storm8810@yahoo.com
I just finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold which I thought was good. Some people told me it would be a difficult book to read due to it's subject matter but I liked a lot of things about it. Makes you think a lot about death, dying, and the people that are left behind. I'm moving onto Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton in a few days.

EZREADER1265@aol.com
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton. 4 stars
The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman. 4 stars
Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry.  Part way through the book, first book of
hers I have read...enjoying it.

Peajoy@yahoo.com
I have recently read: 1.  One For the Money by Janet Evanovich. 5 stars.

I found this author at a book sale.  The book was Hot Six.  I never heard of the author before (shame on me), but it was a great price, so I bought it.  I loved it so much that Ms. Evanovich is now one of my favorite authors and Grandma Mazur, Stephanie, and Morelli are like family.  I love the whole series.  Would HIGHLY recommend!!

2.  Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark. 4 stars.
This was a surprisingly wonderful history-filled, romantic horror novel.  I've never read his work before, but I will now!

3.  False Memory by Dean Koontz. 4 stars.
What can I say?  Dean is the man (one of them anyway...) and he delivers on this one.  Be afraid. Be very afraid.

4.  Others by James Herbert. 3 stars.
The novel had one great twist that I really enjoyed, the story was pretty good.  Not the best, but I would definitely try reading some more from this author.

5. Night Blood by James M. Thompson.  5 stars.
I was prepared for a horror novel.  What I got was a horror novel, medical thriller, murder mystery, serial killer, and romance story all rolled into one.  It was never confusing, never boring, and NEVER quite predictable.  I couldn't put it down.  Mr. Thompson can add his name to MY 'list of favorite authors', right there with the only other James on my list (Patterson, of course!). 

deepti_email08@yahoo.com
I just finished reading The Ultimate Dragon by Daniel Jason. It's a fiction novel set in Scotland around the medieval period. It's the story of a warrior who's transported back in time to Scotland. It's very entertaining and has a good story line. I believe the first chapter is available online at www.danieljason.com. I give the book 5 stars.

Bjglu@aol.com
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka. 4 1/2 stars An exquisite short novel about Japanese-American's internment during WWII.  Each chapter is told from a different family member's viewpoint.  It will stay with you.

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. 5 stars.
Reread this recently before a trip to Australia.  Bryson is the warmest, funniest writer around.  Plus, one can learn A LOT about Australia from this travel book.  I want him to take me along on his next wandering!

The Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham.  4 stars.  At first I thought this was a slight, "beach-read" novel of no particular import.  However, I found the characters staying with me and found myself wondering about the plot and people during the day.  It's a novel about armed services' wives, mainly, who bond in the 1940's while they are in England where spouses are stationed.  It follows them and their families to the present.  Worth a read.

joswood@adiis.net
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy. 5 stars.  I'm such a fan of Conroy, and I love to read anything he writes.  This is an autobiographical book about his senior year playing basketball at The Citadel in Charleston, SC.  I found it fascinationg, and I am not a big basketball fan. There
was much discussion of his abusive father and of his difficult childhood years because of this. It helps you see where he got the material for many of his other novels, because most of them contain an abusive father. 

Q is For Quarry by Sue Grafton--5 stars.  Kinsey Milhone, the heroine of
Grafton's alphabet series is such a familiar friend by now, that I
enjoyed meeting up with again.  This mystery is based on a true case of
an unidentified body that Grafton heard about.  It is a satisfying read.

LMcgookin@aol.com
Blood Orchid by Stuart Woods. 5 stars.  Great read.  Sharp and to the point.  Woods does not waste words.

Into the Woods by Sara Donati. 5 stars.  This is an older book, but well worth reading.  She has also written 2 follow-up books.  Historical Fiction.

Ery222@aol.com
Savage Beauty by Nancy Milford. 4 stars. The life and times of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

rsaxe@utoledo.edu
Man Down by John Douglas. 1 ½ stars.

TeaSage@aol.com
One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz. 5 stars.
Captures the reader's attention from the opening paragraph, then weaves three subplots that are equally riveting.  About mid-way through the book, the three begin to dovetail into each other.  An excellent read, hard to put down, and an eye-opener to the philosophy behind bioethics.

tfranzen2124@attbi.com
Beach Music by Pat Conroy. 4 stars.

Not his latest..but so very good to read. 

Vikkivand@aol.com
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. 5 stars.
I think I was the only person who never got around to reading this one, but I'm glad that I finally did. Great story.

Comella2729@aol.com
I am finally working my way through the mountain of books piled on my night table:
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight - Alexandra Fuller's account of growing up in Rhodesia as it became Zimbabwe...how the turmoil disrupted the lives of those who lived there. 5 stars.

Venetian Dreaming - Paula Weideger's account of living in Venice, the city of her dreams (mine too).  I love anything that has to do with life in Venice. 5 stars.
Abraham by Bruce Feiler. 3 stars.

Much too idealistic a view of how peace can be achieved in the Middle East. 
Youth - J.M. Coetzee's account of his early adult years in England, after moving there from South Africa.  A dark book written by a dark man, at least in those years.  But he is an excellent writer.  After reading this memoir, I have a better understanding of the main character in his novel Disgrace. Both are 5 stars, particularly Disgrace, in which Coetzee draws together
complex themes seamlessly.
Lucky by Alice Sebold.

If you've read The Lovely Bones, this is a must-read. Both are 5 stars.

Mcain4567@aol.com
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen and Once a Thief by Kay Hopper. I love both authors and anything written by them.

GraceP@aol.com
I am reading Quentins by Maeve Binchy and cannot put it down. Five stars plus!!!

yodasmommy@who.rr.com
I have almost finished Between Friends by Debbie Macomber and I give it 5 stars.  It is written in the format of letters between friends and entries in journals.  Very easy to read, and I am going to enjoy finishing it this evening.

alison@psy.uq.edu.au
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Puberty Blues by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey
Only Boy for Me by Gil McNeil

Jjhiggjo@aol.com
Just finished listening to this book on tape…14 cd's, 15 hours of pure entertainment. I give it 5 stars, and I will surely buy this book for my collection.

bencanada1@yahoo.com
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. 5 stars. Excellent.

Booksagain@aol.com
A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip Craig. 5 stars.

Carosp@aol.com
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby. 4 stars. 

I'd definitely like to read other books of his. The book is hilarious in parts, but also serious. Hornby wrote High Fidelity and About a Boy as well, both of which were made into movies.   I'm just starting Toward the Mountain by Alan Paton, an autobiography of the man who wrote Cry, the Beloved Country. It looks to be an interesting book, but I'm not far enough into it to rate it yet.

elow@gis.net
Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right by Ann Coulter. This was an interesting read whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or of any other political persuasion.  Ms. Coulter hits hard on biases found in the various forms of media and underscores the power of its selective portrayals.  Although this may be a difficult read for some people, I would highly encourage the reader to stick to it until the end in hopes that it may spark your thinking whether you agree with the book or not. For this reason, I give it 5 stars

GandmaRI@aol.com
These are the new books that I just received yesterday, and I'm going to get started reading this week.  I'lll list them in the order that I'm going to read them. Since they are all favorite authors of mine, I'm anticipating 4 and 5 star ratings from all.
1. Firestorm by Nevada Barr

2. The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver

3. Jackdaws by Ken Follett

4. Murder in Havana by Margaret Truman

5. The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman.

LKarlak@aol.com
I'm reading The Nanny Chronicles --- good.

Grandmareadme@aol.com
Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. 5 stars.
Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati. 5 stars.
Circle of Stones by Anna Lee Waldo. 4 ½ stars.
Maire by Linda Windsor. 4 stars.
The Big Dig by Linda Barnes. 4 stars.

groover_101@hotmail.com
You've just got to check out Journo's Diary by Chris Thomas. I couldn't stop laughing. It's an easy read, lots of fun and poignant at times, too. Easily five stars.

Ggatorggirl55@aol.com
I have just started The Lovely Bones by Anne Sebold and have Rudy Giuliani's book Leadership next on the list. After that it will be James Patterson's newest Four Blind Mice when it comes out on 11/18. The Lovely Bones is excellent. It is eerie to think of the situation that the story is written about. I would give it 5 stars.

KINDLEELF@aol.com
I have currently read:   
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg. 5 stars.
City of Bones by Michael Connelly. 4 stars.   
A Painted House by John Grisham. 5 stars.

Catslady5@aol.com
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King. I'm halfway through and give it 4 stars.

pnichols@crosscountybank.com
I'm currently reading The Last Girls by Lee Smith.

B102640@aol.com
I'm currently reading Andrew Neiderman's Dead Time…great suspense and very realistic. My daughter is reading Twisted Roots by V.C. Andrews.

Mlauerba@aol.com
Just finished The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.

TonyBrandin@peoplepc.com
Peter Cameron is my favorite author, but The City of Your Final Destination (3 stars) disappoints. The plot is simple: middling graduate student Omar travels from Kansas to rural Uruguay to convince three executors of a novelist's estate to give him authorization to write the man's biography.  Little else happens; City takes place almost entirely in the crumbling manor house in which the novelist lived and died.  I think Cameron may have conceived the novel first as a play, because essentially he tells the whole story through dialogue.  The plot point that divides City's first and second halves (a medical emergency) seems wholly random, and the second half loses considerable momentum while a character recovers.  Cameron winds up City nicely, though, which is why it earns three stars.

BDORM@aol.com
1. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I'm still reading it, but so far I am totally captivated with his characters. At least 4 stars.
2. Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction - a perfect book to read in the Halloween season. Many of the authors are not known to write vampire stories. 2 stars. Only interested if you love the genre.
3. The Dragon Queen by Alice Borchardt.  Story of Queen Guinevere allied with
werewolf to help Arthur secure the throne. A different perspective. 4 stars.

BarbBC3@aol.com
I just finished my favorite book so far this year, When The Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe. It's about a family trying to survive in the Japanese-occupied Phillipines during WWII. For a first book, the author did a terrific job of weaving this vivid, intense story with a few Filipino fables and tales that are told by characters throughout. I give it a 5 rating.

susanrjensen@yahoo.com
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. 3 ½ stars.
McMurtry's saga of the West was nowhere near as exciting as I had imagined it would be.  I did enjoy the adventures, and some of the characters were really great.  Not bad, but a little disappointing.

Random Hearts by Warren Adler. 4 stars.
A compelling read about a man and woman who discover their spouses' affair after a fatal plane crash.  Much different from the Harrison Ford movie, although essentially the same story. 

Love and Duty by Judith Henry Wall. 4 stars.
The story of three German-American women (two sisters and their cousin) growing up in pre- and post-WWII Texas.  An interesting book about the things women do out of love and duty.  I'm not quite done with it, but I have enjoyed it.

s.butcher@insightbb.com
I am reading The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan; really enjoying it, especially the look at Chinese culture. 5 stars.

RRBUFF@aol.com
Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag.

Excellent mystery.  Hold one's attention, page after page.  If you are a mystery buff, you won't be able to put it down.

Sesame705@aol.com
Psychic: True Paranormal Experiences by Hans Holzer. 4 stars.
Hans Holzer, a renowned parapsychologist, shares his personal experiences and those of people in countless cases collected and studied over a broad period of time that are a reflection of all things psychic: ESP, telepathy, psychokinesis, out-of-body experiences, prophetic dreams, ghosts, etc.  Whether or not you are a believer, you may enjoy reading the anecdotal accounts and viewing the intriguing photographs as you consider the possibilities and mystery.

vze4qbku@verizon.net 
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry. 5 stars.
This author of A Fine Balance has written another excellent book about India. This time it concerns an extended family and the effects of caring for a beloved grandfather afflicted with Parkinsons and a lack of both space and poverty.

Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver. 5 stars.
Should an American Indian little girl be returned to her tribe or allowed to remain with her white mother who loves her and is loved in return? Ms. Kingsolver knows how to write a story to keep us turning the pages.

Njm629@aol.com
Step-Ball-Change by Jeanne Ray. 4 stars.
It's not often that a book causes me to laugh loud enough and long enough that I fear waking my family. Step-Ball-Change is one book that did just that. The extended family provides various forms of support as its members traverse different stages of relationships. The perfect sister is getting a divorce; the charismatic niece elopes following a one-night stand; the darling daughter is forced to question her engagement; and the sensitive son loses his heart to the contractor's daughter. Ray weaves all of these characters, and more, into a delightful story that is a pleasure to read.

Ereganwrites@aol.com
I didn't read Donna Tartt's first novel The Secret History when it came out.  But after being pleasantly scared, intrigued and satisfied with The Little Friend, I know I will be haunting the used book stores soon. The Little Friend is a book about a preteen but it is not the kind of book your mystery loving little sister should read.  In fact, anyone who believes in the innocence of young people probably won't enjoy reading the all too real account of a young girl's determined search for her brother's killer.  The characters are full of faults, some of the ordinary ones are quite scary and many of them are darn-right mean. Life in the South never seemed so bleak. Tartt's novel is hard on animals, frank about family faults and darn sure about the rightness of punishment. Perhaps in time Harriet will wind up on the bench, I'd like to read that story too.

aslee@aufeminin.com
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo. 5 stars.

Such a great scandinavian thriller!

j.toerek@csuohio.edu
I am currently reading Folly by Laurie King. Though I have to usually be in the mood to read a mystery (as this was billed), I am thoroughly enjoying this lady's lifestyle change as she asserts herself and builds her esteem as she rebuilds her great uncle's abandoned island cabin. 4 stars.

RGNNNR@aol.com
Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox. 3 stars.
A memoir by a noted novelist who grew up in the jazz age, the child of an uncaring mother and carefree father. I finished the book because it was only a little over 200 pages, but I really didn't find it that interesting.

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link. 3 stars.
I found only four of the eleven fantasy short stories here any good but, admittedly, those four were very good. I'm not sure whether to recommend the book on the basis of those four stories or not recommend it on the basis of the rather uninteresting other seven.

DAVENAYMEG@aol.com
I just started reading The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King. So far it is really good.

Doot65@aol.com
I just finished reading Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.  It's about a woman with a shopping obsession that completely overtakes her life.  It's funny and kind of sad to see her fall apart. I enjoyed it very much, and my teenage daughter read it twice and loved it. I would give it 4 stars.

DFSn180@aol.com
Two O'clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning is a stunning novel.  It should have gotten more attention when it came out.  Mr. Dunning has a passion for radio and this mystery/romance/espionage is set about 1942 with the radio as the pivotal element. He creates the feeling of the time and makes you wish "good ol'' radio" was back.

tmzemke@comcast.net
I just finished reading Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White. It seemed like it was going to be a very daunting read as it was a hefty book with over 800 pages (I think). It is a superb view into the Victorian life of a prostitute named Sugar. It's being touted as this generation's Charles Dickens. It's a bawdy, graphic, thought provoking look at the lives of the women who lived during the times that Dickens wrote about...only from the woman's point of view. It took Faber over 20
years to write this and simply amazing. 5 star read.

GloriaDeal@aol.com
I just finished reading 1st To Die by James Patterson. It was a terrific book. I give it five stars.

wordcrafterme@attbi.com
Dark Protocols by Richard D. Weber.

It's a roller coaster ride thriller that combines action, terror and a Dean-Koontz-like dark sense of the absurd. The Vatican, Secret Government Projects and Mossad agents all blended together seamlessly.

sherlock32257@msn.com
Some of the best books I've read are You Bet Your Life by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain (5 stars), Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton (5 stars), Resort to Murder by Carolyn Hart (5 stars), Deadly Justice by Kenneth Clarke (4 stars) and Chapel Noir by Carole Nelson Douglas (5 stars).  Almost all of these books are available in stores, except for Deadly Justice. It was great, except for some editting errors.

TLWood61@aol.com
The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman. 2 ½ stars.

Not one of his best. I had to force myself to finish it.

bencanada1@yahoo.com
Quentins by Maeve Binchy. 5 stars. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. 5 stars.

BREEZYWRITER@aol.com
Shopgirl by Steve Martin. 5 stars.
This charming novella has great insight into what makes men and women tick - - and why they are so different.  The famous funnyman is also an accomplished writer!!

LinDiego@att.net
Here are my comments on the two non-fiction books I recommend to all readers:
1) The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis by Ernest R. May.
What a gift Kennedy gave us by installing the tape machine inside his desk in the Oval Office.  We get to be a fly on the wall and watch history unfold, observing the conversations between Kennedy and his advisors when we were just minutes or even seconds away from nuclear war. It's amazing to see how the Cuban Missile Crisis built up quickly then ended with a world-wide sigh of relief. The miscommunications between Kennedy and Kruschev are startling and you think that such mistakes couldn't happen today. Or could they? You see the clash of personalities and backgrounds of Kennedy and his advisors, then realize that it was Kennedy's instincts that finally brought closure to the crisis.  Reading the text of these tapes, we feel like we are a witness to a landmark decision, a turning point in the history of the world.

2) Stupid White Men by Michael Moore. I am a woman and, yes, I love the title. I am actually a registered Republican, but I found myself nodding my head at Michael's rantings. While I agreed with the problems he points out, I didn't always agree about the cause of the problems because of my conservative background. There were a few
perceptions he has that I thought were totally off-base and I said, "Good Grief! Get a grip!" But overall, I enjoyed reading the book because of the exposure he brings to our problems as a society. I certainly respect him for being a voice we cannot ignore. We need more voices like Michael's because we Americans just cannot learn all we need to know from television, newspapers and magazines. There needs to be more forums where we can get down and dirty like Michael does.  You can read this book to see one man's perspective of these problems. You can read it to learn why some people refuse to call themselves Democrats or Republicans. The best reason to read Stupid White Men is to raise your consciousness about problems in our society.  I promise you will feel more informed when you are finished. I promise that Stupid White Men will make you laugh and cringe.

PS: (Could there be a book called Stupid White Women? Or Stupid Yellow Men? Or
Stupid Black Men? Or Stupid Brown Men? etc? Some may say yes. Many women would buy a book called Stupid Men. Others may say that White Men are the only race and gender to have the power to do stupid things that affect so many people).

makkedah02@aol.com
The book I will not forget and enjoyed very much was Eagle's Cry by David Nevin. It was a novel writen about Jefferson and Madison. It's about the men and their wives who helped change our nation, a time when we were a young nation and how we purchased Louisiana from the French. It was a time of dreams made and self discovery. This book was so well written that you felt like a fly on the wall listening to Amercian makers in the works, and you felt you knew them personally. A great book and a must for school children, and his second book, 1812, is next on my list. It's about Jefferson sending Lewis and Clark out into the unknown America and their journey!

mdcarter@netidea.com
Two books I just finished:

Life of Pi  by Yann Martel. 5 stars

Atonement by Ian McEwan. 5 stars

Both very good books, well written, with a lot of "meat" to them.

roustaboutbrat@msn.com
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand.  I am only 114 pages in, but so far I am really enjoying it.  It is very interesting, and I feel that I am learning so much. The story is told in a way that makes me understand, care about the people and want to know what is going to happen next!

Cairo1953@aol.com
The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans. 5 stars
This is, by far, the best book that I've read this year.  A sensational novel, truly captivating and engrossing!  There's only one problem....you want the book to go on forever.  I felt the same way when reading The Horse Whisperer.  His style of writing is brilliant.  I look forward to reading The Loop. To Evans: Keep up the great work.  Your readers anxiously await more books.

brady538_91208@yahoo.com
Tonight At Noon: A Love Story by Sue Graham Mingus.  5 stars.

This is an autobiography of a couple.  The man is a creative and successful black musician born in Arizona, but brought up in Watts in Los Angeles on "the other side of the tracks" and his (eventual) wife, also creative and successful, born of sophistication, money and having beauty, living in the posh part of New York City...and white.  I am not a particular fan of jazz, but the story line keeps you involved from page one to the end.  I have never read of a more complex man than Charles Mingus, and how Sue was able to understand and appreciate his complexities after many, many years had gone by.  This is a great love story and one that will keep you interested always.

Shooting the Boh by Tracy Johnston.  4 stars.

This is a true story of shooting the rapids in Borneo.  The Boh river is possibly the fiercest in the world, and the group that made this "test run" was interesting to read about.  Of course, many problems insued during their run, and Mrs. Johnston does a good job of describing the events and problems that existed. A good adventure story.

Britadon@aol.com
Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark. 4 stars.
Delightful mystery with wonderful characters.  Light reading but thoroughly
enjoyable.

A Thousand Country Roads by Robert James Waller. 3 stars.
A sequel to The Bridges of Madison County, which was nostalgic and somewhat
sad. Somehow it just wasn't really satisfying; needed a bit more depth.

Shamrock@theseason.org
I'm reading The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, it's got some of everything; suspense, romance, and even science fiction. It's a book that captures your attention and takes you with it, with merely no effort on your part!

John1rosie@aol.com
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy. 4 stars.

Mr. Conroy has stepped out of fiction. In this wholly personal account of his senior basketball season, Pat Conroy has used his significant writing talents to craft a book which may well have an immediate and, I think, lasting educational impact on the special reader willing to become aware of how and why the abuser and the enabler misshape the life of their victim.

houstonwife@hotmail.com
Stuart Woods and his books about Stone Barrington are page turners and hard to put down. I was lucky to be able to read quite a few before I caught up with the author and now am waiting for him to write the next one.

psaether@lgamerica.com
Every now and then Nicholas Sparks gets lucky, so I read Nights in Rodanthe (worthless, score of 0).  Loved Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones (I'd rate it a 5). Truly enjoyed Ella Minnow Pea (score 4 on clever concept alone) and have a library copy of Mark Dunn's new book Welcome to Higby (too soon to rate). James Lee Burke is a favorite; Jolie Blon's Bounce was up to his excellent standards (5) as was Sue Grafton's Q is for Quarry (4).

SMSEIFR@aol.com
I'm now in the middle of Nights In Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. All of his novels rate a 5. Another "5" author, as far as I'm concerned, is Barbara Delinsky. Next in my "to read" pile is her latest, An Accidental Woman.

bubles135@hotmail.com
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer.
2 stars. 

Thrilling. Suspenseful. Intense. Into Thin Air is a Mt. Everest quest, which is all of those things. But is it the best choice? This is a hard question to ask by just reading the back of the cover. How do you know if Into Thin Air is worth the time and money? If it is not, then what book would be a better choice to read?

How do you truly decide if a book can keep you satisfied? Do you read the back of the cover, or just hope that the title says a whole lot about the book's content? Neither method is going to successfully let you know if the book is something you will enjoy or not. But what is going to do? If you don't read the book then you will never know, right? Well you can look at book reviews or talk to a friend or someone you know has the same taste in books as you do. Or you can just check the book out from the library and see if it is worth buying. You could even buy it and, if you don't like it, give it to someone you think will enjoy it or sell it to a used bookstore.
Into Thin Air is talked up to be this great thrilling book about a tragedy on Mt. Everest. Having read it myself, I found that this is not exactly true. Though a few parts were suspenseful, making you long to find out what was going to happen and not let you put the book down, the majority of the story was not this way at all. The beginning was incredible I didn't want to stop reading. However, by the second chapter, you quickly realize how the book is going to continue.

If you are looking for an entertaining thriller, I would strongly advise you not to waste your money on this book. On the other hand, if you want to learn about climbing in more of an interesting way, then this would be an incredible book for you. Say, if you really wanted to learn about all of the facts about the mountain and about climbing.

I love to read intense, suspenseful, even scary books, but I did not care for Into Thin Air. I found the book to be very factual. Every chapter was filled with boring facts and I felt that they dragged on and on. They weren't even interesting things, they were things like elevations and diseases, things that I don't really want to read about. I was expecting this action-packed book about a climbing expedition, where you were on the edge of your seat wanting to know what was going to happen --- even reading for hours on end to find out. Instead I got a climbing expedition, which bored me with all of the dry things that they filled the book with. I could care less about all of the points on the mountain and loads of details on each one. To me that is not fun to read. So if you are debating buying or reading Into Thin Air, I would strongly suggest that you reconsider. There are several books out there which I am sure are a lot better than Into Thin Air, which won't bore you.

KINDLEELF@aol.com
Current books I've read include:  Man Walks into a Room by Nicole Krauss. 4 stars. Good story line about a man found wandering in the desert, and all the trials and tribulations following.
Welcome to Higby by Mark Dunn. 5 stars. Wonderful book. If you liked Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! or Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg, you will love this new novel by Mark Dunn. The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg. 4 stars. A quick read but not disappointing. 

Bossu49@aol.com
The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts. 5 stars.
Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter. 5 stars.

MysteryNut19@aol.com
Kentucky Sunrise by Fern Michaels. 2 stars.
This book's ending was so sad to me that I was sorry I read the whole book.  The book revolves around a mother and daughter as they prepare two horses for the Kentucky Derby.  Both women undergo therapy to resolve relationship issues.  I'll leave other readers to determine if either is successful for themselves. 

hibar14@earthlink.net
I'm currently reading Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg. This book is pure fun! I give it 5 stars.

mylatoya@hotmail.com
A Journey To Hell and Back by Charlotte Russell Johnson.

I have read this book four times, and I still find my self picking it up and rereading it again and again. This is truly an inspiration for those of us that are searching for the right road in life.

BREEZYWRITER@aol.com
White Oleander by Janet Fitch. 3 ½ stars.