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Ok, new plan. I'm giving up on Never let me Go. It was boring, boring, boring... I don't think any book has ever bored me this much in only 50 pages. Then I went to amazon and read some spoilers, and now that I know what the big secret is, it's become even more boring... so.. life's too short. Since...

I've finished Asylum by Patrick McGrath, which I loved, and have just started Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, which is supposed to be fantastic, but has a very slow beginning. We'll see.

I finished the 2 I was reading. They were both fun, but Goodnight Nobody doesn't have much of an ending, which was frustrating. Plus I'm not sure Weiner did a very good job with the mystery thing. Maybe she should stick to the usual chick lit stuff. But I like her style anyway. Now I'm reading The S...

I'm reading not one, but TWO chick lit novels. Shame on me! I started The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes, then I started reading bits of Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner. I usually read one book at a time, but I started Goodnight at a bookstore in Toronto one day, then another day I read...

Yes!! I loved it.

Anyone read it?

I read the first 10 pages at the store today (it's been on my list forever) and though it's beautifully written and gripping, I'm not sure I should read it. Too devastating. But I *am* tempted.

So, anyone?

Yup. I'm with Crystal and Spudd. Softcovers are lighter, cheaper, easier to carry.

If I really love a book, I drag it out. You only get one first chance to discover something really fantastic. (You can reread it of course, but it's just not the same.) If it's a crappy book, I try to blow through it, mostly skimming. There's a couple I gave up on altogether. Oh, I do those things,...

I prolong the agony. I read 3-5 pages a day until I'm done. But that's if I'm close to the end. It happened when I was reading A Fine Balance. I read until page 600 or so and then got sick and tired of it. If I hate a book too much from the beginning, I just quit after 80-100 pages. Life's too short...

I'm reading Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes. I'm enjoying it. So far I'm finding it a lot funnier than Sushi for Beginners. In a more bitter way.

I just found this. I'm so excited! I wanna reread it already!

Maneck.

I just got annoyed after a while. When Ishvar's legs started to get black I was like "you gotta be kidding me!".

NOW WITH SPOILERS . . . . . . . . Ugh. I finished it yesterday. I have to agree with this amazon reviewer: "...what the heck else can happen to these people?? And, sure enough, worse things kept coming. Became rather funny in a sick way." After Ishvar lost his legs I just lost interest (no...

Hey LB,

I ended up buying 2 Marian Keyes. But thanks for the recommendation

I'm finally finishing A Fine Balance (I'm having a really hard time concentrating lately) and I need something veeerrry light. As in funny, no tragedies, please, not too much thinking. Total brain candy. I liked Bridget Jones and Good in Bed, hated Confessions of a Shopaholic.

I've found myself singing Sweet Dreams (who sings "some of them want to use you...some of them want to get used by you..." to their baby? Honestly?) and Karma Chameleon.

How did I miss this?

Never let me Go is on my list. I have it already. And I've read The History of Love and The Historian recently, so I can discuss those, too.

Yeah, these days I don't read English-written books translated into Portuguese anymore. I used to be afraid to read in English, but I started like 5 years ago or so and realized I know much more English than I thought!

Yeah, I am enjoying it anyway. But the writing sort of gets lost because it's translated into Portuguese, and it's like watching a dubbed movie. Soooo artificial!! I keep saying to myself " we don't talk like that!". Some things just don't translate well. I got it for free from my friend w...

Seriously, Crystal? NOTHING good will ever happen?