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I just finished reading Still Alice. Wow, it was really moving. It was a fictional book written from the point of view of a woman who is diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. She is 50 years old, a Harvard professor in language, very sharp, and all of sudden this hits her. A very interesting book.

I have that one on my shelf also.

I just started The Book Thief last night and at first I was like - OK this is wierd, but then I couldnt put it down......
Great book.

I thought the same thing when I first started reading it. Then I realized that the narrator is "death". I really enjoyed it. I passed it on to one of my 16 year olds & she loved it also.
 
Just finished White Oleander. I really enjoyed the book! Not sure why, but I liked it.

Now, I'm reading I Am the Messenger, by Marcus Zusak. He's the one that wrote The Book Thief. I loved that book, so I'm anxious to get into this one. Hopefully, it will be as good.

Next on deck is Eat, Pray, Love.
 
Before that, I read, "The Second Opinion" by Michael Palmer. Also a really great book!

I've not heard of that one - I'm writing it down.

I ended up really enjoying that book.

The Book Thief was really interesting. It's a Young Adult book, but I have a hard time picturing my 13 year old reading it.

Now, I'm reading I Am the Messenger, by Marcus Zusak. He's the one that wrote The Book Thief. I loved that book, so I'm anxious to get into this one. Hopefully, it will be as good.

Next on deck is Eat, Pray, Love.

Let us know on the other Zusak book. :)
I did not really enjoy Eat, Pray, Love -- I found the the author very irritating and self-absorbed. I wanted to like it, but I just found it tedious.
 
I'm so happy to hear good comments on the Book Theif. I just picked that up today.
 

I've not heard of that one - I'm writing it down.



The Book Thief was really interesting. It's a Young Adult book, but I have a hard time picturing my 13 year old reading it.



Let us know on the other Zusak book. :)
I did not really enjoy Eat, Pray, Love -- I found the the author very irritating and self-absorbed. I wanted to like it, but I just found it tedious.

I'll let you know about I am the Messenger. I've heard the same thing about Eat, Pray, Love from other people, but it's on my list, and I hate to cross something off without giving it a fair shot. I'll let you know what I think.
 
I started reading Riding in Cars with Dead People yesterday AM and couldn't put it down! I am almost done!!

Next up - Born on a Blue Day
 
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Well, I whizzed through all of the Aurora Teagarden books, talk about fast reads! For some reason I found them just "eh" though, no real desire to re read them, where as I could re read the Sookie ones. I actually finished the latest Sookie in three hours on Friday. The Auroras took from Friday to this afternoon to read. NOw to find something else.......
 
Excellent read. This is one of my favorite books.

Just finished Into Thin Air. It was fascinating, but almost excruciating to read - especially knowing the people that were not going to survive. :guilty:

The epilogue was most interesting, when Krakauer defends himself (finally) after DeWalt's book The Climb comes out with quite a different story, from the Russain climber's point of view, and DeWalt attacks Krakauer's integrity as a journalist. Krakauer does a good job of systematically discrediting him.
 
I just finished, An Appointment with Death, by Agatha Christie. I enjoyed it! I thought of a few candidates for who did the crime. But I was off. I've really enjoyed Agatha Christie. I have a few more of hers on hold now.
 
I'm reading "Over the Edge of the World" by Laurence Bergreen, a narrative history about Megellan's circumnavigation of the globe in the early 1500s. One word: Fascinating!
 
Well, I whizzed through all of the Aurora Teagarden books, talk about fast reads! For some reason I found them just "eh" though, no real desire to re read them, where as I could re read the Sookie ones. I actually finished the latest Sookie in three hours on Friday. The Auroras took from Friday to this afternoon to read. NOw to find something else.......

Are the Aurora's worth reading? They are next on my to-read list.
 
What are these Aurora & Sookie books?

The author is Charlaine Harris. The Sookie Stackhouse series is the one they based the HBO series True Blood on, premise is that vampires "came out" and are accepted by society. Sookie is a telepath, she can read the thoughts of "normal" people, not vampires. SHe takes up with Bill, a vamp that died shortly after the Civil War ended, alos feature shape shifters, werewolves, etc. Fun, light books. THe Aurora Teagarden series features a young librarian from an Atlanta suburb, always seems to walk into murders. HEre are some links:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=sookie+stackhouse

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=aurora+teagarden
 
Are the Aurora's worth reading? They are next on my to-read list.
The Aurora books were my second favorite of Harris' series books. I agree with getting them from the library. They are easy to read, and I found them interesting. I didn't need to own them, though.
 
I'm a few chapters into The Crow Road, by Iain Banks. So far I like it.

Recently read: The Memory Keeper's Daughter (good book) and The Kite Runner (great book). Oh, I also read a few weeks ago Saving Fish From Drowning (Amy Tan). I really liked this book, but I didn't care for the way she ended the book.
 
Finished Emma by Jane Austen yesterday, really liked it, fun book!

Following it up with the first Aurora book by Charlaine Harris.
 
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