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[Raymond]

I just finished reading Heartsick by Chelsea Cain! Good stuff. Great mystery/thriller. I'm going to read Sweetheart, second book of the series, sometime in the near future!

[Kaion]

Having a hard time getting into A Great and Terrible Beauty. Maybe it's the use of present tense? I don't like it.

[Kimberly]

Kaion- I had a really hard time getting used to the present tense, I got used to it aftera few chapters though, and the series is one of my favorites.

[Emily]

I just finished Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. It was definitely interesting. I'll put up a review soon.

[Tami]

Finished Hunted last night and started The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, & Bench Clearing Brawls. So far Loving it!

[Caity]

Kaion wrote: "Having a hard time getting into A Great and Terrible Beauty. Maybe it's the use of present tense? I don't like it."

Yeah, I had a hard time getting into it initially, but keep going. The first book is pretty good, but the second one is fantastic. I don't know about the third yet as I haven't had much chance to read it because I'm trying to get through Mistborn first. The use of first person and present tense is an interesting combination in her books, but I know for sure it reads a lot better in the second book.

[Jess]

I've been struggling to get into books lately. I crop it up to the fact that I've been trying to read only books on my bookshelf and the stress of moving, but mehhh.

I decided to drop the Batya Gur mystery off at the free reads section of the library yesterday. I had a really hard time getting into the book and I felt like the characters and plot were really flat.

I picked up M. Salahuddin Khan's Sikander, though, because I have to read and review it for The Broke and the Bookish. After this, though, I'm going to take a break and check out some library books. I'm hoping to escape the slump very soon.

[Laura]

Kaion wrote: "Having a hard time getting into A Great and Terrible Beauty. Maybe it's the use of present tense? I don't like it."

I had a hard time getting into that book too. But I got used to it after a while and once the real action started, I didn't mind too much.

[Laura]

Finished The Gargoyle. I LOVED it. It's one of the best books I've ever read.

[Tami]

I loved it too. I recommend it to a lot of people. I know the beginning is hard to get through but it is totally worth it. I wish he would write something else.

[Melissa]

I just finished Garden Spells and The Lace Reader both very similar but both very good.

[Daisy]

Yay for the Lace Reader :) I read that one in October and really liked it. The ending was amazing.

I just finished The Left Hand of God, which has left me a bit confused, I did like it, but other than that I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
I think I'm gonna read Wildthorn next.

[Jonathan]

Currently reading Supreme Power and The Alienist . Has anyone read these? I really like Alienist and Supreme Power is pretty interesting but hard to get into.

[Emily]

The review of Tipping the Velvet is up on GR and on my blog!

[Heather]

I just finished The Thin Place. I don't remember where I heard about this book and I really had no idea what it was about going in. Turned out to be a pretty interesting concept but I had too many distractions that kept me from really getting into the book, I think.
I'm finally about to start East of Eden. I'm really excited to dive in after hearing so many great things about it here and elsewhere!

[M]

Finally started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo just to see what all the hype is about. Only like 10 pages in but so far I don't have any complaints.

[Max]

Just finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I really wanted to love it, and I was really expecting to, but in the end I only give it 2/5 stars. (I would give it 2.5 stars if it were possible, but alas we know it's not.) It was just too gimicky, and too similar to Everything Is Illuminated, in a weird way, even though their plots are centered around two entirely different things.

Anyway, I'm finally starting The Great Gatsby.

[Lauren]

Kelly wrote: "I am reading Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life. It's not exactly light summer reading but I'm enjoying it. It does smell like cigarette smoke though...one of the down sides of the library."

Let me know what you think, Kelly. I've had that one on my bookshelf for a while, but just haven't gotten to it yet.

[Daisy]

I finished Wildthorn and really liked it! I'm going to continue reading You're the One That I Don't Want.

[~*I love Tea*~]

Michelle wrote: "Just finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I really wanted to love it, and I was really expecting to, but in the end I only give it 2/5 stars. (I would give it 2.5 stars if it w..."

For my course at Uni we had to read Extremely Loud and Incredibly close - and when I first approached it at didn't think I would like it - but the author came in and spoke to us about it - and ever since then I have seen it in another light initially.

[Emily]

I am kinda sorta reading Been Here a Thousand Years. See, I ordered the Left Hand of Darkness (one of my favorite books ever) on paperbackswap while I was gone over the summer. It got to my house, I marked it received, and it remained unopened until I returned. When I got home, I opened it, only to discover that the person had sent me the wrong book by mistake. Oops. So now I have the wrong book, but since it's written by a woman I might read it anyway. Either that, or I'll give it away on my blog sometime. I guess we'll see.

[Max]

Annabel ~*I love Tea*~ wrote: "For my course at Uni we had to read Extremely Loud and Incredibly close - and when I first approached it at didn't think I would like it - but the author came in and spoke to us about it - and ever since then I have seen it in another light initially. "

I feel like a book should be able to stand alone, though, without the author's disclaimers and explanations attached, you know? You're lucky to have had that experience (I actually strangely like Jonathan Safran Foer even though I didn't really like the book), and to have the book mean something different as a result, be we're not all so lucky, and have to just read it and take what we can get. And the book just doesn't stand alone very well in my opinion.

[Emily]

Update: I finished Been Here a Thousand Years. It was pretty bad. It didn't make any sense at all, had no point, and was boring. I can't wait to get rid of it on paperbackswap.

[Tami]

Finished The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, & Bench Clearing Brawls over the weekend and started Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz. About half way through.

Really liked the baseball book, and so far enjoying the Koontz.

I want to re-read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire before Mockingjay comes out, so that will probably be next.

[Max]

How are you enjoying Eat Pray Love, Amanda? I've heard mixed things about it and can't decide whether I should spend the time reading it or not.

[Tami]

I have heard mixed things too. My mom wanted to see the show this weekend, so I already saw the movie and I don't like to read books after the fact but maybe one day I will pick it up.

[Rayna]

I'm not Amanda, but Michelle and Tami, I would definitely recommend Eat, Pray, Love. I did read the book before seeing the movie, and though they kind of focused on different things, I thoroughly enjoyed both.

[Kelly A.]

Lauren wrote: "Kelly wrote: "I am reading Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life. It's not exactly light summer reading but I'm enjoying it. It does smell like cigarette smoke though...one of the down sides o..."

I'm sort of almost finished with it (80 or so pages)...I think if you are familiar with Eleanor, it'd be really good, but I'm not, so I'm confused out of my mind. It gets pretty in depth.

[Caity]

I'm curious about Eat, Pray, Love as well. I know my mom is interested in the movie, and I'm interested in both. For me the biggest problem is finding a cheap copy of it.

Like, my budget doesn't allow me to even do book swap on here because I can't afford shipping. That cheap.

[Rayna]

Caity, I feel your pain. The public library has been my best friend this summer. Since there's so much going on with Eat, Pray, Love right now, there will probably be a bit of a waiting list to get it at the library, but if time isn't a big issue for you, then I think that's your best bet.

[Caity]

The public library is actually really inconvenient for me. The closest one is 20 minutes away, and I'm not sure what the policy is on people who don't have an address in that town. I know when I lived in Illinois if you didn't have the city the library was located in as part of your address, no matter what school district you were in or anything else, you had to pay $200 to get a library card and check books out there. I haven't used a public library since. I also tend to read way too slow to make checking out books make any amount of sense. A 300 page book, depending on the material, may take me anywhere from 3 days to a full week to read.

[Kimberly]

$200! That's terrible! Whatever happened to trying to motivate people to read more? I don't know how you survive being that far away from books. If I owned the book, I'd let you borrow it! Even pay for shipping.

[Caity]

It's probably a good thing my room is a small library on its own, and I read so slowly my tbr list never seems to shrink. If I ever end up living in NYC, I have a feeling I'll be in heaven after this awful place.

[Rayna]

$200 just to get a library card?! That is true insanity. It also pretty much goes against the very idea of a public library - making books accessible to the general population and all that.

[Richard]

Gosh $200?!! That's ridiculous. I contacted the public library where my school is and they said if I bring my school ID I can get a card for free. So I'm going there tomorrow to get a card. The only negative is from what I've seen the selection isn't that great. But my school's selection is godly :D.

[Emily]

I'm currently reading Persuasion in preparation for next month's group read. I'm about 55 pages in and it's very good so far.

[Caity]

Yeah. When I had an address IN the town, it was free, but the second I moved further out and the town in my address changed, they wanted to charge me for it, even though we still paid all of our bills to the same town and lived in the same school district and everything. The only difference was the town in our address, and consequently our zip code. It was the stupidest thing ever. Now I am not even in school, so I can't go my school's library, and the nearest library is 20 minutes away. The libraries here seem pretty pathetic and wimpy, anyway.

[Kelly A.]

Finished Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life.

Almost finished reading Manhattan, when I Was Young..it's a woman's memoir about Manhattan..when she was young (the 50s). It's actually a really interesting, short read.

I think I'll start Bridget Jones's Diary when I'm done with that.

[Taya]

Just finished The Hunger Games which I really enjoyed!

Starting The White Queen for a little change of pace to historical fiction.

[Richard]

Caity - Man, that sucks. They shouldn't be able to do that since you are still local to that library. Especially if it's the closest one to you. What was their excuse for wanting to charge you $200 for a library card? For that much you should be able to keep the books you check out for at least a month or two.

Taya - I just got that book from my school library. I'll probably read it after The Maze Runner. I'm eager to read it since I've heard great things about it.

[Alicia]

Taya- I love Philippa Gregory's novels, and haven't read that one yet, so I'd be interested to hear if it's as good as her previous stories.

I just finished The 19th Wife. The historical information was really interesting, but it dragged in certain parts.

Now, I'm taking a break and reading Rebel Angels, a young adult novel. Something light and fluffy before I start fall semester.

[Tami]

I just got The Red Queen but didn't realize it was a second of the series, so now I must get The White Queen to read first! Darn, another trip to the toy store will be necessary. :)

Finished Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz last night and started book 2 Frankenstein: City of Night.

[Elaine]

I've spent the summer rereading a lot of Austen.. just finished Sense and Sensibility last week, I'm about a third of the way through Emma now. The last time I read it I was 15, so its now seven years later and Emma is really getting on my nerves, I don't remember her annoying me this much. I positively feel sorry for Harriet Smith at the moment :) I can't remember how it turns out though so I'll keep going!

[Caity]

I finally finished Mistborn: The Final Empire and am now moving on to three books:

Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour, which I got in a give-away on GR in early February, but haven't had a chance to read because as it turns out 3 extra-curriculars, 19 hours of class, and auditing concert band happens to be a wonderful way to cut out all spare time. So I'm gonna read and review it now, since I have nothing but time.
The Sweet Far Thing, because I read the first two already, but haven't had a chance to read this one. I was too busy getting through Mistborn, since that was for a group read. It's just a better idea to read the book you're leading a discussion on.
The Well of Ascension, which is the second book in the Mistborn trilogy. This book is the lowest priority for me right now, especially since I won a book in TNBBC on Lori's blog, and it requires participating in a discussion in September. Once I get that in the mail, I will be reading it.

And, since I mentioned it already, and will be reading it probably next week, I also have The Art of Devotion coming up pretty soon, too. It gets second priority, after Citizens of London, but hopefully I can finish that one in just a few days, as it isn't too long and it's WWII, which means I am almost guaranteed to enjoy it.

[Melissa]

I am currently reading The Gargoyle and Redeeming Love

[Laura]

Melissa wrote: "I am currently reading The Gargoyle and Redeeming Love"

LOVED The Gargoyle.

[Richard]

Oh and Caity, I went to the local library in Asheville (where I goto school) and if you aren't a resident it's $20 a year. The fees for overdue movies is pretty ridiculous, being at $1.50 a night. But I was surprised at their selection. They have every book imaginable up to a certain point. As in they don't have new books (probably takes them a year or two to get them). The movie selection was awesome as well xD.

[Tami]

Finished Frankenstein: City of Night by Dean Koontz yesterday and started book 3, Frankenstein: Dead and Alive.

It is an interesting series. The best part is it fits much more along the lines of how I imagined Frankenstein and his monster than the novel by Mary Shelley.

[Jess]

I finished reading Caitlin Boyle's Operation Beautiful this morning. I loved it! (I also read her blog pretty religiously, so that's no surprise.)

I've also been slowly working my way through the beginning of David Goldblatt's The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer.

[Daisy]

I finished You're the One That I Don't Want and liked it, another book I read by her Me and Mr. Darcy was a lot better, but still enjoyable.
I think I'll start The Study Train: Volume 1 - Reunion of the Untouchables next.