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I'm still reading Dragonfly in Amber and I'm finding it painfully slow. Beverly, when does it pick up? I'm on page 357 and I feel like they've been in Paris doing basically nothing since the beginning of times!

Beverly, someone on the chicklit forums said the exact same thing. Well, at least I have 3 more to go!

I'm reading Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon. I'm on page 85 or so. So far it's good.

I did find a plot summary on Wikipedia. I love the internet. So that was good, one page instead of 800. But I kind of wanna re-read it now! Won't do it though, just started Dragonfly. Did you know there are now like 9 or 10 books in the series?? I wonder if she knows what she's doing anymore!

Thanks, Blush! I did end up getting the Diana Gabaldon though, and since it has 900+ pages it'll probably take me 6 months to read.

Trillian, The Boy... is just about to get going (I'm halfway through). Oh, and I really enjoyed Memoirs of a Geisha.

That's more or less what I remember. I felt the same way as you at the time, Spudd. It was fun, but not enough to make me wanna read the remaining 5 billion pages. But now, 5 years later...

Thanks!

I read Outlander in 2005 and just got Dragonfly in Amber, the second in the series. Anyone read these books? I hope I can start this one without having to re-read Outlander, it's so insanely long. I might have to find a summary online to refresh my memory.

Man, Watermelon was bad. Blush, you're our in-house Marian Keyes specialist, right? I've read Sushi for Beginners, which I didn't like very much, then Rachel's Holiday, The Other Side of the Story and Anybody Out There?, and I enjoyed them all. But I thought Watermelon was... silly. I'm glad it was ...

Rach, I love, love, love The Shadow of the Wind! I'm reading Watermelon by Marian Keyes, ten years after the rest of mankind. I'm on page 120 or so and glad the main character stopped whining about her husband leaving her. Ok, you're miserable, we get it. Can we please move on now? But she's still a...

I'm reading a great book that I can't recommend to you guys because it hasn't been translated into English. Bah. It's by a Portuguese author called Miguel Sousa Tavares and it's right up my alley. It tells the story of 2 brothers between 1915 and 1945 growing up rich in Portugal. Then one of them co...

Oh man, The Nanny Diaries sucked. I can't imagine the sequel to that. I finished Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult. It was her usual stuff, totally formulaic, melodramatic, but incredibly gripping. There was sort of a twist at the end, but it didn't piss me off as much as My Sister's Keeper did. Mayb...

I'm reading Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult. I said I wouldn't read anything else by her, but damn! She sucked me in. I hope the ending's decent.

Spudd, my mom said she couldn't even watch the movie, it was so boring! That should have warned me. Bah. Yeah, I'm really thinking Dr. Z. and I don't have a future together. Oh, by the way, let me know what you think of Saturday. I like his Atonement, but I was bored to tears by A Child in Time. It ...

I'm reading Dr. Zhivago, but I don't think it'll last. Anyone read it? It's not exactly slow, things do happen, but I don't know, I think it's something about the writing style. Or maybe the translation. It seems so... flat. Cold. I don't know how to explain. At one point one character shoots anothe...

Reading the last one in Stieg Larsson's trilogy. Sniff .

I'm reading the second one in Stieg Larsson's trilogy. I'll feel so orphaned when I'm done.

I'm still reading the first one in the Stieg Larsson's (sp?) trilogy and I'm totally hooked. You and my mom were right, Beverly! It's taking me forever because I had almost zero reading time at the beach house and Leo's been going to sleep way late. But I'm totally reading the second one next! (whic...

I finished The Glass Castle, which was interesting but soooo depressing. Besides, some of the things are hard to believe. And I gave up on the Maeve Binchy. Then I started the first in the Stieg Larsson's (sp?) trilogy. Hey, Beverly! :wave I think in English it's called The Girl with the Dragon Tatt...

Oh yeah, I meant good to me, of course.

I confess I used to be much better at researching about books I'd like before Leo was born. Now I don't always have the energy or the time. And I've found that authors I once liked don't always satisfy. I guess I've been unlucky.

Amazed, yes, jealous, no. I don't think she's enjoying any of those books, she's just rushing through them to prove a point. Besides, I'd never find that many *good* books to read! I've only loved 3 books this year, and one of them was a reread.