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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1830 on: January 23, 2009, 09:23:29 AM »
Quote from: sarahjoyhappy on January 20, 2009, 06:20:12 AM
I'm reading the first one "Dead Until Dark" right now.  Interesting concept, but the writing is weak sauce.  I'm half-way through and maybe it will get better. So far, I'm meh to it.


They don't. :) But I dunno if it was just the mood I'm in, or I was trying to get Twilight taste off my palate (so not for me!) but I shot through that book and the other 7 in about three days.

I haven't read romance fiction this addictive since The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1831 on: January 26, 2009, 10:05:58 AM »
Quote from: Mort on January 23, 2009, 09:23:29 AM


They don't. :) But I dunno if it was just the mood I'm in, or I was trying to get Twilight taste off my palate (so not for me!) but I shot through that book and the other 7 in about three days.

I haven't read romance fiction this addictive since The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

haha I finished it tonight, didn't love it- and was thinking I could maybe drop by Borders before school and get the next one. :)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1832 on: January 26, 2009, 10:17:57 PM »
I'm now reading The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets by Sophie Hannah, for one of my book clubs.  It's a short story collection, and the author is local - living here in West Yorkshire.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1833 on: January 28, 2009, 09:09:04 PM »
Library trip today, so I plan on reading Great Apes by Will Self after I finish the book I am reading.

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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1834 on: February 06, 2009, 06:46:50 PM »
Life in the United Kingdom - A Journey to Citizenship

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Julian Barnes' Arthur and George

Which do you think I prefer?
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1835 on: February 06, 2009, 06:48:54 PM »
I am probably the last person on the planet to get around to it, but I am reading The Kite Runner.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1836 on: February 06, 2009, 06:51:24 PM »
Quote from: Tin on February 06, 2009, 06:46:50 PM
Julian Barnes' Arthur and George

I really enjoyed that one!

I've just finished Rose Tremain's The Road Home (BIG THUMBS UP!) and have now started on Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1837 on: February 06, 2009, 06:53:37 PM »
Quote from: Courtney on February 06, 2009, 06:48:54 PM
I am probably the last person on the planet to get around to it, but I am reading The Kite Runner.

Not last, I haven't read it yet. :) What do you think of it?

Quote from: chary on February 06, 2009, 06:51:24 PM
I really enjoyed that one!

Funnily enough, I think it came from you! :D I'm enjoying it too.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1838 on: February 06, 2009, 06:57:22 PM »
It's really hard to put down! I was afraid it would be similar to A Thousand Splendid Suns, but it's quite different.

I have Arthur and George on my shelf and if I recall, it's also because of chary.  ;D
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1839 on: February 06, 2009, 07:03:19 PM »
Quote from: Courtney on February 06, 2009, 06:57:22 PM
It's really hard to put down! I was afraid it would be similar to A Thousand Splendid Suns, but it's quite different.

Glad you are enjoying it [The Kite Runner], I found it very cathartic myself.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1840 on: February 06, 2009, 09:18:02 PM »
Embarrassingly enough, I'm reading Twilight.  Of course, I'll have to see the movie after that.  And then maybe I'll have to read the second book...
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1841 on: February 06, 2009, 10:15:47 PM »
I am reading "Winter in Madrid" by CJ Sansom.  It is a spy thriller set in WWII England and Spain.  I am enjoying it so far.  Have also started "Watching the English" for Book Club.  Next up are "Julie and Julia" and "The American Wife."
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1842 on: February 07, 2009, 12:16:36 AM »
Quote from: Jewlz on January 21, 2009, 02:57:08 PM
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series. My no-reading DH read it and loved it, so I thought I would read it so we would have a book to discuss!   ;)  He's now reading the second book, Grass for his Pillow and I am pretty shocked he is sticking with the reading, but very proud.  ;D


My husband absolutely adored this series. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1843 on: February 07, 2009, 03:30:28 PM »
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

I like it: it's very creepy, but I have to finish it soon, as the friend who loaned it to me is visiting soon! 
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #1844 on: February 07, 2009, 05:00:13 PM »
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.  Fun, quirky, and creepy!
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