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[Valerie]

Reading ... one of several library books that I need to get read

[Kristina]

because of great recommendations and I was in the mood for a fun book :)

[Amy]

Just started I have already read the first book so I have to read this one to finish it up!

[Alison]

Currently reading , one of a bundle I borrowed from my local library. really enjoying it.

[Chrissie]

I am starting Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus. Well, to make a long story short, I was curious to know more about the Oedipus myth and Victoria Grossack, one of the authors wanted my opinion of her book. I must say I was flattered! I liked the bit of the excerpt I had read at Amazon, the reviews were very complimentary, even by my favorite, Kirkus, and on top of all this Victoria offered to lend me a Kindle copy for two weeks. I am really looking forward to reading this. This is my lucky week.

I need a good book after finishing The Free World. It disappointed me, although I was laughing at the lines in the beginning.....

My spoiler-free GR review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Janice, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "I'm not going to even pretend I can catch up and read all these posts. But I'll try from here on out.

I'm reading The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai because..."

A friend of mine highly recommends
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir which is a memoir. I haven't read it yet, but do have the book and will read it shortly.

[Janice, Moderator]

I just started The Woman in White. I decided it was time to read a classic.

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "A friend of mine highly recommends
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir which is a memoir. I haven't read it yet, but do have the book and will read it shortly. "

Thanks, Janice. I've been adding a lot of similar books! But off now to check out this one. I'll probably add it to my overloaded to-read shelf. Thank you; I'd not heard of this one.

[Valerie]

Finished reading and getting ready to start

[Betsy]

Finished Doss's Dead Man's Tale,which I found charming as always, and am about 1/3 through Ghost Lake by K. Robbards- which is a romance mystery while its' just what I want wouldn't be everyones' taste.

[Maurean]

Janice wrote: "I just started The Woman in White. I decided it was time to read a classic."

Ha! I just requested this in a swap, because it was available -- and I thought it about time I read it!

[Karendenice]

Maurean wrote: "Janice wrote: "I just started The Woman in White. I decided it was time to read a classic."

Ha! I just requested this in a swap, because it was available -- and I thought it about tim..."

This is awesome book. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I did.

[Chrissie]

I liked Cutting for Stone too. I think I gave it four stars...... Not quite sure. There are some fabulous lines.

[Dem]

I am currently reading Ghost Light Loving this book its a love story based loosely on playwright John Millington Synge's doomed romance with Actress Molly Allgood,

[Katie]

I'm reading This Lullaby at the moment. I got it because I've seen good reviews, and I really enjoyed reading Just Listen.

[cazdoll]

I'm reading Eclipse I really want to finish de series before de last two films come out :)

[Kimberly]

I'm reading and

[Betsy]

You will love the Help. It's like Steel Magnolias in that it makes you laugh and cry at the same time!

[Betsy]

About 1/6th of the way into Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult. I listened to the CD that came with it to after the first three chapter's and loved the old folksong feel to it.

[Kimberly]

I'm 35% into The Help I like it.

[Valerie]

Reading by Alex Flinn... I'm about halfway through it already

[Dem]

Just started byJoseph O'Connor

[Michelle]

I'm just starting Still Missing. A couple of friends have read it so I thought I'd give it a try. So far I am not loving the author's writing style.

[Janice, Moderator]

Michelle wrote: "I'm just starting Still Missing. A couple of friends have read it so I thought I'd give it a try. So far I am not loving the author's writing style."

I just finished Steven's Never Knowing and I'll be interested on how you like her first book.

[Kimberly]

Michelle wrote: "I'm just starting Still Missing. A couple of friends have read it so I thought I'd give it a try. So far I am not loving the author's writing style."

I loved that book. I hope it gets better for you soon.

I finished up and I loved it. Now I'm reading which I hope I like.

[Valerie]

Reading ... one of my borrowed books. Halfway through it already, and laughing at the quirky/snarkiness I'm finding in the story - especially that of the character named "Dovey". She's a bit of a meddler, and a hoot at that! :)

[Emily]

I'm reading Breeders by Barney Rostaing right now. A friend recommended it to me because I LOVE crime novels and am also a fan of horse racing (it's kind of a bonding activity for my family).
It's really good - I'd recommend it to anyone that likes crime novels!

[Kate]

Everything Matters!

I heard about it a couple of years ago at a booksellers talk and it seems like great "summer read" kind of book. A thought provoking "What if?" What if you knew for certain the world would end when you were about 30 years old. How would that affect the way you live your life?

[Betsy]

Finished Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult -one of Picoults' better ones

[Kate]

Kate wrote: "Everything Matters!

I heard about it a couple of years ago at a booksellers talk and it seems like great "summer read" kind of book. A thought provoking "What if?" What if you kne..."

Just a note, I thought this was going to be a "stop and smell the roses" kind of novel about the end of the world .... it's not. It's novel noir. Not sure it was the best choice to kick off summer reading.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished reading The Woman in White and have started Three Day Road.

I started reading Three Day Road a few years back and never got into it. It sat on the back of the toilet and I read a page or two, here and there. Eventually, I put it away. I think it's a book that deserves more commitment than a bathroom reader, if that makes sense.

I picked it up this time to fit into a challenge on another group.

[Donna]

Finished up reading The Ice Princess and listening to An Excellent Mystery and now on to Prophecy by S. J. Parris.

[Sandy]

Just finished Moloka'i this morning. I'll probably read either the second book in the Cobble Court series by Marie Bostwick or the next book in the Someday Quilts series by Clare O'Donohue. Haven't decided yet!

[Kristina]

I'm reading because it is on my Nook and i was looking for something super easy to read before bed last night. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I like it so far! The main character is likeable and I like anything set in London!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sandy wrote: "Just finished Moloka'i this morning. I'll probably read either the second book in the Cobble Court series by Marie Bostwick or the next book in the Someday Quilts series..."

Sandy, have you read The Lost Quilter? I listened to it on audiobook recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading , , and

[Michelle]

I am just starting The Postmistress - I just picked it up at B&N today. I love WWII stories and the description reminded me a bit of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Another book I loved. We shall see...

I also bought State of Wonder because she is one of my favorite authors. So excited for summer reading!!

[Dem]

I am now reading Every Last OneJust 50 pages in and not sure what to make of it yet.

[Janice, Moderator]

I haven't read anything of Anna Quindlen. It sounds like it could be interesting. Apparently it has a twist in it. Maybe it might be worth perservering.

[Kristina]

is ready for me at the library so i might start that today, or i may try something a little more intense like

[Sarah]

I just finished The Handmaid's Tale while at a conference and realized I had only brought that one book (what was I thinking?). I thought it would take me longer to read, but I got completely wrapped up in it. I took myself to a bookstore and decided to start Cutting for Stone.

[Chrissie]

I have had no internet connection for over two weeks. I have been doing two things: reading and walking on the beach. Nice huh?! I also have noticed that Kindle books tend to be very short. I do not know if that is good. It gets kind of expensive. Being on GR has actually been saving me money b/c I spend so much time here rather than reading!

This explains why I have so many books to report back to you guys about!

All of the reviews are spoiler-free, so don't worry about reading them.

Three of the nine books I have read must be given five stars:
1. A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2. My Childhood and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
3. Between Shades of Gray and my review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The first two are memoirs and the third is based on true life stories of Lithuanian individuals.

Three books have been given four stars. I think it is amazing that I have read so many wonderful books. Look how GR has helped me find books that fit my likes and dislikes! for this I must thank my GR friends and acquaintances!
1. Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
3. The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister and my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The first two are historical fiction and the third is a memoir.

Outside Passage: A Memoir of an Alaskan and Childhood (my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) and Children and Fire: A Novel (my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) were definitely worth reading. You know I am extrememely picky! I gave them three stars. Hey, that means I liked them.

HomesteadHomestead is really the only book that disappointed me. It made me feel uncomfortable. I felt as an outsider to the women in the story. My review explains more: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Still, nine books and all except one were definitley worth reading. I call that a lucky streak. I am on a roll.

Now I have started The Old Capital, historical fiction that takes place in Kyoto, Japan. I think the author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968. Not sure of the date.....

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm impressed! You used your time away from the internet well. There are some great titles there.

I downloaded a couple kindle books last week that are long. The Forever Queen is 622 pages long. Shantaram is 944 pages long. Maybe it's part of the same problem you had with acquiring Moloka'i.

I was going to purchase Shantaram as an audiobook but it's over 40 hours long. I think I can read it faster.

I'm glad to see you back online Chrissie. :)

[Sandy]

Just finished A Thread of Truth. I really enjoyed it. I'll get around to posting a review soon. Now I've started Julie Spencer-Fleming'sIn the Bleak Midwinter. I'm not very far in but so far, so good!

[Lori]

Janice wrote: "I just started The Woman in White. I decided it was time to read a classic."

I try to read at least 1 classic a year and I have been known to stretch my definition of "classic" to include untraditional ones! This year I'm working on

. Long story on why I chose it. Suffice to say the tie-in to the PBS mini series was a reason. It's very good. Reading on the Kindle which I love because it's free. Problem being some sort of glitch in the version I'm reading. The text has these weird little icons showing up in the middle of words & phrases. I have no idea what that is all about. But it is distracting and I may give it up & find a book or another Kindle version.

[Janice, Moderator]

I wonder how many of the mass marketed books published in recent years will survive to become classics.

I wonder if the problem with the funny characters in the test on the Kindle is a result of they way they are digitalized.

[Chrissie]

Janice, I wonder what you will think of Shantarum....... Several of my friends have not given it high praise. But it is nice and long :0)
I have also checked out The Forever Queen. that is a possibility. I would have a lot to learn there! I am curious to see what you say about both. I have found another book that is long and on Kindle: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, which has 640 pages. Something to dig into and it is suppose to be excellent.

Actually, neither Shantarmm ore the Forever Queen are availble as Kindles in Europs. Isn't this unbelievable?! Molokai is still not available either.

[Janice, Moderator]

It may be a while before I get to either Shantaram or Forever Queen. I have a few books with higher priority.

What other ebook readers are available to you in Europe? On my iPad, I can get Kindle, iBooks, Kobo and Stanza here in Canada. I can't get Nook.

The Warmth of Other Suns looks interesting. I'll be interested in what you have to say about that one.

[Chrissie]

Janice, I have purchased my Kindle from Amazon.com but where you are living determines what ebooks are available. Unless you cheat. Sony is available in Belgium, but I was told that I could not even buy ebooks from the Sony US site. I had to buy from the Belgian site, predominantly French and Dutch literature. I also chose Kindle b/c at least currently it has the most books available and the screen is considered the best if you have vision problems, for example the font size is more adjustable. BackLit screens (Nook and ipads) are harder to read in the sun. For my purposes readability was the prime factor and then quantity of books available. Nobody walks around with ereaders in Belgium. America is far ahead. It will come to Europe. I think I could get ipods and put Kindle books there, but this is just a guess. why bother? . I love the Kindle. Ipods are also backlit and I don't want those touch screens. I assume it is best to have, you have to have very nice baby-soft finger tips. I do blood glucsoe testing on my fingertips, so they are not baby-soft anymore! I do not know if it is even possible to buy a Nook. Do they offer to send books via 3G? That is how I get my books. I can get books whenever and wherever I want. The rapid delivery of books and organisation at Amazon is great. I guit the Amazon Kindle Group b:c if you open your mouth about how expensive the ebooks are you get clobbered AND yesterday I got an email from the group that stopped all my other incoming emails. This was the final straw. Ooops, we are off topic, but you asked.

I am also considering The Pillars of the Earth b/c it is long. I wa not going to read the book, so it feels stupid to do it just to get a long book. It bothers me that there are historical problems with the facts portrayed. At least that is what I have been told by several friends. I will not know what is true and what is not. My own knowledge is insufficient to make such judgements.

[Michelle]

I tried reading Shantaram recently and gave up on it. There just didn't seem to be a compelling plot. Good luck! So Chrissie - you aren't missing out on it not being avail. to you, in my opinion.