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by Sílvia
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:32 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Quizzes on good reads
Replies: 0
Views: 4702

Quizzes on good reads

Do you guys know this? I'm having SO much fun!

http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes
by Sílvia
Fri May 25, 2012 7:13 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's May! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31538

Re: It's May! What are you reading?

I'm reading Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern. It's the worst book I've read in a loooong time. I should know better, chick lit usually sucks, but I was in a hurry and picked it up for lack of choice. I'll finish it because it's a really easy read, but yuck. I can see how it could work as a m...
by Sílvia
Mon May 14, 2012 6:45 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's May! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31538

Re: It's May! What are you reading?

Hi Skye! Glad to see someone "new" :)

Mellen, I think it took me a while to get into Dragon Tattoo, too. Then of course I had to read all 3!

I finished the John Grisham, which was readable but VERY predictable. Now I'm reading And She Was by Alison Gaylin and so far it's very gripping.
by Sílvia
Thu May 03, 2012 7:46 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's May! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31538

Re: It's May! What are you reading?

I finished Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Ugh, it was a sci-fi/horror YA story! All the wrong labels for me! I only bought it because it was by Zafón. The main story did not convince me at all, and I only finished it because it was only 189 pages long. I didn't hate it, but it was SO not The Shadow ...
by Sílvia
Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:32 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's April - what are you reading?
Replies: 35
Views: 25163

Re: It's April - what are you reading?

Next up is The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. Bracing myself for what will be heavy content. But I know the writing will be good so I'm looking forward to it.
I've always wanted but dreaded reading this. Let us know how you feel.

And great to see you here!
by Sílvia
Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:46 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's April - what are you reading?
Replies: 35
Views: 25163

Re: It's April - what are you reading?

I finished Before I go to Sleep and it was really, really gripping. Very good. At some point I thought I knew where it was going, but I was wrong. Good. I hate when that happens. Then I started Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (the guy who wrote The Shadow of the Wind). I didn't know it was supposed to ...
by Sílvia
Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:35 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's April - what are you reading?
Replies: 35
Views: 25163

Re: It's April - what are you reading?

Rowan, does M let you read when he's awake? At what age did he start doing that? I can only read when Leo's asleep. I finished that book by Lucy Cavendish. It was pretty good for its genre. Its "genre" being fiction about motherhood. Now I'm reading Before I go to Sleep. Pretty good so far!
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:48 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's April - what are you reading?
Replies: 35
Views: 25163

Re: It's April - what are you reading?

I FINALLY finished Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. Not worth it. WAY too much history and politics, not enough fiction and character development, IMO. I'm mildly curious to see what he'll do with the rest of the trilogy, though. Now I'm reading Lost and Found by Lucy Cavendish http://www.amazon.co.uk...
by Sílvia
Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:40 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's March - what are you reading?
Replies: 26
Views: 18577

Re: It's March - what are you reading?

I finished Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult. Are all her books the same basic plot: something happens to a kid, husband and wife think differently about it and it strains their relationship, then there's a trial and then husband and wife make up? Because I was predicting the story from the getgo. T...
by Sílvia
Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:37 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Beautiful bookstores
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

Re: Beautiful bookstores

Ooh, there's one in Brazil!! It actually has several branches, and I don't know where that one is. There's one right here in my neighborhood (not the one in the picture), AND it's the original store and the one that gave it its name. Yay! (ok, I'm ridiculously excited about this). However, that's no...
by Sílvia
Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's March - what are you reading?
Replies: 26
Views: 18577

Re: It's March - what are you reading?

I'm finishing The Age of Innocence. I should start believing myself when I say I don't like the classics (even modern classics). The story line may be interesting, the characters well-developed, but the pace... oh God. I can't stand the never-ending social calls to 500 different characters througho...
by Sílvia
Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:31 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's March - what are you reading?
Replies: 26
Views: 18577

Re: It's March - what are you reading?

I'm finishing The Age of Innocence. I should start believing myself when I say I don't like the classics (even modern classics). The story line may be interesting, the characters well-developed, but the pace... oh God. I can't stand the never-ending social calls to 500 different characters throughou...
by Sílvia
Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:05 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's February - what are you reading?
Replies: 31
Views: 20441

Re: It's February - what are you reading?

Rowan, you read 400+ pages in 24 hours? You guys have got to tell me how you do that! Kayley does the same. Is it something they feed children in the US?
by Sílvia
Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:51 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's January - what are you reading?
Replies: 40
Views: 26947

Re: It's January - what are you reading?

Oh, I should clarify that I haven't read The Alchemist! :lol I *have* read one of his other books, though, and from everything I've ever read/heard, they're all equally bad. And Beverly, we agree sometimes, don't we? :headscratch Ok, we may have disagreed a lot lately, but I have a feeling that our ...
by Sílvia
Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:23 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's January - what are you reading?
Replies: 40
Views: 26947

Re: It's January - what are you reading?

Ew, seriously, Spudd? I was going to say that Paulo Coelho sucks! He does! His books are all self-helpy and badly written and just....just.... bad! Where's Lana to help me here? Once she and I talked Beana out of reading him, lol! It's disgusting that he's pretty much the only Brazilian author who's...
by Sílvia
Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:23 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's January - what are you reading?
Replies: 40
Views: 26947

Re: It's January - what are you reading?

Rowan, glad you loved Kevin. And I know, you don't really "love" a book like that, but it's great reading, isn't it? A bit unrealistic and you can tell she doesn't have children, but still. I finished If Today be Sweet and it sucked. Why does this keep happening? I love a book, then I read...
by Sílvia
Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:24 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: 2011 Book Lists
Replies: 14
Views: 10388

Re: 2011 Book Lists

Beverly, I'm about to start This Body of Death. My mom loved it.

I'm home now, but too lazy to post my list :crystal I'll try to do it some time this week.
by Sílvia
Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:05 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's January - what are you reading?
Replies: 40
Views: 26947

Re: It's January - what are you reading?

I'm reading If Today be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar. I love her style, but the lack of a serious plot after 140 pages is starting to get on my nerves.
by Sílvia
Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: 2011 Book Lists
Replies: 14
Views: 10388

Re: 2011 Book Lists

My list is at home. I'm still at the beach.
by Sílvia
Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:23 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: December! What are you reading?
Replies: 8
Views: 7488

Re: December! What are you reading?

I just finished The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar (sp??). Anyone read it? I loved it. I didn't wanna read it at first because it's about a couple who's lost their only child, but then I came across it again months later and bought it. It's obviously super sad and the ending is appalling and con...