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message 651: by Fliss (new)

Fliss Blanch | 45 comments I've just started reading The Puppet Boy of Warsaw by Eva Weaver. Haven't read much but I'm already enjoying it.


message 652: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Currently reading One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir. Not sure how I feel about it right now....


message 653: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments Hattie wrote: "You can't beat $12.00.I like Lee Smith."

I am reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry - it is amazing and that is why I got Family Matters.


message 654: by Megan (new)

Megan (myraggedmind) | 1 comments I am currently reading The Great Gatsby. Unfortunately, I didn't get to read it before seeing the movie, but I love the movie and so far love the book even more. :)


message 655: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments Love love the movie - it was soooo good. Hated the book.


message 656: by Lynn G. (new)

Lynn G. Sarah wrote: "Hattie wrote: "You can't beat $12.00.I like Lee Smith."

I am reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry - it is amazing and that is why I got Family Matters."


I thought Family Matters was a masterful book. Looking forward to reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance


message 657: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments I would call A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry a true masterpiece.


message 658: by Ivy (new)

Ivy Mae | 3 comments Cross Roads by Wm. Paul Young I am halfway through it, I like it :D


message 659: by dely (new)

dely | 368 comments After finishing If on a Winter's Night a Traveler and Killericamente vostro (both 4 stars books though of the second there isn't an English translation), I started reading Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic.


Sarah wrote: "I would call A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry a true masterpiece."

Bought it yesterday!


message 660: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments dely - hope you enjoy. I am calling it a masterpiece - but I truthfully am only half way done.

Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro . Very intriguing and disquieting. Just watched the movie before I finished the book - oh well, feeling outraged at the moment even though the book/movie is fictional. Just feels too real, raises a lot of ethical questions.


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Alana (alanasbooks) | 101 comments Sarah I was really impressed with that book. It's eerie and sweet at the same time. The book is way better than the film, so much better character development. Very disturbing stuff, though.


message 662: by dely (new)

dely | 368 comments Sarah wrote: "dely - hope you enjoy. I am calling it a masterpiece - but I truthfully am only half way done."

I have read only good reviews about this book and it is perfect for me because set in India, both because I am interested in Indian history and life and also because I can add it to my personal challenge.


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Reading The Dream of the Celt. Wow. Just wow.


message 664: by Lynn G. (new)

Lynn G. Sarah wrote: "dely - hope you enjoy. I am calling it a masterpiece - but I truthfully am only half way done.

Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Very intriguing and disquieting. Just watched the..."


Sarah, I just added this to my tbr list. Thanks for the recommendation.


message 665: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Now reading Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 - at graphic novel that looks at the Bosnian War.


message 666: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments Gonna start The Book Thief by Markus Zusak in a couple of days, so excited, but I really should finish up some other books first - oh well. I am good at multitasking.


message 667: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) Sarah wrote: "Gonna start The Book Thief by Markus Zusak in a couple of days, so excited, but I really should finish up some other books first - oh well. I am good at multitasking."

Such a good book! But keep the Kleenex handy!


message 668: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 109 comments Reading Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and really enjoying it!


message 669: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments Reading Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth today, so much for 50 pages a day for the BR - I started this morning and I am almost done.


message 670: by Lynn G. (new)

Lynn G. Reading What Alice Forgot What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty and find it so engaging.


message 671: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) Just finished The Light Between Oceans Fair warning: you will need a box of Kleenex at the end!


message 672: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cwsmith) Just started Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford. I've really been looking forward to getting started on this book.


message 673: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) Picked Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie by Salman Rushdie back up. Trying to recover from my crazy morning. (One of my dogs got sprayed by a skunk. Eewww!!)


message 674: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 109 comments Just started Maya's Notebook and enjoying it so far.


message 676: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments Kirsten wrote: "Picked Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie by Salman Rushdie back up. Trying to recover from my crazy morning. (One of my dogs got sprayed by a skunk. Eewww!!)"

Ha ha - I need to pick it back up too. Slowly but surely. I have taken like a two week break and read some other books.


message 677: by Michael (new)

Michael Jos (donsoj) seven daughters of eve thats what im reading well according to Brykes he say after reading it we can all trace where we come from :) i dont know about that


message 678: by Hijaz (new)

Hijaz Muhammad (eJazz) | 4 comments Am reading A diamond in the desert by Jo tatchell. It's interesting to know about the history of a city were we lives rite now


message 679: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie Will now start An Exquisite Sense of What Is Beautiful. The book description says, "A sweeping novel of East and West, love and war, truths and denials." Really? I hope so. I am intrigued.


message 680: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Now reading: The Seven Storey Mountain. Just completed Clara's War, a haunting book about the Holocaust, told from such an interesting different angle (you can see my review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... )


message 681: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie Cheryl, I have Clara's War on my TBR stack!


message 682: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Chrissie wrote: "Cheryl, I have Clara's War on my TBR stack!"

Yay!! Good read. Tough one though :(


message 683: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Kirsten wrote: "Just finished The Light Between Oceans Fair warning: you will need a box of Kleenex at the end!"

I agree!


message 685: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 662 comments My latest Goodwill purchase - Joyland by Stephen King , Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3) by Tana French , Tess of the d'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy , River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke , and One Day by David Nicholls all for 12 bucks.


message 686: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 109 comments Nice shopping Sarah! I really enjoyed One Day by David Nicholls .


message 687: by dely (new)

dely | 368 comments I started reading India. Cinque racconti, sei reportage, tre fumetti and it is a collection of short stories, reportages and comics by Indian authors.


message 688: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Reading The Shipping News for Canada. Somehow I'm both fascinated and bored by this book in turns.


message 689: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Reading: The Fever Tree on audiobook and The Seven Storey Mountain. Just finished Year of Wonders. The story is raw and gripping (see my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....


message 690: by Lynn G. (new)

Lynn G. Valerie wrote: "Reading The Shipping News for Canada. Somehow I'm both fascinated and bored by this book in turns."

Yes! That's exactly how I responded to this book. I read it a second time so that I could pick up what I had missed when I found it boring.


message 691: by Lynn G. (new)

Lynn G. Cheryl wrote: "Reading: The Fever Tree on audiobook and The Seven Storey Mountain. Just finished Year of Wonders. The story is raw and gripping (see my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...."

I thought that Year of Wonders was one of Geraldine Brooks best books. I am looking forward to reading more of hers.


sonny (no longer in use) (satyrica) | 10 comments Virginia woolf's the wave


message 693: by dely (new)

dely | 368 comments anuier wrote: "Virginia woolf's the wave"

I have on my kindle a collection with all the fiction of Virginia Woolf but I want to read it this winter. I don't know why, but I feel they are good to read when it's cold outside and the weather isn't fine! :D

I started reading A Girl Called Jules by Milena Milani.


message 694: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 109 comments I'm reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and The Psychopath Test A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson . Both are enjoyable at the moment!


message 695: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Lynn G. wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Reading: The Fever Tree on audiobook and The Seven Storey Mountain. Just finished Year of Wonders. The story is raw and gripping (see my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review..."

It was really good, Lynn. I'll now pick up any fiction she writes.


message 696: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Jennifer wrote: "I'm reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and The Psychopath Test A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson. Both are enjoyable at the moment!"

I'm adding "A Prayer for Owen" to my list, Jennifer. Second time I've heard of it. Once from a GR friend who just loves it.


sonny (no longer in use) (satyrica) | 10 comments I have only read the waves but it was good. wasn't that hard but maybe challenging if you haven't read different writing styles


message 698: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 109 comments Cheryl wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I'm reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and The Psychopath Test A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson. Both are enjoyable at the moment!"

I'm ad..."


I'm really enjoying it so far -it's for my real life book club so looking forward to discussion.

Hattie - I really liked One Day - I bought it when I was in Edinburgh so that might have played a role :)


message 699: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Hattie wrote: "I loved Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. I would like to read The Seven Storey Mountain."

Great! People seem to like Year of Wonders. Well I'm almost done with Seven Storey. Will let you know how it goes :) How are you finding "Necessary Lies?"


message 700: by Monika (new)

Monika Gensinger I am reading Casanova´s Story of my Life on my kindle and New York by Edward Rutherfurd


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