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[Linda]

Don't get heavy boots over it Lori. It's okay.

[Carrie]

I'm finally reading A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY!! I know "SOMEONE" will be happy to hear that!! Where are you, dear??

[Rachelle]

Just starting Extremely Loud by Foer, recently read History of Love by Krauss, which I found very dry and am bursting to read Blindness. Lori's love of this one prompted me to buy it and I can't wait to read it!

[Atishay]

Thanks Kellie for sharing the review of "The true story of hansel and gretel". I have added it to my tbr list and will definitely read it.

[Atishay]

Cheri, is Namesake kinda slow paced? Some of my friends found it to be pretty slow and couldn't finish it... :)

[Jeane]

Evening Class
it is the perfect book to read for me, especially now!!! It is about Italy first, then about teaching Italian but it is all happening in Dublin. I adore everything related to Italy, it must be the purpose why I live and next month I am normally moving to Dublin!

[Michelle]

Just finished Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs and Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn and now am ready to focus on Seeing...I wanted to read it when I got it in the mail, but needed something lighter during the work week...I've heard it's not as heavy as Blindness, but I didn't want to be distracted while reading it...although there is alot of football on this weekend...so we shall see...Go Gators!...

Jeane, I have to admit to having a weakness for anything set in Dublin, which is one of my all-time favorite cities...I am kind of done with Maeve Binchy because the stories feel kind of repetitive...but Italy and Dublin together...sign me up...

[Cheri Howard]

Atishay — I did not find The Namesake to be slow at all, I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

[Michelle]

Hmm...I have to admit that I did not really care for The Namesake, but did enjoy Interpreter of Maladies. Personal preference I guess...

[Jeane]

Michelle, I am completely weak about Italy. it is the love of my life!!! I will see how I feel about Dublin because me and my boyfriend decided we are moving there next month.
It is only my second Maeve Binchy but I adored Quentins. Now that I am reading evening class and have been in Dublin, I adore it that there are street names or places where I walked!

I thought about you when I was there last week. Looked everywhere for Easton, till I saw the big sign and took a picture of it!!! I was talking about this person who went to ireland and went to Easton and that I wondered where ad how it was... Poor boyfriend!! :-)

[Sherry]

I started The Island of Dr. Moreau

[Melissa]

Just started The Boleyn Inheritance -- I couldn't wait. It's written very differently than The Other Boleyn Girl. It should keep me from getting bored with it.

[Kristie]

Officially starting Jane Eyre.....right this moment (after I post this)

[Chloe]

I'm still reading Garden of Eden but switching between it and East of Eden. I also just received my latest issue of Esopus 11 and am excited to dive into it.

[Atishay]

Great ! Thanks Cheri ! It will definitely go to my tbr list now.

[Michelle]

Jeane,

How cool that you are moving to Dublin...I would love to live there...still trying to figure out how to do it and remain gainfully employed...

I think Tara Road is actually the book before Quentins...I have read both and would recommend it...If you are open to chick-lit type books, you should give Marita Conlon-McKenna a try...the books aren't bad, but all of her stories are set in Dublin...I, too, love the idea of reading books that describe places I have been...and loved...

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I started The Three Musketeers last night. I think I read it at 14 or thereabouts, but don't remember much of the experience. So it's interesting re-reading it. It took me a little to get re-used to Dumas' pace and writing style, but after that I was fine.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I may have read Twenty Years After when I was 14 (I was on a Dumas binge that summer), but I'm not sure, as I don't remember anything of the novel at all, now.

[Maria]

i just picked up Company of Liars from the library this afternoon. it sounds like a great story, i just hope it isn't too heavy. i was sort of looking for a lighter read, but it was a dash-and-grab stop, no time to linger. looking forward to the book though.

[Ann from S.C.]

I also am reading A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY. And I can't put it down! I thought it sounded a little young for me with the young girls and the boarding house, but it is funny and also suspensful!

[Laura]

OMG Haleemah, LOVE your avatar!!

Oh Ann - GEmma will be so glad to hear you love AGATB. I got hooked on it too, maybe about 1/3 through and the rest of that Saturday was SPENT on AGATB. I had to finish!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yeah, Rachelle,,,, chalk one more up for Blindness!!!

[Atishay]

Same here Fiona, the only two books I have read are "The three musketeers" and "The man in the iron mask". I didn't even know that there were more.

[Jeane]

Michelle, I also like the thought of going to live in Dublin, but not at all of leaving Italy... but Evening class is really nice. Yesterday we went to eat out with friends and I constantly had a little devil voice telling me that the whole evening I wouldn't be able to read......I had a headache and even thought about saying to my boyfriend that I wouldbe staying home. More for the book than the headache.

I am not a chick-lit fan but it seems that I do like reading them. Will look up Marita Conlon-McKenna. I guess I am not really reading Maeve Binchy her books in the correct order but she seems to have written them so you get updated about what happened before. Like in Evening class, Quentins is mentioned but she says in short what it is.

[Jeane]

Melissa, how many books are there written around The other Boleyn girl? I wanted to buy the book but then I saw there was another one...wasn't sure how many they were and in which order they came. Even the backcover of the book didn't tell me :-(

[Julianne]

Jeane,

It's not easy to tell how her series goes. Here is the link to Philippa Gregory's website's FAQs. The 4th Q: answers the question "In what order do they go" (which is chronological. She didn't write them in order, though, so you can't go by publication date).

http://www.philippagregory.com/faqs/a...

I picked up The Constant Princess, which is the first in the Boleyn series, b/c I haven't read any.

[silvia]

jeane

regarding the boleyn series I've bougth the another girl thinkung it was the first one. Darn!

[Kristina]

The Number Devil - Hans Magnus Enzensberger

[Kellie]

Just finished Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel
I really liked it!

Going to start Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
tonight!

[Sera]

Kellie, I am thrilled that you are loving WTTWBG :) I couldn't put it down either when I read it a few years ago.

[Sera]

Cheri, I'm one of the few that enjoyed The Namesake much more than The Interpreter of Maladies, even though she won an award for the latter. I think that some of its stems from the fact that I am not really that into reading short stories.

[Sera]

Atishay, if your friends thought that the book The Namesake was slow, then they probably shouldn't see the movie. It tracks the book fairly closely, albeit it cuts much out, but the pace in the two is about the same.

[Atishay]

Thanks Sera! Though I doubt if they'll want to watch it. But I'm totally into it. I'll read it first though.

[Jeane]

Julianne, thanks a lot for the link!

[Melissa]

Thanks, Julie!!

Jeane, since I started with The Other Boleyn Girl, I have no idea how much The Constant Princess has to do with the Boleyns, but I'm guessing they must be mentioned in it. I'm really enjoying The Boleyn Inheritance -- I seriously couldn't put it down last night or this morning. I wish I could spend all day reading it today! Seems to me that each of her books is written in a slightly different style. Now that I know what to expect of her writing and detail, I am getting through this book much easier than I did with The Other Boleyn Girl at first.

So, that being said, my other three books have been pushed to the back burner, so I can focus on The Boleyn Inheritance. Though, I do have Let's Talk Turkey on hold at the library.

[Paula]

I finished reading "The Darkroom" Carolyn Banks and am now reading "Good Brother, Bad Brother" (don't remember the author just now). It's a NF and a YA about John Wilkes Booth and his brother Edwin. It's on the Battle of the Books list for middle schoolers here so thought I'd see what it was about.

[Atishay]

Salman Rushdie's "Midnight Children" ... friends, I need some reviews on this "Booker of the Bookers" :)
Is it worth the hype and accolades it has recieved ?

[Kim]

i just finished Middlesex and it was fantastic. I can't believe I took me so long to pick this one up.

Now I'm on The Tender Bar which so far is excellent.

TBR for The True Story of Hansel and Gretel and A Great and Terrible Beauty.

[Jeane]

Thanks Melissa, it looked a bit confusing but I whish I could start reading them now. I will keep it in mind when reading them about the writing style.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The sequels to The Three Musketeers that I'm aware of are Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne.

And The Count of Monte Cristo is great, but not a part of that series.

[Ann from S.C.]

I finished A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY last night and I hated to see it end! Now I am going to try and finish NEVER LET ME GO. I read some of your reviews and I think they will help me alot. Thanks!

[Marsha]

Don't worry Ann- there's always Rebel Angels!

Although I've been waiting about a month for that book at the library.

I just started Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I got teary-eyed on page 22. This is a highly thought provoking book.

[Carrie]

Laura, you are reading AGATB too?? ME TOO!

[Atishay]

Thanks Susanna, I haven't read either of the two sequels. I'm adding it to my tbr list now

[Andrew]

I finished Alice at Heart by Debrah Smith. It was a good read. Started Animal Farm last night. I'm doing Nano as most of you know by now, but, I'm going to try to finish it this month.

[Carrie]

ANIMAL FARM..great book!

[Kristie]

All the Libba Bray books are fantastic.....LOVED THEM.....

I added Hansel and Gretel to my TBR too....I'm in such a holocaust phase since the book thief

[Atishay]

Animal Farm is a splendid read Andrew! I hope you enjoy every word of it.

[Laura]

Carrie - I finished it a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed keeping GEmma updated along the way. Haven't started the second book yet, tho, have you?

Glad you enjoyed AGATB, Ann! Are you going to read the second one too?

[Carrie]

NO, I'm still on the first one.