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Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #38130]

Thu, 06 January 2011 15:17

jmeadows
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Location: Virginia, USA

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Here is where you can talk about what you're reading right now. If you particularly enjoyed a book and would like to recommend it to other readers, just say so and I will add it to our LibraryThing catalog.

[Updated on: Wed, 02 March 2011 09:37] by Moderator

Smooshes!

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #38240 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Thu, 13 January 2011 00:26

danceswithpahis
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Registered: October 2008

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I'm sure I'm not the only one reading this (in fact, I'm guessing others have posted this already in past months, although I haven't seen it), but I just finished the wonderful "All Clear" by Connie Willis. Ms. Willis is an expert at coming up with complex, intricately woven strands of story that at the end somehow all come together in an amazing way. My favorite books by her are "The Doomsday Book" and "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (for those who have somehow missed her, the second book is hilarious, the first [as one might guess from the title] is much more somber, in a good, thought-provoking way]), but I have enjoyed "Blackout" and "All Clear" a lot as well. The latter two are set in WWII, and are really (by the author's own claim) one book separated into two. I really enjoyed both of them. One big warning for any readers, however: make SURE you read Blackout first, since otherwise you will be confused (see: really one book). It would be like picking up "The Two Towers" before reading "The Fellowship of the Ring": "What? Boromir died? Who in the heck is THAT?"

"Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!"

-- Lilo ("Lilo and Stitch")

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #38251 is a reply to message #38240 ]

Thu, 13 January 2011 17:27

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danceswithpahis wrote on Thu, 13 January 2011 18:26

I had it out of the library over the holidays. I really liked the first one but I got seriously bored with the second one because I was waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen. ANd it did but right at the very very end.

Personally that book could have been half the size and still been a good story

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #38381 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Mon, 17 January 2011 19:52

Beauty/Anna
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Location: America

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by (need I say?) JRR Tolkien

[Updated on: Mon, 17 January 2011 19:53]

"You are your best resource for success"

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Tue, 18 January 2011 07:04

holmes44
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Sutton,Quebec

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hidden city by michelle west[sagara]. for the tenth time.waiting for house name to come in.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #38579 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Mon, 24 January 2011 16:53

Robyn Sue
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Location: Texas

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Not much has changed.... :/

The Outlaws of Sherwood by our lovely Robin McKinley (who I want to spell with a 'y') Smile

Raised By Wolves by Jennifer Barnes

Plus two that are on the shelf because I own them. And I want to get rid of my possible at least $20.00 fine....
A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

[Updated on: Thu, 03 February 2011 11:52]

Am I crazy if listen to the voices in my little world? :D

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Mon, 24 January 2011 20:04

Angelia
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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (which, of course, meant I had to reread The Shadow of the Wind)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

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Fri, 28 January 2011 11:11

Angelia
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I seem to be stuck in dystopia! I've just finished Ness's, The Ask and the Answer; Condie's, Matched; and Fisher's, Incarceron. Whew! They were all well-done and enjoyable, but I think I need a good, cheerful Cherry Ames or Nancy Drew to recover! Smile

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Fri, 28 January 2011 13:45

white_roses
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I must be going crazy. Despite too much other stuff doing, I am trying to read a book too. But then again, I wouldn't be me if I wasn't acting crazy, and books are part of my crazy. So.

Juliet by Anne Fortier

"I feel the best way to know God is to love many things." --Van Gogh

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #39130 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Sun, 06 February 2011 18:46

ravenclawgirl
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A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith. I liked it. I had gotten it for my Kindle because it was on the cheaper end of things, and I only had so much Christmas money left. I felt kind of stupid because I didn't predict the plot twist that happened about halfway through the book, and I really should have. I think that was because I was kind of hoping that it wouldn't happen, and instead they would have to deal with the repercussions of it continuing on that path. But anyway. I haven't decided if it will be on my (virtual) reread pile or not. But it was a good one-off, at least, with several Girls Who Do Something(s).

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Tue, 08 February 2011 10:00

Robyn Sue
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Robyn Sue wrote on Mon, 24 January 2011 15:53

Not much has changed.... :/

The Outlaws of Sherwood by our lovely Robin McKinley (who I want to spell with a 'y') Smile

The list has changed!
It is now:
Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
and maybe a another book....I don't know yet.
Oh, and my fine is $20.70... Told y'all it was going to be over $20. Smile

Am I crazy if listen to the voices in my little world? :D

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #39529 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Sat, 19 February 2011 12:34

_ned
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Location: Baton Rouge

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Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams, for class. About six other things (mostly whatever I happen to be standing nearest) for fun, including Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett and an Emma Goldman biography that my sociopolitical friend threw at me as I was leaving. Oh: Love, Anarchy and Emma Goldman. It's good, but I can't get much past the first few pages because every second paragraph starts with "Emma Goldman had some insecurities for real. And depression sometimes! But she wrote a lot of letters in her exile from the United States, and some of them were about being depressed and insecure."

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Mon, 21 February 2011 23:54

librarykat
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Location: Redneck Riviera

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For the past three weeks I've been rereading Chalice during my lunch breaks at school, where I work one day a week. I can't read a book for the first time like that - THEN I want to just devour it quickly! But, second, third, fourth, etc. readings can be leisurely and spread out over several weeks. I always easily find my place each week. During the course of the school year I usually reread Beauty, The Blue Sword, Hero and the Crown, and now Chalice (which I added to the collection last year), along with some of the Tamora Pierce books.

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #39612 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Tue, 22 February 2011 12:44

Honey_Bee
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Tennessee

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I'm almost finished with Poison Study by Maria V Snyder. I think I saw it recommended in this forum somewhere. I'm having an interesting reaction to it--while I find the story very engaging (stayed up way too late last night reading), I'm resistant to the writing style and (what I feel is) rushed romance. But I must say, I'm a sucker for an emotional-detached black haired man (Snape, anyone?).

I'm about to pick up Ash by Malinda Lo at the library after work which I heard recommended on the History Chicks podcast about Cinderella. Anyone here read Ash yet?

_{"All knowledge is worth having."}

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Tue, 22 February 2011 13:34

L.R.K.
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Honey_Bee wrote on Tue, 22 February 2011 18:44

But I must say, I'm a sucker for an emotional-detached black haired man (Snape, anyone?).

Indeed.

Though I don't know if, in my case, it has more to do with Alan Rickman. Smile

I actually just recently read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and found myself getting a bit cross at the anti-Snape bias.

Also some anti-cat comments - if Professor MacGonegall didn't like taking cat-shape I'd have suspected it of anti-feline bias! I wonder, is the name of Mrs Norris, the cat, any reference to the "Mansfield Park" character? Just wondering...

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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Tue, 22 February 2011 16:51

Robyn Sue
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Honey_Bee wrote on Tue, 22 February 2011 11:44

I'm about to pick up Ash by Malinda Lo at the library after work which I heard recommended on the History Chicks podcast about Cinderella. Anyone here read Ash yet?

I haven't read it, but I've heard of it. It seems interesting. The reviews that I glanced at on Barnes and Noble were good reviews. Tell me how it goes, please. Smile

Am I crazy if listen to the voices in my little world? :D

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Thu, 24 February 2011 21:34

athenapallas87
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Registered: February 2011
Location: Portland, Oregon

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Just finished rereading "The Name Of The Wind" by the wonderful Patrick Rothfuss on Monday, and today the omnibus edition of "The Last Wizard"+"Child Of The Grove" by Tanya Huff. Two fantastic authors. And if those books aren't on that list, I'll be mighty shocked (especially Rothfuss!).

I'm muddling through "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalup, and attempting to slough through Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry; I'm still on book one. Not sure yet if I can recommend them to anyone just yet.

Also continuing Charlotte Bronte's "Vilette," which is turning into a totally different book than I first thought it would be, in all the right ways.

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Re: Jan.-Feb. 2011 What Are You Reading? [message #39985 is a reply to message #38130 ]

Wed, 02 March 2011 09:37

Maren
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