ive added another book along with Mr Darcy Takes A wife (it will probably take me to the end of the year!!

the new one is called From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (i know its a kids story, but i have never read it and Rachel says its very good

First I need to re-read "Little Women" for the book club. Then I'm going to try and get to "Magical Mystery Tours - My Life with the Beatles" by Tony Bramwell.

I am reading The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull. A children's thriller in the Johnny Dixon series by John Bellairs. Cute, but not as good as the Lewis Barnavelt/Rose Rita Pottinger series.

enjoyed Mrs. Frankweiler's Mixed Up Files a really cute story


also made some good headway this week also on the Darcys
im finally halfway thru the book! the font is so small

Ronald Reagan in Private: A Memoir of My Years in the White House by Jim Kuhn

I finished Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Really enjoyed it. Now I"m reading Little Women for our Book Club. Re-reading it. The other members are bored with it, ???, but I like it. It's one of my favorites.

I'll never finish Little Women before the book club meeting. Luckily I've read it many times before. So I'm going to start reading my Beatles book.

Last night I finished John Bellairs' The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost, and I'll be starting the next book in the series, The Eyes of the Killer Robot, tonight. These books are excellent for October, very Halloweenish.

I confess. I'm reading Mackenzie Phillips' book "High On Arrival."

i finally finished Mr Darcy Takes A Wife. that was just about a hard to read as the original, but was much more interesting


now im reading Hell House in honor of Halloween this month. the movie Legend of Hell House (starring Roddy McDowell) is based on this book. i am really enjoying it

^ Congrats on finishing Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife.

I still have three books going at once. The Beatles book, the McKenzie Phillips book and Pride and Prejudice, which I'm supposed to be reading for our book club meeting this month. And I'm not close to finishing any of them.

^thanks, Tina. i agree, its sometimes a bit boring to just read the same book "in a row"

Rachel also does what you are doing most of the time. i dont know how she keeps them straight

im trying The War of The Worlds along with Hell House; its very similar to the movie script, as it Hell House (tho the film has far less words, of course). knowing the story makes it bit easier to follow

have you read P&P in the past? as good as that one is, it is definitely a challenge!

^ I had read P&P a few years ago. So I'll have to rely on memory and the movie to get thru the book club meeting.

I did finish the MacKenzie Phillips book tho! Depressing stuff.

finished Little Women! now on Pride and Prejudice. Our meeting is Friday so have a lot of reading to do. Mr. Collins just asked Lizzy to marry him.

I'm currently tackling Ernest Hemingway's "The Fifth Columns and four unpublished stories from the Spanish Civil War," a collection that includes one play and four short stories.

I just started The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

For this month's book club selection, I started reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

I'm taking a break from My Sister's Keeper and instead I'm reading Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark by John Einarson. This book is more my type.

i am FINALLY finished Mr Darcy Takes A Wife. man, that was as long as the original P&P

it went off on a lot of other storylines but it was a very good read, just TOO LONG


i have been wanting a copy of Logan's Run and i finally came across one at half-price books and ive been reading that along with Hell House, which is much more than they made into the movie. Logan's Run is actually just a little paperback.

^ A friend just recommended Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife to me!

I finished the Gene Clark book and now I'm on to So You Want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star - the Byrds Day-by-Day 1965-1973 by Christopher Hjort.

I'll eventually finish My Sister's Keeper in time for the book club meeting. Maybe.

^ how interesting! its an epic, thats for sure!

i have another book to read about the Darcys, called More Letters from Pemberly. they are written by Elizabeth to various family and friends.

i havent read it because i need to look up whether there is a first Letters from Pemberley...i guess ill do that now while i am thinking of it

After Pride & Prejudice, I read My Sister's Keeper. Depressing and sad.
Now onto The Lightning Thief. So far I'm really liking this one. Kinda reminds me of Harry Potter a bit.

I'm reading Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which is very difficult to read. The book was mistakenly titled that for its English version, when the story focuses more on the author's negative views toward the many changes to Paris's architecture throughout the decades rather than on the story of Quasimodo and Esmeralda. This is why I say it is hard to read. I can only read with enthusiasm so much regarding the noe extinct buildings and sculptures that were one part of Paris and its skyline.

I think I remember hearing that once. Thanks for the warning.