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Crusader · 01-02-2011, 06:30 AM

Busy with A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. I've been told that it's very good and a must read for any sci-fi fan. So far I must admit that the first 50 pages has me hooked.

Latinandgreek · 01-02-2011, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by s1mp13m4n

I just bought my first ebook reader, so I am not reading anything yet. I am listening via audiobook to the Janet Evanovich series called Stephanie Plum

Welcome to MR!

boxcorner · 01-02-2011, 07:46 AM

I've just begun reading The Secret Report of Friar Otto by Sam Smith. The introduction is very intriguing.

Rumpelteazer · 01-02-2011, 12:59 PM

I said I would read the first of the Women's Murder Club series, but I found out I hadn't put it on my reader so I started Robert Harris' Pompeii. I really like this book, I've had it for a while but I always thought I was never in the right mood for it, how wrong I was!

Now I've started reading the first in the Amelia Peabody series, since I've read so many good comments on MR about them.

thinkpad · 01-02-2011, 01:00 PM

More than halfway through Dragon Haven. Much better than the first book.

phenomshel · 01-02-2011, 03:52 PM

I think I'm on a history kick. I read "A Cadger's Curse" by Diane Gilbert Madsen (before Ghosts of New Orleans), which had Robbie Burns and Scottish history in it, and now I'm reading "The Ninth Daughter" by Barbara Hamilton, which has to do with pre-Revolutionary war history and Abigail Adams.

keitha · 01-02-2011, 04:38 PM

reading charles dickens ghost stories at the moment

DixieGal · 01-02-2011, 05:02 PM

Urrg. Somebody just posted that their new vampire book is available. No, there is nothing new in vampires. How much more bloated can that sub genre become?

SeaBookGuy · 01-02-2011, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Urrg. Somebody just posted that their new vampire book is available. No, there is nothing new in vampires. How much more bloated can that sub genre become?

Sadly, I know no teenage girls to ask!

DixieGal · 01-02-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

Sadly, I know no teenage girls to ask!

LOL! I have been seeing news reports about these kids who are drinking each other's blood. Wanna bet they also pose themselves as vegans? All at the same time?

BearMountainBooks · 01-02-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I said I would read the first of the Women's Murder Club series, but I found out I hadn't put it on my reader so I started Robert Harris' Pompeii. I really like this book, I've had it for a while but I always thought I was never in the right mood for it, how wrong I was!

Now I've started reading the first in the Amelia Peabody series, since I've read so many good comments on MR about them.

Count me as an Amelia Peabody Fan!!!

bevdeforges · 01-02-2011, 05:29 PM

Just finished Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections and I have very mixed feelings about it. Overly long and rambling, plus the exposition of the background of the various characters was not well handled. But by the end I was glad I had stuck it out and finished the book.

Will have to sleep on it and reconsider.

kennyc · 01-02-2011, 05:59 PM

Hmmm, I bought it read the first few pages and put it away...

lilac_jive · 01-02-2011, 07:48 PM

I've started "Holiday Grind" by Cleo Coyle (first one in the series I've read in ebook, LOL). I wanted to read it before Christmas but didn't get the chance - finally downloaded it today.

phenomshel · 01-02-2011, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I said I would read the first of the Women's Murder Club series, but I found out I hadn't put it on my reader so I started Robert Harris' Pompeii. I really like this book, I've had it for a while but I always thought I was never in the right mood for it, how wrong I was!

Now I've started reading the first in the Amelia Peabody series, since I've read so many good comments on MR about them.

Amelia Peabody ROCKS!! As does everything else Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels ever wrote.

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01-02-2011, 06:30 AM	#7651
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Busy with A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. I've been told that it's very good and a must read for any sci-fi fan. So far I must admit that the first 50 pages has me hooked.

01-02-2011, 07:46 AM	#7653
boxcorner »(°±°)« Posts: 826 Karma: 775629 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: divisive reader	I've just begun reading The Secret Report of Friar Otto by Sam Smith. The introduction is very intriguing.

01-02-2011, 12:59 PM	#7654
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,401 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I said I would read the first of the Women's Murder Club series, but I found out I hadn't put it on my reader so I started Robert Harris' Pompeii. I really like this book, I've had it for a while but I always thought I was never in the right mood for it, how wrong I was! Now I've started reading the first in the Amelia Peabody series, since I've read so many good comments on MR about them.

01-02-2011, 01:00 PM	#7655
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	More than halfway through Dragon Haven. Much better than the first book.

01-02-2011, 03:52 PM	#7656
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I think I'm on a history kick. I read "A Cadger's Curse" by Diane Gilbert Madsen (before Ghosts of New Orleans), which had Robbie Burns and Scottish history in it, and now I'm reading "The Ninth Daughter" by Barbara Hamilton, which has to do with pre-Revolutionary war history and Abigail Adams.

01-02-2011, 04:38 PM	#7657
keitha Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 556 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: kindle	reading charles dickens ghost stories at the moment

01-02-2011, 05:02 PM	#7658
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Urrg. Somebody just posted that their new vampire book is available. No, there is nothing new in vampires. How much more bloated can that sub genre become?

01-02-2011, 05:29 PM	#7662
bevdeforges Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1094000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essonne, France Device: Kobo Forma; Sony PRS600B; Sony 350; Sony T-2	Just finished Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections and I have very mixed feelings about it. Overly long and rambling, plus the exposition of the background of the various characters was not well handled. But by the end I was glad I had stuck it out and finished the book. Will have to sleep on it and reconsider.

01-02-2011, 05:59 PM	#7663
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Hmmm, I bought it read the first few pages and put it away...

01-02-2011, 07:48 PM	#7664
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I've started "Holiday Grind" by Cleo Coyle (first one in the series I've read in ebook, LOL). I wanted to read it before Christmas but didn't get the chance - finally downloaded it today.