What are you reading?

[RachWho?]

Rach do your parents have a website to buy books off of - I am about to purchase 10 or so books and I would love for them to get the business!

Minda you are the sweetest! They are moving to another location right now so their website is under construction. They can only take orders by email, which is a little inconvenient. I'd hate for you to have to pay for the shipping and all (and even though you should, I doubt they would understand the reasoning behind why you should get the discount for relatives! :)) Their very crappy website (they are going to revamp it once they move in September to their new location) is http://www.viewpointbooks.com/. But if you want to support them in another way that would be better for you financially, find a local independent bookstore by searching here (if you don't already know of one):http://www.booksense.com/. My parents' store is a Booksense store, and by supporting a local indepdendent store, you will be furthering my and my parents' cause and you will make my little heart so warm and happy! :)

[minda07]

I will find a local independant bookstore and go that route - but I would have been willing to pay the shipping:D Yeah I could see that conversation with your parents - "No really she is my sister, you know from the gypsys":lol:

[Clair]

YAY! So glad you are enjoying it :)

I finished it yesterday. Awesome book - just awesome. Thanks for recommending it. Can't wait to read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[animalcrackers]

HARRY POTTER TOMORROW @ MIDNIGHT!

i am so freaking excited!!

and i am currently reading another great Christopher Moore Book - A Dirty Job. i cant tell you how funny his books are! Highly enjoyable reads if you want something funny/snarky.

[supermarketgirl]

HARRY POTTER TOMORROW @ MIDNIGHT!

i am so freaking excited!!

and i am currently reading another great Christopher Moore Book - A Dirty Job. i cant tell you how funny his books are! Highly enjoyable reads if you want something funny/snarky.

YES to your entire post!! HARRY POTTER!!!!! I have to help my mom move this weekend, but I already told her I'm going to be sneaking off to read. She was like OMG...I FORGOT ABOUT HARRY POTTER! She considered changing the date of her move for about .3 seconds so she could read too, but then realized how incredibly crazy that would be. (personally I was in favor of the change, but I guess I see her point. i guess.)

CHRISTOPHER MOORE!! I love his books - Lamb is my favorite by far, but I LOVED Fluke and I liked (alot) Bloodsucking Fiends. He is one of few authors that can make me spew milk out of my nose.

[LonnaSaur]

Oh wow, I love Christopher Moore, too. I was a little disappointed in A Dirty Job-I knew what was going to happen and the ending seemed a little weak. But it was funny and sad, too and very entertaining. Lamb is the BEST. That is my favorite book by him. :thumbup:

[RachWho?]

I finished it yesterday. Awesome book - just awesome. Thanks for recommending it. Can't wait to read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Ooh...I think you might like it even better. I just loaned my Advanced Readers' Copy to my friend...I am spreading the love around! :)

[LonnaSaur]

I posted about this before, "Winter's Tale" by Mark Helprin. It just keeps getting better and better. The writing is so beautiful and lyrical. I can't wait to find out what happens next.

[angiemarie]

Oh, how awesome. I didn't know this thread was here and I need a new book. :D

I just finished reading "The Treatment" and "Birdman" by Mo Hayder. Anyone who likes crime fiction and has a strong constitution should definitely pick these up- she is a fantastic writer and I loved them both. For some reason I also really like that she's a woman and she writes such graphic material... probably because I'm a bit twisted.



Just finished Birdman by Mo Hayder. Loved it, and I was totally surprised by the ending which was a nice bonus. Thanks, here4beer!
If anyone spoils it here I will personally fly to your home, after meeting up with LOLO and we will kick your ass...... just try us!


Count me in! I would love to kick some spoiler's ass!

Their very crappy website (they are going to revamp it once they move in September to their new location) is http://www.viewpointbooks.com/. But if you want to support them in another way that would be better for you financially, find a local independent bookstore by searching here (if you don't already know of one):http://www.booksense.com/. :)

Thanks for the info, Rach. Now I don't have to feel guilty for supporting corporate a-holes by shopping at their bookstores.

[RachWho?]

Thanks for the info, Rach. Now I don't have to feel guilty for supporting corporate a-holes by shopping at their bookstores.

No problem! Guess I can get off my soapbox for the time being ;)

[supermarketgirl]

I recently read The Adventures of Flash Jackson by William Kowalski. It's pretty awesome actually. I'm kinda of in a reading lull right now though just waiting for HP7. But Flash Jackson is pretty awesome if you have to wait for your copy of HP7 while someone in you house reads it. (or just buy your own copy. either way)

[Wayne]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Book arrived in the post this morning at 8.45am and ive read 7 chapters so far, great book.

[Pegster]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Book arrived in the post this morning at 8.45am and ive read 7 chapters so far, great book.

Me, too! Picked it up last night but didn't get very far - fell asleep with all the lights on and the book beside me. Woke up and got down to business!!

[Devoted Satellite]

I'm going to kill my UPS guy. Its 11am and HP hasnt been delivered YET.

I opened the front door to check for my package so often, to the point that I am sitting in my house with the front door now WIDE OPEN so I will see him/her come & grab the book immediately before it even touches the ground.

If it doesnt get here soon I am going to drive to Barnes & Noble and pick a copy and screw Amazon by returning theirs to sender.

In the meantime I'm trying to accomplish my house chores & laundry for the weekend so I can do NOTHING but read the rest of the weekend !!!!!

[Wayne]

Im about halfway through the book, great book, will probably have it finished tonight.

[giffordsaz]

Im about halfway through the book, great book, will probably have it finished tonight.

Wayne!
You have a HUGE time change gap I will never overcome here in Arizona but there is a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Spoiler discussion thread opened now.
I think you may be talking to yourself until we catch up to you. Enjoy!
:thumbup1:

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I'm curious - I have never understood why people wait so long for a book and then rush through it in the first day? Don't you want to slowly savor it after such a long wait?

[LoLo]

I'm curious - I have never understood why people wait so long for a book and then rush through it in the first day? Don't you want to slowly savor it after such a long wait?

I usually rush through a new HP in one night or two, but with this being the last one I really want to take my time. I actually haven't started reading the new once since I'm still rereading book 6. I want to finish book 6 to make sure everything is fresh in my memory before I start the last book, to make sure I get the most out of every detail! :)

As a request, I really would appreciate it people would avoid posting anything at all about the plot of the 7th book in this thread. I created a HP Book 7 thread earlier today so if people want to talk about the book, they can chat there. I'll be heading over there myself once I'm finished :)

Thanks and happy reading!

[giffordsaz]

Tink, I am reading it rather steadily because I don't want to hear anything about the plot, who lives or dies, none of it until I read it with my own eyes. I am avoiding news programs and Potter talk as much as I can. I am on chapter 4 though, I keep falling asleep when I try to read!

[Wayne]

Wayne!
You have a HUGE time change gap I will never overcome here in Arizona but there is a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Spoiler discussion thread opened now.
I think you may be talking to yourself until we catch up to you. Enjoy!
:thumbup1:

I will use that when ive finished the book, only got as far as chapter 26 before i went to bed last night.

I can't beleive how much i read of it yesterday, it usually takes me a few days to read it but i just couldn't put it down.

[Devoted Satellite]

Tink, I am reading it rather steadily because I don't want to hear anything about the plot, who lives or dies, none of it until I read it with my own eyes. I am avoiding news programs and Potter talk as much as I can.

Exactly my thoughts giff ! I rushed through the book for two reasons really. First, because I avoided contact with the TV and internet until I was done with the book out of fear of hearing someone drop a spoiler. Second, because if I wasn't done by tomorrow morning...... going to work on Monday without knowing the ending of the book would just KILL me..... Plus I am not sure how i would explain to my boss why I needed to take a book into the bathroom and disappear for a few hours.

Now that I'm done my cram read, I will go back, re-read and savor it :)

[Pekmboyd]

Exactly my thoughts giff ! I rushed through the book for two reasons really. First, because I avoided contact with the TV and internet until I was done with the book out of fear of hearing someone drop a spoiler. Second, because if I wasn't done by tomorrow morning...... going to work on Monday without knowing the ending of the book would just KILL me..... Plus I am not sure how i would explain to my boss why I needed to take a book into the bathroom and disappear for a few hours.

Now that I'm done my cram read, I will go back, re-read and savor it :)

Ditto every bit of that - I raced through it to make sure I found out for myself before anybody ruined it for me - I have no idea how long the media will hold out the secrets, and I couldn't handle an internet blackout for too long. And my boss and a coworker are also very big into Harry Potter so I can't wait to chat with them and I don't want them to have to wait on me.

The minute I finished the last page I was ready to go back and re-read it, but I'm going to set it aside for about a month and then go back to it nice and slow.

[LonnaSaur]

I read it! It took about 15 hours but I read it all over the weekend. In the past I have always waited for the paperback but I knew I would find out what happens long before that so I went ahead and bought it--at the grocery store, if you can believe it. We went to see the movie and after the theater we went food shopping and there it was, on a table with balloons. I took it as an omen and Soon-to-Be Mr. Saur bought it for me. I don't want to read much of anything for awhile-my eyes still hurt!

[Clair]

I just started The Time Traveler's Wife. It's slightly confusing but I'm intrigued.

[CrazyTrain]

I just started The Time Traveler's Wife. It's slightly confusing but I'm intrigued.

I'm past page 300 and I'm still confused. I don't like it much at all.

[Clair]

I'm past page 300 and I'm still confused. I don't like it much at all.

I'm almost to page 300 and I really, really like it! It's not an easy read but it's fascinating.

[Clair]

I just finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Absolutely loved it.

[LonnaSaur]

I am still reading "Winter's Tale" by Mark Helprin and I love it so much. I think it's taking me so long to read it because I don't want it to end!

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I have quit reading books and magazines at home. The only literary exposure I'm getting is The Sea of Trolls on cd in my car.

What I'm REALLY reading - every spare minute - Big Brother updates. Here, at Morty's at Hamster Watch, Reality Blurred, you name it - I'm reading it. It's a sickness really.

[minda07]

I just ordered 10 books, and I have only managed to read my subscriptions of magazines I get - my only saving grace is that I get newsweek. I need to make a better effort of reading something with substance. I bought the books, now I just have to read them!

[dr.birdie]

Just finished "Worth Fighting 4" I like non-fiction books, for some reason.

[LonnaSaur]

What is is about, Doc? My fiance reads non-fiction almost exclusively and I'm always looking for things he might enjoy.

[dr.birdie]

a group of kids that take their school back from a gang . . very powerful

[LonnaSaur]

Sounds interesting, thanks!

[animalcrackers]

I had read the Other Bolyen Girl a few months ago and really liked it and i just finished reading The Bolyen Inheritance. i never really knew anything about King Henry VIII or any of his wives so i think its interesting even it is a historical fiction/romance kind of book. and i heard that they are making the Other Bolyen Girl into a movie. that should be interesting... i'll probably go see it unless it looks REALLY shitty.

[minda07]

I am about halfway through The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer. If you like Divinci Code - twist and turn - conspirecy books so far this one is pretty descent. I will let you know what I think of it when I finish it.

[angiemarie]

I read What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. It's about a woman who leaves the scene of a car accident in Baltimore. When the police catch up to her, she claims to be one of two sisters abducted from a mall 30 years earlier. Really good suspense, keeps you guessing until the end.

[RachWho?]

I read What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. It's about a woman who leaves the scene of a car accident in Baltimore. When the police catch up to her, she claims to be one of two sisters abducted from a mall 30 years earlier. Really good suspense, keeps you guessing until the end.

Angie--I just finished reading that! I also found it very suspenseful and well written...(and by the way, congrats on your celeb status...my out of town guests are still here and I am still somewhat MIA)

[animalcrackers]

my curiousity is peaked so now i must go out and purchase What the Dead Know... amazon here i come!

[lennonwhore]

I just finished reading The Omnivore.s Dilemma. Very, VERY good non-fic book about production, consumption, and eating.

[angiemarie]

my curiousity is peaked so now i must go out and purchase What the Dead Know... amazon here i come!

Let us know what you think. I love comparing notes about books.

[ajerseyromance]

I just finished reading, "Come Back" by Claire and Mia Fontaine. It is an AMAZING book-- non-fiction.

Mia is seemingly the perfect daughter, then she runs away. Come to find out she was leading a double life. She was doing drugs and hanging out with criminals. We also learned that her father sexually abused her as a child. What follows is the most heart wrenching, tear jerking, inspirational, turn of events I've read/heard about in a long time. Her mother sends her to a behavioral modification camp in the Czech Republic (b/c you can be held against your will there) and they completely strip the patients (and parents in seperate seminars) of all the bullshit in their lives. This book is so eye-opening and inspirational. The therapy is incredible and I look at life in a completely different way now. I would recommend this highly to ANYONE.

[ajerseyromance]

angiemarie-- What is your signature from? I really like it.

[angiemarie]

angiemarie-- What is your signature from? I really like it.

Thanks, ajerseyromance, that's a cute screenname btw. My sig is from the series finale of the HBO show Rome. It's a quote from Atia, she's the pretty lady in my avatar.

[ajerseyromance]

Thanks, ajerseyromance, that's a cute screenname btw. My sig is from the series finale of the HBO show Rome. It's a quote from Atia, she's the pretty lady in my avatar.

Thanks! about my name and telling where the quote was from... I've been meaning to get into Rome. It looks really good-- I'm gonna watch all the back episodes on OnDemand. :D

[minda07]

I am about halfway through The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer. If you like Divinci Code - twist and turn - conspirecy books so far this one is pretty descent. I will let you know what I think of it when I finish it.

So the books ends kind of predictable but I still enjoyed it very much. I also just read The Ruins by Scott Smith (wrote A Simple Plan) and the book was so good. There are no chapter breaks so be prepared to not be able to put it down. Its in the horror genre. I was really impressed.

[RachWho?]

Minda--Angiemarie and I were talking about The Ruins earlier this summer. Definitely scary! They are making a movie. Since I last checked they have a confirmed cast. Jena Malone is playing Amy, it seems! Now I will have to check it out, since I pretty much love Jena Malone. Not sure how they will accurately portray the, um, villain in the movie. Anyway, I have had some personal heebie-jeebies regarding the outdoors and camping since finishing this book!

[TaniaNicole]

I'm about to read '1408', by Stephen King, then 'Lord of the Flies', (Ever since I was a kid, LOTF scared the crap out of me for some reason, and I never finished it and never picked it up again, but I'm going to soon) and at the same time I'll be reading 'The Secret'.

[Pekmboyd]

I'm about to read '1408', by Stephen King, then 'Lord of the Flies', (Ever since I was a kid, LOTF scared the crap out of me for some reason, and I never finished it and never picked it up again, but I'm going to soon) and at the same time I'll be reading 'The Secret'.

You should put it in the freezer when it gets scary.

[Carrie]

Just finished up Freakonomics which I would HIGHLY recommend. Non fiction but very entertaining & interesting.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics)

am about to start A Thousand Splendid Suns. From the same author of The Kite Runner, which was brilliant and beautifully written. If anyone has read it yet, let me know if it's as good as The Kite Runner!

[RachWho?]

Just finished up Freakonomics which I would HIGHLY recommend. Non fiction but very entertaining & interesting.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics)

am about to start A Thousand Splendid Suns. From the same author of The Kite Runner, which was brilliant and beautifully written. If anyone has read it yet, let me know if it's as good as The Kite Runner!

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and I LOVED it! I would say it's definitely on par with The Kite Runner. It is not redundant but covers many of the same themes from The Kite Runner. I really appreciate that it comes from more of a female point of view. I look forward to hearing other people's points of view on it. I think Clair is reading or is going to read it also.

[angiemarie]

Just finished up Freakonomics which I would HIGHLY recommend. Non fiction but very entertaining & interesting.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics)



I LOVED Freakonomics. My favorite chapter was "Why do crack dealers still live with their Mom's?" or something like that. I also liked the chapter about rich people baby names vs. poor people baby names.

[Carrie]

Thanks for the feedback Rach! I'm excited to start it- I'll let you know how I like it :)

And Angiemarie- My fave part was the baby names too!!! And the cheating & sumo wrestlers

[here4beer]

I loved Freakonomics too! But my favorite chapter was Roe v Wade & the crime rates in the US. Interesting stuff. I wish my econ professor had been that cool- I freaking HATED econ in college and almost managed to fail Econ 102. Ugh.

[giffordsaz]

Nora Roberts----- HIgh Noon

[bubbles]

i just finished 'my pet virus' by shawn decker.

shawn got hiv through a blood transfer when he was a young kid, and later he was diagnosed with aids. its a really uplifting little memoir; hes an incredibly positive person and to read him laugh about turning his 'death sentence' into a life affirming illness was really remarkable. its actually a funny read, and very insightful. if you can get into memoirs at all, i really recommend you read this!

[giffordsaz]

nora roberts has great sex scenes in her books.

[minda07]

I just bought At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. We shall see.

[Clair]

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and I LOVED it! I would say it's definitely on par with The Kite Runner. It is not redundant but covers many of the same themes from The Kite Runner. I really appreciate that it comes from more of a female point of view. I look forward to hearing other people's points of view on it. I think Clair is reading or is going to read it also.

I had asked my daughter to look for A Thousand Splendid Suns a few weeks ago (she works at the library) and she said it had been checked out and then I forgot to ask her to look again. Doh! She's working today so I'll remind her to try again. She did bring home The Boleyn Inheritance and I juuust started it, but maybe I'll hold off and start Splendid Suns instead if she can find it.

[TaniaNicole]

You should put it in the freezer when it gets scary.

LOL, what does that do?

[Clair]

LOL, what does that do?

It makes you feel safer.

This is what Joey did on Friends when he was reading The Shining.

[animalcrackers]

Minda--Angiemarie and I were talking about The Ruins earlier this summer. Definitely scary! They are making a movie. Since I last checked they have a confirmed cast. Jena Malone is playing Amy, it seems! Now I will have to check it out, since I pretty much love Jena Malone. Not sure how they will accurately portray the, um, villain in the movie. Anyway, I have had some personal heebie-jeebies regarding the outdoors and camping since finishing this book!

i read the ruins too! i really liked it and i have been trying to find the first book from that author, i think it was called A Simple Plan but its really hard to find. i didnt know that they were making a movie about it though! i will definitely have to go see it! i let my mom read it and she said she would never go to mexico EVER!

[LonnaSaur]

A Simple Plan has got to be one of the most disturbing, truly sad movies I have ever seen.

I am reading two books by Cynthia Voight right now, Homecoming and Dicey's Song. They are meant for young adult readers but they really hold my attention. I first read them years and years ago and have read them many times since. They are about a family of brothers and sisters who are abandoned by their mother and they have to find a way to get from one part of CT to another, and then on to Maryland. They are really good books. There are five all together, but some wander off and don't deal much with the main characters so they aren't as good, but these first two are golden.

[minda07]

Minda--Angiemarie and I were talking about The Ruins earlier this summer. Definitely scary! They are making a movie. Since I last checked they have a confirmed cast. Jena Malone is playing Amy, it seems! Now I will have to check it out, since I pretty much love Jena Malone. Not sure how they will accurately portray the, um, villain in the movie. Anyway, I have had some personal heebie-jeebies regarding the outdoors and camping since finishing this book!

i read the ruins too! i really liked it and i have been trying to find the first book from that author, i think it was called A Simple Plan but its really hard to find. i didnt know that they were making a movie about it though! i will definitely have to go see it! i let my mom read it and she said she would never go to mexico EVER!


I have been looking at viney plants with a different point of view! I can not wait for the movie since the book reads like a movie. Jeana Malone - I like her too! A Simple Plan was an awesome movie but from what I read he changed a major death in the movie. I heard great things about the book - but I have a hard time reading a book after I saw the movie, it has to be the other way around for me.

[animalcrackers]

I have been looking at viney plants with a different point of view! I can not wait for the movie since the book reads like a movie. Jeana Malone - I like her too! A Simple Plan was an awesome movie but from what I read he changed a major death in the movie. I heard great things about the book - but I have a hard time reading a book after I saw the movie, it has to be the other way around for me.

i agree - i have to read the book first and then see the movie. i just cant get into the book if its the other way around. i just keep thinking - NO thats not how it happened in the movie! plus i know what's going to happen (or about what is going to happen) so there arent any surprises left. for some reason i dont get offended with a movie that strays slightly from the book as long as i read the book first. anyone else?

[TaniaNicole]

It makes you feel safer.

This is what Joey did on Friends when he was reading The Shining.

Oh really? In the freezer? haha!! Good to know, I read ALOT of Stephen King.

I never really got to watch Friends, I was always working nights at the restaurant when it was on prime time.

[Clair]

I read ALOT of Stephen King.


I Love, love, love The Stand - love it!

[TaniaNicole]

I Love, love, love The Stand - love it!

BEST BOOK EVER. I've read it at least 6 times.

Alot of LOST reminds me of The Stand.

[Clair]

BEST BOOK EVER. I've read it at least 6 times.

Alot of LOST reminds me of The Stand.

I've read it at least six times too! and didn't you just love the uncut story? As I recall, the publisher made him cut down his book because they thought it was about 1000 pages too long.

I think The Stand is my second favorite with Outlander being my first favorite.

[TaniaNicole]

I've read it at least six times too! and didn't you just love the uncut story? As I recall, the publisher made him cut down his book because they thought it was about 1000 pages too long.

I think The Stand is my second favorite with Outlander being my first favorite.

Yes, i couldn't wait to read the uncut version, it was awesome!
I believe you are right about the publisher, because I know someone made him cut out those pages.

Never read Outlander, for me, The Stand is my favorite followed by The Talisman.

[Pekmboyd]

LOL, what does that do?

Didn't you watch Friends? Joey put The Shining in the freezer when it got scary - for some reason it made him feel better :)

Then, Rachel had him read Little Women, and when somebody got really sick at the end (I've never read it so I can't remember who), he was all scared that she would die so Rachel helped him put Little Women in the freezer.

[TaniaNicole]

Didn't you watch Friends? Joey put The Shining in the freezer when it got scary - for some reason it made him feel better :)

Then, Rachel had him read Little Women, and when somebody got really sick at the end (I've never read it so I can't remember who), he was all scared that she would die so Rachel helped him put Little Women in the freezer.

No, I never really got to watch Friends back when it was in Prime time, I was working nights at a restaurant for a long time. But that sounds like a plan, put it in the freezer, lol, I know that there is this voodoo thingee that you do if someone in particular is giving you a hard time or making your life Hell, you write their name down on a piece of paper, and put it in a baggie with water in it, and put it in the freezer. It's supposed to halt that person from doing any more harm to you.

So this makes good sense to me, to put the book in the freezer! :D

[RachWho?]

i read the ruins too! i really liked it and i have been trying to find the first book from that author, i think it was called A Simple Plan but its really hard to find. i didnt know that they were making a movie about it though! i will definitely have to go see it! i let my mom read it and she said she would never go to mexico EVER!

I have been to Mexico 3 times. Even been to some Mayan ruins. I am still alive. :D

[here4beer]

Yes, i couldn't wait to read the uncut version, it was awesome!
I believe you are right about the publisher, because I know someone made him cut out those pages.

Never read Outlander, for me, The Stand is my favorite followed by The Talisman.

The Talisman = my favorite Stephen King book EVER. By a lot! I looooooooooooooooove that book so much.

I think I'm gonna start re-reading it right now!

[Wayne]

the new James Patterson Alex Cross novel - Double Cross.

Makes a change something being out in the UK before the US, came out here last week, not out in the US until November.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Just finished up Freakonomics which I would HIGHLY recommend. Non fiction but very entertaining & interesting.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics)

Is it sad that the reason I know that book is because the girls on Beauty and the Geek had to interview the author for one of their challenges? I'm such a tvaddict.

I know that there is this voodoo thingee that you do if someone in particular is giving you a hard time or making your life Hell, you write their name down on a piece of paper, and put it in a baggie with water in it, and put it in the freezer. It's supposed to halt that person from doing any more harm to you.

I'm dying that someone else has heard of this. My grandmother has always had this thing where if someone is bugging you - you put there name under ice. She didn't do the baggie thing though. She'd just write a name on a piece of paper and put it in a paper cup full of water, or the lid off a water bottle, and let it freeze. She said it would be more effective if it was the person's actual signature.

My Mom gets lazy sometimes and just throws their name in the ice tray in her freezer so you'll go to get some ice and pull a random name out with it.

The purpose of this "curse" or as my grandmother called it "relocation aid" was not to hurt the target. The purpose was to remove them from being a problem for you.

I had two mean girls at work that were so awful I finally resorted to putting their names under ice. One got fired (not my fault, she was just really bad at her job) and the second quit to become a stay at home Mom. I no longer have to deal with them so the ice worked.

In some cases it means that you are the one to leave the situation - move to a new job, new town, whatever. The end result is the same - you no longer have to deal with the person who is not nice.

And the book I am currently listening to (remember - I'm audio book girl) is Late Bloomer by Fern Michaels (http://www.amazon.com/Late-Bloomer-Fern-Michaels/dp/0743457935/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-3008064-4137218?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189413265&sr=1-2). It's a very interesting book and has had me rivited for the first 8 cd's, there are only 2 more to go and I'm sad that I'm nearly done with it.

[Scoobygang]

I just finished Lean Mean Thirteen by J. Evanovich. Totally cheesy and fun - I really like that series - mindless entertainment. I also read The Ruins, the Kite Runner and the last Harry Potter in the past couple of months. Loved all 4, although some (13) were easier to absorb than others.

[Scoobygang]

Oh yeah - I also read The Road (Cormac McCarthy) several months ago. So disturbing for me - I really hated that book, and I can't say that about many books. Maybe it was because at the time I was having a tough time at home, but it was really depressing.

[glamgurl36]

my macroeconomics book:tongue_smilie:

[CrazyTrain]

Finally finished Time TRaveller's Wife. HATED IT.

I just started I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.

[Clair]

Finally finished Time TRaveller's Wife. HATED IT.

Awww, I liked it. A lot.

[RachWho?]

Right now I am reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. It's a fact-based fiction book about Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright's love affair. Very interesting, well-written book. My mom said it's her favorite book of the year, and she owns a bookstore and reads like a...umm...something that reads a lot. So that must mean something.

[Clair]

Reads like Evelyn Wood???

[RachWho?]

Reads like Evelyn Wood???

You are sooooo smart, Clair!

Smart like a fox! ;)

[angiemarie]

I just finished "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. It's the story of not-so-perfect suburban mom whose son goes on a killing spree at his high school (a la Columbine). It was a fascinating book but not for the faint of heart.

[dr.birdie]

I just finished "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. It's the story of not-so-perfect suburban mom whose son goes on a killing spree at his high school (a la Columbine). It was a fascinating book but not for the faint of heart.

I heard that one was good, but not sure if I wanted to read it or not. Is it one you can read a few chapters and put down or do you have to read it at one sitting?

[RachWho?]

I just finished "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. It's the story of not-so-perfect suburban mom whose son goes on a killing spree at his high school (a la Columbine). It was a fascinating book but not for the faint of heart.

Ang--are you raiding my bookshelves? We read all the same books! I read that a couple of years ago and I found it riveting, but possibly the scariest book I have ever read. And not for the reasons most books are scary.

Makes you think twice about having kids!

And Sam, I would say that you can def read it a little at a time. In fact, I would think you might need to read it that way.

[here4beer]

I just finished "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. It's the story of not-so-perfect suburban mom whose son goes on a killing spree at his high school (a la Columbine). It was a fascinating book but not for the faint of heart.

Ach. I hated that book, because I figured the ending out about 50 pages into it.

[angiemarie]

I heard that one was good, but not sure if I wanted to read it or not. Is it one you can read a few chapters and put down or do you have to read it at one sitting?

Doc, it's a very long book, and you can read it in parts.

Ach. I hated that book, because I figured the ending out about 50 pages into it.

I figured out the "twist" also, but I still enjoyed the book because it was so well written. I liked the idea of a not so perfect mom, and her really imperfect kid.


Ang--are you raiding my bookshelves? We read all the same books! I read that a couple of years ago and I found it riveting, but possibly the scariest book I have ever read. And not for the reasons most books are scary.


Rach, I raided your bookshelf the last time I came to your house to retrieve my boyfriend Alton.

[RachWho?]

Rach, I raided your bookshelf the last time I came to your house to retrieve my boyfriend Alton.

Too bad all you got was books! :tonguewag:

[TaniaNicole]

Just finished 1408, short story from SK's 'Everything is Eventual'. 40 pages, good read. Not so much scary as creepy, suspenseful, and weird. Just started The Secret.

[LonnaSaur]

Thanks to good reviews from many of you guys I just started reading The Kite Runner.

[Cherie]

I just started reading the book the Goldman's won the rights to, (If)I Did It, that is basically OJ confessing. I refused to buy it when OJ was getting the money but since it's going to one of the victims family's I said what the hell. This is one screwed up dude. I know that's not exactly a news flash but damn. According to him he was always patient and kind with Nicole and she was the one who had a temper. That is until he stabbed her to death. Well most men have flaws!:ohmy:

[giffordsaz]

for this same reason I will not buy rosies book... Barbra Walters is beyound reproach in my book...

[Pegster]

for this same reason I will not buy rosies book... Barbra Walters is beyound reproach in my book...

Please tell me you aren't comparing Rosie (or Barbara) to OJ.

[LonnaSaur]

So far The Kite Runner is holding my attention but I have to say, I hate the narrator. I keep thinking he's a selfish little piece of crap. Then again, he was like 12 when he made me mad. But he's not the most sympathetic literary character I've ever encountered.

[Clair]

So far The Kite Runner is holding my attention but I have to say, I hate the narrator. I keep thinking he's a selfish little piece of crap. Then again, he was like 12 when he made me mad. But he's not the most sympathetic literary character I've ever encountered.

I thought the same thing. Keep reading, it gets sooo good.

I finally got a copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[LonnaSaur]

I thought the same thing. Keep reading, it gets sooo good.

I finally got a copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Oh yes, I will, thanks. I DO like it, I just don't want to be BFF with Amir!

[crazylady]

I'm reading On the Beach by Nevil Shute (1959).

It's okay, but a bit depressing, so far.

[Clair]

I'm reading On the Beach by Nevil Shute (1959).

It's okay, but a bit depressing, so far.

I read that ages ago. VERY depressing. They made a movie of it in 2000 but the book was way better.

[Cherie]

for this same reason I will not buy rosies book... Barbra Walters is beyound reproach in my book...
I used to like Barbara but she lost a lot of credibility when she took up for rosie's craziness. Now look where it got her. Rosie turned on her anyway.

[Clair]

I'm in the middle of A Thousand Splendid Suns and it's getting intense. I don't know if I can read any more. :(

[Pekmboyd]

I'm in the middle of A Thousand Splendid Suns and it's getting intense. I don't know if I can read any more. :(

OO, that reminds me. I haven't read either one, but I remember you guys discussing how they would handle a particular scene in Kite Runner, and I saw an article on it this morning: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/24/afghan.kiterunner.ap/index.html

[RachWho?]

I'm in the middle of A Thousand Splendid Suns and it's getting intense. I don't know if I can read any more. :(

Oh, Clair--keep at it. I think it's worth it. But if it's got you too down, put it away for a while and come back.

OO, that reminds me. I haven't read either one, but I remember you guys discussing how they would handle a particular scene in Kite Runner, and I saw an article on it this morning: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/24/afghan.kiterunner.ap/index.html

Wow, Pek, if I hadn't read the book and I saw the headline, I would be ticked. CNN pretty much spoils the main plot twist there.

I don't see how they could leave that scene out of the movie. That's one of the most important, albeit disturbing, moments. I see where the family is coming from, but...

[Clair]

Oh, Clair--keep at it. I think it's worth it. But if it's got you too down, put it away for a while and come back.

Okay (deep breath) I'm going back in.

[Cherie]

Right now I am reading some of the older TvGasm threads. Wow who needs to watch Tv when you've got this? I go from laughing my ass off to crying to saying OMG! One thread especially seems to have the makings of a Godfather like movie in it. I won't say which one, I don't want to wake up with a horsehead in my bed! I think I'm going to need glasses very soon.:online2long: My eyes are starting to cross!

[Katmandu]

The Birth House Ami Mckay
Its very good or the Secret life of bees

[RachWho?]

I just finished The Secret Life of Bees--very good!

I also just finished Songs Without Words by Ann Packer (she wrote The Dive from Clausen's Pier if you read that). I was disappointed because I really loved her first book, but felt like the one I just read dragged and was not well done. She does explore interesting ideas about complicated relationships and what we really owe to those in our lives.

Clair--how goes it with A Thousand Splendid Suns?

[minda07]

I just bought Kite Runner - I am only three chapters in. I was standing at Starbucks waiting for my venti black ice tea with three splenda and it was sitting there - so far so good!

[Pegster]

I'm reading Maps of Gettysburg. I need help.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I'm currently listening to P.S. I Love You. It's about a young Irish Woman who is widowed and dealing with the loss of the love of her life. It's sad but cool to listen to all the Irish Accents.

[Katmandu]

I just bought Kite Runner - I am only three chapters in. I was standing at Starbucks waiting for my venti black ice tea with three splenda and it was sitting there - so far so good!

I loved the Kite Runner. It was an easy read but I felt I learned alot about Afghanistan by the end.

[Clair]

Clair--how goes it with A Thousand Splendid Suns?

Awesome book! Not as good as Kite Runner, of course, but I thought it was excellent.

I'm trying to get my son to read Life of Pi but it's too hard to explain the story line and he has no interest. :(

[TaniaNicole]

OK, I have never even heard of the books you guys are talking about, except for PS I Love You.

I'm still trying to get up the guts to read Lord Of The Flies. :blush:

Still trying to read The Secret, it is very hard to read with Mojo around, cause he wants to read what I'm reading, but his version of reading is eating, so until he settles down, I don't think I'll get much reading done, the little bugger.

[lloyd Dobbler]

I am reading the second part to the final dune "sandworms of dune" and also Freakonomics, cause i have heard so many good things about it.

[chooch850]

I'm reading the paper.....

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Now that I am done with P.S. I love you and all the tears related to that book, it is time for something lighter. I just picked up The Completely Unauthorized "My Ox Is Broken!" Detours, Roadblocks, Fast Forwards, And Other Great Moments from TV's The Amazing Race.

[lennonwhore]

Freakanomics is a GREAT book! i read it over the summer and then it got assigned for my Geography of Inequality class this semester...i LOVE when that happens...

another great book that i read over the summer (i was on a nonfiction kick for a great while) was Sweetness and Power, it.s about the rise of the sugar industry and how sugar went from being a luxury to becoming a commonplace food item. It.s really interesting b/c it takes a lot of what Freakanomics discusses in the large frame and places it to one solid example

[Katmandu]

Freakanomics is a GREAT book! i read it over the summer and then it got assigned for my Geography of Inequality class this semester...i LOVE when that happens...

another great book that i read over the summer (i was on a nonfiction kick for a great while) was Sweetness and Power, it.s about the rise of the sugar industry and how sugar went from being a luxury to becoming a commonplace food item. It.s really interesting b/c it takes a lot of what Freakanomics discusses in the large frame and places it to one solid example

I saw a documentary on CBC about sugar and how before oil it was the commodity that controlled the world. I didn't realize until watching that it still was. How much of the food indultry was wrapped up in it. Or the need to keep these countries producing it at a cheap rate. I think I will try this book

Another short and quick read is the Breadwinner. It is a good one for adults and kids from about grade 4 up.

[lennonwhore]

I saw a documentary on CBC about sugar and how before oil it was the commodity that controlled the world. I didn't realize until watching that it still was. How much of the food indultry was wrapped up in it. Or the need to keep these countries producing it at a cheap rate. I think I will try this book



It.s written by Sidney Mintz, and is really REALLy good. If you do read it, tell me what you think. It.s basically the written version of that documentary.

[animalcrackers]

i just bought Freakanomics this weekend! i havent started it yet because i am reading I Am America (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert. i freaking love him and his book is hilarious! when i read it, i hear it in my head as his voice.... sad i know, but really funny!

[Pekmboyd]

i just bought Freakanomics this weekend! i havent started it yet because i am reading I Am America (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert. i freaking love him and his book is hilarious! when i read it, i hear it in my head as his voice.... sad i know, but really funny!

I just bought that today! I'm excited to get started.

[lloyd Dobbler]

Freakanomics is a GREAT book! i read it over the summer and then it got assigned for my Geography of Inequality class this semester...i LOVE when that happens...

another great book that i read over the summer (i was on a nonfiction kick for a great while) was Sweetness and Power, it.s about the rise of the sugar industry and how sugar went from being a luxury to becoming a commonplace food item. It.s really interesting b/c it takes a lot of what Freakanomics discusses in the large frame and places it to one solid example

Thanks for the suggestion, I have always wondered why sugar seems to be a big deal, i mean they made a tv show about it, cane right? Sounds like a lot of people are getting on the freakonomics train, which is cool maybe we can discuss after everybody reads it, and not just you lennon:) cause you are way ahead of me on that count!

[lennonwhore]

Thanks for the suggestion, I have always wondered why sugar seems to be a big deal, i mean they made a tv show about it, cane right? Sounds like a lot of people are getting on the freakonomics train, which is cool maybe we can discuss after everybody reads it, and not just you lennon:) cause you are way ahead of me on that count!

let me know when you finish it up, then we can discuss it!

[lloyd Dobbler]

let me know when you finish it up, then we can discuss it!

You got it!

[CrazyTrain]

I just picked up The Completely Unauthorized "My Ox Is Broken!" Detours, Roadblocks, Fast Forwards, And Other Great Moments from TV's The Amazing Race.

What? Is that a real book?

[lloyd Dobbler]

i just bought Freakanomics this weekend! i havent started it yet because i am reading I Am America (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert. i freaking love him and his book is hilarious! when i read it, i hear it in my head as his voice.... sad i know, but really funny!

Is this like jon stewarts book? as far as the format, cause that book was awesome, with the drawings, photos etc.

[Pekmboyd]

Is this like jon stewarts book? as far as the format, cause that book was awesome, with the drawings, photos etc.

It's not a "textbook" like that was, but there are margin notes, footnotes, that sort of thing. There are even stickers (so you can make sure to note the parts of the book you most agreed with).

[lloyd Dobbler]

It's not a "textbook" like that was, but there are margin notes, footnotes, that sort of thing. There are even stickers (so you can make sure to note the parts of the book you most agreed with).

HAHA! Thats cool, i think i am going to go get it tomorrow, i love the jon stewart/colbert humor:)

[TinkerbellAPixie]

What? Is that a real book?

It totally is! (http://www.amazon.com/My-Ox-Broken-Roadblocks-Forwards/dp/1932100911)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31JXKv9yZ6L._AA180_.jpg

[chooch850]

I'm so excited. I just ordered two books on-line and I can't wait for them to get here. You guys can go ahead and make fun of me but I can take it!

I ordered "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" by Wil Wheaton.... by the way, he independently published this book and is sending them out himself, with the help of his family.
.... and "Celebrity Detox" by Rosie O'Donnell because I read her blog regularly and I've heard alot and want to see for myself if she's full of shit or not.

I haven't picked up a book in almost a year, maybe this will motivate me to get out and go to the library again, a place I used to love.

[Katmandu]

Go chooch. Let me know about the Rosie book. I love her. I know she is over the top sometimes but I like who all or nothing attitude.

[lennonwhore]

Rach, I never thanked you for recommending The Ruins. I.m thanking you again b/c I.ve had a series of nightmares about the book.

I found out three days ago that I.ll probably be working all summer at a dig in Mexico, and the book has haunted my dreams ever since. That.s how you know it.s a good book, I.m re-reading it and getting chills all over again!

[Pegster]

Rach, I never thanked you for recommending The Ruins. I.m thanking you again b/c I.ve had a series of nightmares about the book.

I found out three days ago that I.ll probably be working all summer at a dig in Mexico, and the book has haunted my dreams ever since. That.s how you know it.s a good book, I.m re-reading it and getting chills all over again!

len/Rach - what's it about? Please elaborate...

[lennonwhore]

It.s a horror/thriller set in Mexico near Mayan ruins. It.s kind of hard for me to describe it w/o giving too much away, so I.ll just type the blurb from the book cover:

"The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group - the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archaeological dig. This is what happens from the moment when searchers - moving into the wild interior - begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific 'other' among them..."

It.s written by Scott Smith, and I recommend reading it.

[Pegster]

I shall give it a try. If it got two thumbs up from two of my girls, then it has to be good.

[RachWho?]

Rach, I never thanked you for recommending The Ruins. I.m thanking you again b/c I.ve had a series of nightmares about the book.

I found out three days ago that I.ll probably be working all summer at a dig in Mexico, and the book has haunted my dreams ever since. That.s how you know it.s a good book, I.m re-reading it and getting chills all over again!

I am glad you liked it. Just make sure when you go on your dig, PLENTY of people know EXACTLY where you'll be and you DO NOT STRAY FROM THE PLAN!!

It.s a horror/thriller set in Mexico near Mayan ruins. It.s kind of hard for me to describe it w/o giving too much away, so I.ll just type the blurb from the book cover:

"The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group - the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archaeological dig. This is what happens from the moment when searchers - moving into the wild interior - begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific 'other' among them..."

It.s written by Scott Smith, and I recommend reading it.

Only minor correction, the German is in pursuit of his brother, no? It really makes no difference to the synopsis, though. They are making it into a movie. Should be creepy as hell!

I shall give it a try. If it got two thumbs up from two of my girls, then it has to be good.

My dad, who is a bookstore owner for 30 years, also loved it, and he's no slouch.

[angiemarie]

I shall give it a try. If it got two thumbs up from two of my girls, then it has to be good.

I liked it, too!

[CrazyTrain]

It totally is! (http://www.amazon.com/My-Ox-Broken-Roadblocks-Forwards/dp/1932100911)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31JXKv9yZ6L._AA180_.jpg

Awesome! something to add to my wishlist! Thanks!


I ordered "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" by Wil Wheaton.... by the way, he independently published this book and is sending them out himself, with the help of his family.

Well, if it's anything like his blog then it'll be a great book!

[giffordsaz]

I picked up Stephen Kings "Cell"
kinda creepy and as i am not dome with it..... who knows how I will like it......
but the situation makes you look at your cell a phone in a whole new light.

[southernbelle]

I just picked up Patricia Cornwell's new one called "Book of the Dead." It's a Kay Scarpetta book (one of her famed characters) and it follows Kay as she is on the trail of a serial killer. I'm liking it so far- has anyone ever read her books?

[Pegster]

Friend Eric got me a special edition of "Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal " by Christopher Moore. It's so cool - it looks like a bible, with a faux-leather cover, gold-edged pages, and a satin page marker. I'm going look like I'm a good girl whilst reading it!! I'm looking forward to this book. Sounds amusing.

[LonnaSaur]

Friend Eric got me a special edition of "Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal " by Christopher Moore. It's so cool - it looks like a bible, with a faux-leather cover, gold-edged pages, and a satin page marker. I'm going look like I'm a good girl whilst reading it!! I'm looking forward to this book. Sounds amusing.

Peg, you will LOVE it! It is pretty darn funny. Some slowish bits here and there or plotlines I could have done without but overall just a lot of fun. Christopher Moore is pretty good! Enjoy!

[RachWho?]

I am reading a really interesting book right now called The Echo Maker. It won the National Book Award. It's about a man who is in a car accident and develops a condition known as Capgras syndrome--he gets his memory back, but cannot recognize his sister. It's very interesting, and well written.

[lestermaddox]

I just picked up Patricia Cornwell's new one called "Book of the Dead." It's a Kay Scarpetta book (one of her famed characters) and it follows Kay as she is on the trail of a serial killer. I'm liking it so far- has anyone ever read her books?

Used to love Patricia Cornwell. Her Kay Scarpetta series got me hooked on mystery/medical/thriller books. But the one right before the Hornet books, where she killed off a MAJOR character, while a great book, really changed the whole feel of the series and the books that came after. Then she tried to pull a fast one and bring back the dead character with some lame excuse and that made it even worse. I still read her, but much prefer the earlier books.

John Sanford's Prey series is another great choice - and his books hold up over time. Lucas Davenport is my hero! (well, right after Jack Bauer.)

[Clair]

I now own the SEQUEL to The Pillars of the Earth -- World Without End.

Mmmmm, it has that new book smell.

Ahhh, page 1....

[lennonwhore]

I just read "A Soul on Trial: A Marine Corps Mystery at the Turn of the Century." It.s nonfiction, and is really worth checking out

[roadtripper8]

I am reading "The Other Bolelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. It is of the "historical fiction" genre, meaning it is one step below the bodice-ripper genre. A little trash-tastic but a good read. Plus, the movie is coming out next year starring Eric Bana, who I adore!!!

[Clair]

I am reading "The Other Bolelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. It is of the "historical fiction" genre, meaning it is one step below the bodice-ripper genre. A little trash-tastic but a good read. Plus, the movie is coming out next year starring Eric Bana, who I adore!!!

I've read that one! It's really, really good.

[Pekmboyd]

I'm majorly on a "book that they made into a movie" kick. I read Atonement, and finally picked up The Kite Runner. I've hesitated to get it because I'm aware of the subject matter and I'm not really into what I might call "geographical fiction" - but in no small part due to my trust in you guys and your recommendations, I finally picked it up, and read it in one day. What an excellent book, regardless of subject matter I could not put it down.

Next I have PS I Love You, after which I'll make a point to hunt down The Other Boleyn Girl.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Yay! You'll love P.S. I love you! :)

[Treadingonme]

I keep waiting for one of my friends, who has Kite Runner, to loan it to me but she keeps dodging the request. I don't know what that's all about.

As for now, I'm reading Youth in Revolt. It's being made into a movie for 2009, and George Michael Bluth himself is signed on to be the lead. The book is really funny especially if you remember your male adolescence (what you don't ladies?). But if not there should be enough hijinks and shenanigans for everybody. Hopefully.

[giffordsaz]

I keep waiting for one of my friends, who has Kite Runner, to loan it to me but she keeps dodging the request. I don't know what that's all about.

As for now, I'm reading Youth in Revolt. It's being made into a movie for 2009, and George Michael Bluth himself is signed on to be the lead. The book is really funny especially if you remember your male adolescence (what you don't ladies?). But if not there should be enough hijinks and shenanigans for everybody. Hopefully.
male adolescence, hijinks, and shenanigans

This sounds like some sort of nightmare I may have had recently, or just a different name for an oreo cookie?

[lennonwhore]

I.m reading a book called Human Traces, soooooooooooo good.

[angiemarie]

I am reading "The Other Bolelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. It is of the "historical fiction" genre, meaning it is one step below the bodice-ripper genre. A little trash-tastic but a good read. Plus, the movie is coming out next year starring Eric Bana, who I adore!!!


Next I have PS I Love You, after which I'll make a point to hunt down The Other Boleyn Girl.

Pek, you really should it's such a good read.

I'm not looking forward to the movie, though. They've cast Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. Neither one is anyone I would have cast. Anne was such a charming, scheming flirt and Natalie Portman is a little to sweet and waifish for that role. Scarlett Johansson is a pretty girl, but her voice gets on my last nerve. She has those laid back So Cal inflections, yuck. I'm sure her English accent will be spectacular. :rolleyes2:


I.m reading a book called Human Traces, soooooooooooo good.

Is this one of your crazy, ancient dead people textbooks?

[Cherie]

I am reading "The Other Bolelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. It is of the "historical fiction" genre, meaning it is one step below the bodice-ripper genre. A little trash-tastic but a good read. Plus, the movie is coming out next year starring Eric Bana, who I adore!!!
I love Philippa Gregory! I read Wideacre and the Favoured Child years ago and somehow never got aroung to reading the third installment Meridon. I just ordered all three and The Other Boleyn Girl! Thanks for reminding me of this author.:simplesmile:

[lennonwhore]

Is this one of your crazy, ancient dead people textbooks?

nope! it is a, for real, fiction book with a plot and very few dead people.

[roadtripper8]

I'm not looking forward to the movie, though. They've cast Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. Neither one is anyone I would have cast. Anne was such a charming, scheming flirt and Natalie Portman is a little to sweet and waifish for that role. Scarlett Johansson is a pretty girl, but her voice gets on my last nerve. She has those laid back So Cal inflections, yuck. I'm sure her English accent will be spectacular. :rolleyes2:




You get no arguement from me regarding the casting of Scarlett and Natalie... but my love for Eric Bana overshadows any other unfortunate casting choices!

I love Philippa Gregory! I read Wideacre and the Favoured Child years ago and somehow never got aroung to reading the third installment Meridon. I just ordered all three and The Other Boleyn Girl! Thanks for reminding me of this author.:simplesmile:

I finished The Other Boleyn Girl then went on to read The Boleyn Inheritance and The Constant Princess. Plus, I am waiting for Amazon to deliver the other two in the series. I take back any negative thing I said about Philippa Gregory... I am a convert.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Ok you guys got to me- I've put The Other Boleyn Girl audiobook on wait list through my library. All copies are currently checked out. Darn it.

[animalcrackers]

i'm reading Eat Pray Love right now. i'm half way through and so far its very enjoyable.

[angiemarie]

Ok you guys got to me- I've put The Other Boleyn Girl audiobook on wait list through my library. All copies are currently checked out. Darn it.


I listened to it on audiobook, too. I think it was 22 discs. How long is your commute to work?

[Wayne]

7th Heaven by James Patterson

Its the latest Womens Murder Club book.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I listened to it on audiobook, too. I think it was 22 discs. How long is your commute to work?

45 minutes to an hour each way so the longer the book the better.

[angiemarie]

I just finished The Minotaur by Barbara Vine. Excellent psychological thriller. It's about a woman who is hired to care for a "crazy" man who lives in a old house in the English countryside. Sounds like such a cliche, but the writing is excellent.

[here4beer]

I *finally* read The Other Boleyn Girl, and it is as fantastic as everyone says. Loved it.

I also read 3 of Phillipa Gregory's other books, which were nowhere near as good for some reason, although The Virgin Queen wasn't a total crapfest.

[photochild]

I *finally* read The Other Boleyn Girl, and it is as fantastic as everyone says. Loved it.



Yay! I'm reading a bio on Che Guevara (FC's avatar). I watched Motorcycle Diaries and became interested in him. I figured I should research him...better than the kids that wear his face on their tshirts without knowing who he is.

[Katmandu]

I'm reading ps i love you for my bookclub. we meet on sat and my friend lost her husband one year ago on the fifth of feb. It may be a tearjerker bookclub.
Also reading Charlie wilson's war

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Ooh Kat, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

As for The Other Boleyn Girl, I had requested it from the library - looks like it finally came in and is in the mail to my house. Hopefully I'll be listening to it by the weekend.

Which is perfect timing, I'm listening to Lipstick Jungle and will be done by the weekend. I really am enjoying it and am now super curious about the casting they did for the tv show. I don't really see Brooke Shields as being the frumpy Wendy from the book.

[Pekmboyd]

I'm reading ps i love you for my bookclub. we meet on sat and my friend lost her husband one year ago on the fifth of feb. It may be a tearjerker bookclub.
Also reading Charlie wilson's war

Ooh, I should join a book club.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Pek - try www.meetup.com - enter your zip code and I am sure there will be book clubs in your area. (There are also play groups for people with kids, dining out clubs, movie clubs, etc.)

[Katmandu]

That's what i do kind of. I do parent and tot dropin. We sing and then parents visit. It helps build early literacy and then parents can network and hopefully connect.
My bookclub is an adult version of that for me.

[Katmandu]

Finished ps i love you . I found the siblilng relationships my favourite part. I got a bit tired of Holly's perfection. I hated that Daniel ended up with Laura again. I didn"t want him with Holly yet but I felt that he was a better man and would wait. I loved the idea of the list and how Holly grew as a person. However I thought that Ahern's writing lacked something. Her creativity and story telling is amazing but I couldn't help feel tha something was lacking. Maybe maturity??? That is not meant in a critical way more a fact of life way. She is not a Maeve Binchey yet.

All in all though I felt reading it that it would be a good movie. I can't believe the talent in one so young. Ahern has nowhere to go but up and I would definitely read another of her books.


Did I mention that Holly also drove me nuts because she had no gumption. Her whole life revolved around Gerry. I don't think she was very modern.

[Chrissie]

I am very anal when it comes to reading anything, for example I have to read the paper from front to back, page A1 to D8 for example. I have four of Philippa Gregory's books. The other Boeyln Girl, The Constant Princess, The Virgins Lover, and The Boeyln Inheritance. Is there a certain order in which the books occur?

[angiemarie]

If you want to read them in historical order, you should read;

1. The Constant Princess
2. The Other Boleyn Girl
3. The Boleyn Inheritance
4. The Virgin's Lover

and there is another book that can go between 3 & 4 called The Queen's Fool.

I've read the first 3, and I read them out of order, and I still enjoyed all them. :simplesmile:

[Chrissie]

If you want to read them in historical order, you should read;

1. The Constant Princess
2. The Other Boleyn Girl
3. The Boleyn Inheritance
4. The Virgin's Lover

and there is another book that can go between 3 & 4 called The Queen's Fool.

I've read the first 3, and I read them out of order, and I still enjoyed all them. :simplesmile:

Thanks !

[minda07]

I am currently reading Water for Elephants and really enjoying it.

[MargotTenenbaum]

Currently reading Lisey's Story by Stephen King. It's quite tedious in some parts, but there's just something about King's writing, it catches you off guard and scares the pants off of you.

[here4beer]

I read them out of order, and I still enjoyed all them. :simplesmile:

Ditto. There's not really a transition from one book to another; they're pretty much standalone books that happen to be from the same time period, so I don't think the order matters so much.

[Chrissie]

Ditto. There's not really a transition from one book to another; they're pretty much standalone books that happen to be from the same time period, so I don't think the order matters so much.

ok thanks, I guess thats what I was asking was if they were more like a series

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I'm about halfway through "The Other Boleyn Girl" it's as good as you all said. The woman reading it for the audio book is AMAZING - she has the best accent and really makes it very dramatic.

I am so disgusted by Anne, the bitch! and her social climbing family - disgusting!

I'm going to have to get all those other books now - this has been just riveting - I don't want to get out of my car because that means pausing the books on tape.

[minda07]

Ok - I know a few of you on hear read the book The Ruins as we talked about it before. I started my new job and for the 1st time ever I got my very own office. The only problem is they have a 7 foot tall planter covered in vines in here and I swear its about to come alive and eat me - its scary!

[RachWho?]

Ok - I know a few of you on hear read the book The Ruins as we talked about it before. I started my new job and for the 1st time ever I got my very own office. The only problem is they have a 7 foot tall planter covered in vines in here and I swear its about to come alive and eat me - its scary!


:eek: Just don't touch it and you'll be fine, Minda!

[lennonwhore]

Ok - I know a few of you on hear read the book The Ruins as we talked about it before. I started my new job and for the 1st time ever I got my very own office. The only problem is they have a 7 foot tall planter covered in vines in here and I swear its about to come alive and eat me - its scary!

Oh God that is scary! I have to go out into the field this week, and we.ll be digging in the woods. I.m going to be freaking out all week now. Thanks for reminding me about the vines!

[minda07]

Oh God that is scary! I have to go out into the field this week, and we.ll be digging in the woods. I.m going to be freaking out all week now. Thanks for reminding me about the vines!

I am sooooo sorry!:crying:

[angiemarie]

I'm about halfway through "The Other Boleyn Girl" it's as good as you all said. The woman reading it for the audio book is AMAZING - she has the best accent and really makes it very dramatic.

I am so disgusted by Anne, the bitch! and her social climbing family - disgusting!

I'm going to have to get all those other books now - this has been just riveting - I don't want to get out of my car because that means pausing the books on tape.


I had a totally different reaction to the book. I felt sorry for the girls and their family. Everyone was so dependent upon the King's (Henry) good will. The only way to get ahead was to flatter/pander to/kiss up to/seduce/ the increasingly spoiled and jaded monarch.

Imagine being a chick then, totally dependent on men. Dependent on the men in your family, and then your husband or lover. Yeck!

[roadtripper8]

I am reading "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. The author goes to Italy (to eat), then India (to pray) then on to Indonesia (love). Currently on the section where she is eating her way through Italy, which is horrible for my diet! All I want to do is consume mass quantities of pasta.

[LonnaSaur]

I just finished reading "Bless the Beasts and Children." It was very sad and kind of upsetting to read, and then when it was over, I also felt kind of cheated. I wanted to know what happens next.

[minda07]

Ok - I need help with the title of a book and thought one of you might know. I was casually listening in on a conversation between these two ladies the other day and they were talking about a book and I never heard the name, I couldn't ask them because I didn't want them to know that I was listening (the begiining of their conversation was about wild sex they had had so I had to listen).

Anyway, The book was discovered recently and was written by a lady during WWI and things that she saw. She had died in a consentration camp and wasn't until recently that they discovered the novel and published it. Does anyone know what the heck I am talking about???

[giffordsaz]

um, the diary of ann frank... hehehehehehhee

[minda07]

um, the diary of ann frank... hehehehehehhee

Same type of book giff but no, not that one. :tonguewag:

[giffordsaz]

I know, I'm a brat.

[minda07]

I know, I'm a brat.

:lol: It serves me right for listening in on someones elses conversation.

[Katmandu]

I'mI just checked it and i'm not sure minda but was it Suite Francaise?

I just checked on this book and I am wrong.

[minda07]

I'm not sure minda but was it Suite Francaise?

OMG - This is it - thank you so much!

[Katmandu]

OMG - This is it - thank you so much!

wow I thought I had the wrong one

[Clair]

I just finished reading a book about WWI - Losing Julia. It was really good but really sad.

[pixi-stix]

Currently reading The Appeal by Grisham (love him, have all his books).

Just finished I am America (and so can you) by Colbert

I'm a huge book nerd, my bookcases are overflowing :D

[RachWho?]

I am on a Ruth Rendell reading spree. She is the best mystery/psychological thriller writer I have ever read. I just finished End in Tears and The Water's Lovely. Her books never disappoint me.

[angiemarie]

I am on a Ruth Rendell reading spree. She is the best mystery/psychological thriller writer I have ever read. I just finished End in Tears and The Water's Lovely. Her books never disappoint me.


I love her, too! She's 78 now, and I actually worry about her getting sick/dying and not being able to write anymore.

Last month, I read The Minotaur by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell's psuedonym), and it was excellent.

[Clair]

The Kite Runner DVD is being shipped today from Netflix. I'm so excited!!!

[animalcrackers]

aww yay! mine still says Short Wait. let me know if its any good!

i finally got the time to read What the Dead Know and i loved it. it only took me a day & a half to read. i already passed it along to my mom and sister. thanks for the recommendations gasmii!

[angiemarie]

aww yay! mine still says Short Wait. let me know if its any good!

i finally got the time to read What the Dead Know and i loved it. it only took me a day & a half to read. i already passed it along to my mom and sister. thanks for the recommendations gasmii!

That was such a good read. I'm glad you enjoyed it, ac.

I'm in the middle of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. So funny.

I read Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich a few weeks ago and it was hilarious. I'm a huge Lula fan, and she has a very memorable scene in this book. If they ever get around to making movies of this series, I think Toccara from ANTM/Celebrity Fit Club would be perfect casting.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Just ordered The Historian, The Boleyn Inheritance and The Constant Princess from my library. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that they will mail books to you when they come in.

I have just finished Simply Magic, a silly little bit of literary fluff and am headed to the library after work to get something to tide me over until those three I just mentioned show up.

[Clair]

I'm in the middle of The Road (Oprah Book Club) and it's riveting!!! It's about this father and son's postapocalyptic journey. Constant goosebumps!

[Clair]

I just checked IMDB for The Road to see if it was ever made into a movie and they're currently filming it! Booya!

The book was written by the same guy who wrote No Country for Old Men

[Pekmboyd]

I'm working on Clapton, The Autobiography - and its dry. Really really dry. I'm hoping it picks up since I recently read Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd, and the whole point of reading that egotistical mess was to see how the two tell their different sides of their relationship and stuff.

After Clapton I've got a recommendation from a coworker to power through before I dive into another Boleyn-type book.

[Katmandu]

That was such a good read. I'm glad you enjoyed it, ac.

I'm in the middle of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. So funny.

I read Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich a few weeks ago and it was hilarious. I'm a huge Lula fan, and she has a very memorable scene in this book. If they ever get around to making movies of this series, I think Toccara from ANTM/Celebrity Fit Club would be perfect casting.

I started the Evanovich series 10 days ago and just finished the fourth book. Not trying to brag about how fast I can read but how funny these books are. I am talking pee your pants funny. I love Lula, Ranger, Stephanie, Morelli,Grandma Mazur. Hate Joyce. Love Sally Sweet.

[Chrissie]

Just ordered The Historian, The Boleyn Inheritance and The Constant Princess from my library. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that they will mail books to you when they come in.

I have just finished Simply Magic, a silly little bit of literary fluff and am headed to the library after work to get something to tide me over until those three I just mentioned show up.

I just started the constant princess. I have but haven't started the Simply series, I am waiting for Simply Perfect to come out in paperback before I start.

[lennonwhore]

The Evanovich books are probably the funniest pieces of fluff out there. I love reading them in public b/c I.m always laughing so hard!

Having said that, I have not read a book in over three weeks. But, the semester is almost over, so I.ll fix that problem ASAP.

[JasonR]

"One Bullet Away" by Nathaniel Fick. It's an autobiography from a guy about his experience going from being a Classics major at Dartmouth to enlisting for what he thought would be a peacetime hitch as an officer in the Marines, and of course he ends up in Afghanistan and heavy combat in Iraq.

So far, it's fantastic. I highly recommend it.

http://www.nathanielfick.com/index.html

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I just started the constant princess. I have but haven't started the Simply series, I am waiting for Simply Perfect to come out in paperback before I start.

I read Simply Love and Simply Magic and they were both good so now I have to find Simply Perfect.


I started the Evanovich series 10 days ago and just finished the fourth book. Not trying to brag about how fast I can read but how funny these books are. I am talking pee your pants funny. I love Lula, Ranger, Stephanie, Morelli,Grandma Mazur. Hate Joyce. Love Sally Sweet.

LOVEEEEEE Lula and Ranger - if you think they are a hoot to read you should hear the audio books. The lady who reads them has the most hilarious voices.

Last night went to the library and picked up I Thee Wed by Amanda Quick and Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella. The Shopaholic books are always good for a laugh and I need a laugh right now so I'm going to start with that one.

[giffordsaz]

I loved the Plum series so much I began to pick up her earlier work .. not so great.... but that doesn't take away from my Plum love. If you like the exciting detective couple with humor and continuing characters i suggest you begin the JD Robb series of "in Death".. she must have about 20 of them now and she actually finishes a love scene unlike our dear Janet E.

[angiemarie]

LOVEEEEEE Lula and Ranger - if you think they are a hoot to read you should hear the audio books. The lady who reads them has the most hilarious voices.



I love the audiobooks, too! Grandma Mazur is always funnier on the audiobooks.

[Chrissie]

I read Simply Love and Simply Magic and they were both good so now I have to find Simply Perfect.



Tink, have you read simply unforgetable? It is the first in the Simply quartet

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Actually - I haven't but I have since looked up all her books to see what fits in where and am going to try to go back and get the ones I missed. When I picked up Simply Love I had no idea it was part of a series.

[Chrissie]

Actually - I haven't but I have since looked up all her books to see what fits in where and am going to try to go back and get the ones I missed. When I picked up Simply Love I had no idea it was part of a series.


The simply series spunoff of the Bedwyn Series which spunoff off One Night for love and a summer to remember.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

LOL - I know - I have the whole list worked out - I could give up a year catching up on just her books:

Mary Balogh
Simply Unforgettable (first)
Simply Love
Simply Magic
Simply Perfect (last)


A Summer to Remember

Slightly Married
Slightly Wicked
Slightly Scandalous

Slightly Tempted
Slightly Sinful
Slightly Dangerous

[Chrissie]

LOL - I know - I have the whole list worked out - I could give up a year catching up on just her books:

Mary Balogh
Simply Unforgettable (first)
Simply Love
Simply Magic
Simply Perfect (last)


A Summer to Remember

Slightly Married
Slightly Wicked
Slightly Scandalous

Slightly Tempted
Slightly Sinful
Slightly Dangerous

There's also One night to Love before A Summer to Remember.
I read the Slightly series first and than went back and read the One Night and A Summer, The Slightly series only took a month for me, but I was into the books and had a hard time putting them down.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

OOh cool - thanks Chrissie :)

[Katmandu]

Just finished book six I don't want them to end. Who is better Ranger or Morelli. I think I want to be Steph.

[Pekmboyd]

I finally finished Clapton this morning, and almost at the same moment I got a library notice that my biography of Charles Schulz is ready for me. It's fate!

[RachWho?]

If anyone else read The Memory Keeper's Daughter, I see on the front TVG page that they made it into a Lifetime movie with Dermot Mulroney (who unfortunately is one of the worst actors in the world), but also Gretchen Mol and Emily Watson, who are great actresses. I am excited to see it. It will air next Saturday, April 12.

I didn't LOVE the book, but I did like it, and the premise was really interesting. I hope the movie is good.

[LonnaSaur]

As you might expect, I have been reading books about childbirth, breastfeeding, child care, etc. I recently started reading "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by this wonderful, elderly hippy midwife. It's really interesting and I have been reading it on the Metro. Last night on the way home, a random guy sat down next to me as I was reading and just when I turned the page, there was a photograph of a baby's head crowning, face-first. Wow! I was surprised, but I think the poor guy was really freaked out. It was quite, uh, graphic!

[lennonwhore]

As you might expect, I have been reading books about childbirth, breastfeeding, child care, etc. I recently started reading "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by this wonderful, elderly hippy midwife. It's really interesting and I have been reading it on the Metro. Last night on the way home, a random guy sat down next to me as I was reading and just when I turned the page, there was a photograph of a baby's head crowning, face-first. Wow! I was surprised, but I think the poor guy was really freaked out. It was quite, uh, graphic!

Ooh, Ina May is awesome! The Farm is such a great place! Have you read Spiritual Midwifery? I think that is her best book.

[LonnaSaur]

Ooh, Ina May is awesome! The Farm is such a great place! Have you read Spiritual Midwifery? I think that is her best book.

Not yet. I am going to read it next if I have time before BabySaur arrives. I wish I could go to The Farm but Mr. Saur would freak out. He didn't even want us to try the birth at home. So, we are going the hospital route, but with a midwife instead of a doctor.

[roadtripper8]

I am reading "The Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain. Huge "No Reservation" fan here and, even though he can be a bit douchey at times, I love Anthony Bourdain. I think he is even better in print. Somehow he comes across slightly less caustic.

[RachWho?]

I am reading "The Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain. Huge "No Reservation" fan here and, even though he can be a bit douchey at times, I love Anthony Bourdain. I think he is even better in print. Somehow he comes across slightly less caustic.

His books are awesome. I haven't read that one, RT, but I read "Kitchen Confidential" and "A Cook's Tour" (which, as it turns out, he signed for me and some bitch borrowed and never returned). Love his writing.

[roadtripper8]

So far, "The Nasty Bits" isn't as good as "Kitchen Confidential" or "A Cook's Tour"... but those two are hard to top.

Signed copy??? Did you get to meet him? I would hunt the bitch down who has your copy and hurt her.

[RachWho?]

So far, "The Nasty Bits" isn't as good as "Kitchen Confidential" or "A Cook's Tour"... but those two are hard to top.

Signed copy??? Did you get to meet him? I would hunt the bitch down who has your copy and hurt her.

Yeah...he did a book signing at a local bookstore here in St. Louis a few years ago. He was a great speaker (LOTS of profanity, of course) and then that dumb bitch stole my book. If I knew where she was, even a clue, she would be sorry she ever met me.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Finished Shopaholic and Baby - it was cute, annoyed that the Red Headed Bitch didn't get what she had coming to her but otherwise it was a light and easy read (er listen).

Started The Constant Princess and am 2 cd's in - I'm having a harder time getting into this one than I did with The Other Boleyn Girl but I'll keep listening only 14 more cd's to go.

[Chrissie]

Finished Shopaholic and Baby - it was cute, annoyed that the Red Headed Bitch didn't get what she had coming to her but otherwise it was a light and easy read (er listen).

Started The Constant Princess and am 2 cd's in - I'm having a harder time getting into this one than I did with The Other Boleyn Girl but I'll keep listening only 14 more cd's to go.

I read the Constant Princess first, and had a hard time getting into the other boleyn girl.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Well that's encouraging then - must mean this one gets good. :)

It's hard to picture this semi-precocious girl becomming the poor woe-begone Queen that Henry casts aside.

[Clair]

I have started reading Atlas Shrugged. It's a mere 1168 pages. I bought it at a garage sale years ago and finally decided to dive in. Coincidentally, I just read an article that the Harris Poll ranked the 10 most popular books in the United States and Atlas Shrugged was #9.

[angiemarie]

I just started The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory. It's very good so far.


Tink, I had trouble getting into The Constant Princess, too. It's a different kind of book than The Other Boleyn Girl, but I ended up really liking it.

[roadtripper8]

I have started reading Atlas Shrugged. It's a mere 1168 pages. I bought it at a garage sale years ago and finally decided to dive in. Coincidentally, I just read an article that the Harris Poll ranked the 10 most popular books in the United States and Atlas Shrugged was #9.

I tried so hard to make it through that book but it was like Nyquil for me. That was back in high school though, so let me know if it is worth a second look.

[LonnaSaur]

I have started reading Atlas Shrugged. It's a mere 1168 pages. I bought it at a garage sale years ago and finally decided to dive in. Coincidentally, I just read an article that the Harris Poll ranked the 10 most popular books in the United States and Atlas Shrugged was #9.

I read this about ten years ago. It held my attention and I thought it was really interesting to read-I wanted to find out what was going on and what would happen. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the ending. I hope you like it!

[BlueBee]

the other bolyn girl was great... love all her books but that was my fav for sure

just finished "the bright forever" by lee martin - it was depressing but i liked it..

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Just read about this in a newsletter at work:

BookLamp
A couple of years ago, I wrote about Pandora, a site that gives you music suggestions based on your pre-existing tastes.

Now there's BookLamp.org, a site that does the same thing for books. Just give it some titles of books you already know you like, and it'll give you suggestions for your next read. (It works, too... based on just a few tiles from me, it suggested a book I'd already picked up!)

[angiemarie]

I have started reading Atlas Shrugged. It's a mere 1168 pages. I bought it at a garage sale years ago and finally decided to dive in. Coincidentally, I just read an article that the Harris Poll ranked the 10 most popular books in the United States and Atlas Shrugged was #9.

I read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It was O.K., but it did not inspire me to read any of her other books.


Now there's BookLamp.org, a site that does the same thing for books. Just give it some titles of books you already know you like, and it'll give you suggestions for your next read. (It works, too... based on just a few tiles from me, it suggested a book I'd already picked up!)[/I]

Oooh, thanks for the tip, Tink!

[gasmilicous]

I just bought Slaughterhouse Five since I might be the only person on the planet to have not read it yet.

[Clair]

On page 12 of Atlas Shrugged. It's a little slow so far...

I just bought Slaughterhouse Five since I might be the only person on the planet to have not read it yet.

I just recently read Slaughterhouse Five and loved it. I enjoyed it so much I watched the movie right afterwards (Netflix instant viewing).

[RealityInTheToilet]

Hello everyone... Just finished I am Ledgend not too long agol. Reading scares me so i take it easy. I turn the tv volume down and read the cations if that counts. Good Book By the way.. I am also reading "How to stop procrastinating". I started that one a year ago.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Welcome to the forums Reality! :)

[giffordsaz]

Welcome to the forums Reality! :)
Funny Reality.
I have found very little time for reading anything as of late.
Today I read how to microwave a garlic-shrimp falt bread from Stoffers. I read some price tags. And other than things here and at Flipit's house I have not read a single other thing... oh, except for the machine I ran my debit card through.

[Clair]

I just started reading Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. It was highly recommended by a fellow gasmii.

I gave up on Atlas Shrugged. I was 40 pages into it and it was just so boring that it became a chore to read.

[Pekmboyd]

I'm about halfway through The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - the most original book I've read in a long time.

After that it's Schulz and Peanuts - the biography of Charles Schulz, which I'm already hooked on and I've only read hte first five pages or so -

Then its time to read The Boleyn Inheritance, then the latest Jennifer Weiner book....after that I'm not sure :)

[lestermaddox]

This weekend I am slogging through The Footprints of God by Greg Iles. I usually really like his books - not so sure about this one though, it is a bit slow. But it is early still, maybe it will pick up.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I'm on the last CD of The Constant Princess. I was slow to warm up to this book but then really got into it. Now this war stuff at the end is losing me. I'm wondering how she's going to wrap it up with less than 1/2 a CD left.

Next on the menu - not sure yet, got a pile of books on tape from the library so I'll grab whichever one is nearest to me when The Constant Princess ends.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Well finished The Constant Princess - the ending felt rushed. I understand she probably felt she'd covered those latter years in The Other Boleyn Girl - but still I felt it didn't do the rest of the book justice.

ETA: I checked my pile and The Boleyn Inheritance is next on the menu.

[lennonwhore]

I just started reading Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. It was highly recommended by a fellow gasmii.

I gave up on Atlas Shrugged. I was 40 pages into it and it was just so boring that it became a chore to read.

Tell me if you love it! Lie if you didn.t!