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[Allison]

Thanks, Logan, that is a great suggestion. Btw, your avatar is rad!!! :)

[Chloe]

Would you even say that is is radical?

Cowabunga!

[Melanie]

Melissa- Let me know how you like Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. I read that one awhile back and remember really enjoying it.

[Allison]

Totally radical!!!! :) Cowabunga!!!

[Kellie]

Kathy.
Thanks for the nice comments!
It's funny you used bookrags for Moby Dick. Wish I thought of that when I read Moby Dick cause I couldn't finish the darn thing.

I can actually say, I probably will not forget A Tale of Two Cities because the story is really good.
Very interesting!

Just finished "Death by Darjeeling" I liked it. Short and sweet mystery. Recommend it.
Going to start "The Cider House..."

[Kim]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone read "Edgar Sawtelle?" I think that's the title. Is it a good read?

Thanks for the feedback.

Kim

[Linda]

Sera, You and I must have just read the same part. OMG, I was sitting reading this (for lack of a better word) stuff and thinking, "I don't know if I can take this."

[Linda]

Emma, Sorry if I missed it, but when I looked up City of Bones, there is more than one book by that name. Author, Author, please and thanks.

[Linda]

Jeremy, I read Playing for Pizza last year and am a football fan, but thought it worked for me because of the details about the afterlife for players who won't give up.

[Sera]

Linda, the majority of the book was a really tough read for me. However, it gets easier to read toward the latter part of the book. I finished it last night, and I liked it alot - I'm still digesting it so I'm not sure whether I loved it. I need to think about it some more.

I'm curious to read the posts because I want to know what people thought of the ending.

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Linda - that was a great part, too. People don't have to give up on their passion just because the big leagues doesn't work out for them.

[Melissa]

Charnelle, how far in are you? There are some parts that really move slow, where she's just cramming the actions of the court down your throat, but I guess everything has it's purpose. I'm intentionally not reading anything else anymore until I am done this book, for fear I will never finish it.

Allison, I'm actually liking it a bit more these last couple days than I was on Monday or maybe it was Tuesday. Some parts it is really slow, then others it picks up. And currently, it's picked up a bit. Just a little over 150 pages left! I'm impressed with how quickly I am making it through this book!

Logan, thanks! I will definitely stop by as I'm sure I will have comments to make! Maybe we will completely revive that discussion.

Melanie, I sure will. I actually saved this book from going into the dumpster at work, when we were cleaning out our office. There is a guy I work with who reads books about as quickly as I do and he saved them all, then wanted to just toss them! GASP!!

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About 175 pgs into Book Thief. So far so good.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Kim, JT has read it and loved it and is dying to talk to someone about it so I am sure you will get some encouragement from him.

[Allison]

Melissa~ Sounds like you're tearing through it. That is great! :) Glad you're enjoying it.

[Melissa]

Right now I'm jumping from genre to genre. I just finished a young adult novel (The Boy Book by E. Lockhart) and now I'm reading a horror novel (The Shining by Stephen King). It keeps me more interested when I jump around. I have so much school reading that I'm lucky to get anything read.

[Andrew]

I finished the Secret Life of Bees and am getting read to start reading Slaughter House 5. My time to rea is going to go down as school starts, but hopefully I will still get to read one book a week. I also read Catherine Called Birdy and 1984.

[Angela]

I liked Playing for Pizza. It's different than his usual courtroom drama, but if you like Grisham, Italy, and football, you'll like the book.

[JT]

Kim, Boof is oh so correct!! I LOVED Edgar Sawtelle. I will sing that book's praises to the skies! I highly recommend it. It's an unforgettable story (with shades of Hamlet) written in some of the most wonderful prose I've read in quite some time. I never thought I would be so engrossed in a story about a boy and his dogs, but I was and it's so much more than that. It's about family, survival, death, life, love, all the good stuff.

[JT]

So, horror of horrors, I had to put Blindness down for now. I started panicking as a huge pile of TBR's was staring me in the face at home. Not to mention that I am stalled in Anna Karenina. I really get into it when I start reading it, but picking it back up again is always a struggle.

I began tearing into that dreaded pile of TBR's and am really enjoying Songs of the Humpback Whale. It's Jodi Picoult's first novel. It took a bit to get used to the jumping back and forth among the various narrative voices, but I'm really enjoying it right now. There's an apple orchard involved, so now seems like a perfect time to read it. The cover just screams "fall."

Plus, I'm really wanting to get around to the September reads. Yikes!!!!! Help!!!! hahaha

[Rose Ann]

Any thoughts on Snow Flower and The Secret Fan?
It's a Sept. pick for a club I'm in.
I picked it up at a library book sale... 50cents

[Emma]

Just finished City of Bones!

[Allison]

Rose Ann~ I haven't read it (Snow Flower) but I have heard good things about it. You'll have to let us know how you like it. :)


I just finished To Kill a Mockingbird. :) Yay! It was so good. I have heard so many great things about it during the years, and never read it. (How it was never a required reading while I was in school, I will never know). Anyways, I loved it. :)

Now I'm going to start on The Cider House Rules.

[Rose Ann]

Allison, I just picked up To Kill A Mockingbird at Goodwill last week. I did read it in school, but honestly, I dont remember it :(
I'm looking forward to reading it soon!
My daughter will need to read it this Spring.
I cant wait to see what else they will be reading this year. I know Romeo and Juliet is on their list too.

[Jenna]

Rose Ann - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is wonderful! I read it in July and I absolutely loved it. The story is beautiful. Lisa See's other book, Peony in Love is supposed to be great too, but I haven't gotten to that yet. It is sitting on my shelf staring at me. Enjoy!

[Lori, Super Mod]

JT.. step away from the other books. Back up slowly. Put out your hands where I can see them. Palms up, out in front!

Now take Blindness, nice and easy....easy does it. I said TAKE IT! Dont you dare think about dropping it. I mean it buster!

~~~Ahhh.. the peace has been restored! Everyone can stop panicking now. Phew. That was a close one!

[Kellie]

Rose Ann,
I have read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
Read it last year.
I LOVED it!
It's a great story of 2 Chinese girls who are paired as "laotongs" and communicate through "nu shu" a unique language that Chinese women created to communicate in secret.
There is a lot of great information about Chinese culture weaved throughout the story. Like foot binding. I remember googling on foot binding to see if I could find pictures of it.
There are some out there and it's not a pretty sight.
I think you will enjoy this book!
Highly recommend.

[Ann from S.C.]

Rose Ann, I just read SNOW FLOWER and i loved it! I love reading about different cultures.

JT, I'm with Lori... READ BLINDNESS!!! DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200.00...Wait...We're not talking about monopoly, are we?

Oh well...I am still reading SHANTARAM and loving it. I just finished THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT, and it was great. I am also going to start THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, cause that's a Sept. read, and part of my fall comp. and I am very competitive.

[Emma]

I think they should have a verson of The Next Best Book Club monopoly. Guess what square would be mine? The Gemma Doyle Trilogy!!!!

[Kellie]

Mine would be the Havers/Lynley series by Elizabeth George
OR
Harry Bosch.
I love Harry.....

[Ann from S.C.]

Oh, and I am going to start THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO. This is also part of the Fall challenge.

[Rose Ann]

Wow! Guess I better finish my current book so I can get started on Snowflower! Now I'm excited!

Ann...I loved The Curious Incident!!

JT...you better read Blindness!! I've been trying to find it..used...and can't.

[Melanie]

Andrew - Slaughterhouse Five is one of my favorites! Hope you like it.

I just started The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston.

[alicia]

I have wanted Monster of Florence for awhile.As soon as i finish some of my books on my shelf here.I plan on getting it.Hopefully it's good.

[Melanie]

I am just about 5 pages in - I will let you know how it is.

[JT]

Lori, yes ma'am! I will do my best!! haha

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Lori, LOL!!! I was just going to say exactly the same thing to JT. I had to sit down when I read that post.

[Andrew]

So far it is boring, but I'm only a couple chapters in.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Andrew, you can't be talking about Life of Pi??? Please tell me you're not!

[Lisa]

I second that emotion!

[Linda]

Kim, I read it and loved it. It's The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and if you are going to read it, take it slow and easy because it's one to savor. The language of the book is beautiful.

[Linda]

Melissa, Totally agree on the "jumping around" concept. I think it actually allows me to be more focused on the book I am reading that day. I do a two-a-day round. I take one in the morning for an hour or so, then switch to one in the afternoon for an hour or so. It makes for some slow going in the beginning, but it seems all of a sudden, I have finished two or three books in the same week. I don't know about your required reading, but lately these books seem to be getting longer and longer - 400-600 pages. Phew!

[Linda]

JT, All stand and shout - WE LOVED EDGAR SAWTELLE. Can't wait for the Book Festival to know more about the author. Hope he continues to pour out books with language like that. I don't own a dog, but makes me want to go out and get one.

[Linda]

Finished Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner yesterday. OMG what an ending (no spoiler here). For those of you who have read my comments, you know that being down to two books is tough for me. Blindness is about 75 pages to go, so will reserve comments and reading comments until then. My husband just finished his one of two books for the year - Marley & Me (movie to follow) - and suggested it to me. So guess that makes number three. Have about 4-5 others I am sifting through to determine lucky number 4.

[Linda]

Ann, I agree with you on Snow Flower. Once I got past the binding, I really thought it was wonderful.

Will have to check out The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. Thanks for the recommendation.

Okay, so I was going to put Blindness down, but the stubborn side of me (never give up) has kept with it and am glad I have.

[Linda]

JT, We all know you have enough starch in your blood to perservere. Everyone stand and give the man a cheer - HUZZAH!

[Chloe]

Cracked the first few pages of Oscar Wao this morning and can already tell that it's going to be one of those books that consumes me for a time. I love that.

Also, last night I read the latest volume of The Walking Dead. I know that all zombie tales are bleak, but DAMN this one got really dark really quickly. Either they're getting ready to end the series or change it significantly because everything just fell apart so quickly. It gave me some crazy zombie dreams too.

[Kim]

Thanks Boof and JT. I'll put it on my TBR list. I love books with a lot of heart in them and this seems right up my alley.

Kim

[Emma]

I'm currently reading Tithe by Holly Black.

[Melissa]

I just finished The Other Boleyn Girl a couple hours ago and have started Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. This seems like it will be a very easy/quick read. Entertaining so far, and I'm only about 20 pages in.