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Jan 17, 2013 10:02AM
Just finished Anais: The Erotic Life Of Anais Nin and now reading Moby-Dick and Mean Time.
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Hope wrote: "Hi, I'm new to this book club! I'm reading at the moment "The Fault of our Stars" by John Green. I'm about 80% through and what a awesome book!!"I loved that book! Have you read anything else by John Green?
I'm currently reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Absolutely positively loving it so far. Have about 1/3 left and ZERO idea what is going to happen.
I just finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and have started Wild by Cheryl Strayer. I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I already knew a little history from that time period and he did a good job putting the vampires into the history.
Aaron wrote: "Just finished reading Jared Diamond's new book The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?. The book explores our traditional way of life (prior to the onset of civiliz..."I'm wondering if this has much in common with Jack Weatherford's Savages and Civilization which I have a lot of time for. A little book but illuminating, and I like Jack Weatherford as a thinker about traditional societies.
Carol wrote: "A Girl Among The Anarchists is what I am reading now..."Thought I'd thank you for this - just picked it up (public domain, free). Never heard of its existence.
A Girl Among The Anarchists
Just finished the Weird Sisters by Elenaor Brown
and while I enjoyed it and the rather realistic characters, I felt she could have played it for alot more drama. I do however think that the lighter tone did allow the reader to look at themselves as an adult who never quite grew up in a more humane way.
Julie wrote: "Recently finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Gave it 5 stars. Took me awhile to get used to death being the narrator.Now I am reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
I am working ..."
I enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible. I had to read it for a class in college.
Renee wrote: "I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I already knew a little history from that time period an..."I was quite surprised by this one. I hadn't expected too much of it, but it was a lot less gory and a lot more interesting and well-written than I had thought it would be.
Have you seen the movie?
Betsy wrote: "Just finished the Weird Sisters by Elenaor Brown
and while I enjoyed it and the rather realistic characters, I felt she could have played it for alot more drama...."I've started this one a couple of times but have always set it aside after a few pages....just couldn't get into it.
I finished The Kitchen House and loved it. Just started Wool Omnibus on my Nook. So far its very good but I'm only about 60 pages in.
Finished February and The Purchase. Still working on The City & the city, Lolita and have started Indian Horse.
Claire wrote: "I finished The Kitchen House and loved it. Just started Wool Omnibus on my Nook. So far its very good but I'm only about 60 pages in.Kitchen House was on my favorites for this year. Loved it too.
Reading Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon, and an indie horror novel by William Cook called Blood Related. Gravity's Rainbow is quite... weird, which is why I enjoy it. Stream-of-consciousness writing-love it!
I'm reading Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls. All the essays I've read so far are very heavy on the dense academic writing and a little short on interesting perspectives. I'm looking forward to a chapter that's coming up comparing the towns from Gilmore Girls and Northern Exposure (which I'm re-watching right now).
Finished News from Heaven,my giveaway from GoodReads.The author's voice was excellent,and as the grandaughter of 3rd wave immigrants the stories seemed realistic and plausible. The difficulty,at least for me,is that it was depresssing. It's gonna take me awhile to write this review...
I started Red Mist yesterday and am glad to say that after the disappointment of Port Mortuary Patricia Cornwell is back on her game. Really enjoying this one and looking forward to The Bone Bed.
I'm currently in the middle of
and struggling to get through it. Good enough so that I don't want to set it aside, but not good enough that I'm eager to read it. I'll be happy when I'm done and able to move on.
I've just finished
by William Landay. Defending Jacob is a well-written, disturbing and gripping crime thriller with plenty of twists and turns throughout the novel to keep you interested. I really enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the very beginning to the end. The reader is kept guessing as to whether Jacob is innocent or guilty until the very end of the novel. Throughout the trial I kept changing my mind about whether Jacob was guilty or not. I thought this was a excellent read so I’m giving it a well-deserved five stars!http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Now I'm about to start
by Jamie Ford.
Ellie wrote: "I've just finished
by William Landay. Defending Jacob is a well-written, disturbing and gripping crime thriller with plenty of twists and turns throughout the n...Hope you enjoy "Hotel" Ellie, I loved it when I read it.
I'm currently reading Spare Change
, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
and Plum Lucky
. All mysteries but very different styles. All good so far.
I just started The Shadow of the Wind last night. I have heard losts of great things about this book.
Iced by Karen Marie Moning. It's another installment within the Fever series. IMO, it's nowhere near as good as the previous ones and that's because it's from Dani's perspective not Mac's. I really did miss this world but this book is not living up to the standards that KMM has set for us in the past. I'm about 60% into it and just want to throw it against the wall!!Going to have I settle for disappointment on this one.
What else to read??
Jennifer wrote: "I just started The Shadow of the Wind last night. I have heard losts of great things about this book."Jennifer: The "great" comments are all true. A book with many layers of goodness.
I just started The Lovesick Curelast night. I think I have read all of hers, but the 1st one I read was Bitsey's Bait and BBQ which was really funny and enertaining.
I'm about halfway through Dreams Underfoot and I love it! His stories make you want to believe in magic :)
Just started Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France and am still reading Spare Change and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
I've finished reading
by Jamie Ford last night. I really loved this book! Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a beautiful, fascinating, tender and moving story from beginning to end. Like the title suggests, the story is such a bitter-sweet tale, heartbreaking at times and so warm and sweet in others.All the characters were vivid, well-developed and realistic. I really loved the characters of Henry, Keiko and Sheldon, and really cared about what happened to them. I found it really hard to put this novel down and I look forward to reading more from this author! I gave this novel 5 Stars! My full review is here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Now I'm a few chapters into
by John Steinbeck.
I finished Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families and now am reading The Kitchen House.
Patricia wrote: "I finished Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families and now am reading The Kitchen House."I hope you enjoy The Kitchen House, Patricia. I loved it and thought it was a great book -
Claire wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I finished Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families and now am reading The Kitchen House."I hope you enjoy The Kitchen Hous..."
I finished The Kitchen House and really enjoyed it. I stayed up way too late last night to finish it!!!
This morning I started reading The Thirteenth Tale which has intrigued me so far.
Patricia wrote: "Claire wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I finished Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families and now am reading The Kitchen House."I hope you enjoy T..
Two very good reads imho Patricia. : )
Finished
by James Lee BurkeStarting
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956 by Anne Applebaum
Still reading Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France which sadly is not as good as A Year in Provence and I'm also reading a werewolf/western (how's that for a genre) called A Pack of Wolves and for something different The French Girl.
I am currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA very good book, but very difficult to follow.... So many characters and plots, you get easily confused. Had to wikipedia the characters and saved it on my kindle for reference.
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