Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?

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Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?

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Beatcha!

I'm reading Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts.
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I'm reading nothing at this moment in time. I just finished "Beyond this Horizon" by Robert A Heinlein last night, and haven't started a new one yet. Also, finished "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho on audiobook, and haven't started a new one of those yet either.
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Trumped! :lol

I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love and am simultaneously enjoying the talk of travel, and being annoyed by her attitude.
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I'm reading Homeland, by John Jakes.
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Rowan wrote: I'm reading Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts.
Oh I love Billie Letts - how is it?

I am reading Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat, one of my faaaaavorite authors. This isn't gripping me the way her books usually do - maybe because it's memoir and not fiction. In any case, it's still a good read.
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I just started "Notes from a Small Island" by Bill Bryson last night. So far, so good.

On audio, I started "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy this morning. It took me a while to get used to the narrator but it seems like it'll be OK. I was worried it might be deadly boring but so far it isn't.
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I just finished the Alchemist's Daughter... I have some book with Veils in the title for my next read
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Last night I finished "The Subtle Knife," the second in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman. I'll start "The Amber Spyglass" today, probably.
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I'm reading London is the best city in America by Laura Dave. It's good in an "examining failed relationships" kinda way.
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I'm reading Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes. Very satisfying, as usual. Marian Keyes is probably the only chicklit writer that doesn't underestimate my intelligence. Oh, and I didn't know she'd written a different book for each Walsh sister? I love it!
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Yesterday I finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. I liked it! The friend I borrowed them from told me to keep the books until I find someone to pass them on to. Any takers?

Now I think I'm going to start reading "The Virgin Homeowner" to hopefully learn some useful tips.
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I'm reading the New Yorker winter fiction issue. La dee da.

Spudd, Thomas Hardy is one of my FAVOURITE authors. He's such a downer. :lol
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Matrimony by Joshua Henken. So far it's good, but I'm only a very few pages in.
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I've gotten a good start now on John Irving's A Widow for One Year. So far it's pretty good.
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LB - Shoot the Moon was good. Definitely worth a read.

I just finished The Post-Birthday World. It was so good - I highly recommend it. The story splits off into 2 parts after the first chapter where a woman in a relationship has the opportunity to cheat on her partner. The following chapters are doubled where in one version of chapter 2 she does cheat and in the other she doesn't cheat. Plus the character development is really well done - the characters are so multifaceted (none of this perfect husband thing, there's good and bad to everyone). Best book I've read all year. :wink:

I'm reading the Darkest Night of the Year by Dean Koontz right now. Its not grabbing me yet but I'll give it a bit more time.
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Now I'm reading

Into the Wild or something like that (but I can't find it, I started it at the hotel)

And Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald, which is really good so far.
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I'm loving "The Virgin Homeowner." It has a lot of good information about the inner workings of houses and how to care for them. I'm highlighting in it as I read :nerd, and I'm guessing it will be referenced many many times in the upcoming few years.
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I'm almost finished now with American Dreams by John Jakes. After that I'm going to read Morality for Beautiful Girls, the third book in the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith.
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I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield now. It's very gripping, but I'm still having a hard time concentrating on a book because I'm very anxious about the birth.
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Sílvia wrote:I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield now. It's very gripping, but I'm still having a hard time concentrating on a book because I'm very anxious about the birth.
I LOVE The Thirteenth Tale! It's one of my favorite books of all time. But I can see where being on the verge of giving birth would make you not be able to concentrate. :lol

I just realized that I never answered this post. I'm currently reading Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell. Somehow I got through school without ever reading it, and I finally picked it up. I'm about 3/4 done and it's great. Freaky, but great.
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