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Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:34 am
by Rowan
Beatcha!
I'm reading Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:19 am
by Spudd
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:41 am
by Crystal Meth
Trumped!
I'm reading
Eat, Pray, Love and am simultaneously enjoying the talk of travel, and being annoyed by her attitude.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:23 am
by Beverly
I'm reading Homeland, by John Jakes.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:15 pm
by Lady Bug
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:03 am
by Spudd
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:22 am
by Anna
I just finished the Alchemist's Daughter... I have some book with Veils in the title for my next read
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:19 pm
by Bugsy
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:28 pm
by Blush
I'm reading London is the best city in America by Laura Dave. It's good in an "examining failed relationships" kinda way.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:22 pm
by Sílvia
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!
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:32 pm
by Bugsy
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:49 am
by Crystal Meth
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:00 pm
by Blush
Matrimony by Joshua Henken. So far it's good, but I'm only a very few pages in.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:12 am
by Beverly
I've gotten a good start now on John Irving's A Widow for One Year. So far it's pretty good.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:24 pm
by Rowan
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.
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:23 pm
by Anna
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:01 pm
by Bugsy
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
, and I'm guessing it will be referenced many many times in the upcoming few years.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:20 am
by Beverly
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:51 pm
by Sílvia
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.
Re: Its Jan 2008 - what are you reading?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:27 pm
by Eponine
SÃlvia 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.
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.