I am bookless

So...I just finished reading Nothing Like You, a trashy yet intelligent YA novel that I greatly enjoyed. Before that, I read Perfume, a bizarre but interesting fable about scent. I started reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I don't know if I like it in a 600-page way. Maybe I should hang in a little longer. Or not.

Outside my window, the rain falls...

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BabelBabe said…
Make it to Lisbeth - have you yet?

It's worth it.

Otherwise, pick up an Aunt Dimity book - by Nancy Atherton - so cute, and entertaining. The first one is Aunt Dimity's Death.
10:01 PM
Bearette said…
I had to put it down. Those financial bits were like reading an SEC filing. Urg :)
8:44 AM
judy in ky said…
Have you read any of Margaret George's big, thick historical novels? I have read The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, and Mary Queen of Scotland. I have found them fascinating.
I have yet to read Mary, Called Magdalene and The Autobiography of Henry VIII.
8:46 AM
judy in ky said…
Oh, and I also enjoyed The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
8:47 AM
Bearette said…
Ok, I think I have to read The Help. Everyone is recommending it to me :)
9:44 AM
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