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Since then I've read Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin which was beautiful, sad, moving, tragic, and altogether wonderful.

I read this a couple of years ago, and I had the same response.  My other response was that it scared me.  You can see how easily the Nazis controlled by fear, and I can see what a slippery slope that is, especially since 9/11.

I read this a couple of years ago, and I had the same response.  My other response was that it scared me.  You can see how easily the Nazis controlled by fear, and I can see what a slippery slope that is, especially since 9/11.

Absolutely. Pretty applicable to a lot of present-day sentiments in the US, though of course not as extreme. But the same feeling.

I'm re-reading Josephine Tey's The Franchise Affair. It's really we-llwritten but also definitely a comfort read.

Sorry, I haven't been on here for a while.  I enjoyed The Sense of an Ending.

I thought it was spectacularly good!

The second book in the Millennium trilogy - I am in Nordic crime thriller mode.

Want to get to my Icelandic ones, but I am a slow reader. 

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.

The Medusa amulet by Robert Masello, which is good. Except the main character's sister has breast cancer  (I wish they would mark book covers in some way to warn you if the plot involves some disease you'd rather not hear about)

I'm switching between The Help and Live Wire by Lora Leigh.

Just starting the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.

I'm switching between Jane Eyre, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, and A Game of Thrones.

I just started Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon on my Kindle, and I love it!

I just re-read the entire Outlander series on my Kindle. I'm finally on An Echo in the Bone. I forgot tons of details! I'm glad i reread them, and I'm glad I did it on the Kindle this time (man, those are really heavy books!) but now I'm extra impatient for book 8 to come out! And I'll be glad when I'm done. I love the books and all but they're addicting and i have a hard time putting them down or reading anything else. I have a lot more on my reading list...

Best of all was that i didn't actually pay for any of them on Kindle. Thank you New York Public Library's Kindle lending! I've had my Kindle since Christmas and have just bought my first thing today (the new Kindle Single by Margaret Atwood).

I'm finally on 'The Mammoth Hunters', which is 3rd in the 'Earth's Children' series by Jean M. Auel. I've read them all - except the 6th which came out last March, and am re-reading the series before buying it.

I used to read 8 - 10+ books a week, but somehow lost my way. I'm making more time to read these days, but it still isn't enough time to suit me.

Ugh, the last one was awful. I did not reread the others first, which might have helped, but despite the fact that I absolutely flew through the first 5 as a senior in high school 9 years ago, I found number six absolutely unreadable. I gave it my best shot for a little while and then just skipped to the end to see what happens. And you know what? I don't think I missed much. It was really anticlimactic.

I did take a break from Outlander before Echo because I was waiting for it be available from the library and read The Triumph of Our Cities. I highly recommend it. I'm hoping to tackle Catherine the Great when I finally finish An Echo in the Bone (should be pretty soon, despite being insanely long I get obsessive and read fast).

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close --   

Just starting the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.

Thinking about getting these. Thoughts? 

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. I've never read any Sherlock Holmes and thought I probably should give it a go; so far it's wonderful! It's just a shame the book weighs about 20lbs ... still, it's a gorgeous leather bound volume with marbled endpapers and gilt lettering so it's a pure joy to read.

Thinking about getting these. Thoughts? 

I am obsessed with them! When I was reading them, I just could not put them down.

...it's a gorgeous leather bound volume with marbled endpapers and gilt lettering so it's a pure joy to read.

Jealous!

Just started An Irish country courtship by Patrick Taylor. I like this series (a bit like the James Herriot books, only about doctors instead of vets). And recipes in the back!