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[Ashley]

Cheri-I haven't read that one, but I like his Women's Murder Club books.

[Linda]

Okay, so word from the OCD corner, I read between 3 and 4 books at a time and usually listen to one on audio. Rule 1, the books are all different in theme - read a non-fiction, WWII fiction, book narrated by a dog, and thriller while listening to David Sedaris. Rule 2, don't push it, read a given amount in each (usually two on a given day) and switch on the next day. Rule 3, when you get near the end of one of the 3-4, give it up, just finish that one and take a deep satisfying breath. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, now wasn't that easy?

[Linda]

Cynthia, have you read any of Adriani Trigliani's books? Lucia, Lucia has recipes in it too. I actually tried one and it was very good.

[Linda]

Cheri, For the most part I have always loved Patterson's books, but I tried that one years ago and, like you, could not get into it.

[Linda]

Finished When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris, and A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore. While I was not sure at first about the Sedaris book, for the most part (once or twice it got a little long in the tooth), I thought it was quite funny. Christopher Moore is my new hero. What a macabre, but unbelievably funny romp through the dark side. I had to actually be careful not to get carried away with this one in public or they would have sent the troops in to cart me away in a straightjacket. It's a great feeling to be able to laugh like that while reading.

[Cynthia]

Linda - She's on my to-read list but I haven't read any yet. I also like Diane Mott Davidson's culinary mysteries.

[Laura]

Susanna - Like you, I've been reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for a while. I've been reading & audioing it. I love it, love it, but @ 800 pages, I keep reading other books at the same time.

Linda - I can't imagine ever reading just one book. I have to hop around like a squirrel from one to another. Audio one or two, read one or two, one light one, one heavy one, one non-fiction one .... it just goes on and on!!

Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society last night. It was terrific! I highly recommend it for almost anyone. Lots of WWII history, a love story, lots of authors/books of the time are mentioned...I just loved it. Best of all, it's like watching a black and white movie in terms of the old-fashioned romance aspect.

Can't say enough about it!

Now, back to I Capture the Castle I guess. Gotta finish this one.

[Krista]

Well, since I'm not sleeping well and having very bizarre dreams I think I may need to lay off the doom and gloom books for a short time. My hubby is out of town through the next two weeks, then we have a week off together. I'm thinking I may have to put down House of Leaves until the vacation...

In the meantime (at breakfast this morning), I started writing Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr.

[Kellie]

I finished The Given Day last night.
I enjoyed it.
You can go to my bookshelf and read my review...
To summarize, the book was about the Police Strike in Boston of 1919.
The historical material is fascinating and the story within is very good.
I highly recommend.

Started "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" by Bill Bryson last night.
I loved "A Walk in the Woods"
Looking forward to reading this....

[Laura]

Kellie, have you read Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons? I noticed you liked a lot of her stuff. That is my favorite one by her.

[Anthony]

i am readn sloth and traitor. bth r good books, but i lik traitor bettr so far

[Jeane]

Linda, for now I have only read Lucia, Lucia by Adriani Trigiani, but I loved it! it was so great how the story was told. And only finding out at the end, the real meaning of the story...

[Paula]

Kristie I did read The Thirteenth Tale and I didn't think I would get through it after a couple of chapters but decided to go a little further. I'm glad I did because I really got into it then. I hope you'll like it.

[Emma]

Almost finished The Audacity of Hope! But GR is calling....

[Paula]

Just finished "City of Masks" Mary Hoffman (YA) and now have started "Trick or Treat Murder" Leslie Meier.

[JT]

Fiona, I can't say enough good things about East of Eden. You are about to depart on an incredible reading journey!

Charity, what did you think of Joy Luck Club? I can practically hear it calling my name from my nightstand.

[Ann from S.C.]

Just finished HOUSE OF LEAVES... I think... and now I am really getting into SAY GOODBYE by Lisa Gardner.

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I like "East of Eden", too. Related to the "Animal Farm" yes, it is a profound allegory. With ideological backbone. It's quite interesting to read it from "within the block". The idealist, utopic vision could be interesting, but we have a saying "the theory could be perfect, but the practice could be the big problem". Reading it I remained with the image that the author advocates this saying.

[Angela]

Say Goodbye was excellent Ann... I just love all of her books!

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JT, "Joy Luck Club" is the first book by Amy Tan I read. I couldn't stop reading it. Hope that you will enjoy it.

[Ann from S.C.]

Yeah Angela, so far, i have loved all of her books!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Ann, you are on a book reading binge.. How many books have you completed this month????? Damn... You are totally putting me to shame!

[Kim]

Ikiwiki Love Walked In is such a touching book. I'm glad I found out about it here. I can't wait to read the sequel.

My book club is reading Julie to Julia this month and I'm not sure if it is very good or not.

It seems since I joined GR I'm not satisfied to read mediocre books. I want great books.

I'm becoming quite the book snob now. LOL!!

Kim

[Laura]

Totally, Kim. Too many great ones to waste your time on good ones.

[Jackie]

I finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan last night. It was beautifully written. I loved how Lisa See portrayed the Chinese culture and women relationships.

Now I think I am going to start on Dracula. I'm dying to read it before Halloween.

[Kellie]

Laura.
I have read all but 2 of Siddons books.
Colony was one of my favorites.
I loved The House Next Door as well.

[Linda]

Laura, Just came back from our monthly book club meeting and The Guernsey... was the discussion for the day. I have been with this group for over 2 years and this was about the most enthusiastic I have seen these women on a read. We all loved the book and (for some) for different reasons. What a shame the author didn't live to see it become such a big hit.

[Laura]

Kellie - OK, I was gonna suggest Colony for you. I love Siddons, how 'bout Peachtree Road? Read that one? Loved that one too.

[Laura]

Linda - what I'm looking for now is what to follow that one up with?

I'm going to start Gemma Doyle (just cause if you hang around here long enough EMMA you just have to wonder about it), but I'm wondering what to read after just finishing Guernsey last night.

It's a hard one to follow, and I'd like something somehow in that same vein. Maybe The History of Love: A Novel?

[Michelle]

Just finished Blindness. Thanks for the recommendation, Lori. I can't quite find the words to describe it. It was definitely the most powerful book I have ever read, despite making me extremely uncomfortable while reading it. I didn't realize there was a sequel. I am going to pass the time until it arrives with Fallen.

Also, I loved The History of Love. There are passages in it that just stay with you. It is kind of uneven, but there are enough redeeming qualities to make it worth your while.

[Chloe]

I finished Tree of Smoke late last night and, while I am sporadically reading the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse vampire mysteries, Dead Until Dark, I'm also going to be diving into Gabriel Garcia Marquez's famous Love in the Time of Cholera.

[Tisha]

Finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and LOVED it. I recently started Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Michelle, I am really happy to hear that you loved Blindness. Annnnd that you are waiting for Fallen.

I got to tell you, you guys all make me feel so warm and fuzzy. I am able to share some of my favorite authors and novels with you, and when you tell me you liked them too.... well, thats the icing on the cake, really! I'm always afraid to recommend books... I dont want people to read them and think they are horrible... and then wonder what the heck is wrong with me for liking them.. hee hee.

Likewise, I have read some really amazing books that I would never have touched otherwise, just from seeing everyone writing about them here.

This site amazes me!

[Jaime]

I just finished Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield...I loved it. I'm a big music fan and have been making mixed tapes/cd's for people for as long as I can remember. It was nice to read about someone's memories told through their love of music and collection of mixes.

There's also a line at the end of the book that I was drawn to..."When we die, we will turn into a song and we will hear each other and remember each other." - My dad died a few years ago and I learned my love of music from him...this line reminded me so much of him. It was perfect.

My 2 cents...for what it's worth...

[Heather]

Charity - thanks for recommending "Now All We Need is a Title" I also love books about books and will read a few chapters or essays in between reading novels or when I can't decide on a new novel. But, "Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?" has been so intertaining I've starting reading it straight through. BTW, I liked your review on the book!

[Melissa]

Jessica, I read Hidden Power -- it's one of my favorite books. I had to read it for a class in college. Very informative and just a neat read. Something not a lot of people really focus on.

[Emma]

Hahah Laura! :D

[Melissa]

I finished Curse of the Spellmans (and managed to find a place for it on my Fall Challenge list!), so have moved on to Dracula. I am also reading Love is a Mix Tape and The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year.

[Kellie]

Laura
Read Peachtree Road and loved it.
I haven't read Heartbreak Hotel or Fox's Earth.
My other favorite was Nora Nora

[Laura]

Emma - I picked up the audiobook, haven't tried it yet. Will do soon & I'll let you know. ;)

Kellie - I haven't read HH or FE either. Or Nora Nora! I can't remember the one she wrote about the group of college friends? I think she fell in love with a guy and one of the other girls stole him away? That was a good one of hers also. I really like her.

[Emma]

Tell me when you do! :)

[Kellie]

Laura
I'm thinking that one was Outer Banks. Which I read but should read again
I can't remember it.

[Maria]

i just finished All Mortal Flesh from Julia Spenser Fleming, it was the October read for my library's book discussion group. i picked up Bed Rest from Sarah Bilston when i went to bed last night, and it should be a quick read.

[Laura]

Kellie - I think you're right.

Emma - I'll try it tonight. I keep my boombox close to my bed so when I inevitably wake up at 3am, I'll at least be able to lie there and pretend I'm asleep, and play a book to distract my BRAIN from coming up with endless thoughts and meaningless crap until the end of TIME!!!

ahem.

Yes, Emma, I'll start that one tonight, and I'll let you know. Thanks for the rec.

:)

[Emma]

LOL! Yay! :)

[Laura]

It's really hard for me to say no to your little Emu face.

[Emma]

Hahha!!!! :D

[Laura]

I bet I'm not the only one, either. Anyone else find it hard to say no to Emma's little Emu? Show of hands??

[Emma]

Hehhe! That's one of the reasons I love it. If it gets more people to read The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, I'm keeping it!

[Laura]

Oh my gosh. I need to sleep. I'm babbling.