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Yeah I have that problem with a lot of books I read. They're so straight forward that I don't have a lot to say.

I'm glad you liked it! I had a lot of the same opinions about it

I agree Have you read Grapes of Wrath? It's another very good story

Sounds like an interesting book.

I loved East of Eden! It had such a powerful message and the storytelling and plot was fantastic as well

You are not a need! Or if you are then I am too because I think your stats are so cool and I wish I could keep track so well and do stats on the books I read

Is that what the somewhat newly released movie is based on? I've only seen the previews, but the story sounds amazing. I would obviously love to read the book before watching the movie Those are the best books. The ones that you lose sleep because of. That happened to me while I was reading Plain Truth as well. I kept saying next available break I'll go to sleep and then I would keep reading...

Awh good! It is definitely the type of book that would make me think, which I love I'm so glad you're enjoying Plain Truth, because I liked it a lot as well

I wish The Office was still on the air, but I also think that towards the end it was just headed towards nothing so they had to finish. I wish they would have had more seasons like seasons 2-5. Those are by far the best, funniets, and most emotionally rewarding. I think sometimes shows end up going too long and the bad ending leaves you feeling like you don't really like the show. So as much as I wish I could watch more of my favorite shows that are no longer on the air, I'm glad they stopped before my opinion of the show totally changed. The Office got pretty close in season 8 and One Tree Hill got close towards the end too.

Wow. Thanks for snagging this interview. Very interesting answers that only make me want to read the book even more. Now I just have to wait for it to come out in the US Her second book sounds like it will be fantastic as well judging from the title and the topic it explores.

I didn't even see the second question that Athena posed. For that one definitely eyes closed. It's creepy if you both have your eyes open so best way to avoid that is keep them closed Frankie, it was very awkward that he asked me. I felt like I had been doing something wrong and then it made me worry what he was doing that I couldn't have my eyes open. Add onto that that I already loathe going to the dentist and it was an overall terrible experience. The one good thing is that my mom buys me a smoothie and mcdonalds fries after I get a filling because that's the only food I can eat with a numb mouth

I agree, we have a lot of similar feelings about the book. I just almost never give a bad review about a book because I like them all so much even if there are some things I didn't like. All books are great!! Not saying that you don't feel that way, but I'm just very hesitant to give a bad rating.

When I go in for the routine checkup part, I keep my eyes open most of the time because I think it must look weird to the hygienist that my eyes are closed. Maybe I alternate? I don't even really know. It's weird to have your eyes clothes because a lot of the time they try to converse with you, at least in my experience. However when I got a filling I had my eyes open for like the first half and then the dentist actually asked if I could close my eyes. Not sure if I was creeping him out or he just didn't want me to see what he was doing.

I really enjoyed the review of Gilead. It might be extra interesting for me because my school is in an area where the bushwackers and jayhawkers fought a lot. I'm guessing that's what is meant by fighting for abolition in Kansas. If not, still interesting.

Great review! I agree with some of the points you made about the book. It was almost hard to believe how terrible the relationship was in the book. Almost unrealistic because of how easily certain things could have been avoided. I kept the whole time because things could have been done so much simpler. I'm glad you enjoyed the second part of the book better. I did as well, and I thought it had a lot more irony and funny moments whereas in the first part there was a lot of I don't even know how to describe it other than "blah". I really like the cover of your edition! The one I read is much different and hardcover.

Yeah I like my Hemingway. The short story book actually belonged to my dad. Hemingway is one of the few fiction writers he'll actually read I did read the Four stories. They were pretty good. I don't think I posted a review because I read them just before the new year, so if there is one at all it would be in last year's thread. I remember liking the more information, but also thinking that they weren't really as good as Divergent or Insurgent.Speaking of Insurgent, I saw the movie this past weekend and it was good, but missed a few things of course. I hope you like your first Picoult! I think Plain Truth is a good starter, but I really did like Nineteen Minutes as well.

Yeah I had it for the trial month and there were maybe 10 books that interested me. Definitely not enough to pay the $10 a month. I've never heard of that Lois Lowry book. I've read The Giver and Number the Stars. Would you recommend it?

Thanks to your reviews we all know that if we read this collection we should skip the first four stories

P.S. I know I am very messy. I have so many little trinkets and so I tend to put them on my shelf Also I have trouble sleeping and chronic knee pain, so advil PM is a necessary part of my life

And this is the actual desk part which contains text books and some library loans and some personal loans from friends. I'm not really sure if you can see all the titles in the stack very well, but the bottom two are school library then two borrowed books from friends then three local library while at school loans.

Finally getting around to posting some pictures of my bookshelf at school

I'm interested to see how you like Persuasion. It has been on my TBR for awhile now and I hope to get to it soon I'm about 200 pages into 11/22/63 and I'm really liking it. I'm amazed at how quickly I have read it in such a small amount of time that I've had to read. It's such an intriguing topic and quite a pageturner.

Yay for finally getting The Rosie Effect in the mail! I hope you're enjoying it!!

I'm a tab-a-holic as well, at least on my tablet. I have like 10 open at once because I like to use them as references or be able to easily get the website I want at any time. I keep wanting to read some of these indie authors, but I have such a large stack of reading I plan to do already. Too many books. A good problem to have

I have that same problem with other authors. It's so hard to get around to reading something new or different when there are so many books that you already know you love the topic/author of that you want to read. If you do read any, I hope you enjoy them! I actually knew barely anything about the Amish when I read it. I was thinking that I would be able to understand some of the German in the book without the author saying what it was, but then I realized they speak their own very different dialect. So basically I knew minimally more than you do about the Amish when I began to read it. The nice thing is that some of the characters in the book are not Amish, so they are learning about the culture themselves, which means the reader gets to learn as well. It requires zero background knowledge, but by the end you will know a lot about Amish culture. I think you will really like it. Like Picoult said it has sort of the same feel as The Pact. Yes! There is a lot of Amish culture in it. Because of the supposed murder, the two worlds, Amish and normal American, collide and we as the reader get to see the similarities and differences.