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I am currently reading and its really good.

I'm currently reading (listening, I'm audio only) Altered Carbon for a group read. I started out enjoying it but we are reading it in weekly stages and because I have time for reading I'm finding it difficult to start/stop. At the third stage I even forgot to stop and now have to be careful in our chats LOL
I don't often select sci-fi but I think I would have enjoyed it a lot except for the stop/start thing... I plan to re-read all the way through at the last stage to get a real 'go' at it. As first in a series it deserves that before I decide to continue reading on...

im reading Sister

the first three chapters got me hooked, but now im wondering where its going, hope it gets better, a little different from your typical crime novel, so far so good...

Still taking my time through The Snow Leopard by Peter Mathiessen, The Age of Odin by James Lovegrove, and A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher whose liteary cereballism makes me feel like a half-wit in comparision.

A Feast for Crows. It's the fourth book in the Song of Fire and Ice series. (Game of Thrones TV Series.)

Also I'm listening to Dune on Audiobook. Finding it hard to get into, but i'll give it a whle.

Reading The Redbreast - the first 100 pages were very slow but it's getting good now.

I am also reading Voices, it's the second book in the trilogy. I really enjoyed the first one...we'll see how this one goes.

I'm reading Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy. I've just started it today. Slow to start, but it's keeping me interested and the pages are turning easily enough.

@ Iuliana

I read The Redbreast quite recently. Stick with it, it's very good, kept me guessing right up to the end. It was my first Jo Nesbo book and I will defo be reading the rest of the series.

Outer Dark was a bit of a challenge for me. I can't say I was satisfied with it. But McCarthy still remains one of my favorites.

Sam wrote: "@ Iuliana

I read The Redbreast quite recently. Stick with it, it's very good, kept me guessing right up to the end. It was my first Jo Nesbo book and I will defo be reading the rest of the series."
My husband swears by them, he says that Nesbo is the best!

Mae wrote: "Sam wrote: "@ Iuliana

I read The Redbreast quite recently. Stick with it, it's very good, kept me guessing right up to the end. It was my first Jo Nesbo book and I will defo be reading the rest ..."

I'm definitely sticking with it. It's getting very interesting and I am sure my husband will enjoy it as well.

Craig wrote: "Outer Dark was a bit of a challenge for me. I can't say I was satisfied with it. But McCarthy still remains one of my favorites."

I've finished most of it, now. I'm enjoying the story, and I want to see how the things resolve between Holme and his sister. The only real problem I have is with the dialogue. It gets confusing sometimes between the phonetic spelling and the lack of quotation marks.

That's understandable. He does use dialog authentic to the place and time, rather like Mark Twain, and at times it's almost like reading Shakespeare for the first time. I think my lack of satisfaction with it was due to having read his border trilogy first and, in comparision, many of his other books like Outer Dark are far more subtle and understated and a lot less dynamic. But he's well worth reading. Good or bad, he makes an impression on you.

I have The Border Trilogy to hand for future reading. The dialect was tough to get a handle on, initially, but the lack of punctuation makes it all the more difficult to digest quickly. Especially when when multiple characters are in conversation. Their sentences seem to run into each other.

Yeah, Outer Dark definitley is a book to which you have to give your full attention. But when you read it you'll why the Border Trilogy made him famous, even if it also has his usual lack of adherence to rules of grammar.

I am reading The Story of Lucy Gaultand its one of those books that you wonder why you have never read or come across this book before, it is written by an Irish Author from Cork, William Trevor and so far it is a very interesting read.

Currently reading The Virgin Suicides and so far it is interesting but I'm not really getting it. I kind of wish I had rented the movie... Is it a sin to say that!

yes, totally ... hmmm, a penance must be considered.... finish the book! lol

Katie wrote: "Currently reading The Virgin Suicides and so far it is interesting but I'm not really getting it. I kind of wish I had rented the movie... Is it a sin to say that!"

I've read The Virgin Suicides and I also found it quite hard to get into. The book is strangely paced and in some places just a little boring. Although, I found it kept my attention better than the movie did!

I am currently reading four books at once! God help me! But I do have an obsession with buying loads of books and not reading them, so now I'm reading them. I'm currently reading;
Paper Towns by John Green,
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray,
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry,
and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Still bouncing back and forth between Nicholas Christopher's "A Trip to the Stars" and Peter Mathiessen's "The Snow Leopard."

Barry wrote: "I am currently reading four books at once! God help me! But I do have an obsession with buying loads of books and not reading them, so now I'm reading them. I'm currently reading;
[book:Paper Towns..."

Let me know what The Fry Chronicles is like. I've been tempted to read that for a long time.

I have just started Lisa Gardnerrs book I am also still reading which I have not quite got yet. I will persevere though

Carol wrote: "I have just started Lisa Gardnerrs bookI am also still reading which I have not quite got yet. I will persevere though"

I loved The Survivors Club and really enjoyed that whole series, but I just couldn't finish A Discovery of Witches!

I'm listening to Play Dead book 6 in the Andy Carpenter series, quite funny.

Yea I am not sure about the Witches book, first I am not keen on books written in the first person and second it is a hardback and heavy for reading(weightwise)!
I might take a raincheck on that one until i find a softcover in the library.

Carol wrote: "Yea I am not sure about the Witches book, first I am not keen on books written in the first person and second it is a hardback and heavy for reading(weightwise)!
I might take a raincheck on that one until i find a softcover in the library...."

I'm gone all audiobooks and it's great! Ever try it? Took me a little while, listening to podcasts helped, I guess as they are short, but now I'm addicted.

Barry wrote: " I'm currently reading;
Paper Towns by John Green,
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray,
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry,
and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "

I always feel guilty when reading so many books at the same time. I usually stick to 2 at the same time. I am curious to hear what you think of Paper Towns.
I was sitting on the plane next to Paul Murrays brother who recommended Skippy Dies to me. What do you think of it so far?

Oh dear! Skippy Dies sounds so very sad :(

Listening to Hide and Seek ... slower than I expected, hope it picks up

Still struggeling with
Aprilla: Have you thought up my penance?? Opting for the movie over the book isn't something I'd normally do but in this case I'd totally make an acception! :)

and Carmel: Did you find the book a little pointless? Now i have read more of it but I have yet to finish it so maybe it all comes together at the end. Really though boys obsessed with mysterious (and mangy) sisters... I don't know what I was expecting but this isn't it!This has kind of put me off reading his other book which is disappointing because I was sure it would be great.

Katie wrote: "Still struggeling with
Aprilla: Have you thought up my penance?? Opting for the movie over the book isn't something I'd normally do but in this case I'd total..."

LOL ... oh yes! Your penance was to finish it ;)

Finished ... hmmm, considering its content it had very little effect on me, bit disappointing.
Now listening to the last available book in a series I follow Dog Tags.
Anyone use fictfact.com to keep track of series books? It's very useful, esp if you are like me and just can't bear reading series books out of order :)

Barry wrote: "I am currently reading four books at once! God help me! But I do have an obsession with buying loads of books and not reading them, so now I'm reading them. I'm currently reading;
[book:Paper Towns..."

Paper Towns is an excellent books! :) Hope you love it. I know I did. Some of the lines in it just took the breath straight out of my lungs and held onto me for dear life.

aprilla wrote: "Katie wrote: "Still struggeling with
Aprilla: Have you thought up my penance?? Opting for the movie over the book isn't something I'd normally do but in this..."

Thanks for ficfact. I can never tell which Night Huntress book is which :)

Katie wrote: "Still struggeling with
Aprilla: Have you thought up my penance?? Opting for the movie over the book isn't something I'd normally do but in this case I'd total..."


Aprilla; for you I finished it! Ugh... tough reading!

LOL Well done you! (I must remember never to attempt it, in case!)

I'm just starting Starting Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler.

I'm reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks I'm finding it an interesting read, especially as I work for a company the supplies medical equipment.

Hi,
I'm reading "He liked Tuesdays best".
I think this could be interesting story because is wrote by his best friend and long associate Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki with journalist Brygida Grysiak.
The book speaks about an ordinary day of John Paul II in the Vatican,and why he liked Tuesdays…

Information about the book can be found at http://jp2books.com

Finished Last Known Victim, was between 'OK' and I liked it', not bad, not memorable. Ah well.
Now listening to Triptych, #1 in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series. Good so far :)

Keith wrote: "Also I'm listening to Dune on Audiobook. Finding it hard to get into, but i'll give it a whle...."

Keith, how are you liking Dune? I've considered it a few times since getting into audio, I like long books and even more if it's a series...

I am reading Her Fearful Symmetry and Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans - research for my ocean story.

HFS is meandering and thus far (at halfway) I don't feel particularly drawn to any of the characters. I'm getting the sinking feeling that I'm going to be disappointed by this one. On the other hand, Highgate Cemetery sounds like a fantastically rich historical site that is now on my list of places to visit.

Just started The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.

Just noticed there are no pics, I do like a bio with pics.

Reading Istanbul: Memories and the City - have to also add this to my "currently reading" list on the site. Just started it, good so far.

I finished HFS. It was a fallen souffle of a book. I advise others to take a pass on it. I'm back to finishing The Book Thief and I've started Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World which is going nicely with Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans and giving me a better picture of underwater life.

Currently reading The Profession by Steven Pressfield.

I'm starting the Grant County series by Karin Slaughter with Blindsighted.

This series comes before the Will Trent and the Georgia series, and all three series have connected characters, but I liked the Will Trent and Georgia books so much I decided the timeline didn't matter.

13 July: All very quiet here! I'm still listening to Karin Slaughter's books, now in the middle of the Grant County series. I'll be sorry when I've got through them all. Love the characters and the mysteries are not too cosy :)
Hope some of you got to enjoy today's sunshine, was fabulous here in the West today... judging by my view out the window!

Just picked up the fifth book,A Dance with Dragons in the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of thrones) by George R.R. Martin on Audiobook. Absolutely loving it at the moment.

In print I'm reading Northern Lights. I've heard great things about it, and I'm enjoying it so far.

You'll like Northern Lights. My favourite book of the series is The Subtle Knife. It's one of the few books that kept me interested enough to read in one sitting.

I've officially given up on the book I was reading and have started Bad Men by John Connolly. I thought I'd read all of his stuff but I guess i didn't

I haven't got to John Connolly yet... so many many books to get to!
I'm all up to date with Karin Slaughter's books and did enjoy them but am glad I read the later series first as I liked them more than the first. The first books of Grant County (1st series) were made better for me by having read the later ones LOL

Now reading The Last Child by John Hart and after a pretty slow start, nearly 1/2 the book actually, it's really picked up and I'm getting into it :)

Just finished Dark Matter It was a nick quick read and I would highly recommend it.