The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan. It's written for middle schoolers, which is obvious from the style, but still pretty interesting. I'm reading it for book discussion.

Honeymoon with my Brother by Franz Wisner. Also for book a discussion, I'm only about 10 pages in so far, but I like it. It seems like it will be pretty humorus.

Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn. Yet another book discussion! lol. I haven't started this one yet, only skimmed the first page or so.

I'm also most of the way through Secrets of a Former Fat Girl and love it. I have Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster sitting on my desk waiting to be read as well, maybe after I get some of the book group books out of the way.

I am reading The Shack by William P Young

i'm on to the second book in my series already- A Clash of Kings.

dianag- i finished American gods last and i love his short stories...haven't read the two you are mentioning, but i'm getting those soon LOL

[I may have posted this already, and if so, please forgive the redundancy of this post]

I'm reading through (or actually listening to) C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. I've already finished Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, and I'm about 1/6 of the way through That Hideous Strength. Once I finish that I may download Phantom of the Opera if the voice of the reader is suitable. Otherwise I'll just have to go back to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Just starting The Last Time They Met...Anita Shreve

Anything by Philippa Gregory or Margaret George. The last one I read was "The Other Boleyn Girl". Now I'm re-reading the Eragon series since the third book is coming out this month. Also, for all the vampire lovers out there, I just finished a fantasic book called "The Historian" It's another take on the Dracula story and it is SO GOOD.

Phillipa Gregory has a new book coming out this week - The Other Queen about Mary Queen of Scots imprisonment. I kind of wish she had focused on her very exciting life leading UP to the imprisonment, but I'm still looking forward to it and have it on hold at the library.

I just finished reading 2 novels:

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - I found this book so unbelievably depressing. Think of a bad thing that can happen to three women - it probably happened.

The Writing Class - this was great. A very taut, funny mystery.

I've read two Phillipa Gregory novels, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance and I enjoyed them both. What I can't figure is in what order I should read the others--or does it really matter?

There are a couple of series that should be read in order (Wideacre Trilogy and Earthly Joys). For her Tudor stuff, I would just let history be your guide - read the Henry the 8th stuff before Elizabeth, for example! I think they can be read out of order without any big issue - it's no big spoiler that Anne Boleyn gets beheaded!

I guess Constant Princess comes first - it's Katherine of Aragon.

I have re-read "In Her Shoes" by Jennifer Weiner
I am currently half-way through "Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner....can you tell I like her as an author...hehehe
:p
After I'm finished that, I will get back into reading "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
I had started reading it a few months ago, but we moved and I couldn't find the book...but I found it about 2 weeks ago ;)

Originally Posted by Glory87:
There are a couple of series that should be read in order (Wideacre Trilogy and Earthly Joys). For her Tudor stuff, I would just let history be your guide - read the Henry the 8th stuff before Elizabeth, for example! I think they can be read out of order without any big issue - it's no big spoiler that Anne Boleyn gets beheaded!

I guess Constant Princess comes first - it's Katherine of Aragon.

Thanks! That helps a lot.

Originally Posted by Wifey:
I have re-read "In Her Shoes" by Jennifer Weiner
I am currently half-way through "Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner....can you tell I like her as an author...hehehe

I really like Jennifer Weiner as an author as well. "In Her Shoes" was such a great book!! I don't know if I have read "Good in Bed", but I did read "Little Earthquakes" which was also good, although I didn't like it as much as "In Her Shoes".

I am currently on a Jodi Piccoult kick. I adored "My Sister's Keeper" and that was one of those books that I didn't want to put down. The next one on my list is "Nineteen Minutes" which I am actually looking forward to reading it. Her books are always a pretty good price on Amazon, so whenever I'm ordering anything from there and need another $10 to save on shipping, I usually grab another one of her books. LOL

I have "Pillars of the Earth" and haven't started it yet. Now I can't wait. I also loved "The Outlander" series by Diana Gabaldon. Anybody read that series? What did you think? Two other books I loved..."Beach Music" by Pat Conroy and "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen. I love reading!!!!

Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich. It's a bit profane for my tastes, but it's too hilarious to put down!