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I just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It was enjoyable and a quick read. I'm a twin so naturally I got into that whole element. I also recently finished The Other by David Guterson. Interesting, but it was a bit slow and I found the ending unsatisfying. I don't think it has officially come out yet, but somehow I picked up an advance edition at a local used book store.

I'm reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. SO GOOD

I noticed that, too. God, is EVERYONE pregnant?Pregnancy is the new black. (I don't really think she's pregnant)

I'm reading The Biographer's Tale by A.S. Byatt. I enjoyed Possession (minus the poetry) and Angels and Insects by her, and so far this one looks good.

I'm reading Snow Falling on Cedars and although I'm taking forever to read it, I really like it so far. I grew up in the PNW so it is nice to read about a familiar location.

A celebrity in our midst! Congrats on the success, freelancergirl!

Aha! House of Leaves was finally available. Now I'll get to see what all of the excitement is all about.

Finished it. It was pretty much what I expected. I couldn't have guessed the exact ending 50 pages in, but (like you) had a good idea of what it would look like. Anyway, not a bad book, but I would have liked more of a surprise. And I thought the ending didn't fit with the rest of the book. I did enjoy the stories-within-the story. Better than the main story, in my opinion.

I tried to get The Thirteenth Tale because so many of you have enjoyed it but some jackass seems to have moved it from it's location at the library. Given that this is a huge university library, I have little hope it will be found. Woe is me! Anyway, I checked out The Ghost Writer by John Harwood instead because Amazon says it is similar. So far it looks predictable and I have a feeling I guessed the ending 50 pages in. I guess we'll see. Any other mysteryish books people recommend?

I just read Death and Restoration by Iain Pears. I tried to get The Dream of Scipio (because someone told me it's about the plague) but the library didn't have it. Meh, I was not impressed. It was like the Da Vinci Code, but without any suspense. I can't decide if it was actually shittier than DVC, or if I'm just channeling my irritation into a familiar source. Either way, I do not recommend.

really enjoying ghostwritten so far. do you know if it was written before or after the aum shinrikyo sarin gas attack? probably after, but that would be really creepy if it was before. someone recommended murakami's book (underground) about it, so i'll probably read that next. and ditto on fykey's blog - so helpful!

exactly what i was thinking. damn.

Finished Black Swan Green. It was pretty good, but I prefer Cloud Atlas. Starting on Ghostwritten...

picked up ghostwritten and black swan green at the library

read about half of shteyngart (russian debutante's handbook), then got bored. might finish it eventually, but probably not. it was witty, but meh, i didn't really care what happened. think i'll check fykey's blog for more ideas, she was right about shteyngart