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Martin is 50% done with The Snow Leopard

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Martin is 25% done with Kriya Yoga: Four Spiritual Masters and a Beginner

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Martin is starting A Little Life

Ugh - I just can’t. It’s too much. Now I understand the term “trauma porn”.
1/2 way through and I’m dropping it.

— Dec 28, 2025 04:24PM Add a comment

Martin is on page 116 of 443 of The Orphan Master's Son

I’m really enjoying this insight into North Korea. Adam Johnson is a great storyteller - I like the pace.

— Sep 04, 2023 03:15PM Add a comment

Martin is on page 225 of 408 of The Song of Achilles

So far so good!
I read 1/2 of it in one day by the pool on the Greek island Amorgos.

— Aug 10, 2023 06:11AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 117 of 330 of Blue Skinned Gods

— Apr 22, 2023 06:33PM Add a comment

Martin is starting I'll Never Write My Memoirs

All hail & kneel before The One we call GRACE! So excited to devour this.

— Oct 08, 2015 06:59PM Add a comment

Martin is 50% done with Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing

Tracey's done it again. Not only do I want her to be my BFF because of Bedsit Disco Queen, I REALLY want to be a real singer and not just the kind that is a living room legend.

— Sep 11, 2015 03:10PM Add a comment

Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing

Martin is on page 250 of 561 of We Are Water

So far, so good. I read the first 250 pages yesterday and it is another Wally Lamb hit! The way that he found the most believable voice with Dolores Price he finds again but with several voices and both female and male. I like reading his books because the people in them are so believable and human, living their lives that has been created by their life experiences thus far.

— Feb 17, 2014 07:18AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 100 of 336 of Fieldwork

So far so good! This is s great story that is intricately woven into the landscape of northern Thaialand where something strange is going on with a pack of missionaries and a mysterious murder.

— May 19, 2011 08:54AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 220 of 427 of The Birth of Venus

Things have now picked up dramatically and the story is good & juicy. Definitely pulled in now. Why did Dunant use 150 pages to set the stage before she made it interesting? Losing a star on the rating for that.

— Mar 06, 2011 09:17AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 150 of 427 of The Birth of Venus

Not sure if I'm going to make it through this one. Going to give it a few more pages then a decision will be made. Not doing it for me so far and I keep glancing at other books on my shelves that are dying to be read.

— Mar 05, 2011 07:20AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 325 of 509 of Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)

Getting on a plane in a few hours and can't wait to finish this page turner. It is masterfully woven and I can't wait to find out who the serial killer is since they are looking in all the wrong places! The only thing I don't like is that my bookstore didn't have the sequel "Secret Speech".

— Feb 03, 2011 06:02AM Add a comment

Martin is on page 250 of 509 of Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)

Ooh, I wish I didn't have to work today so I could devour the rest of this thrill ride through Stalinist Russia in the 50s - this is good readin'!!

— Jan 31, 2011 01:32PM Add a comment

Martin is on page 300 of 384 of Doghead

Wow - this is a fabulous book - I LOVE IT!!!

— Oct 02, 2009 04:40PM Add a comment

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