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[Emma]

Yay!

[Annemaria]

just started "the duchess". its taking me a while though, the print is so small in my edition.

[Dorie]

Today I finished "Hell Hole", the fourth book in the Ceepak series by Chris Grabenstein. Fun series, one of the few I can depend on enjoying. I've just started "Doomsday Book" by Connie Willis. I've heard lots of good things about this one so I'm excited.

[Kara]

Hello! I'm new to GoodReads, and I feel a little out of place in this group because I read mostly teen books, (since I work as a teen services specialist in a public library) but I am currently reading the Uglies quartet by Scott Westerfeld, and they are a wonderful sci-fi/utopia series.

[Angela]

Emma you are very influential!! :)

[Dee]

I am halfway through Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight vampire series. I am fascinated by Stephenie Meyer's writing...and at the same time, I am slightly bewildered at my addiction.

I seldom, if ever, read YA. Yet, I find her writing-style very refreshing...and, surprisingly, for the length of her books, a very quick read. I think I may be having a mid-life reading crisis. I have not enjoyed a series as much as this...well, since I read Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Just too odd, but in a fun way.

Dee Marie

[alicia]

I am reading New Moon and I too am surprised I enjoy them so much.Although I don't know why I love anything Vampire.I have been browsing the YA and teen sections in the book stores lately and just love them.Alot of them fit my Fall creepy,and scary books obsession i have.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Kara, welcome to the group. Please don't feel out of place - everyone is welcome here and there are a range of different tastes.

Our very own Emma (emu girl) is our residnet Queen of YA so I'm sure she'll have plenty of recommendations for you.

[Chloe]

I finished Graham Greene's The End of the Affair last night. It was a beautiful book, very touching. Every time I read another Greene book he moves higher and higher in my eyes.

I'm going to be starting It Can Happen Here by Joe Conason. He's one of my favorite writers at Salon.com and I've been wanting to read it for a while. It's been too long since I've read any non-fiction.

[Sherry]

Logan,I've been trying to find a copy of The End of The Affair in my various trips to the thrift store.I may have to break down and pay retail for that one.

[Kellie]

Just finished Cider House (LOVED IT!!)
Going to start a Jill Mansell "Nadia Knows Best"
tonight!

[Cynthia]

Finished Belle Weather...it was good...pretty funny. Next I plan on reading My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher.

[[deleted user]]

I'm in vacation. So, after some "Eat,Pray, Love ..." (E. Gilbebert), I decided to make some change. So, now I'm reading "The Good Guy", Koonz, hopefuly better.

[Ann from S.C.]

Mirela, I loved THE GOOD GUY.

[Connie]

I'm reading (and sorry to say, but not really enjoying) The Red Leather Diary. It's just not that compelling.

[springparty]

I'm going to start on Shopgirl today, I saw the movie on Thursday. Anyone read that? How was it? And yup, there is no shame in bringing a book to the toilet, lol.

[Ann from S.C.]

I liked the book more than the movie.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Kara, never feel out of place. We have almost 1000 members, you are bound to find TONS of people to share chats with (have you met Emma Emu yet?)..... Not to mention, all the great new books that you will find out about through us and us through you!!!!

[Marsha]

Dee... no shame. :)

I think Stephanie Meyer's writing style is highly emotive and appealing, and I can value those qualities while recognizing that this is not great literature. The books are fun reads and give me oodles to talk with my daughters about.

Isn't it okay to like all kinds of books? I think so.

[Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger]

I just recieved The Bell Jar from a elderly retired research librarian that I use to care for,she said she knows I love reading and thought I'd enjoy it!

I've heard so many good things from everyone, I thought I had better read it!lol

[[deleted user]]

OK, I'm going back to start reading it. I was tempted to begin some Boris Vian. BR

[Kirsty]

Mole, The Bell Jar is a great book.. I can't believe it took me so long to read it, but when I did it quickly made it to my favourites shelf.

[Kim]

Linda,

I read The Art of Racing in the Rain last week and really enjoyed it. It is a sweet book and the ending is so touching but heartbreaking.

I hope you like it too.

[[deleted user]]

Mole: you'll really like the Bell Jar! Great book.

[Melissa]

I'm jumping on the Stephanie Meyer bandwagon. I've said several times that I am always bothered by Bella's almost overdramatic feelings and behavior, but I'm halfway through New Moon and am once again sucked in. I think that, unless I read these books back to back, it will always take me a while to get into them. I think once I finish, I will go ahead and just jump right into Eclipse.

[Linda]

Mirela, I loved The Good Guy. I am a real Dean Koontz fan, though, I have to admit, there are some that are far better than others. Have you read Life Expectancy by him? I really liked that one.

[Debbie]

Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society...recommend it! I am now reading I AM THE MESSENGER by Markus Zusak (author of The Book Thief, which I also recommend!)

[Linda]

Finished Marley & Me today and so, okay, I got emotional at the end. Even someone like me who is putting off the pooch wars for another few years would have to have a heart of stone not to boo hoo it a little.

Am waiting for The Guernsey Potato ... to come in the mail and will be reading that for my book club. Also think I will start Heartstopper by Joy Fielding.

[[deleted user]]

Linda, I will look for it. The Good Guy is the first of Koonz I read. Thanks for your sugestion. I'll tell you after I finish it. Anyhow, tommorow I planned a longer visit to Waterstones and I will search for the one you said.

[Debbie]

Kara -

I started a mother/daughter book group after 4th grade...the girls just started 7th...PLEASE keep reading and making suggestions!

[[deleted user]]

Ok, Debbie! I surrender! I will search it, too! I saw that is much acclaimed.
By the way, I will go there with a long list.

Did someone could tell me if read: "Wake Up" by Jack Kerouac and "Becoming Madame Mao" by Anchee Min? An opinion?

[Renee]

Connie

I bought the book The Red Leather Diary and have not read it yet. I just happened to be at a reading of the book in Connecticut in July. Lily Kopel was a captivating speaker and told wonderful stories about Florence. As the author signed my book, we talked about finding "lost" things when cleaning out old boxes and attics,etc. I also bought a book for a friend who was in the process of cleaning out her in-law's home in upstate NY. I used to keep a diary when I was young so between the author and its subject I could not resist! : )

[Gracee]

well, I'm in a quagmire. (I think that's how you spell it). I don't know WHAT to read next. Anyone willing to look at my TBR list and suggest something?????
I'd really appreciate it!

[Amanda]

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Nizzini. It was at the library so I decided to check it out.

[Chloe]

Gracee, you should read The Known World because I have a copy sitting in my TBR stack(s) but am uncertain about starting it until I hear something more about it than "it won the Pulitzer." Who am I kidding? "It won the Pulitzer" was enough of an excuse for me to buy it in the first place, it should at least compel me to read it.

[Melissa]

Stephanie, I'm interested to hear what you think of What the Dickens -- the only Gregory Maguire book that I have actually been able to finish and enjoyed was Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and I've partially read pretty much everything else he has written!

[Charity]

Gracee-

You should read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It is a short, quick read that I absolutely loved.

[Amanda]

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It was so good.

[rebecca j]

I just finished Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, and I really enjoyed them! Never feel bad about enjoying any book, that's why the author writes it! And don't worry about reading YA, much of it is appropriate for adults too. I love the books by anthony Horowitz and Scott Westerfeld and Eoin Colfer, etc. And it lets me have an idea of what my 13 yr. old should or shouldn't be reading. Not that I censor her reading, I just want to be prepared if she asks me about different books!

[Cynthia]

Finished My Husband's Sweethearts...really enjoyed it. Now I'm reading Sense and Sensibility.

[Rachelle]

Spent the week in bed finishing lots and lots of book and kleenex. Started Saturday by Ian McEwan and don't know if it's the nyquil or me, but I am finding it slow....anyone else? Something I'm missing?

[Chloe]

Rachelle, you're not the first to voice concerns about Saturday. I think Lori found it incredibly boring as well. It definitely doesn't make me want to run out and get more McEwan, that's for sure.

[Rachelle]

What others if any have you read?

[Chloe]

I've only read Atonement and was very "meh" about it. I've been waiting for someone trusted to tell me which one to read next because life is too short for a dissatisfying read.

[Rachelle]

No doubt! I am sure unless this picks up, this will be my last of his for a while, maybe in the future it will be better suited to my place in life.

[Laura]

I've been reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. It's unique, and very tongue-in-cheek (and long). I'm really enjoying it. And the audio version is terrific too - great narrator.

[Amanda]

I got Saturday from the library, because I adored Atonement. Hopefully it's not disapointing. :(

[Connie]

Renee:

I, too, kept a diary for many years and the concept of The Red Leather Diary really appealed to me. I just feel the story could have been more compelling in another author's hands. I didn't realize that the actual "diary" parts written by Florence were just a line or two for each day and that the rest was "recreated" by the author after visiting the 90 year old diarist. I didn't care for some of the phrasing that the author used, and felt like she tried to create a whole lot of suspense where there wasn't any (kind of like when a movie uses certain music to make you think there's something more going on than there is). The whole dumpster scene, for instance. What should have been a paragraph went on for pages of cutesy description. Guess it just wasn't my thing.

The book's gotten some mixed reviews, but I think more people have been touched by it than not, so I really hope you are one of the ones who will fall in love with it and be moved and inspired as others have. Happy Reading!

[Angela]

I just finished Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. I liked this one more than the first. Looking forward to reading the final book- 800 pages (whew!)

I am going to start Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner, which I am excited about because I have read every single one of her books and they are all excellent.

[Emma]

:)! Yay!!!!