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[Christine]

I'm almost done with my reread of & before I read the new release

Rereads are a luxury I seldom take, but I'm glad I did this time because I forgot a lot from the first two books. I've enjoyed them just as much the second time around.

[Michelle]

Christine wrote: "I'm going to have to buy a copy of Ender's Game in print so I can give it to my sons when they are old enough. Plus, I'm kind of curious how reading it will compare to listening to it."

Two of my kids loved it, but the third one hated it. Maybe she'll like the movie better.

[Gin]

I've recently read
wasn't as good as the others, but I enjoyed it
can't wait for the next
Loved it!!!!
What a twisted story, but completely sucked me in

Next I think I'll start
and

[Susan]

I am reading My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent.

[Anika]

Finished , re-read , finished , re-read starting now

[Michelle]

How did you like Beautiful Disaster? I've been hearing a lot about it.

[Esmeralda]

I'm about to begin Wolf Pact

[Regan]

Heading toward the end of

Very much enjoying it.

[Christine]

I'm starting the audio version of . Reading The Colour of Magic in print was a real struggle for me, so I'm hoping maybe the audio of the second book will go better for me.

[Megan]

Finished and loved it. Did rereads of and . Currently reading .

[Ashley Marie]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's an older book in the post-apocalyptic tradition, focusing on the lives of Catholic Monks over the course of several centuries following a nuclear holocaust. Really good so far!

[Maria]

This is a little outside my norm (but hey the book looks a little outside the norm!) but my librarian friend INSISTS it is too hilarious to pass up. Who am I to argue with a great librarian???

Prepare to Die!

[Ashley Marie]

Maria - I can't decide if that looks awesome or terrible! Can you let me know your opinion when you're done?

[Darcy]

Next up for me are

[Darcy]

That is a great deal, Genealogylady!

[Michelle]

Genealogylady wrote: "Just picked these up at the used bookstore today.

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Every Witch Way but Dead by Kim Har..."

Awesome!! My local library's used book sale is coming up very soon, which means I'll be getting my own bargains. The problem is, though, that the nice volunteers who organize the books don't separate the UF from everything else, so it's really difficult to find those kinds of titles :P

[Maria]

Ashley wrote: "Maria - I can't decide if that looks awesome or terrible! Can you let me know your opinion when you're done?"

Hey Ashley...This book is going to be a "heavily skimmed" checked the back and "finished" it for me. It's not a bad book, but many of the jokes are crass at best and vulgar at their worst. Yes, some of them are funny, but after pages and pages of them and various superhero fights, I kind of timed out on it somewhere between 50 and 100 pages. There IS a plot; it's not all fights--the guy is about to be winked out and so he's saying his final goodbyes. That was interesting enough for me to skip around and see what was important to him. So there's a romance, or he always wished there had been, and he's not after marrying superwoman.

All that said, it was kind of a letdown. I just could not care enough to want to read through how the guy became a superhero and all the related fights, jokes, trials and tribulations. It is well-written. Some of the jokes are...oh, high school childish, which if you get into the flow can be funny (there's nothing wrong with that type of humor, but it didn't do much for me in this case and some of the jokes were just plain stupid.)

I picked Prepare to Die! over Confessions of a D-List Supervillain, which I had sampled on Kindle. I found a kind of interesting/surprising twist even in the sample intrigued me. (This is what happens when you stand around giggling with librarians. You talk all kinds of weird books!) I enjoyed the sample of Supervillains and it's cheap so next time I'm in the mood for trying really zany, I am going to pick Supervillains up. I'm hoping it's like Superhero, Uncensored by Kabza. I ran across it as a free short on TownDrunk and found it hilarious (warning: F-bombs abound! Your sense of humor may differ from mine and in that case it may not be funny for you!)

http://www.towndrunkmag.com/2009/kabz...

All that said, my librarian giggled herself silly telling me about Prepare to Die. It just didn't work for me!

[Ashley Marie]

Maria wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Maria - I can't decide if that looks awesome or terrible! Can you let me know your opinion when you're done?"
Hey Ashley...This book is going to be a "heavily skimmed" checked the b..."

Thanks, Maria! I think I'll pass on PTD and look into Confessions and Uncensored instead, given your descriptions. I'm not very tolerant of high school humor - I have to work with 18 year olds every day and get
enough of their antics!
Have you ever read Soon I Will Be Invincible?

[Maria]

Ashley wrote: "Maria wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Maria - I can't decide if that looks awesome or terrible! Can you let me know your opinion when you're done?"
Hey Ashley...This book is going to be a "heavily skimmed" ..."

Haven't seen it! Will check it out, thanks.

[Tyhitia]

Just got done with and now I'm reading

[Kathy (Kindle-aholic)]

Read Blackwood and The Assassin's Curse. Enjoyed both very much.

Reading Katya's World, Three Parts Dead, Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous & The Dead of Winter - depending on my mood at any particular moment.

[Maria]

Reading Skin Deep and wow, it is REALLY good.

[Michelle]

I'm trying to keep up with my goals for the new challenge by reading

[Davena]

Starting and picked up at the library!!

[Sharon]

Just finished Death's Rival Solid 5 stars from me, one of the best in the series.

[Darcy]

Sharon wrote: "Just finished Death's Rival Solid 5 stars from me, one of the best in the series."

I just started listening to it and am really liking it.

[Jo Anne]

I'm reading Boys Life by Robert McCammon. Finished reading Ann Charles two series. So funny and so good. I recommend her books and of course any of McCammons.

[Gin]

Davena wrote: "Starting and picked up at the library!!"

I loooooved Poison Study!

[Marsha]

Currently reading . I have been away from this series for so long that it's hard to get back into it.

[Gin]

I'm reading and listening to

[Shannon]

Gin, I'll be interested to see what you think about . I found kind of cliched. But I just picked up which you mentioned on another group, and it looks really cool!

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

I'm getting ready to start .

[Michelle]

Mitabird wrote: "I'm getting ready to start ."

Oh, that's an awesome book! Be sure to tell us if you like it :)

[Christine]

Michelle wrote: "Mitabird wrote: "I'm getting ready to start ."

Oh, that's an awesome book! Be sure to tell us if you like it :)"


One may my favorite series. Enjoy!

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

Michelle wrote: "Mitabird wrote: "I'm getting ready to start ."

Oh, that's an awesome book! Be sure to tell us if you like it :)"

I will :)

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

Christine wrote: "Mitabird wrote: "I'm getting ready to start ."

One may my favorite series. Enjoy!"

Thanks. I've heard good things about it.

[Gin]

Shannon wrote: "Gin, I'll be interested to see what you think about . I found kind of cliched. But I just picked up which you mentioned on anothe..."

I haven't gotten far enough to form an opinion, but it's interesting so far.

[Christine]

If you like YA books and werewolves, I'm almost done listening to and it's been quite good.


In print, I'm about to start . I'm hoping for a little less sexism than there was in the last one, but I'm not holding my breath....

[Michelle]

~Kate~ wrote: "Today I started which I am enjoying already!"


What's with Alice and zombies, lol? I'm reading
which is another Alice/zombie interpretation!

[Gin]

Finished Loved it!!
I'm starting

[Scott]

Finished 1Q84 and it was pretty good but really long. Still reading 50 Shades on my Kindle and starting Magic Burns in audible format on my iPhone.

[Michelle]

Scott wrote: "Finished 1Q84 and it was pretty good but really long. Still reading 50 Shades on my Kindle and starting Magic Burns in audible format on my iPhone."

I read 1Q84 last year and liked it a lot, too. It was long, but at the same time, I thought it was pretty fascinating overall.

[Gin]

I've been wanting to try 1Q84 a while now.

I finished
and now I'm reading I'm enjoying this one the best so far. A little less action, but tons of politics.

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

I finished . While I ended up liking it, it did not really hold my interest. It was very easy for me to put down, though I plan on reading the next one.

[Michelle]

Mitabird wrote: "I finished . While I ended up liking it, it did not really hold my interest. It was very easy for me to put down, though I plan on reading the next one."

Lol. I *loved* that book! :) Did you think that the world-building was too complicated, or maybe the back story interfered with the plot? I did think that there was so much that had happened in the past that it was sometimes hard to puzzle it all out. Imho, the second one is even better.

I'm starting the BOM -

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

Michelle wrote: "Lol. I *loved* that book! :) Did you think that the world-building was too complicated, or maybe the back story interfered with the plot? I did think that there was so much that had happened in the past that it was sometimes hard to puzzle it all out. Imho, the second one is even better...."

Maybe that's what it was, the back story. I couldn't quite figure out what it was that I could not get into. I really liked Mercy a lot, so it wasn't her. I think I needed more info into Mercy's walker abilities, but I figured that may be explained over the course of the next books.

[Christine]

and were both great reads. It's a YA series, but doesn't feel too "young".


I liked so much more than the first two books in the series. Go figure.

I'm almost almost done with the audio of and it's also a lot better than the first two in the series. I'm sensing a trend here....

[Maria]

Mitabird wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Lol. I *loved* that book! :) Did you think that the world-building was too complicated, or maybe the back story interfered with the plot? I did think that there was so much that ha..."

I love most of Briggs stuff, but I did like her Alpha and Omega series more than the Mercy Thompson one. Don't get me wrong, they are both great series, but something about Alpha and Omega (which is in the same world) just totally grabbed me.

[Maria]

I still need to find a copy of the BOM. Forgot to request an interlibrary loan last week...

[Christine]

Michelle wrote: "Mitabird wrote: "I finished . While I ended up liking it, it did not really hold my interest. It was very easy for me to put down, though I plan on reading the next on..."


That's one of my favorite series. Loved it from the first page. I know other people that didn't care for the first book, but liked the subsequent books better.