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Nov 06, 2008 01:18PM
Thank you Jaime for the heads-up. I am looking forward to reading it even though the premise doesn't really interest me ;)
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I'm reading three books right now An easy read for tonight, then two more for fun of corse
1. charmed by Carrie mac (easy read)
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I'm catching up with Eve Dallas, Roarke, Peabody and McNab in Salvation in Death. This series is my favorite guilty pleasure.
I LOVE what the meaning of The NEXT Best Book Club actually is. That should be added to the club description, Lori!
Leila, I agree with Jaime. The Host starts out slow, but stick with it! It turns out to be fabulous. Also, if you've read Stephenie Meyer's other books, put them entirely OUT of your mind before you get into The Host. It's a different story (obviously) and different flow and just totally different. Enjoy!
Kellie,Why did you think Heart-Shaped Box was exhausting?
I was a bit disappointed with the book because I thought it was going to be scarier. Minus about a hundred pages or so in the middle, I thought it moved along pretty quickly and all.
The action...My head was spinning by the time I finished it.This is just not my typical genre.
It did move quickly though.
I have put aside Gone with the Wind and Brideshead Revisited. I am listening to Practical Magic and reading Death Comes for the Archbishop. And oh is the later slow going.
Kellie I do hope you haven't given away anything significant about the plot for Heart-shaped Box. That's still on my TBR shelf and I'm looking forward to reading it without spoilers...
OMG! OMG! I am loving SAIL by James Patterson!!! I should be done in about an hour, if I can shut down this computer!!lol
I just changed my "name" to Ann from S.C. because I see there is a new Ann. Just to let you all know..
just finished reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close..so AMAZING! I have no idea what to read next..how do you choose after reading a book that may have become one of my favorites??
Gasme of Thrones is one of my favorites. There are currently 3 other books in that series. It is supposed to end with the 4th...still waiting for that one.I really enjoyed Eragon. There are currently 3 more books in that series. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but when the 3rd book came out, it turned into a 4 book series. I hate when they do that!
Ella Minnow Pea is on my TBR list. I am going to have to request it at my libary since I can't ever find it on the shelf.
I am currently reading Dracula and Creed for the 3rd Millenium. I am almost finished with Dracula. I had to start the other book last night to prevent nightmares. Vampires get into my dreams every time.
Lisa: Ella Minnow Pea was cute and very quick. What a horrible thought - the alphabet disappearing. Jamie: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was fantastic and heartbreaking. I was in a book slump for awhile after reading it because nothing was as good.
I just started Motherless Brooklyn tonight, but I'm only about 20 pages in.
I'm reading Everything is Illuminated while everyone else reads Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close because I just read it a few months ago and am working on not re-reading...I'm about three quarters done and was hoping to finish it today but, oh well.I would definitely recommend it to those reading EL&IC. His writing style just amazes me all the time.
finished ella minnow pea in a day, it a wonderfull book, quick and easy, but really meaningfull. and I love books in letters. its such un interiesting way to tell a story. I recommend it to word lovers.now I've started Glass Houses the first book of the morganville vampire series by rachel caine.
but this morning I've received extremely loud. will be my next read
kelliealthugh I do like horror I agree whit you exausting is a good word to describe heart shaped box.
Finished Big Stone Gap - really good book by a local author here in Virginia - I loved it.Next something totally different A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read (goodreads author).
Ann from S.C. I was thinking of changing my name too since I see there is another Lisa...just not sure what to change it too...lolCourtney how is the book Good in Bed? I have seen it in the bookstore many times but haven't bought it.....yet...lol
Lisa,I'll pipe in because Good in Bed is one of my favorite books ever.
Loved it!
Hope Courtney likes it too!!
Leaving for a cruise tomorrow, but taking at least three books with me. I live in fear that I will finish a book and have nothing to read since the flights are long and the time between flights long as well. Soooooooo, will probably finish The True Story of Hansel and Gretel which I am about 2/3 of the way through and liking it. Taking Jane Eyre and The Pact - Jodi Picoult. And, yes, I will have other things to do besides read, but a lounge chair in the sun near the pool with a cool drink and a good book is seriously calling my name.By the way - anyone who loved Marley & Me and has not read The Art of Racing In The Rain - Garth Stein - will be in for a real treat.
Dorie - I bet I'm not the only one in love with Roarke! I love JD Robb's "______ in Death" series, too, but guilty pleasure is def. the way to describe it IMO. And not a series to read if you are man-less, either!
I finished A Dirty Job and now I'm onto Twilight. I was so excited to start it that I read a little bit this morning.
Atishay, I really enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird It was one of those books that I couldn't believe I had gone 22 years without reading and I'm glad I finally got around to it.And Cynthia, I loved A Field of Darkness, very good book.
Now I feel bad....for not have read that one yet because it is on my tbr list but....well I always seem to find more interesting books to read...so for 28 years I am going without reading it.
I just started The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts last night. So far, I like the way it is written: through quotes from family and friends and Chris Farley himself, rather than long paragraph forms. Makes for both quick and sometimes confusing reading, as you can't always tell where it's all going. This is going to be my nighttime read, I think.
Hmmm. yeah but how will I do that. Everytime there is one of those books, someone here tells me how good it is and that I really should read it now...so in the end I end up wth a new wish list of those kind of books!!!!
Okay okay....keep remembering me when I lvie in Diblin and have ajob...then I might concider buying it or look for it in the library there. As my boyfriend mentioned library near to the place we're going to stay....library I wanna see you!!!!
I am reading Twilight and I am going thru it pretty quick because I want to get it over with!! I know a lot of you guys liked it but I am having trouble getting into to it. There are some parts I like but I just think there is a lot of things that could have been left unsaid and saved a couple of hundred pages. Like how slow she chewed her cereal!But nexT I am going to read The Last Lecturer and then Two Lives by Vikram Seth!
Heather - I have to finish I Capture the Castle first, then I'll be picking up EL & IC and also I think the first Sookie Stackhouse mystery - Dead Until Dark.
I was reading (and enjoying) Dead Until Dark when my Sony Reader decided not to turn on anymore. I have to send it to the company, so I've moved on to Motherless Brooklyn - I hate stopping mid-book!
Currently reading - The Shack by William P. Youngand I will be starting Grace by Richard Paul Evans.
I plan on reading Motherless Brooklyn right after the other 7 books that I'm reading. :>) I am in the middle of Aphrodisiac, Girl Meets God and Small Island right now.
I just started The Book Thief on my lunch break. I am really excited for this book as I have been waiting on it from the library for a while.Good thing it is going to be cold and rainy all weekend, perfect weather to be inside under a blanket with a good book.
I have 4 books on the go lol. Faithless - Karin Slaughter
Almost Moon - Alice Sebold
Lost Souls - Neil White
Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins.
But I am going to try & finish Faithless asap.
I have a copy of The Book Thief. I bought from a charity shop. I read this sometime this month. Was kinda weird to me. But can make u cry in places.
Okay...STILL reading Frankenstein BUT,
I have a very funny story.
I was on YA for Obama, you know, talking to Chelsea, Genevieve and Gabriella, chatting like usually and suddenly Genevieve mentions Harry Potter. I say I haven't read it, they all TALK LIKE THIS for about five minutes. And now, I've agreed to this reading order for November:
Frankenstein
Suite Scarlet (Maureen Johnson's book that I REALLY need to read)
The Hobbit
Devilish (another MJ book)
Pride and Prejudice
Harry Potter.
I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON READING HP!
I have a love/hate relationship with my YA for Obama friends. :D
Ashley, This is a fabulous book. You have selected a great "under the blanket" book. It will be as dark as the weather, but still a great read.
I finished SAIL last night and it was awesome! Now I am getting into EL&IC and I am really loving it. I love the way he writes.
Still reading The Three Musketeers, but I also started, for my non-fiction, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, which I am enjoying.
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