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Old 10-01-2008, 08:28 AM   #1  
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Love these threads! Makes my lists longer and longer, but love them all the same!

I'm in the middle of Twilight by Stephenie Meyers. Am really really enjoying it so far.

Tell me what you are all reading!
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Old 10-01-2008, 08:47 AM   #2  
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Right now I'm reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett but I already have my next two books picked out. Easy readers, lol. They are The House by Danielle Steel and Angels Fall by Nora Roberts. I always need a couple "light" books after I read something more serious.

Love these book threads too.
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Old 10-01-2008, 09:26 AM   #3  
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I'm nearly finished one called 'A Life in Pieces' by Richard Baer. It's about a woman with multiple personality disorder. Quite harrowing, but at the same time un-putdownable!
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Old 10-01-2008, 10:34 AM   #4  
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I just finished:

Hunger Games - This was a little too young adult/Twilighty for me. It had a very interesting premise (A little like Long Walk by Richard Bachman) but it really didn't deliver for me. A very quick read.

Waiter Rant - I put myself through college waiting tables so this book was almost hard to read. I'm so glad my rent no longer depends on the kindness of strangers.

I am currently reading:

More Than it Hurts You
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Old 10-01-2008, 10:56 AM   #5  
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Glory -- More Than It Hurts You sounds really good. I read Chang and Eng by the same author a few years ago and really liked it. Have you read that?

I'm still reading The Pillars of the Earth and probably will be for a while.
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Old 10-01-2008, 10:57 AM   #6  
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I'm still reading, The Vampire Seduction.
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Old 10-01-2008, 11:02 AM   #7  
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unfortunately all of mine are school related, but i do manage to sneak in poetry for pleasure. right now i'm reading King Lear, Survival at Auschwitz, and Absalom, Absalom!.

reading Marge Piercy's The Moon is Always Female at bedtime to sneak in something of my own choosing.

glory - i waited tables for years! this book looks awesome-adding it to me list. thanks!
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I'm almost done with New Moon and will start Eclipse after I finish (probably tonight).
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Gosh I loved Waiter Rant. Did you hear they're planning on making it into a TV series?

I'm reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer right now, and after that I'll jump into the Jen Lancaster books.
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Old 10-01-2008, 02:49 PM   #10  
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This month I'll be reading:

Prayerfully Yours: Creating the Bond Between Man and His Maker by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness by Suzanne Somers

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon
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Old 10-01-2008, 03:20 PM   #11  
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So much to comment on!

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No, I haven't read Chang & Eng yet. I just read about it on amazon and it sounds awesome (I loved "The Girls" too). I'm going to see if I can get it from the library. I am liking "More than it hurts you" although I'm having a little trouble understanding the mother's motivations.

Ollie27/Alinnell
It strikes pretty true to home in my experience (although I never worked fine dining) He has a great little part about the "verbal tipping" customers that hit really close to home. You know, the customers that TELL you how great you did and then leave a crap tip? His characterization of people likely to wait tables was dead on, as well. The book definitely brought back a lot of memories, not all of them good!

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I thought The Host had an amazing premise, but I literally hated the "heroine" and thought the book was weak overall. Let me know your thoughts when you finish it! I loved loved loved the first and third Jen Lancaster books and thought the second was okay.
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I'm reading two right now: French Women Don't Get Fat (for new ideas) and Aunt Erma's Cope Book (because we all need to keep our humor.)
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I'm reading The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.

It's kind of biased, but I really like psychology books.
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Mine is school related too, Becoming the Master Student.
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i am rereading Hitchickers guide to the Galaxy. I read it about 9 years ago and loved it. Felt it was time to reread it. (:
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