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[Tami]

Annashu, I had to put mine down to come to work. I did bring it in from the car this time in case I have down time. Problem is, today is going to be really busy. Hopefully I control myself enough to get my work done. :)

[Alicia]

I finally finished Gone With the Wind! It took me almost a month to read it. Now I've began The Lightning Thief, because I need something light and fun after such a long novel.

[Jess]

I'm finished reading the Dixie Hemingway mysteries (at least until the sixth one comes out in January 2011!), so I've moved onto another book that I had been interested in—Frank Bruni's Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater. It's good so far!

[Kallie]

I just finished all of my boring school books. So now I'm starting Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. I'm very excited for recreational reading!

[Ashley]

I just finished reading by Kristin Hannah. I enjoyed it very much.

[Tahleen]

Just finished The Shack. I really liked it a lot.

[Jessika]

I just finished The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton, and I really enjoyed it, but it seems as if it's one of those "you either love it or you hate it" kind of books.

Last night, I picked up The Kite Runner and Snow Falling on Cedars, but I haven't had much time to read them today because I've spent the day gardening with my parents.

[Jessie]

I just finished The Grapes of Wrath. It was a tough book, really got to me. I really enjoyed Steinbeck's writing and am looking forward to reading more from him soon.

[Tahleen]

Jess wrote: "I just finished The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton, and I really enjoyed it, but it seems as if it's one of those "you either love it or you hate it" kind of books.

Last night, I picke..."

Ha, looks like you're on a "love it or hate it" roll... That's how I feel about The Kite Runner. I hated it, but so many people loved it.

[Anna]

Snickers wrote: "Finished Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136, am (still) currently reading The Swarm, which is and will continue to take me FOREVER to finish. I'm also readin..."

I know exactly how you feel. I am about 30 pages away from finishing Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table and I've been reading it before bed but I didn't want to finish the book and not be ready to go to sleep yet so I started The Sugar Queen. I'm also reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest but for some reason it isn't going as quick as the first two.

[Lori]

I finished East of Eden last night. Oh my goodness! It was amazing! I am so glad I picked it up because I could hardly put it down. I plan on continuing with Under the Tuscan Sun and/or starting Lady Chatterley's Lover today. I'm hoping to finish both of those by next Sunday, when I'm supposed to reread The Fountainhead with a friend.

[Jess]

Lori wrote: "I finished East of Eden last night. Oh my goodness! It was amazing! I am so glad I picked it up because I could hardly put it down. I plan on continuing with [book:Under the Tuscan ..."

Lori, I'm glad you loved East of Eden! It's one of my all-time favorite novels.

I'm reading Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which is great so far!

[Lori]

Jess, It's definitely on my all-time favorite list now!

[Meg]

Oh, Jess, I loved The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie! The sequel, The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag, was just as good. I can't wait for the third book in the trilogy to be released.

[Tami]

I finished the Girl That Kicked the Hornets Nest. I really liked it. The first was a bit slow but I think that is because Larsson introduced more than a dozen new characters. Also, it has been a while since I had read the other 2 so it took a minute to catch up on the story line.

I am now on to The Island of Bali is Littered With Prayers by Jeremy Grimshaw. Not a book I would normally pick up for two reasons: it is a memoir and it is about music (the actual playing and description of techniques and instruments). But....I had to get it. I know the author. We grew up in the same town and their whole family (well the kids anyways) are musical geniuses.

[Lori]

I took a quick sidetrip to read The Outsiders last night and this morning. As always, it was really good. I did it because we rented the movie, which I'd never seen before. I think it might be the best acting of Tom Cruise's career. But instead of finishing Lady Chatterley's Lover, I think I might read On the Road since it's one of this month's books.

[Jen]

I started The Handmaid's Tale yesterday afternoon. I'm only about 50 pages into it but I like it so far.

[Steph]

I'm reading Black Jack Volume 2: Two-Fisted Surgeon right now, and Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings (which I've been trying to read for months now).

[Kimberly]

I'm currently reading Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon. It is so good! It makes me want to read the whole series over again.

[Natanya]

I just finished The Hunger Games (very addicting...I stayed up way too late last night) and will be starting The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner), The Founding Bookworm]

I started Sputnik Sweetheart. I'm loving it already!!

[Bárbara]

I finally finished Dracula, and picked up Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel :)

[Nafiza]

Annashu wrote: "Snickers wrote: "Finished Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136, am (still) currently reading The Swarm, which is and will continue to take me FOREVER to finish...."

The Sugar Queen was a fun read. Have you finished it yet?

[Nafiza]

I just finished Conceit by Mary Novik. I think my brain needs to breathe for a bit.

[Jess]

I started David Kamp's The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation, which is good. I'm also going to start reading another lighter book to keep it all in balance!

[Michael Gawlinski]

I'm currently working on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Brass Command

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner), The Founding Bookworm]

Michael--How is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

[Tami]

Yes Michael, Let us know how you like it. I really enjoyed it.

I finished The Island of Bali is Littered With Prayers by Jeremy Grimshaw and have now started The Necromancer by Michael Scott.

A side note on the first. I really enjoyed it. I am not really into music. I enjoy music but the technique and such isn't really my cup of tea. I know Jeremy and how into music he is, and the book is mostly about music technique and meaning but it still was a good read. It is written as a memoir of a trip to Bali along with weaving music into every aspect of life. It also relates the Hinduism to Mormonism, which seems odd in itself but it worked. I recommend it highly to anyone that may be studying music. You would probably get a lot more out of it than I did.

[Lianne]

I finished reading Timothy Ware's The Orthodox Church: New Edition and Winifred Watson's Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day within the last day or so so now I'm on to China Mieville's Perdido Street Station and Ann Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance =)

[Laura]

Jamie wrote: "I started Sputnik Sweetheart. I'm loving it already!!"

Yay for Murakami! Sputnik had some truly beautiful passages, hope you enjoy it!

I'm reading The Things They Carried and Women in Love. Hopefully by next week I'll be starting American Pastoral!

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner), The Founding Bookworm]

Laura--Honestly I'm reading it and a sentence or passage will just stop me in my tracks and I have to just read it a few times and just sit there and let myself soak in how beautiful the words were.

[Laura]

I began The Awakening and The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries series) on Tuesday. I've finished The Awakening. It was okay, but I guess I expected more. I'm going to read the Struggle in the next few days and determine if I want to finish the series.

[Laura]

Bárbara wrote: "I finally finished Dracula, and picked up Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel :)"

Did you like Dracula? Oh! and tell me what you think about Three Men in a Boat. I've heard good things.

[Ashley]

I just finished reading [image error] . I am now reading the 2nd installment of the series,

[Bárbara]

Laura Ashlee wrote: "Bárbara wrote: "I finally finished Dracula, and picked up Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel :)"

Did you like Dracula? Oh! and tell me what you think about Th..."

Dracula started out slow for me, the first 100 or so pages were frustrating either because it felt too predictable or I just couldn't relate what was happening to the story in any way. Then the "action" really started and it was pretty enjoyable :)
As for Three Men in a Boat, it's being funny, but from what I had heard I personally expected funnier. The narrator is telling the trip, and then diverges to funny anecdotes, which sometimes makes me drift away too. Mixed feelings about it so far!

[Meg]

I finally finished The Stand! Talk about a long book... but I loved it. Last night I started on the first book in Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crimes series - The Big Over Easy. I loved Fforde's Thursday Next series, so I'm excited to be reading more Fforde.

[Lianne]

I finished reading Ann Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance this morning before I left the house (it wasn't a very long read) and I thought it was a pretty thrilling read =) Dunno what to read next from my TBR pile now, lol.

[Daisy]

I finished Blood Royal this afternoon and loved the lovestory of Catherine de Valois and Owen Tudor. I also love how I learn a small part of history when I read a historical romance (I always Wiki the people and times when starting one).

Am going to read A Game of Thrones next.

[Lianne]

Daisy wrote: "Am going to read A Game of Thrones next"

Hope you enjoy it! It was a very interesting and gritty novel (am slowly getting around to the rest of the series, lol).

I started reading Louis de Bernieres's Birds Without Wings and Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit (at long last---it was given to me as a Christmas present and I've only gotten around to reading it now xD)

[Michael Gawlinski]

Jamie wrote: "Michael--How is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?"

I'm a little more than half way through it and it's awesome!

[Tami]

I am glad you are enjoying it too Michael.

Over the weekend I finished The Necromancer (more predictable than the others have been but still good), started and finished Once Upon a Fast Ball (cute grandfather/grandson story that involves baseball) and started and have almost finished The Red Pyramid.

It was a great weekend! :)

[Annie]

I just finished The Virgin Suicides. I was a little behind on the group read.
I was a little disappointed. I liked it but I wasn't in love with it like I expected to be.

I'm not sure what to read next. I wanted to start another tonight but boyfriend wanted to have a cookout instead.. and I can't say no to food! ha ha

[Jess]

I just finished Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, which was great! I'm glad I read it, though I had a little bit of a hard time getting into it. However, tomorrow (or rather, when I wake up later today!) I'm going to pick up something a little lighter and fluffier to read.

[Tami]

I finished The Red Pyramid and am excited for the next in the series, though it will be awhile, I can't find info anywhere that it has even been started.

I started The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner figuring I would get it over quick, then was thinking of tackling Anna Karenina, but am not completely sure yet. Maybe something else will jump out and say Read Me!

[Jen]

My plan is to finish reading Breakfast at Tiffany's, then read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, and then maybe read Anna Karenina. I've been planning on trying to read Anna K this summer, but I might need a light read after Hornet's Nest.

[Tami]

I have read tons of fluff after Hornets Nest, so I think I am ready for something a bit heavy. :)

[Laura]

I finished Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Awakening and The Struggle.

I already had The Fury and Dark Reunion (the next two Vampire Diaries books) so I started that the two nights ago. I've also been reading through Mere Christianity slowly. Hopefully, I'll finish the two of those by this weekend.

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The last book I finished was Basketball Jones. I'm working on The Book Thief and the Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln audiobook.

[Sonja]

I'm almost done with American Gods as part of the One Book, One Twitter summer reading thingy. I've got about 100 pages left and I think its getting really good now!

[Kimberly]

Denise- The Book Thief is one of my favorite books!