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I'm reading the Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life. I'm not even to the point in the book to start the plan and I've lost 4 pounds in a week, have much more energy and sleep better just from a few tidbits. I can't wait to get into it further.
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I'm reading Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell. It's a mystery, about a missing Shakespeare play. It's really good, I can hardly stand to put it down. It reminds me a lot of Dan Brown's books, based in historical events but a modern mystery.
Thank you for this recommendation! I ordered it from Amazon and it grabbed me from the first page. Of course, being a Shakespeare fanatic, this is right up my alley!
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I'm right in the middle of "Twilight".
Previous read was Rett MacPherson's "Dead Man Running" I highly recommend her books for people interested in mysteries and humorous character writing. The protagonist, a geneologist living in small town Missouri, is just a hoot and I love to read about her and her family.
Before that I finished "The Testament" (can't remember the author) about two factions trying to find Jesus's testament and other artifacts hidden by an order of monks many years ago.
Before that was "World Without End", sequel to "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
I have a stack of books my sister gave me to read and some others sitting around, but I keep hearing about other books I'd be interested in. There just isn't enough time to read everything that I want!
I just started The Historian. I'll have to look at the author's name. It's about this historian's search for Dracula. My FIL recommended it and borrowed me the book.
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I just started The Historian. I'll have to look at the author's name. It's about this historian's search for Dracula. My FIL recommended it and borrowed me the book.
Good book. Have fun reading it. I read it in the late fall. It took me a really long time, because I had to keep stopping to do other things and I'd get confused as to which part of the story I was in when I stopped (you know, the three story lines...). So I had to read very carefully.
I really liked it, though I thought she wrapped it up too quickly, after taking so long to get to the end.
I just read The People of Sparks with DD (by Jeanne DuPrau). DD was having some comprehension issues (inferation) so I've been reading books with her and then we discuss them (so I make sure she's understanding them). Apparently there are other books in the series that her teacher read to them in class, so DD wanted to read this one. Not bad, considering I didn't have the background of the other book(s).
Ooooh, I loved the Historian. Scared the beejeebees out of me!
Thanks for the recommendation of Interred With Their Bones -- I just requested it from the library on audiobook.
I just finished The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. For a novel that has very little plot (basically just the life of one young man), it was gripping in its storytelling. Very "gentle" read.
Currently, I'm reading Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - a fictional novel told in the first person by an autistic boy who is trying to figure out who killed his neighbor's dog. Totally fascinating.
Next on the to-be-read pile is The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It was recommended to me....
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Good book. Have fun reading it. I read it in the late fall. It took me a really long time, because I had to keep stopping to do other things and I'd get confused as to which part of the story I was in when I stopped (you know, the three story lines...). So I had to read very carefully.
I really liked it, though I thought she wrapped it up too quickly, after taking so long to get to the end.
I felt the exact same way about the Historian. I really liked the book as a whole, but it was a little confusing keeping things straight. I definitely thought the ending was wrapped up way too quickly. As in "3 pages out of 1000" too quickly. But, the actual story itself is wonderfully spooky, and the anticipation of the ending keeps you on the edge of your seat...or bed...
I'm reading Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell. It's a mystery, about a missing Shakespeare play. It's really good, I can hardly stand to put it down. It reminds me a lot of Dan Brown's books, based in historical events but a modern mystery.
Oooohhh! I was given that book for Xmas and now I'm thinking about pushing it to the top of the "to read" pile!
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I read it in the late fall. It took me a really long time, because I had to keep stopping to do other things and I'd get confused as to which part of the story I was in when I stopped (you know, the three story lines...). So I had to read very carefully. 
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