I am currently on a re-reading old favorites kick - just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman, now on Anansi Boys, a squeal sort of to American Gods. I haven't had much reading time lately - just at lunch and on the bus (not that I have been taking it lately). I am in moderate knitting mode for Fresh Fish on May 2. Next on my list is to re-read The Time Travelers Wife and move onto Charles De Lint.

I have been on a Jodi Picoult kick for the last little bit. Since we read "My Sister's Keeper" with this book club, I've continued on with "Vanishing Act", "19 Minutes", "The Tenth Circle", "Perfect Match", and am now reading "Mercy".

Each of these books are really interesting and get you thinking about ethical situations from various points of view. My favorites thus far has been "Vanishing Act" and "19 Minutes".

However, I do think it's about time I change my choice of read. I'm finding it really hard to put aside the time to read, and it is taking me FOREVER to finish a book. I'm thinking that maybe a change in subject will get me interested in reading again. So after I finish "Mercy" I plan on starting a vampire series by Charlaine Harris - The Sookie Stackhouse Novels. I haven't read any of them yet, but I got a great deal on the set, and a friend of a friend recommended them, so all the better.

Anyways, I've missed you all very much, and I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything at all :-( I will be home from April 29 to May 9, so we will have to plan something so I can see you all!!!!! Supper, or coffee, or get together at someone's place... hopefully it will work out. Meg, I am working downtown from May 4-7, so maybe we can go for lunch...

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Thought this might be interesting to add here.

What is everyone reading?

Good idea, Megs! Maybe we could all post what we are currently reading to get some discussion going. Who knows about the future of this book club. I would like to discuss books with you guys in some capacity so this may be a good way to start. In my grade 12 class, I had students read a novel of their choice and give a 5-minute "Book Talk" presentation to the class, all about their thoughts on the book. So maybe we could do a version of the same thing and tell each other about our current book.
Right now I'm reading the fourth book of the "Vampire Diaries" series by L.J. Smith. It's called Dark Reunion, and it is a very similiar series to the Twilight books. These were written in the early 90's, and I read the first book in the series way back then, and they were re-released a couple years ago. The author has written two new books for the series, that just came out in Feb. I'm loving the books, though they are more teen-oriented like Twilight, they have good stories, characters and suspense. There are two vampire brothers who come to a small town unbeknownst to each other, since they haven't spoken in centuries. Funnily enough they are both drawn to the same girl, Elena who resembles the girl they both used to love who turned them into a vampire, though she killed herself because she couldn't choose between them. One brother is good, and the other is evil. These are very easy reads, and I would recommend them if you liked the Twilight series. I have been reading these for the past month or so and I have the next installment ready to go. After that I plan to read "Where the Heart Is" by Billie Letts which is a very different book.
Hopefully the others will read this at some point and share what they're reading! Love and miss you all.

Unrelated

The interest in this blog or book seems to be a low but I thought I would post a recommendation: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips. I had a few good chuckles and was one of the most interesting books I have read in awhile.
So happy reading - whatever it may be.
m.

Tweak/Beautiful Boy

There hasn't been much discussion on our latest pick and truthfully I have only just gotten my choice (Tweak because it was the first I found and the name I could remember at the time) and am on day 6.  Not giving anything away I am not sure how I feel about this on so far.  I usually don't go for this type of book so it fits with our loose mandate (if anyone can think of a better word please edit and insert).  I find myself detached from Nic and have a hard time following his thought process, which may be done on purpose as I am not sure how linear his thoughts are at this point.  I think this will be one of those books that needs a second or third read to really get everything.  It does make me want the father's point of view during all this.

Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?  

I saw at Roger's on the weekend that The Memory Keeper's Daughter is now out on video...I'm hoping to get to see it next weekend, I'm curious about how they will portray the book in the movie...And I need Lisa H to make a post with the name and author of the next book for me...