What are you reading?

UofMfan · 11-07-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

_Water for Elephants_ by Sara Gruen

Excellent read.

Arwen · 11-07-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

Excellent read.

I'm truly enjoying it. Only on chapter four but it's already made me cry and laugh. A good thing in a book. I borrowed it on my Kindle via Amazon.

betenoire · 11-07-2011, 01:07 PM

I am just about finished with:

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt

The book is great. The "voice" of the book is Eli Sisters - a hired killer with a heart. Watching someone who you would presume is completely devoid of feeling dote all over a one-eyed horse is just too adorably absurd to pass over.

I'd suggest it.

Estella · 11-07-2011, 01:14 PM

I'm also reading Possession by A.S. Byatt. Let me re-phrase: slogging through. It's a Booker Prize winner (like Wolf Hall, which I'm also reading) and I usually like them, but mother of god it's slow. I wouldn't recommend it.

tonaderspeisung · 11-08-2011, 06:32 PM

ok i admit i'm not technically "reading" this series
but i just finished the unabridged audio book version of
girl with the dragon tattoo - i thought it was great, it kept my interest and had me along for the whole ride

and i'm just starting
the girl who played with fire

as an aside: simon vance is a great audio book narrator - he sounds completely involved in the story and he has a clear and present timbre that i find very easy on the ears

11-07-2011, 01:07 PM	#3
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11-07-2011, 01:14 PM	#4
Estella Member How Do You Identify?: Straightforward Femme. What you see is what you get. Preferred Pronoun?: We Relationship Status: Sadie, Sadie ... married lady. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Love that dirty water ... Posts: 355 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 94 Thanked 551 Times in 130 Posts Rep Power: 8279290	I'm also reading Possession by A.S. Byatt. Let me re-phrase: slogging through. It's a Booker Prize winner (like Wolf Hall, which I'm also reading) and I usually like them, but mother of god it's slow. I wouldn't recommend it. __________________ Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? -- Douglas Adams

11-08-2011, 06:32 PM	#5
tonaderspeisung Member How Do You Identify?: asleep at the synthesizer Preferred Pronoun?: crown prince of dirty disco Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: the dollar bin Posts: 1,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,082 Thanked 1,752 Times in 849 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	ok i admit i'm not technically "reading" this series but i just finished the unabridged audio book version of girl with the dragon tattoo - i thought it was great, it kept my interest and had me along for the whole ride and i'm just starting the girl who played with fire as an aside: simon vance is a great audio book narrator - he sounds completely involved in the story and he has a clear and present timbre that i find very easy on the ears