What are you reading right now ?

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gemmie1
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Re: What are you reading right now ?

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Fran wrote:Right now believe it or not I'm reading "No! I don't want to join a bookclub" by Virginia Ironside.
Oh I loved that book! Had some laugh out loud moments :)

I have just finished "The Fortune Teller's Daughter" by Lila Shaara ... kept me enthralled from the first page to the last.

Just begun "Bruno, Chief of Police" by Martin Walker. So far so good. A slice of French village life.

Have been reading on and off "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson ... just can't get into it and yet keep going back ... :lol:
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hi guys. i'm 22, new here, and thought this might be a good place to start. i haven't been reading but about year, by reading i mean books, not just reading in general. i've been doing that quite a few years. i never read in high school but the last year i've been reading nonstop. mostly the classics, trying to trudge my way through them and loving it.

right now i'm reading The Diary of Anne Frank as an in-between-books-book. it's a simple read and doesn't take much to follow so it's just a few pages here and there until i get another one.

Just finished reading The Great Gatsby. Personally, i did not like it. Enjoy it? Yes. Like it? No. I know most people would say i just didn't get it. It was just so anti-climatic. Even the tense scenes were subpar for me. I can only remember one time feeling any emotion reading the book. I believe there are so many facets and personalities to the characters that you can't pigeonhole it as most people do and try to interpret it as a "be happy with what you have" kind of book. I'm rambling and sure this isn't where this goes so i'll just stop here......

probably not the best first impression :roll:
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cody00 wrote:Just finished reading The Great Gatsby. Personally, i did not like it. Enjoy it? Yes. Like it? No. I know most people would say i just didn't get it. It was just so anti-climatic. Even the tense scenes were subpar for me. I can only remember one time feeling any emotion reading the book. I believe there are so many facets and personalities to the characters that you can't pigeonhole it as most people do and try to interpret it as a "be happy with what you have" kind of book. I'm rambling and sure this isn't where this goes so i'll just stop here......

probably not the best first impression :roll:
Don't worry about not liking books you read. We all have different opinions. I haven't read The Great Gatsby in about 15 years, but I don't remember really liking it at all. Just because it's labeled a classic doesn't mean that you're required to like it. :)
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I've recently finished reading Three of a kind by Marilyne Kayne. It is an old book but it is a great book. I am now reading The Feather Boy by Nicky Singer, I have almost finished it
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For fun I'm reading "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. For my Mythology class I'm reading "1001 Nights."
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I just wanted to share with you all a book that is very different that I am reading. I have read lot's of vampire books and have become tired of many of them. There is a book called the vampire with the pink handbag by Sharee Greene. This book touches on so many things, it's multicultural, has gay and straight characters and creates a vampire world we have not seen yet.

The book is heavy on emotion and shows this relationship that is completely complex. The lead characters are two gay vampire boys and one is in denial about his sexuality. It's sexy- yet dark, also funny at times, it's a rollercoaster ride of emotions. This book could be loved by teens and adults. Give it a read, the author is new and independent. The website for the author is simply called shareegreene, so visit it and get a copy of this book. Be open minded and you will be truly surprised at the depth to this book.
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zorba the greek
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The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons and Night Sins by Tami Hoag
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I usually don't read Stephen King, but I decided to pick up It, since I love the movie so much, and I've heard they're doing a re-make in 2011. I'm pleasantly surprised; the book is even better than the movie, it's much scarier and the children have more dynamic personalities and backrounds.
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Finishing The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl. All I can say is "wow." This is my first Pearl book and am I impressed. The book is thoroughly engrossing and has whetted my appetite for more Dickens. Surprisingly clean - violence as this is a mystery - but nothing gratuitous and nominal offensive language. This is a gem.
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Faulknerfan wrote:Finishing The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl. All I can say is "wow." This is my first Pearl book and am I impressed. The book is thoroughly engrossing and has whetted my appetite for more Dickens. Surprisingly clean - violence as this is a mystery - but nothing gratuitous and nominal offensive language. This is a gem.
Oh yay...I debated about whether or not to read this after I read The Dante Club, but since you give it a glowing recommendation, I'm going to pick it up!

You might like The Dante Club--I enjoyed it. :)
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david17589 wrote:
jenniwhittaker wrote:I am always interested in what people are reading right now.... I always read something for fun and something to learn from.

Just finished 'The Great Gatsby' for fun, and 'The Little Book Of Thrift' to learn from.

Both were under $20 and both were fab reads.
im just reading the sun paper right now, im not much of a book reader but i would like to get into it as i need to increase my vocab :twisted:
Well i love reading anyways and i just completed' The 8th habit'
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Post by zhindgelle »

I am reading "The Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry.. Just read "the lost symbol" by Dan Brown..what an interesting view.. the potential of the human mind..and that is gonna happen in December 12, 2012..not what we always anticipate which is the apocalypse..
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gemmie1 wrote:
Fran wrote:Have been reading on and off "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson ... just can't get into it and yet keep going back ... :lol:
This is what I am reading now - Girl with the Dragon tattoo - and I love it! It took a couple of chapters to get into it but now i crave the time to read it.
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Post by marvelmite »

just finished several books. Deception Point by dan brown, andromeda strain by michael crichton, the italian secratery by caleb carr (which was a pretty good sherlock holmes tale) and the loch by steve alten, which i was greatly impressed by. now i'm on the creature by pter benchly. thought i'd continue the sea monster thing by going back to the master
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