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[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading by John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath is a beautifully written but extremely moving and heartbreaking novel with interesting, realistic and well-developed characters. I love John Steinbeck's wonderful writing style. I just loved his fantastic vivid descriptions of the landscape and the people. At times the descriptions of the barren landscape and the appalling conditions the family have to put up with is very depressing. I wanted to put the book down sometimes due to this but I'm glad a persevered through and finished the novel.This novel well deserved the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction it won in 1940 and it really is a masterpiece of 20th Century literature. It is definitely a must read! Four stars!
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Now I'm about to start on by Nicholas Evans.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Steph wrote: "Kim N - Lost-In-A-Book wrote: "Steph wrote: "

I'm now reading this...it's creepy but really interesting."

Steph - I LOVED that book..."

Steph, I don't know when. It was supposed to be done by now but it's not so I'm not sure what's going on with it. I haven't searched for anymore info lately. I suppose I could email the author.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Finished the above book I was reading, then read by Adriana Trigiani and am now reading by Breanna Yovanoff

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Nope, not going to continue with I didn't care about the characters to continue reading, and there didn't seem to be a story because I think the author was trying too hard to be mysterious. And by page 76 you should have a general idea of where the story is going and you should care about the characters.

So I'm now going to start by Carolly Erickson

[M.K.]

Currently I'm reading by Diana Gabaldon I accidently came across this series and I'm glad I did. I love it! This is book 6.

[Nicole D.]

rereading

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

now I'm reading ann rinaldi's Wolf by the Ears. :)

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

was good.

Now I'm reading by Julie Andrews Edwards

[Stephanie]

Currently reading

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Well I've finished all my library books so I'm going to start reading some of my children's books. First up is youngest daughters by Patricia MacLachlan

[Carol]

Currently reading by Bill Roorbach; and by Edith Wharton.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

okay, next up is by Eleanor Estes

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Now I'll start by Marguerite De Angeli. I'm getting pretty tired so I'll probably only get a few pages read and finish it up tomorrow.

[Nicole D.]

Kim N - Lost-In-A-Book wrote: "Now I'll start by Marguerite De Angeli. I'm getting pretty tired so I'll probably only get a few pages read and finish it up tomorrow."

I read that book in school and really liked it.

[Vanessa]

Currently reading the scorpio races and the raven boys by Maggie Stiefvater... If you really want to know!:)

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Nicole D. wrote: "Kim N - Lost-In-A-Book wrote: "Now I'll start by Marguerite De Angeli. I'm getting pretty tired so I'll probably only get a few pages read and finish it up t..."

I'm enjoying it so far, Nicole :-)

[Nicole D.]

I am half-way throw and really loving it.I read til late into the night.

[Beth]

I started this one tonight--

[Aerykah]

Almost done with
Today, I started by Colleen Coble

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Tonight I'm starting by Lindsey Kelk

[Salyna]

Surrender the Heart by M.L. Tyndall

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

starting

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Let me know how that one goes!

[Carol]

I'm reading Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky. I really love the history.

[Simona]

I segreti di Londra by Corrado Augias and La collina del vento by Carmine Abate (the last one for school)

[Aoibhínn]

I've just finished by Nicholas Evans and by Janet Evanovich.

The Divide started off so well but the plot did get quite slow halfway through the book. I did wish it would speed up at times but the story did remain strangely engaging. The last 60 or 70 pages of the novel were just as gripping and compelling as the first half of the novel. To tell the truth, I enjoyed the family drama sub-plot a lot more than I liked the murder mystery plot but I think that was probably because I didn't like the character of Abbie all that much so I found it hard to care about what happened to her. I loved all the vivid and wonderful descriptions of the Montana setting and landscape that made me feel like I was actually there. Nicholas Evans has got a great writing style and I love his use of language and imagery. I gave this novel 3½ stars!
My full review can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I love all the regular Stephanie Plum novels but I'm not sure I like these between the numbers novellas. I was very disappointed by Plum Lovin'. Nothing much happened in it and it was extremely dull and boring. It wasn't anywhere near as funny as the regular novels do be and I really hate the supernatural element in the novella. I gave it 1½ stars!
My review can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Now I'm a few chapters into by Jennifer Donnelly.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

I'm going to start by Dainelle Steel tonight.

[Nicole D.]

Aerykah wrote: "Almost done with
Today, I started by Colleen Coble"

I read the Lightkeeper's Ball and liked it didn't love it.How are you liking it?

[Aerykah]

Nicole D. wrote: "I read the Lightkeeper's Ball and liked it didn't love it.How are you liking it?"

I finished it on Saturday & I really enjoyed it. I liked it better than the first 2 books in the series. Have you read them?

[Nicole D.]

Aerykah wrote: "Nicole D. wrote: "I read the Lightkeeper's Ball and liked it didn't love it.How are you liking it?"

I finished it on Saturday & I really enjoyed it. I liked it better than the first 2 books in th..."

No I haven't.I really don't plan too I didn't like it enough to want to read more work by this author.

[Aerykah]

This definitely isn't her best book/series...
I recommend these --
Her Lonestar series & Rock Harbor series are both really good too. :)

[Leah]

Hope Leslie: or, Early Times in the Massachusetts for one of my classes, but it is really good. I definitely recommend it.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Today I'm starting by Rosalind Miles

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

this is really good.

[Star Shining Forever]

Loved LOTR and the Hobbit so I'm starting this one:

:-D

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Scratch my last post, I'm going to start one of my library books instead... by Tana French

[Aerykah]

Finally finished

Starting by Richard L. Mabry

[Salyna]

The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Two Girls of Gettysburg

[Leslie]

Finally got to start reading Enjoying so far

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Next up for me is by William Goldman

[Beth]

I'm right in the middle of , it's very good.

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

I really enjoyed The Princess Bride.

I'm now going to read

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Nope, it wasn't doing it for me so I'm moving on to by Beth Kendrick

[Leslie]

What about the book that didn't appeal to you Kim?

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Leslie wrote: "What about the book that didn't appeal to you Kim?"

It didn't grab me, the author didn't really pull me in. It was boring, didn't feel like it was really going anywhere and it was also kind of depressing (end of days type of stuff). But the depressing I could have handled if the story was more engaging. I skimmed ahead a bit to see if I'd feel like I would miss anything if I didn't read it and nope. Then I went and read the last couple of pages and nope, even that felt blah.

I was a bit disappointed because a friend highly recommended it - she loved it. I even requested it at the library and they had to bring it in from another branch (so then I felt guilty lol).

But the last book I read reconfirmed for me to trust my instincts with books. If I think I should stop reading because I won't enjoy the book then I should stop. The last book I went ahead and finished and I was so sorry I did. So as soon as I got that feeling with this book I decided to just trust my instincts for myself.

oh and in retrospect, there was one scene that bothered me more than I realized I think and I just didn't want to go any further. Even though I'm sure that scene was not a major part of the book, I'm sure it was the only one like it in the book and wasn't meant to be such a big deal but I think it was in my head. But I still read a bit further past that part, and it just wasn't grabbing me, I didn't care enough to find out what was happening.

[Leslie]

Thanks for the mini review. I've seen it on the library website and I've wondered about getting it.

I usually use a mix of my gut instinct and other's recommendations/reviews of books to help decide whether to read it. A majority of the time I didn't regret it, but there have been times where I read the book and I'm thinking to myself, "How did this book get so many positive reviews?"

If I find myself not enjoying a book, my habit is just to continue to the end with it. I don't like stopping something in the middle of it just because I'm not liking it. I have this weird feeling like I owe it to the book to finish what I started. Lol

Anyways, thank you for the feedback. It helps me filter out what to read. There's so many books out there, so little time and I got to narrow my lists down. Lol

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

lol I understand. The "so many books, so little time" that's exactly why I don't finish books I'm not enjoying. I don't owe the book anything (it owes me nothing) and I have so many others I can read instead :-)

I get that people want to finish what they start and that's great, I'm just not always that way. It just depends on what it is that I've started and if it's healthy (physically or emotionally) for me to finish it. I guess that goes for books for me too.

[Leslie]

That's completely understandable. The whole "finishing what I started" thing is part of my anal, Type A personality. Lol

[Salyna]

Riona by Linda Windsor