History of the Pink Carnation back to the library without finishing it. I got a third of the way through and just did not care what happened. Now I'm reading Beneath a Silent Moon, which so far is not as good as the first in the series. Maybe I need to stop reading until I get over this sinus infection and strep throat, nothing seems to be making me happy, LOL!
I am currently reading The Night Circus, which is proving to be a really interesting novel. I normally wouldn't have read it, but it was so highly recommended that I finally gave it a chance. Really glad thus far that I have. I am about 200+ pages into it.
I just finished "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," which my book club discussed last night. Interesting. I also finished "The Dyslexic Advantage" and "Proust and the Squid" this week. Up next is "The Hunger Games," which wasn't even on my to-read list but should be quick and good for discussion.
I'm also listening to "Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony" with my son, and I'll begin listening to "Devil in the White City" this afternoon on my commute home from work.
I just finished Strangers: A Novel, it was outstanding, perfect description of loneliness.I am about to begin
, I love this author's wit in her other novels.
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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.