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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!
 

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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.
 

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I'm reading Predator by Patricia Cornwell.
 

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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!
 

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Originally Posted by Kiwideus

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.
 

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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.
 

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Omg I would love to meet Jodi Picoult, I'm so jealous!

I'm starting to read the latest Shopaholic book... Shopaholic and Baby.
 

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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!
 

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Originally Posted by Abigail

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, Sosekiâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]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..."
 

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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.
 

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Originally Posted by kluchetta

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.
 

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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...
 

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Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226

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.
 

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Originally Posted by Kiwideus

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!
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley

If, by any chance you like cats
you may want to read I AM A CAT.

Written over the course of 1904-6, Sosekiâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]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.
 

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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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