What is everyone reading at the moment? II

Eh, the last one was 358 posts. (You can find it here.)

I've been missing hearing what everyone is reading. It's a great way to get book suggestions! So what is everyone reading? :)

I'm reading The Subtle Knife and listening to The Prestige.

Kerian, what are you reading?

Hehe. I was waiting for someone else to say first.

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (on chapter two), and The Golden Compass.

I am almost done with New Moon. Don't tell me what happens! I am in line for Eclipse at the library.

In the meantime I am going to reread Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I am allowing myself one reread a month which has been keeping me just ahead of the discussion groups. I can't limit myself to 4 chapters a week. Even though I know what is going to happen, I can't put the books down. I have recently acquired the British versions and I like reading the "real thing." Did you know they call the back of a car a "boot"? Do you think that's what they call the nose of an elephant? :)

BTW Amazon uk does not ship, it dispatches.

I'm reading this hysterical book called Storky and it cracks me up. Plus I'm reading Beauty shop for Rent but that ones a little sad

I've just finished rereading Dark Lord of Derkholm (which I love) for the teen discussion group I help lead, and am rereading The Golden Compass (which I am less than crazy about) for the middle-school discussion group I help lead (and because everybody else in the world is reading it. I'm about to read Number the Stars for a class.

For fun, I'm looking forward to Reader and Raelynx (which apparently doesn't touchstone) and Empire of Ivory -- both adult fiction, in series I've gotten addicted to.

And, of course, PoA with you guys!

I just started The Amber Spyglass tonight.

I want to read Betrayed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast next.

I just started Modoc by Ralph Helfer. It's a true story about a circus elephant. it's not the best writing (he's an animal trainer not a writer) but it's a great story.

I just finished The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding an dwould definitely recommend it.

I've been reading through my set of Haunted Ohio by, um *had to check last name*, Chris Woodyard. It's a set of books on the supposed hauntings all around Ohio. She's a great writer so whether or not you believe in ghosts all the books are really REALLY entertaining and funny.

I recently finished The Thirteenth Tale which I enjoyed immensely, Moomin: The complete Comic Strip Volume 2 which is by a fabulous Scandinavian Author Tove Jansson I think some of you would love her books about the Moomintroll family- she's popular in the rest of the world but hasn't received the appropriate noteriety in the U.S. They are whimsical and magical and funny.

I am in the midst of Sunflower by Hungarian author Gyula Krudy which is great, sort of timeless and fantastical. Of course I am still part way through Remembrance of Things Past and I was just given a copy of Growth of the Soil but haven't started it. I think I may search out a funny book next because it has been awhile since I read something funny.

I see many are reading or rereading The Dark Materials Triology. I think the movie trailers look really promising- anyone else excited?

Hmm that's odd none of my touchstones worked this time- something must be wrong. Oh well.

Okay now they are showing up- strange.

4-compskibook - Are the differences between the US and the UK versions minimal or are they pretty distinct? If there's a drastic difference (i.e. you can really tell you're reading one vs. the other) I might look into acquiring the UK ones myself.

13 - All I have noticed are some "Americanized" words and that has only been a few in each book. I just started Goblet of Fire and she refered to Azkaban as a "gaol" which I had never heard of. If it was in the scholastic version, I completely missed it.

I guess I have to admit the main reason I got the UK editions was that they looked so cool stacked up in Kerian's Potter bookpile! I did scrimp and just buy paperbacks, though.

Here is a warning for anyone who does try buy the paperbacks: I got most through the US Amazon, but when Half Blood Prince came it was just a mass market size and smaller than the rest. At least for now, order that one through Amazon UK.

#10 Maren:
I am! Can't wait till December 7th. :)

#11 Maren:
I had to enter them by hand earlier today (searched LT for the author pages, etc).

#14 compskibook:
Hehehe. Sorry about that! I do love having both sets. :) Btw, my U.K. OotP and HBP are hardcover, and I still need their version of DH. ;)

this thread!hehehe

i am currently reading The Kite Runner, for my English Lit class, it is such an amzing book and i recomend it to anybody who loves a good read!

I'm currently reading A Prayer for Owen Meany and thoroughly enjoying it. In fact, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to take in a bit more.

Night night!
xx

Currently reading The Hound of Rowan by Henry H. Neff.

I think I'm going to obsessively spend a month or two rereading Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, and crying.

Also reading Gonzo: An oral biography of hunter s. thompson, and Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing

I wasn't all that thrilled with either The Golden Compass or The Subtle Knife (although I did like the second one better) so I blew off The Amber Spyglass and I'm now reading A Confederacy of Dunces. When you can't decide what to read, always pick a classic that you've missed.

This book is hilarious. Why did I wait so long?

I just started You Suck by Christopher Moore. I'm not quite sure what to think about it yet. I wish I had read Bloodsucking Fiends first, but my library didn't have it.

I'm reading Psychopath by Keith Ablow and enjoying it so far. Makes me wonder about doctors these days. Hmmmmm

I've now moved on to reading a really good book called Things not seen totally needs to be put on a TBR pile

I've rad that book. there's a sequel too. hope you enjoy it:)

I'm reading going postal by terry Pratchett

*adds yet a nother book to the ever mounting TBR pile*

I've been a slow reader lately. I'm still reading The Golden Compass, and as impossible as it seems, must make myself finish it today.

Just finished! And now I get to go to bed. I'm going to start The Subtle Knife tomorrow. I'm also going to read chapters 5-8 of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Late, I know, I'm sorry!)

physik

b-rad... you wouldnt happen to be someone i KNOW, would you?

im reading outtakes from the twilight series. as well as rereading Twilight (by Stephenie Meyer)

I'm reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, which just won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature (but in spite of all that, still does not touchstone).

I am reading After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre; I'm also reading a paper by my history professor entitled, Pragmatism, Nihilism, and Democracy: What is Called Thinking at the End of Modernity?; and I am reading Beloved by Toni Morrison.

#32 How do you like it Foggi? I love Sherman Alexie's work for grown ups (Maybe it was growing up next to a reservation but his work always feels like home somehow) I was curious to see that he'd written a book for young adults.

#34 -- I've actually finished it already. It was a quick read, and I enjoyed it. It's a great "boy book" and there are never enough of those, so I always applaud the good ones. It reminded me a little bit of John Green's books (Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines) -- the same mix of (sometimes pretty crude) humor and really weighty stuff.

I haven't yet read anything else by Sherman Alexie, but I'll have to tack it on to my mile-long TBR list! :-)

i loved An Abundance of Katherines I read it a couple weeks ago

#35 Foggi- My favorite is The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven which is the one that the move Smokesignals was based upon. Again weighty stuff and dark humor but good.

I'm reading The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde right now. Next up: Schooled by Gordon Korman.

Almost done with John Sandford's new one Dark of the Moon. pretty good pretty good I've gotta get used to this new character but he (the character) has a lot of potential! 8)

#38 foggi:
Yey! I can't wait to hear what you think of it. :)

number 31 you might know me what is your name ? LOL but now i am reading Magik by angie sage

I'm currently reading Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule then I will read Christ the Lord Out of Egypt by Anne Rice

I am about to start Eclipse and then the 4th Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception

I'm reading Dr. Whortle's School by Trollope.

I've still been reading slow. Still in The Subtle Knife, but I hope to finish it on Tuesday.

I'm reading my organic chemistry textbook. sound like a good read? I'll get to read an actual book over winter break.

Eclipse by stephenie meyer for te second time... skipping over the parts i didnt like >.> *coughjacobcough* ;P

yeah LOL i complete feel rivited to read your organic chemistry book LOL jk

I finally finished The Hours last night and started Behind the Scenes at the Museum.

Still reading Everything She Ever Wanted but I picked up 2001: A Space Odessey and The Shining at the library for $.50 to add to my 1001 Books TBR pile. I also picked up a John Saul book as well as an Edgar Allen Poe short story collection that has some good stories in it and some that I've yet to read.

The John Saul book is In The Dark of the Night

I finished The Subtle Knife a couple hours ago but was out of the house and couldn't start the next book! Thankfully I'm home now and can start The Amber Spyglass. :)
Edited for touchstone problems.

I am still not reading anything, I have nothign to read!

Sad g!
Get some e-books. The free ones. You can actually find good ones.

I'm reading The Agony and the Ecstasy right now. It's helping me limp through my history teacher's dull lectures.

And about the Golden Compass, I actually really liked that book.

e-books

yeah!
I got a man's published journal off there for free, and e-books do come in handy. Not that I would ever suggest a thing like that...

check your library's website g, they may offer ebooks

I just finished Marked by P. C. Cast. haven't decided what to read next.

I'm still reading A Prayer for Owen Meany, feels like I've been reading it for about seven years now! I very much like it though, so that's ok.

Can't decide between.....well, anything on my TBR pile for my next read.

Now it's so wintry, I just want to hibernate with my boooks and not re-emerge until Spring!

Hello LadyN! I was wondering where you'd got to.

You're hibernating.

I know the feeling. I just want to knit and read and make big pots of soup and drink tea until March.

I'm still here! Been ridiculously busy recently, so been spending downtime actually reading instead of chatting about reading here! Good to be back though, thanks Marensr!

I finally finished going postal

hi guys!

I'm reading (he he he letta #57) Betrayed by Kristen & P.C. Cast, book two.

also the Amber Spyglass

and i have nooo idea what in the world i will read next... bummer.

Put ten books on the floor, close your eyes, and pick one out to read. ;)

#63 oh wow good idea! i'm going to try that next time I'm in need LOL

Now reading The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause. I seem to be reading a lot of vampire bookd resently.

Currently reading Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey, Tell Me if the Lovers are Losers by Cynthia Voigt (a favorite author from my teen years, but this book is not her best), and rereading Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott. Not sure why I have so many going at once -- just felt like it, I guess. I also just finished Eva Underground by Dandi Daley Mackall, which I enjoyed.

oh foggi i can be the same way too! I often read several books at a time.

Letta i'm diying to read The Silver Kiss, but I only find it in mass market. I hate mass market. if i can avoid it at all, but alas some books, for example, my sexy vampire books, ha ha ha only come in mass market.

K that's an awesome Idea, altho knowing me, i would totally cheat. hmpf.

#66 I read Skin Hunger a few months ago. good book but kinda confusing. hope you enjoy it.

#67 I got it from the library. I rarely buy myself books. not enough money.

Starting:
1)A Raisin in the Sun
2)Slaughterhouse Five
3)Can't remember the name...
4)Anthem

And finishing:
1)The Agony and the Ecstasy
2)To Kill a Mockingbird

I have started Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik, Its the second Temeraire book. i'm also reading Goblet of Fire, the sale ads and all the magazines I have

#64 MEM:
Hehe. I've done that before, but with less books. Maybe five or six. :)

#65 Letta:
I've read that! I think it was 2001 or 2002. :)

#67 suge:
*whispers* I would totally cheat, too, and did, when I tried that! ;)

I'm still reading Philip Pullman's "The Amber Spyglass", but also started reading another book. It's called "Feline Friends: A Cat Lover's Treasure." It has mostly pictures, but each picture has a quote about cats alongside it. It's so cool! My friend gave that one and some other books to me for my birthday. She is the world's greatest friend! :)

Edited: Touchstones are down.

I am supposed to be reading "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane Expo '74: transforming an American environment" by J. William T. Youngs, but LT is much more fun.

I just finished rereading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It still gets me every time!

Tonight or tomorrow I will start A Thousand Splendid Suns.

well idk if that was for me silouryiu (sorry about the spelling) but i am not jacob LOL

Gah!
The Agony and the Ecstasy is taking forever!!

I am reading the Inuyasha seris LOL

OK, I'm giving Assassin's Apprentice one more try. I keep trying to read Robin Hobb and I've only managed to finish one book. (Ship of Magic) My friend loaned me a bunch of her books and I keep sticking them back into the bottom of the TBR.

Wish me luck!

Good luck, littlegeek! :)

I'm just about finished with Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War. After that, I'm going to work on finishing Revelation Space. I also need to finish Forward the Foundation, Inherit the Stars, Ilse Witch, The Listeners, and Dhalgren. I have such a bad habit of starting books but never finishing them!

Ah Redthing...it happens to us all!

And good luck littlegeek!

Okay I finished Sunflower by Gyula Krudy It was sort of timeless and followed Falstaffian male characters and ethereal women very difficult to describe but I enjoyed it.

I just picked up Jakob von Gunten which is by this Swiss author who ended in an asylum needless to say it is sort of absurdist.

I also got The Late Hector Kipling by our lovely David Thewlis which seems very dark and funny in the first 10 pages.

Then I started The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson. He's always so consistent and funny. Finally, Mistmantle which my sister sent me a fantasy with squirrels and hedghogs of course.

Whew! I need to start reading one book and finish it but I can't resist. I want to sample all of them.

Finally got my hands on Thursday Next: First Among Sequels. Yaaaay!

What's it about?

Hard to describe -- it's the latest in a series that starts with The Eyre Affair. It has elements of science fiction, fantasy, parody, mystery . . . I really don't know how to boil it down succinctly!

AR imagine an alternate world where novels are worlds of their own and the general public is passionate about books and someone can enter novels and kidnap people or change endings and there is a whole police force whose mission is to stop these villians. . . that's the closest I can come to a set up.

I knew someone would come along with a good description! Thanks, Maren.

Sweet!
I'm so there....

And does the Eyre Affair have to do with Jane Eyre at all? Just curious, I've never heard of that particular book either.

I am reading Scar Night
Which is well idk if its a good one yet i am gonna try to read it tonight (well not all of it of course)

#87 -- Yes, it does. think of how that would interact with Maren's description of the series, and you can probably get the general idea.

#82 foggi:
Yaaaaay!! :)

#85 Maren:
Well said. :)

I'm in the middle of Christopher Buckley's Boomsday, which is quite funny in spots.

Maren, David Thewlis wrote a book?!

I'm...finishing...right...now...um...hang on a sec...........ha, I just finished When it Happens for the hopeless romantic read this book! It's awesomeness!

ooohhhhhhhh....
such good books!

Although, my MUST READ BY JANUARY pile is now official 34 inches high. None are easy reads.

FUN! Can't wait...

#92 Yes LG, I am about 80 pages in now and it is very funny in a dark way. It is sort of a send up of the art world. The main character, Hector Kipling, is an artist who is famous for painting giant heads and is jealous of his friend, a conceptual artist, who is more famous and maybe stole some of his ideas.

Kipling narrates for the most part and so you get to hear his inner monologue as well as what he actually says which is funny. It also has that quality, that Brits do so well, of having a somewhat dislikable, pathetic hero. I can already feel that Kipling is headed on a path to screwing things up but, thus far, I am enjoying watching him get there.

Lots of swearing, definitely not for the HP set. I think it has been getting good reviews overall.

I love David Thewlis, but I am always reminded of his part in Naked. Very harrowing, horrific film, rates up there with Trainspotting for me on the "films I could never sit through again, because they are so raw" scale. Talk about not for the HP set!

It was so hard for me at first to see him as Lupin because of that film, but he does pull it off Great, great actor. I'm really interested in his book. Please review it when you're done!

I finished reading the last of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, The Amber Spyglass earlier today. I tried to write a review on paper since I didn't have a computer handy, but was just too upset about the news of people protesting the film of The Golden Compass and keeping kids from seeing and reading it that I couldn't much focus. Check my blog if you want to see what it is that I wrote.

I've just started reading one of Holly Black's books, called Tithe. I'm on page thirty-eight, and hope the beginning of the book is not what the rest of the book will be like. I think a change in the story is approaching, thankfully. It may be a truly wonderful book, for which I have so much more to discover about it since I'm so early in the book, I just am not fond of some of the things that have appeared in it.

Edited for spelling correction.

I am reading The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition. It is a daunting task for a slow-reader like myself.

ah but that book is so worth reading 8)

Hah! Moving on to The measure of our success: a letter to my children and yours. It should be a really really really easy read! Can't wait!!!

Good luck on The Stand, BBB!
I've never hear of it, so i can't berate you for complaining.

#96 LG I know what you mean. I didn't see Thewlis in that film but I avoid seeing actors I like in roles that might distress me. I adore the film version of Room with A View and I have avoided watching Julian Sands play creepy roles because I want him to be George. I also didn't want to see Ben Kingsley be a sadistic gangster.

I will write a review when I am finished

I am reading the 5th book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Sorcerer in the North, as well as Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Two very different books but the Ranger's apprentice series pulled me in. So, I ordered the remaining books from an Australin book store. Well worth it.
I'll review when I finish..:)

I gave up on the Robin Hobb. It's just too slow and poorly written.

My antidote: Patrick O'Brian. I'm now reading The Commodore and loving it!

I am reading Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint.

#104 Letta:
Yey! I got an ARC of it this summer. Good book! :)

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Excellent book! I even liked it better than Kite Runner.

Now I am going to reread David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day. Very funny!

Just finished Empire of Ivory and am dismayed to find that I'll have to wait for summer of 2008 for the next book in the series. Now I'm reading Once Upon a Winter's Night -- I'm not impressed by the writing, but still interested enough in the story to read on, at least for a while.

OHMYGOD!!!

I just went on a book shopping spree for christmas and spent over NINETY DOLLARS!!!!

Right now I'm alternating between my long awaited Cross My heart and Hope to Spy and Hacking Harvard which is really good. (touchstones not working on Harvard)

But i also got TWIGHLIGHT, ECLIPSE, AND NEW MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*STARTS HYPERVENTILATING*

*puts a paperback paper bag over gpwt's mouth*

#108 gpwts:
An early Christmas present? Yey, good gift for g!! :) Just to help you a teensy bit, be sure to read the Twilight series in this order: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse. ;)

Super late edit. Why in the world did I write paperback?! Hilarious!

*smiles sheepishly*
I knew that!

I'm glad. :)

I am now reading Questors by Joan Lennon.

edited to fix author

I forgot to post that I finished Tithe and picked up Valiant, which I just finished a couple of hours ago.

*waves wand and magically makes italics disappear!*

(I had to do it nonverbally. Does anyone know the incantation? :)

Ekk - that must have been my fault. I edited post #109. Thanks, compskibook! :)

Afterthought: Unless it was #112...? LOL. Who knows. :)

I always forget how to make italics and boldness even though it's been posted eleven thousands times 8) I usually just rely on *** (those little marks, um, astirics?{sp})

GPWTS you so have to let me see those books ... i love the titles so that means they must be great and so yeah you totally have to let me see LOL

Currently re-reading DH, listening to COS. I'm planning on re-reading Golden Compass for the movie. Over the holidays, I would like to read the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and Philip Zambardo's The Lucifer Effect.
Also, I'm in the midst of writing a novel, so that's becoming an obession.

#118 I find that I either read a lot or write a lot but I can't do both. If I start writing at a good pace I won't read anything for a few days until Writer's Block sets in again. Then I'll read more. 8)

I am finishing up the golden compass

Just finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver for my english class and am now reaading The Dream of the Stone by Christina Askounis.

finished golden compass starting little women

Just read The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Not sure what I'll read next. I have a huge stack from the library, but there are things that I own and want to reread, too.

good book FD
I'm reading The Specialist: Down to the Wire there cheep books but there good times.

My mom's always trying to get me to read her books and I usually decline since I don't read much nonfiction, which her books mostly are, but I just borrowed one that I'm going to start reading tomorrow. It's by Julie Gregory and is called Sickened: the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood.

#116, MEM, among writers they're called "nathans", in honor of Nathan Hale's famous statement that he regretted that he had only one * for his country.

Getting in the holiday spirit by reading Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice. So far it is pretty interesting. I'm only a quarter of the way through it tho.

I decided to read a fiction book alongside the nonfiction one (#125), so I took up The Princess Bride. Some of you might remember that I'd tried to read it a couple months ago but put it down - I had just been reading at too slow of a pace to keep interest. Now that I've watched the movie, I expect to enjoy it better.

I am currently reading Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want by Obert Skye.

I've finished Behind the Scenes at the Museum! So good -- can't decide what to start next though. Either The Golden Compass or a non-fiction book. Hmm...

....

#126 thanks Jim53 8) LOL

I just finished several rereads that don't really require mentioning but hope to move on to some new materials soon. 8)

Question-
Why have people flagged 131?

I'm reading The Fountain pen right now. The revolutionary architect one, not the one that's showing up on touchstones...

#133 -- 'cause it's persistent spam. We've had this person at least three times before, and they come around with basically the same advertisement for their book, never participate in conversations, just spam, spam, spam.

#133 Always:
Also, he/she doesn't just hit our group, but others as well. Each message always look exactly the same.

I haven't actually started reading the non-fiction book that I mentioned yet. I brought both books with me to school yesterday, but couldn't put The Princess Bride down. I can't wait till I catch up to where everyone is on the quote thread for it! I was watching the movie Friday night, but I fell asleep when it was only 9pm.

I'm almost finished with The Commodore and I'm not sure what to read next. Perhaps Inkheart?

#137 littlegeek:
Inkheart is in my TBR pile. :)

Kerian, maybe we should both read Inkheart soon and start a discussion thread.

Anyone interested?

Sounds like a good idea. How soon are you thinking of? I'm in over my head with finals next week, but it should be much easier for me to read a week from now.

I've read it before, but wouldn't mind a reread before the movie comes out.

Why does it seem as though everything's being made into a movie? ;) Thanks, I can use that on my tags! Do you know when it comes to theaters? :)

I just saw the trailer when I went to see The Golden Compass. According to IMDB, it comes out on March 19, 2008.

Thanks, foggi! :)

I didn't get to see The Golden Compass yet. I have to wait till after Christmas. :(

although, it might interfere with the GoF reread....then again, not.

I think we should wait at least a month. Maybe longer. But it would be fun to read and discuss it before the movie comes out.

How did the trailer look, foggi?

I saw the Golden Compass (and I have read the series) Let me know when others have seen it if you want to chat.

I read Inkheart too and just saw the trailer (at the Golden Compass movie). It looked very American I am afraid- but I'll hold out hope for a while longer.

Let me know if we are doing and reads or watch and discuss threads.

YEAH INKEART!!!!!!

i love that book, I've been waiting for the movie...forever

#145 -- I can't remember too many specifics about the trailer, just that it looked interesting. I have to admit, I'm not all that much of a fan of the book, so I'll probably be able to enjoy the movie on its own merits.

Good point about the GoF reread -- what we might do is, when enough people have reread Inkheart, start a single thread for it, or a spoiler and non-spoiler thread like the book discussion threads on The Green Dragon. That way, it's a little more flexible, as people can add to it as they read the book. I'm capable of reading a lot of different things at the same time, but I was planning on a Hobbit/LotR reread (in addition to GoF) starting after Christmas. Depending on how long that takes, I may not want to do Inkheart, so we'll see.

I think a spoiler and non-spoiler thread for Inkheart sounds great.

I'm going to make you guess what I'm reading.

HINT: it's in my library tagged as "need to read"

That narrows it down to three. ;)

so which of the three is it?

the one about medical school.

dingdingding, Letta is correct.

Of couse she is, she's your sister. ;) I'm so jealous - one of my sisters joined LT in October, but she was only logged in to LT the one time. She's says she's lurked, but she won't say where.

*peers around looking for someone who looks like Kerian* hmmm

I'm in the same boat, Kerian. My sister is an LT member, but except for the one time I dragged her into a discussion to say hi, haven't heard a peep from her. Oh well.

We're really close in real life, so I think that makes a difference.

Just finshed the 5th book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Sorcerer in the North. Not my fave book so far but an enjoyable read. I am off to book 6 now.

#156 MEM:
LOL! :)

#157 missylc:
I think my sister will only use this site mainly to catalog. Though she loves to read, she thinks all LTers must be strangely obsessed with books. Actually, all my sisters think that, and the other two say we're nerds. I say they're illiterate.

#158 rissa:
Therein lies a difference. :)

I'm still reading The Priness Bride. It's difficult to get much reading it right now. It's mostly less than a half hour here and there.

I just finished The Last Knight by Hilari Bell. haven't decided what to read next.

I'm reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I bought Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, but Mistborn is a library book, so I want to finish it first.

I've had a case of the blues lately, so it was time for some literary therapy. It's been over 10 years, so it's time for a reread of Little, Big.

You know how sometimes you're afraid to reread because maybe the magic won't hit you again the way it did before and you'll end up disappointed? I'm happy to say that LB is still the best fantasy novel ever written. If any of you have missed it, please read it. It's just magical and awesome and wonderous.

I understand that completely. There are a few of my favorite books that I haven't read in years and have only read once. I'm afraid of rereading them and having the story be different to me.

I've been meaning to read that one for a few years but somehow don't even have a copy yet. Maybe I'll get one tomorrow. :)

I finished The Princess Bride today! :)

B&N didn't have any copies of Little, Big. Why do I always seem to have so much trouble finding that book? I've looked in different stores several times! I wouldn't think it to be out of print with what I hear from those who've read it, so there must be another reason.

I've started on Eclipse. The first two were okay, but I am not a raving fan yet. Maybe this book will do it.

I just finished a throughly strange book called Anyone but you

Now I'm reading a really good romance book called American Star: a love story by Jackie Collins (I didn't know a love story was part of the title till just now)

I just finished a throughly strange book called Anyone but you

Now I'm reading a really good romance book called American Star: a love story by Jackie Collins (I didn't know a love story was part of the title till just now)

I just finished a throughly strange book called Anyone but you

Now I'm reading a really good romance book called American Star: a love story by Jackie Collins (I didn't know a love story was part of the title till just now)

(I think LT is slow today. I already wrote soemone a comment and that didn't appear, either.)

#166 compskibook:
I think it's possible that some people like that one best of the series. :)

I just started reading Julie Gregory's Sickened.

Edited because tags weren't working.

Reading Deception Point by Dan Brown about the government digging up a meteorite in the arctic circle that proves there is life on other planets, or is there?

I am reading (Three Men In A Boat) by ((Jerome.K.Jerome))
its really hilarious.

Hey,can anyone tell me how to put touchstones?????
i have been trying again and again!

I'm reading one of the books from my Secret SantaThing, His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. So far, I am really enjoying it.

Saify, square brackets instead of parentheses. (I keep trying to put in curly brackets for some reason myself.)

I just started reading Jumper Griffin's Story which i just got for Christmas ten minutes ago!

I'm rereading The Hobbit. I'm almost done, and not sure what I'll read next.

Ahh...The Hobbit, that was Tolkien's best, I think.

And Deception Point, that's an amazing book! Angels and Demons was amazing too. I have to say, Dan Brown does a good job with his books. Although, I don't take his word as what happens, as some do. I just enjoy them, you know?

I'm not reading so much...which really blows. I've been so busy, but you know what they say! "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." I'm not feeling the 'healthy' part in that though...

Ok its been a while since I've been on LT and I've missed a lot. not sure if I'll ever be able to catch up... but I never ever stop reading....

Right now I"m reading Forget About It by Caprice Crane. I love it so far. Its about this pushover, doormat girl who has an accident and decides to fake amnesia and proceeds to mess with the people that used to walk all over her. Hilarious stuff.

I'm reading Watership Down. It's really good so far.

#109 (waaayyyy back) I laughed when I saw that. Got books on your mind, I suppose.

I'm currently reading Fairest by Gail Carson Levine. good book so far.

#180 Chelsea:
I don't even have the excuse of it having been late at night when I posted that. ;)

I'm still reading the same book as last week. Work has taken much of my time lately.

I finished up Little, Big last night. Reading that book is like going to church for me. Between that and watching all 11 1/2 hours of LOTR yesterday, it's been a good xmas.

Now I'm back on my Trollope project. This time, The Small House at Allington.

I started Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz. Its book two in the Blue Bloods series.

Well I would say that touchtones have gotten crappy lately... but wait they've always been >:\ grrr

I haven't finished Fairest yet, but I started reading Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.

Oooh tell me how Rose Daughter goes. I swore that "Suneshine" put me off McKinley for ever, but I'm curious to see if all that rambling was just a case of "one of" bad writing?

I've only read the first chapter so far, but I'll let you know when I'm done.

172 Three Men in a Boat is hilarious Saify!

183 I always like to go back and reread certain books especially at certain times of year. I have been rereading Tove Jansson's Moomintroll series. They are a brilliant set of Scandinavian classic children's books that haven't seemed to catch on in the States (I think because she refused to sell the rights to Disney). I have also been reading my new Christmas gifts. I started Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia today on the train.

I will have to add Little, Big tomy reading pile LG

#186 -- Sunshine was the worst as far as McKinley's rambling goes, though if that bothered you in Sunshine, you'll probably want to give Dragonhaven a miss, as well. However, I thought Rose Daughter was pretty good -- worth rereading. McKinley is one of my favorite authors, but her latest stuff has tended to ramble all over creation. I always recommend her earlier works to fantasy fans (The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Spindle's End, The Outlaws of Sherwood, and Beauty: a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, which is one of my favorite books ever) -- so, if you've missed any of those, they're worth searching out.

I know this is random, but has anyone read the Spiderwick Chronicles? I haven't heard much about them, so I'm curious, especially since the movie's coming out too.

#190 -- I'll be reading/listening to the first two books in a week or so; I'll let you know what I think then.

Thanks foggi! If I may ask, why will you be listening/reading the first two books in a week?

(I'm for some reason talking like it was 80 years ago, sorry)

#192 -- I'm going on a(nother) long car trip with some friends who also want to read the books.

Ahh...That's exactly what our family does too!!! When we go on really long road trips we bring the audio versions of books from the library! I think it helps pass the time soooo much better...what about you?

When my brother and I were still at home, we would often read aloud (mostly, I would read aloud, because I enjoy doing so) on long car trips. We did at least a couple of the Harry Potter books that way (we read all of them aloud together, but sometimes at home, rather than on the road). Now that I do a lot of trips on my own, I try to remember to bring along books on CD to listen to.

I agree that it makes the time go faster. I listened to most of Mister Monday by Garth Nix today, driving home from Pennsylvania.

I liked that book. I lost touch with them after Tuesday, but they were pretty good.

We've gone through The Hobbit in one trip, that was a looonnnggg one. (It's, like, fifteen cassettes! I could go check, but I'm too lazy.)

#190 AR I have read the Spiderwick Chronicles. I enjoyed them. They are fun, the are a little light on plot and seem to be for a slightly younger reader than Harry Potter- or maybe equivalent to book 1.

The illustrations and the concept of a book of fantasy creatures who are real are clever. I also like that the girl in the books is a fencer and that becomes useful to them. I actually think they might be a book that is improved by film because the story might be filled out a bit more. I'll be curious to see how it goes. The film trailer makes it look more intense than the books ever felt while reading them.

I'm curious to see how others felt about them

we always listen to audio books on long car trips too.

I want to read the first Spiderwick book before the movie comes out, too.

Starting on Fault Lines by Anna Salter today. Just finished Deception Point which was pretty good. After that I have another book that someone leant me that I need to get working on. So many books, so little time!

*dances*
I'm reading Twilight!!!
DONT TELL ME ANYTHING

(suge, I"m in love with Edward Cullen and I"m only on page 128)

Uh oh another thing for suge and g to fight over. . .

Maybe they can share?
(I know, I'm being foolishly optimistic here . . . )

I got Twilight for Christmas but I haven't started reading it yet.

*hyperventilating*

BACK UP, YOU UNDERAGED SCA---- G!!! EDWARD IS MINE!!!!

*GASP!!!* Foggi!! Share EDWARD CULLEN???? SHARE EDWARD CULLEN

NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!

Really missed you suge.

Does this mean I can finally get Sirius to myself?

ha ha I missed you too LG! *hug*

I only have eyes for Edward these days, but I'm a literary slut.... and Sirius is soooo HOT!! tall.... dark.... sick sense of humor....

here's some fan art of him during OWLS

LOL, LG.

I'm selfishly glad I picked a less populated altar at which to bow.

;-)

hmmm Snape aint bad either...

mine suge, all mine!

see?? Didn't I tell you??!! g, tell me EXACTLY when you fell in love!! *giggle*

(Sooooo mine!)

the first time she sees him!

#209 -- Nah, ah, ah! *waves a warning finger at suge* Are you trying to start an all-out war on this thread?

*considers what she just said*

Yeah, you probably are.

*waggles her eyebrows at foggi*

(I was going to say "suggestively" but is there any other way of waggling your eyebrows? in a "non suggestive" way? ah me.)

you know what
suge you can have him....i don't care

goog the imperius spell works really nice on hard headed teens ;D

suge! That's an illegal curse! Take it off her right away, and work out your differences without magic!

*hangs head*

sorry g. kiss and make up?

*blows a kiss*
but I don't want him

oh no g don't start again!

I just started The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

finished Twilight
am starting New Moon tongiht
Dude Edward is my hero!

I have just closed a book called Prinsessor (Princesses) It's about the princesses in Europe.

I have started with #2 of His dark materials.

/Mien

I'm going to have to read His Dark Materials 8) everyone keeps talking about them...

#201 g:
At last! I'm so happy for you. :)

I just finished my book. Uber creepy. I think it's time to read some fiction again. I'm still deciding what to read next. I think I'm stalling because I have a B&N giftcard to spend.

#224 MEM:
Some of us really like that series and others do not. Personally, I love it. :)

I just finished Deadline by Chris Crutcher which is about a guy who found out he only had maybe a year to live and decided to not have the treatment and didn't tell anyone about it. i am now reading Bound by Donna Jo Napoli

I finished Julie Gregor's Sickened on Friday night and this morning have started reading Gregory Maguire's What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy. I hope I can finish it before midnight tomorrow! I hate beginning a year in the middle of a book.

#185/186/189 - I loved Beauty by McKinley, but I haven't read Rose Daughter yet. (It's now on my Amazon wish list.) I enjoyed Spindle's End and The Outlaws of Sherwood quite a bit as well, but not nearly as much as Beauty. Please let us know what you think of it, Letta.

I read Ironside by Holly Black yesterday. I enjoyed it much more than Tithe and Valiant, tho I still maintain that there is approximately zero chemistry between Roiben and Kaye.

I started An abundance of Katherines by John Green this morning (well more like afternoon, anyway when I woke up). It is written with great humor and intelligence. The only thing---and I had to actually pause for a second there--is that I found the most atrocious of typos I have ever happened upon while reading a book. Page 58, a whole line is repeated. You often find the odd letter or grammatical faux pas, but this, it has changed my life, somehow. How did the editors miss that?

edited to eradicate my own grammatical woes

suge I noticed that in An Abundance of Katherines too!

I didn't enjoy that book so much, to much math, funny, but to much math

halfway through new moon, i'm trying.

I know your pain, babe! Stay strong! I effing hate New Moon! Only a little. You know why.

i think I do

I want Edward
I actually put the book down, couldn't read it, was to tempted to cheat and see if he comes back (I figure he does being there's a new one)

Like I said, hang in there *hug*

#230 I read a book once were a whole paragraph was repeated.

#230 suge:
Glad to hear you liked that one better than the other two since I want to buy it tomorrow, but aww, really (about the swecond part) ?
Also, I've read a couple of books where an entire page was repeated! This was actually deliberate in one of the books, but definitely not in the other.

#233 gpwts:
Don't cheat. Stay strong. :)

#231-233 -- I got so irritated with Bella during New Moon! That's all I'll say here, for fear of spoilers, but she really did get on my nerves.

Seriously guys, the only reason I read New Moon is out of respect for my otherwise beloved Stephenie Meyer. If not, I would soooo skip!

i finished New Moon
I HATED IT!!!!!!!!!
gah, though I was a little happier when Edward was back...also laughign when he pitched a fit at the end

gonna start Eclipse today!

Oh you lucky girl! Eclipse Rocks!

I finished An Abundance of Katherines. It was absolutely hilarious. I mean laugh out loud hilarity. That damn Hassan cracked me up the whole time.

I started The Silver Kiss today.

#240 -- I agree, Hassan was the best character in the book.

I think I'm going to start my Lord of the Rings reread next.

I lovethed Hassan!

Eclipse is fantastic, g!

G - I hated New Moon, too, but I just finished Eclipse and it is soooo much better. It is my favorite of the three.

omg I love ECLIPSE LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!

*jumps up and down*
!!

*Joins g jumping up and down*

ME TOO! ME TOO!

*rolling her eyes*

i loved eclipse to

i just read little women but know i dont know what to read :( help me

#247:
Oh, come on LG. :)

#248:
Do you have a TBR pile? I could give you a suggestion unless you want a book recommendation of a book you don't own. :)

MrsG hi! I often have the same problem! I am incapable of choosing stuff to read. Its another of the advanced symptoms of lt dependency. If an lter doesn't recomend a book.... gah I gotta break the habbit... I wont buy it! What am I gonna do?!

I only have a few more pages of "On the bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a sex god". I feel all of fourteen--- and loving it!

#250 suge:
Ask us nicely to shut our mouths and quit recommending books to you? ;)

I've just finished the His Dark Materials trilogy...I loved it!!
I beg you people reading the Eclipse and others...STICK WITH THEM!!!

what he said!

STAY LOYAL TO THE BOOKS!
I'm also reading Three Cups of Tea right now, and I'm loving it! Has anyone else read that book?

#252 A_R:
I love both of those series. Did you ever read the Twilight series?

#253 suge:
Definitely what he said!

#254 A_R:
Not me.

Currently reading Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison and finding it pretty interesting so far.

I found a copy of Dave Barry's Big Trouble in my stocking, and have just started it after finishing The Lincoln Lawyer for my library's mystery group. Big Trouble is about what you'd expect from a novel by Barry: good basic concept, bits of hilarity and stretches of insipidity, pages that read as if they're from one of his columns. Several laugh-out-loud moments, but not as consistently excellent as that great singer, Luciano Calamari.

I prefer Dave Barry's non-fiction to his fiction, generally.

I still have no idea what to read uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i hate going days without readin

days with out reading?? thats like saying hours with out breathing

Mrs.G, me, too. I read two pages last night, but otherwise haven't read in days. I'm going to read some of GoF and finish one of the other two books I'm reading tonight. Then I have to finish the other by the time I go to bed on Saturday or I'll have failed a new year's resolution in just the first week!

#260 suge:
Hehehe. :)

I finished Rose Daughter and Breath by Donna Jo Napoli.

Rose Daughter was good. There were a few parts that felt really unimportant and boring near the beginning but it got better after a couple of chapters. it didn't end the way I expected it to though.

MrsG what are you in the mood for? Fiction, non-fiction, childrens humor mystery? What are some of your favorite books that will help us help you out.

Im in the mood for fiction everything in my profile is my favorite you can look there if you want i want to read something i havent read yet

How about starting the Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken? The first is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

They are a great older young adult series set in an alternate historic Britain and involve evil governesses and plots to overthrow the crown. They are a little dark like Lemony Snicket and have a great gothic British feeling to them.

Mrs G. Every since I was young I have always liked Little Men better than Little Women. It picks up a few years later, isn't as long, and moves a little faster, I think. If you are in the mood for more Alcott, that is.

ok i will try to check both of those out but more suggestions are always welcome

Days without reading? That has never, never happened in my whole life since I was 4. I finish one book and immediately pick up the next.

I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale. I was saying over on GD that it's basically a string of goth cliches strung together. It's ok, I guess, but so far I'm not feeling the hype.

Okay, some suggestions:

I see you're read Eight Cousins by Alcott, so I would recommend the sequel, Rose in Bloom -- those are my favorite of her books; I like them better than Little Women/Little Men/Jo's Boys, though all Alcott is good.

Try The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan -- both very good fantasy, and the beginnings of great series.

Also in fantasy, I love Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. It is likewise the beginning of a good series.

If you like historical fiction, Ann Rinaldi is a good author to look for.

All of the above are children's or teen books, since that's my specialty. You might also look at some of the threads in the "Read YA Lit" group, if you haven't already -- I get a lot of good suggestions there!

Thank you everyone :)

Oh, not again.

Just flag it so it goes away.

lg and foggi- I guess you've seen this before? :o)

They pop up from time to time. Maybe they're even computer generated? Should we tell Tim & Abby or let it ride?

I got spammed on my profile page this week, too, from a poet no less! I don't think I have more than 3 poetry books in my library.

what was that that got flagged?

I think you can click the word "show" and it will show up. Whoever it is is just promoting some book.

thats wierd

And not as interesting as some spam! I've had a few interesting ones on my blogs. The infamous "500 vestal virgins" tirade comes to mind...

#269 FD:
The Lightning Thief is in my TBR pile. :)

re #271:
I wrote Tim about it last time. He flat out ignored me. :(

I'm reading Christmas Wedding by Andrew M. Greeley. I'm going to have a look at Charlie Wilson's War and Boone, a new biography by Robert Morgan to see if either is worth reading. I have high hopes for Boone.

To those that asked:
Yes, I have read the Twilight series...some of the best books I have ever read.
I would also recommend books by Michael Chrichton, good fast books. Adventureish for the most part.
Robin Cook is more medical thrillers, but they are very easy, fast and fun. Scary sometimes too. Not anywhere close to the point of "horror" book though.
Of course, Dan Brown is one of my personal favorites. Angels and Demons is one that's not well know, but it is VERY good.

I am still podding through Three Cups of Tea. Getting better!

the da vinci code is actually the sequal of angels and demons, not everyone knows that.

I have made a decision i am reading Rose in Bloom

I started The Poisonwood Bible a couple of nights ago. Oh! Also listening to My Left Foot on audiobook.

I started reading Holly Black's Ironside last night.

it sounds like you've read angels and demons rissa. Did you find the pictures of the symbols cool or what?!?!

one of my friends doesn't read a lot and I told him that I would read his books if he read mine so now I'm reading a thoroughly annoying books called Rowan and the Rin...gah!

what's it about?

it's called Rowan of Rin. it's the first of a series. about a boy who must save his people. it's very much a kids book.

Since I last posted I've read, Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter, True Love The Sphinx and Other Unsolvable Riddles by Tyne O'Connell and Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham. I am now reading Beauty by Robin McKinley.

thanks rissa, i haven't actually read them yet...I just can't bring myself to, but then I feel bad cuz I'm igoring somthing that meant somethign to him. Ick

Letta, isn't Cross my Hear and Hope to Spy good! I love Ally Carter's books

It was good.

g, the Rowan books really aren't bad (I think I have read the entire series, but there might be a newer one). they were just written for children and don't have a huge level of development. as long as you aren't expecting a great piece of literature they are a fun read.

but then again, I like reading kids books.

I gave up on Inkheart. *ducks* They just seem to sit around and mope and talk their problems to death. Where's their courage and imagination? They keep talking about other books (not cleverly referencing it by the action in the book or anything) and I just keep thinking, yeah, that book was actually good, why don't I read something like that?!

Sorry.

I'm reading Vanity Fair. I need some grownups with a little spunk.

inkheart gets better trust me, take a break and try again...I promise by the end you'll be going this book kicks butt!

I'm reading Good Omens for the first time and re-reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I'd like to keep my first-time reads ahead of my re-reads this year, but I tend to think of series as "single books" rather than as individual ones - gotta read 'em all!

I'm reading Charlotte Bronte's Villette I have a dozen other half-read books sitting by my bed. I also just finished Jakob von Guten which was funny and odd.

#295 - LG, let me know what you think of Vanity Fair, I bought it for 50 cents at a garage sale last summer but haven't gotten to it yet.

I'm currently reading GRRM's Dreamsongs: Volume I. Normally I don't really like short stories but this is a collection that has me pretty hooked!

I finished my book last night and started reading Caprice Crane's Forget About It.

#300 - Doesn't sound too memorable.... ;)

Hee Hee El.

#301 el:
Ha ha, el. ;) So far it's good! I'm only on page - hmm - sixty or seventy something. (Everyone's asleep - I don't want to wake anyone to go grab the book. :)

I am currantly reading The Cannibals by Iain Lawrence and after I go to the library and pick it up, I can start reading Eclipse. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#301 el:
I finished Forget About It last night and it was actually a really good book. I would indeed call it memorable, aside from all the forgetfulness. ;)

#304 Letta:
I'm so excited for you about Eclipse. :)

I'm now reading Patrick Carman's first book The Land of Elyon series, The Dark Hills Divide.

Letta your gonna love eclipse I promise

So far this weekend:

Listened to Spiderwick books 1&2 in the car on the way to the conference -- pretty cute, though I have no desire to read the rest of the series. We're going to a screening of the movie tomorrow evening.

Read Naomi & Ely's No-Kiss List (won't touchstone) -- not as good as the authors' last collaboration (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)

Read Elijah of Buxton, which I liked better than I thought I would -- won't be surprised if it gets recognition from the Newbery committee

Picked up enough books to keep me reading for a couple months! Conferences are great!

Sounds like you had a great weekend, foggi. :)

I'm going to start reading Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods today.

I finished Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen and rushed out to get the sequel, The Search for the Red Dragon. This shows how much I liked it. Usually I just put a hold on it from the library or wait for it to come out in paperback. :o)

310--> JP I've picked that up several times but always end up putting it back. That good huh? nice. There goes suge, on to the book store!

I'm almost finished with The book thief. Goth what an amazing book. I'd actually put this one off because some told me it was really sad and I didn't want to get bummed out......but some books must be read, despite the pain.

I know that Markus Zusak might have toned down a lot of the things happening in Germany at the time, because its a YA book. I mean its horrible, terrifying and heartbreaking as it is, and I'm scared the read the rest in the train because I dont want to cry in front of strangers.

on second thought what I meant to say was: "Markus Zusak toned down the things happening in Germany" what the hell was I thinking?

You were probably thinking that you had less than an hour till you would be off work. :)

Since this message was november 8th I guess everybody finished their books and started with new ones.
i'm having a nice tome enjoying( again) " Laura Ingalls Wilders classics" Only now I have to start reading Hamsun as it is curriculum. But for tonight, it's wau too late for Hamsun. But I'm leaving you and go to " Silver Lake with Laura and her family.

Lina

Oh, Just realised that this log went the oposite way of what I've got sued to in my email where the newest come on top, well, it's good that I was wrong then. Seeing that this list is very alive:-)

#315-Yes, we are alive and well.

#311-suge, when I finished the book I literally yelled out, "Someone else has to read this! Now! I need to talk about it!"
Luckily, my family understands me.

#310 -- There goes my TBR list, getting longer again! My TBR pile is absolutely overwhelming at the moment.

On the way back from the conference, I read Wings by E.D. Baker -- a very nice fairy tale which has not, technically, been published yet. I love advance reading copies!

i'm re-reading twilight. I was in total need of an edward cullen fix

EEEEEE!! I need to do the same g! *passes out*

in my reread though i am totally skipping new moon, did you see news about the 4th and 5th one in the series!

*head snaps up*

No!!!!!!!! tell me!!!!!!!!!!

(I'm also always tempted to skip New Moon, but I persevere)

go to wiki, the fourth one should come out in the fall
and the fifth, rumor has it, is twilight from *drum roll* Edward's point of veiw

Hehehe. But this you knew, suge! ;)

I'm so happy - I finished a book in just one day! I haven't done that in forever. :)

# 322--> g please tell me that you've been to Stephenies website and read chapter 1 of Midnight Sun"!!

I have it bookmarked but haven't read it in a while.

I sad as it may sound read it all the time.

That doesn't sound sad. I think you can't wait till the book release is all. I would read it more often if someone hadn't been hogging the computer so much lately. I wish we could print it. :(

Oh how I've tried! that damn Stephenie Meyer! Surely no one would dream of doing something immoral with the 1st chapter of "Midnight Sun", right?

Other than type it all by hand so they could print it...not unless she worried about someone stealing it.

> 324 i read it it was sooo good

#324 -- I haven't read it yet. I think it will just make me more impatient for the book to come out.

Wish we had a release date for that one.

I think I'm going to start reading Grace Tiffany's My Father Had a Daughter: Judith Shakespeare's Tale today.

Isn't there a Stephanie Meyer group you girls could go to? ;-)

It's full of children.

(Maybe not children exactly but put together a whole group of Stephenie Meyer fans and it's kind of silly. ;)

#334 bwahahaha, I wonder why!

Tsk. :(

I love you, Kerian.

Currently reading Undercover by Beth Kephart -- I had a hard time getting in to it at first, but am enjoying it now. I'm also working on my leisurely rereading of LotR, with The Two Towers.

Love you, too, LG.

333--> LG dont make me karate chop you! *wags her fingers at lg*

I'm still trying to finish The Book Thief. I''ve brought Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote to read when I finish. I've been eyeing several other books in my astronomical tbr..... no clue what I want to read next.

I don't really feel like reading the Shakespeare stuff right now. How am I supposed to last the semester if it hasn't even started yet? Ekk.

there there k, you'll be ok! to think! You've added all these fabulous books to your library and you cant just chuck them in your tbr!

I know. The TBR pile must be battled or tumble on me otherwise. ;)

suge, put your wand away. I'm just yanking your chain.

Have you heard the spoilers about tomorrow's PR episode?

omg no! what? what? tell me! tell me! were you on PRgay? My evil nazi employers have that site as 'filtered' the day they do lt I'll have to quit.

(I was kidding. I can't karate. shhhh dont tell anyone)

Nothing big. They just have the scoop on what the challenge is.They are shown a hairstyle and they have to design an outfit to match. They show Chris with some big ole crazy scaffolding on his dress form. I can't wait!

It's a team challenge, too. I hate those.

sorry about the hijack, peeps.

No problem, LG. :)

The group challenges are always perfect beatdown ops so I love them.

God I love Chris!! Did you see the pics of him in drag for his portfolio? I love him! and when he laughs!! its like it burst out of him and you can't help laughing too.

I love him, too. He's my fav PR contestant since Andrae.

I'm reading Unsustainable by Patrick Hossay for school and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan for fun.

About to start Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock -- looks interesting!

Finished The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands, now I'm waiting for her next one to come out. (Only two more weeks!)

324: no i haven't, will have to go after work!

well I just finished John Dies At The End and it was pretty good and pretty crazy. I posted that somewhere else but realized I should probably post it on the thread it is supposed to be posted on LOL i'm not making alot of sense right now... oh well ! 8)

Makes sense to me. :)

#355 great minds think alike, K and so do ours LOL 8)

I understood it too.

#357 rissa:
Another great mind. :)

*great minds hug for MEM and rissa*

Am reading by Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates its a little strange, but a good friend said I should read it so I am

#306 - Forget About It sounds cute. Painful to admit but I may add it to my TBR list (need more reading and less adding.....). Let me know what you think/thought of Patrick Carman. I wouldn't say I was blown away by his series but at the same time I thought it was pretty fresh and creative so I did enjoy it.

I just finished Angels by Marian Keyes. Best I can call it is mediocre chick lit. Pretty much on par with every other Marian Keyes book I read. Now I'm reading George R.R. Martin's Fevre Dream about vampires running a steamboat on the Mississippi in the late 1800's. (I'm taking a break from Martin's Dreamsongs because 300 pages of short stories was all I could take. They were good short stories mind you but I dare say my attention span was too long for another 400 pages of short stuff.)

Now I'm reading House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones -- sequel to Howls' Moving Castle (why won't this touchstone correctly?) and Castle in the Air. I'm loving advance reading copies of books -- House of Many Ways isn't due out until June!

(Edited to give the touchstones one last chance . . .)

Oooh!!! fd - I'm jealous! How'd you score that one?? I loved Howl's Moving Castle but Castle in the Air is stuck in limbo on my aforementioned way-too-long TBR list!

I'm reading the first Gossip Girl book. Dont even ask how I got sucked in. All it took was one episode of the CW show.

I really enjoyed Breakfast at Tiffany's quite a lot. I've always been a great fan of the movie. There were some lines on the book that really made me think, about myself and my place in the world, and my relationships with people around me.

#360 el:
It was such a great book! I know what you mean about needing to read more and buy less, though - my co-workers recently heard how many books are in my TBR pile and think I'm insane. I'm trying to only buy books used or with coupons for now. Funny you mention Patrick Carman - I bought the second book last night (sadly new and without a coupon because it was used on a more expensive book ;). I'm going to read the rest of the series and will let you know what I think of it as I read it. :)

#361 FD:
Aren't ARCs wonderful? I got two from BookMooch in 2007. :)

Thanks foggi and el, I think I have to add Howls Moving Castle to my wishlist. ;)

#363 suge:
How is it that you actually watched that show when I get it on my awful cabless tv? ;) Hope you enjoy the book! (Haven't watched the show or read the books myself.)

I'm reading book two in Patrick Carman's 'Land of Elyon' series, Beyond the Valley of Thorns.

#362 -- I have my ways *waggles eyebrows and chuckles sadistically*

Actually, got it at the conference I went to last weekend.

Edited to add:

I also loved HMC, but thought CitA was not as good. HoMW is better than CitA so far.

#364 - I have the whole Land of Elyon series with bookplates signed by the author...and I got them for free. :) (Reason number six hundred eighty five of why I love that my hubby works for scholastic) I just got the prequel Into the Mist last fall but I haven't read it yet.

#363 - This is why I refuse to watch that show - too addictive!!

#366 el:
I know two people who work for Scholastic, but nothing like that happens for me. Lucky girl! :) Wait, prequel to Into the Mist - I thought that book was the prequel to the three books The Dark Hills Divide, Beyond the Valley of Thorns, and Tenth City. There's another book out besides these four? (Or is it an ARC?)

what to read? what to read? trashy romance or trashy horror novel? I have both at the moment 8)

Ini mini minny moe... ;)

EEEKKK that Christopher Moore novel You Suck is now demanding to be among the choices! I'm being attacked by my TBR pile! HELP!

Get a broom, quick! Beat 'em down!

Do you have a few titles you think we should recommend from for you to read next?

I don't know... Do you know anything about the Moore title? I picked it up cuz I saw it on the bookpile on the "We're down" page. beyond that it's just a stack of stuff that needs to be read 8)

This year I've already read 12 books....maybe I should hide my TBR pile for a while and do some more knitting LOL

#367 - I guess I should have said "I got the prequel, Into the Mist, last fall"
*mutters 'stupid, confusing lack of punctuation' to self*

The only thing I know about You Suck is that it has vampires and that some other group members were talking about it on an older thread, maybe one about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.

#379 el:
No, I was the one who messed up. I read your sentence as 'prequel to Into the Mist,' adding a connector word to the sentence. So silly of me! Sorry about that - you should have made perfect sense but I saw a word that wasn't there. :)

MEM, this is the book's page for You Suck on LT. :)

Thanks, K! 8)

366--> el, el, you dont know the half of it! it was like I was set up to watch that damned show! Wed is the only weekday in wich I really watch tv. So, for "legitimate" criminal minds reasons, I didn't do my usual 62 minutes (a records among my bff's--- ha ha ha they can't hang!) on the elliptical and rushed home, all, looking forward to my show. I get comfy.... and some other !@#$%!@# show starts!!!! I WAS PISSED!!! So feeling sorry for myself, I started to flick channels and there it was: "Gossip Girl"... el, why did I do it? WHY??!!

And while I'm whining.... WHEN THE HELL IS FATAL FRAME IV COMING OUT???!! I'M SICK OF WAITING, YOU PROJECT ZERO NAZIS!!!!!

361 and 362 ooh I love Howl's Moving Castle both the book and the movie I will have to check out the others - after I finish Little, Big and Villette I am not even counting the other half read books stacked by my bed.

#378 - suge, my hubby and I just started playing Fatal Frame 2 (Crimson Butterfly)! It's sooo creepy! I had previously only seen a part of one of the games at a friend's house but playing it at home in the dark is wicked cool!!

You're welcome, MEM! :)

omg I love love love crimsom butterfly!!! Its terrifying but once you start you cant stop (like pringles!) Have you guys played part III? I love it, its soooo realistic!! god you know what's awesome about crimsom B? that part at the begining when your flashlight goes out? *thrills with delicious terror*

but seriously part III is da bomb. you gat to play as other characters.... AWESOME!!!

LOL - suge, we've officially hijacked this thread:

What is everyone reading playing at the moment?

hee hee. ;) But yeah, I'm getting FF3 for my hubby for his b-day in February. I love the graphics in the games and I think the sound really adds to the creepiness too!! I played one of them with a friend a while back and I think it was the third one but I only played a little bit so I'm stoked to see the whole game.

Uhh...yeah back to books I suppose... ;)

I haven't offically started reading my book yet because there's too much going on LT today. Must leave to eat, though. (You guys are going to starve me, I swear. It's noon and I haven't had breakfast yet. ;)

I ate both my breakfasts while on LT.

LOL. I'm eating toast right now.

Do you think we can take MEM's absence as her having chosen which book to read? I had that problem a few days ago - couldn't pick a book.

I'm now eating my lunch.

Ris, you're making me hungry.

as I said on another thread, I have the eating habits of a Hobbit.

#386 I did pick a book but it's a reread. I've decided that none of the books I have currently haven't read will currently help my craving and I do have a bit left on a gift card to HPB so now all I have to do is convince mom she wants to come over and watch the kids while I bookshop. Oh and I come in and out depending on whether or not Cole needs attention or whatever. Oh and those darn Yahoo Crossword puzzles LOL

*whispers to rissa: just had lunch*

#390 MEM:
I love rereads! Blast my TBR pile.

Oh, pol-lllyyyy, bookstore for MEM? We'll give you cake. ;)

*whispers to k: I'm about to have a snack*

8( #391 no go. Mom's too comfy at home to come over to sit with the kiddies.

:(
E-book? There are supposedly many books online. I know g's read some.

#395 nah I'm not so into the E books, but thanks. I guess I'll be forced to reread the book I had. Oh well 8)

Project gutenberg puts books that are in the public domain on line for free. I have read some books that way when I have been stuck in front of a computer. I prefer to have a real book though. It is also a great way to look up quote or sample things until you find something you want to read.

i finished rose in bloom and just finished the sisterhood of the traveling pants in one day i dont know what im going to read next

397- Read the sequel to the sisterhood of the traveling pants! ;)

i will when i get it but now im going to read alice in wonderland

MrsGrinch: The sisterhood series is sooo good, but i recomend readint htem all in one sitting

370 MEM: You Suck is good, but I didn't figure out it was a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends until I finished it. I have not read BF yet, but I wish now I read it first. I think YS gives a lot away.

I think it is similar to the Twilight Series, but more humor and less teen angst.

I finally finished rereading Order of the Pheonix! I just started Little, Big. Everyone seems to like it so much I thought I would move it up my list. I was able to get it from the library, but there was only one copy in the entire system.

Ooh Compskibook I am about halfway through Little, Big. We'll have to talk about it when we're both done.

Yes! I will try to read quickly, but it may take a week or two. This is a big book!

I finished Before I Die by Jenny Downham yesterday and am now reading Blood and chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause.

I was feeling under the weather today, so all I did was veg out and read. I polished off two YA novels this afternoon and evening: The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I liked both. Now I'm ready for something different, and can't decide between fantasy and historical fiction.

FD: 13 Little Blue Envelopes is one of my favorite books ever but I couldn't get into The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie. I didn't even finish it.

I'm now zipping through a reread of Emily of New Moon and the rest of that trilogy. I'm on the second book, and expect to finish it this evening.

I read The Castaways by Iain Lawrence on Monday and am now reading Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz.

I took Melissa de la Cruz's second Blue Bloods book, Masquerade with me to my classes today. I spent an hour and a half using public transportation to get to and from campus each way.

k I am of two minds with the whole blue bloods thing. the storyline is missing something. There is zero chemistry between the characters. (where's that sizzle?). I mean, reading both books was pleasureable but I'm not convinced... make sense? no? ok, I agree.

#411 -- Makes sense to me! I agree that the chemistry is missing. Of course, I read them not long after reading the Twilight series, and everything else pales in comparison.

412: I will definetly give Twilight a lot of credit on that, she can create chemistry, and characters that sizzle right off the pages. Which is somethign i wish I could master

#411 suge:
It sadly makes perfect sense and I'm barely into the second book.

#412 fd:
I figured the Twilight series would be better. I can't wait till the next book comes out! :)

#413 g:
You'll get better. I have a feeling with as much writing as you've done already that you'll master it and your writing will be everything you want it to be. *hug* :)

I read Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison and The Declaration by Gemma Malley. I am now reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Do you hear that strange, whirlpool noise? Thats the sound of me getting sucked into Twilight. I picked it up at the bookstore today, and I can't put it down. ;)

Oh, dear -- we've lost another one . . .

#416 cat:
Hehehe. I don't suppose suge had anything to do with that? ;)

(*clasps hands happily*)

oh, cat, cattie dear, I meant to tell you at the bookstore today: "...and don't even think about it, sister, Edward Cullen is mine!!"

LOL.

Grrr. Everytime I see this now, I am reminded how Tim ignored my letter about it. I know he's busy doing great things for this place, but this is getting out of hand in my opinion.

I know. I noticed how quickly we flagged him. It is just annoying to have people spamming us.

I almost left a message on the profile asking not to spam but I don't think that really does any good and of course only one book is listed. Someone like that can set up accounts endlessly.

I almost left him/her a message, too, but also decided against it. I don't think there's any solution since he/she would create a new account. I still wish there were something that could be done, though.

I am reading a new book Two Way Street a cute romantic story. and YES another Twilight fan!!!! But edaward is forever and always mine.

MEM has gotten me stuck on the Pern series! I was late back to work from my break today because I was deeply immersed in "Dragonflight"!

the pern series rocks!

I still haven't read all of the Pern books. i got bored with some of them.

I have a friend who loves them -- she gave me the first two, but I haven't read them yet. I will some day . . .

Right now, I just finished Book of a Thousand Days, and have started The Wednesday Wars.

I finished reading Masquerade yesterday - good book!

Tonight I have to start reading Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Sean McEvoy's Shakespeare: The Basics.

I'm going to take a book with me to read while on the bus tomorrow, but I haven't decided which one yet.

Reading The Short Forever by Stuart Woods. It's taken a little bit to grab me unlike Dirty Work which grabbed me and just took off running.

Just finished reading Two Way Street. It was pretty good, now goign to start I heart you you haunt me

Just finished Little (Grrl) Lost -- I liked it even better than The Blue Girl.

OOH K, I love Much Ado About Nothing - you should watch the Kenneth Branaugh/Emma Thompson/Kate Beckinsdale/Robert Sean Leonard version of the movie! It's really well done and pretty true to the text.

I'm thinking of checking out the Blue Bloods series since I've been hearing lots about it.... *resists adding to the TBR list*

As for me I just started The Secret History of Moscow which is best described so far as a delightful Russian version of Neverwhere.

I'm reading Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

still struggling thru the mindnumbing third gossip girl novel (I kinda made myself promise myself not to abbandon any books)
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
and still trying to finish watership down since last year...

Just got Julie Garwood's new book Shadow Music from the library. Can't wait to get started.

I finished alice in wonderland and now I am reading inkheart

#434 foggi:
I liked it better than The Blue Girl, too. :)

#435 el:
*pulling out notebook to check which movie version* Oh, good! My class is going to watch Branagh's version of it. I'm glad you like it! :)
About the Bluebloods series, I'm definitely going to read whatever else is published for the series. Not helping, huh? ;)

I'm reading too many books right now, but four are for school. Luckily I have three books out of the way till this weekend. This is what I'll be reading today:

Diane Hales' An Invitation to Health Ch. 1

And if I have time, Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (I started reading it yesterday)

So cat! how's it going with Twilight????

441- It was really good! I started it almost immediately after leaving the bookstore on Saturday, and I finished it on Sunday. Now I'm reading Northanger Abbey. It's funny!

Oh, I love Northanger Abbey!

I'm reading a book called The Faerie Path. It's all right, but I'm not madly impressed.

Foggi, I've almost picked up faerie path several times but I always end up leaving it. ack! I guess I did right!

#442 cat:
Fast reader! I should have remembered that from one of jp's comic strips. Do you think you'll read the rest of the series?

*claps hands* I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I hope she does, K! I read Twilight in a day too and I ran to Target immediately to buy New Moon, then I had a minor breakdown when I realized that Eclipse wasn't out yet.... I think I've told this story before. sorry.

Yeah, I think so, but I'm going to take them out of the library so I don't break the bank. ;)

ETA: Too slow! This is in response to 445.

I can't remember how long I took to read those books. They were fast reads, though!
You've told this story, but cat didn't know it yet.

#447 cat:
Better request them soon. Foggi had to wait so long on a wait list at a library for the third book, Eclipse that she went out and bought it.

449- Yikes! I'll remember that.

That was mostly because Eclipse had only just come out. Still, probably best to go ahead and place your holds.

Ooh I love Einstein's Dreams and Northanger Abbey and Alice in Wonderland Good choices!

I'm now reading On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt

I just finished The Secret History of Moscow - really interesting book but kind of a strange ending. I'm on to the highly recommended Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood next.

I started Little, Big thanks to some fine recommendations, and I suge and Maren reminded me that I never finished Einstein's Dreams. *gasp* How did that happen?

Remind me never to watch Shakespere in Love and then read Falling for Romeo three guesses what all my free writing has been about?

Just finished Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sandsand Secrets of a Highlander by Janet Chapman

I just read once upon a marigold by Jean Ferrisand i'm about to start princess academy by Shannon Hale and after that i'm going to reread harry potter and the order of the phoenix.

have you changed your mind about your new-years resolution Reena?

Slogging through The Scarlet Letter. I hate the way they talk. I can understand them just fine, it's just that I know that's not how they talked back then, so it annoys me.

I know what you mean AR I hate anything pre 19th Century.

I finished Wateship Down last night. Somehow it made it to my dreams ALL NIGHT LONG!

*yawns*

Good morning, EST LTers.

I was so close to ten books this month! I'm a teensy bit down I only made it to eight books.

I am done reading Magyk by Angie Sage and i am starting on Flyte the second book in the series i am also reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows and it's a really great book.

I'm reading Charlie Bone and The Beast by Jenny Nimmo.

I'm reading Beastly by Alex Flinn.

I read that a while ago. I thought it was pretty good. hope you enjoy it.

I just finished Mimus by Lilli Thal and haven't decided what to read next.

I am finally reading inkheart

I'm reading Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin

I finally finished Vanity Fair. So snarky and brilliant, I loved it.

Now I think I'm gonna read another Thursday Next book.

(How are/did you all like Little, Big? I'd love to discuss it with you.)

I'm reading General Winston's Daughter by Sharon Shinn. Good, so far.

I'm reading Love Falls by Esther Freud. It started a little slow, and it was hard for me to get into it, but now I feel as tho it is picking up momentum.

Well good night, ever1, I should really really be in bed right now, but late nights are usually a good time to catch up on threads.

#468 - I've noticed Inkheart has gotten mixed reviews on LT. I'm in the middle of it now as a read-aloud with my hubby and I think it's pretty decent.

#470 - Glad you liked Vanity Fair it's definitely towards the top of my TBR list.

I just finished The Handmaid's Tale which was a really interesting dystopian sci-fi novel. Definitely a "makes you think" kind of book. Now I'm reading The Swallows of Kabul which is a novel about Afghanistan and the first chapter included a disturbing scene of a woman being stoned to death - I think I'm a glutton for literary depression right now.

Finished General Winston's Daughter, with mixed feelings. It was a fairly good book, but I have a few reservations.

Now I'm rereading Gathering Blue because my pre-teen book group is discussing it later this week.

#470 LG:
Which one did you read last?

I'm still reading The Lightning Thief.

#475 I'm only on the second one. I started it before, but something else distracted me. I've gotten into it now, tho.

It's so cute, you gotta love it.

btw,I'm also listening to Neverwhere on my iPod. I love Neil Gaiman's voice!

I hope Jasper Fforde releases a new book this year. He usually does in the summer, but I haven't heard anything about a new book release by him.

I think I may finish my book tonight and start reading another. :)

So much for that. I fell asleep twenty pages shy of the finishing the book! I finished reading it this morning instead.

Why do I do this? Why? I have currently started or am in the middle of the following books Villette, Remembrance of Things Past, The Secret Agent, The Late Hector Kipling, Stranger Things Happen, Faust in Copenhagen, The Old Country (A kid's book I think you'd like LG- a woman turns into a fox oddly not the only book I have in which a woman turns into a fox) and The Coast of Utopia

So what did I do today? Hmm? Any guesses?

I bought The Dud Avocado and I would have bought Loitering with Intent if the bookstore had had it.

I am ill.

I'm about to start reading Fences and Windows for a class.

Finally got the chance to enjoy Sizzle and Burn. I can't wait until April and the next Arcane novel.

Mar, what happened?? *hug* Tackle 'em one by one, they'll get read eventually. :)

I'm reading A Little Princess for the first time.

K, I hope you like it. It is one of the books that I credit with making me love to read. I first read it in fourth grade, and I can't count how many times I have reread it. Have fun!

Thanks, compski. I do like it and have two chapters left. This book has nearly made me cry.

A Little Princess is such a nice book! I'm glad you like it, K.
I just finished New Moon, and I've just started The Exploits of Ebenezum, which has been TBR for a while.

I actually got A Little Princess after 'hearing' people talk about it around here. :)

Frances Hodgson Burnett also wrote Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. Run out and get them if you haven't read them yet, especially the last one. They are my favorites, too.

I've been thinking about getting The Secret Garden. I watched the movie several times as a kid. I'll have to see what the other is about. Thanks, compski! :)

In crime shows they often call a young boy being abused a "little lord fountleroy," it always bugs me because they book has absolutely nothing to do with that, and can't the writters do a little research before using a literary reference, because they are totally miss-repreasenting the book.

That's funny compski and K, The Secret Garden is the book I credit with making me into a reader. They're both splendid books.

The Secret Garden was one of my fav books as a kid.

Last night, I finished reading A Little Princess and mooched The Secret Garden from someone on BookMooch.

I absolutely despise that I hated books so much as a kid because everyone talks about favorites when they were children and I am without that. I had such a difficult time reading.

Now I'm reading Inkheart since so many of you have been mentioning it, plus the movie's due soon. I'm on page 110 and must say that I like it so far.

I just finished The New Policeman -- recommended to anyone who loves both fantasy and the Irish.

Next, I'm looking at a short story collection called One Beastly Beast by Garth Nix, but this thread is making me want to reread A Little Princess or Little Lord Fauntleroy.

I have A Little Princess on tape and listened to it many times when I was younger.

Since I last posted I have read Another Kind of CowboybySusan Juby, Hush by Donna Jo Napoli and Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin. I don't know what I'm going to read next.

What did you think of Powers, LA? Usually I like Le Guin, and I read Gifts, but the story didn't grab me and pull me into the series as A Wizard of Earthsea did, so I've been putting off the other books.

I can't compare it to A wizard of Earthsea since i only read the first one, but i enjoyed them.

I guess I'll add them to the list! :o)
Let's see...at this rate I will have books to read until 2015...

LOL!

I finished Lost in a Good Book and now I'm reading Foreigner for the GD group read. It's good so far.

#499 LG:
Do you think you like the second Thursday Next book more or less than the first in the series?

Well I made some progress, I finished Villette and The Dud Avocado and Loitering with Intent this week and have just started A Time of Gifts blissfully ignoring my other half read books.

#500 I liked the second one better I think. Maybe because I've always loved Miss Havisham.

I bought the third one today.

#501 Maren:
Glad you tacked some of them. They can seem so overwhelming when you're in the middle of reading so many books. :)

#502 LG:
I haven't yet read anything by Charles Dickens and have been meaning to so I could better appreciate the second Thursday Next book. I'm happy you're moving on to book three. I really loved that one! :)

Kerian *whispers* I've never been able to get through Dickens by reading, but I have seen several adaptations of his works. I only got about 1/2 way through Great Expectations.

Did you see the weird adaptation with Ethan Hawke and Anne Bancroft as Miss Havisham?

*whispers back* I haven't seen any adaptations.

* why are we whispering*

I did read Great Expectations in H.S. but I didn't enjoy it very much. The Ethan Hawke adaptation was very strange and didn't improve my opinon

I think the easiest place to start Dickens is Hard Times or A Christmas Carol. They are both shorter and have less of the feel of being paid by the word. Hard Times is very funny I just overcame my Dickens aversion and read it last year - nothing like having a teacher named Gradgrind.

*whispers to Mar* Because it's fun! ;)

I just finished reading Inkheart (loved it) and would pick up another book except now it's time to get ready for work. :(

*whispering more* Because I'm a bit ashamed I can't read Dickens. Usually I blame him, tho, for being so overly descriptive. I haven't got any complaints with any other Victorian authors--Austen, Eliot, Trollope, Thackeray, I love them all.

*whispers* I'm not really a Dickens fan either. I think I was traumatized by having to read Great Expectations in high school. I really love A Christmas Carol though....

*clears throat* Uhh yeah...what am I reading? I just started The Translator: A tribesman's memoir of Darfur for the Early Reviewers program. It's really good so far but I've made a promise to myself that the next few books I read have to be whimsical, fun or romantic because I've been reading waaaaay too many sad books lately.

I will always have a special place in my heart for A Christmas Carol thanks to seeing Patrick Stewart's one-man show. Heck, I could love anything Patrick Stewart read out loud. Sometimes you need to hear the words to really appreciate a story. That's why we use books on tape.

I read A Christmas Carol a couple years ago.

I love A Christmas Carol. :)

hi every1. I just finished The Lovely Bones. what a horribly wonderful book. I found myself overcome on several occasion while reading this book, and it's probably my fave book so far this year. I needed something to cleanse the old literary palette, and cheer me up again, so I turned to 13 blue envelopes I'm sooo enjoying it! I just read a part that had me covering my mouth with my fist, so I wouldn't burst out laughing like a loony on the train. Hey, what can I say, I love Kareoke and beer!!

507 K: glad you liked Inkheart! The sequel is okay, but set mostly in the Book so it didn't freak me out as much. I hope they do a good job on the movie. Brenden Frasier and Paul Bettany should be great!

513 Sugey: The Lovely Bones has been sitting in my to be reread pile, but I haven't been able to pick it up. I might have to wait until summer when things are brighter and I can get through it faster. "Horribly wonderful' is a good way to describe it.

Dickens discussion: The only Dickens book I have been able to read more than once is Oliver Twist. It might not even count as a novel since he wrote it as a newspaper serial. I also had to read Great Expectations in high school (I only remember the Havisham stuff) and Hard Times in college (I don't remember anything). I tried to read The Pickwick Papers once, but I couldn't get through it. I only picked it up because it was mentioned in Little Women.

I have less than 100 pages left in Little, Big. This is one long book!

compski: You're doing better than I am. I'm only about a third of the way through Little, Big.

I'm so wanting to read Little, Big, but my library doesn't have it! Yes, the library has failed me! Tragic, isn't it? And I'm trying not to buy more books right now.

Dickens -- I love Dickens! I went through a Dickens phase in high school. However, I haven't read anything of his (other than A Christmas Carol) for years. Guess I should whip out Barnaby Rudge or The Pickwick Papers (two that I never finished) and try again.

I've been reading a lot of fluff lately -- tearing through the Bloody Jack series, partly because my teen book club decided to read the first book, and partly in anticipation of getting the fifth book when it comes in -- I put a hold on it, and unlike with Eclipse, I can be patient and wait for it! I also read Chicks with Sticks: It's a Purl Thing, which was full of knitting and teenage angst. I'm also rereading A Little Princess (more LT inspiration!) and then will read Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Finished Inkheart and l8r g8r now i have got to think of another book to read.

514--> Totally read it Compski, I really did love it, tho I mourned Susie with each page.

*** I don't think these are spoilers, but what do I know?***

I think its an important book, you see humans at their best and their very worse. You wonder, how do you pick up the pieces after so much horror? How do you shoulder the burden of your choices? As I read, all I kept thinking was "These things really do happen", and I would cry some more.

#514 compski:
I'm happy there's a movie! Unfortunately I think I'm done buying books and seeing movies for a few months but hopefully I'll get the second book from BookMooch. As for the movie, I'll be waiting till the dvd comes out. Are you going to see it in theaters? Also, are you saying that Inkheart takes place in the Inkspell book?

I started reading Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl today.

519 - I will try to see it in the theater, but otherwise I already have it in my blockbuster queue. Yes, a large part of the sequel takes place in the book in the stories. It is good, but I still liked the first one better.

520 - I have read a few of her books, and that one has been my favorite. Enjoy!

#521 compski:
Hmm. I'll still keep it on my BM wishlist.
Someone at work who knew it was in my TBR has been dying for me to read it so she'd have someone to talk to about it. As she hasn't quite finished it and said whether she likes it, I'm glad to hear you like it! LadyN does as well. :)

I am know reading blue is for nightmares

I just finished Little, Big. It is a good book and very well written, but I think I missed something. I feel as confused as some of the characters.

I think it is time for some comfort rereads. The PBS "Austenpalooza" has inspired me to reread Mansfield Park and Hogwarts Express has me wanting to read A Little Princess again. I think a lot of us have (re)read it recently. Maybe we need a discussion.

I've been so disgruntled because I can't seem to find a copy of Little, Big! You guys have made me very curious about the thread for it.

*light ups*
A Little Princess discussion would be great. We seem to have been talking about the author's books a lot lately.

Compski, I had just been thinking about reading Mansfield Park soon. I haven't read that one yet. :)

As I recall, we've also discussed possibly having a group discussion of Inkheart, though I can't remember what the result of that was. (The Read YA Lit group did a group discussion of it fairly recently.) With the third book due out in April, maybe we could discuss even simply the trilogy itself a few months further down, once everyone's had a good amount of time to read the complete series, or, if they disliked it, simply part of the first book. (People do give up on some books, I know I have.)

hey, I'm also reading an Austen! I bought The Jane Austen Book Club dvd the other day and that inspired me to reread Persuassion. I'm also reading A Northern Light.

Ooh I would be up for an HE Austen fest or Little Princess reread!

I'm still reading The Other Boleyn Girl. One of my sisters saw that I was reading it and wants to read it now so I guess I'll be rushed to finish it, though I'm not that far into the book. (I'm past page 61, that much I know.)

Don't worry, K. You will read it fast! I was sick when I read it and spent the whole day on the couch. It was great!

Thanks, compski. :)

Before I forget, the books by Austen that I haven't read are Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. If we're going to discuss any of the three besides MA, let me know and I'll get copies of the others. :)

I finished blue is for nightmares now I am reading jacod have i loved

I was taking ages reading The Camel Bookmobile, so have started reading In Cold Blood too. Slightly disparate!

Since I last posted I've read Payback by James Heneghan, Betrayed by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast, Erec Rex the Monsters of Otherness by Kaza Kingsley, Zel by Donna J Napoli and Dramarama by E. Lockhart and I'm now reading A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

#477-Kerian

Never saw your question answered, but wanted to let you know they've pushed back his new book a year. :(

As for me, started and finished The Wanderers today and now reading Witch Child.

#535 punkypower:
Awww! :(
Thanks for telling me. I've been looking on his site for information about a new book for ages it seems. (Maybe simply because I've been checking it so much. ;)

I finished The Other Boleyn Girl this morning and still haven't chosen what I'm going to read next.

I finished Eclipse yesterday, and I just finished The Thief today. Both were really good!

Yey for cat! Now you'll be waiting till August 2nd, too. I read on Meyer's website that an excerpt will be released when the special edition of Eclipse comes out. I can't remember for sure, but I think that will be in the end of May.

I read jacob have i loved now I am reading all things great and small

MrsG: Did you like Jacob Have I Loved? It has been on my TBR list for a long time.

yah it was good you should read it

Has anyone read The kings blade's series by Dave Duncan?

Not me.

Forgot to post what I'm reading. I'm starting to read Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.

Just started Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe, one of my favorite authors. Read the first four chapters and so far it's intriguing.

I just finished the Brontes Went to Woolworths which was hilarious. I adored it. I am in the midst of A Time of Gifts which is lovely. I need to start A little Princess for the discussion.

Mar, what is Brontes Went to Woolworths about? Is it fiction?

Yes K it is fiction. From the 1930s a British writer Rachel Ferguson She and her two sisters live with their mother and have fantastic stories about famous people theyve never met but they pretend they have-confusing a string of governesses but it all changes when they meet one of their idols and have a ghostly visit from the Bronte sisters. It is funny and whimsical and lovely.

Edited to add that it is out of print. I read a library copy but loved it so much I ordered it used from a British bookseller- American ones seem to sell it for outrageous prices.

Thanks, Maren. :)

I finished The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh and before that I read An Abundance of Katherines.

I am now reading So This is How it Ends by Tui T. Sutherland

Heart-Shaped Box, which is wonderful so far.

I'm taking a break from children's and YA and reading Water for Elephants at the moment.

550- ellevee, I'd be really interested to know more about Heart Shaped Box once you're finished. I think I might really enjoy it.

I've now finished In Cold Blood, which is so well written that it's easy to forget it's a true story. Chilling.

I'm now undecided between re-starting Natural Flights of the Human Mind which I lost not long after starting and only found again in the move, and The Book of Dave. Whichever I choose, the next one will be Pillars of the Earth.

LadyN, what is In Cold Blood about? Sounds scary.

I'm finishing The DNA Detectives, which has been really interesting. It's about ancient DNA research.

Edited to fix touchstone.

Oh cat, without wanting to give you nightmares, it's a book written by Truman Capote about a multiple killing in 1959. I'm glad to have read it, as I find true crime books fascinating, but it's not an uplifting read.

Glad to be back on the fun stuff!

The DNA Detectives sounds really interesting.

It is! I just finished it. :)

#552 In Cold Blood gave me nightmares for months.

I shall report on Heart-Shaped Box as soon as I finish it!

It's funny, but I just realized that I've been reading a bunch of books written by authors with the last name Meyer. I've read,
The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer
and
The DNA Detectives by Anna Meyer!

You could follow that up with Bloody Jack by Louis A. Meyer.

LOL

#551 foggi:
My mom got that book for Christmas. She and one of my sisters loved it. :)

I'm reading Platinum by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I just finished Bridget Jones's Diary and Lyra's Oxford today.

I'm not yet sure if I'll chose another book tonight or in the morning.

I decided to go ahead and start reading The Secret Garden next. It just came in the mail yesterday. :)

(This is a first time read for me, btw.)

Ugh - still slogging my way through Anna Karenina. I WILL PREVAIL!

(Lend me strength!)

*sends thoughts of strength to Moira*

I'm reading Spindle's End byRobin McKinley.

I'm reading Mississippi Jack (which still doesn't touchstone) by Louis A. Meyer.

I'm trying to read The Secret Garden still. It's really hard for me to read on weekends. I'll probably finish it tomorrow when I have a day off.

I finished The Little Princess and the play Machinal I am still reading A Time of Gifts and I started The Slaves of Solitude one before WWII and the other at the end of WWII.

Plus I am reading scripts right now so that cuts into my book time.

#569 Let me know what you think when you finish K.

I finished Millions, which was really funny!
I also recently finished East. I picked it up because the spine had a picture of girl traveling with a polar bear, which reminded me of The Golden Compass (yes, I'm sorry to say that I did judge a book by its cover). It was actually a really really good retelling of the Norwegian tale, "East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon." I loved it!

#571 -- Oh, I liked East!

I just finished a reread of Alanna: the first adventure, which wins prizes for the most lackluster title, as well as the most truly hideous cover art, but is still a fun read. Not sure yet what I'll read next -- I've started Little Lord Fauntleroy, which I'm using for bedtime reading, and my LotR reread has stalled a little way into The Two Towers -- I'm just not in the mood for it right now, but I'm sure I'll get back into it soon.

yes the title and the cover don't do it justic, it's still one of my favorite books.

#570 Mar:
Will do! :)

#571 cat:
I've admittedly been more likely to read the baskside of a book or the inside of the jacket if the cover looks interesting.

I'm reading Jack of Kinrowan.

I'm a couple of chapters in to Pillars of the Earth....it's gonna take me quite some time, but I have a feeling I'll be really upset when I've finished it.

I've been reading Fool's War by Sara Zettel: very interesting sci-fi novel about artificial intelligences, with a generally plausible overall scenario and some well drawn characters. But I'm about to interrupt it to read Ruth Rendell's No More Dying Then for my library mystery book club.

#575 Letta:
Will you let me know what you think of it? I've had that book in my TBR pile for years! :)

Today my goal is to finish my book already so I can read the first four chapters of OotP and then begin something else (not sure yet).

I'm continuing on with the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce -- a reread for me, but about all I'm up for is comfort reading right now, anyways.

Poor foggi! :(
Have fun rereading!

Just finished The Secret Garden.

#570 Maren:
My sisters need the computer for school right now so I'll let you know what I think of it in the morning. :)

Ooh yeah. I can't wait to see what you think!

#582 Mar:
Just in case of spoilers, I'll write you about it right after this post.

Next up: Chapters 1-4 of OotP

I'm about to start here, there be dragons, a recomend from jp. (Letta gave it to me for my birthday, we didn't do the first presents until last night, and then it was almost time to go to bed, so I haven't been able to start it yet.)

I hope you like it rissa! We loved it! :)

I finished my reread of Mansfield Park last night. Now I am reading Mountain Betty.

I'm reading The Mists of Avalon -- just started it, so I'm not sure what I think of it yet. I also picked up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on audio (Jim Dale narrating) -- I like being able to listen while I'm driving on this long trip, but he doesn't do the voices anything like the way I do them. Is it conceited to like my way better? ;-)

587- Not at all, foggi! I often prefer the way I imagine characters voices. And I loved the way JP voiced characters when we were reading DH out loud. :)

I need a comfort read next - I'm going to go with a reread instead of a TBR. Not sure which book yet.

I've been reading through Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower cause I generally like nonfiction but the weather's been so yucky out that reading about people lost at sea and starving in a new land hasn't done much for my moods so I'm taking a break and reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. It's brilliantly lighthearted and the perfect read for grey and gloomy mornings.

I just finished Here, There Be Dragons which I really enjoyed, and started Twilight. I'm only on page 9, but I really like how she describes western Washington, it does always seem to be raining there, and it is too green.

#591 rissa:
I hope you enjoy it!

*in creepy (or stupid) faux Dracula voice*

I am rrrrrreadinggggg ze "The Vampire Diaries" "The Fury" and "Dark Reunion"

*arch arms up dramaitcally*

*turns into a bat*

*poof*

*disapears*

*re-poofs*

btw rissa EEEEE! I wish it was my first time reading Twiligt! Oh to read a beloved book for the first time again... *sigh* JP what's the status on that machine you were inventing?

*whir...whir....CRASH*

Ahem.
Working on it suge! Unless you would like to forget by way of a nasty concussion. Then it's done!

*looks skeptically at JP's machine*

I think I'll just wait for Alzheimers to set in, thanks. Less painful that way.

#593 suge:
Hehehe

#593 - 595 --> lol. I wouldn't care to enter it, either. Good luck with it, though, jp! ;)

All But Alice from the Alice Series By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

i wanted to read something small this week

*backs away wearily*

umm I'm with foggi jp... er keep up the good work... what? did some one call me? er gotta go...

*crack*

Hmm I finished the play Machinal and now I am reading another play The History Boys I also recently finished The Slaves of Solitude set during WWII. I need to start Johnny Got His Gun as research for yet another play and I am still part way through A Time of Gifts and the children's book Uncle about a wealthy excentric elephant in a purple dressing gown who fights of bad guys.

Is suge appearing and disappearing . . . AGAIN?

Hey I'm legal now Mar! I can do that! *crack on* *crack off*