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message 27601: by Betsy (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want to quit.


message 27602: by Sadie (last edited Aug 12, 2012 07:04AM) (new)

Sadie Forsythe I've just finished Shadows of the Past. I'm about to start Shadow Boxer and Murder Takes Time. I didn't purposely choose two shadows in a row either.


message 27603: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Have finished Gone Tomorrow Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13) by Lee Child (and am now out of Reacher until a new one comes out, dammit); Very Valentine Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (at least there are two more to go in this trilogy so I'm not entirely bereft); Skirting the Grave Skirting the Grave (A Vintage Magic Mystery, #4) by Annette Blair (love this series but found this one harder to follow than the others for some reason. One to go here before I'm stuck waiting...); The Sins of the Fathers The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1) by Lawrence Block (I'm rereading this series-- not by accident-- but it turns out I'm reading them in order, which is ENTIRELY by accident!) all within the last week or so. So now I'm in the middle of Time to Murder and Create Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder, #2) by Lawrence Block and Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow (Marie Antoinette, #2) by Juliet Grey . Been awhile since I picked up a European historical royalty read.


message 27604: by Flora (new)

Flora Smith (bookwormflo) Just starting The Iron Maiden (Dragonslayer, #2) by Resa Nelson


message 27605: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want to quit.

That's the way I felt Betsy, I loved it.



message 27606: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want to quit."

I so couldn't put this down that I read it all day on my phone in lines at Disney-- and the phone died about 20 pages from the end!!!!!!!


message 27607: by Jan (new)

Jan Hill (janhill) | 4 comments Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want to quit."

I loved this book!


message 27608: by Betsy (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Jennifer wrote: "Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want t..."

OH, no! What did you do? That would drive me nuts.


message 27609: by Betsy (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Jan wrote: "Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want t..."

:D!


message 27610: by Gitte (new)

Gitte (gittetofte) I'm reading Dead in the Family - very cozy.


message 27611: by Ly (new)

Ly | 3 comments Have just finished I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor, not quite up to expectations ... just started The Fault in Our Stars EXPECTING EXPECTING!!!


message 27612: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments I finished The Lies of Locke Lamora. I enjoyed the book but for some reason it just took me forever to finish it.

Now I'm reading Seed. Enjoying it so far.


message 27613: by Karen M (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments Reading The Lost Scrolls by Michael J. Scott and Iron Branch A Civil War Tale of a Woman In-Between  by Kelby Ouchley , both holding my attention.

Waiting on A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin from the digital library.


message 27614: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 13 comments I've just finished Catherynne M. Valente's "The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making", which is kind of a cross between "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz". (Highly recommended if you enjoy reading fantasy). Now I'm part of the way through Elizabeth Wein's "Code Name Verity", which is also pretty good so far.


message 27615: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Betsy wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning a..."

Not much I could do except gripe and complain to my husband-- and plug the phone into the charger the second I got in the car....


message 27616: by Asha (new)

Asha Seth (missbookthief_) Finished How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath and started reading Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri


message 27617: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments Just started Unsaid A Novel by Neil Abramson yesterday and could have just kept reading and reading all day.


message 27618: by Betsy (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Finished before school starts 11/23/1963 - WOW - and Rainshadow Road-how sweet


message 27619: by Nancy from NJ (new)

Katz Nancy from NJ (nancyk18) Currently listening to Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand and reaDing I, Michael Bennett. I have too many books here from the library but what's a girl gonna do.


message 27620: by MaryBeth (new)

MaryBeth | 5 comments I just finished reading The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty and as much as I love a good dom/sub romance this wasn't for me. I thought I had read it all but I was wrong, so wrong! I am the type of person that once I start a series I have to finish it, I have to see it through all the way to the end even if it's not exactly my cup of tea. This book took dom/sub relationships above and beyond anything I've ever read before but then again I have to consider the source, this was the woman responsible for Interview with a Vampire. I'm not one to talk badly about any book there are redeeming qualities to any book I think but this went beyond what I could handle for my taste anyway.


message 27621: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Jan wrote: "Betsy wrote: "I'm about 4/5ths through Stephen Kings', 11/23/63 ,and inhaling the atmosphere of the times and feeling absorbed into the characters. It's almost 2 in the morning and I don't want t..."

I have this book on my nook! I must put it higher on my to read list! So many good reviews.


message 27622: by Cecilyn (new)

Cecilyn (dutchess411) | 8 comments Finally had the guts to read Mayu Shinjo 's Haou Airen Series. I do love this series but I did not like the ending. It's a tearjerker for me... but I finally completed reading this series.

Right now, am still reading Fairytale by Maggie Shayne . So far so good... Looking forward to the ending....


message 27623: by Amy (new)

Amy Joynes (amyreadingalways) | 4 comments Now reading Magic Study by Maria V Snyder! Good so far


message 27624: by Patricia (new)

Patricia | 185 comments I finished Into Temptation by Penny Vincenzi. I enjoyed this series. I think the second book was my favorite but overall it was an entertaining family saga.

This morning I started a free e-book I got called I Am Alive by Cameron Jace.


message 27625: by Betsy (new)

Betsy (mistymtladi) | 511 comments Linda wrote: "Just started Unsaid A Novel by Neil Abramson yesterday and could have just kept reading and reading all day."

Yeah,this was one sweet book...


message 27626: by Amoon (last edited Aug 15, 2012 08:59PM) (new)

Amoon Reading The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern and I like it so far.


message 27628: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments Just finished A Devil Is Waiting by Jack Higgins . This was a typical but enjoyable Sean Dillon series read although dillon was not as active in this book as Daniel Holley. I'm going to start The Preacher (Patrik Hedström, #2) by Camilla Läckberg by Camilla Lackberg today.


message 27629: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments I am reading MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berent for my face to face book club. Have never read it but have heard good things about it.


message 27630: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Ann from S.C. wrote: "I am reading MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berent for my face to face book club. Have never read it but have heard good things about it."

I read this years ago and really liked it- about a year later I made the effort to go to savannah. Beautiful city!


message 27631: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Ann and Jennifer, I loved this book when I read it and wanted to visit Savannah but as of yet haven't been there yet. I'm glad you got to go Jennifer. Berent made it sound like such an interesting and quirky place to live or visit.


message 27632: by Think (new)

Think | 332 comments Finally reading City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare! Loving it so far.


message 27633: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) "I imagined I heard a slow, steady drumbeat wherever I went." -- the character of Marie Antoinette in Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow as things begin to deteriorate. What. A fabulous. Line.


message 27634: by Stacie Lauro (new)

Stacie Lauro Hi, I just started "Gone Girl" yesterday, so far it is very good. I love Flynn's writing style. This is my first novel by her. I finished "Bloodroot" yesterday. It was a very good read. I will start Philippa Gregory's newest book, " The Kingmakers Daughter" as soon as I finish Gone Girl. I love book recommendations, if anyone wants to tell me about a book they read recently and loved, please let me know!


message 27635: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments Stacie wrote: "Hi, I just started "Gone Girl" yesterday, so far it is very good. I love Flynn's writing style. This is my first novel by her. I finished "Bloodroot" yesterday. It was a very good read. I will star..."

I recently finished Flynn's first novel "Sharp Objects" which i really enjoyed. I haven't read Good Girls yet.


message 27636: by Adele (new)

Adele Symonds (adelesymonds) | 34 comments Just finished Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster 5/5 stars, it was gripping.
currently reading Ulysses, Meet me under the ombu tree, the colour of magic, breakfast with socrates and a netgalley


message 27637: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 239 comments Gary wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Hi, I just started "Gone Girl" yesterday, so far it is very good. I love Flynn's writing style. This is my first novel by her. I finished "Bloodroot" yesterday. It was a very good re..."

I thought that Dark Places was her best so far. I would recommend that one before you pick up Gone Girl.


message 27638: by Gary (new)

Gary R | 117 comments Jennifer wrote: "Gary wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Hi, I just started "Gone Girl" yesterday, so far it is very good. I love Flynn's writing style. This is my first novel by her. I finished "Bloodroot" yesterday. It was a..."

Thanks Jennifer that sounds liek a plan.


message 27639: by Paula (new)

Paula I finally finished No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel . I didn't care for it, but managed to push myself to finish it. I'm going to start The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson .


message 27640: by Karen M (last edited Aug 17, 2012 03:56PM) (new)

Karen M | 1956 comments Ann from S.C. wrote: "I am reading MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berent for my face to face book club. Have never read it but have heard good things about it."

This one of my favorite books, so well written and fascinating. I hope you enjoy it. The movie was also very good John Cusack and Kevin Spacey.


message 27641: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Finished two today: A Stab in the Dark A Stab in the Dark (Matthew Scudder, #4) by Lawrence Block as part of my rare-for-me reread of Block's Scudder series, and Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow (Marie Antoinette, #2) by Juliet Grey , the second in Grey's Marie Antoinette trilogy, wherein Marie starts wending her tragic, hapless way toward doom.


message 27642: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments I just finished People of the Book. What a great book and good story, good writing. I recommend it highly. I am now starting Gone Girl.


message 27643: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) Started four last night/ today: The Dressmaker The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott , which has already sent me scurrying to Wikipedia to see what fashions by Lucille looked like; Murder With Puffins Murder With Puffins (Meg Langslow, #2) by Donna Andrews , which is the second in a cozy mystery series that I read the first of several months ago; Sand Sharks Sand Sharks (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #15) by Margaret Maron , which is one of two or three later books in this series that remain as part of my "batting cleanup" project, and Eight Million Ways to Die Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5) by Lawrence Block , next in my series reread of the Scudder books. Hoping to race through a couple of these mysteries because I really want to read Gone Girl Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Rules of Civility Rules of Civility by Amor Towles .


message 27644: by Al (last edited Aug 18, 2012 04:15PM) (new)

Al Mascareñas (goodreadsalsmemoir) | 9 comments Half Broke Horses Engrossing story. If it gets any better I'll have to move it out of the bathroom. I read her book The Glass Castle and became a fan. A lot of similarities between her mom and my recent circumstances. The author has brains and beauty.


message 27645: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I've finished reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith by Dodie Smith and I've started The Last Girl by Jane Casey by Jane Casey this morning.


message 27646: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments Al wrote: "Half Broke Horses Engrossing story. If it gets any better I'll have to move it out of the bathroom. I read her book The Glass Castle and became a fan. A lot of similarities between her mom and my r..

I enjoyed both of these books also Al. Hard to believe someone could rise above the way she grew up.

I really liked her grandmother, she was quite a lady.



message 27647: by Scott (new)

Scott | 257 comments I finished Seed last week. I really enjoyed it.

Then I started The Black Dahlia. I like the beginning but I didn't get much read over the weekend.


message 27648: by Paula (new)

Paula (paularo) | 48 comments I've been enjoying a couple of children's books:
Instructions: Everything You'll Need to Know on Your Journeyand The Griffin and the Minor Canon. Both teach great life lessons and have terrific art! I'm rereading False Colours while working on reading The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code.


message 27649: by Hayley (new)

Hayley Stewart (haybop) I've just finished The Descendants and it was rather a lovely read. I'm now reading The Art of Happiness


message 27650: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments Just finished Unsaid A Novel by Neil Abramson . Gave it a 5. What a beautiful, emotionally heartwrenching read.


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