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  • Theia
    Theia Posts: 145
    riotgrl wrote: »
    Anita Diamant's The Red Tent

    Loved that book! Heard they are making a TV movie, I think. Not interested.
    Right now I am reading the funnies by J Robert Lennon. Quirky, light reading.
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    After I finish Gaiman's American Gods, I'm starting The Martian by Andy Weir
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    he.who.forgets wrote: »
    After I finish Gaiman's American Gods, I'm starting The Martian by Andy Weir
    Good choice - an excellent book.

    I just started The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey (who by the way is an interesting writer, originally self-published on Amazon but made the leap to best-seller lists). A couple of pages in is this little paragraph made me smile:

    "My mother was from Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. She used to say her greatest find was my father, this crazy white shell who washed up on the beach one day. She said if you put your ear up to him you could hear traffic and car horns and people from Boston talking funny."
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • marilor
    marilor St Etienne, France Posts: 618
    Not a book but the last Rolling Stone Collector Magazine about Uncle Neil
    "We were but stones, ...Your light made us stars"
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    edited January 2015
    ldent42 wrote: »
    River's Song by Melody Carlson.

    book had a cute story, thought it was poorly written. So I was enjoying it up until the last 2-3 chapters. Then it seemed to floor it right over a cliff. And it turns out it's the first in a series!

    I need to get back into my comfort zone. Probably going to read Percy Jackson or HHGTTG again.
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  • madtowndave
    madtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,013
    Re-reading Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore so I can finish the trilogy. Just finished up Redeployment - that is a great damn collection of short stories!!!
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,000
    Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by the great Tom Robbins..
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    The 12th Planet by Zekaria Sitchin, can't wait to start this
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,000
    badbrains wrote: »
    The 12th Planet by Zekaria Sitchin, can't wait to start this

    thats nice..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,380
    edited January 2015
    Just finished, "All the Light We Can Not See, " by Anthony Doerr. I would recommend it.

    Started, "The Dew Breakers," by Edwidge Danticat
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2015/02/03/breaking-news-harper-lee-to-publish-a-second-novel/

    You could hear the audible gasps at the Southern Living offices this morning when we saw the Tweet:

    This, of course, is major. Lee is legendary for having published the Pulitzer Prize-winning “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 1960, and never publishing another book. Until now. The novel, called “Go Set a Watchman,” was written in the 1950s and is a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird.” According to her publisher, the 304-page book will be released July 14 and will reveal Scout’s life as an adult woman. It is set in Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1950s.

    In the meantime, for more on Lee, read our guide to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, and learn about our July 2014 Sip & Flip Book: “Spend A Day With Harper Lee.”

    We get to learn what happened to Scout. It’s going to take a minute to let this news sink in. Who is joining us in counting down to July 14?
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    he.who.forgets wrote: »
    http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2015/02/03/breaking-news-harper-lee-to-publish-a-second-novel/

    You could hear the audible gasps at the Southern Living offices this morning when we saw the Tweet:

    This, of course, is major. Lee is legendary for having published the Pulitzer Prize-winning “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 1960, and never publishing another book. Until now. The novel, called “Go Set a Watchman,” was written in the 1950s and is a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird.” According to her publisher, the 304-page book will be released July 14 and will reveal Scout’s life as an adult woman. It is set in Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1950s.

    In the meantime, for more on Lee, read our guide to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, and learn about our July 2014 Sip & Flip Book: “Spend A Day With Harper Lee.”

    We get to learn what happened to Scout. It’s going to take a minute to let this news sink in. Who is joining us in counting down to July 14?

    Very interesting, look forward to reading!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,013
    Just finished Inside Camp X by Lynn-Philip Hodgson (an interesting companion to A Man Called Intrepid), about to start a collection of Gustav Dore illustrations.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    he.who.forgets wrote: »
    http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2015/02/03/breaking-news-harper-lee-to-publish-a-second-novel/

    You could hear the audible gasps at the Southern Living offices this morning when we saw the Tweet:

    This, of course, is major. Lee is legendary for having published the Pulitzer Prize-winning “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 1960, and never publishing another book. Until now. The novel, called “Go Set a Watchman,” was written in the 1950s and is a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird.” According to her publisher, the 304-page book will be released July 14 and will reveal Scout’s life as an adult woman. It is set in Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1950s.

    In the meantime, for more on Lee, read our guide to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, and learn about our July 2014 Sip & Flip Book: “Spend A Day With Harper Lee.”

    We get to learn what happened to Scout. It’s going to take a minute to let this news sink in. Who is joining us in counting down to July 14?

    Wow.

    I wonder if it can live up to the hype it will certainly get. And I also wonder why it was never published until now.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Can't wait for the "new" Harper Lee.

    I just finished this and it's amazing. Really really good.

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    I mentioned Funny Girl by Nick Hornby before in this thread and it's finally out in the U.S. I thought it was so fabulous I did a little blog post about it.

    http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2015/02/nick-hornby-i-love-you.html
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    ^^ Went to add to Wishlist and it said this item was already in Wishlist. :)

    I wish I liked Nick Hornby as much as everyone else. I liked Fever Pitch. I love Fallon but that movie ruined the hell out of the book. I read High Fidelity (another movie that I felt hit way below the mark, although I also love Jack Black) and thought that was OK. Haven t enjoyed the few others I tried. Glad you love him and laughed at your blog post.
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Just finished "The Martian" by Andy Weir which I really enjoyed. I've just placed library holds on "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" which I've surprisingly have never read before, as well as "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,013
    Finished the Gustav Dore book, now on to Prince Edward Island: An Illustrated History by Douglas Baldwin. So far it's a relatively light look at the history of one of Canada's gems.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,329
    on the recommendation of Enkidu:

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    If I had known then what I know now...

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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
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