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Completely sucked into the Hunger Games series. I actually wanted to stop about 1/4 of the way through the first because I was so upset over the idea, but definitely found it is so much more. Just read the second book in 3 days and hopefully starting the third in a few more.

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I am STILL reading "Cutting for Stone". So much back story and history to read through. I hope there is a reason for this because as it stands now, for me, he could have cut most of it out and just focused on the story of the twins. I have started reading Augusten Burroughs "Possible Side Effects" as a bit of a vacation from "...Stone". Just picked up "Some Sing, Some Cry" today at STRAND in hardback for 12 bucks.

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Ted Kennedy's memoir, True Compass.

Updated On: 7/21/11 at 08:54 AM

I'm currently taking suggestions for something to take on vacation with me next week. I'd like it to be relatively mindless and entertaining--I'm just finishing up teaching a rather intense summer class, so I'd like to leave anything heavy on the shelf for a while--but preferably not contain vampires or wizards of any kind. I'm open to any suggestions that the BWW readers might have.

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Not reading it yet...but SO excited about Jeffrey Eugenides new book "The Marriage Plot". It comes out in early October and I can't wait to get it!

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I just finished One Day by David Nicholls. Great book.

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Just finished The Emerald Atlas.

Finally finished "Cutting For Stone" by Abraham Verghese. A really good story but my problem with it is the amount of medical detail. A lot of it could have been cut. Anyone who is a medical professional would probably enjoy all of the descritions of surgical procedures, etc. The book also follows, a bit, the author's actual journey to America. I would actually like to see this as a film. Glad I read it but probably won't read his book "My Own Country" for a while. I have been told it is good but very graphic. I now figure graphic also means detailed.

Starting "Some Sing, Some Cry" by Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza (Shange's sister).

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Mister Matt- Catching Fire was my favorite, I think it's the Empire Strikes Back of the trilogy.

Just finished Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Best book I've read in a while. It's about a group of friends in 1938 Manhattan. Its kind of got a pre Mad Men vibe about it. A perfect end of summer book.

And Unc, I hated Cutting for Stone. I know everyone kept saying how awesome it was but I thought it was a total drag.

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i realize i'm a little late to this game, but recently read The Life of Pi - after much avoiding as it did become the kind of novel that people talked about with much hype - but i read it and found it very touching. the adventure was less exciting to me then spending time growing up in india.

i really touching and spiritual novel - but in the truest sense of the word.

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I just started the new Elin Hilderbrand book - Silver Girl

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Currently about 1/4 of the way through Jonathan Tropper's Plan B but just found out that my hold on Tina Fey's Bossypants came in at my library. So I may have to put Tropper aside for a bit (although I'm enjoying Plan B quite a bit so far).