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Faye wrote: "I'm currently reading

I've heard so many great things about it and so far, am finding that they have all been true! :D"

I just got this from the library this morning!

Sheri wrote: "Faye wrote: "I'm currently reading

I've heard so many great things about it and so far, am finding that they have all been true! :D"

I just got this from the library this morning!"

Oooh! Yaay! :D

Jen, I agree Pillars of the earth is a FANTASTIC book. I hope that World without End is good as well. I'll be looking forward to your opinions.

Nice to see people reading Switched. Amanda Hocking was such a phenemon.

Finishing and then will read and then

I'm currently reading and then I will be reading next!

Alycia wrote: "I started and Both series are just highly addictive and I keep reading one book after another so fast! I can't believe I got to ..."

I read both of these books and love these series! Have you read bloodlines, the spin off of VA?

I'm reading Bedbugs its building up to the good stuff :)

Tt wrote: "I'm currently reading and then I will be reading next!"

how are you finding [email protected]??

Alice Belikov wrote: "Alycia wrote: "I started and Both series are just highly addictive and I keep reading one book after another so fast! I can't be..."

Yes! Bloodlines was the last book I read in 2011. I couldn't put it down. Sydney isn't Rose, but she's awesome too! :)

I started reading Heard good things about it, so I'm curious.

Faye wrote: "Tt wrote: "I'm currently reading and then I will be reading next!"

how are you finding [email protected]??"

It's good so far ....the only thing I'm having trouble following is some of the text slang like "FF" . I know some text slang but not a lot it would be nice if the author told you what the meaning is so I won't be left guessing.
Lol I guess that will be in my cons section when I write my review.
But well see if it's any good when I get a little bit further. :)

Reading , which might be one of my favorite books now.

I'd like to recommend a short novel by the Mexican writer. Carlos Fuentes:

Carlos Fuentes' Aura: A Jewel of a novelette

I read this in the original Spanish, and then in a bilingual (Spanish-English, facing pages) version. This short novel, or novelette, is a jewel. It is packed with the feeling of an unbreakable, relentless destiny in store for a young man in Mexico City. Felipe Montero, a public school teacher, answers a want add in the newspaper because the description of the person being sought for a much higher-paying job seems to be an exact description of Montero, as though it were specifically reaching out to him and no one else. The feeling of implacable fate, expressed symbolically in many ways, is backed even by the grammar: the story is told in the present and the future. A statement like, "You will move a few steps..." in the future tense makes one feel it has to happen, there is no choice. (Unfortunately, this feature is lost in the English translation of the facing bilingual edition I've read.)

His employer is an extremely old woman (Consuelo) in a big old house sandwiched among modern building and businesses. It seems out of place in the commercial district of downtown Mexico City. There are no electric lights in the house, the drapes are always drawn, so that the house, even at noon, is in a deep darkness. Except for the old woman's bedroom which is lit by multiple candles.

Felipe does not want to live in that house, but it's part of the deal. He is about to refuse, it seems, when Aura, a beautiful young girl appears. He stays.

An unusual technique used in Aura is the point of view of the second-person singular. The constant use of TU (YOU)as the subject draws the reader into the fictional world, or conversely, pulls the fictional world out into the reader's world. The reader --with the suspension of disbelief-- becomes Felipe Montero, the protagonist, and carries out and will carry out, is fated to carry out, the action of the plot.

The novel is filled with highly poetic, metaphorical language as well as symbolism, especially color symbolism, with magic and sexual passion. Depending on one's interpretation, the novel may contain witchcraft and magic, or hypnotism or transmigration of souls. Whichever the explanation you choose, it is a fast-moving, page-turning, fascinating book.

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Diana wrote: "Reading , which might be one of my favorite books now."

I love the cover and it sounds really interesting!

Its the only book I can think of that had my attention from the 1st page. I really like it. So far I'm thinking 5 stars.

Alice Belikov wrote: "Alycia wrote: "I started and Both series are just highly addictive and I keep reading one book after another so fast! I can't be..."

i really liked bloodlines, cant wait for the next one... :)

Mayra wrote: "Alice Belikov wrote: "Alycia wrote: "I started and Both series are just highly addictive and I keep reading one book after anot..."

I know! Can't wait for some Dimitri :)

Love Dimitri!

I'm currently reading

Just starting

Just started

I am in the middle of and my next series will be I am not a big YA genre fan, only YA I ever read I think is Twilight and Harry Potter... Wish me luck!!!

Saga wrote: "Love Dimitri!"

i love him too... :)

i just finished and started

Let us know what you think of . I've been debating on whether or not I should read this one.

Id had a few ppl mention it and tell me its a good book and since the movie is out i finally decided to go get it, but yeah ill be sure to let u know :)

I just started and I am loving it!

Codi wrote: "I just started and I am loving it!"

oh i saw that at the book store it is next on the list but theres a long list lol.... let me know what u think

Reading a lot again. I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo, A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows, #4), Wild Magic (Immortals, #1), Legend (Legend, #1), Tenth Grade Bleeds (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #3), Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1), Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1), and Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1). Wow the cool thing is I'll probably have 2 or 3 of them done by the end of the month. I need a life I read too much. :P

Reading . Must say I've never read a book like this before.

I started the first book of the Elemental Mysteries Series by Elizabeth Hunter.

It is really good so far. B or Beatrice lost her father in Italy. (He may be a vampire??????) And is a student helping a professor with his research in the university library special collections. This prof is not normal....He comes out at night, covers his windows...feeds and they don't remember...but no one is saying anything.....he is very mysterious. What is he up to? I haven't read enough yet. But I am enjoying it immensely. BTY-the books are rated very highly.


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I read this one a little while back and really enjoyed it. I am pumped to check out the movie!!

Sheri wrote: "Let us know what you think of . I've been debating on whether or not I should read this one."

Was gonna go to the movie, but read somewhere that it's better to have read the book first to keep up with the movie and all the different characters. Looks like I'll be waiting on the DVD.

I'm reading I didn't expect to enjoy this series as much as I am, it's not that it's extremely original, but it's the way the story is told that holds my interest.

Sheri wrote: "Just starting "

I really liked this book! I'm sure you will enjoy this one :)

Just finished . Brilliant.

Mayra wrote: "Codi wrote: "I just started and I am loving it!"

oh i saw that at the book store it is next on the list but theres a long list lol.... let me know what u think"

I just posted a review if you want to see it.

http://confessionsofabookjunkie.blogs...

Reading

I am currently reading Beautiful Creatures

I'm reading 'In the country of last things' by Paul Auster.

Finished and I loved it, but it was kinda boring in the middle when she goes to Forening. Now I'm reading .

Jennifer wrote: "Pretties

This series is so so for me. The books are too slow for me but I like them once I get to the halfway point. But I started the series so I must finish."

WHAT??? Loved that series! Those books have the best story line and characters! Hopefully you'll change your mind!

I'm reading Last Breath, it's the 11th book in the Morganville Vampire series and it's amazing.

I am currently reading Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. I'm on the first chapter.

I am reading a book to review and so far I am really liking it...

I'm currently reading been wanting to read this for a while.

i've been reading for a while. it's going really slow.
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I'm currently reading and . Loving them both so far!!

For class I'm also reading .

I really need to finish last sacrifice! I love the VA series and I don't want it to end.

Lol that's why I'm reading other books at the same time. I just can't seem to want to finish it because I don't want it to end either!! :(