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Finally read (it was a huge hype when it first came out) The Crimson Petal and the White. Liked it well enough!

I can't make it to the library so I'll have to bust out my Kindle.

I've had it on my to-read shelf since it was released but I'm putting it off because I am sure I will cry, a lot! Enjoy, I've heard SUCH good things.


I've read good things, I bought a copy on the weekend.

Nice to see some YA being mentioned in here! I am reading Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan - YA sci-fi, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first book, hoping the sequel is just as good.

Took a chance on the Hunger Games trilogy, reading Mockingjay for closure, but I am finding it to be fairly tedious. Stepping back into lif fic and away from YA after this.

The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester. I've fallen out of the reading habit so I needed something easy.

I just finished the Hunger games trilogy. I think the first book was the best, the 2nd was a bit of fluff and third wrapped things up. The love story is a bit tedious but its an interesting premise and there are parts I don't care for at all but it isn't bad.

I need to get back in the habit of reading regularly again, not sure what my next book will be.

Just got back from the library and picked up my reading material to take to the cottage with me next week:

Inherited Risk: Errol Flynn and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam. Everyone knows about Errol "In Like Flynn" ad nauseum blah-blah-blah, but his son Sean is an interesting story. Sean disappeared on a front line assignment in Cambodia in April 1970 and his body has never been found. When I picked up the book, I was a bit disappointed to see that only about twenty pages were devoted specifically to Sean's story and most of the book is about Errol, but it's by Jeffrey Meyers, a biographer whom I like, so it still should be a good book.

Also, carrying on with my MM obsession: The Genius and the Goddess: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe, also by Jeffrey Meyers. I've read so much on Monroe, I often read bios on her now and pick out what I believe they've gotten wrong or what I know to be inconsistencies but again, JM's a good researcher and thorough so I have faith that maybe it will give me some new insights, who knows.

Excited to read these books while I'm away!!!

If you haven't read it, Dispatches by Michael Herr features Sean Flynn a lot (and is an excellent read).

In other news, I am about halfway through Dracula and am enjoying it immensely, which I didn't think I would.

Almost done with Skippy Dies and I feel like I changed my mind a little bit, though it's still not my favorite read. It's weird, but I feel like I'm witnessing the author's skill strengthen as the book progresses. The last third is definitely stronger than the first two thirds. I don't know that I'd go so far as to recommend it, though. Oh well!

Thanks for the recommend! On second look, there are more pages about Sean than I initially thought in the Meyers book (the entire first chapter is devoted to him, too) but Dispatches looks like an excellent read as well.

I'm not sure I like how Meyers treats Marilyn Monroe on flipping through the book last night. He might draw too many definitive-seeming conclusions about her personal motivations with a surety I can't believe. I don't mind an author speculating on the reasons why their subjects do things or behave in certain ways, but I have a problem when such speculations are presented in a factual tone. Also, his depictions of her seem to trend to stereotypical and chauvanistic; in other words, I don't think he actually delved too deeply into her character. Still, it looks interesting on the whole and I'll read it.

a spot of bother

I'm about halfway through the first Game of Thrones book. I like it! It makes the show less confusing, but I still can't keep everyone's relationship straight.

And now I'm reading Demons, by Dostoevsky.

The Year of the Flood!

Love that book!

Just finished The Kite Runner which I really enjoyed and just started Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

I love Fall on Your Knees but I read it years ago. I should re-read.

I'm just starting Tell the Wolves I'm Home and I can tell it's going to be terrific.

Wow, In Cold Blood was so good! I'm going to start The Things They Carried next.

I really wish Ann-Marie MacDonald would write some new novels! Or plays. I'll take anything.

I'm re-reading Bill Gaston's Sointula. It is a gorgeous book.

I realized after a few pages into Shadows of Night that I had forgotten most of the previous book so I have to re-read it. It's good though.

I just finished The Lost Dogs a few days ago. My dog is probably glad I did because she was extra spoiled during and for a few days after. I've just started Killing Yourself To Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman, so far so good!

I am reading Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier. It is interesting, but slow going because of there is not really a plot line. Its a summary of over 200 memoirs from early settlers. The author wrote the book in college which I find very impressive.

I am still trying to read Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed. I am finding it incredibly sad and don't want to be sad. Perhaps, I'll grab something else tonight.

Just finished Gone Girl. It was pretty good, definitely sucked me in for a couple days.

Next I think I'm going with The Ask by Sam Lipsyte.

I'm reading "Fat Girl" by Judith Moore. It's kind of a big bummer but it's written well.

Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird.

So far, it's a string of beautiful and horrifying fairy tale nightmares.

How to Make Love to Adrian Colesbury. Silly fluff, but funny.

does anyone have recs for a James Bond/Ian Fleming book? I haven't read any (and I know there are issues....) so I don't know where is a good places to start.
thanks