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DUgosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:05 PM
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What are you reading the week of May 29, 2011?
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:11 PM
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1. Then Everything Changed by Jeff Greenfield
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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 12:24 AM
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2. Writing a ten-page paper on Theodore Sturgeon's story "The Skills of Xanadu"
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:03 AM
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3. finishing Moon walking With Einstein
Edited on Sun May-29-11 10:04 AM by JitterbugPerfume
I started it several weeks ago but got side tracked,

it is about memory , and how we use it .
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 04:21 PM
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4. GONE, BABY, GONE by Dennis Lehane
Finished Well-Schooled.. last night. Not sure, but I think I'll start this Lehane book today...


R


Book 42
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 06:54 PM
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5. Desperado
The L.A. country/rock scene in the late 60's early 70's. Still working on Twain's autobiography and Fear & Loathing.
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 06:25 PM
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6. Finished A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Started Oreo by Fran Ross.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 03:36 PM
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7. Faithful Place by Tana French
A young Irishman from a VERY dysfunctional family decides to elope to England with his girlfriend, only she never shows up and he assumes that she dumped him. Twenty-two years later, he's a Dublin cop, and evidence is found that his girlfriend was actually murdered.

Like French's previous books, this is well-written and full of vivid characters. I'm at the point where the murderer is revealed, and it's who I thought it was, but there's still a lot of book left, so I wonder what else is in store.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 03:55 PM
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8. Still reading "Tripwire" by Lee Child. n/t
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:06 PM
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10. A Reacher book?
I love Jack Reacher books.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:09 PM
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11. Yes. I think it's the second one.
I'm trying to read them in order.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:05 PM
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9. This Body of Death by Elizabeth George
I've read all of her books except for What Came Before He Shot Her.

Liking it so far. She's really good at setting a mood and describing a setting. This one is pretty creepy.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:15 AM
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12. Now reading Wizardborn by David Farland
Book Three of The Runelords series
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 06:14 AM
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13. Just starting "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly. n/t
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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 05:25 PM
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14. Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Edited on Thu Jun-02-11 05:27 PM by elfin
Intricate family saga/mystery set mainly in wartime England.

Wordy and LONG, but worthy for a summertime read.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 05:55 PM
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15. London by Edward Rutherford
I finished Elizabeth I by Margaret George, a really great read as usual. She is my favorite current author. I started AND finished The Secret Life of Bees last weekend and loved, loved, loved it! Sucked me in from the first page, very well and melodically written.

:hi:
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 07:22 PM
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16. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I can't put this book down.
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 09:32 AM
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20. I loved that book. I wish she would hurry up and write another!....
I hope you are enjoying it as much as I did.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 10:30 AM
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21. I am such a slow reader, and that is a good sized book
But I just could not put it down and finished it in four days. I expected it would be the usual 3 weeks it takes me to read a book. But....I now have the lawn to mow, the house to clean, laundry to do. OMG, I feel like "the help". I enjoyed this book completely and think EVERYONE should read it.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 08:07 PM
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17. RELIC by D. Preston and L. Child
This is Book 1 of the Aloysius Pendergast, FBI, series...


http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/C_Authors/Child_Lincoln.html






Book 43
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mvccd1000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 01:54 AM
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18. Not my favorite Pendergast book...
... I only gave that one 3 stars out of 5.

It wasn't until "Ice Limit" and "Still Life with Crows" that I gave him 5 stars.

He's a great character, though!
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 08:41 AM
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19. Got to page 67 or so last night
and I still haven't met the great detective. One thing though, the book is scary at times but still the characters do smile and very lightly joke despite the circumsances. I love a scary book with a light touch.

The author fearlessly goes where no man goes before him - kills off 2 kids and a hound dog without mercy. Usually that's enough to make me quit and change to another book...:) :)
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mvccd1000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:19 AM
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23. I think you'll really like Pendergast.
I had the misfortune to read "Still Life With Crows" first, and that's been my favorite one so far. (And that means that all the others have been let-downs in comparison.)

For you, though, it means something to look forward to as the series continues to get better! :)
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The Northerner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-04-11 02:47 AM
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22. In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
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sea_dream Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:50 AM
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24. Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Great book about Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp and I don't read Western novels. It is a well told, rich, realistic and moving story of the Old West.
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