Finished The Last Time They Met and started Big Boned by Meg Cabot last night. Hoping to be done with it tonight so I can start The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve.

I'm working my way through the Harry Potter series. Again. Currently on the Goblet of Fire.

Started The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. I am not on an Anita Shreve kick but am curious. Someone told me that this one and The Last Time They Met had to do with one another, and in the back of TLTTM, there was a questions asked about a character in the book, Thomas and if or why he was in The Weight of Water...so now I have to read to see the connection, lol. I do have more books by her but need a break from her after this. :)

I'm reading The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

Cristina -- I like Anita Shreve. I really liked those two books and Fortune's Rocks.

I'm reading Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer. It's a silly mystery series and I thought I would enjoy it but I'm really not. It's taking me forever to get through it because I don't like it that much and I don't have much time to read anyway since I'm pretty much constantly breastfeeding my newborn these days! I picked this book because I thought it might be another fun series like the Janet Evanovich books, but it's not really all that fun. I just don't care for the main character so far, and uh...that's kind of crucial in a series like that!

After this, I plan to get started on Pillars of the Earth, which everyone recommends!

I'm also reading a book about writing for young adults because I have an idea for a young adult novel I want to write and I'm in the planning stages. Will I have time to actually write it? Um...probably not.

Oh, Lisa, you'll LOVE Pillars of the Earth!!

And read the info on Stephenie Meyer--she wrote 5 books, and she has more little ones. It'll motivate you to write (and then we can read your book!!).

I've been delving primarily into non-fiction lately:

Good Calories Bad Calories (I know some people find it incredible...I find his arguments somewhat unconvincting)
Queen Bees and Wannabes - What a book! About relationships and behavior among adolescent girls
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads - From the same author - about how those girls PARENTS interact with the school, other people in their kids lives, other parents, etc.

Hey! I am a huge bibliophile so naturally I couldn't resist commenting in a thread entitled "Whatcha Readin'?" LOL. ;)

Lately I have been on a John Grisham tear, just finished reading The Runaway Jury a week ago and have moved on to A Time To Kill. I am concurrently reading How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young. LOL. Interestingly enough, HTLF&AP is being adapted into a movie starring Kirsten Dunst & Megan Fox with a release date of next month, so it should be neat to see that and compare the novel to the silver screen adaptation.

Didn't particularly enjoy TRJ, had to force myself to finish it.

After finishing ATTK, I will be moving on to The Pelican Brief as well as The Innocent Man, which is non-fiction. What can I say, I'm a sucker for lawyer novels. :) Actually, I think I just like JG's writing style. Precise and logical.

Here's what I read in July & August:
Kitchen Confidential--Anthony Bourdain (non-fiction, memoir of a NYC based chef and writer, a good read)
Tweak--Nic Sheff (non-fiction, drug memoir of a young man. There is a companion book written by the father entitled Beautiful Boy. Very honest and straightforward read...deals with a delicate subject matter)
The Memory of Running--Ron McLarty (fiction, has a theme of weight loss, altho that is not the main plot, GREAT read)
Searching for Bobby Fischer--Fred Waitzkin (non-fiction, memoir of a chess father with a talented son, saw the movie when I was a kid, book was interesting in a good, informative way)
The Testament--John Grisham (fiction, great read)
The Last Juror--John Grisham (fiction, good read)
The Runaway Jury--John Grisham (fiction, good read although it runs a bit long for my taste)

I just got a puppy (4 month old black Lab--he's the cutest, sweetest puppy ever!) a week and a half ago so reading has taken a backseat to him of late, but I'm a quarter of the way through ATTK so I hope to have it finished by next week. In general, I like there to be a combo of non-fiction and fiction in my reading repertoire. And of course since getting a puppy I have been reading up on Labs.

Re: Anita Shreve, I don't believe I have read any of her books. Is she any good? I have heard OF her, but have never cracked open anything she's written.

Finished Supreme Courtship last night and tonight start rereading Deception Point by Dan Brown

I just finished The Devil You Know which was pretty good in a Jim Butcher/Harry Dresden way. I am now reading Olive Kittridge. It appears to be a collection of related vingnettes, with the same main characters. I loved loved loved the first "story" but haven't liked the next 2 nearly as much. I plan to keep reading though!

I leave for Seattle tomorrow and I have a delicious stack of new library books to sort through. We'll see which ones are "plane worthy!"

I am reading To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Knee-deep in Bushnell's Sex and the City.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic1204:
I'm reading Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks. It's pretty good so far. I have no idea why I'm really into Vampire Lit right now, lol.

Oooh is that like Sex in the City with Vamps? If so, "count" me in. Oh that was bad, sorry lol. I am on a total Vamp kick myself. I started with The Southern Vamp novels, or The Sookie Stackhouse series. It's got a series now on HBO and I am really getting into it now. Bill is becoming very sexy to me.

Originally Posted by Wolf Goddess:
Has anyone here read the Twilight series? It's very popular, but I'm scared it will all be a bunch of kinky teenage mush. :S

Um, OMG yes they are so awesome! I have been putting off finishing breaking dawn because I don't want it to be over.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic1204:
I LOVE the Twilight books!!! I'm obsessed with them!!!!!!! I cannot wait for the movie!!!!! Theres nothing kinky about them. If you want kinky..read the Undead & Unwed series, lol. Those are pretty good books though.

I can't wait for the movie either, but I have seen some spoilers and the change some of the things I thought were kinda stupid to change. Oh well, I will hope for the best. I also read in EW that Robert Pattinson (Edward) actually has his own songs in the movie and really plays the piano. Could he get more sexy? sheesh lol

Originally Posted by ZetaMD2Be:
Hi everyone!

I'm loving the Twilight series. I'm about to start Breaking Dawn... I couldn't put the others down, but school has gotten in the way with this one.

I know the feeling, that is partially why it's taken me so long to finish Breaking Dawn. I have been reading a little more the past couple of days but I am so close to the end now, it hurts.

Originally Posted by BornToFly:
I just started Twilight.

I almost evny you.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic1204:
I read Twilight when I'm out of other books to read. Which reminds me, The Host by Stephanie Meyer is also really good!!!!!!!!!!!!

I plan to check that out too sometime.

Originally Posted by queenofthehouse:
I'm more than 3/4 through Twilight in only a day! I am surprised I am enjoying it so much!

Yeah I had heard and read reviews that were very mixed. But after reading 8 books in the Sookie series I needed more vamps, so Twilight was the obvious choice.

Originally Posted by stacylambert:
I'm working my way through the Harry Potter series. Again. Currently on the Goblet of Fire.

I really want to go back and reread these too. If nothing else I plan to read the Half Blood Prince again before the movie.

Originally Posted by Shopaholic1204:
I'm reading The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

Will have to check that out too.


I do have The Watchmen, it's a graphical novel. They are making a movie for it right now. It looks very cool. I don't usually do graphical novels, but it is highly acclaimed. I will read that after Twilight time is over. :(

Christina~Actually..How to Marry A Millionair is the first book in the series. Then its Vamps in the City. And its not really like SATC, lol. I mean..theres a lot of sex in it..but its about this reality show. I really liked the book. I'm totally reading the books out of order, lol. I think The Undead Next Door is like the 4th book or something. I really wanted to watch that vampire show on HBO..but we didnt get it!! I told my hubby over and over to get HBO..and they ended up giving us Showtime for free. Like wtf!!! I was sooooooooo mad. So I guess I'm just gonna wait for it to come out on dvd. I loveeeeee all things vampires now!! LoL!!!

Ahh Twilight... I should have come here when I wanted to talk about it (the other forum I visit was complete rubbish and really bummed me out). Love love LOVE the series, finished it a few weeks ago, started reading it a few weeks before then, read it a couple times since. Even when I was reading it for the first time, I was rereading parts. I just don't want to read anything else, just keep rereading these an they NEVER get old. I can't put my finger on what it is I love about them. These are not my "normal" type of book, but maybe they are and I just didn't have a type before. I've tried to read other things since then, but I have NO INTEREST. Sheesh, I feel like a doof but I don't care. They make me happy. They are an easy read, and even though they aren't going to cure cancer or end world hunger, I look forward to getting to read them. (I'm actually HOPING the craving will lessen and I will move on...)

I am also looking forward to the movie, even though it is only a screen play based on the Twilight book. I know there is a bit that has changed, but it has all of the main characters from the book. And even now, when I read the books, the characters from the movie don't look like the characters in my head. I do think that Kristen Stewert will make a wonderful Bella and Robert Pattinson will make quite a convincing Edward (plus, I am a fan of Peter Facinelli and Nikki Reed and Rachelle Lefevre).

So yeah, to everyone in the Twilight-ness, I'm right there with ya!