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Yes, Bugsy, there are lots of fans around here! I hope you like it, but don't watch the movie. It SUCKS. I finished The Post-Birthday World and I did like parts of it, but it was too long and rambly. One of those cases where you'd have a much better book had it been 2/3 shorter. Now I'm reading Jenn...

Rowan, I just read the first snooker bit and I had no idea what she was talking about, so I skipped whole paragraphs too. But I was finding it slow BEFORE the snooker parts started! Ugh, we'll see.

Silvia, I really liked the Post-Birthday World. Hope you do too. I've cut out all fun reading until July after I've (hopefully) passed my exam. :( Rowan, I'm not very impressed so far, but I don't dislike it, so I'll keep reading. Some readers thought Kevin was a slow starter too (though I didn't),...

Not just evil, he was just not interested in anything. What baby is not interested in anything? They're interested in EVERYthing! I just didn't buy that a NORMAL baby/toddler (of normal intelligence, that is) would be that apathetic (is that a word?). I wouldn't question her desire to have another b...

OK, SPOILERS FROM NOW ON: I totally Did NOT see that Franklin was dead. I totally thought he'd left her after Thursday because she'd been such a bad mother. I suspected Celia might be dead though, because Eva never saw her. Only talked about her in the past. And she said "if only I'd been able ...

I just finished We need to talk about Kevin, which I'm sure will stay with me for a long time, and I think I'm gonna start The Post-birthday World by the same author. Anyone read it?

Finished it. Holy powerful book. Check this out: "This is all I know. That on the 11th of April, 1983, unto me a son was born, and I felt nothing. Once again, the truth is always larger than what we make of it. As that infant squirmed on my breast, from which he shrank in such distaste, I spurn...

Question: For those who've read The Girl Who.... series, how long did it take to get into the first book? I've tried a couple of times but just can't get far into it. I want to read them because people have loved them so much but I keep getting stuck. Thoughts? As far as I remember, I got into it r...

I'm loving it. Well, as much as you can "love" a book about a psycho whose mother didn't want/love him. I'm finding it very gripping. I'm 80 pages from the end. I agree that her style is not easy. Her long sentences and sometimes seemingly pointless side stories get on my nerves sometimes....

Oh yeah? I'm on page 190 or so. I like it so far. What about you?

I'm reading We need to talk about Kevin http://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Talk-About-Kevin/dp/006112429X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300311391&sr=1-1 , and while her style gets on my nerves sometimes (too "literary", sometimes I wanna shake her to make her get to the point), I'...

Blush, The Glass Castle *is* really depressing, and I thought it was going to be one of those books that stay with you forever, but I've forgotten most of it, so I guess not. Rowan, I hope the book funk ends soon. I hate when that happens. If I ever finish World without End I'll come play with you g...

Yeah, me too, but it's my only luxury, so f-it. At least I can say to myself that I'm improving my English. What's your excuse?

Beverly, do you also have to buy all the books you wanna read in English? I hate that . There's a library that belongs to an English school near here, but I'd have to pay for parking there, so I think it's worth buying whatever I want in paperback.

Got it! Now if I can just finish World without End... Maybe in 2 months or so.

I thought you'd read it, Blush, but I wasn't sure. Cool! I think I'll try to get a copy.

Thanks!

When I first read the reviews a while ago I thought it was not for me (WAY too disturbing), but someone on my parenting board was raving about it yesterday, saying she was up until 2 am to finish it. Very few things in life would make me stay up until 2 am, so I was curious.

Ruth, I almost picked up Cutting for Stone at the store the other day. Now I'm sorry I didn't! Spudd, holy crap, only 3 weeks to get through Pillars? It took me 3 months! Of course I had a 2-year-old and a translation job at the time which I could only do when said 2-year-old was asleep, but still! ...

Ew, that is kind of gross. I read the first 3-4 pages at the store the other day, and it seems interesting enough, but they didn't have it in paperback yet.

I'm reading World without End by Ken Follett, which is supposed to be a sequel to the Pillars of the Earth. I'm only on page 60 or so, but I can see that he's following exactly the same formula of Pillars. It worked the first time, we'll see if works a second or if it'll get on my nerves. Leo's been...