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[Jackie]

LOL....you just made Emma's day!

[Angela]

LOL!!!

[Emma]

Yep! :D

[Lori, Super Mod]

Rachelle,
Put Saturday down. It sucked. I dont know how else to put it. Or rather, keep it by the nightstand.... because if you are ever having trouble falling asleep at nite, it will surely knock you out!!

[Jackie]

Between work, homework and Goodreads, I have finally managed to finish The Amber Spyglass. I'm still trying to process it, but I thought overall it was a great read. I was actually trying to stretch out the last couple of chapters because I didn't want it to end.

I think my next read maybe Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. I need something light and quick, and this seems to fit my mood.

[Andrew]

I just finished reading Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata. It was boring at hte beginning, but by the end I really like it.

Now starting Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr.

[Connie]

I second Lori's comment on the book Saturday. Bleh. I do plan to read Atonement though as I hear he [McEwan] is kind of hit and miss author that way.

[Kellie]

Gracee...Here is what I have read on your TBR list and what I thought about them...

Cold Mountain-I loved this one. It was a very well written book. It made me want to learn how to cook like they did in those days.

One For the Money-the first book of one of my favorite series.
If you are looking to read a light and funny one, this is a good one to try.

The Lovely Bones-A lot of people have read this and liked it. I didn't care for it. Too unrealistic for me.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time-This was a really good book. The author has worked with autistic children so he was able to accurately describe autism through his main character.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-This was a really interesting book about Chinese custom especially foot binding. I actually googled "foot binding" while I was reading it to see if I could see what it looks like. It's pretty gross.
I enjoyed this book.

The Bean Trees-Didn't care for this. I thought it was choppy and not very interesting.
Other people have read and liked it though, so you might like it as well.

The Memory Keepers Daughter-I really liked this book. It was really good.

The Dogs of Babel-It was OK. There are some gruesome details of strange experiments with dogs.

The Pilate's Wife-This is one of my all time favorites. I have loved everything Shreve has written.

Plantation-This is one of my favorite by this author

The Devil in the White City-Fascinating book. Hard to believe it's true!!

You have some really good stuff on your TBR. I don't think you can go wrong with whatever you choose!

[springparty]

^^ You made me want to read Cold Mountain. I watched the movie years ago and see the book all the time in the library, I'll pick it up in the near future..

I have the Book Thief and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, a class mate spoiled the ending of the curious incident so yup, but I'll still be reading it soon, I've watched a movie with a austistic main character and would like to learn more!

[Kellie]

springparty

The movie was very good. It was pretty close to the book. Which is unusual..
I loved Renee Zellwinger..She was awesome
I think Nicole is over rated and in this movie she just played herself.
The guy...name escapes me... was pretty good.

[Andrew]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, is a really good book. I had to read it for school last year, and it was such agood book. I would recomend it to anybody.

[Laura]

Cold Mountain really was terrific, and I don't usually especially like period novels - still loved it.

[Ann from S.C.]

It took me two tries on COLD MOUNTAIN. On the 2nd time, I loved it. And the movir was great. And thus began my secret lust affair with Jude Law.....

Also, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT was a great read.

I am STILL reading SHANTARAM and CIDER HOUSE. I have had a busy week at the school (volunteering) so I am catching up today!!

[Tom]

I'm reading Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

[Linda]

Thanks, Kim. Oh, oh, another book that will make me weep. Guess I have to go out and buy more tissue.

I'll let you know how it goes.

[Linda]

Debbie, glad to hear that you liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (gosh I wish that title were shorter). Since I am reading it for my book club and I am happy to hear all the rave reviews.

[Linda]

Is Waterstones your Borders? We don't have that one here in Nashville, TN.

[Kirsty]

I'm in the UK... We have Waterstones and Borders. Waterstones is our Barnes and Noble I think...

[Jenna]

I just finished, The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks, its the third in a trilogy and was totally worth staying up all night for.

Next on the list is:

Edith Wharton (a biography) by Hermione lee and Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde (if you haven't read the Eyre Affair and his others, I highly recommend them, they are quite funny and really fun for book lovers)...

I tend to read a couple at a time, unless I get really into it, then I'll abandon the others for a bit.

On the to read pile:

Notes from the Underground - Dostoyevsky
Ethan Frome and other selected stories - Edith Wharton
Wicked
The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

Of course, the to read pile is much longer, but I think those are the next ones to go. Not sure of the order yet.

[Andrew]

Oh oh! read Wicked by Gregory Maguire next! It was so good! I really really enjoyedit. Then after that Secret Life of Bee's. Another great one. Then the rest however, but I would read Wicked, and Secret Life of Bees first.

[Linda]

Do you have a preference? I used to be torn between Borders & B/N, but they just built a B/N near my home and it just doesn't have the same appeal as our Borders. I like a bookstore that whispers to me, "come in and sit for awhile. Get comfortable and lose yourself in the book." The B/N shouts "buy and leave".

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Logan, I've read The Known World recently and I really enjoyed it. It took a little while for me to get into it, but once I did I couldn't put it down. It was just such a different perspective on slavery. I also enjoyed the way the book was sort of made up of smaller stories based on the people around Henry Townsend, the slave owner.

The book languished on my to-read list for a while, but once I finished it, I was sorry I hadn't gotten to it sooner.

[Renee]

Thanks for the summary Connie.
You may be right about the "sentimentality" of the book - most of the people who attended the reading were 65+ year old women led similar lives. I'll let you know my thoughts after I read it.

[Chloe]

JG, thanks for the tip. My copy has been languishing for nearly a year now and I know that I need to get to it soon.

As far as the Borders vs. B&N debate- I really can't stand B&N. Their books are always pricier, their stores don't seem inviting and their staff are never knowledgeable enough to make good recommendations.

[Chloe]

After finishing Joe Conason's It Can Happen Here, I've moved back to the realm of fiction for a little while to enjoy Jose Saramago's Seeing.

[Sam]

Finally finished (last month?) reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Sad but hugely important for our society.

Just finished (this week) reading The Corrections by Johnathan Franzen which I really did not like. Sure, somewhat brilliant, but too voyeuristic.

Now starting In Spite of the Gods by Edward Luce about modern India. Headed to India on Thursday for work, so might as well get up to speed. If anyone's read this book, would love to discuss!

[Emma]

I just started This Lullaby, and it seems really interesting and very good.

[Emily]

I am currently reading Ahab's Wife by Sera Jeter Nusland... has anyone else read this? So far it has taken me two weeks and I am only 2/3 of the way through - it's good, just slow and not very gripping.

[Jenna]

Thanks for the recommendation to go with Wicked first... It's been on the pile for awhile and keeps getting bumped because something else I know I'll love keeps coming along! =)

As for the Borders v BN debate that is going on. My semi local Borders is blaah boring, so I go to the BN, so far it's been good to me. I'd prefer something with more character, but also don't want to run all over Vegas looking for one and there is nothing local.

[Laura]

All the Names is my favorite Saramago. I hope you keep us updated about how you felt about it. I'm reading The Gospel According to Jesus Christ right now. It's very thought provoking. I don't think he's capable of disappointing - his writing is alarming.

I'm a little behind the times, but I should finish Shantaram tonight. I like it but think it's a little too sentimental in parts. It's a hell of a page-turner, though.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Seth, what is Cement Gardens?

Jenn, please let me know how Notes of the Underground is. Ive read Bros Karamazov from Dostoevsky and have Demons and Crime and Punishment waiting to be read. I would like to eventually get through all his books (fingers crossed, hoping I live to be 1000)

Laura, All The Names was a good Saramago. Have you read The Cave and Blindness?

[Emma]

The world is coming to an end.



I'm actually thinking about reading CLASSICS. And I'm WANTING to read classics.


This never happens.


I suppose Meyer can do strange things to a person...

[Lori, Super Mod]

Go for it Emma, broaden those horizions..... you know you wanna....

[Emma]

True......I think I might start after I finish This Lullaby (looks promising) and read City of Ashes (sequel). I'm thinking Pride and Prejudice.....or Jane Eyre. Maybe even Wuthering Heights.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Wuthering Heights is being read by a few of us right now. I have been on it for a week and havent even hit 100 pages yet... its tough, and hard to get sucked into, but if you choose to read it, you will have support from me and a few others :)

[Emma]

Hmmm, damn it you awesome Goodreaders! Now I have the urge to read This Lullaby so I can move on to *gasp* CLASSICS. Wow, you know, I suppose this is the good side of Meyer's writing. She can get you to read ANYTHING. Just not of her writing.

[Sam]

Hey Emma. I got on a kick a while back to read classics. So I read Crime and Punishment / Tale of Two Cities / 1984 / The Jungle / A Clockwork Orange / Two Years Before the Mast.

Frankly, most of them bummed me out. But they probably bummed me out because they ARE powerful. But neither does it mean I have to agree with them . . . just because they're powerful :-)

[Sam]

BTW -- Where is the main place at Goodreads, where people just hang out to chat in general?

Also, anyone familiar with Readerville? I used to hang out there a lot until people ended up being mean and weird to each other.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Sam, what do you mean, the "Main Place" at Goodreads?

[Gracee]

WOW Kellie! Thank you for taking the time and writing your summary :)
I'm going to read Curious Incident !

I'm so glad you mentioned Plantation - reminds me I need to find it at the library - it sounded excellent when I put it on my TBR list.

I'll have to re-think Dogs of Babel.... since I'm such an animal lover, too many gruesome details about abuse, I just cannot handle. I'll have to look it over before I check it out at the library.

Cold Mountain was actually my mothers purchase. When she passed away in late 2006, I took most of her novels - which weren't a whole lot. She had mainly craft books. I don't think she ever finished Cold Mountain :(

thank you again everyone!!

[Melanie]

Jenn - Glad to hear The Gypsy Morph is good. I loved the first two.

I am still reading The Monster of Florence (Douglas Preston) and just started Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay).

[Sam]

Hey Lori -- Maybe there are several places at Goodreads. I just recall that at other sites, there usually ends up being a "central hangout" where people post their thoughts most often . . . .

Just wondering where that might be here. Could be several places though!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Sam....
Uhm.
Here!


There is really no Main Place. There are thousands of groups, you just join the ones that appeal to you most! Depends on what you like to read, which authors you prefer, not all of them are book-based either.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Grace -

To Kill a Mockingbird is excellent!

I also enjoyed Devil in the White City and Guns Germs and Steel, if you're in the mood for non-fiction.

[Angela]

Just finished Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner... great thriller!

I am going to start Barefoot next.

[Cynthia]

Emma - Jane Eyre is one of my all time favorite books...I read it for AP English my senior year in high school and just fell in love with it...we also read Wuthering Heights that year and though good it wasn't nearly as good in comparison to Jane Eyre in my opinion so I would go with that one if I had to pick one of the two...I'm reading a classic now too my first Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility. I've read a lot of books about her in the last year or so...so it's about time I actually read one.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Emma - Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are both excellent, and among my favorites.

[Anna]

I"m currently reading

A PEACH OF A MURDER BY LIVIA WASHBURN

SMOKE SCREEN BY SANDRA BROWN

and listening to on my IPOD

BAD BLOOD by Linda Fairstien

[Anna]

I"ve read that one too and love it.

[Vasundhra]

Am reading the Brethren. Seems interesting.
Am somebody who judges a book by its cover so if someone could gimme suggestions i would really be grateful.