I finished "Shutter Island" quite a while ago . Excellent book and very highly recommended!!!

I recently finished "The Reliquary" by Lincoln Preston (creepy book) and am now onto "The Straw Men" by Michael Marshall (the first of a trilogy).

Finished Michael Marshall's "The Straw Men" and am onto the 2nd book of this trilogy, "The Upright Man".

Note to self: I think I'm the only one posting on this thread .

OK, I decided to post here so Kimmer doesn't feel bad about being the only one posting. I've said earlier that I like to read fun stuff & read this novel earlier this week.

The Little Lady Agency

I thought this was a good book. There's also a sequel out, so I'm wanting to read that as well.

I recently started reading "Jesus Land" (nonfiction/memoir about the author's childhood). So far it's very good and a real pageturner. Many parts are heartbreaking, though. I think fans of "The Glass Castle" would really like this book, too.

I borrowed "Running with Scissors" from my MIL last weekend. I haven't started reading it yet.
BBW Rawks, have you read it? I think I remember that you purchased a copy.

I just finished "The Upright Man" and am taking a break from the Thriller genre, and am onto "The Frog King" by Adam Davies...it's hilarious .

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Originally posted by Megan:
OK, I decided to post here so Kimmer doesn't feel bad about being the only one posting. I've said earlier that I like to read fun stuff & read this novel earlier this week.

The Little Lady Agency

I thought this was a good book. There's also a sequel out, so I'm wanting to read that as well.

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Fryl, I haven't read it yet. I've got too many books "on deck" right now & might not get to it for a month or so. Let me know what you think of it after you've read it!

BBW Rawks, I plan on reading it this weekend so I'll let you know. I want to see the movie as well but I always like to read the book first.

I'm the same way. (I like to read the book before seeing the movie.)

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Originally posted by BBW Rawks:
I recently started reading "Jesus Land" (nonfiction/memoir about the author's childhood). So far it's very good and a real pageturner. Many parts are heartbreaking, though. I think fans of "The Glass Castle" would really like this book, too.

I finished "Jesus Land" last night. In fact, I'm exhausted today because I stayed up realllly late finishing it (it's hard to put down). It's a verrrrrrry interesting (but also disturbing) book. I highly recommend it. The author is Julia Scheeres.

Okay whoever hasn't read "The Frog King" by Adam Davies, HAS to read this book . It's excellent !!!

Synopsis:
Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com -
A mediocre book leaves you cold. But an almost-great book--that's enough to make you gnash your teeth. In his debut novel, The Frog King, Adam Davies maddeningly fails to recognize and develop the terrific material he has at hand. Harry Driscoll, raised in privilege and Ivy League-educated, is a peon at a prestigious New York publishing house--in fact, the house is called Prestige--and he hates it: hates the menial labor, hates the intellectual pretension, hates the political jockeying necessary to advancement. Driscoll is terrific on the disappointment peculiar to the overeducated and underemployed: "All those years of schooling (Yes I speak Old English!) and resumé building. (Yes I interned on Capitol Hill!) didn't pertain at all to the life that was waiting for me." The insider peek at New York publishing is terrific, too, if scant: "There's a joke at Prestige that The New Yorker will publish any story that ends with the word 'home.'" Davies devotes most of his energy, however, to Harry's somewhat mystifying relationship with his girlfriend Evie. He loves her madly, but he's sleeping around. When he loses her, he continues to lie to her even as he tries to win her back. Davies may have some kind of emotional profile in mind for Harry, but he fails to put it across to the reader. Fortunately, the well-observed social comedy and nicely exaggerated workplace farce more than make up for the rest of the novel's shortcomings. --Claire Dederer

From Publishers Weekly -
Apparently the only reason to endure the low wages and lower prestige of an entry-level publishing job is that someday you can write a book about it. The latest entry in this subgenre is an intelligent and amusing but exasperating debut featuring a very self-centered leading man. Harry Driscoll works for peasant's wages as an editorial assistant at Prestige Publishing, a prominent New York City house. At the notoriously stuffy Prestige, he behaves like a college freshman showing up late, spiking his coffee, losing manuscripts and trying to prove that he's smarter than his co-workers. His favorite game is a revealing one: in a daily vocabulary contest with his one friend at Prestige, he resorts to making up words. Harry has lucked into a relationship with Evie Goddard, a pretty fellow editorial assistant who talks like an "overeducated auctioneer on speed," but he can't stop ogling other women long enough to appreciate her. He begins an affair with a powerful editor from another publishing house, but in typical loudmouth fashion, he manages to sabotage himself once again. Evie eventually tires of his behavior (readers may wonder what takes her so long), leaving him a few pages toward the novel's end to realize the error of his ways and try to win her back. Davies, who worked for Random House, makes some juicy observations about the backbiting publishing industry, but there's hardly any room for them, since Harry doesn't give much space on the page to anything but himself.

I've been reading the book Wicked for the past couple of days. I actually hate The Wizard Of Oz, but since I know there's a musical based on this work, intellectual curiosity got the best of me. I actually found it to be quite an interesting read. It's a more "mature" interpretation of a story that's normally presented to a younger audience.

I tried to like the book Wicked, and I got so close to the end when I said to myself, "I hate this book and it sucks" and never picked it up again.

I hear that the musical is excellent, though. I didn't like the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, either, but I do love the movie.

The most recent book I've read is The Flamenco Academy. It's in the Bookmarked section @ Target, so I just decided to get it on a whim. It started off a little bit slow, but got developed into an interesting story. There was a lot of Spanish language peppered throughout & some historical mentions. Overall, it's a book that I'd reccomend.

Im reading roadshow, landscape with drums, a concert tour by motorcycle, by Neil Peart.
i highly recommend to anyone who has an interest
in Rush, Neil, motorcycles, etc.Neil is the drummer for the popular Canadian band Rush.
my interest is in his writing about traveling
by motorcycle and with some friends of his
going thru america and europe.He goes into a lot
of detail in this book, whereas, hes never been
open and sharing some personal things about him
and his family and people he knows.
He also has other books, the masked rider
and Ghost Rider, and actually has met the star
of Ghost Rider, Nicholas Cage.
overall a good book read.

I haven't read that much this year so far. A couple of months ago, I read the book version of The Other Boleyn Girl. It was good, but some parts of it felt like they took forever.

I've been reading some Sophie Kinsella books lately. I read the newest one, Remember Me, and finally got around to reading The Undomestic Goddess. Both are fun books & I managed to finish each of them in one day.

I've been doing a lot of reading over the long weekend.

Chasing Harry Winston: This one was OK, but not my favorite Lauren Weisberger novel. When I was reading this, I kept thinking one of the characters was going to be developed more & kept waiting to see if there might be anything more interesting coming around. I thought the end wasn't as good; it seemed kinda hastily thrown together. I feel that The Devil Wears Prada & Everyone Worth Knowing are stronger works than this one.

Shoe Addicts Anonymous & Secrets Of A Shoe Addict: These books caught my interest a few wks. ago. I started off w/ Shoe Addicts Anonymous, loved it, & just had to get its somewhat sequel (more like a spinoff). Both were interesting books & were fun reads. I'm interested in seeing if this author has more planned for the Shoe Addict series.

I started reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer the other day. I know this is the 1st book in the series of 4. My co-worker gave it to me to read. I wasnt sure if I would like it, but so far its really good. The cover says its soon to be a major motion picture.

I am almost done reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. It's really good and I have all 4 of the Twilight series being shipped to me sometime this week.