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What am I reading? Skinny Dip
Who wrote it? Carl Hiaason
What is it about? A husband throws his wife overboard from a cruise ship on their anniversary cruise, with no apparent motive. She survives but doesn't let on she has.
Am I enjoying it? So far! Up to chapter 8 and it's been good!
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I have just finished tomorrow, when the war began by John Marsden. A group of teenagers goes camping and thier country is invaded while they are gone. It is aimed at adolescents, but I heard all the hype of the movie and wanted to see what the book was like. It is actually quite good and I will be getting the next one in the series.
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What are you reading? Dead Until Dark (1st of the Sookie Stackhouse books)
Who wrote it? Charlaine Harris
What is it about? Mostly about Vampires & Humans.
Are you enjoying it? I love it, Huge fan of the T.V show & books. I decided it's time to re read the books so i can refresh my memory for the newest book release in May.
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i was just thinking the other day that we needed a thread like this!! and i LOVE carl hiaason books!
What are you reading? the girl who played with fire
Who wrote it? stieg larsson
What is it about? it's the second book in the millenium series (first was 'the girl with the dragon tattoo') and is about a girl/woman who comes under suspicion of murder.
Are you enjoying it? i'm not very far into it yet but i am enjoying it. i found the first book hard to get into - lots of different characters, different writing style (well, i hadn't read any of his books before) but i think i'm on his wavelength this time so it's much faster to get into this book. he also doesn't have to spend quite as much time introducing the main characters.
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I'm just in the first chapters of this too. I loved the first one and like you said, there were so many characters to keep up with especially if I didn't get to read every night I had to try and jog the old memory. I'm just up to a really good part and can't wait to get into it tonight.
What are you reading? Anna Karenia
Who wrote it? Leo Tsolsky or something stupid like that
What is it about? Anna is a married woman back in the whatever hundreds (horse and cart day) in Russia, she has an affiar with someone in the military, so it is about their story. It also interwines with other people such as Levin who is a farmer who is in love with Kitty, but she rejects his proposal early in the story as she is hoping that Volonsky (who Anna has the affair with later) proposes, but he doesn't. Also has the odd story crop up about Anna's brother Stephan.
Are you enjoying it? can take it or leave it. But being an 800 + book I borrowed from the library I am trying to read 50 pages a night to get it read.
Reading it cause it is on the FaceBook 100 book list challenge and I want to read as many as I can from the book list this year as I hadn't read very many of them.
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What are you reading? "The Help"
Who wrote it? Kathryn Stockett
What is it about? Set in Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. It follows the story of 3 women, 2 black maids and a white woman.
Are you enjoying it? I am enjoying it. It's interesting and entertaining. I'm pretty picky on the types of books I choose to read, so it's hard to find a book that I think I might enjoy.
I'm reading it because it's on a few bestseller lists and the storyline seemed really interesting. Plus the reviews online talked me into it.
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What are you reading? A time of exile
Who wrote it? Katherine Kerr
What is it about? (it's book 1 of a 3rd series of 4 series set with the same characters and world - if that makes sense) its a fantasy medieval type of world with elves, magic and men (and a few dwarves) - it's kind of hard to explain because the characters are re-incarnated (sort of) and you follow their "soul" lines. Somewhere the whole set of series is described as a celtic knot (book one of series one is called Daggerspell)
Are you enjoying it? yep mainly cause I haven't read it in a while.
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Oh I love that series. I havent read them in ages.
I just finished reading the Millenium series.
What are you reading? Scarecrow
Who wrote it? Matthew Rielly
What is it about? 3rd book in the series about US Marine Shane Schofield. In this book a bounty is put on his head by the bad guys in a scavenger hunt.
Are you enjoying it? I love this book. It is a great action book. I can't tell you the amount of times I have read itIts a book I usually pick up when I cant think of what else to read.
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What are you reading? The Black Dager Brotherhood Novel series... think twilight vampires but adult version
Who wrote it? J.R. Ward
What is it about? Its about a vampire society, brothers.. each book tells a different brothers story. Its got the adult passion to it, with devoted love and thrill. just amazing books!!! i think there is 7 in the series
Are you enjoying it? hell yes...
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Right now, nothing. Stalking the thread for suggestions, but considering picking up my old faithful Lord of the Rings again - been a year or 2 since the last time I read them.
Read the Tomorrow series as a kid, loved them and still do - movie was ok but the books are way better.
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Just finished the Carl Hiaason, enjoyed that.
Now reading "Some of my friends have tails" by Sara Henderson. I read it years ago, it's just a gorgeous book for animal lovers.
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I'm reading "The lost symbol" By Dan Brown.
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What are you reading? The man in the white suit
Who wrote it? ben collins
What is it about? ben collins being the Stig and his journey through the TV show from audition and keeping it a secret.
Are you enjoying it?loving it so far.
Hubby loved it as well, very easy to read
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What are you reading? Royal Assassin
Who wrote it? Robin Hobb
What is it about? Fantasy, 2nd of the Farseer Trilogy, it follows a royal bastard whom is sworn to protect heir to the throne Prince Verity and Verity's new bride, but his task is complicated by an invasion of vicious barbarians who turn helpless captives into zombie-like Forged Ones. The home front is no safer, with an ailing King and usurpers to the throne waiting in the wings. Romance, sibling rivalry, battlefield exploits, betrayal, political intrigue and telepathic magic insure that there's never a dull moment in the Kingdom of the Six Duchies. (most of this synopsis borrowed from Amazon)
Are you enjoying it? YesI love my epic fantasies, and this is richly detailed and characterised.
Another one here that looooves the Tomorrow Series and Ellie chronicles
ooh Beatrix, that Black Dagger Brotherhood series sounds delicious!!
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Ree*Ree - I love the whole Farseer Trilogy & the Tawny Man Trilogy & The Liveship Traders Triolgy!! Love Robin Hobb!! (Except Forrest Mage ****e & not impressed at all with the coninuation of the dragon saga - she should have left a good thing well and truly alone...)
These are some of my favourite books. Let me know when you've finished the lot & we'll talkPS they get better with 2nd & 3rd readings too
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I'm reading 'Snow Falling on Cedars' - enough said! lol. I'm sorta enjoying it. I'm not getting much reading time & I'm not good with books to just read them here & there. I like to read a novel in a week or 2, not over longer than a month - I'm just not finding time atm!
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What am I reading? The Slap
Who wrote it? Christos Tsiolkas
What is it about? At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own.
This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event.
Am I enjoying it? The first few pages I found hard to get into, but I'm now halfway through the book and quite enjoying it's different angles.
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