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Kathy how is The True Story of Hansel and Gretel I just bought it. Or have you not had a chance to start it yet?

Emilee wrote: "Kathy how is The True Story of Hansel and Gretel I just bought it. Or have you not had a chance to start it yet?"

Hey Emilee, I haven't had a chance to start it yet. I had planned on starting it tonight, but I went out to eat and to a movie with a couple of friends. We saw Benjamin Button and loved it.

Just finished 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' and 'Beginner's Greek' - both were very good- in very different ways.
Moving on to 'Rebecca' by Daphne Du Maurier.

I have been wanting to see Benjamin Button. Good to know that you both loved it!

Thanks for the discussion Prettymisslara. Now I have to hurry and finish a bunch of books so I can start!

I loved "Rebecca", I couldn't put it down. I recently heard that a remake of the movie is being made soon.

I read the short story and saw the movie. They're nothing alike, however, both are worthy of your time.

Prettymisslara wrote: "Kathy I saw Benjamin Button and loved it as well. Thought it was a great story. I ordered a book of F Scott Fitzgeralds short stories today. Hopefully I can read the story it was based on by the..."

Prettymisslara, I found the story online where you can read it. The link is I hope to get to reading it sometime this week.

Kathy,

Thanks for posting the link. I wanted to read that story too.

That was a strange story. Now I will have to see the movie.

Katie, I didn't know 'Rebecca' was made into a movie - but I can easily see why. The plot is very good - about half way through and not completely sure what's going on... But the two main characters just annoy me ... that's the only downside to the book...

Christina, supposedly Ralph Fiennes will be starring as Maxim. I don't know why, but when I was reading the book I kept picturing Liev Schreiber in that role. I agree that the characters are annoying, but then again, sometimes all characters from the upper crust English society annoy me. For some reason I keep going back for more.

Beth, you're welcome for the posting. I hope to have time to read it tomorrow. Please go see the movie and let me know if you enjoyed it, too. I went into the movie not expecting to love it, but I did.

Very interesting Katie.Now you got me thinking about casting as well - a young Elisabeth Taylor as Rebecca would be perfect - or Vivien Leigh ... but that's not going to happen... Not sure which of todays stars I would cast...

Just finished The Family Bones - Kimberley Raiser. Will now read Skin & Bone - Kathyrn Fox.

Just got 'Sippy cups are not for Chardonnay' by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor from the library so started that one today. So far very funny.
Probably going to read Margaret Atwood 'Alias Grace' next but we'll see...

Just finished Skin & Bone - Kathryn Fox. Will now carry on reading Dissolution - C.J. Sansom

Katie and anyone else who loved "Rebecca," do yourselves a favor and avoid "Mrs. De Winter," a sequel written, of course, by another writer. Gosh, it was awful.

Otherwise Normal People. About competitive rose-growing. Quite good, but not as good as Flower Confidential (about the business of flowers) which I read last week.

I am currently reading The Perfect Victim as well as The Death Dealer.

I am reading Dashing Through the Snow by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark.

I am reading The Turn of the Screw.

I'm reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

I just finished up my Dec. read Motherless Brooklyn and now I am reading a YA for another group that I am in Messenger by Lois Lowry.

Gina wrote: "I am reading The Turn of the Screw."
I would be interested in knowing how you like the book.. assuming that you aren't reading it for some academic requirement. i find the book hauntingly fascinating as I do all of James...perverse, but fascinating.

I am reading Forever Odd by Dean Koontz.

I am reading The Loop by Nicholas Evans. I've also read The Horse Whisperer and The Divide by him, thoroughly enjoying both of those.

Iread The Loop and the Horse Whisperer. I didn't like the ending of the Horse Whisperer. Of the two, I liked The Loop better.

I'm reading a really fantastic book (after giving up one crap one and considering giving up another). Its Better by Atul Gwande. His essay on handwashing as the major disease-preventative in hospitals doesn't sound like it would be fascinating, but it absolutely was.

Petra, Is that Whoopi? I love it! You should show ur work to Matell and get in business!

Yeah, Vicky, the end of The Horse Whisperer novel was a real downer, but overall I still loved it and definitely prefer it to the movie version.

I'm almost finished with Brisingr. I just need an uninterrupted hour.

Donna - I don't make the Barbies, I find them on the net!

OH!!! I saw that you do some sort of graphic designs and..? But I still look forward to seeing what you get everyday!

I am now reading Me Talk Pretty One Day and I jsut finished A Child Called "It" by Dave Peltzer and it was very disturbing! I went home and hugged my little girl!

I'm reading The Gargoyle, Prodigal Summer and I just started reading Testimony. I got Testimony at the library last night and it's a Most Wanted, which means I can only keep it for a week. I may have to set the other books aside so I can finish Testimony on time. I am loving both Prodigal Summer and The Gargoyle so it isn't going to be easy to put them down for a few days!

i am currrently reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

I started Uglies last night. At first it was whiny and I thought I might not like it, but I quickly got into the story.

Reading The Social Lives of Dogs, so far a nice story about various dogs the author has had.

I'll be starting New Moon today. My oldest daughter said I have to read it fast because it's kind of sad or on the depressing side.

I guess I'll see...hehe!!

Christina Stind wrote: "Reading The Social Lives of Dogs, so far a nice story about various dogs ..."

Christina, I have had The Social Lives of Dogs on my shelf for ages. I keep meaning to read it. How do you like it?

Pride and Prejudice and Stardust!!~

I just finished Uglies and I'm moving on to Pretties. I've enjoyed the story so far.

I'm also listening to The Good Earth on audio-book. It's a reread, it's one of my favorites.

Kathy wrote: "Christina Stind wrote: "Reading The Social Lives of Dogs, so far a nice s..."

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is one of my favourite authors. She's also my favourite animal behaviourist. I liked her two books on dogs very much but I think her very best is Tribe of Tiger (about cats, very insightful, completely different from all the crap documentaries on lions we take for truth). Last year I read her 'the Old People' about the last surviving Stone Age tribe that she lived with on and off in Africa.

I've just finished Atul Gawande's "Better, A Surgeon's Notes on Performance" which was, on a 5 star scale, at least 6 stars.

Within These Walls, about being a death-row chaplain, by Caroll Pickett, is my new book and its started out pretty fascinating.

Petra, thanks for the information on Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. I've added The Tribe of Tiger to my to-read list. I will also get around to The Social Lives of Dogs, as well as The Hidden Life of Dogs. After reading your posting, I checked out books by Thomas, and I was amazed at all she has written. I want to further explore those titles.

Kathy, exploring a bit about EMT's life is amazing too. She keeps cats and dogs and has lived with lions and stone age people too!

Just finished Within These Walls - wonderful, a perspective on named killers, with their crimes detailed but from the point of view of one ministering to them rather than judging them.

My next book is Kabul Beauty School.

Petra X wrote: "Kathy, exploring a bit about EMT's life is amazing too. She keeps cats and dogs and has lived with lions and stone age people too!

Just finished Within These Walls - wonderful, a perspective on..."

I am reading The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly. I am really enjoying it. The first page is really cool...
"Everybody lies.
Cops lie. Lawyers lie. Witnesses lie. The victims lie.
A trial is a contest of lies. And everybody in the courtroom knows this.The judge knows this. Even the jury knows this. They come into the building knowing they will be lied to . They take their seats in the box and agree to be lied to.
The trick if you are sitting at the defense table is to be patient. To wait. Not for just any lie. But for the one you can grab onto and forge like hot iron into a sharpened blade. You then use that blade to rip the case open ad spill its guts out onto the floor.
That's my job, to forge the blade. To sharpen it. To use it without mercy or conscience. To be the truth in a place where everybody lies."
Wow! How's that for a quote.

Kathy wrote: "Christina, I have had The Social Lives of Dogs on my shelf for ages. I keep meaning to read it. How do you like it?"

Kathy, I really liked it. It's a nice, easy and enjoyable read and I liked her views on dogs. It made me even more okay with my dog not always obeying me ;-) Also, the book is very well written and her stories about her dogs and other animals are very interesting.
So if you like reading about dogs, it's definitely a nice read.

I'm reading a biography about Gaudi by Gijs van Hensbergen and the Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.

I've just started 'Anna Karenina' by Tolstoy - I haven't read it so I'm very excited about finally reading it!

im reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman