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Jul 05, 2012 07:00AM

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Also, how have I gone this long without reading Graham Greene? I just read his The Quiet American and mostly loved it. I enjoyed the writing and Grahame is a great chronicler of internal struggle. I had a few issues that are probably a reflection of the time period in which he wrote.

Also reading These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen. Not too far in it yet to give an opinion.

I am reading the second book of the Alexia Tarabotti series called Changeless. This book takes place in the Victorian era but with a paranormal/steampunk/espionage twist.
I am also reading Evanovich's Wicked Business for my US roadtrip challenge.
I am also reading Evanovich's Wicked Business for my US roadtrip challenge.

Also still reading/listening to John Adams. So far he is interesting, but can be very whiney at times.



I'm been procrastinating The Zookeeper's Wife. I've just read so much on WWII lately that I really need something else. This was a selection for my book club.
I just finished reading Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith. It was a violent, dark, strange retelling of the birth of Christ. I enjoyed it but I had a hard time reading through all the gore. I think I enjoyed his Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter book better.
I have moved on to the third book in the Alexia Tarabotti series, Blameless . I'm enjoying the third book so much more than the second book in the series.
I'm also reading the 4th book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows. I'm trying to not get too far ahead in the series since it takes years for new ones to be published. I think I have to rank this series as my all-time favorite.
I have moved on to the third book in the Alexia Tarabotti series, Blameless . I'm enjoying the third book so much more than the second book in the series.
I'm also reading the 4th book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows. I'm trying to not get too far ahead in the series since it takes years for new ones to be published. I think I have to rank this series as my all-time favorite.

Also, just finished re-reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare mainly because of the movie coming out.
Currently, I'm reading one new book: One Day by David Nicholls which I enjoy so far, but I seem to be putting it off a bit... I feel like I need to read more cheerful books right now, somehow.
I'm currently re-reading two books: The Princess Diariesby Meg Cabot and City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare which I enjoy a lot.
And just today I decided to learn one Shakespeare sonnet by heart every day (the ones I don't already know). Today I've learnt no. 116.
I'm planning to continue re-reading The Princess Diaries Series and The Mortal Instruments Series, as well as picking up new books and learning more Shakespeare sonnets.
Melanie wrote: "I'm listening to John Adams by David McCullough. I really don't like Thomas Jefferson. I was begining to get the feeling he wasn't a great man in Washington's biography as well. I guess I will b..."
I've read a lot about the Founding Fathers and can tell you that Jefferson is an interesting guy, and quite different from many of the other Founding Fathers. He lived in a Utopian world, quite often disconnected from reality. That doesn't mean he didn't have a brilliant mind, and didn't make significant and valuable contributions to our country, but I always have a hard time understanding where he was coming from myself. Joseph Ellis's book, "The Character of Thomas Jefferson" is a good one to read, and I think gives a fairly balanced assessment of his qualities. It isn't necessarily a biography, but if you want to know about what made him tick it really gets to the point, and fully examines how he thought. It also won the National Book Award, so it is high quality scholarship.
I've read a lot about the Founding Fathers and can tell you that Jefferson is an interesting guy, and quite different from many of the other Founding Fathers. He lived in a Utopian world, quite often disconnected from reality. That doesn't mean he didn't have a brilliant mind, and didn't make significant and valuable contributions to our country, but I always have a hard time understanding where he was coming from myself. Joseph Ellis's book, "The Character of Thomas Jefferson" is a good one to read, and I think gives a fairly balanced assessment of his qualities. It isn't necessarily a biography, but if you want to know about what made him tick it really gets to the point, and fully examines how he thought. It also won the National Book Award, so it is high quality scholarship.

I just finished reading The Zookeeper's Wife, and enjoyed most of it. It was a different WWII perspective than we usually hear.
With the Olympics I'm now reading Off Balance: A Memoir by Dominique Moceanu. It will be a quick read. I'm also reading at home because it would be awkward in public but want to keep up on the hype is Fifty Shades Darker. I can tell that editors got involved because the writing is much better.

Erin, did you see that the author was accused of making up quotes for this book and they're now pulling it?

I just finished Gone Girl. Did you like the ending? I really liked it up until that point, but didn't find the ending very plausible given what had happened before (trying to avoid spoilers).