What books are you reading?

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I'm still rereading the Circle series by Ted Dekker. Also reading Ender's Game. Read it and watched the movie when I was younger but don't remember a lot. It has a lot more.. mature content than I remember. Welp.
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Finished London Bridges. No more James Patterson for me. Now reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
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I finished Washington's Spies, excellent book. It is the book that AMC's TURN is based on. Up next for me is Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner.
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I'm listening to the Artemis Fowl books on Audible, and it's a pure nostalgia rush. They're as good as I remember too! \:D/
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I finished Stories That Bind Us, wonderful story. Up next for me is The Bridge to Belle Island by Julie Klassen.
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I really enjoyed "The Bridge to Belle Island" and so did a friend of mine who is also a Julie Klassen fan. I think you'll like it, Laurie! It kept me guessing for quite a while.

I'm starting "The Blue Castle" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. I've read it countless times before and love it every time. It's one of her lesser-known books especially compared to "Anne of Green Gables" or "Emily of New Moon." I have an association where I like to read it around my birthday because the main character has a birthday early in the book....not like other books don't have birthdays in them ;) but for some reason that stuck with me. It's also a good excuse to read one of my all-time favourites!
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I still haven't finished Howl's Moving Castle D:
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I'm just starting "Diamond in the Rough" by Jen Turano. It's the second book in her American Heiresses series.
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"Christus Victor" by Gustaf Aulen. Getting my theology vibe on! \:D/
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I finished The Bridge to Belle Island, wonderful story. Up next for me is Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo. 
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Nice! I was sure that you would enjoy "The Bridge to Belle Island," Laurie.

Last night I was sitting in my living room, trying to decide what to do, when all of a sudden I remembered that I had purchased the hardcover illustrated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and hadn't actually read it yet, so I read the first eleven chapters. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. It's unabridged, so all the text is there, and the pictures are really nicely done.
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I finished the Eliza Hamilton, excellent. Up next for me is Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green. It is the first book in her Windy City Saga.
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Sounds interesting, Laurie! :D

I'm reading the illustrated version of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The illustrations are really lovely. It isn't my favourite of the seven books, but still worth the read. :D
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I finished Veiled in Smoke, excellent book! Up next for me is A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. Larson. It's about the presidential election of 1800.
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I finished reading the illustrated version of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." It was very nicely done. The fifth illustrated version isn't out yet, so I will have to content myself with reading the regular version of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" next. ;)
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I finished A Magnificent Catastrophe, excellent book. Up next for me is Standoff by Patricia Bradley. It is the first book in her Natchez Trace Park Rangers trilogy/series.
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Isaac Watts' Hymns and Psalms. Pretty good. Wish we sang more than what we do.
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I'm about to start "Storing up Trouble" by Jen Turano. I plan to finish it by tomorrow evening because I'm meeting a friend who wants to borrow the series on Thursday morning. That's good motivation to get it done. :D
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I finished Standoff, excellent book. Kept me turning the pages. Up next is Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason. This is the first book in her Danger Never Sleeps series/trilogy.
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Soon, I'll be reading The Scarlet Letter. That will be interesting!
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