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[Lauren]

Just finished Women of the Silk, Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter, and now on Honolulu.

[Jess]

I just started reading Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants. I absolutely hate circuses—and never had any desire to read this book—but am doing so for the seasonal challenge. So far it's actually pretty good. I'll admit it!

[Lori]

I finally finished Under the Tuscan Sun last night. It was really good and definitely worth trudging through the slow middle. I'm looking forward to reading more by Mayes. I know I own Bella Tuscany, but I can't remember what else I own by her.

I'm currently reading 3 books:

Lady Chatterley's Lover, America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and The Fountainhead, which I'm reading with a friend, one part a week.

[Tami]

Finished The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. It was decent. I enjoyed it better than the Twilight books.

Not sure what to start next. I do have Anna K sitting there staring me in the face, but we will see......

[Tami]

I started Anna K at lunch today, already 30 pages in. :) so much more to go.

[Silvia]

I finished The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible. I had high expectations after reading The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World but the book failed to really impress me. There were some profound thoughts in the book that he could have developed more, but for the most part it just seemed like a series of diary entries that were written without much insight or thought.

I have started A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I am about 100 pages in and I am really enjoying it. It reminds me of what it is like to be a child, and actually brought back some memories I had forgotten. I love finding a book I really enjoy!

[Grace]

The last book I read was "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and now I'm reading "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert.

OHYOS did not live up to my expectations, I found it inconsistent and displaying weak characterization, whereas surprisingly I'm really enjoying EPL. Although Gilbert can be rather whiny at times, I would love to live the journey she takes.

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

I felt the same way about Eat, Pray, Love! I was pretty envious of her journey. And I heard alot of crap about how she was so self absorbed but I just kept thinking..it's a memoir! It's about her! lol

I think there was a thread for this book from a while ago if you want to check it out. I'd certainly be up for talking about it again!

[Silvia]

Grace, I realy liked OHYOS when I started to read it. But then it started to take too many turns everywhere skipping from one turn to another. I ended up just giving up on the book about 100 pages into it.

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading a cozy mystery (Claws and Effect by Rita Mae Brown), which I picked up randomly at my grandma's library sale and I Am Legend because my dad said I'd like the movie, so of course, I have to read the book first!

[Jess]

Grace and Silvia, I also felt similarly about One Hundred Years of Solitude. GGM's short stories are really great, but I didn't enjoy his book as much. Love and Other Demons is good though!

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

I also felt similarly about One Hundred Years of Solitude. I really liked it but it wasn't as easy to love as Love in the Time of Cholera!

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I just finished listening to the Team of Rivals audiobook. I loved it so much. Not done with The Book Thief and might start The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency soon.

[Sonja]

I have finished American Gods and am now on to some non-fiction with Reading Lolita in Tehran. I'm about 20 pages in but its fantastic so far...

[Tahleen]

Sonja, I tried to read that twice and had to stop both times because I just couldn't get into it... Let me know what you think when you're finished.

[Jess]

I just started both Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle and Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag. Both are really good so far!

[Tahleen]

Jess, I keep reminding myself that I need to read The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, but I always forget to take it out at B&N (we can take out hardcovers like library books).

[Alicia]

I just finished Columbine, which was very well done, but it was difficult to read, emotionally, at times.
Now I'm on to The Grapes of Wrath, and I'm hoping it'll be as good as East of Eden.

[Heather]

I'm currently reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon which I'm enjoying. I'm also reading The Autograph Man... this is the second novel I've read by Zadie Smith and I just can't seem to get into her writing.

[Jess]

alicia wrote: "I just finished Columbine, which was very well done, but it was difficult to read, emotionally, at times.
Now I'm on to The Grapes of Wrath, and I'm hoping it'll be as ..."

alicia, The Grapes of Wrath is really good but very different from EoE. I love both of them but for different reasons. You should also check out The Pearl, one of Steinbeck's shorter novels—it's phenomenal.

[Anna]

Just started Anna Karenina, only a few pages in but so far so good. Thank you to whoever mentioned Oprah's bookmark with character descriptions, I think it may save me.

[Sonja]

Tahleen wrote: "Sonja, I tried to read that twice and had to stop both times because I just couldn't get into it... Let me know what you think when you're finished."

Tahleen, I'm surprised that you couldn't get into this book! I picked it up yesterday and I'm just blowing right through it, about a third of the way through already. I just love the way she describes everything she dealt with and saw and how we see her life in events, like snapshots! Can you tell me what turned you off?

[Catherine]

I'm almost finished with The Faculty Club by Danny Tobey, which is about a law school secret society. It's been a quick, interesting read, but I feel like the ending will determine how I feel about it.

Also just finished Dear John by Nicholas Sparks and thought it a little boring/cloyingly sentimental. I've liked a few of his books though - The Notebook, A Walk to Remember.

[Lori]

How are you liking Walden? It's one that I swear I'm going to read every summer, but I've just not gotten around to it yet.

[Becky]

Jamie wrote: "hahah kelsey..i've been telling everyone to get me gift cards to barnes and nobles!! :)


I kind of wish I have Amazon gift cards. The used books on Amazon are so much cheaper than those on Barns and Nobles.

I just finished reading Basic Black: the essential guide for getting ahead at work(and life). Well, I have been out in the real world for a year and I ran into some nasty office politics. This book definitely keeps things in perspective. And I am glad I will be back in school again in September.

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

That sounds like a good book! Luckily for me right now my office is great but I think I'll be adding that to my TBR list!

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

I've heard that about that particular book. I plan on reading it as it is on my shelf but haven't gotten around to it yet!

[Jenna]

I just finished reading The Scoundrel and am now reading The Dating Game

[Sarah]

I just finished The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe, Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, and The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker. I'm now trying to decide what from my summer reading list to start tackling next. Work really cuts into reading time. It's quite upsetting.

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

Sarah--I hear you on that one! It's so frustrating when other things cut into reading time. If only the world could revolve around our reading time..

[Sarah]

I second that times like a million, Jamie. Hahaha

[Lori]

Anna, I heard it was one of those that you definitely don't read for plot.

[Lianne]

I cam currently reading China Mieville's Perdido Street Station (but I am so close to giving up on it) and Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit (which I am totally loving at the moment; I also enjoyed the 2008 adaptation =D).

Last book I finished was Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. It was an interesting read and I especially love the last scene of the story =D

[Ale Egler]

i just finished reading Why We Suck by Dr. Denis Leary.

now i'm reading Eat, Pray, Love. it's incredibly wonderful so far. i'm completely enthralled.

[Jess]

Anna wrote: "Lori, tell ya a secret? I'm finding it REALLY hard to get through! It's fantastic, but I can only read it for around 15 minutes before I have to take a break."

Anna, I feel the same way about Walden!

Also, Thoreau can be super preachy at times (in my opinion), so it can be difficult to sit through sometimes. But usually he's right anyway...

[Samantha]

I'm almost done More Information Than You Require (which is very funny!) and after that I was thinking of joining in on the group read with On the Road.

[Kailey]

I just finished Storm Front by Butcher. I am on a genre fiction read-a-thon all summer long. I started off with Sharp Objects By Flynn and then picked up Storm Front on a whim. I am currently sizing up my little stack of mass market paperbacks for my next summer reading victim.

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

Ale wrote: "i just finished reading Why We Suck by Dr. Denis Leary.

now i'm reading Eat, Pray, Love. it's incredibly wonderful so far. i'm completely enthralled."

I loved that book! And I'm excited to see it as a movie..I love Julia Roberts so I'm interested to see if it's good!

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

Samantha wrote: "I'm almost done More Information Than You Require (which is very funny!) and after that I was thinking of joining in on the group read with On the Road."

I'll be adding More Information than You Require to my list! :)

[Adriana]

Ok, so I haven't been reading as much as I do lately. I started The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion a few weeks ago, but due to school and other personal things i haven't been able to get past the first chapter. I am also reading Fast Food Nation for one of my classes.

[Jess]

I finished reading Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, which was awesome!

I'm reading Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle and re-reading Steve Kluger's Almost Like Being in Love (one of my favorites), and I just started the first few pages of Robert Alexander's The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar.

[Lauren]

Kayla wrote: "I'm still currently reading Mercy by Jodi Picoult, its really tugging at my morality, I think its going to end up being a real heart jerk-er."

Definitely a tear-jerker! But well worth it!

[Kimberly]

I picked up The Glass Castle a couple of weeks ago, I had a lot of people recommend it to me.

[Michelle]

I'm in the middle of Running With Scissors. Its such an uncomfortable book lol

[Becky]

Anna wrote: "Lori, tell ya a secret? I'm finding it REALLY hard to get through! It's fantastic, but I can only read it for around 15 minutes before I have to take a break."

I am the same! I have no idea why. I never finished the book but when I really sit down to read it, I love it. It is so weird.

[Sarah]

The Glass Castle was really really good, and amazingly easy to read. I finished it in just a day or so.

[Jacqueline]

I just finished To the Indies by C.S. Forester and now I am reading Celtic Fairy Tales.

[Frances]

I just finished She's come undone, Big Fish and The Dead Poets Society. I strongly recommend Big Fish to anyone with a sense of humor. It has a very ridiculous tall tale "style" but it is very engaging and a very quick read. I hope to see the movie rendition soon... Hope I won't be too disappointed. :)
I'm currently reading The Bell Jar. I noticed that I have a weakness for putting myself in the shoes of first person novels. Especially the real depressing ones, so it bothers me that I can't appreciate the writing or the story so much as feel hopeless and downcast about the character's struggles. Does anyone else have this problem?

[Jacqueline]

At Frances, Bell Jar is a great book! I love Sylvia Plath <3

[Lori]

I finally finished Lady Chatterley's Lover! It took several tries over a few years, but I finished! It was pretty good, although parts of it definitely lagged. I wouldn't advise reading this book when you're in the same room as your parents because there are loads of vivid sex scenes. As a funny aside, I don't think I've ever seen the words "quiver" and "thrust" used so much and in so many different ways.