What are you reading in May? (Besides this thread...)

Well I just realized it's May 1st and I also just finished The Red Tent. I highly recommend it to any fans of historical fiction: beautiful, vivid writing and a fresh look at a very old story.

Next up for me is Tears of the Giraffe which is book 2 of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. :)

el, we saw an episode of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency show on HBO a couple of weekends ago and it was really cute; I think I have the first book somewhere and may need to pick it up :)

I'm reading Lamplighter, the second book in the Monster Blood Tattoo series by D.M. Cornish, I've started The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, and I read the first couple of stories in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl. This is just the fun stuff, not the school stuff :)

#2 - I don't get HBO but the series looks really neat! I'm hoping it will be available on DVD (like most HBO stuff) after the first season. I read the first book about a year ago and I really liked it but I'm just now getting around to book 2!

I just read Neverwhere I must say I am late to the Gaiman appreciation club but I enjoy his work immensely and I finished The Old Man and Me which was my early reviewer book and I finally reviewed it here http://www.librarything.com/work/1352042/reviews/43946255

I am still reading Novel on Yellow Paper and Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring

Huzzah laia for fun reading!

#2&3 I am hoping to finding on DVD later too el. It looks like a great series.

OK, I gave up on The Eustace Diamonds, I know, I know, it's Trollope, but it's boring me to tears. I started The Book Thief last night.

I finished Secret Holocaust Diaries today, which was my ER book from last time but I haven't reviewed it yet. Still gathering thoughts. I am glad to have read it but amazed and appalled in new ways at the Holocaust itself. I've never read much about what went on with the Russian side. Wow. Nonna herself was an amazing woman.

I'll be finished with History of Now soon and have started my reread of HPB.

I'm not getting much reading done. When we were watching Grey's last night my 20-year-old sister begged for candy and since there was none I tossed my book at her. I'm still reading Chocolat.

Lefty, I'm not sure I can read Secret Holocaust Diaries on the heels on The Book Thief; there's only so much genocide I can take at once... But I'm glad to hear that it was a worthwhile read (it sounds like?)... I've had some rotten luck choosing readable ERs.

#7 - KIK! If you like Chocolat you should read Girl with no Shadow as well!

#8 Laia, the book would definitely come harder having just read Book Thief. Perhaps cheer yourself back up with something else first before you consider that one. But it was indeed a worthwhile read. ERs can certainly be hit-or-miss.

#7 K, kik -- perfect reaction!

Just finished Here Lies the Librarian. It was very good. I like it when a story is set so well in its historical setting, you want to look up the facts to see who was real.

I can't start another book until I finish with the weekend's activities. Sigh.

You Suck by Christopher Moore

Manually touchstoned because LT was messing with me. Sorry JP, no offence intended.

Are you going to touchstone that MrA, or do I have to come to the defense of my twin, JP?

Thank you, comptwin.

MrA... :oP~~~~~~~~

I started reading cat and mouse and so far it is very good.

i was reading some Ralph Waldo Emerson poetry last night along with some Edgar Allen Poe short stories

Question: when does the 6th HP movie come out? because I usually reread the series b4 seeing the movie

#17 July 17.

Despite some odd stylistic affectations, I'm really enjoying The Book Thief. OK, well, enjoying is probably the wrong word. Appreciating is more accurate.

I'm currently reading two books: Emperor Mage and The Dragon Rider. Both are pretty good except I'm not that far into the Dragon Rider yet.

I just read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Meh. Before that, I finished The Gollywhopper Games, which I liked a lot better. Not sure what's next. I want to do some cleaning this evening, so I'm going to hold off on starting another book just now.

I'm still listening to Chamber of Secrets in the car.

Yesterday I finished Enter Three Witches, which was really good! It is the story of Macbeth, told from different perspectives of minor characters. A couple of the characters were from the play, but most were made up by the author. At the beginning of every section there was a line from the play that fit into the section. I think it was done really well!

After finally seeing the movie last month and reading Midnight Sun I decided I needed to reread Twilight.

Littlegeek, I think the stylistic affectations may be what had me swooning as I read The Book Thief ;) The metaphors are really what got me, as well as the way he sometimes uses word order to really make you sit up and think about the moment he's relating.

Laia, the affectations that bug me are the use of sentence fragments. As sentences. For emphasis.

Especially when you make them.

Separate paragraphs.

Nazi Germany is quite dramatic enough on its own; it doesn't require all those pauses.

However, I like metaphor.

I just finished listening to Deathly Hallows during my studying sessions, and now I'm listening to Chamber of Secrets. For some weird unbeknown reason, I want to reread/rewatch Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.

#19 Pico, I really liked Dragon Rider. One of my favorite parts was the different fantastical creatures Funke incorporated into the story. I just really enjoy Funke's writing. It tends to feel so innocent.

#20 Foggi, I love the Wimpy Kid books because they are just exactly like my youngest brother (Matt). My other brother (Mike) read them and found them hysterical for the same reason. Otherwise, I can understand not loving it.

#24 LG, kik! Excellent point! But I liked the way it was written. It gave Death a different-than-normal voice.

#25 Nwing, it is only natural to want to reread/rewatch anything HP! :)

>#24: I liked. To picture. William Shatner reading. Them.

*snort*

LG, I didn't notice that so much; probably my eyes grabbed all of the words at once and I didn't think about it as actual time elapsed between the phrases.
I have to re-read this sometime because I feel like I wasn't paying close enough attention to the writing itself at the start, and that it was only about a third of the way through that I disengaged my "story reading" brain and engaged my "literary analysis" brain. It's nice to have a reason to do that with modern writing!

I'm this close { } to finishing City of Glass. I just couldn't stay awake last night to finish the last few pages. I'll probably pick up Harry, a History next. I'm already 1/2 way through, since I've been reading a little here and there.

#28 I think he might be channelling Vonnegut (not Shatner, MrA) as a shoutout to Slaughterhouse Five. In Vonnegut it works for me, not so much here. Just a taste thing, perhaps.
And so it goes.

Vonnegut has a lot to answer for, imho.

#9 el:
Thank you for the recommendation! :)

#10 lefty:
Thanks!

#12-14:
KIK!

#22 compski:
I've been so curious about His Book! It drives me crazy that I haven't read all the chapters available online. I'm still trying to not read them until the book is published.

I'm in the midst of reading Chocolat still but am going to pick up Harry, A History tomorrow to read alongside it.

I've started Aurelie: A Faerie Tale, and I like it so far. I have so many new things that I want to be reading right now, and so many old favorites that I want to reread, that I feel a bit distracted!

K: I've been trying not to read His Book either. It's hard. Maybe we should form a support group.

whoops! I just realized I posted to the April thread instead of the May one!

Anyways, I just finished Tears of the Giraffe and now I'm reading Forget about it.

#33 kirby:
KIK. Yes!

#34 el:
I've read that one! Let me know what you think of it. :)

Well, yesterday I was cornered and questioned as to what book I'm reading. You see, when I was bookshopping with bib and LG I bought my sister the newest Sookie Stackhouse book. She screamed, jumped, and hugged me till I couldn't breathe. Now there is more preasure from her for me to read Dead Until Dark. Must finish Chocolat and get into that and Harry, A History.

El, I loved forget about it!!!

I'm reading Evernight, which I l...i...k...e... but have many gripes about. I also bought The Last Olympian, and Dead and Gone, both came out TODAY so I'm uber excited to tear into them!!! I also got the new Vampire Diaries today, which I also want to read. Oh no! its that thing again. One girl, two brains and too many books.

two brains?

Where do you keep the second one?

The nostrils, MrA.

That's clever.

I have a rudimentary hindbrain at the base of my spinal column, myself. Plus the one in the jar.

Darn it el! You made me post in the wrong place too!
*sigh*

I am waiting for UPS to deliver The Last Olympian. Then the trick is to read it first. :o)

#40 MrA:
All of my teeth all have extra roots but I just try to be normal and keep them in my gums. Should have thought of that jar idea. It would be helpful for dental work.

eww. Sorry did I say that out loud?

as far as my extra brian I carry it around in a Chanel

You keep an extra Brian in your Chanel? :o)
How many Brians do you need?

Wait a minute... I thought suge only liked really tall men?
Either she's changed her standards or that's one reeeeaaallly large Chanel (...and a very strong suge). ;)

I'll never tell.....

If suge has an extra Brian that would indicate she has another Brian, meaning she is two-timing. Tsk! ;)

I hereby declare May to be the official month of thread derailments.

Well, along with June through April, that is.

I got The Last Olympian and The Demigod Files tonight, so I'll be reading those the next couple days.

*jaw drops*

This is SO the last time I pre-order a book! Mine isn't coming until tomorrow!

*continues four year old tantrum*

I physically drove to the store to get them...and ended up paying full price, but I'm planning to turn around and sell Olympian to the used bookstore this weekend. I prefer to own series in one format and I have Lightening Thief in paperback.

#52 -- Bib, sell it to me! I'll beat the used bookstore's price and pay shipping, how's that?

I'm sorry your book isn't there yet, jp!

I finished reading Chocolat tonight and now want to look up Girl with No Shadow. I saw it in Borders when I was with bib and LG and am wishing I got it then. However, I am onto Dead Until Dark to at least humor my sister. ;)

Everyone talking about The Last Olympian on top of talking about it with bib briefly on Sunday really makes me wish I were in the same place as everyone else in the series. I've read books 1 and 2. Book 3 will be read soon!

Add me to the list talking about The Last Olympian. My 15 year old has holed up in her bedroom and is fully engrossed. No point talking to her - she is deep into the story.

I also finished Wife of the Gods today. And I just noticed the touchstone brought up the author's name misspelled.

I "accidently" picked up a copy of Battle of the Labyrinth last night at a very upscale Target. Who knew they had upscale Targets? Anyway, it was on my mind since I'm in the middle of Titan's Curse. Curse whoever suggested these books to me. I'm not getting anything else done.

#53: If you want, I have no problem with that. I'll be reading tonight as soon as I get home, but I don't know that I'll finish it...Scrubs finale and Lost are on tonight. I'll definitely finish by tomorrow. I could have it to you as early as Saturday maybe...

I'm still in the middle of Sea of Monsters because that's what I was reading when I broke my arm and I couldn't hold a book anymore. I have to finish it one of these days.

Anyhoo, I finished The Book Thief last night *sniff* and loved it and was sad, and I'm feeling the need for some fantasy now so I started the final Six Duchies book last night Fool's Fate. I love Robin Hobb.

Started Mistborn the other night; great read so far. Also working on Lamplighter, which requires a bit more brain than I've got to give sometimes. I have a love/hate relationship with authors who create their own worlds - including vocabularies - and it takes me significantly more time to absorb books like that.

*hugs for LG*

I read the first chapter of Dead Until Dark this morning. I think that puts me at page 38.

Thanks, K. Yeah, that book is pretty sad. But good.

I'm almost done listening to Chamber of Secrets -- I'm at the fight with the basilisk now, and it's making it very hard for me to get to places on time, as I find myself sitting in the car, just listening, after I finish driving.

I'm trying to finish up Harry, A History, so as to be able to better participate in the book discussion. I read a few pages before bed last night, but I find that it's not good bedtime reading.

Other than that, I'm sort of between books -- looking at Pandora Gets Jealous, but not inspired to read it really, and at The Forest of Hands and Teeth, but I think that may be darker than I want right now. Hmmmmmm. . . . There are a lot of books I've been wanting to reread, too, so perhaps I'll pick up one of those.

Finished John Green's Paper Towns sometime last week, and am now reading Sheri Lynch's Hello, My Name is Mommy in preparation. So far I'm enjoying it.

I have started my reread of Wicked Lovely, after that I am going to rereadInk Exchange then onto Fragile Eternity Which I can't wait to read!

I just finished my reread of PoA and I read Breakfast at Tiffany's which I thought was pretty good.

Right now I'm rereading Goblet of Fire since like some other people around here I'm doing a reread of the whole series before the movie.

I've read so many soso books lately that I can't remember the name of the one I'm reading now!

I'm sharing one copy of The Last Olympian with two of my kids. I'm so glad now that I didn't encourage my husband to read this series. :o)

Okay the one I'm reading now is called The Lost Tomb by David Gibbons. This may be the one I've been looking for. One that will hold my interest

I finished The Last Olympian, it's rife for spoilerific discussion, but I'll hold my tongue until others are ready.

*sits on hands and bounces leg in agitation*

I'm about halfway through it. Sorry, I'm a slow reader. :o)

Read faster!!!

I just finished Fablehaven 3 today. I liked it a lot, and now I'm looking forward to the next one.

Sending my copy of Last Olympian to foggi today. She'll read fast!

Also read Demigod Files last night. I kinda wish I'd read that before Olympian, but oh well.

I'll be going back to Outlander now. I figure the fact that I keep thinking about it means that it was drawing me in pretty well. I'm going to save the Trollope I started on the plane for the beach later this year. For some reason, 19th century Brit Lit just seems like good beach reading...

I am loving Outlander right now, sis. How far are you? We'll talk about it tomorrow.

Also reading Dry right now. Really enjoying it.

Yayyyyy!

Until The Last Olympian gets here, I'm reading Cyberia (which I'm almost finished with) and then probably What I Saw and How I Lied.

*sticks fingers in ears* Don't tell me, don't tell me.

I'm on book 3 of the series right now. Bib, it's good to know to read Demigod Files before the last book. Thanks for the heads up.

I'm sorry bib! I thought I had mentioned that back when I read the Demigod Files. Oh well.

The Last Olympian is so good! I haven't finished yet, I have three more chapters and cat decided we would read them out loud. *anxiously waits for the kids to catch up.*

I'm excited, I just went to the library and found an Agatha Christie that I've never read! "The Hollow"

Husband got me an Amazon gift card as a reward for prom season being over and I just ordered Battle of the Labyrinth, Last Olympian, Isle of Swords, Isle of Fire, and Victory of Eagles. Huzzah!

Though it made me realize I haven't even read Labyrinth yet so I'll have to read that real quick before I can catch up to everyone with Last Olympian. Yay new books!!

#78 -- Yeah, I've only read Battle of the Labyrinth once, and I'm thinking I may need to do a quick series reread before I read Last Olympian. I'm trying to finish up what I have started, first (Pandora Gets Vain, Cyberia, Harry, A History).

Don't forget The Demigod Files lefty. It's very short and fits between Labyrinth and Olympian.

*sigh* My library doesn't have The Demigod Files cataloged yet (it's on order, and probably in the building already, but not yet processed). I should go to the bookstore tomorrow and look at it to see if I want to buy it.

#67 jp:
I can only imagine. Someone reads and puts the book down to answer the door. Someone else picks the book up. They put the book down to answer the phone. Yet someone else picks the book up... ;)

I finished reading Dead Until Dark at 2am what I will call yesterday because though it touches this day for me and yesterday for you, I had not gone to bed yet obviously. If you want to get technical it was all of your yesterday's yesterday, unless you are MrA or Donna. Then it is your yesterday's yesterday's yesterday. *pauses* I think. Good book!

Now I am on to The Titan's Curse and one can guess the titles which will follow.

Stopped in the library this afternoon and got 5 books: Lyra's Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North, Disapproving Rabbits, The Left Hand of God, and America the Book.

The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Edited to abandon all hope of touchstoning.

I picked up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies this weekend, so now I'm debating putting aside Outlander in favor of that. Haven't decided yet. I won't have time to read today anyway, have to clean the apartment, unpack and do all that other stuff I didn't get a chance to do yet.

Finished Hello, My Name is Mommy yesterday afternoon, and while it wasn't as funny as I'd hoped it would be, it did help me realize that in learning how to parents, mistakes will be made and our choices criticized, but in all likelihood, whatever it is we do (within reason, obviously) will not doom our child or our family. Somehow I already knew this, but needed the "true confessions" of someone else to help me be at peace with it.

I am now reading Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, which I remember enjoying greatly in college, but since that's about all I remember about it, I'm trying it again!

I finished Titan's Curse and City of Glass last night. I put Battle of the Labyrinth in my reading basket so I could start it today. Once I'm finished with that, I've got to see where I've hidden The Demigod Files.

Check under "D".

You have a reading basket?

KIK! Yes I have a reading basket. It's where I keep my books that I'm currently reading, magazines I need to read, bookmarks, and booklights. Since my TBR shelves are bulging, and have actually taken over part of my closet, I need a way to keep them seperate.

Hmmmm.....thread idea

I zipped through The Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters over the weekend, and started on The Titan's Curse. I decided that I did need to reread, so the whole story would be fresh in my mind, and I'm glad I did; I'm already being reminded of things I had forgotten.

#85 bib:
I just bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies today.

I finished The Titan's Curse today and am starting The Battle of the Labyrinth tomorrow.

The House of the Spirits. I'm hoping that one of the spirits turns out to be vodka.

So I should read Demigod Files after Battle of the Labyrinth right?

I'm very nearly finished with History of Now and about halfway through Midnight is a Place, both of which I am enjoying but are progressing slowly because of a busy week.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies arrived today, so I've started that (very funny!). I also have some library books that I should read, and then I will try to start The Woman in White.

One of the spirits is ALWAYS vodka at our place, MrA - you and MsD should come partake some night :)

I'm nearly done with Mistborn and steadily chipping away at Lamplighter; I've also started my friend Marianne Kirby's (print) publishing debut, Lessons from the Fatosphere. It is laugh-out-loud funny, which I expected, because her online persona cracks me up all the time. A great self-help book for people who loathe self-help books; it reads like a ("spirited") late lunch with a group of girlfriends.

I'm reading The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas. The edition I have has black-edged pages, and a woman on the train the other day asked me if I was reading a magician's book. I think she thought I was studying black magic. She was very suspicious of me, and then discovered she was on the wrong train. I think that confirmed her fears. I was clearly practising voodoo.

My ER just got here, and since I'm not deep into any books at the moment, I'll start on that one tonight.

#97 - LOL! That sort of reminds me of when I checked out a new book (a Carol O'Connell mystery novel) at my library and they put a sticker on the spines that says "HOT", meaning they have a shorter circulation period since they're high demand. Someone on the train snootily asked if I was a big fan of romance novels.

I finished - and quite enjoyed - Forget About It! Now I'm reading an ARC of The physick book of Deliverance Dane which has a great premise and intriguing plot, but I'm sort of slogging through it. Hopefully it will pick up soon.

What I want to be reading today is the new John Stanford prey novel that just came out. But, alas, I didn't realize it was coming out and did not make room in my budget or get on the list at the library. Hopefully HPB will get one in I can snag soon!

#97: I can't imagine how i respond if someone actually said "Is that a magician's book?".

maybe "Yes it is! Hey, watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat!"

#101- I know! When she first said it, I think I just gave her a weird look. That probably helped... I then launched into a long explanation about how it was just a normal novel, and that the author's other novels also have coloured-edged pages, etc, etc... I then realised that I didn't need to justify my book to randoms on a train, even if it was a magician's book!!!

that's right. You can just make importune questioners disappear.

Assuming that you have read that section.

Next time just start mumbling nonsense words under your breath. This would be extra effective if done after your excuses!

Ha ha ha ha! Love it, bib!

#104 hahaha

So, back to the topic (I know, how pedestrian), I finished Fool's Fate (which was awesome, all of you who have not really must read Robin Hobb's Six Duchies books, they are among the best fantasy ever) and I started The Language of Bees. Laurie R. King is great, plus, she lives near me.

I'm almost done with The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and I will say that the late-middle to end are reading at a much better pace than the start. Next up will either be The Other Boleyn Girl or Stealing Home - both on reserve for me at my library!

I'm about a third of the way finished with The Left Hand of God plus I just checked out Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy, BBQ Joints, The Fabulist, and The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the library today.

Okay, I just finished The Last Olympian, and it was great! *sigh* I want the first book in the next series now, please.

That's what we were saying when we finished the series!

Okay, I just went to Rick Riordan's website (fun, not quite Rowling fun, but still worth a browse) to see if there was anything about the next series. No luck, but did everyone else know there's a Percy Jackson movie coming?! Look at the cast!!

#111: I know! The casting looks amazing. But I'm wondering why the casted the guy they did for Grover (since he doesn't fit the description of Grover at all) and if the movie will be just the first book (the only one I have read) or the whole series since the movie is called Percy Jackson and not Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

I hope they have it as just the first book. It would be too rushed if they did the whole series.

I really have to finish the Percy Jackson books. I got sidetracked half way through Sea of Monsters. The movie does look good. Catherine Keener as the mom is great.

#111 -- I knew it was coming, but I hadn't looked at the IMDB page yet. Looks interesting . . . I don't see Dionysus cast yet. Usually, when I am reading a book, I don't try to think who should play such-and-such, but in my head, Dionysus is always played by Danny DeVito.

I also knew it was coming but didn't know they had some of the cast already. Hmmm...I always pictured MrD as a well built guy for some reason. You know, one of those that always has the ladies around him.

Do demigods mature faster? Annabeth looks a little old, unless they're combining books.

I finished reading The Battle of the Labyrinth tonight and will start to read The Last Olympian in the morning.

I've been reading Uncle Tom's Cabin for the last few weeks. Great book!

I started Harry, a History today even though I have no business starting yet another book when I have already started lots. But I don't care -- it's a lovely read! *dashes off to the group read thread*

I'm rereading The Thief -- I wanted something that I knew would be good, after finishing The Last Olympian, and I know the Attolia series can hold its own. I also got Prisoner of Azkaban to listen to while I drive.

I've been trying to slog my way through my ER, but it's awful! So I'm going to review what I've read of it and I'm back to Outlander, which I'm enjoying even more than before, seeing as it's both well-written and interesting!

bib - The Outlander series is one of my favorites! Hope you continue to enjoy!!

I'm almost done with Outlander and am so excited to start the second book, but I hear it's harder to get through than Outlander, but that it's completely worth it.

Outlander was my favorite in the series, but the others are well worth the time.

I finished BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipesand Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy yesterday. This evening, I'm going to start The Fabulist. On top of The Fabulist I have 5 more books from the library. They are The Westing Game (for a reread), the Furies of Calderon, No Limits: the Will to Succeed, Bases Loaded by Kirk Radomski, and What Liberal Bias.

Loooooove The Westing Game - reread it last year :)

I'm a bit over halfway through The Lightning Thief; I'm glad for something I can speed through, since Lamplighter is REALLY good, but really dense prose for "young adult."

I finished The Last Olympian this morning and am now reading Harry, A History.

I finished The Titan's Curse tonight.

I just finished The Lightning Thief and am moving immediately on to The Sea of Monsters :)

I am still readin cat and Mouse and Fragile Eternity but I needed a comfort read lat night so I started OotP

#123-125: Everyone I know who's read them has loved them. I'm not doing a lot of reading on the weekends at the moment, but I read for two hours every afternoon and I can't wait to dive back in.

On a somewhat related note I just wrote my review of my ER, I won't link it, it's pretty negative. I found it interesting though that when I was on the book's page and clicked the "will you like it" button, LT said it thought I "Probably won't like" it. I guess there are some pretty major differences in the two algorithms!

Hmm, that's interesting that one thought you matched and the other thought you wouldn't like it, Bib. Strange.

I have nothing to add to the reading discussion. I've been reading the same things for some time now.

I went through almost all of the Sherlock Holmes books on gutenberg, but I can't find a complete copy of The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes anywhere on line, so I'm putting him aside and heading back to Barchester with Doctor Thorne.

Edited to let touchstone appear.

I started The Battle of the Labyrinth today.

I read 3 different manga books yesterday. I'm trying to find a new series, but am not having any luck. I ended up order about 3 more off of B&N.com to try them out.

I started The Other Boleyn Girl this morning. I've resisted reading it for a while because it was so hyped up, but I have to give props to those who recommended it because it really is a good book so far!

The Other Boleyn Girl is the only one in that series that seems to be acknowledged by all as pretty good. The rest of the series is pretty controversial, the Historical Fiction group has an ongoing thread about Philippa Gregory that's worth a read. Personally, I liked The Boleyn Inheritance and The Queen's Fool but was not a big fan of The Constant Princess or The Virgin Queen. To each his own, and if you do like TOBG, I'd recommend checking one or two more out of the library.

I need to get back to Philippa Gregory; I've got the rest of her books, but have only read The Other Boleyn Girl so far. My best friend really enjoys her and was the one who introduced me to her a few years ago.

I got Fingersmith from the library this week and probably won't get to start it until next week, but I'm excited about it. I got it because K talked about it and I liked the title.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, that's my favorite Sarah Waters! I really hope you love it, lefty; she's an amazing storyteller. I'll have to write a post on my blog celebrating Waters's books when I read the new one, The Little Stranger. Can't get enough of her.

#138 - Thanks for the advice! I thought about reading Constant Princess first, but like you said, most people have told me that The Other Boleyn Girl is the best of the bunch so I thought I'd start there. :)

That's why that name sounded so familiar today! We had a cross country call out for kids running with us next season and a girl on our list was Sarah Waters and I wondered how I knew her. I don't. It was the author's name I was recognizing! It all makes sense now!

#137 el:
I'm glad you're enjoying it! I had put it off, too, but when I read it, I really liked it.

#139 laia:
I'm in the same shoe. I have two other books in the series in my TBR pile, The Constant Princess and The Boleyn Inheritance.

#140 lefty:
Oh, I loved that book! LG picked it out for me the first time we met.

#141 laia:
I'll eagerly wait for your review. So far I've only read just the one book by her, Fingersmith.

My 20-year-old sister sat across the room from me on day, asked what I was reading, and I mistakenly told her I was reading nonfiction. "Nonfiction? That doesn't sound right!" (She's pushing the Sookie Stackhouse books on three people right now.) So I've been reading Living Dead in Dallas alongside Harry, A History. Admittedly the first of the two is finished but I'm glued to the HP one and it's so good! The discussion thread is taunting me. I'm fighting it as kirby and lefty fight off the thread for The Last Olympian.

I read Serenity: Those Left Behind Tuesday, and like people have said on the TV thread, I like it, it is better than nothing, but it doesn't compare with having another episode.

Started The Titan's Curse last night. Great so far, of course.

>> Started The Titan's Curse last night.

Me too, compski! I've got to pick up the rest of the series tonight or tomorrow; I'll be done with it by the weekend, for sure, and we're going out of town.

Don't forget The Demigod Files!

I won't! I saw a few comments on here about placement in the series; what was the consensus?

I keep checking for Demigod Files at Borders and they keep not having it! :( They tried to sell me a Borders version of sorts, Demigods and Monsters, but I don't much care for the Borders one unless you guys say I do in fact need it.

Laia, I think everyone said after Battle of the Labyrinth, but I'm not 100%.

Demigod Files comes after Battle of the Labyrinth. I've never heard of Demigods and Monsters. Hmm, it doesn't look like the same thing. I think you should keep looking for The Demigod Files.

I skipped The Demigod Files. How much did I miss? Is it worth buying a copy to read if you've already read The Last Olympian? I would love a profile comment on that if anyone's worried about spoiling it. I don't want to be the cause of spoilers.

From what I have read, Demigods and Monsters has different authors writing about the Percy Jackson series.

The Demigod Files gives a little more depth to some of the minor characters, as well as some extras that are on the website. I did review it, K. This just proves no one reads my reviews. *sigh*

*ducks* I'm sorry, jp! I haven't been reading any reviews lately. My father got me addicted to some internet game. But you would be so proud! I'm growing virtual flowers! ;) I'm headed to your review now!

Jamie Fraser is officially the sexiest man ever written.

I agree!! How far are you?

ETA: I mean, Oh Aye!

Aye! He is! A friend of mine wanted to name her son Jamie, but made the mistake of telling her husband why. Her daughter does have red hair, though. Hmmm.

ETChange: pronoun problem.

I'm only a little over 300 pages in, part 3. I had trouble stopping last night and didn't do any of the other things I meant to do in favor of reading. I also set up a bagpipe station on Pandora, to aid the mood.

Good thinking. I'm on Dragonfly in Amber now. Started this week.

I started Three Men in a Boat last night. What a hoot! I love Brits and their oh-so-British humour.

LG, I have that book! It was cheap at a book sale and I thought it looked funny. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. I'll have to try to get to it this summer.

#155 I feel out of the loop! Who are you talking about Bib?

ETA: Oh yeah, and I finished The History of Now today. It was a good read. But I'll be more specific in that book's thread.

#161: Outlander and the subsequent series. Soooooooooooooooo good. It's also put me in the mood for some Scottish games, and since I'm not going to Scotland this summer (:P~~~ Mandy) I went online to see if I could find any nearby. There were some 15 minutes away....last weekend. :(

I had a bit of a binge. I finished Hons and Rebels and The Willoughbys and my favorite discovery The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie which is the first in a series of mysteries featuring a 12-year old Flavia de Luce as the detective. She lives in a crumbling mansion with her father and sisters and has a passion for chemistry. It is the one I think most people here would enjoy.

Edited to fix a terrible grammar error.

#162 Oohhh. I'll put it on the list for this summer.

#163 Mar, I've put Sweetness on the list for the summer too.

#155-157: I heartily concur that Jamie Fraser is the sexiest man ever written! I've read the entire series through twice, and Outlander four times, and I always fall for him again and again! One of my ex-boyfriends was tall, muscular, extremely athletic, and had brilliant red hair, so I always picture Jamie looking a little like him. :o)

I am slowly getting through Brideshead Revisited, not for lack of enjoyment, but because I've realized that at only 6 weeks out from our baby's due date, perhaps I ought to start reading about labor & delivery, and what exactly to do with the baby once he's here!

I started The Last Olympian today thanks to Missy =D

#165: What's to know? You feed him, change him, and cuddle him. Support his head and watch the soft spot. Get an owner's manual like What to Expect the First Year or my favorite, Dr. Sears' The Baby Book. Look things up as you have questions. The first child is always on the job training anyway. If you read too much, you just worry over every little thing. ;o)

You're welcome, Mindy! I was really torn between reading book 4 super-fast to get to 5 or letting you read 5 first so you wouldn't have to wait. :)

Grk, *barely contained squeee* So exciting!

menus

#167 - Thanks jp! I know as long as I feed, clothe, change, and bath him, while also loving him, cuddling him, kissing him, and letting him sleep, we'll figure it all out as it comes along. I'm just such a planner, though, that it's rather difficult for me to be OK with the fact that I can't really plan anything! I've registered for What to Expect the First Year, and I'm sure it'll become a trusty resource.

#169: LOL!

=D Thanks Missy!! You're awesomee

Ok, So far I have started Fragile Eternity, Cat and Mouse, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Today I went to the bookstore and bought Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, because I heard so many people talking about it. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong and Anne Bishop's The Black Jewels Trilogy. I am really excited to start all of these I am not sure which one to read first and obviously some others are going to be put on hold.

I just finished my reread of GoF and I'm starting The Uncommon Reader and my reread of OotP

Wow, I haven't posted on here in a while. I did reread the Attolia series, and then I read Rumors, and now I'm reading Lost in a Good Book, with The Well of Lost Plots to follow unless I change my mind.

Seems like there was something else I read, but I can't think what.

I finished The Summoning Last night and loved it. It was very good and I am going to get the sequel later this week. Today I was at loss for a book when i finished that one so I picked up Marked at wal-mart. I am already pretty into it...

#172 Sweet, I am awesomee. ;)

So I'm still reading Battle of the Labyrinth. Husband got me Graceling yesterday as a thank you for spending all of Sunday at grad parties. I plan to start that soon.

I finshed Marked Last night. I am going to have to go to walmart today and get the next one.

I finished Battle of the Labyrinth last night. I plan on reading The Demigod Files tonight, and beginning The Last Olympian tomorrow night.

I'm reading To Say Nothing of the Dog and I'm glad I read Three Men in a Boat first. They're both very funny.

I finished The Other Boleyn Girl this morning and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not rushing to read the next few, but I will probably get to one or more them sometime in the future.

Next up is The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down which has also come highly recommended by friends.

173- I think you will enjoy Neverwhere Bella

180 Ooh LG, I haven't read To Say Nothing of the Dog I loved Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on a Bummel I will have to peek at it.

I am now reading The Broom of the System very quirky. I had not read David Foster Wallace's fiction before - only non-fiction.

I have like 20 pages left of The Last Olympian. I know what you're thinking. "Why aren't you reading right now??!?!" Well. I'm eating a brownie. lol

Well, why aren't you reading it while you eat your brownie?

Which reminds me. I need to find my hiding place for The Demigod Files since I'm going to read it tonight.

I read Widow's Revenge, which I didn't think was as good as the first one. Too many characters to keep straight and the plot was very complicated. I know there's a third book, but I'm not sure I'll read it.

184 I did that later kirby. It was the falling action of the book, so I wasn't dying to figure out what happened. But I finished it =D

182 Mare- I have heard good things bout it so I am going to read that next.. of course now I have to by the rest of the house of night series and the sequel to The Summoning because I have gotten myself caught up in those lol

Sweet! Mindy, I'll be there today or tomorrow to get the show more finalized and to pick up the book! :D

I finished Battle of the Labyrinth last night and started Fingersmith this morning while I was making pancakes.

*bouncebouncebounce* Can't wait to hear what you think of it, lefty!!!

The first five pages were great, Laia! I'm looking forward to sitting down with it this afternoon.

I've been a busy bookworm over the past few days. On Sunday, I finished Jesus Interrupted and What Liberal Media. Yesterday, I checked out and read Eat This, Not That: Supermarket. (I also typed up a few suggestions from it onto a Word doc, so I have a handy little reference guide with me when I go grocery shopping). Last night I read half of Bases Loaded by Kirk Radomski. I have Political Issues in Harry Potter waiting for me at the library when I go to work this afternoon.

I've started The Last Olympian, am still reading Oliver Twist, and will be starting the group read of Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD! as soon as I've finished the former. I know if I don't read ahead, I'll slack, and that is NOT permitted in the leader of the group read!

In other news, I keep trying to use touchstones on my blog - it would be so much easier! LoL

I keep wanting to use touchstones on your blog too!

192 - I have that version of Eat This, Not That too. It had some surprises on it for me, at least. It made me realize that I need to read those labels more carefully.

I borrowed the Eat This, Not That: for kids from the library, but I really need to buy a copy of it. My children got a lot out of it. And then they told me what things I should get while we were at the grocery store. :o)

Eat This, Not That sounds interesting. I'll have to look into that!

I'm quite a bit farther in Fingersmith and I am completely entranced. Completely.

I loved Fingersmith.

I'm reading The Strain and Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bella! I loved The Summoning and its sequel The Awakening. I can't wait for the next book to come out!

Oh, Suge, you are going to love BJD! I can't wait until you get to a certain part. You will know when you get there!

Suge I loved the summoning too.. I have to wait until this weekend to get the sequel tho!

#198: Wow, could you find two more different books?

She's got to keep it interesting I guess.

I'm thinking perhaps she's trying to create her own Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...after all BJD is a modern P&P more or less...

KIK
I know I posted it...welll somewhere, but I've ordered Magic Kingdom for Sale and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (along with a few other titles).

I'm having a hard time not clicking on The Last Olympian link.

I just read In the Serpent's Coils, By Venom's Sweet Sting, and Point Blank. I'm feeling very pleased with myself, because I've gotten my brother interested in the Alex Rider series. If you knew him, you'd know just how hard it is to find books for him that he will willingly pick and read. As opposed to, you know, shackling him to the book or something like that.

Bib and I were just commenting about that over on my blog post - I don't think my sister is a reader, and I feel kinda bad for not being around to read to/with her to get her into books when she was younger. Congrats on finding a winner for your brother! :)

Thanks! JP and I are always looking for things he might like, but it's always hit or miss. Luckily, spies seem to be a hit.

Comski, its a re-read! I love BJD (and the movie). I got into a convo in London with someone who agreed with me that The Edge of Reason is funnier. And that they completely left out the best parts for the movie. It sucked big time.

200--> Yes, yes, yes, get it, Bella. I really enjoyed it.

Bib, Its always like that for me. I just pick stuff up randomly. Its nice to cleanse the palete (sp?). I can't wait to read PnP&Z what a brilliant thing. Ref Modern PnP: its one of the elements I love most in the series. The Edge of reason has elements of Persuasion in it.

206--> my sis is like that too. She wouldn't be caught dead with a book. I'm not even sure that she can read. *scratches head*

208: Suge *Bridget Jones Edge of Reason Spoilers* The best part was when she interviewed Colin Firth, but that would have been kind of hard since he was playing Mark Darcy in the movie! I think the DVD did have an extra where "Bridget" interviews "Colin." /spoiler

#209: Yes, the DVD does have it as an extra and it is indeed hilarious. And by the time they were filming the movie, there were more wet shirt movies to reference than when the book was written. :)

I just finished my er, The Secret Holocaust Diaries it was an interesting read, not a viewpoint I am used to. I am fascinated by the Holocaust, have been since I was 12 and picked up a copy of The Diary of Anne Frank. A co-worker of mine had an extra copy of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell he said if I enjoyed HP I would like it. I'm not very far into yet, but I'll let ya'll know what I think.

I had to make a trip to the mall today so I stopped by Waldenbooks, and was delighted to see boxes of clearance books for $1 each, so I picked up 5 of them that looked interesting.

As I type I am listening to a recording of HBP.

I took What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew and Eats, Shoots, and Leaves along in the car when we drove up to see my daughter. Both are good for browsing through, which was what I needed. It's been a rough couple of days.

I recently started Rant.

I decided to do comfort rereads until the end of school. Too much going on to get into a new book. I recently finished Farmer Boy and have moved on to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

I got a new toy (iPod Nano) and have been listening to my very first audio book ( Tale of Two Cities ). I read it a million years ago in high school, but thought it might we worth a re-read/listen.

#188-190 lefty:
KIK!

#191 wingert:
We almost bought one of the copies of Eat This, Not That. We didn't because it was a fast food version. The supermarket one would be interesting.

#196 lefty:
Glad you're enjoying the book. Like LG and laia, I loved it.

#198 suge:
Let me know what you think of The Strain!

#203 bib:
KIK!

Since Tuesday I've read Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, and Definitely Dead. Those books are addicting. I really couldn't afford to buy the next two, but did today anyways. I will pretend the hardcover one, book nine, doesn't exist.

I know there's a new thread, but I finished The Last Olympian on Saturday, and that was in May.

ETA:Now I can open the thread.

Here's the new thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/65882