Glory - that book does seem a bit ... uncomfortable to me. I was wondering how it would be. I believe the author is Curtis Sittenfeld, right? I enjoyed her book Prep, which was popular a few years ago.

Diana - Haruki Murakami is definitely one of my favorite authors. I love love love him! Whenever I'm in a reading slump and can't find anything to really interest me, I turn to Murakami and he always brings me out of it. I haven't read After Dark yet, but I have it and will read it soon. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle was amazing -- if you haven't read that one, you must. Actually, all his stuff is wonderful.

I'm still reading The Pillars of the Earth -- a little less than a third of the way through.

LisaMarie71- I do like The Wind up Bird Chronicles. He is one of my favorite author's. I did my Master's thesis on his mysteries-Dance, Dance, Dance, A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.:)

Just started Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg. I love her other ones and am enjoying this one.

Not sure what's next.

I did it.
 

So.. after reading so much about them.. I broke down and got the Twilight series. I finished all 4 of them in 2 days. They were great. Thanks for the recommendation from all who talked about them. Now I'm going to be back off to sci/fi fantasy or christian romances for a few days, depending on what the tiny library has in.

yay for reading twilight!! now you gotta watch the movie when it comes out!!

I'm having a hard time getting into the Host. I'm just at the part where she's driving to Tucson...last night out of boredom (DH was watching football) I wanted to read but couldn't get myself to read that. Instead I read the first chapter in Jen Lancaster's first book. Hilarious!

The Host is a little slow at first..but it does get really interesting once you get to the good stuff.

Thanks. I'll keep going, but perhaps not at night when I'm sleepy. I'll save it for the weekends.

I adored the premise for the Host - what a great idea for an alien race, but man, the execution was terrible. I HATED HATED HATED the "heroine" and her boyfriend. The deliberate lack of sex was also pretty odd (to me). I finally finished the book and really hated the total "Mary Sue" ending: (I wrote the following spoiler text in white font. If you don't mind reading a spoiler, highlight the portion between the stars to read).

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The alien gets put in the PRETTIEST BESTEST girl ever! Everyone just loves her because she's so gosh darned pretty! Total author wish fulfillment - blech.
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I really wish The Host had been written by someone else because there were parts of it I thought were awesome (none of the main characters, obviously). I just have to avoid Stephenie Meyer in the future. I couldn't make it through Twilight and I hated The Host - mainly because of her angsty, weak, crybaby, so in loooooooove "heroines."

I'll admit, I'll probably see Twilight (the movie) at some point, but I doubt I'll pay full price for it in a theatre!

I loved Jen Lancaster's latest - she is a hoot!

Glory~I understand the no sex thing because Stephenie is Mormon (graduated from BYU) and the characters aren't married.

I know, but those characters aren't mormon and didn't graduate from BYU - I found the no sex thing egregiously forced and fake (particularly in the Host -it's an alien invasion, end of the world!)

Glory~I'm thinking it's not the characters, but the author trying to appeal to what should be a built-in fan base (and I'm not talking about the Twilight fan base--that's totally different).

I grew up in SLC and there are Mormon bookstores. All the authors are Mormon AND the content is deemed appropriate for Mormon readers. And it's not without controversy, either!

I am halfway through Rush Home Road and it's absolutely devastating. Total sobfest! I was going to take it to work today and read a little at lunch, but I don't think so!!! I like it, but wow, it is seriously a downer! Well written though, I like the characters!

I just finished The Sociopath Next Door, and I don't reccommend it. It was so repetitive. :(

So, I'm reading Massive now, but it wasn't what I thought it would be, so I'm not sure if I'll like it or not. Dieting books aren't always that great. My favorite one has been Fat Chance.

I'm reading...A Sister's Secret by Wanda E. Brunstetter