Spring "What are you reading?" Book Thread

[Pastamom]

Just finished Lucid Intervals - A Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods
and
9th Judgement by James Patterson.

Both were good

 

[poohbear158]

I just bought The Help on my Kindle a few days ago... so far I really like it.

 

[WeDisney4]

I just finished "Winter Garden" and was crying like a baby by the end.....good book!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I just had my 1st cry like a baby book & Loved it!
So when I saw your review I checked it out on Amazon & was just going to confirm w/ you that it's the one by Kristin Hannah.

Next I wanted to recommend my cry like a baby book ~ Firefly Lane.
But I couldn't remember the author, so I kooked it up...Kristin Hannah!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I Really can't wait to start Winter Garden! Thanks so much!

 

[Irin997]

I'm currently in the middle of Sybil, the book about the woman with 16 personalities. It's pretty interesting. It reads like a fiction novel, but it's been a slow read for me, even though it's interesting. I'm about 1/2 way through.

 

[gillenkl]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I just had my 1st cry like a baby book & Loved it!
So when I saw your review I checked it out on Amazon & was just going to confirm w/ you that it's the one by Kristin Hannah.

Next I wanted to recommend my cry like a baby book ~ Firefly Lane.
But I couldn't remember the author, so I kooked it up...Kristin Hannah!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I Really can't wait to start Winter Garden! Thanks so much!

yes, that's the author - now you've made me want to read Firefly Lane.....

 

[nunzia]

I finished The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner today. Almost to the end, realized that I had already read this book a long time ago. That's okay though, it was as thrilling and hard to put down as the first time.

Isn't Lisa Gardner a fun read? I've read all her books, very enjoyable.

 

[Kirby]

So I've finished Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels. I think I'll read book 2. I want to find out what they do to the next person.

But at the moment I'm reading Burned by PC Cast and someone else I can't remember at the moment. It's number something or other in the House of Night series. My daughter read it and at the end she said "there's going to be another one??????!!!!!!". I think that she is ready for this series to end.

 

[calypso726]

Just finsihed the newest Sookie Stackhouse book, Dead in the Family and am now half way through John Sandford's Storm Prey.

 

[wide awake]

I finished "Storm Prey" a few days ago. I didn't bother reading the last 40 or so pages...I get tired of the drama. I also feel like writing him a letter and telling him that I'm sick of the seed plot line.

Books I've enjoyed lately...a couple on standardized testing, (I'm a teacher), the newest Elizabeth George, a couple on leprosy, "Burned" a memoir from a woman whose mother and to a lesser extent her father were burnt in a fire, the latest Scott Turow, Blame: A novel, and the new Maisie Dobb's mystery. I'm in the middle of "Cutting for Stone", which is turning out to be much more enjoyable than I originally thought.

 

[Julia M]

This is technically a children's book, but I'd like to recommend a favorite of mine: Elijah of Buxton. It's by Christopher Paul Curtis. It is truly an amazing book. It may be children's lit, but it is way more than that.

here's a summary: After his mother rebukes him for screaming that hoop snakes have invaded Buxton, gullible 11-year-old Elijah confesses to readers that "there ain't nothing in the world she wants more than for me to quit being so doggone fra-gile." Inexperienced and prone to mistakes, yet kind, courageous, and understanding, Elijah has the distinction of being the first child born in the Buxton Settlement, which was founded in Ontario in 1849 as a haven for former slaves. Narrator Elijah tells an episodic story that builds a broad picture of Buxton's residents before plunging into the dramatic events that take him out of Buxton and, quite possibly, out of his depth. In the author's note, Curtis relates the difficulty of tackling the subject of slavery realistically through a child's first-person perspective. Here, readers learn about conditions in slavery at a distance, though the horrors become increasingly apparent. Among the more memorable scenes are those in which Elijah meets escaped slaves—first, those who have made it to Canada and, later, those who have been retaken by slave catchers. Central to the story, these scenes show an emotional range and a subtlety unusual in children's fiction. Many readers drawn to the book by humor will find themselves at times on the edges of their seats in suspense and, at other moments, moved to tears.

Julia

 

[nunzia]

I finished "Storm Prey" a few days ago. I didn't bother reading the last 40 or so pages...I get tired of the drama. I also feel like writing him a letter and telling him that I'm sick of the seed plot line.

Books I've enjoyed lately...a couple on standardized testing, (I'm a teacher), the newest Elizabeth George, a couple on leprosy, "Burned" a memoir from a woman whose mother and to a lesser extent her father were burnt in a fire, the latest Scott Turow, Blame: A novel, and the new Maisie Dobb's mystery. I'm in the middle of "Cutting for Stone", which is turning out to be much more enjoyable than I originally thought.

I really enjoy Elizabeth George also. I have the new one as a promo (This Body of Death) but I need to read Careless in Red before that and haven't been able to get that as my free weekly book yet (not enough on the shelf, etc) so am holding off. I feel guilty buying books when I have hundreds I get for free at my second job.

 

[chocovrdmicears]

I just finished the Nora Roberts Chesapeake Bay Trilogy (Sea Swept, Rising Tides,and Inner Harbor). I really enjoyed all 3 books.
I just started The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom and I LOVE it. I cannot put it down. I was up until 2:00 am reading it.

 

[CherylA]

I just finished "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" and I really enjoyed it. Highly recommend!

 

[Tisha_PA]

I just finished "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" and I really enjoyed it. Highly recommend!

I just got that one for my nook but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

I'm currently reading Bullet by Laurell K Hamilton.

 

[thewesterberg]

Last month's book club selection was "A Thousand Splendid Sons" by Khaled Hosseini. Good book, but we decided that we needed to take a break from books that deal with slavery/oppression of women/mean men... unintentionally our last few books have had that theme... one of my friends said although she loves her husband dearly, she was starting to "hate" him and all men after these last few books!

Found some lighter reading the last couple of weeks. I read "Good Grief" by Lolly Winston - a good summer read. A sad theme (it's the story of a 36 year old widow), but done very humorously - she leaves town to reinvent her life and has a wit and humor about herself in the midst of her grief.

I just finished "Goodnight Nobody" by Jennifer Weiner... another fun summer read. A mom that lives in the suburbs (and feels really out of place amongst the "perfect" moms she meets at the playground) goes to a playdate to find the mom murdered in the kitchen. So she begins an unofficial investigation "from 8:45-11:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school". A fun murder/mystery (is it okay to call a murder/mystery fun?!)

Next up for book club: "The Jane Austen Book Club" by Karen Joy Fowler. Each of the six chapters is dedicated to one of the six book club members as well as one of Austen's six works. In turn, each of Austen's novels parallels the individual characters' experiences with relationships and love.

 

[Pastamom]

I just finished the Nora Roberts Chesapeake Bay Trilogy (Sea Swept, Rising Tides,and Inner Harbor). I really enjoyed all 3 books.
I just started The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom and I LOVE it. I cannot put it down. I was up until 2:00 am reading it.

I read those - liked them - There's a 4th Chesapeake Blue (I think) about the young boy.

Just started the Bride Quartet series - taking the 2nd one on my cruise next week along with some pother fun "beach reading"

Read the 9th Judgement by Jame Patterson - pretty good -

Reading Deception by Jonathan Kellerman - so far so good.

 

[wide awake]

To Nunzia,
Careless in Red was pretty good. For obvious reasons I didn't want to like it, but still good. This latest one is better, almost as good as Playing for the Ashes...I also liked What happened Before he Shot Her. It seems that EG has found her niche again, to tell you the truth I haven't enjoyed her books since the last one that Havers played a central role...and then the soso ones, the mess w/ Helen...this latest is the real thing. I know this isn't nice, but I don't like the ones where St. James and Deborah are central...okay if they're peripheral. I can forgive A LOT for the good Lynley ones. Do you like Havers ? I love her character, and I was cheering all the way when she moved out on her own.

 

[gymboqueenkaylee]

Jodi Picoult "House Rules" only a few pages into it...it seems excellent so far.

 

[Kriii]

Just finished "House Rules" and loved it! Also just finished "A Bend in the Road" by Nicholas Sparks and enjoyed it also, though it wasn't better than "The Notebook."

 

[jamounger]

Just finished The Girl Who Played With Fire this morning and am half way thru The Spire by Richard North Patterson. I will have to put The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest on my Kindle tomorrow. I am a book a day girl.