It's January! What are you reading?

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:08 am

I started Jennifer Weiner's Little Earthquakes yesterday. I'm enjoying it so far. I love her, but I never wanted to read this one because it's about a bunch of new moms and their babies

Well, I guess I can relate now.

Beverly · Post by **Beverly** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:40 am

I'm reading The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff ... it's good but kind of slow-going.

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:26 am

Yesterday I started "The Fire-Dwellers" by Margaret Laurence. It's pretty good so far (only one chapter into it), but it's not grabbing me immediately like "A Jest of God" did. That book was awesome.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:04 pm

Help me, I'm on a book binge! I just bought 2 books with my GC's, got 4 more books from the library, and am planning to take a load to the second-hand store this week to get more. (Watch, I'll take in 20 books and probably get... 3 in exchange.

)

Right now I'm reading "84, Charing Cross Road". It's ADORABLE. It's a series of (real) letters of this woman who wrote to an English bookshop for 20 years.

mellenhead · Post by **mellenhead** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:19 pm

I'm on the 4th book in the Trueblood/Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlene Harris. I love them! So funny, romantic, dark, sci/fi all rolled into one. I'm going to be so depressed when I'm done with them.

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:11 pm

I just finished reading Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons. Loved it. Next up is the new one by Anita Shreve.

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:45 pm

I finished "The Fire-Dwellers" last night. It was a good book--especially the second half of it--but it just didn't grab me like "A Jest of God" did. Maybe because it was from a mother's perspective? That's probably at least part of the reason. Not sure what I'll read next....

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:48 pm

I'm reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. After finishing the third Gossip Girl book in a day. I don't think "diverse" even covers my reading tastes.

Post by **Spudd** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:15 pm

I'm in the middle of "Evita", which is non-fiction about the life of Eva Peron. I was reading it because we were in South America, and it seemed relevant, but honestly it's kinda boring so I may give up. I went to a talk about her on the ship and I've seen the movie so I kinda know how it will turn out.

Post by **Spudd** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:16 pm

Oh, and I recently finished "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende. It took me a while to really get into it, but by the end I was totally gripped. It was so neat how she interwove the real Chilean historical events with her characters.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:06 pm

The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland.

Also, I put 7 books on hold at the library. I think that I think I read faster than I really do.

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:59 pm

I started "Dune" by Frank Herbert a couple days ago. It's good but slow-going so far.

Post by **Spudd** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:49 pm

I read Dune years ago, in my late teens I think. I loved it. But I don't know why there are so many damn sequels. I tried reading the first sequel and OMG it was boring. Didn't get any farther than that.

mellenhead · Post by **mellenhead** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:24 am

I finished up all the Sookie Stackhouse novels...all of them were so good and now I'm depressed I'm done with them.

I also just finished The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinetter by Carolly Erickson. It was pretty good - pretty light so I was able to finish it quickly.

Now I'm reading The Omnivores Dilemma and I'm BORED. I don't know that I'm going to make it out of the first chapter.

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:56 am

Spudd, The House of the Spirits is one of my favorite books ever. But unlike you, I was gripped from page 1. I still remember the first sentence: BarrabÃ¡s llegÃ³ por vÃa marÃtima. Yes, I'm a dork

I'm finishing Jodi Picoult's Keeping Faith. It's too long. I can't wait to be done with it. And I'm starting to suspect the ending will be stupid again (as in My Sister's Keeper).

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:47 am

Argh. I knew it. Stupid, inconclusive ending.

I started The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafÃ³n yesterday. No opinion yet, I barely started.

Anna · Post by **Anna** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:27 pm

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule about Ted bundy

Rachael · Post by **Rachael** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:27 pm

I finsihed Retribution by Julianne Hoffman last night.

Anna, since you like crime novels, you might enjoy it. It's fiction, but I thought it was excellent.

Rachael · Post by **Rachael** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:37 pm

I finished Retribution (so good!) and started When Madeline was Young by Jane Hamilton last night. I'm also reading a book about giraffes called Tall Blondes by Lynn Sherr.

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