WHAT ARE YOU READING?

[Kathy]

am reading The Little Giant of Aberdeen, EAT ME by Kenny Shopsin, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Oscar Wao isn't wowing (sorry, couldn't help it) so I took a break with Little Giant which, 15 pages in looks Okay, but Eat Me is fantastic. Kenny Shopsin runs a little restaurant in The Village and follows his own rules. I can't put it down. He is endlessly curious and experimental with his foods and I wish I was in NY right now so he could throw me out of his restaurant. Marvelous marvelous marvelous.

[Danita]

I am currently reading "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" and it is sooo good I am enjoying it immensely.

[Kathy]

I'm reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and loving it. I'm on page 731 out of 850.

[Kerryn]

i am reading 'the book theif' by markus zusak. i just got it today and i like it so far

[Catamorandi]

I am reading The Hobbit. It starts out kind of slow, but I am sure it will pick up speed soon. A lot of people suggested this book to me.

[Kathy]

Kelsey wrote: "I just have to comment on this book I finished reading called Graceling. It's a YA fantasy novel and one of the best books I've read in a long time, mostly because of the truly excellent character ..."

Graceling is wonderful. There is a sequel coming out soon too. I loved the world building and the character development. Looking forward to more from this author.

[Liz]

I'm reading "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. I'm about 180 pages from the end. It has been an interesting ride, definetly a top 5 read for me. I'll move on to the next book, but not right away. It is taking a lot out of me to read this one.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I'm reading Flower Net A Red Princess Mystery by Lisa See. Written before her best seller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan A Novel, it is both mystery and thriller. With less than 50 pages to the end, I am happy to recommend it.

[Ashley]

I am reading "The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright

[Stef]

I am reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

[Ashley]

I am reading "Marked" by P.C.&Kristin Cast.

[Jim]

THE LIZARD'S BITE by David Hewson
set in Venice and a mystery only read 25 pages but already feel like I'm in Venice watching a mystery unfold
Hewson draws characters's personalities and events like a fine sketch artist only with words instead of pen and ink

[Catamorandi]

I am reading The Thirteenth Tale.

[Ashley]

I have read The Thirteenth Tale. It's hard to get into at first but it gets really good in the second half. You will like it.

[Cheemoandia]

Just read Buck Fifty by Saga, now trying to finish Black by Tracy Brown.

[Alisa T]

Perpendicularandi wrote: "I am reading The Thirteenth Tale."

i just finished it. Once it got going I really liked it.

[Ashley]

I am reading "Betrayed" by P.C. and Kristin Cast

[Carrie]

I am reading 'One fifth Avenue' by Candance Bushnell

[Ashley]

I am now reading "Chosen", the third book of the House of Night series.

[Stef]

Yesterday I started with The Shadow of the Wind

[Maddie]

I just finished Anya Bast's Witch Fire, the first in her elemental witches series. Yummy! Now I'm off for book two.

[Anna]

Just finished "Kicked Out" by Richard W Hardwick - a wonderful book, funny, challenging, poignant, about a homeless teenager called Danny who moves into a hostel for homeless young people. One of the best books I've read in years.....

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The Tale of the Body Theif by Anne Rice

I plan to finish the series then maybe plunge into some Ray Bradbury or poetry of sorts.

[Carrie]

I've justed started to read 'Marked'

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

I started Play Dirty last night.

[Carrie]

I've just started The lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes

[Catamorandi]

I'm reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It is a real stitch.

[Jean]

I'm reading Kafka on the Shore by Murakami and What We Talk About When we Talk about Love by Raymond Carver.

[Gail]

I'm almost done with The Book Thief, recommended by many of you. What an amazing book! I am reading very slowly now to savor it to see the end also...

[Kathy]

I'm nearing the end of A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon. It has taken a couple of months, but finishing this book will complete reading the Outlander series for now, six books with between 850-950 pages each. The next one, An Echo in the Bone doesn't come out until September, so I'm hoping to catch up on a lot of other reading before then. I do love the series, though.

[Ashley]

I am reading "Untamed" the fourth book of the "House of Night" series.

[Catamorandi]

I just started 1776 by David McCullough.

[Avigail]

Well at 01:00 am I finished The Coffee Trader by David Liss. An intresting historical financial mystery and novel. I look forward to read more books from the same author. I recomend it to people that like historical fictiion and all kind of mysteries.
I started this morning Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicky Myron. It looks like an intresting read.

[Wes, Moderator]

Wow Amazon sent me a message today telling me that a book I know I am going to read is coming out this year. Dan Brown The Lost Symbol is coming out at the end of the summer... I got so excited about this that I just had to share the news.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385504225/r...


The Lost Symbol will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.

“The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown’s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait,” said Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Brown’s longtime editor, Jason Kaufman, Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday said, “Nothing ever is as it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. This book’s narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, Dan’s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. The Lost Symbol is full of surprises.”

"This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey," said Brown. "Weaving five years of research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."

[Avigail]

Thanks Wes,

I know that I will buy as soon as it comes out. I don't care how much it costs.

[Barbara]

Since reading Twilight I've been on a big vampire, werewolf kick. I just finished the Women of The Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong and I'm started to read Patricia Biggs series of werewolf books starting with Moon Called. I've just started Blood Bound by Patricia last night.

[Jewelz]

I am reading some book by Nicholas Sparks, forgot the name already sorry..but i read an awesome romantic book called Light of The Moon and I forgot the author, sorry! lol

[Wes, Moderator]

I bet you can read a book over and over again and always find something new can't you

[Avigail]

Well I finshed Dewey The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the Worldby and I am about to start Kafka on the ShoreVicki Myronby Haruki Murakami

[Kathy]

I'm over halfway through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and loving it.

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[Gail]

Just finished Heartsick and am starting a Jim Butcher dresden files book to see if I like the style. Anyone read him?

[Dawn]

I'm reading Two Riversat this time and really loving it. From the reviews that I've seen so far either you love it or can't stand it.

Kathy! I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo several months ago and just loved it. I'm glad you are enjoying it also!

[Kathy]

Dawn, I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night and have added it to my favorite books. I am so looking forward to the sequel by Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (there wasn't an English link to it yet on goodreads). The English publication comes out the end of July this year. Two Rivers looks interesting. I'll have to add it to my to-reads. I've started on Glass by Ellen Hopkins, a YA book and sequel to Crank.

[Jim]

I have The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on reserve
and it sounds like a really good book
what's it about?

[Dawn]

Kathy wrote: "Dawn, I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night and have added it to my favorite books. I am so looking forward to the sequel by Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (..."

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I liked [bookcover:Crank|270730 also, and am waiting on the sequel to "Da Girl". I've got it on my wish list on paperback swap.

[Jim]

I'm reading THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA for my local book club

I hope I get some good advice soon in the book about what I should be eating

any one know how valid the author's views are?

[Trisha]

I have just finished PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks and really enjoyed the story.
This is a set book for the book group that I belong to, and we had previously read last year, MARCH by the same author - which follows on with the family at the time of the civil war.
See that a few people have read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. - I enjoyed this book as well and looking forward to reading the next one - The Girl with the Stone Dragon.

[Sarah]

Hi Gail- I've read all of Jim Butcher's Dresden files and have liked the series so far. He has new book in the series, Turn Coat, that just came out (which I've not yet read). The series is similar to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake but without the sex. The series is more hardcore fantasy featuring vampires, werewolves, fairies (not the Tinker Bell kind). If just starting the series, definitely try to read them in order. Hope you enjoy them!

[Wen]

Right now am reading The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland, Second Touch by Bodie & Brock Thoene, LEt the Night Begin by Kathryn Smith and The Day Venus Exploded by Steve Preston (my daddys book).

[Lauren]

Just started book 1 of Shelby Foote's Civil War Narrative.