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Forum: Arts & Entertainment 03-05-2014, 06:23 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
Just finished The Husband's Secret by Liane...

Just finished The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty. The cover and the title make it sound like fluffy chick-lit, but it's a lot more than that. It's about secrets, moral responsibility, vengeance,...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 12-19-2013, 08:22 AM
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Posted By Chocolatl
Update on Reconstructing Amelia -- I'd give it...

Update on Reconstructing Amelia -- I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5. There were some unresolved plot points and the last third of the book was weaker than the rest of it. Interesting food for thought...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 12-17-2013, 11:35 AM
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Posted By Chocolatl
I just started Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly...

I just started Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. It's about a mother who has to piece together her daughter's life through texts, emails, and FB posts, after her daughter's apparent...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 09-11-2013, 08:11 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
I've had The Hobbit in my possession for 11 years...

I've had The Hobbit in my possession for 11 years but have never gotten past page 42 despite starting it on four different occasions.

Attempt #5 begins... now!
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 07-09-2013, 07:54 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
Randomly picked up a novel called "666 Park...

Randomly picked up a novel called "666 Park Avenue" by Gabriella Pierce at the library today. Started reading before lunch and just couldn't put it down -- finished it this evening. The tag line is...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 06-26-2013, 08:01 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
Ploughed through my signed first edition copy of...

Ploughed through my signed first edition copy of Neil Gaiman's latest novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, today. "They" say it's his best, HE says its his best, but it is decidedly not my...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 01-02-2013, 02:55 PM
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Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Just started Rowling's new book, The Casual...

Just started Rowling's new book, The Casual Vacancy. I'm only about 15 pages in, and I'll admit it made me giggle to see characters say "fuck." Makes me think of all the cursing Harry Potter would've...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 12-27-2012, 04:12 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
A bit of both. I've only gotten a little ways in,...

A bit of both. I've only gotten a little ways in, but among my favorites were the 6 year old who would save his Bumblebee Transformer, and the 60 year old who would take "my cat, and treats for him....
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 12-27-2012, 03:12 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
The Burning House: What Would You Take? ...

The Burning House: What Would You Take?

Based on the blog of the same name, this book is a collection of photographs with captions depicting what people would take with them if their houses were...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 12-03-2012, 09:37 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
About 3/4 of the way through Cinderella Ate My...

About 3/4 of the way through Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein.

It's a non-fiction book about the effects of the "girlie-girl" culture on young girls. All that pretty pink princess...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 08-25-2009, 10:01 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
I believe Neil Jordan has already signed on to...

I believe Neil Jordan has already signed on to direct the film version of The Graveyard Book, so it's on its way!
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 06-17-2009, 12:06 AM
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Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Tears and hugging of disoriented,...

Tears and hugging of disoriented, sleeping-until-just-now husband as I finish reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger at one in the morning. I borrowed it from a friend after she...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 05-05-2009, 05:56 PM
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Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Still finishing up The Graveyard Book. It was...

Still finishing up The Graveyard Book. It was delayed because I picked up Hanging Out with the Dream King this weekend, a book of interviews with Neil Gaiman and his collaborators through out his...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 04-12-2009, 02:55 PM
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Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Steamrolled through To Kill a Mockingbird...

Steamrolled through To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday because I have to start teaching it tomorrow. (Yuck.)

Reading The Graveyard Book for pleasure, during that imaginary thing they call "free...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 10-04-2008, 06:54 AM
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Posted By Chocolatl
Currently listening to Neil Gaiman's recently...

Currently listening to Neil Gaiman's recently released The Graveyard Book.

Mr. Gaiman is on tour, promoting his new book, and reading one chapter of the book at each stop. Videos of the readings...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 08-05-2008, 10:29 AM
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Posted By Chocolatl
I ended up staying up the whole night to read the...

I ended up staying up the whole night to read the book through, and finished the 700+ page beast around 6:30 this morning.

I was very disappointed with the twist the series took at the end. I...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 08-04-2008, 08:39 PM
Replies: 2,786
Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Just picked up Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer,...

Just picked up Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, and am very much looking forward to how the series ends!
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 07-23-2008, 03:31 PM
Replies: 2,786
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Posted By Chocolatl
In the past few months I went on a Neil Gaiman...

In the past few months I went on a Neil Gaiman binge. I went through the entire Sandman series, Coraline (with one of the kids I'm tutoring), The Wolves in the Walls (with the other kid I'm...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 03-02-2008, 06:08 PM
Replies: 2,786
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Posted By Chocolatl
Recently finished: Stephenie Meyer - New Moon ...

Recently finished:
Stephenie Meyer - New Moon
Stephenie Meyer - Eclipse (Books two and three of the Twilight series -- couldn't put them down!)
Kirsten Smith - The Geography of Girlhood
...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 02-21-2008, 08:19 AM
Replies: 2,786
Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Recently finished: Sharon Draper - Copper Sun ...

Recently finished:
Sharon Draper - Copper Sun
K.L. Going - St. Iggy
An Na - A Step from Heaven
Stephenie Meyer - Twilight (Awesome/fun read, except now I am tormented by the fact that NONE of...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 01-10-2008, 03:31 PM
Replies: 2,786
Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Recently finished: Jerry Spinelli - Milkweed ...

Recently finished:
Jerry Spinelli - Milkweed
William Goldman - The Princess Bride
Dashiell Hamett - The Maltese Falcon (As an aside, this book ended up inspiring a weird dream last night where I...
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 11-19-2007, 06:57 PM
Replies: 2,786
Views: 987,346
Posted By Chocolatl
Pablo Neruda - One Hundred Love Sonnets

Pablo Neruda - One Hundred Love Sonnets
Forum: Arts & Entertainment 11-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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Posted By Chocolatl
I just finished Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett...

I just finished Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett this weekend. Of the 30+ Discworld books I've read, the books in the Tiffany Aching arc have been my favorites. I was a little disappointed by this...
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