The Next Best Book Club discussion

Today my dad offered me "Chasing fireflies", by Charles Martin and "Skylight Confessions", by Alice Hoffman. I'm looking forward to read them!

I literally just started The Help, which came in for me this week from my library queue. I also picked up And Then There Were None, my all-time favorite Agatha Christie (or it was 20 years ago!), but I need to read The Help first, as I won't be able to renew it.

Lanelibrarylady wrote: "Heading to the Library..."The Host" & "New Moon" are in for me!!!Just in time...Looks like I will need something to do indoors with this umpteenth day of rain."

The hist was great, but it took a few chapters to get into..
:DDD

Zsigmond Moricz's Be Faithful Unto Death

The next two books on my list once I finish with Franklin's City of Shadows are:

- David Anthony Durham's Acacia (which I've been reading on and off lately)
- Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters

I also plan to do a bit of re-reading so I have Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Bronte's Jane Eyre sitting in mind as well =)

Up next for me is either Angels & Demons or Coffee And Kung Fu.

On audio, it will be The Masque of the Black Tulip.

Trying to read A Farewell to Arms right now. It gets really slow at times...

Pauline wrote: "Next on my list is Never Let Me Go and Lisey's Story"

Tell me what you think of Never Let Me Go after you read it, Pauline.

Reading Cell by Stephen King right now.

Then:

Dying to Live
Day by Day Armageddon

then except for the Walking Dead graphic novels, i'm done with zombies for now and on to The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.

I've just started Twilight.
I thought I should what all the hype is about

Should finally finish Yiddish Policemen's Union today, then:

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts
Untamed by Pamela Clare

I get all my books from the library, got the itch to request more, but my self imposed rule no ordering books until there are only 5 left, UNLESS it is a new release.


Until it's Over
The Mephisto Club
The Keepsake
The Sleeping DollAuthorized Personnel OnlyEvernight
The Titan's CursePower Play
Ice Run
Guilt
Paradise City

Next on my list are Stephen King's Thinner and Väinö Linna's The Unknown Soldier.

Teresa wrote: "I get all my books from the library, got the itch to request more, but my self imposed rule no ordering books until there are only 5 left, UNLESS it is a new release.


[book:Until it's Over|..."

The Titan's Curse was great. If you've read the other Percy Jackson novels before it, you will definitely enjoy this one too.

Still working on Anna Karenina.. it is very slow going. Next I have The Red Tent, Elizabeth I, and Vanity Fair. Although I am looking foward to getting involved in August's book club read as well.

Hey Robin, you got a heavy reading list going on!
I read Anna Karenina and enjoyed it, but I read it over the summer a few years back.

The August book club read - me too. I may just wait until Monday to start something new once the polls are offficially closed.

I usually have to follow a heavy read with something light hearted

Rita wrote: "I usually have to follow a heavy read with something light hearted"

Me also. Maybe even catch up on some magazines for a day or so.

Soon as I finish the book I'm reading now, I'll get get back to reading Ravenshade A Tale of Alterra, The World that Is by C.S. Marks. Can't wait.

I have a hard decision to make! I can't decide what book to start next! Maybe some of you can help me decide! Here are my choices...

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette- by Carolly Erickson

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil- by John Berendt

Snow Falling on Cedars- by David Guterson

House of Sand and Fog- by Andre Dubus III

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox- by Maggie O'Farrell

The Woman in White- by Wilkie Collins

White Oleander- by Janet Fitch

The Book of Shadows- by James Reese

Marked A House of Night Novel- by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Please Help!!

Jo wrote: "I want to read white oleander i loved the film. I just started The Summoning. So far ... not impressed"

I read The Summoning. I wasn't all that impressed either. Don't get me wrong... I enjoyed it but not as much as I thought I would.

I am reading Outlander and I don't know if I will read the next book on the serie next. It all depends. If it keeps dragging and dragging on the same things, I will probably give it a break and go to the club August's selections.

Lauren wrote: "I have a hard decision to make! I can't decide what book to start next! Maybe some of you can help me decide! Here are my choices...

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette- by Carolly Erickson

M..."
It's been about 6 years since I read it, but Snow Falling on Cedars is good. However, it is sad.

The Angel's Game
Be Faithful Unto Death
Celestial Harmonies
Cathedral of the Sea
The Last Cavalier Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon. Alexandre Dumas
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles

Lauren wrote: "I have a hard decision to make! I can't decide what book to start next! Maybe some of you can help me decide! Here are my choices...

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette- by Carolly Erickson

M..."

I thought White Oleander was great. Much better than the movie. Not that the movie was bad, but the book had a lot more details and backstories

Thanks Amy and Liz! I already finished The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox... kind of disappointed. I just started on The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette A Novel and am loving it already! Thinking of tackling Miserynext!

I'm either going to start reading Ink Heart or the Thirteenth Tale. I don't know if I want to read the mystery-ish book or if I want to turn into a kid again and read the fantasy book...I've still got plenty of time thought! I haven't even made a dint in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Sophie wrote: "I'm either going to start reading Ink Heart or the Thirteenth Tale. I don't know if I want to read the mystery-ish book or if I want to turn into a kid again and read the fantasy book...I've still ..."

The Thirteenth Tale is next on my list too. I've been on a mystery kick lately. Then it's The Time Traveler's Wife.

i've got pride & prejudice lined up to be read next. i'm considering trying to read the shack again after that. the first time around, i got about 30ish pages in & had to put it down.

I'm just starting The Family Nobody Wanted, and Frankenstein. After that I'm going to read Carpe Demon which appears to be Buffy meets soccer mom? wierd :)

Lauren, you should read Marked, and then tell me if its any good. I got a free copy from work and I'm curious!

Edith wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I'm either going to start reading Ink Heart or the Thirteenth Tale. I don't know if I want to read the mystery-ish book or if I want to turn into a kid again and read the fantasy boo..."

Yeah I think I might have to flip a coin to see which one I am going to read next...I've got plenty of time to decide though...I've still got something like three hundred pages to go on my current book!

Bhumi wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I get all my books from the library, got the itch to request more, but my self imposed rule no ordering books until there are only 5 left, UNLESS it is a new release.


[book:Unti..."

I read the first two, and took a break. My 10 yr old read lightning thief but not interested in the series : (

Change of plan: before Linna's The Unknown Soldier, I'll be reading McCarthy's The Road, Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest and Orwell's 1984.

Next on my list is Water for Elephants

I am going to start Dr. Zhivago with some of my goodreads friends after my Great Tooth Pulling Ordeal tomorrow, and then I want to start in on the Time Travelers Wife since it won!!

Next up and waiting for it from the library is by The Sunflower A Novel by Richard Paul Evans.

I hear you . I had a session with the dentist...Still not finished ugh. Maybe I will re-read Dr zhivago. It has been many years since I last read it.

I am starting Misery next! Then maybe Gerald's Game but I'm not sure yet!

Just started The House of Thunder.

Jo wrote: "Ive got the road but havent got round to reading it yet "

I've heard many good things about it and some opinions to the contrary. So far, maybe a little longwinded but the language and the descriptions (even in translation) are beautiful.

I'm still finishing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and I have Girl with the Dragon Tattoo checked out, and the Book Thief checked out, so I need to do them next. If people would quit recommending so many books, maybe I could work on my TBR pile! (ha ha!) So many books, not enough lifetimes!

The language is pretty much the same as the original, and the zombies are woven through it. It's pretty funny hearing them discuss fighting zombies and training in martial arts as if it is part of everyday Victorian life!

Fi - Yes, I would! I've read a wider variety of books since joining all of you!

Fiona wrote: "If we stopped recommending you books you'd miss us! Recommendations are like drugs."

*cough*

I'm going to read Lupa's Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone A Primal Guide to Animal Magic soon. I've been meaning to for a LONG time and I hope to get the chance soon, I just need to stop reading about Satan for a day or two.

Finished Misery and starting Gerald's Game!

Gerald's game is mind-trippy. If I remember correctly, this book made it very difficult for me to sleep at night without a little light on somewhere...

during AND after having read it.

Joanie wrote: "I'm busy working my way through a huge stack of library books. I just started Peaches and I'm listening to Lucia Lucia. After that I have:

[book:The Protest Singer:An Int..."

lol, I have the same illness. Never enough time for the ever growing reading pile.

Lori,
I know! I am trying to be brave! I had all the lights on in the house last night waiting for my boyfriend to get home (yes... I was at home reading on a Saturday night... don't judge- haha) But I was still reading of course, even though I was scared out of my mind! I just finished Misery by Stephen King and moved on to this... I think my next read should be not quite so torture-y! Ha!

Maybe the word I was looking for was torturous. Duh!

Laure... Oh, yeah, no more Stephen King back to back!!