ok, I finished Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played With Fire, and can recommend it without reserve. Definitely check this one out. Shocking conclusion, and it totally sets you up for the 3rd book in the series. Alas, that book is not due til late May. So, I shall move on in my reading---next up: Caroline Cooney's The Voice on the Radio, which I've been reading with Aurora, and Sinclair's The Jungle. The Cooney book is the third in a series, the first 2 of which we've enjoyed. The series concerns the discovery by the main character, Janie, that she had been kidnapped as a toddler and raised by the Johnson's, who innocently thought little Janie was their own daughter's child. We really liked the 1st 2 books, but have found this one a bit less gripping. The Jungle is a book I've always wanted to read, but like so many classics, haven't. Kind of seems like required reading for me, though, since I teach social studies. I've also got Thackerey's Vanity Fair going, but with only the mildest of enthusiasm. The trouble is not with the story or the writing, but with me---this is one of my bedtime-reads, and during the work week, I'm generally asleep within 10-15 minutes. Makes for a plodding pace!
What are you reading?
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