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[Kellie]

Here ya go everyone!
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/ttc/

I like it because it helps me make sure I didn't miss anything. The language is very different. So is the writing style.

[Joanie]

I read A Tale of Two Cities in 9th grade-I'm sure I missed A TON. I remember having pop quizes where there was always a question like "what do the thundering hooves foreshadow?" The answer was always "the storming of the Bastille" or "the coming of the French Revolution" (or at least that's what I always wrote when I hadn't done the reading! It's a good story-I recognized it then but I'm sure I'd appreciate it more now.

Sparknotes.com also has chapter summaries, study guides etc. For some books they even have the full text online. Not sure if TOTC is one of them but they definitely have the reading guide for it.

[Joanie]

You can read TOTC online at sparknotes-here's the website

http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/twocitie...

[Linda]

Jeremy, So many people are talking about Book of Lost Things. Would like to know your take on it as you get through it. There are just so many great recommendations, I can't possibly read them all in this lifetime. I thought I was doing well to read a couple books a week, but I am one of the Slowski's compared to the people on GR. But slow and steady wins the race, right? At least I am huffing and puffing to try to keep up.

[[deleted user]]

Sure. I'm only twenty some odd pages into it right now. I am not loving the authors writing style at this point, but sometimes that notion disappears as I get more into a book.

I am not a very fast reader myself, I just try to read in every spare moment.

[Joe]

irony- you have mentioned 3 works which i am familiar with . CIDER HOUSE RULES was my fav book until i read richard russo s EMPIRE FALLS. i still love it and listened to the audio version recently. i noticed that i forgot a lot about the book and also that they took much out of the book when making the movie which irving won the screenplay oscar. I was reluctant to read the pp winner OSCAR.. after the first chapter but i loved it on the whole. I have read only the title of INTERPRETER but enjoyed it. i collect pp winners and only have that one of her short stories.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Linda, I used to be able to read two books a week as well, that was before goodreads stole most of my free time :) i have been reading at a snails pace lately..... I am eventually going to have to pick my poison, I wont be able to keep spreading myself so thin..... I'll fade away :)

[Rose Ann]

I'm reading about 1 book a week. (I can only read one at a time)
I may get more time in when the kids go back to school (Sept. 2)!

Thanks for posting the links for the summaries!
I've bookmarked them for when I start TOTC!

[[deleted user]]

I am spending too much time on GR myself and making it more difficult to finsih books. I really need to get some control. RIght like that's going to happen

[alicia]

I am reading Before the Storm and probably Special Delivery which is a true crime book.Haven't read one of those in a long time.But i remember this case and since it took place in an apartment comlex I used to live in .I had to buy it.

[Rachelle]

I applaud everyone who can juggle a few books at once, for I am envious. I am only now reading Cider House Rules and have no attention span for anything else. i eventually start confusing characters and plots, which tends NOT to enhance a story...

[[deleted user]]

S'ok Rachelle, you don't want to distract yourself while reading such a GREAT book! :)

[Rachelle]

Jeremy, I think it is pretty great so far too, I am excited for free time to really dig in and go.

[Kellie]

Rachelle
I am right there with you.
I like to think about my book when I'm not reading it and focus only on it. If I was reading more than one at a time, I'd never finish them and I would totally mix up the plots and characters.

[Ann from S.C.]

I am now starting OSCAR WAO. In about 15 min. I am stoaked!

[Liz]

After all the hype, I had to put "The Shack" aside, Rose Ann. Even though I am a Christian, this was too disjointed for me ... if I had finished, I would have probably said, like you, it was OK.

[Liz]

Lots of talk about weather ... shouldn't this be it's own topic? Not sure what it has to do with the original topic ... BOOKS!?!

[Ann from S.C.]

I am with you about THE SHACK, Liz. I don't think I will ever finish it! It's just so.... I can't even think of a word for it. And I am a Christian too!

As for the weather, I think its interesting to see what's going on in the part of the world where all of my new " friends" are. And by the way.... A tornado hit about 50 miles from me!!! Its raining cats and freaking dogs here!!!! Which is ok since we have been having a drought.

[Linda]

Lori, whatever you do, don't fade away. The group would be in chaos. Thanks to my anal retentive ways, at least GR is only taking up the time I would be on the computer anyway even if that time has expanded about an hour.

[Emma]

Still reading The Book Thief, should finish today. I'm going to skip The Host (I think) and go to City of Bones. I've had enough of Meyer's fluff for now.

[Chloe]

Emma, you're probably right. Best to save her until you especially feel the need to torture yourself.

[Emma]

Haha, very true Logan. I don't think I'll need her for a while.

[Jen]

Ann - I started Oscar Wao yesterday and am loving everything about it, the pace, the wit, the narration... It's easily the best book I've read in a while.

[[deleted user]]

Jen, now I can't wait to start it! I have to wait for it to show up at the library AND finish Book of Lost Things.

[Rose Ann]

Thanks Liz and Ann...I dont feel so bad now...lol
I almost felt guilty not "loving it"...I was disappointed with it..it wasnt what I expected.
(re: The Shack)

[JT]

I've been diving into Then We Came to the End. I'm about a 110 pages in. It's pretty funny, but I'm not loving it. At the same time, I'm compelled to continue on. Has anyone read this?

[Emma]

Finished The Book Thief! I will skip The Host and move on to City of Bones.

[Chloe]

JT, I've heard a lot of good about it but haven't picked it up yet. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts when you finish so I know whether to keep it at the top of my to-buy stack or drop it down a bit lower.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Book Of Lost Things. Will now run to the BOLT forums.

[Jaime]

I finished The Book Thief last nite...started Blindness @ lunch today...

[JT]

Logan, I'll definitely share thoughts when I finish. Should be in a couple days or so.

[Emma]

What did you think Jaime? I just read that another YA book is being turned into a movie. As well as The Secret Life of Bees. (I have to read that)!

[Marsha]

JT- I read about 60 pages of Then We Came to the End and was just not getting into it. It did have some good humor, but I just wasn't into it at the time. Well written book, just not a book for me.

[Maureen]

JT ~ I recently read Then We Came to the End and *loved* it! I've worked in office environments my entire adult life, and I thought Ferris was spot on with the "group think" mentality. I found most of the book to be incredibly funny, but there were certainly sad parts/characters as well, and yet they somehow blended together seamlessly.

[Allison]

I was reading Ireland by Frank Delaney. But I gave up after 125 pages. It's no fun to read when you feel like you're forcing yourself to.

So I picked up P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern. So far it's good. :)

[alicia]

I love P.S I Love You.Such a sweet and sad book.

[BK]

Right now I am reading eat pray love by Elizabeth Gilbert and On Writing by Stephen King. I couldn't start just one. It's hard enough trying to ignore all the other books lying around, lol.

Okay, I have to confess I read some of When Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris. I couldn't help myself.

The library called today and said they have The Gargoyle in. I may be in trouble.

[Mandy]

BonFire, I hope you like EPL, I really liked it, I felt at peace whilst reading it.

[Allison]

Alicia, Glad you liked P.S. I Love You! :) It is really sweet!

[Cheri Howard]

Just finished book 5 of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I'm going to focus my efforts on One Hundred Years of Solitude, which I've been reading sporadically for a couple of weeks now.

[JT]

Cheri, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it!

[Jaime]

Emma, I really liked it. It was one of those great books that really makes you feel for the characters. It also made me think about things and I sort of wonder if I would have gotten as much out of it if I had read it as a teenager. There was one thing that Ken mentioned in the spoilers thread that I did not pick up on but now that he said it...I can see it. What did you think of it?

I have seen The Secret Life of Bees mentioned on this site but dont really know anything about it...I will have to look into that one.

[Sera]

JT, I read the Ferris book earlier this summer. I loved the uniqueness of it, but others have not felt the same so I'm interested to see how you come out on this one.

[Chloe]

From what I've heard about that one is that enjoying it comes down to how long you've worked in cubicle land. The longer you've been suckling at the corporate teat the more you can relate to the characters.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I read several chapters of David McCullough's The Great Bridge last night - as good as I was expecting.

John Roebling was one weird dude. That much is clear already.

[Emma]

Mmmm, I really did not see that relationship at all. I can see it, I just don't believe it!

[Lori, Super Mod]

JT, I read it, all the way thru and just never really LOVED it, it was just ...eh... for me. I usually get a kick out of the cubicle humor novels.

I sort of felt like Ferris made one character per personality trait, and stretched it out for eternity. The dude who eats by himself, the dude who loves his job too much and still shows up even after hes sacked, the bitchy woman, the dude who is friends with everyone, the dude who uber paranoid, the dude whose having an office affair.... one person each, instead of a few of those traits within one person....

[JT]

Interesting comments on the Ferris book, guys. I'm almost halfway through and, at this point, finding it all a bit repetitive. The novel is feeling like its a bit disjointed - all the various stories and subplots don't seem to be gelling for me. I'm going to see it through to the end (no title pun intended!) and hope for some cohesion. He's a great writer, but the fact that it's a first novel is definitely apparent.

[Jackie]

I finished reading The Golden Compass last night. I really liked it until the last couple of pages. It was like a bad train wreck where I knew what was going to happen, but I just had to keep on reading. ehhh.

So now I'm onto the next book, which hopefully I will start tonight.

[Kathyjo]

Right now I am reading the book thief, then i travel on to Blindness. I love finding out what everyone is reading, it helps me to broaden my searches for good books to read.