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  What are you reading now?

  I know we have the planning to read discussion but what are you currently reading?
  
  I have a huge stack on my bedside table. I've finally come to some of my fun ARCs that I've been looking forward to for a while. I just started The Monsters of Templeton by Laurie Groff, then I have a book called Winterwood, Delicate Chaos by Jeff Buick, and Twist by Colby Hodge. Those are definitely on my plate for this week and if I am lucky, I may have time to start The Somnambulist (the real fun ones are for next week but I cheated and am reading Monsters early!).

  BeckyL started this discussion 9 months ago. ( reply )

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  Icedream 

  I just finished An Absolute Gentleman by K.M. Kinder Now I have:
  Oh, the Humanity by Jason Roeder
  Humanity's Edge by Tamara Wihite
  One Thousand White Women by JIm Fergus (not a new release)
  And I hope to also get to North River by Pete Hamill and Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton all by the end of this month.

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  racethom 

  I'll just list the two books I'm MOST "in the midst of". I'm usually in the midst of several books and am terrible at reading in order (as many of you probably have figured out by now).
  
  Bloodline by F. Paul Wilson
  
  Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox

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    Lamees S 

    have you checked out the Free e-book download site:
    http://enjoyyourbooksonline.blogspot.com/
    
    if im not wrong, i have seen bloodline there as well as many 'vampire' series.

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  BeckyL 

  Oops, that's Lauren Groff. Monsters of Templeton is really good so far. Groff is great with description.

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  Lamees S 

  hi becky, i am juggling between:
  'Self Matters' by Dr. Phil McGraw
  'The Chamber' by John Grisham (oldie)
  'A Child called IT' dont recall the author
  'Closed Door' dont recall the author
  Hey girl, why dont you start another discussion on 'just finished and now rating'. im a chicken at starting one :)
  

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    Gerard Z 

    A Child Called It is written by David Pelzer. I thought it was interesting, sad, and just couldn't believe the mother could be so mean.

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    Lamees S 

    thanks gerald, the book has been sitting on my shelf for the past 3 months and now that you have confirmed how intensely sad it is, i probably wont read it. there is enough sadness around us as it is, i dont want books adding to the depression. i'd appreciate if you could suggest something more intellectually intriguing.

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  BeckyL 

  Ok, I got through my last stack and just finished up Jonathan Barnes's The Somnambulist. Now I am working my way through Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell which is fantastic thus far.
  
  Others to finish before the week is out:
  Chocolate Lover's Club by Carole Matthews
  Devil's Bones by Jefferson Bass

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    Icedream 

    Becky you are getting your hands on some great sounding arc's! I have Monsters of Templeton and The Somnambulist on my wish list.

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  racethom 

  I'm still reading John Connolly's book.
  (Yes, I will finish it. It's good but scary.)
  
  Here's a partial TBR pile:
  Posted to Death by Dean James (just finished)
  Faked to Death by Dean James
  Dog Days by John Levitt
  Black Magic Woman by Justin Gutainis
  No Dominion by Charlie Huston
  Half the Blood in Brooklyn by Charlie Huston
  
  Amy

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  Karen Z 

  I'm reading "Pieces of My Sister's Life" by Elizabeth Joy Arnold. So far, so good!

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  BeckyL 

  I just started After Hours at the Almost Home by Tara Yellen. It's not due out until April but the publisher is local and I wanted to let the marketing team know what I thought. It's pretty good so far. Takes place at a bar in Denver on Super Bowl Sunday - kind of more earnest Empire Records type story.
  
  Also on my plate for this week are:
  The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd
  The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell
  Cross by Ken Bruen
  The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
  City of the Sun by David Levien

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  racethom 

  Somewhere, I know, there's a more appropriate discussion to put this information in ... but I can't find it. I am X-posting (with the author's permission) information about a book that sounds interesting to me:
  
  Hey Everybody!
  
  Well. Today's the day, folks and I'm totally freakin' out. My debut
  urban fantasy/comedy HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAMNED is on the shelves (or
  most of them). If you've never heard of it, I'll give you a little
  snippet...
  
  Getting used to the afterlife can be a daunting process. Advertising
  executive/diva extraordinaire Amanda Feral has barely adjusted to being
  turned into a zombie, and now she’s trying to make her way through
  Seattle’s undead scene—filled with bloodsuckers, reapers, horned (and
  horny) devils, celebrities, PR-obsessed shape shifters, and an
  extremely hot bartender named Ricardo. When one of Amanda’s undead
  friends disappears, she knows that the afterlife is about to get really
  ugly. Something very sinister is at hand, and this time, Amanda may
  meet a fate a lot worse than death.
  
  And here's what people are saying...
  
  "Sexy, funny and twisted. You've never read anything like this!"
  --Richelle Mead, author of Succubus On Top
  
  "Dark, twisted and completely hilarious. I loved this book!" --Michelle
  Rowen, author of Lady & The Vamp
  
  "Happy Hour of the Damned blends the hilarious narcissism of Seinfeld
  with Night of the Living Dead. Who knew skincare-obsessed zombies were
  so much fun? I couldn't read this book fast enough." --Jeaniene Frost,
  New York Times bestselling author of Halfway to the Grave
  
  "Gruesome, ghoulish and utterly groundbreaking. Mark Henry is daring
  and scathingly funny." --Jackie Kessler, author of The Road To Hell
  
  Interesting? We now return you to your regularly scheduled
  conversation threads.
  
  Mark
  ________________________________________________________________________
  
  Mark Henry's HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAMNED, a zomedy with cocktails and
  eyeliner, spreading like the plague February 26th 2008 from Kensington
  Books.
  
  "4 Stars! A truly unique and wildly warped tale!" —Romantic Times Book
  Reviews
  
  Visit the author at http://markhenry.us
  or this nifty group of authors: http://www.leagueofreluctantadults.com

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    Icedream (edited)

    Man...another one to add to my TBR pile! If books were food I'd eat until I exploded.

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  racethom 

  I've just finished Madhouse by Rob Thurman.

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  BeckyL 

  I'm reading The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd. It's a debut that's been getting some great buzz - thanks in part to the marketing strategy that included sleeping masks attached to the ARCs (not mine). It's really good so far. It's got a dual story line, the current one where the killer's wife in question is trying to make a go of it under a new name in a new town, until she is exposed. The other story line is that of the years leading up to her discovery that her husband is a serial killer.

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  Mary L. Simonsen 

  Michelangelo's Ceiling
  Confederate War Bonnet

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  jenlaw77 

  "The Sister" an ARC from B&N's First Look Program
  "Friday Night Knitting Club"--my online book club's book of the month
  "Year of the Fog"

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  Icedream 

  I am in between books right now. I recently finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (a bit slow but a good story) and The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (a good book about friendship). My last book was The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard, not a new release but I really liked it (sad). The new releases sitting on the top of my pile: The Shack by William Young, Such A Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster, The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen, Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger and The Prince Of Frogtown by Rick Bragg. I think after the last book I need a laugh so I will most likely pick up Lancaster's or Weisberger's book.

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  BeckyL 

  Last week I finally got around to reading Koji Suzuki's Ring - a little disappointing probably thanks to the movies. I'm hoping there are more surprises left in the other installments, though. I also read Made in the USA by Billie Letts and The Sister by Poppy Adams.
  
  Today I finished up Meg Cabot's Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, and started Memory of Water by Karen White. I've also started Tigerheart by Peter David (a new Peter Pan story).

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    jenlaw77 

    What did you think about The Sister, Becky? I read that several months back for B&N's First Look Program.

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    BeckyL 

    I liked it ok. It was interesting and the end was great. Of course, there were hints all along but no actual explanation regarding what was wrong with Ginny and that kind of drives me nuts. It was compelling, but it wasn't amazing. Didn't quite hit the spot like The Historian or Thirteenth Tale in terms of the gothic aspect either. Other than that, it read pretty fast and it kept me interested.

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    jenlaw77 

    My thoughts exactly. I was hoping for some more information about Ginny's ailment. The First Look group I was a part of was throwing out all sorts of diagnosises, from Auspergers, to Autism...I just wanted to know a little more. Quite the interesting tale, though.

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    BeckyL (edited)

    I was thinking she was OCD and a sociopath. ; )

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  racethom 

  X-posted of course ...
  
  48.
  Spectre by Phaedra Weldon
  urban fantasy, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance
  second in a series
  pretty good even though the first book was best
  paranormal first, mystery second but not a who-dunnit, romance a distant third
  
  49.
  House of Whispers by Margaret Lucke
  urban fantasy, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance
  first in a series, debut in the genre I think
  an okay read
  would buy the next book
  paranormal first, mystery a close second, romance a close third (close to break even)
  
  I'm in the middle of reading a manuscript too.
  (I'm not naming names right now.)
  Unfortunately, I don't have quite the flexibility to read that anywhere.
  It's pretty good so far but I have to have access to my home computer to read it.
  
  Amy T.

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