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Maureen (meg9000) Where is the discussion for the Group Read for Sue Monk's The Invention of Wings?


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Lela (lacslc) | 191 comments Finished Praxis by Fay Weldon. I read a couple of her books long ago but had forgotten her unique (I suppose that's the word) view of women and all things else!


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Sara | 102 comments I just finished The Golden Notebook, and now I am listening to The Flight of Gemma Hardy.


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Britany | 921 comments Finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides by Jeffrey Eugenides-- 4 Stars!!

WOW! Fascinating read about the life of one hermaphrodite and her journey from Calliope to Cal.

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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TRISH (trishboggiel) | 7 comments Just finished "Yellow Crocus" great read! 5 stars!


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Britany | 921 comments Finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne by John Boyne-- 3 Stars!

WWII- Poland: Nine year old Bruno notices that the people behind his house, behind the other side of the barbed wire fence are all wearing grey striped pajamas and he's intrigued... The innocence of Bruno is the piece that pushes this book further for me.

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Jacqueline (aleajac) | 2 comments I have just finished the Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, a page turner, easy to read, interesting voices (an alcoholic main one), fits our present times, flawed but entertaining different but on the same vein as Gone Girl.


message 1261: by Angela M (new)

Angela M Just read Green on Blue: A Novel , a tough story on the war in Afghanistan but worth reading . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Sara | 102 comments I just finished Salvage the Bones & The Flight of Gemma Hardy, now I need a lighter read. I am in a mood for some humor, so I will start Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family today.


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Winter | 3 comments The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd


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Britany | 921 comments Finished Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf by Kent Haruf-- 4 Stars!!

Wasn't expecting to enjoy this one as much as I did. Really surprised by how wrapped up in the lives of the characters as I was.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Britany | 921 comments Finished Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng by Celeste Ng-- 3 Stars!!

Tough read-- hard characters, and lots of mental entrapments...

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 1268: by Angela M (new)

Angela M Just finished A Slant of Light. Jeffrey Lent is one of my favorites . 5 stars from me . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Started The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I


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Carol | 40 comments Wonder by R.J.Palacio. it is a YA. Book club selection for March.


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Sara | 5 comments Currently reading Zanesville by Kris Saknussemm


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Angela M Starting Of Irish Blood.


I have set aside The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I for now . Just not holding my interest .


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Britany | 921 comments Finished The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness by Deborah Harkness-- 3 Stars!

Third and final installment in the series. Nice way to tie up all the loose ends, and my favorite of the three...

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Sara | 102 comments I am reading In the Company of the Courtesan and enjoying the humor of Buccino the dwarf!


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Deedee | 3 comments I am currently reading Pegasus! By Danielle Steele!


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Mamey (mameysmedley) I'm currently reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King . This is sooooo not my usual style, but I am enjoying it. Not one of the creepy books he usually writes, but it's also not very uplifting. Interesting to say the least.


message 1277: by Angela M (new)

Angela M Mamey wrote: "I'm currently reading11/22/63 by Stephen King. This is sooooo not my usual style, but I am enjoying it. Not one of the creepy books he usually writes, but it's also not very uplifting. Interes..."

Mamey , this was the first Stephen King book I read and I loved it . I am not a fan of the creepy , horror stories but this let me see what a good writer SK is. Since then I read Joyland which I also loved .


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Lela (lacslc) | 191 comments So, Angela, Joyland isn't horror? I haven't quite managed to read any if SK's books since I read one of the early scary ones. I don't do well with those. Nightmares & everything!

Lela


message 1279: by Angela M (new)

Angela M Lela , Joyland is a mystery , a bit of s ghost story but not horror .


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message 1281: by Lela (new)

Lela (lacslc) | 191 comments Angela, thanks! Love mysteries & don't mind ghosts! I'll add it to my ridiculously long TBR!

Lela


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Sandy | 8 comments Just finished The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark. Cute, quick read but now I need something a little more suspenseful. So whatever I have on my bookshelf...my great finds at used book sales.


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Sandy | 8 comments Just finished The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark. Cute, quick read but now I need something a little more suspenseful. So whatever I have on my bookshelf...my great finds at used book sales.


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Jonetta (ejaygirl) I'm reading Train Station Bride by Holly Bush and listening to Kisscut by Karin Slaughter.
Train Station Bride (Crawford Family, #1) by Holly Bush Kisscut (Grant County, #2) by Karin Slaughter


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Nicole Roberts (nicolerai) | 6 comments Have you read Gone Girl ?


message 1287: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) Yes, I have.


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Melissa Price | 4 comments Hi Everyone, Reading The Damned by Andrew Pyper by Andrew Pyper

Also on my currently reading are:

You Can Trust Me by Sophie McKenzie by Sophie McKenzie

The Memory Painter A Novel by Gwendolyn Womack by Gwendolyn Womack

The Tragic Age A Novel by Stephen Metcalfe by Stephen Metcalfe

Recently finished Reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins by Paula Hawkins and....



Eight Hundred Grapes A Novel by Laura Dave by Laura Dave and they were two incredibly amazing books. Both left completely different emotions stirring inside and both are unforgettable. I get super excited when I see "The Girl On The Train" everywhere and I can't wait to see the same for "Eight Hundred Grapes". It's rich in Love, imagery, feeling, heartache, healing, loss, finding, family........simply Beautiful and Laura Dave is a true artist with her work, in my humble opinion. I highly recommend both books I mentioned I read.

I'm fairly new here so hello everyone and I hope you're all well. Thank you for letting me share. So exciting and a Fantastic start to the 2015 releases.


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Britany | 921 comments Finished The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey by Eowyn Ivey-- 3 Stars!!

Russian fairytale retold on the Alaskan frontier in the 1920s. Magical, Chilly, and powerful characters make this book worth reading...

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Mary Hyland (marypathyland) | 1 comments I'm in a spiritual vein at the moment.
Just completed Dorothy Day's autobiography, The Long Loneliness and am now immersed in Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain. (This year is the centennial of his birth.)
Am also revisiting classics I read in my life when I was too young to fully understand them. Right now I'm about a quarter of the way through William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury.


Lorrea - WhatChaReadin'? (whatchatreadin) Evil Runs: A Supernatural Mystery Thriller

I was asked to read this for review!!


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Jonetta (ejaygirl) I finished Train Station Bride by Holly Bush and here's my review.

I'm now reading Deception by Lisa Clark O'Neill, Southern Comfort #3.
Train Station Bride (Crawford Family, #1) by Holly Bush Deception (Southern Comfort #3) by Lisa Clark O'Neill


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Nicole Roberts (nicolerai) | 6 comments hello, all Nicole from Florida right now I'm reading a daily devotional Change Your Posture Change Your Life by D Nicole Williams and Redefining Realness by Janet Mock.


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Mkittysamom (mkittysabkworm) | 9 comments Wow! I can't wait to read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins !
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn . --Amazing Read! Best of all Flynn's books in my opinion!
Also as for the Steven King Disscussion Under the Dome by Stephen King . Was really good! It's not a creature scary novel, but it is more of a mystery. I think Angela M would like it.
I am reading: Autumn Disintegration (Autumn, #4) by David Moody I believe book number 4 in the "Autumn" series! I love his version of zombies and the beautiful expression of characters, growing, changing and struggling.


message 1295: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) I finished Deception by Lisa Clark O'Neill, Southern Comfort #3, and loved it. Here's my review.

I'm now reading Nemesis, the next book in the series.
Deception (Southern Comfort #3) by Lisa Clark O'Neill Nemesis (Southern Comfort, #4) by Lisa Clark O'Neill


message 1296: by Lela (new)

Lela (lacslc) | 191 comments Just finished "Dreaming Spires" by Laurie King - a Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell mystery. It's a lovely book. Much info re Japan when Hirohito was the Prince Reagent. Involves ninja (one in particular....well, maybe 2) blackmail, beautiful books, forgery, betrayal, death, murder, the Bodleian Library in Oxford, sons & step-mothers, breaking & entering and safe cracking! I always enjoy the Sherlock & Mary books but felt they had lost a bit of oomph. With this one, though, Ms King seemed to be on her game. It was interesting, puzzling, and fun. Wish I didn't have to wait for the next one!


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Ten | 6 comments Did not like Twelve Tribes of Hattie. It was scattered and solved nothing except that it tried to point that religion or faith solved none of Hattie's issues when she wasn't a believer in the first place. Like the issues of her childrens lives were not of their own making.
The novel also never really got to the root of why Hattie was so angry even before August and the children abd worrying of their survival her sister Pearl had said Hattie was always impossible to please.
Throughout the book I did not find one character likeable and especially Hattie. She was just so angry. Even though August was not the man he needed to be for Hattie, his moments of tenderness towards his children were th few redeeming moments in the entire novel. Not a good or enjoyable read.


message 1298: by Angela M (new)

Angela M Just finished One More River . 4 stars - my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Starting today Cardigan Bay


message 1299: by Louise (new)

Louise | 3 comments Ten wrote: "Did not like Twelve Tribes of Hattie. It was scattered and solved nothing except that it tried to point that religion or faith solved none of Hattie's issues when she wasn't a believer in the first..."


Dear Ten:

Great review and I couldn't agree with you more. I hated that book. Thought it was terrible and couldn't understand all the wonderful hype I'd heard abou it at the time.


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Monalee Daniel | 2 comments I just finished Big Little Lies.


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