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Old 05-18-2013, 06:41 AM   #6576
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The Secret History, Donna Tartt. Another thrift store find. (The previous one was good all the way through; it only flagged briefly once. Beautiful writing - No Great Mischief, Macleod.)
This is on my to-read list! It popped up on Buzz Feed's list of 65 Books You Need to Read in Your 20s.

I just started Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell and Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket). Both of them keep startling me because they're so unlike anything else I've read.
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Old 05-19-2013, 08:11 AM   #6577
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Old 05-21-2013, 09:49 AM   #6578
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Old 05-21-2013, 10:11 AM   #6579
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The Middle River by Paul Thereoux.

I read Dark Star Safari a couple months ago, and I can see where this book is going.
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The Middle River by Paul Thereoux.

I read Dark Star Safari a couple months ago, and I can see where this book is going.
I enjoyed a lot of Theroux' early travel books, but I think his narrative voice has gotten increasingly bitter through the years. I've never been a big fan of his fiction. I'd be interested to hear what you think when you're finished.
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:25 PM   #6581
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And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

I had to read that one while I was in high school. Most people in my class simply raved about it, but I couldn't wait until we finished the thing and could move on to the next book. It was too slow for me, sadly.

I just finished Ever After by Kim Harrison and The Rising by Kelley Armstrong.

I have several others that I'm reading, but I can't name them off the top of my head right now. Would help if I was at home and had them at hand.
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:39 PM   #6582
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just finished The Color of Magic, and will probably buy another Pratchett book

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Old 05-21-2013, 07:52 PM   #6583
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OooOo, did you just discover Pratchett? Oh man. OH MAN. Yew is in for a treat! Forget my book, pick up the Night Watch books NOW!
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I just started reading The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber. Got it because I had to get something to celebrate discovering the used bookstore (first one I've located since moving here, great store!)

So far it's keeping my interest.
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Old 05-22-2013, 07:21 AM   #6585
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I'm about half way through Storm of Swords. I don't know why I'm still surprised at how much I'm enjoying the series.
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Old 05-22-2013, 11:08 AM   #6587
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I just started My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead a collection of short love stories through the ages, edited by Jeffrey Eugenides. Also, Madame Bovary, which I found at my favorite used book store for .50!
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Old 05-23-2013, 11:11 PM   #6589
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On my Kindle, I'm reading a book by Ellen Brown called Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind.

It's interesting how different the process was back then (in the mid '30s) to get a book published. Mitchell didn't have it finished, the chapters were all out of sync, she didn't even have a first chapter, and what she had written was only a first draft. A friend recommened the incomplete ms. to Macmillan publishers (where the friend worked), and all Mitchell sent were a few chapters that were out of order with a very brief storyline. And she was an unknown writer at the time. I'm sure the friend helping her a lot to do with it, but still....

I'm about 20% through the book and at the point in time where Gone With The Wind has just gone to press and Mitchell is exhausted from the all-nighters of trying to get the book in shape within seven months' time. Her husband and friends helped her with editing and retyping the 450,000 word novel.
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At the momment, it's 'The 100 year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared' by Jonas Jonasson. It's a bit crazy and it's very funny, some great momments of black comedy. I've heard of comparisons with Mr magoo and Forrest Gump but I think that's being a bit dismissive. A fun read.
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