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I know we all are very busy with our families. But I know that I do get to read a book (beginning to end) every once in a great while. So my question is what was the last book you just read? And would you recommend it for others to read?
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Not sure which category this goes in, but I just read "The Kite Runner" That was a wonderful book. I found myself compelled yet repelled at the same time. The story was well-told, resulting in several late nights reading when I couldn't put it down. It's a book that leaves you a different person than you were before you read it, so in my book that's good literature. Thanks to my friend Irene for lending me this book and insisting that I read it!
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My last book I read from cover to cover was
"Curious George goes to the Library" :) . I seem to never have time to read for myself. I have trouble keeping up with my woodworking magazines. I try and read a little bit of those at bedtime. I've got about 5 Harry Potter books sitting here that I need to catch up on. Maybe someday.........
I've been on a Jodi Picoult kick lately----just finished Keeping Faith, which was excellent. My MIL and I are also working our way through Anita Shreve's books and some Anne River Siddons---I went through Fox's Earth in the car on the way back from a shopping trip last weekend. Jodi Picoult is a better writer, but I have to confess that Anne Siddons books are well written for what they are, and since I read all day, I need fluff every once in a while.
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I've been on a Jodi Picoult kick lately----just finished Keeping Faith, which was excellent. My MIL and I are also working our way through Anita Shreve's books and some Anne River Siddons---I went through Fox's Earth in the car on the way back from a shopping trip last weekend.
Jodi Picoult is a better writer, but I have to confess that Anne Siddons books are well written for what they are, and since I read all day, I need fluff every once in a while.
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I like Jodi Picoult too.....but I did not love her latest book (I think it is called "19 Minutes."). I just discovered a new "fluffy mystery" writer that I like named Laura Lippman (her heroine is a Baltimore PI named Tess Monaghan). The last book I finished was The Keep by Jennifer Egan. It was really good, though if I were going to recommend my favorite fairly recent book, I think I would put on the list Away by Amy Bloom (my mom didn't like it though!). I have been trying to read more lately, though if DD is awake, she just comes over and punches the book in, so it's hard!
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