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I read constantly! I keep buying books and yet I can't walk in the library without taking home 6 or 7 books so I never have time to read the books I buy. Also I often reread my old favorites. I think I've read The Stand by Stephen King around 20 times. I need to lay off it for a while I think!
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  • Springfield, Il
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  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    The Twilight books are good in a very adolescent, cheesey kind of way. I started reading them because I saw all my students with them and was intrigued. But they are kind of a fun Sunday afternoon or beach read. I have not heard of The Mysterious Benedict Society, but I will check it out. I am knee deep in the Likeness right now.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • dcher

    dcher says

    Yeah! I'm glad.

    Probably the best thing I've read lately is River of Darkness by Rennie Airth. Rec. it.

    I'm about to start Pillars of the Earth.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    I read Child 44 a couple of weeks ago. Loved it!

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • BeckyL

    beckyl says

    That's great, I love Jinn! I just wish he would write something else now.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    I have not read Pilalrs of the Earth, but someone just recently told me it was really good, so I may have to put it on my personal summer reading list. I will add the other to my list as well. I just read In the Woods by Tana French (I think that is the last name). I saw it on a list of books that were finalists for mystery awards this year. It was REALLY good. Highly recommed. I will be in Spfld July 1-11, let's plan to have a girls' dinner.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • J. Kaye

    j. kaye says

    Thanks for joining the Suspense & Thrillers group! Love having new members. Though it might be on page 4 of the discussions, there is a spot for introductions as well as members who’d like updates, so jump in at any time.

    Also know there are like 7 or more pages of discussions. When you go to the group’s home page, click on “view all discussions” From there, scroll down and you’ll see 1 of 7. Click on the next page to view the remaining posts. Please feel free to add a comment or two. We’d love to hear what you think.

    On May 15th, we started discussing ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS. The author, J.T. Ellison, is leading this group discussion.

    On June 1st, a discussion of A WICKED SNOW will be led by Gregg Olsen.

    This is a really special treat for the group, so if you can get a copy of these books, please join us in a group discussion.

    We also have “The Newton Prophecies” led by Keith Katsikas, the author. This is scheduled for the 15th of June.

    More future discussions are listed on the group’s home page.

    We also have something new. It’s a Suspense & Thriller Challenge. More can be found on the group or at http://suspense-thriller-challenge.blogspot.com/ We even have a Yahoo Group for this at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/suspense-thriller-challenge/

    If you have any questions, please let me know!

    Judith

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    I didn't even realize until I saw your note that there were other books and that it was a series. My mom lent me the book and my aunt had lent it to her. I thought it was interesting; I haven't read much about WWI before. I will pick up another one at the library. Have you read anything else lately?

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • koreen56

    koreen56 says

    Stop by the True Crime group and check out the contest that starts tomorrow. Winner will get to choose a book from the list.

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    I just read Cormac McCarthy's The Road - have you read that yet? It was pretty depressing fare for the day after Christmas, but I think you would like it.

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • koreen56

    koreen56 says

    I'm very excited that one of our favorite True Crime authors, Gregg Olsen, has joined our Shelfari group. We have a question and answer thread started and so far he has dropped by and answered our questions. Stop by and check it out!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • unicdreamer

    unicdreamer says

    That's great.! Glad I could help. Nice choice for a pic. One of my favorite books.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • unicdreamer

    unicdreamer says

    I was having trouble with the display and not being able to edit my profile and change my picture. I finally figured out how to fix that. I had to change my display settings to make things smaller. Once I made my changes I then put my display settings back to what they were before. Unfortunately if I want to make any other changes I will have go through that process again. If you need help drop me a note and I'll tell you exactly what I did.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    Just a few of my Summer reads, all worthy of reading:

    A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
    by Marina Lewycka

    Uglies
    by Scott Westerfeld

    Dragonfly in Amber
    by Diana Gabaldon

    My Favorites of the Summer:


    A Thousand Splendid Suns
    by Khaled Hosseini


    Water for Elephants: A Novel
    by Sara Gruen

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    Oops, hit send before I was finished. How's your Summer? What have you been reading that you've loved and haven't the US Open Men's games been so much fun to watch! My favorites, Blake and Santoro and Jokovich vs. Stepanek.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    It's been a crazy, busy Summer and I haven't had much time for Shelfari although as always I'm reading alot. Not this weekend though, I travelled to Yakima, Washington for a tennis tournament and won the championship for my level...whoo hoo, my first big win in competitive tennis! Watch out Sherapova...LOL, o.k. maybe not but it was fun to win at the club tennis level.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • AnneOA

    anneoa says

    Dana -
    I just read the Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (sp) and I really liked it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    Henin is not a favorite of mine either. I did like her because she's a more petite girl as am I so I liked that she could still hang with the powerful amazonians that have become womens tennis. I lost faith in her after that Australian Open with Amelie too! I'm kind of hoping Venus will step up to the plate the way she did against Sherapova, she looked like the Venus of 2000 hope she can stay with it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • zapfogldorf

    zapfogldorf says

    Thanks for joining the Stephen King group! Enjoy the discussions!

    Jason

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    I've been deeply immersed in Wimbledon all week! Did you see Serena's painfully exciting match against Huntchnova (sp?) ? The Stand also began my love of the post apocalyptic genre and have re-read it many times over, again just recently for Eclectic book group. Thanks for your nice note and I am looking forward to seeing your profile when you have time to add it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • RobinReads

    robinreads says

    Thank you for the friendship request!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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