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The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno Schulz
I also liked the Wizard of Earthsea and really enjoyed the series. I thought it was very well written.Currently reading The Wolfe Pack #1 Strong-Arm Tactics. It's good but I'm still in the early development parts of the book which I find harder to get through.
Ièm reading
and
and I will be starting
tonight hopefully!
Just finished Witch and Wizard by James Patterson and thoroughly enjoyed it, it wasn't his usual thriller but is the start of a teenage/young adult series.About to start The One from the Other by Philip Kerr next (lunchtime can't come soon enough!)
I recently finished The Moonstone and I liked it but not nearly as much as The Woman in White. It just seemed like the obvious was being ignored.I also finished Inkspell and really liked it. I am looking forward to finishing this series.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon I just finished today and I absolutely loved this one.
Currently I have just started The Crossroads
I'm reading Mirror Image by Dennis Palumbo. He's also got a great book for authors Writing from the Inside Out.Enjoying the first, looking forward to the second.
Dennis is a psychologist who helps writers work through creative problems. I heard him speak at Bouchercon and his work is very interesting.
CJ
Currently I am reading Phineas Finn which after I have drug myself past the first 70 pages it has really improved.I'm also reading False Memory. This book, altho creepy has begun to be really predictable
Finally finished the Wolf Pack book. Now moving on to something quick and good, Sappho: A New Translation.
I'm reading Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping and What's Mine is Yours right now. Both non-fiction, documentary-esque. I need to read some fiction next.
Sam wrote: "I started Buried Fire last night after being much disappointed by The Widows of Eastwick"I hate to hear that Widows of Eastwick wasn't too great as I have been wanting to read that one.
I've finished alot since I have posted here last. I finished City of Glass and also Clockwork Angel and loved both of these. I can't wait for the next in this series.
I've also finished Lavinia which was also really good but rather sad. I finished The Oracle of Stamboul which I also really loved. The little girl, Eleonora, really tugs on your heartstrings.
Just now getting started on The Secret of Lost Things
It seems to be a bit of trend with 'Widows' Flora, looking at the reviews for it. None of them are particularly glowing, which is a shame given the potential for it.
I am currently reading
on my Nook &
I'm about 3/4 of the way thru The Secret of Lost Things and almost half way into Tehanu and so far I really like both of these.
I'm currently reading Case Histories and really enjoying it.Just finished Shadowfever and The Remains of the Dead.
I finished both The Secret of Lost Things and Tehanu and really enjoyed both of these. I'm currently 3/4 of the way thru Kraken which I am really trying just to finish at this point. And I have just gotten started on Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Just started The Virtue of War by Steven Pressfield about Alexander the Great. So far, so good.
Bob wrote: "I'm reading crime and punishment for the first time and I'm really enyoing it. This classic that probably every one here have read shows a realistic picture of the miseries of the 19- century socie..." Try Brothers Karamozov (hope I spelled that right, it's been a while since I read it), The Idiot, or Notes from the Underground. They're all great. If you like Dostoevsky, you might also try Maxim Gorky's Mother or Dead Souls by Gogol.
I have finished several since I last posted here. I finished Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen and really liked it. I also finished The Meaning of Night: A Confession which left me very disappointed. I thought the plot unlikely and the storyline predictable. I also finished Tipping the Velvet which I loved. It got a rare 5 starts from me. And I have also finished Faerie Wars that I thought was ok.I think I'm gonna start The Wise Man's Fear
I don't know why I didn't start reading the series sooner, but now that I have, I almost don't want it to end >.<
Jack wrote: "I don't know why I didn't start reading the series sooner, but now that I have, I almost don't want it to end >.<"
I read the first Hunger Games book and couldn't put it down but for some reason I don't want to start the second one. I can't put my finger on what's stopping me. I read the Twilight series one after the other and preferred The Hunger Games. Weird.
C wrote: "I read the first Hunger Games book and couldn't put it down but for some reason I don't want to start the second one. I can't put my finger on what's stopping me. I read the Twilight series one after the other and preferred The Hunger Games. Weird. "I honestly would have put it off and try not to read it. But, it kept staring back at me daring me to read it and before I knew it, I'm sleep deprived and on book three... It's killing me >.<
Jack wrote: "C wrote: "I read the first Hunger Games book and couldn't put it down but for some reason I don't want to start the second one. I can't put my finger on what's stopping me. I read the Twilight seri..."'They' say the second isn't as good as the third ... I'm half thinking of just going straight into the third one. Yikes. Did I just say that out loud??
C wrote: "'They' say the second isn't as good as the third ... I'm half thinking of just going straight into the third one. Yikes. Did I just say that out loud?? "I admit, the second isn't as great as the first, that one kept me on edge, but I would not completely dismiss it. The second is some sort of a catalyst of what would build up to what happen to the third. It might not be as edgy, but it's a worthy read.
Hi everyone! Just finished
Drinking Closer to Home A solid 4* read! Reviewed here: http://wp.me/pTRJE-4z
I am currently about half way thru The Journal of Hélène Berr as well as 1/3 of the way into Hood and a long way to go on The Wise Man's Fear. So far I am enjoying all three.
Hi everyone! Just finished
The Chronology of Water An amazing read. Unlike anything you will read. Review can be found here: http://wp.me/pTRJE-4N
I've lost count on how many times exactly have I tried to finish the book and fail to do so. It was not that the story wasn't interesting. It's just that everytime I try to read it, SOMETHING always gets in the way... I'm about halfway through this time, hopefully I'll get to finish it...
Kimberly wrote: "I'm reading 
I'm almost done."How do you like this one? I remember watching his show a long time ago but haven't in quite a while.
It was surprisingly good. I learned a lot about him. I gave it 4 stars.
It turned out to be a pretty good book. Almost finished with it anyway...
Martha wrote: "Flora, how did you like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? I'm wanting to read it this fall, too, if I have time. I also loved The Woman in White."I read The Woman in White, last summer, on my cell phone. I wonder if the author ever imagined someone would discover him so far into the future?
Flora wrote: "Since I have last posted I have finished Interview With the Vampire which I found very depressing. I don't think I will continue with this series. I have also finished [book:The Witche..."I know that the first book in this series can come off as a bit depressing, but don't let that prevent your reading of the other books. At least read the "Vampire LeStat". that was really good.
Hi everyone! I just finished
The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker. This was my first Dekker book, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I was a little skeptical at first as I thought it might be heavy on the Christian thing (think preachy) but it wasn't at all. Just a good clean thriller that was full of action.
I reviewed the book here on my blog if anyone's interested in reading it. http://wp.me/pTRJE-54
I started City of Fallen Angels and I must say its been hard to put down. I am almost done with it already. Cassandra Clare went a little heavy on the teen drama tho.
I am currently reading Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex..I have read some of her other books(Kleopatra, Pharoah Kleopatra pt. II and Stealing Athena)...I loved them!!! I am also reading Poe & Fanny by John May(I'm a huge fan of Poe, so I'm sure this will be a great book). I'm also reading Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough(I have read First Man In Rome#1 book and The Grass Crown #2 book in the 7 book series of Ancient Rome..I am loving Fortune's Favorites #3 so far).
I didn't realize it had been so lond since I have posted here. I've read several since I have finished City of Fallen Angels, which I ended up being very disappointed with btw. I've also finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as well as In The Forests of Serre and really enjoyed both of these. I've also just finished The Wise Man's Fear which I liked as well. I'm currently reading The Purple Emperor
Greetings everyone! I just read
Don't Breathe a Word and really enjoyed it. This is my first time reading Jennifer McMahon and really enjoyed myself.
The book is one of those page turners where you can't wait to find out what happens.
If you're interested I reviewed this title on my blog and can be found here: http://wp.me/pTRJE-5j
Hi everyone! I just finished
A Hard Death: A NovelA solid 4* mystery/suspense read. I really enjoyed the story being told through a forensic pathologist's eyes.
Fast paced with interesting characters, grit, and suspense that I found I wanted to keep reading.
If you're interested I reviewed the book on my blog and it can be found here: http://wp.me/pTRJE-5q
I just finished reading About Grace by Anthony Duerr.About Grace is less about Grace than her father David Winkler. As a boy, David Winkler grows up in Anchorage, Alaska with his mother, who is of Finnish ancestry and his father, a milk man. His curiosity centers on water, especially in the form of snow. He is a quiet child who dreams things before they happen and who feels he is helpless against fate. He dreams about a man who gets hit by a bus and as he and his mother are out on the street he witnesses the accident. He dreams about a woman he will fall in love with, then sees her from a grocery checkout line. They run away and get married (she was married when he met her) and have a child named Grace. One night David dreams that as he is trying to save Grace from a flood, she drowns. As the flood becomes reality and the stage is set for his dream to come true he comes unglued and frantically flees, never knowing the outcome of the situation:did Grace live? This is merely the beginning of his odessy. David continues to grapple with the prescience that rules his life and often makes living it difficult.
The novel is organized into six books, representing the six parts of an individual snow crystal.There are multiple levels to this story, metaphors and symbols galore, beginnig with the title About Grace. There are the complexities and uniformities of snowflakes and how that represents the human condition. There is the section of the book where he is lost in the wilderness. But for one thing, I would have completely enjoyed this story. I just couldn't develop any empathy for the main character. His interactions with other people and with life itself just seemed shallow to me. David Winkler didn't live life, he just sort of let it take him along like a piece of driftwood. Even when he goes over the edge it doesn't seem to come from him. There is nothing in the development of his character that give a sense of his inner self. His pain and anguish don't come from within so much as they just happen to him. Right up to the end there is no connection of the inner man with the outer world, which left me cold toward him as a character.
There were times during the reading of this story that the action of the plot made up for the lack of character development. The description of places left me with clear pictures of where the action was taking place. I could see things as they happened because the action itself was well developed, and in those parts of the book I enjoyed the read. If it weren't for that one flaw . . .
I'm currently about half way thru Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution as well as World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and so far I like them both.
I just finished
A Conflict of Interest and even though it is a debut author, Mitzner's writing will no doubt cement him into the world of legal thriller writers. Fast paced, full of twists and turns, and completely engrossing. A solid 4* read.
If you're interested I reviewed the book on my blog and it can be found here: http://wp.me/pTRJE-5y
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I'm begining to think I have too many books going at the moment. I'm currently reading The Moonstone which I have found very intriguing so far. I'm also reading The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, Inkspell, as well as A Wizard of Earthsea. I'm over half thru A Wizard of Earthsea so I think I'll get that one finished soon and then continue with the others.