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vannie

13 years ago

I just finished "Cutting for Stone" and thought it was excellent. What are y'all reading?

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maryanntx
13 years ago
I'm reading "The Witching Hour" by Ann Rice. It's over 1000 pages and small print. My nephew said it was one of the best books he had read. I'm spending time knitting and it has cut into my reading time.
marci_pa
13 years ago
I just started The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee. I am having company this weekend, so I probably won't be able to finish it until after the 4th.
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yayagal
13 years ago
Crowe Point and The Centurian's Wife, both wonderful
pammyfay
13 years ago
Finished "The Spellmann Files"--a laugh-out-loud that won't strain your brain!
Maura63
13 years ago
Just started The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

I am not a fast reader, and it is due at the library on July 6, (and I have a busy weekend ahead) - so I have a feeling I will be paying overdue library fees.
dotmom
13 years ago
I just finished John Sanford's new one, Storm Prey. Very good. Dottie
Jodi_SoCal
13 years ago
Just finished ...
The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
Easy read. Mildly interesting.

In the middle of ...
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Tough one for me to get into. Slow paced. I'm just over the halfway mark and only now getting interesting.

Just started ...
The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar
Too soon to tell what it's about.

Next book ...
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
For my August book club meeting.

Jodi-
User
13 years ago
I just finished "Sisterchicks Do the Hula!" Its by Robin Jones Gunn. If you haven't read one of these they are terrific. Check out the website.
They are very addicting, I just ordered 2 more and I have a CD to listen to also.

Here is a link that might be useful: SisterChick books
Pieonear
13 years ago
"The Bottoms" by Joe Lansdale. One of those can't put it down books. The story is told by a little boy in TX growing up in the depression era.
neesie
13 years ago
maura63, I frequently extend the due date of my books either by calling the library or logging on to my account on-line. If you haven't set up an on-line account it is well worth doing the next time you go to the library in person. You can reserve books with just a click (I do this on break at work) and then pick them up on my way home).

BTW, I am reading The Kiterunner.
Maura63
13 years ago
Thanks neesie -- I am set up to do the same. But when books are "on hold" they are not renewable.
wanda_va
13 years ago
Just finished "Hand of Evil" by J.A. Jance. Now reading her "Cruel Intent"...next in line is "Trial by Fire". They are part of the Ali Reynolds series. Jance is not my favorite author, but I enjoy her books.
firemanswife
13 years ago
I have just found Janet Evanovich and I am loving her books.
nicole__
13 years ago
Mine are not renewable because of the holds...and it took 6 months to get them...

Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine
Burned by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast

Fun reads!
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
Jodi, I love Edgar Sawtelle, and hope you do, too.

I have just finished "Old Filth", which is an acronym....it's about a judge who called himself that, "Failed in London, Try Hong Kong." Great book, and now I'm reading the one written after that, and I'm also loving it.
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13 years ago
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Serendipity by Fern Michaels

Coming Home by Mariah Stewart

Deadly Deals by Fern Michaels

Return To Sender by Fern Michaels

Now reading and halfway through:

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
I wish she'd write faster! LOL I love her books.
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13 years ago
Home Stay for Hosts 101, how to start and run a successful Homestay
schoolhouse_gw
13 years ago
Re-reading "I Claudius", by Robert Graves.
wildchild
13 years ago
Damaged by Pamela Callow

It's a page turner. The author's first book. I hope she writes more soon.
hhireno
13 years ago
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - the 3rd of the Stieg Larsson books. I enjoyed it and will miss those characters.

Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
Olive Kitteridge by Eliz. Strout
Jodi_SoCal
13 years ago
Hhireno, below is a link to an interesting article about the Swedish neighborhood for where fictional crime fighting journalist Mikael Blomkvist lives.

Jodi

Here is a link that might be useful: Not So Sinister in Stockholm
Pieonear
13 years ago
Hhireno, I totally enjoyed reading Olive Kitteridge. It's one of my favorite books. In fact, I like all of Elizabeth Strout's work.
jel48
13 years ago
Wish I had time for more reading! I keep several books out at the camp in the hopes that there will be free time, but not yet this summer (we've had guests out there the whole time).

Right now, I'm partway through Strawberries in the sea by Elisabeth Ogilvie, and am enjoying it.

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hhireno
13 years ago
Thanks for the link, Jodi. That sounds like a more pleasant place than what goes on in those books.

Yesterday I was out for lunch and I thought that my waitress could have been cast as Lizbeth. Petite, pale skin, jet black hair, visible tattoos, funky clothes & jewelry but the real kicker was extremely dramatic eye make-up. I had finished the 3rd book the day before so maybe that was why my mind made the link. Never links to ways to make more money, just who should play a fictional character. If only I worked as a casting director.
Jodi_SoCal
13 years ago
LOL HHireno.

Have you seen the Swedish film version (with English sub-titles) of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? It is exactly what I saw in my mind's eye when I read the book.
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13 years ago
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13 years ago
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