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I read the first 12% of The Handmaid's Tale and decided it wasn't my thing, as I'd suspected. Thanks anyway, Spudd!

Now I'm reading Two Rivers by T. Greenwood. I'm really enjoying it and recognizing the author I loved in Bodies of Water.

I'm about halfway through Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall. Loving it.

I finished Two Rivers. Loved it. Now I'm reading Three Daughters by Consuelo Saah Baehr. It's about 3 generations of Palestinian Christian women. From 1880 to 1960, I think. I'm only on page 130, but I'm enjoying it. It has 720 pages. I used to read long books all the time, but lately I groan when I think of anything longer than 400 pages, so I'm forcing myself. The internet is making me lazier and my attention span shorter.

Beverly wrote:I'm about halfway through Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall. Loving it.

I LOVED those books.

I'm just about finished with China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan, which is the follow up to Crazy Rich Asians. It's ok - not as good as the first book.

I'm also reading Pirate Hunters: Treasure Obsession, and the search for a legendary pirate ship by Robert Kurson. Super interesting so far.

Finished China Rich Girlfriend. Hated the last 50 pages or so. So, I guess I really didn't like the book overall.

Started an audiobook - The Three - by Sarah Lotz (I think). It's pretty interesting so far. I keep reading good reviews of her new book Day Four and figured I should "read" this one first.

Still reading "Pillars of the Earth." Holy crap it's long (I'm only 40% through it and seem to have been reading it forever!). I'm not quite getting why Silvia thinks it's "fun," but I am liking the story so far.

And I also started the audiobook of "The Chaperone" by Laura Moriarty on my drive to and from helping my sister on Monday. It's excellent.

That's what I mean, it's entertaining! And yeah, it's long.

I'm loving Three Daughters! More on that when I'm done.

Over the weekend I read Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson. SO SO good. I couldn't put it down.

Now I'm reading Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny by Holly Madison. It's good so far!

Lots of reading this weekend!

Constant fear / Daniel Palmer. When I read this, didn't know he was Michael Palmer's son. I liked it and will read more of his.

Four : a divergent collection / Veronica Roth. Meh. Loved the Divergent series. Had to read this but could have seriously skipped it.

Luckiest girl alive / Jessica Knoll. I really was sucked into this. Not fantastic writing but I whipped through it.

Still life with husband : a novel / Lauren Fox. Bah. I don't know why I read adultery-ish books. They always annoy me.

Not sure what's next. I have a stack waiting at the library.

I have the sample of Luckiest Girl, Ro. It's making all the lists. I'm curious.

Finished Three Daughters. It started womderfully, I loved the story of the first daughter. Then it went downhill. The middle dragged, then turned soap-opera-ish, which was fun. I'd given it 4 stars, but then revised it to 3. It was more like 5 stars for the first part, 2 for the second, 3 for the third. A good read. Not excellent, but I was turning the last 150 pages fast.

Then I started Where They Found Her on Blush's recommendation. So far it's ok, nothing happened yet that was not on the blurb.

I just finished "Is Everybody Hanging out Without Me" by Mindy Kaling. It was pretty entertaining - about what you'd expect.

I think I'm going to read a Patricia Cornwell next but I can't recall the title.

I decided against the Patricia Cornwell. It turned out it was the 11th in the series, and I haven't read the first 10. Or maybe I've read one of them but I don't remember anything.

So instead I'm reading a sci-fi called Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton. I'm only a little ways in, but so far it's pretty good.

I read Primates of Park Avenue and it was soooo disappointing. Ugh. I waited so long for it.

I've been toting around Cain and Abe by James Grippando but have yet to start it.

Rowan wrote:I read Primates of Park Avenue and it was soooo disappointing. Ugh. I waited so long for it.

Really? Damn. I'm still on the wait list for it.

Got a fair amount of reading in over the weekend, most of it was not good!

Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison - It was interesting, mostly because I love crap reality TV and I watched the Girls Next Door when it was on.

The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes - The was a pale imitation of The Devil Wears Prada

Even When You Lie to Me by Jessica Alcott - bad bad bad.

Next up is the Wolf Border by Sarah Hall

Really? Damn. I'm still on the wait list for it.

Read it anyway. She tried to write parts of it like archaeological/sociological study but I felt that it was awkward. The story part I was hoping would be better.

Finished Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight (sp?). It was entertaining enough. Not great. Reconstructing Amelia was much better. I'll probably read more of her work.

Then I started Follow You Home by Mark Edwards. It's a psychological/horror (?) thriller. Holy grippingness! I started it at like 10 pm and thought I'd read for 10 minutes and pass out, like it usually happens with me when I've just started a book and am not into the story yet, but I was up until 00:45! No, I didn't finish it, I'm not a fast reader. But I couldn't put it down. Have you guys read anything by this guy? Apparently he has 2 other books out along the same lines. This was just released in June. I certainly hope the story has a decent explanation, because so far I'm very impressed!

Edited because "terror" and "horror" are not the same in English!

I'm 95% through Pillars of the Earth and hope to finish it this weekend. I see that there's a sequel and may try that sometime soon, because I've enjoyed this one quite well. The architecture talk is pretty over my head, but it's a good story overall with several interesting characters.

And I'm still midway through the audiobook for The Chaperone. If I haven't started anything else before next week I'll finish that on my commute time.

Just finished Follow You Home. It was very good. It did have a few unbelievable details and a stupid, unnecessary twist 10 pages from the end, but overall I couldn't put it down. The big mystery is revealed around page 200, so it's not one of those stories where the author stretches the mystery so much that you lose patience. Like Lost, you know? But there's still a lot to be revealed after that, and it worked for me, even with the far-fetched touches.

Not sure what's next. I seem to be in a mystery kick.

I tried a couple of books and didn't continue.

I read Rumors by Elin Hildebrand. Fine.

I'm reading Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky which is ok. I should have a good chunk of time to read tonight at hockey.

I need a new pile of books as I think I only have 1 more book left. M ruined a library book at his camp last week with his water bottle. I'm going to try to press it under some heavy shit but I think I'm going to have to pay for it.

Finished "Pillars of the Earth." It was awesome. I was telling Jason about it, because I think he'd like it a lot. He said it sounded boring. I agree , but I promised him he'd like it. Will he read it? Probably not. Oh well.

Working through my audiobook this week ("The Chaperone"), and then "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story" by Dan Harris came in from my holds. I'll start that sometime this week, probably. Good timing, too, since it might help as I get into my therapy.