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[Purpura Lipstick]

I am just starting I Walked Alone by Mary Higgins Clark... love her stuff.   I need to finish the one on my kindle so I can start the next one Body Movers by Stephanie Bond.

[Carter-Orange]

I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth.  I've not got that far into it yet, but it reminds me a little of The Hunger Games (which I loved).

[Purpura Lipstick]

I LOVED Divergent I bought Insurgent as soon as I was finished with it and am eagerly anticipating the third book coming out this October!    

I am currently reading The Selection.   

I need more ideas for books.  I have some saved on goodreads as want to read but then I read reviews and get turned off.  *sigh*   

[Carter-Orange]

I'm enjoying it, I'm about half way through now.

I've also just bought the first Games of Thrones book, so will read that once I'm done with Divergent.

[RokofAges75]

I just finished reading "Dad is Fat," which is a memoir by the comedian Jim Gaffigan (the Hot Pockets guy - "Deeeeeead pocket...") about being a parent of five kids.  I am not a parent, but I do like kids and like Jim Gaffigan and like celebrity autographs, so when I saw via Twitter that he was offering autographed book plates to anyone who pre-ordered his book, I pre-ordered it!  It was a good read!  Funny stuff.  Would definitely recommend to people who are parents or spend a lot of time around little kids - you'll definitely relate!

[RokofAges75]

And since I forgot this thread existed, I read another book earlier in the month called "Me Before You" by JoJo Moyes.  It's a story about a twenty-something girl who loses her job and goes to work as a companion for a thirty-something guy who became a quadriplegic in an accident.  It's kind of a Debbie Downer book (which of course is my favorite kind), but has some humor to lighten it up, and the characters are great.  It wasn't as good as The Fault in Our Stars, but along those lines.  I plowed through it in just a few days, so I must have liked it!

[mare]

That sounds interesting. I saw Jim Gaffigan talking about his book on The Daily Show the other night. I had a feeling it would be a funny read.

I am currently reading Inferno by Dan Brown. I'm only on chapter 7 but the action starts right away!

[RokofAges75]

It's funny because there are whole passages from his book that are verbatim part of his stand-up routines.  I had to re-watch his "Mr. Universe" stand-up special on Netflix halfway through reading this book because I was like, "These jokes sound really familiar..."  And sure enough!  Same exact jokes.  But that makes it fun because you can just hear how he tells them as you're reading them in the book.  And obviously there's more new material in the book.  It was definitely funny.

I haven't read a Dan Brown book since The DaVinci Code, which I enjoyed - maybe I should check that out!  What's it about?

[mare]

It's too soon for me to get a sense what it's really about yet but it is a Robert Langdon book.

All I know so far is he wakes up in a hospital with no memory of why at all he is there. He thinks he's in Boston but he's in Italy and was shot in the head and suddenly a women bursts into his room and tries to kill him so my guess the fun is going to come in flashback as he begins to regain his memory.

You should probably read The Lost Symbol before this one because it's the third one in the series after the Lost Symbol which was also very good and action packed.

[RokofAges75]

Yeah, I probably should.  I haven't read Angels and Demons either, though I did see the movie.    I should probably go back and read them all in order.

[mare]

Yes, Angels and Demons I kind of liked that one more than The DaVinci Code, it didn't feel as attached to these others though.

[Carter-Orange]

I've got three Dan Brown books but haven't got around to reading them yet.  I'm reading Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult and about halfway through it.

[mare]

I liked that book! Up next after Inferno is The Storyteller by Jodi P! I am saving what is probably the best, for last!

[Purpura Lipstick]

I liked Angels & Demons more too.  I want to read the new one.  It is in my list to buy for my summer weekend trips coming up.

[mare]

I am actually having a heck of a time getting through Inferno. It's fast paced from the start but I am still not able to fully get into it. I started it well over a month ago and I have only now just reached the halfway mark. Normally it takes me less than a week to get through a book. I feel like he's cramming too much useless information in this one and it takes place in Italy so there's a lot of translation which kind of breaks up the flow. No idea but I am still waiting for it to suck me in! LOL