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post #31 of 400
3/7/07 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226 View Post
I have The Other Boleyn Girl, I think I liked it... I might need to reread it. I love Jodi Picoult too, btw, she's one of my favorite writers, tho sometimes I think her novels are predictable it its unpredictability.

Right now I'm reading Life of Pi. I'm not THAT impressed, but it's holding my interest, for the most part.
You mentioned Jodi's books twists. You do know there will be one. Half the fun is guessing what it might be.

I'm number 257 on the library request list for her new one, so it will be a while before I get to that one.


Life of Pi was definitely different. I read it quite a while ago, but remember enough about it to still be questioning the ending. My neighbor loved it though.

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Originally Posted by waxlight View Post
I also just finished 'Eat Pray Love' by by Elizabeth Gilbert. This book follows a woman across Italy, India and Indonesia after her divorce. I LOVE travelogues (I'm quite proud of my ever-expanding collection ), and I'm interested in nearly everything about India (I worked there for six months), so this book was very close to my interest. It was written well, making it a fast, easy read. Didn't go into depth as much as I'd like as far as her reactions to the cultures, but was definately entertaining.


'Forever' - Pete Hamill. This is a book I picked up on one of my famous, spend all my grocery money at the bookstore, extravaganza. The back cover describes it as a man who comes to New York in 1740, and is granted immortality as long as he stays on the island of Manhattens, and goes through to present day.

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A friend of mine wants me to read Eat Love, Pray, but I am not a nonfiction travel type book reader. Someone else gave me this book about a woman traveling through Tibet and it was the 1st book I have never finished, so now I don't want to even pick up a travel/philosophy book.
I remember reading Forever. But I can't remember what happens at the end. I have got to start writing little book reports and listing the books I read. Sometimes I even start reading a book a 2nd time cause I've forgotten I read it already.



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Originally Posted by Bella713 View Post
I need to check out that Jodi Picoult you all are talking about.
Right now I am reading Adriana Trigiani's books... She has a 4 book one that I am reading now, I am on the 3rd book...They are excellent, and I have read her other books also, I have met her at a bookstore here, she's unbelievably awesome!!!
I've enjoyed all of Adriana's books too! (except I hate when the main characters are getting old).
post #32 of 400
3/7/07 at 7:56am
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Originally Posted by Snuzy View Post
Life of Pi was definitely different. I read it quite a while ago, but remember enough about it to still be questioning the ending. My neighbor loved it though.
I read Life of Pi based on someone's comment on this site, actually... and I can't decide what I think of the end. Or of the whole thing, actually... I'm debating starting a thread somewhere so I can hear what everyone else thinks...
post #33 of 400
3/7/07 at 9:27am
I am currently reading Voices of a Thousand People and Caucasia. Both for classes I'm taking. Can't wait to graduate so I can read for pleasure and not on a deadline!
post #34 of 400
3/7/07 at 4:25pm
I just finished Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker. It's a Philip Marlowe mystery. Chandler died in 1959 leaving behind the first 4 chapters. It was, of course, completed by Parker. I didn't detect the slightest difference in style.
post #35 of 400
3/7/07 at 5:33pm
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A friend of mine wants me to read Eat Love, Pray, but I am not a nonfiction travel type book reader. Someone else gave me this book about a woman traveling through Tibet and it was the 1st book I have never finished, so now I don't want to even pick up a travel/philosophy book.
I remember reading Forever. But I can't remember what happens at the end. I have got to start writing little book reports and listing the books I read. Sometimes I even start reading a book a 2nd time cause I've forgotten I read it already.
Was it 'Cave in the Snow' by Vicki MacKenzie? Because if so, I know what you mean. It was REALLY hard to get through.

What types of books do you enjoy? 'Eat, Pray, Love' was written very... lightly, I guess. It seemed to written with a female audience in mind, and was very.. trivial, in a good way.
post #36 of 400
3/8/07 at 9:13am
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Originally Posted by waxlight View Post
Was it 'Cave in the Snow' by Vicki MacKenzie? Because if so, I know what you mean. It was REALLY hard to get through.

What types of books do you enjoy? 'Eat, Pray, Love' was written very... lightly, I guess. It seemed to written with a female audience in mind, and was very.. trivial, in a good way.
No, I don't think that was it, but I'm not positive. The woman had to disguise herself so she and her adopted son (think he was a monk or something) could travel to meet the Dalai Lama. However they were traveling, it must have been illegal there, cause they were always worried about getting caught.

Historical fiction is my favorite, but I also enjoy other fiction, and chick lit sometimes if what I've been reading is too heavy. No science fiction or scary stuff--no Stephen King for me.

Al Gore's daughter wrote a book that was really cute "Sammy's Hill" (I think was the name).
post #37 of 400
3/12/07 at 3:57pm
waxlight: You are reading some fine books! I have some recommendations for you.

Snuzy: Your siggy! OMG! Those kitties are so cute all together like that!

Books: Just finished THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls. An absolutely facinating true memoir. Also recommend in fiction: THE KINDNESS of STRANGERS by Katrina Kittle

I'm mostly a true crime reader, and read extensively on this subject. Any other true crime buffs posting here?
post #38 of 400
3/14/07 at 5:50am
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waxlight: You are reading some fine books! I have some recommendations for you.
Hey, bring them on! I'm always happy with more recommendations
post #39 of 400
3/14/07 at 11:54pm
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Hey, bring them on! I'm always happy with more recommendations
I mentioned two in my above post. They are excellent! I am reading the book about the 1906 SF quake, Crack in the edge of the world (title?) but it is slow going. I've finished several other books in the mean time lol!

I'm now tackling SEXUAL HOMICIDE by Ressler, Burgess & Douglas.
post #40 of 400
3/15/07 at 1:29pm
Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
post #41 of 400
3/16/07 at 3:50pm
Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen

Next will be Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, and then The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory. I ordered them from the library and they all came in at the same time. Oh no, I really wanted to finish the vest I'm knitting, but I have to get these books done--can't renew them if they're requested by other people. And I also have Pilates' Wife -A Novel of the Roman Empire by Antoinette May, but I can renew that one. phew!
post #42 of 400
3/20/07 at 3:34pm
Just read Nicholas Sparks' latest--Dear John. Will someone please remind me not to read any more of his books. He just loves to make his readers cry.
post #43 of 400
4/1/07 at 6:14pm
I'm reading Predator by Patricia Cornwell.
post #44 of 400
4/1/07 at 6:18pm
I am reading Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. I just bought Nineteen Minutes and I am going to read that next. I can't wait!

I emailed Jodi Picoult and she replied almost immediately - three of her books are in the Whitcoulls Top 100 books in NZ (a bookstore chain) and I asked her if she was aware and she said yes, and it made her smile because My Sisters Keeper was more popular than the Bible And that she is coming to NZ next year so that is something for me to look forward to!
post #45 of 400
4/2/07 at 1:16pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwideus View Post
I am reading Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. I just bought Nineteen Minutes and I am going to read that next. I can't wait!

I emailed Jodi Picoult and she replied almost immediately - three of her books are in the Whitcoulls Top 100 books in NZ (a bookstore chain) and I asked her if she was aware and she said yes, and it made her smile because My Sisters Keeper was more popular than the Bible And that she is coming to NZ next year so that is something for me to look forward to!
Definitely go and see her while she's there. She came to our library and gave a talk and it was great. She's very down to earth and approachable.
post #46 of 400
4/10/07 at 7:59am
I'm reading The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Actually I can't wait to get the latest George R. R. Martin novel.
post #47 of 400
4/10/07 at 8:00am
I am reading the Chronicles of narnia ... again lol i love these books
post #48 of 400
4/10/07 at 8:12am
Omg I would love to meet Jodi Picoult, I'm so jealous!

I'm starting to read the latest Shopaholic book... Shopaholic and Baby.
post #49 of 400
4/10/07 at 9:42am
I think I'm going to have to try some Jodi Picoult!

I found a new author that I really like - Carol Goodman - The Lake of Dead Languages, The Seduction of Water, and The Drowning Tree. I really like her style. And there's usually a twist.

But my big news is that I finally came up on the library list for "Hannibal Rising". I'm on the way to pick it up now!
post #50 of 400
4/10/07 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Abigail View Post
Just finished two Caleb Carr books:
the Alienest and the angel of darkness.
Next is the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz.

In between I am reading David Sedaris short stories.

what have you just read? are reading or will read next?
If, by any chance you like cats you may want to read I AM A CAT.

Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki’s comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.
The New Yorker called it "a nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..."
post #51 of 400
4/10/07 at 2:30pm
I am now reading Nineteen Minutes. It is very good, and I am waiting for the twist, so I am not able to put it down.
post #52 of 400
4/10/07 at 3:06pm
OK, if I were to start reading Jodi Picoult, is there one that I should start with?
post #53 of 400
4/10/07 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by kluchetta View Post
OK, if I were to start reading Jodi Picoult, is there one that I should start with?
My Sister's Keeper. I am not a crier and I cried when I read the ending - I was so shocked.
post #54 of 400
4/10/07 at 6:32pm
Yes, My Sister's Keeper was a great book! I definitely recommend that.

Did anyone read The Pact, by her? I thought that was interesting...
post #55 of 400
4/10/07 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226 View Post
Yes, My Sister's Keeper was a great book! I definitely recommend that.

Did anyone read The Pact, by her? I thought that was interesting...
Heehee, have you been spying on me? I just bought that book today.
post #56 of 400
4/11/07 at 9:50am
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Originally Posted by Kiwideus View Post
Heehee, have you been spying on me? I just bought that book today.
Rats, I thought you wouldn't recognize me!

I think it's a pretty good book... I read it at Barnes & Noble once but I was debating on buying it - I have so many of her books now, I might as well go back and buy the older ones. Such a good writer!
post #57 of 400
4/11/07 at 12:22pm
The next book I am hoping to buy is Mercy. It looks good.
So far I have:
Songs of the Humpback Whale
Picture Perfect
The Pact
Plain Truth
Nineteen Minutes
Keeping Faith
Second Glance
My Sisters Keeper
The Tenth Circle

The ones in bold, I haven't read yet.
post #58 of 400
4/11/07 at 1:00pm
I'm currently reading Broken by Kelley Armstrong. She's a Canadian writer (a fellow Ontarian) and although the major of her novels are set in the US, Broken takes place mostly in Toronto. It's neat reading a novel where I can recognize the landmarks (I always loved that about Margaret Atwood -- I know the places her novels are set).

Kelley Armstrong's books are about werewolves and witches, and are sort of "supernatural chick lit," with smart, tough female characters and good dialogue. I kind of fell into the first one (Bitten), bought the next four (Stolen, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic, Broken) and have read them all in ... oh, about a week. There's one more book by her, Haunted, but I don't have it ... yet.
post #59 of 400
4/12/07 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley View Post
If, by any chance you like cats you may want to read I AM A CAT.

Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki’s comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.
The New Yorker called it "a nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..."
I tried reading that. But I just couldn't finish it. And there are very few books I haven't finished once I start.

Just finished Maeve Binchy's newest book. It was ok. I really enjoyed Pilate's Wife, and I'm down to number 120 at the library for 19 minutes, so a couple more months should do it.
post #60 of 400
4/13/07 at 12:17pm
Ok, I'm usually in a lot of books to the point where I can hardly remember all the ones I'm reading at once.
But right now I'm reading Watership Down, Black Beauty (for the millionth time), and I'm about to start Horse Miracles.

Does anyone read the Patricia Cornwell series of Kay Scarpetta? I lost track of where I was in the series and I'm planning on finding my place and catching up.
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