The Next Best Book Club discussion

Bhumi wrote: "Whoops, sorry! Get some sleep; it's always better to read with a fresh and therefore inquisitive mind."
However, it is hard to deny the coziness of an afternoon reading on a couch with a blanket and gradually drifting into a nap, even if very little reading gets done :P

Susanna wrote: "Well, I finished The Gargoyle which I liked very much. Reminded me so much of Chuck Palahniuk's books that I really, really should read some. But I have too many library books to ign..."

Susanna, I loved The Tenderness of Wolves.

Kathy wrote: "Susanna, I loved The Tenderness of Wolves."

Kathy, I'm excited to hear that. It has been on my to-read list for some time now, and the library won't let me renew the loan anymore so I better get to it :)

Currently reading 'The Book of Lost Things'.

Next up:
The Help-Stockett
Catching Fire-Collins
The Gargoyle-Davidson

carol (akittykat) wrote: "Writerlibrarian wrote:

This is turning out to be a very good book. This book is over 6..."

It's my Morocco book for the Around the World in 80 books challenge. *g* Probably gonna read it sometimes around march when I out of Europe and on the African leg of the trip.

I thought the book was excellent. Let me know what you think.

Tammy wrote: "Either City of Thieves or Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science"

City of Thieves was excellent, I very much enjoyed it =D

Next on my list is a toss up from:

The Italian Wedding
One Hundred Years of Solitude (though maybe not because this book may be hefty content-wise)
I Capture the Castle
Transgression
The Ascent of Money : A Financial History of the World

So many choices! xD

All my holds came in at once...three to choose from. 1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 2. Loving Frank and 3. Cellist of Sarajevo. Any thoughts on what to read first?????

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,someone on goodreads gave it an excellent review.

Kim wrote: "The next books on my tbr list are probably going to be
The Little Stranger
Blacklands
Sacred Hearts: A Novel

There is a book club starting on tv o..."

I want to get The Little Stranger! The concept sounds so interesting.

My next reads are:
Since You Are Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash
The Crowing Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Pearl of China
Murder on the Eiffel Tower

I think in the order they are in...

My next books are Brideshead Revisited, North and South, and Neon Rain.

I'm going to have to pick up the pace since The Hunger Games is due on Tuesday. I've been reading more slowly since school started so I'll try to tackle Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged since it's due mid-February and it is a pretty hefty book.

I plan to start Interview with a Vampire as soon as I finish my paper on the history of reading in the 20th century

Lisa wrote: "All my holds came in at once...three to choose from. 1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 2. Loving Frank and 3. Cellist of Sarajevo. Any thoughts on what to read first?????"

Hi Lisa - I haven't read the others, but I did enjoy Cellist of Sarajevo. You should listen to the piece of music discussed in the book, I think it adds to the experience.

Next up for me is All Together Dead and The Help

Edith wrote: "Next up for me is All Together Dead and The Help"

Edith, I just finished The Help and it was a powerfully wonderful read. I have, also, read all of the Charlaine Harris Southern Vampire series and loved them. You have some great reading going on.

Just starting The Help and A is for Alibi

Variety is the spice of life, right?!

carol (akittykat) wrote: "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,someone on goodreads gave it an excellent review."

That was such a good one!

I will be reading it soon after I finish Half of a Yellow Sun. I think you mentioned it and it did sound good.

My Next two books are Pearl of China and Murder on the Eiffel Tower I think after those I get to reassess my list and match up books with dates...

Next for me is The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst. WW2 spy novel.

Lindz wrote: "My next books are Brideshead Revisited, North and South, and Neon Rain. "

I loved Neon Rain a lot. I still have the second novel in that series waiting for me to read it. Neon Rain was a wonderful surprise.

Next up for me is The Adoration of Jenna Fox, and Paint It Black

Please everyone, click for a Kindle version of Pearl of China by Anchee Min!

I have read sunset limited, which was such a lovely surprise, and I cannot wait for neon rain!

I am picking up again Wuthering Heights. I couldn't get into it at the beginning of the month. I have just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by her sister, and I am motivated to pick it up again to see the difference in their styles.

I am scrampbling all my books. I have my next 5 (see post 578) but I am mixing them up. Still the same just no tin order!

Elena check out the discussion for Wildfell Hall here at goodreads.



http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

I have a few that are top of mind:

1. Ford County
2. The Lacuna
3. The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
4, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
5. Timeline

I'm in the best and worst of all possible worlds right now, too many books that I want to read next. I keep revising my list of the next five. I am glad to see that I went on to The 13th Hour: A Thriller, which is actually next on my list. The rest is being revised once again. Probably, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall will be next, as I'm reading it as a group selection. Then, I will go to a nice cozy mystery in connection with Valentine's, Death of a Valentine. Connie Willis comes out with one I can't wait to read in February, Blackout, and Elizabeth Kostova's new one (that I had been so excited about and still am), The Swan Thieves is guilting me out that I haven't started it yet. And of course, I couldn't wait until next summer for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest and ordered it from Book Deposit so that I could read it now. The list continues, and I find myself in that wonderful/horrible place of having too many books I want to read Right Now.

The Good Children- This one is from the library & I'm basically leafing through it. I'm curious about the ending, but I've realized this particular book of Wilhelm's is more for teens...I'm a lot older than that..LOL. I also have Not My Daughter(library)..and will leaf thru this one right after. I know I need to read The Help, but I figure I have time..the whole month of Feb., right? And Lolita is also gonna be one I read soon.

I haven't read a le Carre in years. I just finished Skinny Dip . What a disappointing book. I will not be reading anymore by him. Now I am reading The Elegance of a Hedgehog.

I will still be finishing 44 Scotland Street.

The next books on my list are
- The Book Thief (for a challenge)
And because the film adaptations are coming out in a couple of weeks:
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Shutter Island

I went for Smith's I Capture the Castle as my next read. I'll likely read Berenson's The Silent Man after for a change of pace =)

In the middle of Steinbeck's Travels With Charley... and then will start Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly as I'm a big TV foodie and love all things Tony.

Kristine, I read The Book Thief, it's beautiful!
My next books are The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Though I still have to buy the last two.
I love reading multiple books at once. :)

OK. So my next 5 books to read are as follows

1- The Elegance of the Hedgehog
2- That Old Cape Magic
3- Empire of the Sun
4- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
5- Shutter Island

F1Wild my sister met Anthony Bourdain and worked with him for a day. She is a culinary student at Johnson & Wales. Jealous? Yea me too... :)

My Next Books:

1. The Sirens of Titan because I love Vonnegut! This is my last book by him and it's going to be a sad day when I finish this one. Seriously, I might cry.
2. The Lost Civilization of Aries because I want to start supporting some indie authors. I also got this book in paperback signed from Vince which you can get through his website (which I also designed for him).
3. Practical Demon Keeping because I'm finishing up Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and I'm really liking Christopher Moore.

I'm so not sure what I want to read next! In fact, I'm already thinking about this year's Summer Reading List because I need to figure out how to get through the rest of the winter and with what books to do so. (I bet most of you are devising Summer Reading lists already too, right?) :-)

Right now I'm STILL finishing Wilkie Collins' "The Woman in White." I'm enjoying it but have not put as much time into reading the last few months as I normally do, so it's taking FOREVER to read. Almost there, though...

Possibilities for next are:
1) The Book Thief (based on comments above)
2) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3) The Help (for TNBBC Feb selection)
4) The Last Lecture (for a complete change of pace and to remember what's important)
5)Outlander #1
6) The White Queen (kind of in the mood for some Phillipa-style intrigue and back-stabbing)
7) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society ('cause I just have to cross this one off the list already)

Geez, I'm in trouble. Any thoughts?

BTW, can anyone give me a quick tutorial on turning titles into links?

I am reading Life of Pi right now. Next I will read Rebecca.

When you write there is a link right above that says "add book/author"

So I just bought

and some french comics:


and they are on my too long TBR list ;-)

Thanks Donna. I will give it a try. Glad it's so easy!

Ashley wrote: "F1Wild my sister met Anthony Bourdain and worked with him for a day. She is a culinary student at Johnson & Wales. Jealous? Yea me too... :)

I thought you might say a day with Tony was all she could take. ;-)))))

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Next 5 for me:

Thanks Donna - I could never figure it out either!

Kristin wrote: "I'm so not sure what I want to read next! In fact, I'm already thinking about this year's Summer Reading List because I need to figure out how to get through the rest of the winter and with what bo..."
Especially as a student I am definitely thinking about it! I try to read for fun while I'm at school, but honestly I just get so busy that it's a challenge.

Going Bovine is next on my list. I have a few chapters left in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.