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I finished up Isle of Palms. It was okay, but way too simplistic for all the heavy topics it was trying to deal wtih.

Now I'm going to start Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss.

I'm about halfway through "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry. Its decent but nothing mind blowing

Next up is "I'd Know You Anywhere"

I just finished "Bicycle Diaries" by David Byrne. Meh. It had its moments but he got too philosophical for me.

Now reading a book about a family with 3 kids (7, 5, and 1) who bike across Canada.

I'm reading The Jane Austen Book Club and I'm hating it. It's just so BORING. The only reason I'm reading it is that I started it and had nothing else at the beach (I'd finished my previous book), so I kept reading to page 160 and it only has 250, so I guess now I'll finish it.

Finished my bike touring book, it was entertaining. Being sick is good for something, getting lots of reading done. Now I'm starting The Girl Who Played With Fire. So far, so good.

I finished Such a Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb on Monday. It was just ok - I only finished it because I kept thinking it would get better.

I started By the Time you Read This by Lola Jaye yesterday. I may give it up. Its the story of a girl who's father dies at 30 and has left her a manual of life and she is to read a chapter a year from 12yo to 30yo. Interesting concept but the writing is poor.

Wah! I want a good book!

I finally finished The Man Who Ate Everything, by Jeffrey Steingarten. The middle of it kind of dragged for me, but overall I liked this. I even got some cool-sounding recipes from it.

Not sure what I'll start next. Something more light-hearted, I think.

I'm reading this: http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Carolyn-Je ... 283&sr=8-1

"Escape" by Carolyn Jessop, a former polygamist wife. It's a page turner. Very fascinating.

"The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry was decent. Not one of his better Cotton Malone novels though.

I didn't get to read "I'd Know You Anywhere" because I got 2 chapters in and realized it was due back at the library and since there are other holds I couldn't renew it. I'll have to circle back to it at some point since I've heard good things.

I just started "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand. So far it's very compelling, I'm just about to to get into the real meat of the story so I'm anxious to sit down this weekend for a few hours and just read.

I am almost finished with The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst and IT IS SO GOOD. I wish I could be reading it right now.

This month, I've also read:

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer. I love the Twilight saga, but this sucked.

The Walk by Paul Richard Evans. I really liked this, but when I finished it, I realized it is the first book in a series. I didn't like it enough to read more. It was a good book on its own, though.

My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster. Blush got me into her. She's so funny, but all of her books are pretty much the same. Just how many memoirs can one person write?!

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. She writes young adult fiction, but I love her.

I think I'm going to try Poor Little Bith Girl next. I've had it from the library for a while and am out of renewals.

Rachael wrote:
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster. Blush got me into her. She's so funny, but all of her books are pretty much the same. Just how many memoirs can one person write?!

She is funny the first couple of times you read her....I've read two of her books and I just took another one out of the library....I'm blanking on the name right now, but I couldn't even read it. It was like she was trying waaaaaay to hard to be funny. I didn't get more than 3 chapters in.

Is Poor Little Bitch Girl Jackie Collins or Joan Collins...? I think I read it - it was ridiculous....in a good fluffy way.

mellenhead wrote:

Rachael wrote:
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster. Blush got me into her. She's so funny, but all of her books are pretty much the same. Just how many memoirs can one person write?!

She is funny the first couple of times you read her....I've read two of her books and I just took another one out of the library....I'm blanking on the name right now, but I couldn't even read it. It was like she was trying waaaaaay to hard to be funny. I didn't get more than 3 chapters in.

Is Poor Little Bitch Girl Jackie Collins or Joan Collins...? I think I read it - it was ridiculous....in a good fluffy way.

I totally agree on Jen Lancaster and yes - something Collins. I saw it mentioned here (I think by you). I'm all for fun fluff right now.

The Nobodies Album isn't fluff, but I am really enjoying it. I just added the authors other two books to my library que.

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 going to bed super late, so I've only been reading like 5-10 pages a night. The book has more than 1000, so I don't think I'll read anything else this year. It was nice talking to you guys.

I just started the ...4th? 5th? Sookie Stackhouse book, "Dead as a Doornail." Only a few pages in, but I'm guessing it'll be a somewhat entertaining story and a quick read.

I finished: "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand. So so good. I highly recommend it if you have any interest in WWII. Just an amazing story of the war and of one mans journey as a POW in Japan. The author (I feel) really does a good job showing both sides of the story.

Not sure what I'm going to read next, I have 127 hours the book that was made into a movie about the guy that cuts off his arm after he gets it stuck rock climbing. I skimmed the beginning and I'm not sure I'm going to like it though.

I have Unbroken in my queue at the library. I think I'm 12th or so.

I read The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton yesterday. I really liked his writing -- never read anything from the author before. Its the story of a young man who went through a traumatic event as a child and hasn't been able to talk since. He finds that his talent is in picking locks/safes.

I read Veracity by Laura Bynam. Its a bit post-apocalyptic (which is why I picked it up) - I liked it but didn't love it. There were a few nice touches to it I have to admit.

Haven't started anything new yet. Probably next on the list is The Weight by Andrew Vachss.

Jen Lancaster has a new book coming out in the spring -- its fiction this time. I guess she realized she was "out of" memoirs.

I still really like her and read her blog regularly. I like her snark but sometimes it rubs me the wrong way.

I finished Sworn to Silence by Linday Castillo. Nice little murder mystery with a bit of Amish thrown in. I like the lead character - Kate Somethingorother who used to be Amish and is now the Chief of Police in the town she grew up in (1/2 amish and 1/2 "English"). There is another in the series that I will pick up.

Not sure what's next. I'm making my way through the Beck Diet Solution but its a re-read.

I got The Pillars of the Earth from the library, so that's my current read. And then, like a day after I picked it up, another book came in for me. There's no way I can finish them both in time.

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - good in a weird way. It's about music intertwining with life and peoples back stories....I liked it.

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhonda Janzen - Was good but was more fluffy than I expected

How to sew a button : and other nifty things your grandmother knew by Erin Bried - Lots of long lost tips on cooking, saving money, sewing, cleaning, etc.

Of course I just got a bunch of holds in all at once. Not sure what I'm going to read next. I have: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, The Diviner's Tale by Bradford Morrow, American uprising : the untold story of America's largest slave revolt by Daniel Rasmussen and The Panic Virus : a true story of medicine, science, and fear by Seth Mnookin.