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I, too, liked the story. Picoult always seems to bring out conflicting emotions in me -- I guess this is from the psychological aspect Picoult weaves through so many of her novels.. It always seems to show two conflicting sides, and I usually swap back and forth from one side to the other. Anyone else have this kind of reaction to her writing?

I recently finished this book (just before the end of 2008) and so did a search to see people's thoughts on it. Between this thread and another, I noticed that many readers were about to start this book or had it in their TBR pile. Since then, has anyone else finished the book and if so, any thoughts on it? I loved the story and hated seeing it end.

I've never tried reading more than one at once.. I can't imagine my not being driven crazy by trying to read two at once!

We move so much right now that I don't keep a lot of books. Anything I buy, I pass on to someone else to avoid having to lug it around in a suitcase from country to country. Before we moved overseas, I used the library to avoid paying a fortune for books that I can get for free. When I move into a settled home, I'll have to debate between buying all my books so I can keep and display them on some pretty bookshelves, or still using the library and saving space/money by not buying and storing books. We'll see!

I read "The Beach House" by Jane Green in one sitting.. Fabulous book and just too hard to put down!

I have a friend that's from Minnesota.. she's the only one I know though

I don't have a thing for Gerard Butler (I know I know.. I'm totally in the minority on this one!) so can safely say the movie paled vastly in comparison to the book for me. -- Gerard or no Gerard The book is definitely much better!

oooh my little guilty pleasures include any kind of celeb-related magazine (People, US Weekly, etc). i even regularly visit eonline.com and ew.com .. I just can't help myself! I also like O (Oprah's magazine) and Real Simple (the organizational magazine).

ooooooh i couldn't bear to look! although i will say that there are those that i'm trying to remember where i was in a book if i didn't mark it, and i have to flip around and read a couple of lines to establish if that's the correct page or not. sometimes i've read things that i think gives too much away and i'm all upset about it. i've realized that with me, i tend to actually forget that part i read... as i get back into the story at the right spot, the little tidbit i read flies out of my head completely and then i don't think about it again until i re-read it again. i have a feeling it wouldn't be quite the same with reading the ending of a book b/c thats just too hard to forget, but still.. makes me grateful for my apparently terrible memory!

Might as well go for PS I Love You.. It seems to be voted favorably upon by the majority.

Hope you don't want to off yourself w/in the first few pages, Roxi... Maybe you'll be just like Charm and be pleasantly suprised! You'll have to let us know how you get on with it once you give it a try.

Awesome.. I'll definitely check this out. Thanks for the help, Kylie!

That's awesome for them.. India is a different world!! I'm enjoying it here.. It's a bit of a shock to the system at first, but there's so much to do in Bombay and we've made some great friends. I've also been lucky enough to volunteer with an NGO, which is a great experience for me. We have 3 more months here, and I know some things here will be hard to say goodbye to!

Awesome! .. How does Project G work? I'm ashamed.. I should know, but I don't. I'm a huge library fan so never had a need until now to look into it. Thanks for the info

I've also read "PS I Love You" and "If You Could See Me Now".. like many of you, loved "PS".. wasn't so crazy about "IYCSMN." I have "A Place Called Here" on my bookshelf waiting to be read. Glad to see some of you really liked it.. This way I can look fwd to it

I'm tracking the books I've read in 2009... I stole shamelessly from the suggestions and discussions of books/authors on this board, so I'm very grateful to you all! Currently reading The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler Up Next Not sure yet.. Completed (44) Eclipse (Book 3 of Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn (Book 4 of Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz Q&A - Vikas Swarup Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Things I Want My Daughters to Know - Elizabeth Noble The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve Life Support - Tess Gerritsen Living Dangerously - Katie Fforde Swimming Pool Sunday - Madeleine Wickham The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Stately Pursuits - Katie Fforde Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham Grave Sight - Charlaine Harris The Ivy Chronicles - Karen Quinn The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari Broken Angels - Richard Montanari Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Noughts & Crosses - Malorie Blackman The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver Ring - Koji Suzuki Wife in the Fast Lane - Karen Quinn Grave Surprise - Charlaine Harris Matilda - Roald Dahl Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult The Luxe - Anna Godbersen The Bone Collector - Jeffery Deaver Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie Special Delivery - Zoe Barnes Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult Anne of Avonlea - LM Montgomery Wedding Season - Katie Fforde Testimony - Anita Shreve The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield Not What You Think - Melissa Hill The House at Riverton - Kate Morton Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman Attempted Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton

Whoa!.. 54 hour train ride with 2 children? Brave, indeed!! That's so cool they went to Chandighar and Punjab.. My husband was born in Punjab and much of his family still lives in Chandighar. Fairly small towns.. How did your brother and his family have a connection to those places?

Hi and welcome! I'm pretty new here, too, and it's been wonderful so far! I hope you enjoy!

Again I have to say Thanks!! I'd never heard of this book and I've added it to my list.. I really am getting such great suggestions here for reading material! I can't wait to get my hands on "The Book Thief" after reading the synopsis! And great challenge, Roxi.. good luck !!

Thanks, guys! Poppy, what part of India was your family in for a bit??

yep we're way off course i love the dancing smiley too though! hope you get to see your movie soon! A&D the book was good.. i hope the movie stands up to it

Seriously.. you're not kidding! My list has already grown so much since I came here! I'm loving it -- all these new book suggestions are great for me. It's fabulous!