What I'm Reading Now--July 2009

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BCCJillster	What I'm Reading Now--July 2009		Lead	[-]
07/01/09 08:39 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	Tags : None My favorite thread to read: What ARE you reading now? I'm still in Angel's Game without clumps of time to read; no fault of the book at all. It is a page turner for the most part. Im really looking forward to our group reads and my huge and huger TBR stack, growing daily. Death of a Cozy Writer arrived yesterday and of course I had to put Bottom of the Pie on hold among others. what's a girl to do? Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s) Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin
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bayjoens		#1	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 10:22 AM	I'm reading Cemetery Dance, the new Preston/Childs book. Sandra
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wernoclue		#2	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 12:39 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	I managed no reading time at all last night -- what's up with that? Still reading In the Kitchen by Monica Ali but still not very far along. I placed my Amazon order last night for our upcoming reads, but of course I had to add a couple of others... I want Betsy's opinion on Sweetness before I add that one to my pile. Karen I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen
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pioneerbee		#3	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 01:09 PM	I ahve been up until past midnight these past few nights reading Angel's game. Remember a couple of months ago we were talking about about how we were looking for a really good book that really gripped us, well, that's how Angel's Game has been for me. It's been awhile since I have tried to get to bed early just so I can get more reading in. There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. Mirabel Osler
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Cierdwyn		#4	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 02:13 PM	Today I got _Hissy Fit_ by Mary Kay Andrews, _Bookends_ by Jane Green, and _Murder on the Ballart Train_ by Kerry Greenwood (one of those Phryne Fisher mysteries someone here recommended) out of the library
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Blanchard		#5	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 03:00 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master	Go for it, Karen! I'm not finished but it is holding up nicely. I love it!! Try it; you'll like it! Mikey does!! Betsy Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh
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wernoclue		#6	[url]	[-]
07/01/09 11:51 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	Then I will. Thank goodness I'd submitted my Amazon order before you said that... ;) BTW, Mary, I was the one at chat tonight who was talking about the resolution to not buy more books. I have a four shelf built in in my living room and a two shelf next to my reading chair (with the better part of the bottom shelf given over to the grandson). But then the stacks were piling on top of the three shelf, and on the floor next to the reading chair and, oh, there are a few holding up the lamp on my bedside table. Really, it's completely out of control. According to my LT catalog I have 155 books on my TBR and I know it's actually more than that -- I'm just embarrassed to mark more of them that way. My summer resolution is that I am only allowed to read from a list chosen from books I already own PLUS whatever my two book groups choose (this group and a face group). And I'm only allowed to buy new books from that list. Which, of course, I've already broken this week. Twice. Well, I pretty much broke them today so -- YAY! -- I stuck to it for one whole month! Resolutions were never my strong point... Karen I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen
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riverblue		#7	[url]	[-]
07/03/09 10:51 PM	Reading 'The Secret Scripture' at last - way behind you all! I'm about 100 pages in and it's just beautiful! I love the writing, I'm trying to take it slowly to savour the images and get the most out of it. Barb
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wernoclue		#8	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 02:15 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	Barb, I need to learn that "take it slowly" thing. That was definitely, for me at least, a book where the writing was to be savored. Karen I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen
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BCCJillster		#9	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 06:00 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	Reading faster is always a wish of mine, so I can consume more books, but I do find that when I speed up, I remember less. Usually I'm wolfing down an ending, especially of a page turner or mystery and then realize that, within a short time, I no longer remember the ending, though other parts of the book will have stuck with me. There are a couple of writers who, though they're not literary giants on the lists of faves, tend to write images that stick with me. One of them is Jane Urquhart, Away and Map of Glass. It's simply delicious when something that appears in a book comes back as a memory, as part of my life, and takes a momentary adjustment to place as having been read in a book. Love that. Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s) Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin
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kathylaz		#10	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 07:15 AM	I don't know how to "savor" either....I always tend to read too fast. Job hazard, maybe. And I find that I'm remembering less and less as the years go by. Age hazard, maybe. So I end up reading books more than once. But, that's OK! Still enjoying Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; forced to read a little more slowly, though, because of the foreign setting and names. I'm trying to make sure I understand everything and don't miss any clues, because the story is so intricate. Also started The Angel's Game yesterday when I was getting the oil changed in the car; I was glad there was a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG line! kathy Reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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riverblue		#11	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 07:55 AM	Well, as I said I'm trying to take it slowly but it's hard - I tend to read too fast too and then there's the pressure of a pile of other library books with deadlines waiting..... but this is a book worth slowing down for. The language is just gorgeous! Barb
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BCCJillster		#12	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 08:19 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	Wasn't someone listening to Secret Scripture on audio? I'm curious as to the effect of hearing the accents. Did it make it harder than reading? Did it ease off (ie become closer to English syntax) as it progressed through the story? Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s) Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin
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pioneerbee		#13	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 12:24 PM	"reading too fast"- ok, this is my argument for reading the end of books first- when you aren't obsessed with 'what happens' you can enjoy the read more. There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. Mirabel Osler
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Cierdwyn		#14	[url]	[-]
07/04/09 11:33 PM	So, my search for warm and fuzzy (or at least a radical change from murder and mayhem) has been successful Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews and Sweetgrass by Mary Alice Monroe were quite refreshing, if more than a little bit derivative and predictable I'm about to dive into Bookends by Jane Green (my first of hers.. I keep seeing her at the store and thinking she looks interesting but never actually pick on of hers up until now) Also have Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner in the queue Oh, and crunched the first three Phyrne Fisher novels by Kerry Greenwood and enjoyed them in a superficial pulp fiction way EDITED TO ADD WOOT WOOT!! There's going to be a 4th installment of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's Starcatchers series (Peter and the Starcatchers/and the Shadow Theives/and the Secret of Rundoon/ and the Sword of Mercy ) out in October... these are SOO fun Last Edited By: Cierdwyn 07/04/09 11:54 PM. Edited 1 time.
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wernoclue		#15	[url]	[-]
07/05/09 05:33 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	pioneerbee wrote: "reading too fast"- ok, this is my argument for reading the end of books first- when you aren't obsessed with 'what happens' you can enjoy the read more. Ah, now that's an argument I can understand. Unlike my dil who reads the last 5 pages first and then decides she doesn't need to read the book because she already knows what happened. But largely, for me at least, I read too fast because there are just sooo many other books I really, really want to read and there's only so much time. I'm feeling both of those presumably age-related things that Kathy mentioned more and more these days. And I still have those 155+ unread books on my shelves. Actually, I should just give some of those away unopened because I've decided that I don't really want to read them after all. They're going to languish there forever when the space could be taken up by... other books! (Or at least I could move some off the floor that way...) Karen I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen
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pioneerbee		#16	[url]	[-]
07/05/09 02:42 PM	Karen- you made me laugh, more book space. Do you find that sometimes by reading to fast you miss parts of the story? I do. For example, and this is minor, just an example.....in Angel's Game David looks for his manuscript and then chapters later he doesn't have it so I had to go back and reread because I thought he had been carrying it around and I had misread that he had left it behind. I don't want to describe it more for those who haven't finished yet. There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. Mirabel Osler
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BCCTril		#17	[url]	[-]
07/05/09 09:04 PM	Me, I'm listening to Secret Scripture and going to give up. I have restarted it three times this week. I am lost. I do realize that the lady is in a home for people with mental problems. I got about 3 discs is and had to start over. So today when disc one rolled back to the beginning and I thought I would let it go, I realized that I need to get the hard copy. I listen to books all the time while driving, but sometimes I need to see the words. I tried to go to the library today but they were closed all weekend, I wonder if it was more to save money than to give the employees an extra day off. Mary Reading: Angel's Game and Secret Scripture
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BCCJillster		#18	[url]	[-]
07/05/09 09:32 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	Mary, I thought it might tricky to listen to, partly because it changes time so often, and narrators as well. I don't do well listening to most novels. I have been able to enjoy several while driving, but in the house, my mind jumps around too much and I realize I've missed and don't know where I am. I wish I could do more audio because when my eyes are bothering me, I'd love to listen. For Secret Scripture, I think it's worth trying the hard copy Mary. Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s) Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin Here's to librariers, our bookateria
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wernoclue		#19	[url]	[-]
07/05/09 10:39 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	Finished In the Kitchen by Monica Ali today. Liked it a lot -- much better than Brick Lane, IMO. Except the protagonist was a thoroughly unlikable character so I'm really not sure why I liked it. Taking a breather with The Language of Bees, the latest in Laurie R King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, before I move on to Life of Pi for my face group. Karen I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen
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Olle		#20	[url]	[-]
07/06/09 01:37 AM	Read "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore which is a fantasy book and I liked it. Would rec it to my ds but it has sex in it and, well, we decided he can read other stuff. The main character is a woman who was 'Graced' with something extra. One can be graced with just about anything, no fear of heights, great swimmer, sense the weather, etc. There are kings, queens, princes and princesses in the book. Lots of action and some very cold weather. I wouldn't be surprised if she writes another although it doesn't mention more being written. Definitely stands alone. By the way, the author received a Master's from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. Sounds like a neat degree, doesn't it? Then I read "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick. There was some very nice writing in this book but, man, what a downer. And it had more sex than a magazine with a brown wrapper. Lots of thinking about it, even more than the act itself. Don't get me wrong, sex could make for a happy book...but not the way these people dealt with it. Towards the very end the author, as part of the story, fills the reader in on what the whole book was about. Which was considerate of him as I'd been wondering. Here it is in one word Spoiler [+] despair Now I don't have to ask any of you to read it to let me know what it was about. :)
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What I'm Reading Now--July 2009

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