Currently reading:

Versailles - Biography of a Palace by Tony Spawforth
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux

It will take me awhile to get through these because I'll pick up some quick reads in between as well!

The Litigators by John Grisham. I work in a law firm so it's particularly interesting.

I finished The Power of Six two days ago and I have read four manga versions of The Legend of Zelda my boyfriend also got me for Christmas. After that I will try out The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that my mom lent me.

Hunger Games. No book has shocked me so much in so few pages. :noway:

Hunger Games. No book has shocked me so much in so few pages. :noway:

I recommend the whole trilogy. The second was my least favorite, but still good.

I am just stunned at the concept. I'm sitting here reading and realizing....she's our protagonist, so I'm going to have to watch her kill them all......omg.

The Litigators by John Grisham. I work in a law firm so it's particularly interesting.

I work in a law firm too and love Grisham

Have you read it? It's interesting to see how the lawyers are portrayed vs. the lawyers at our firm.

I have to say, after reading the Hunger Games trilogy, everything else on my Nook seems lame and I can't get into anything new. :sad:

I have just started reading "Dismembered" by Susan D. Mustafa and Sue Isreal. It's about the murders of a serial killer. Not my usual "cup of tea", but it caught my attention......have read many good reviews about the book....it's crazy and scary to think about what goes on in the minds of these killers!!

Dismembered by Susan D. Mustafa and Sue Israel (July 2011)
By Kim Cantrell– July 6, 2011
Share 2/3 Great Earns 4/5 Stars
Review by Kim Cantrell

Sean Vincent Gillis seemed to be just the average boy next door. To most, anyway. Some neighbors would later say that something was always a little strange about him.

Sean had been born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and continued to live there, in his mother’s home, even after Yvonne took a job and moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

And that’s when trouble begin.

It began with the elderly Ann Bryan being killed in her assisted living apartment. Next, Hardee Moseley Schmidt was murdered while jogging around her affluent neighborhood.

Suddenly prostitutes in Baton Rouge’s seedy areas were disappearing at an alarming rate. And, even more terrifying, women were being attacked, raped and murdered in the safety of their own homes.

Police soon came to realize that they had not only one serial killer in Baton Rouge, but three!

Fortunately, the hunt for one killer came to a halt with the arrest of Derrick Lee Todd but police were still racing against the clock to catch the others.

All the while, Sean Gillis watched the news reports, laughed to himself, and boldly carried on.

Eventually his arrogance and sloppiness would catch up with him and Sean would find himself face to face with the investigators at whom he had laughed.

And what he had to tell police would shock, disgust and downright appall even the most seasoned of homicide detectives!

Susan D. Mustafa and Sue Israel provided the scoop on Derrick Todd in their 2009 true crime Blood Bath, now they bring us the story of Sean Gillis with their newest book (released yesterday) appropriately and simply titled Dismembered.

Louisiana made national headlines when Katrina blew in, but the worst storms were brewing long before the deadly hurricane was born in the Gulf.

This book is extremely detailed, even making my stomach turn at times. For two-thirds of the book, I waived between being unable to wanting to retch but being unable to put the book down, then after the arrest it just flopped.

At this point, Dismembered became mostly repetitious. Now, in all fairness, the authors did toss in some diction about how Sean’s girlfriend was managing, his correspondence with the girlfriend’s new live in boyfriend, his parent’s coping strategies, and his new found religion – but it was rather tedious and, most frequently, didn’t contribute to the overall story.

Because it is the only book available on Sean Gillis and provides thorough details, I would give Dismembered 4 out of 5 stars. Get rid of some of the crud and I can say that it could easily be a 5 star book.

I have to say, after reading the Hunger Games trilogy, everything else on my Nook seems lame and I can't get into anything new. :sad:

Yup. Felt the same way for a while. Try Divergent or the Outsider series.

I have to say, after reading the Hunger Games trilogy, everything else on my Nook seems lame and I can't get into anything new. :sad:

Yup. Felt the same way for a while. Try Divergent or the Outsider series.

Try The Maze Runner...very good!