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1MrAndrew
Jan 1, 2014, 1:05 am

A Game of Thrones. It's not bad. They should make a TV series out of it.

2varielle
Jan 1, 2014, 9:21 am

*snort* I'm counting the days until the next season begins.

3foggidawn
Jan 1, 2014, 9:53 am

Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow -- pretty good so far.

4biblioholic29
Jan 1, 2014, 10:24 am

I ended up starting on Stardust yesterday as it was still on Kindle-sale!

5justjukka
Jan 1, 2014, 6:49 pm

4 - I listened to the audiobook, last year.  He is actually reading it!

6kirbyowns
Jan 1, 2014, 11:08 pm

Just opened up Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark.

7Renald128
Jan 2, 2014, 1:08 pm

I am still reading The Goldfinch and started reading Watchmen, both very good so far.

8justjukka
Jan 3, 2014, 2:00 am

I'm never going to finish Fanny and the Regent of Siam at my current rate. ~_~

9theretiredlibrarian
Jan 3, 2014, 5:06 pm

Just finished The Cuckoo's Calling. Should. Not. Start. Another. Book. School starts Monday and no lesson plans were written over the holiday.

10varielle
Jan 3, 2014, 5:18 pm

I'm running around the eastern edge of the Roman Empire with Marcus Didius Falco in Last Act in Palmyra.

11kirbyowns
Jan 7, 2014, 2:27 am

I read about 3 different HP fanfics today. Most of them have been quite good. I'm also almost done with Which Witch. Hey. What else do you do besides read when you're snowed in? ;). We'll I did also learn how to hem pants on the sewing machine today, but that only took an hour to do all of them.

12mem711
Jan 7, 2014, 11:59 am

I just finished a Holocaust book called, "Resisters of he Holocaust". Each chapter was a different person's experience through the war. Most of the kids I read about were in groups of fighters called "partisans". I learned a lot about partisans and how they survived and stuff like that. I literally JUST finished it, so I haven't found another book to read yet. But don't worry, I will!:)

13Marlab336
Jan 7, 2014, 5:41 pm

I just finished Before the Full Moon Rises by MJ Bell. Still trying to find another good series that grabs me as much as HP and this one was pretty good. I would recommend it.

15Renald128
Jan 8, 2014, 9:10 pm

I finished reading The Goldfinch which was really good, it is an interesting story, some parts felt too long but all in all very enjoyable. I also finished The Shining which was very good indeed.

I am still reading Watchmen and I've started Winter's Tale and Neverwhere.

16jugglingpaynes
Jan 8, 2014, 11:20 pm

I'm reading Lost Covenant, the latest in the Widdershins series.

17kirbyowns
Jan 9, 2014, 10:50 am

4 more HP fanfics (as well as a few abandoned ones), finished Which Witch, restarted Dark Witch, and restarted Silent Night.

18compskibook
Jan 9, 2014, 7:56 pm

Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo. So far very cute.

19biblioholic29
Jan 21, 2014, 1:30 pm

I read The Westing Game yesterday for the first time in about 25 years. Other than some extremely politically incorrect adjectives, it holds up quite well!

20compskibook
Jan 21, 2014, 6:51 pm

Loved it! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is a new similar book.

21varielle
Jan 21, 2014, 8:09 pm

I had to check that one out because I was expecting something to do with cocktails and books. ;)

22biblioholic29
Jan 22, 2014, 5:36 pm

#20: It was definitely one of my favorite books as a kid, but I hardly remembered any of it. Now I'm thinking I might have to reread my other favorite at that age, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - see if that one's still readable as an adult.

23grkmwk
Jan 23, 2014, 1:58 pm

#19/22 - Those are two of my childhood favorites, too, bib! I also loved Where the Red Fern Grows and Bridge to Terabithia. An adult re-read might be in order...

#20 - Sounds fun!

I'm still reading the same things, although I leave for a work trip tomorrow and am contemplating reading ebooks to avoid lugging my hardcover fiction (The Signature of All Things) on and off the plane. Then again, it's such a lovely, if slow, read, and I'm heading to Philadelphia, where this story is set 200 years ago...oh, the trials of a traveling biblioholic! :)

24foggidawn
Modifié : Jan 23, 2014, 10:27 pm

#23 -- I'm in Philly, too, and probably for the same reason! ;-) We should find a time to meet up and grab a bite to eat or something.

ETA: Forgot to say what I'm reading -- just started The Golem and the Jinni. So far, so good!

25biblioholic29
Jan 24, 2014, 8:34 am

I'm nearish Philly, but that's because I live here. :)

26kirbyowns
Jan 25, 2014, 8:57 pm

Still reading Dark Witch as well as my assessment text book for my class this semester. Dark Witch is getting better. Mom saw it for me and knew I like to read stories based in Ireland. I came very close to abandoning it, but it's starting to flow a little better.

At this current moment I'm procrastinating writing a 3 page paper and an observation paper for my class.

27grkmwk
Jan 25, 2014, 9:17 pm

#24 - Yes, we are and we should! ;) Glad to hear you're liking The Golem and the Jinni; I've looked at it several times, but haven't picked it up, as I hadn't heard much about it from friends. Might give it a go next time I spot it on the library shelves!

28theretiredlibrarian
Jan 26, 2014, 9:56 pm

The Very Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot

29grkmwk
Jan 30, 2014, 10:16 pm

Finished The Signature of All Things late Monday night; it was lovely. Exactly the book I needed to read at the time I picked it up. I'm now reading A Land More Kind Than Home for book club. I'm having a hard time getting into it, and I hope it hooks me soon, otherwise I'm giving up, despite hearing great things about it.

Still slowly reading, and greatly enjoying, Harry, A History, as well as Food and Faith and Tiny Beautiful Things.

30jugglingpaynes
Jan 30, 2014, 11:14 pm

I'm reading Changeless. These books still make me think fondly of Amelia Peabody. If she were steampunk and living in a world with supernatural creatures. :o)

31kirbyowns
Fév 1, 2014, 10:33 pm

I'm this {-} close to finishing Dark Witch, which is going to turn out to be a trilogy. I don't think I'll stick with the trilogy. I'm trying to decide on what to read next.

32MrAndrew
Fév 2, 2014, 5:31 am

that's pretty close. Not as close as {.}, but pretty close nonetheless.

33kirbyowns
Fév 2, 2014, 11:48 am

I might be that close now!

34grkmwk
Fév 4, 2014, 10:06 pm

Abandoned A Land More Kind Than Home; didn't want to read it. Ugh. Moved on to the far more engaging Siege and Storm.

35theretiredlibrarian
Fév 4, 2014, 10:37 pm

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; the newest Newbery Award. Love her book, and this one is no exception.

36kirbyowns
Fév 5, 2014, 11:07 am

I was wondering about that one. It's in our book order and I was thinking about ordering it for the classroom.

37kirbyowns
Fév 16, 2014, 11:13 pm

Finished up Dark Witch a week or so ago. Just finished Geek Charming, and started Divergent a few days ago. So far it feels a lot like the Matched trilogy.

38justjukka
Fév 17, 2014, 2:24 am

I thought I would read Flame of Sevenwaters, but it turns out that I haven't read Seer of Sevenwaters, so I'm waiting for that to arrive.  I blew through Cress in one sitting. :D

39foggidawn
Fév 17, 2014, 8:25 am

I'm reading One Came Home right now.

40rissa
Fév 17, 2014, 11:41 am

I actually read a book a couple of days ago: I read Hurt Go Happy

41compskibook
Fév 17, 2014, 8:14 pm

I flew through and loved Better Nate Than Ever and now I am reading The School for Good and Evil and really enjoying it. I think I was in a reading slump, but now things are better.

42grkmwk
Fév 17, 2014, 9:36 pm

Finished Siege and Storm and Harry, A History over the weekend. Have since started Hild and The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry; both are good so far.

43jugglingpaynes
Fév 17, 2014, 11:37 pm

I finished Heartless and now I'm reading another ER book, The Thing with Feathers.

44megkrahl
Fév 18, 2014, 1:25 am

Reading the newest J.D. Robb book, Concealed in Death.

45MrAndrew
Fév 18, 2014, 6:49 am

Cunning. No-one will disturb you. Of course, there is the smell to contend with.

But what is the book called?

46kirbyowns
Fév 18, 2014, 8:48 pm

Finished Divergent earlier today. I am now picking up Cress to read.

47theretiredlibrarian
Fév 18, 2014, 9:29 pm

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. Which darn Riordan anyway...there's another in the series that I'll have to wait until October! And I'll have to break the news to my students who are into the series! I have to hurry up and finish it b/c I've turned a teacher onto the series and she's almost caught up with me.

48jugglingpaynes
Fév 18, 2014, 11:54 pm

47- I know! Isn't that annoying? I'm starting to get tired of this. I thought it was only going to be three books originally.

49biblioholic29
Fév 26, 2014, 9:20 am

I've been having my usual trouble settling to anything since the New Year, somehow Jan. and Feb. just aren't reading months for me. Yesterday I started The Revolution was Televised and it seems reading non-fiction about television might be a good way to kick me out of this funk.

50grkmwk
Fév 27, 2014, 4:26 pm

#49: Good luck, bib! Reading funks are no fun.

Finished Tiny Beautiful Things last night. On the whole, I liked it, although I wasn't as blown away as I'd expected, based on friends' gushing about it. Still reading and LOVING Hild. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry is also quite pleasant.

51biblioholic29
Fév 28, 2014, 10:04 am

#50: Thanks grk!

I keeping with my TV theme, I started Neptune Noir. This has the added advantage of supplementing the Veronica Mars rewatch I will be starting tonight in anticipation of the movie coming out in 2 weeks. I've also preordered Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community which should download itself onto my Kindle tomorrow morning.

52grkmwk
Mar 8, 2014, 9:55 pm

Finished Hild this afternoon. Fabulous story! Not sure what will be my next fiction read, but I am sad to leave 7th century Britain. Fortunately the author's note at the end hints at a sequel. I desperately hope so!

53foggidawn
Mar 20, 2014, 10:52 pm

Just finished Hounded by Kevin Hearne -- fun, if slightly raunchy in spots. The tone makes me think a good comparison would be Percy Jackson, but for grown-ups.

54grkmwk
Mar 21, 2014, 11:36 am

Recently finished both The Fault in Our Stars (good, but had some issues with it), and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (pleasant, but not great). Just started The Lace Makers of Glenmara for my book club. We'll see...

55grkmwk
Mar 25, 2014, 9:00 am

Finished The Lace Makers of Glenmara and The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry on Sunday. Both were pleasant, solidly good reads.

Last night I started Fangirl - foggi, I got it in Philly after our lunch! - and Coming Home to Eat. I've had a sick kiddo since Sunday, so I've had lots of reading time, which has been a welcome, sanity-saving silver lining the midst of sickness and forced downtime.

56foggidawn
Mar 25, 2014, 9:39 am

>55 grkmwk: Hope you enjoy Fangirl as much as I did! One of the highlights of the conference, for me, was getting a signed copy and meeting the author.

57kirbyowns
Mar 25, 2014, 4:48 pm

It's finally Spring Break for us! I'm hoping to get back to my 2 books that I've been reading here and there. Insurgent and Cress

58jugglingpaynes
Mar 26, 2014, 12:12 am

I'm reading Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud.

59grkmwk
Mar 28, 2014, 1:59 pm

#56 - So far, foggi, I'm really enjoying it! In fact, I stayed up much too late last night because I couldn't put it down. :) Did you pick up an ARC of Landline when you met her?

60foggidawn
Mar 28, 2014, 2:14 pm

>59 grkmwk: Alas, no -- they weren't giving those out, at least not by the time I got there.

61grkmwk
Mar 31, 2014, 1:50 pm

#60 - Darn. So it (frustratingly) goes, although I guess being upset about not getting a free book is a touch ungrateful. :) I stayed up much, much too late Saturday night/Sunday morning to finish Fangirl - it was great! Of course, now I want the Simon Snow series to be real!! As you'd said, it was obviously Harry Potter, but there were just enough differences I found intriguing that I wanted that series to be fully realized, independent of Fangirl.

62foggidawn
Mar 31, 2014, 2:05 pm

>61 grkmwk: They gave me a free hardcover of Fangirl, so I was pretty happy at that! I know what you mean about Simon Snow.

63biblioholic29
Mar 31, 2014, 7:33 pm

Okay, foggi and grk have me intrigued, I bought Fangirl this afternoon. I hope to start it this week - assuming I can get some sleep tonight!

64jugglingpaynes
Avr 1, 2014, 12:21 pm

I just scored a copy of The Empire Striketh Back from Early Reviewers! *Does happy dance*
*stops*
Do you think it matters that I didn't read the first one? Maybe I should see if the library has it...

65biblioholic29
Avr 4, 2014, 7:30 pm

Finished Fangirl - loved it! I think next up will be Shades of Milk and Honey.

66jugglingpaynes
Avr 5, 2014, 5:12 pm

I'm halfway through The Giver.

67foggidawn
Avr 5, 2014, 7:48 pm

Rereading Goblet of Fire.

68grkmwk
Avr 11, 2014, 8:04 pm

#65: Glad you liked Fangirl, bib!!

After taking a break on book reading, I started Joy for Beginners earlier this week. Light and pleasant, which is the speed I need right now.

69theretiredlibrarian
Avr 13, 2014, 11:52 am

Just finished the last Mercy Thompson Night Broken. I dumped a bunch of books out of a giant basket to use for something else. Some of the titles are catching my eye to start. I need to find a better place to put them rather than tumbled about on the bedroom floor. But today is laundry and sewing day, so I will not start a new book. I will not start a new book. I will not start a new book. I will not...

70jugglingpaynes
Avr 18, 2014, 11:05 pm

Just finished The Outsiders and started The Empire Striketh Back. I wish I was better at understanding iambic pentameter so I would know if the author did it right. I'm not sure about the flow from time to time, but it could be the stage directions that are tripping me up.

71foggidawn
Modifié : Avr 19, 2014, 6:43 pm

>70 jugglingpaynes: ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM.
That's iambic pentameter for you. For instance,
"The QUA-li-TY of MER-cy IS not STRAINED." (It's not a perfect example, since most people would emphasize the "not" more than the "is" -- but it's the best I can come up with off the top if my head.) Iambic means a soft beat followed by a stronger one, and pentameter means five of those to a line. You probably knew that already. :-)
But yeah, I can see how stage directions can mess with the flow. You could always try reading aloud the lines that seem off to you. But even Shakespeare messed around with iambic pentameter quite a bit. For example, "To BE or NOT to BE, that IS the QUEST-ion" has an extra beat at the end. (When I was studying Shakespeare in grad school, one of my profs contended that the extra beat in that line was indicative of Hamlet's indecisive character; that someone like Fortinbras would say, "To be or not to be, that is the quest" and leave it at that. I'm not sure I buy it, but it's an interesting theory, to be sure.)

72Marensr
Avr 19, 2014, 6:51 pm

I read a great young adult novel recently by a Chicago author. One Came Home it was a lovely period piece about the midwest, a strong young heroine with titch of True Grit thrown in. It was really lovely!

73grkmwk
Avr 19, 2014, 9:21 pm

Finished Joy for Beginners earlier today. It was light and pleasant. I've now started Lookaway, Lookaway, which promises to show the seedy side of old family Southern society. Since it's set in my home state, opens at my alma mater (the semester after I graduated, no less), and I have close family friends who live in such circles, I am intrigued to see where this goes!

74justjukka
Avr 20, 2014, 3:43 am

Finished both Seer of Sevenwaters and Flame of Sevenwaters.  After the hubbub of next weekend, I'll move on to another conquest.

75Renald128
Avr 20, 2014, 3:16 pm

I broke my reading slump (too much going on IRL to really concentrate on the book I was reading), I gave up reading The leftovers and I read Two Boys Kissing in two days, which I loved. I ugly cried in some parts because I felt lucky to never have experienced what some of those characters went through, but those scenarios definitely crossed my mind in countless occasions.

76jugglingpaynes
Avr 21, 2014, 12:33 am

Foggi, thank you. I think that is the clearest explanation anyone has ever given me. I'll keep that in mind as I read it.
Also, I found Fangirl at the library. I figure I'll read that next, since you all piqued my interest.

77biblioholic29
Avr 21, 2014, 8:18 pm

Rumors of Savages a thriller in which I've reached the point where I'm not sure whether pushing through to the end or stopping now will be better for nightmare prevention. (Nothing's really happened yet, things are just exceptionally tense..) I've opted for stopping and playing some computer solitaire while watching Doctor Who. Wish me good dreams!

78kgriffith
Avr 23, 2014, 10:00 pm

And here I thought maybe The Empire Striketh Back's Yoda on the cover image (I spied a copy when working from KJ's pad the other day) meant that rules of speech would be thrown out and maybe I could read Shakespeare with as much chance as anyone to understand it!

79jugglingpaynes
Avr 24, 2014, 12:04 am

Funny thing--Yoda speaks in haiku!
I just finished the book. It's a lot of fun. I need the night to compose my review.

80kirbyowns
Avr 25, 2014, 9:32 pm

I've been in a rut and haven't read a "real" book in a few weeks. Started Oh. My. Gods. yesterday. It's a fun, easy read.

81biblioholic29
Avr 26, 2014, 7:02 pm

I'm voting for the Hugos again this year, and things are little different this year, so instead of waiting for the voter's packet to be available, I bought one of the novels, Parasite, and started it today.

There are two things that are making this year different:
1. There's a "retro-Hugo" award for a variety of categories for the year 1939 so that's already twice as many novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories.
2. There's a rule that if no individual novel in a series has been nominated, then the series as a hold can be nominated once completed. The entire Wheel of Time series is nominated for 1 novel spot this year. That's over 11,000 pages just for the series.

Yeah - definitely good to start early!

82biblioholic29
Avr 28, 2014, 9:43 am

83jugglingpaynes
Avr 28, 2014, 1:22 pm

Just finished Fangirl. Loved it! I haven't picked my next read yet. I'm going into birthday month, which is especially tricky this year since my youngest asked for her big sister for her birthday. This means an extra four hour round trip to pick up catbastet from the university. Having a daughter away from home really eats into my reading time. :oP

84biblioholic29
Avr 28, 2014, 1:37 pm

That's what audio books are for!

85jugglingpaynes
Avr 28, 2014, 8:05 pm

I was thinking of picking up an audiobook to listen to while I drive. :o)

86Renald128
Avr 29, 2014, 11:16 pm

I am in the middle of If I stay, so far very interesting.

87grkmwk
Avr 30, 2014, 11:37 am

I'm nearing the end of Lookaway, Lookaway, and am still debating whether it's good or great. There are times the author's take on the seedy side of Southern society is poignantly truthful; other times, I feel he strays too far into the absurd or stereotypical. That said, it's been a fun read!

Sunday night I finished Small Wonder, Barbara Kingsolver's beautiful essay collection. I've since started Fred Bahnson's Soil and Sacrament. Fred is a faculty member in the Div school at the university where I work, and I know him personally, so it's an interesting peek into his life so far.

88foggidawn
Avr 30, 2014, 12:21 pm

Almost finished with The Cracks in the Kingdom, which is the second book in a series. It's been kind of dragging along, for me. Recently listened to Steelheart, which was good, and this evening I will finish off Picnic, Lightning, a book of poems by Billy Collins. I was not familiar with Collins before, but someone recently recommended him to me, and I'm definitely impressed.

89biblioholic29
Mai 2, 2014, 11:03 am

Still working on Out of the Silent Planet but also reading Ancillary Justice. In the last couple of days I've also finished a couple novellas: Equoid and Wakulla Springs, one novellette; The Lady Astronaut of Mars and a couple short stories; "The Water that Falls From Nowhere" and "The Ink-Readers of Dai Saket". I've also read the first 2 volumes of Saga - which keeps trying to touchstone as Twilight.

90jugglingpaynes
Mai 2, 2014, 6:22 pm

Started listening to the audiobook of How to Train Your Dragon. Because David Tennant in all his Scottish glory.

91kgriffith
Mai 2, 2014, 8:00 pm

>90 jugglingpaynes: Um, that needs to be in my ears like NOW.

92rissa
Mai 3, 2014, 12:01 am

93jugglingpaynes
Mai 3, 2014, 12:08 am

92 rissa: Good thinking! Be proactive for the half-marathon!

94rissa
Mai 3, 2014, 12:36 am

:) I've actually been reading the authors blog for about 2 years now. She's absolutely amazing, and has all sorts of stuff about balancing all the muscles of the body for maximum wellness.

95biblioholic29
Mai 5, 2014, 2:25 pm

Finished Ancillary Justice over the weekend - it was very good. I can see why it's been winning awards this year! I also read The Exchange Officers, Anthem, and The Meathouse Man. I'll be starting on Neptune's Brood tonight. (Reading slump definitely over!)

96grkmwk
Mai 5, 2014, 2:41 pm

Finished Lookaway, Lookaway last week; decided it was good, solidly good, but not great. Crossed the line into unbelievable stereotypes just a few too many times. Still, it was wickedly fun.

Over the weekend I started The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I've never read before. I'm really enjoying it, and it seems quite appropriate to be reading it as an ebook. :)

97foggidawn
Mai 5, 2014, 5:36 pm

I started rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but my library got an advance copy of Landline, and it's my turn to read it. I know there are at least two other people waiting for it, so I'm going to go ahead and read it right away so as not to keep them waiting. :-)

98compskibook
Mai 5, 2014, 7:32 pm

Oh, but Foggi, what if you forget what happened in the first part of OotP? It might make the rest of the book very confusing. You might not be able to figure out what is going on. ;)

99foggidawn
Mai 5, 2014, 7:33 pm

>98 compskibook: It's a risk I'm willing to take.

100kgriffith
Mai 6, 2014, 8:58 am

I currently have FIVE ebooks checked out of the library, plus A Game of Thrones on audio (33.5 hours). AND the office ordered copies of The Penelopiad for One LibraryThing, One Book, which should come in this week. I may be a wee bit overly optimistic about how much reading I actually get done when I'm not doing a scheduled readathon. :)

101grkmwk
Mai 7, 2014, 10:33 am

#97 - Foggi, can't wait to hear what you think!

#100 - GlitterFemme, your situation sounds similar to mine! Six library books, currently reading 7 difference books, hold requests out, and stacks (and stacks, and shelves!) of unread books at home. Perhaps I should take some vacation time just to sit home and read...

102kgriffith
Mai 7, 2014, 2:03 pm

>101 grkmwk: That sounds like a plan! Maybe we should do a Hogwarts Express readathon :)

103foggidawn
Mai 7, 2014, 2:53 pm

I also need to get some reading done. Mother Reader's 48-Hour Book Challenge is June 6-8; I have to double-check my calendar, but I'm thinking of participating in that.

104draco16
Mai 7, 2014, 6:08 pm

The here and now is what I am cerintly reading. I love it. The author is Ann bra shares. I am also reading a book called gone by Michel grant. That is also good.

105compskibook
Mai 7, 2014, 7:45 pm

I am really enjoying How to Catch a Bogle. On many of your recommendations, Fangirl is waiting for me at our public library.

106kgriffith
Mai 8, 2014, 6:09 pm

Self-imposed readathon begins now with The Age of Miracles. I only had 5 days until Oryx and Crake was due, and at 400 pages and with plans all weekend, I didn't see it happening.

107grkmwk
Mai 8, 2014, 9:58 pm

#106 - I greatly enjoyed The Age of Miracles. Hope you enjoy it and your self-imposed readathon!

108compskibook
Mai 18, 2014, 8:18 pm

I loved Fangirl and would recommend it to you all! Now I want to read the Simon Snow series!

109jugglingpaynes
Mai 18, 2014, 11:03 pm

Read it, passed it to catbastet, and she read it after she finished her finals. :o)

110biblioholic29
Mai 22, 2014, 6:17 pm

I finally finished Neptune's Brood yesterday. According to this thread I started it on May 5th and it's only 325 pages. It was not my cup of tea! Yesterday I also read Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (New Scalzi!) I think I'll do Six-Gun Snow White tonight.

111kgriffith
Mai 22, 2014, 8:13 pm

So I finished the Age of Miracles, which was good - not great, but a fairly well executed novel with a unique idea.

Then I read The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. LOVED it. Such a quick read, and such fun. There was something a little... off? about the pacing, but it ended up working well as a whole. On to a re-read of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, prompted by the Edible Books contest :) I read it once when I lived in SF, but don't remember it very well so I'm giving it another go 'round!

112foggidawn
Mai 22, 2014, 9:32 pm

I've read several fairly good ones in the past week or so: Cress, The Islands of Chaldea, Dangerous, and The Selection. Now I'm rereading The Weird Sisters, because it seemed like the thing to do. I expect I will do a lot of reading this weekend, as I have no other plans.

113kgriffith
Mai 22, 2014, 11:54 pm

>112 foggidawn: I really enjoyed The Weird Sisters, but even more so because I got an ARC and connected with Eleanor Brown on twitter and she is just lovely. I loaned my copy out to someone and whoever it was, they're not confessing while I frantically search, so looks like I'll be purchasing a copy soonishly :)

114biblioholic29
Mai 23, 2014, 8:44 am

I ended up being wrong about the availability of Six-Gun Snow White so that will have to wait until the Hugo Voter's Packet comes out (it's taking forever!) I started Shades of Milk and Honey instead.

115Kerian
Mai 26, 2014, 5:35 pm

The most recent book I started reading was City of Bones. By those words, you know I haven't finished it yet. I think I need to find more reading time in my schedule.

116jugglingpaynes
Mai 26, 2014, 6:28 pm

My feelings exactly, K.

117biblioholic29
Modifié : Mai 30, 2014, 10:42 am

The Hugo voter's packet was finally released so I'll be having my own private read-a-thon this weekend. Thankfully, I did laundry and cleaned my apartment last weekend and it's supposed to be gorgeous all weekend, so I don't have anything to do other than sit in my favorite chair by the open window and read! I'm going to start with Six-Gun Snow White.

118theretiredlibrarian
Mai 30, 2014, 2:10 pm

Finished re-reading the first 3 Gabaldon Outlander series last week; now reading Mistborn. The trilogy was available for Kindle for a pretty good price and I had a gift card. Only a few chapters in. My summer TBR list just keeps getting longer; it would go a lot faster if I didn't keep picking up re-reads. Also re-reading a Pern book. And there are a bunch of new books here at school I plan to take home to read this summer.

119jugglingpaynes
Mai 30, 2014, 4:43 pm

Started reading Hollow City.

120foggidawn
Mai 30, 2014, 7:43 pm

Just finished The Rithmatist. Loved it!

121grkmwk
Mai 31, 2014, 4:38 pm

#111, GlitterFemme - I read both The Storied Life of AJ Fikry and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this spring, too! I was a bit let down by Fikry, though I can't quite put my finger on why. Also, how you do make someone's username turn blue, like you did for foggi in #113?

We were on vacation this past week, so I finished up The Zookeeper's Wife. Fascinating account. Made me wonder how many similar stories of wartime survival, assistance, and resistance from WWII we will never know about.

I started the new Ruth Reichl novel, Delicious!, which is delightful. I also started Hyperbole and a Half, which I picked up while on vacation. It's poignantly funny, so far.

Still slowly reading Soil and Sacrament, Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating, and This Day: Sabbath Poems.

122biblioholic29
Juin 2, 2014, 9:01 am

My personal weekend read-a-thon went pretty well. I managed to start and finish the following:

One Novel - Warbound
Two Novellas - Six-Gun Snow White, The Butcher of Khardov
Three Novelettes - Opera Vita Aeterna, The Waiting Stars, The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
Two Short Stories - If you were a Dinosaur, My Love, Selkie Stories are for Losers
Two Graphic Novels - Girl Genius, Vol. 13, The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who
One Non-Fiction Essay Compilation - Queers Dig Time Lords

Next up: Wonderbook and Speculative Fiction in 2012.

123kgriffith
Juin 2, 2014, 2:33 pm

>121 grkmwk: All you do to address a reply is type a caret (>) and then the number of the post you're replying to ( so at the start of this post, I typed > 121 without the space). It doesn't currently have any notification attached to it, but it does make a reply "pop" a bit :)
I also felt like Firky lacked some small je ne sais quoi, possibly related to pacing? but I still loved it as a whole.

124grkmwk
Juin 4, 2014, 10:22 am

>123 kgriffith: Thanks, GlitterFemme!

125jugglingpaynes
Juin 6, 2014, 11:43 pm

Finished Hollow City. This was such a "Second In A Series" book. Good, but unsatisfying.
Starting Invisible Beasts.

127kgriffith
Juin 8, 2014, 4:07 pm

I'm reading Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, and just started listening to All Our Yesterdays, which I got from the Sync summer listening program.

128grkmwk
Juin 11, 2014, 12:38 pm

>127 kgriffith: I LOVE Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore!! Be sure to read the novella, too: Ajax Penumbra 1969.

I finished Delicious!, Hyperbole and a Half, and The Space Between: An Outlander Novella in the past week. Enjoyable, all.

Yesterday, I started two: Written in My Own Heart's Blood, the new release in the Outlander series (squee!!!), and All Over But the Shoutin', which has been on my list for awhile and is my book club's July selection.

129biblioholic29
Juin 11, 2014, 2:11 pm

>128 grkmwk: I just finished The Space Between as well - it's part of the Mad Scientist collection I'm reading. I'll confess, as I've only ever read the first half of Outlander, it didn't make a whole lot of sense!

I have jury duty tomorrow and I've just learned that I can't bring my Kindle. Not sure what I'm going to bring with me!

130kirbyowns
Juin 12, 2014, 1:06 am

I've been reading lots! Not all titles I can remember. Several if my mom's books that she wants to get rid of, and some that have been on my TBR pile for a while. I'll think "Oh, I'll read that next." Then a book in a series I've been reading comes out and I have to read that.

So far this week I've read The One, Dashing Through the Snow, and have started City of Heavenly Fire.

131biblioholic29
Juin 15, 2014, 6:58 pm

Finished with The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, which was awesome, and I highly recommend it! Also finished Fearsome Journeys and The Lives of Tao (which was also very good) and now working on Nexus.

132grkmwk
Juin 15, 2014, 9:17 pm

Thoroughly enjoying the newest in the Outlander series, Written in My Own Heart's Blood, almost to the exclusion of all else.

That said, in picking it up once again last night, I finally gave up on Soil and Sacrament. I wanted to like this book, but couldn't. Bahnson didn't add anything new to the discussion of food and faith, and his experiences weren't particularly of interest to me.

133foggidawn
Juin 15, 2014, 9:30 pm

I just finished rereading the Hollow Kingdom trilogy -- I was straightening my shelves, and decided I wanted to reread them. This is why it takes me so long to straighten my bookshelves!

134justjukka
Juin 16, 2014, 2:30 am

I'm re-reading A Wizard of Earthsea, I've got a copy of The Jane Austen Book Club coming my way, and I really want to find a good audiobook of Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abbey.

135kirbyowns
Juin 16, 2014, 9:59 am

I'm working on a presentation for a conference I'm doing, but in the few minutes here and there I've begun to read Insurgent.

136foggidawn
Juil 3, 2014, 10:13 am

I keep starting things and then forgetting about them and starting other things. So far, I've done this with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Behind the Masks, Dragonsinger, and At Home in Mitford.

137justjukka
Juil 7, 2014, 4:47 am

I love Dragonsinger. :)

138biblioholic29
Juil 7, 2014, 9:05 am

I'm almost done my annual Harry Potter reread (last night I had to stop just before they head to Gringotts) should easily finish it tonight. Then it will be back to my Hugo reads when I attempt to read the entire Wheel of Time series by the end of the month!

139compskibook
Juil 7, 2014, 2:12 pm

How long does it take you to do a reread?

140biblioholic29
Juil 7, 2014, 2:42 pm

This one has taken me a bit longer than in the past due to a combination of jet lag (I purposely built a couple extra days into my vacation time for the reread) and maturing to a point where I feel the need to stop and make myself actual meals instead of eating junk food out of bags! I read all of SS/PS on Tuesday (while I was still in California) and got a start on CoS at the airport. I took a red-eye back so I didn't get much reading done on the plane. After a nap upon arriving home, I did manage to finish CoS on Wednesday and got a good start on PoA. After that it's been pretty much finish the previous book and read a little over half the next one each day. Had I not traveled, I'd be done by now because I wouldn't have slept so late (8:30 every day, which is unheard of for me) nor had to nap so much! Generally it takes me about 5 days if I don't have anything else to do.

141compskibook
Juil 7, 2014, 8:05 pm

Very impressive!

142justjukka
Juil 7, 2014, 8:33 pm

I'm listening to Fry's English Delight during my commute.  It's a nice treat for language snobs.

143grkmwk
Juil 7, 2014, 9:57 pm

I finished Written in My Own Heart's Blood and The Silkworm in the past couple of days. Both very good! I'm now trying to finish All Over But the Shoutin' for book club on Wednesday. Then it's onto Ruin and Rising.

144biblioholic29
Juil 9, 2014, 9:16 am

I haven't actually started it yet, but last night I finally managed to get the copy of Wheel of Time from the Hugo Voter's Packet onto my Kindle - no small feat in itself! Normally, I just email the books to my Kindle, but they put the entire series into one document, so it was too big to send. I finally managed to get it to transfer via USB, but it was a pain! I did take a quick look and those of you who have Kindles will appreciate the immense size when I say the locations go up to 207,000+! In fact, because the table of contents are at the beginning the story itself doesn't even start until around location 750. Thankfully, this one doesn't seem to want to tell me how much time I have left in the chapter or book. I think that might be too disheartening!

145kgriffith
Juil 9, 2014, 6:59 pm

Whoa! I have all 14 books of the Wheel of Time series, courtesy of one of my moms - I started the first, but I have SUCH a hard time committing to that kind of read. Bib, do you have to read the entire series??

146biblioholic29
Juil 9, 2014, 8:06 pm

>145 kgriffith: Yep, by the end of the month if possible!

147kgriffith
Juil 9, 2014, 8:19 pm

Oh my goodness. Part of me really wants to challenge myself to keep pace with you, but I don't know if I can even come close! Do you schedule it?

148rissa
Juil 10, 2014, 3:07 am

If I remember correctly, when I read the Wheel of Time series in highschool the shorter books took me almost a week each....

149biblioholic29
Juil 10, 2014, 8:36 am

>147 kgriffith: It's not going to be easy. I should have started last night and didn't. I'll get started tonight and should be able to do 2-4 hours each evening and then most of every weekend except this one coming up when I'm going to Mandy's. However, I will be taking the train to and from, so I can read then and when I get home on Sunday. Not really knowing what my reading speed will be on these, I don't know if it will be enough or not but I don't want to turn it into a chore by doing nothing else in my free time either, so I'm going to do my best and see what happens. I would welcome the company if you or anyone else wanted to read along with me though!

>148 rissa: Yeah, I think when I've only got the evenings to read that's going to be a bit of a problem, but I can make up major time on the weekends since I can get in a good 800-850 pages per day when I have nothing else to do.

In the meantime, during my lunch periods I'm working on getting the Retro Hugo nominees read - it took a very long time for that Voter's Packet to be ready. I started yesterday with Carson of Venus. The good news is that since they're all from 1939, they are significantly shorter! Carson is the longest at 186 pages.

150jugglingpaynes
Juil 10, 2014, 10:42 am

I'm reading The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, on bib's recommendation. :o)
So funny! Just wish it wasn't a 14-day loan from the library, as I'm a slow reader with a busy schedule.

151compskibook
Juil 10, 2014, 2:03 pm

I am reading Written In My Own Heart's Blood, the latest from the Outlander series. I am also worried about a 14-day loan from the library, but I have read 20% in two days. Very hard to put down, so I may make it!

152grkmwk
Juil 11, 2014, 1:54 pm

>151 compskibook: I finished Written In My Own Heart's Blood last weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Like you, I had a difficult time putting it down...

153justjukka
Juil 11, 2014, 3:15 pm

July is an odd time to be Frost Burned.

154compskibook
Juil 14, 2014, 8:29 pm

>152 grkmwk: I passed half way this weekend, but today has been busy. Still great, though! I wish I had time to do an entire read-through!

I have also been watching Broadchurch, so between Jamie Fraser and David Tennat I now think with a Scottish accent.

155grkmwk
Juil 15, 2014, 9:08 am

>154 compskibook: That's not an unpleasant accent in which to think! :)

I finished the final book in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising, yesterday afternoon. I am sad to have finished. But today I will pick up the final book in Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy, The Book of Life, so I can't be sad for too long.

156biblioholic29
Juil 21, 2014, 9:34 am

Well, finishing The Wheel of Time is definitely not going to happen - I still haven't read past chapter 15 of the The Eye of the World. I have pretty definitively proven to myself that I'm not really an epic fantasy fan. Sure the occasional series might capture my attention, but they generally have to have something else going for them. Sorry Laia! (Are we calling you something different now? I'm not sure if I can do that!) I hope you're enjoying them!

157kgriffith
Juil 21, 2014, 9:52 am

>156 biblioholic29: You can call me anything resembling my name or any username I've had; I'll know who you mean ;) I think this is the last of the identity crises, though!

158jugglingpaynes
Juil 21, 2014, 10:42 am

That's too bad. I kind of liked GlitterFern. ;o)

159biblioholic29
Juil 21, 2014, 11:22 am

I forgot to say, I opted for an Evanovich reread (about as far from epic fantasy as possible!) and finished One for the Money and Two for the Dough yesterday. I'll move on to Three to Get Deadly this afternoon.

160Renald128
Juil 21, 2014, 11:23 am

I finished reading A great and terrible beauty, very nice but I'm not sure I'll finish the series. And I just finished The Silkworm which was very enjoyable and I thought it was great.

I am now reading The Giver

161kgriffith
Modifié : Juil 21, 2014, 11:42 am

>158 jugglingpaynes: No more glitter ferns anywhere now, JP ;) But you can come close on twitter and instagram! :-P

162compskibook
Juil 21, 2014, 2:20 pm

I finished the 800 page new Outlander book and now can't wait for the next one! I guess I can no longer put off working on my summer class.

I would recommend Outlander to everyone here, except any kids. This is definitely an adult series!

163grkmwk
Juil 30, 2014, 11:00 am

>162 compskibook: Glad to hear you liked it, compski!

I finished The Book of Life last Saturday. Some of the conclusions felt a bit rushed to me, but overall, I enjoyed it. I'm going to miss this trilogy (yes, I know I can reread, but I can't recapture it being new).

Rather than start a new fiction book - I've been having trouble deciding on one after The Book of Life - I'm focusing on finishing my two nonfiction books I have going: Rick Bragg's excellent but humbling All Over But the Shoutin', and Tod Davies's Jam Today Too, which I'm savoring in small bites each evening.

164biblioholic29
Juil 30, 2014, 11:18 am

While grk has been savoring, I've been devouring! Since my last post, I've continued working my way through the Stephanie Plum series in order (including the "Between the Plums" books). I'm now working on Sizzling Sixteen and I anticipate finishing the series on Friday.

165grkmwk
Août 15, 2014, 12:31 am

Finished All Over But the Shoutin', Jam Today Too, and Serena since my last post.

I started The Last Summer of the Camperdowns a couple of days ago, which I'm looking forward to really settling into now that I'm on vacation!

166compskibook
Août 15, 2014, 7:41 am

I just finished The Thickety about a girl growing up on a magic island with a menacing forest surrounding the town. The girl's mother had been tried as a witch years before. A bit dark, but good! Many of you would like it.

167Renald128
Août 15, 2014, 10:01 pm

I finished The Princess Diaries and Princess in the Spotlight (I saw the movies as a kid and really enjoyed them) which were mildly entertaining.

I also finished Never Let Me Go which was ok, didn't really get into the detached narrative.

I am going to start Fangirl since I have heard so many comments about it. :D

168kgriffith
Août 15, 2014, 10:22 pm

>167 Renald128: Fangirl is on my list, too, but I don't own it yet, so I have to wait :)

I'm reading The Night Circus, which is simply elegant and whimsical and magical. I'm also listening to Code Name Verity, another of the best books I've experienced in years, and the two narrators are without equal - I am wholly enchanted by their performances. Highly recommend both! (And this is exciting, as I'd been in a bit of a reading rut - nothing I really loved since the spring).

169Renald128
Août 18, 2014, 12:20 pm

Finished Fangirl and it was really good. Loved the characters. And I have moved on to Eleanor & Park (which I am loving).

170biblioholic29
Août 26, 2014, 2:39 pm

New Scalzi out today! I'm counting the minutes until I can get home and start on Lock In!

171jugglingpaynes
Août 26, 2014, 8:17 pm

I'm reading The Night Circus because it sounded like everyone here enjoyed it and I've had a copy of it floating around the house for about a year. Finally pulled out a net and snagged it as it floated by.

172justjukka
Août 26, 2014, 9:22 pm

I'm reading National Geographic Exploring History: Great Women, and Masques is waiting for me to open it.

I really like this cover art.

173grkmwk
Sep 12, 2014, 10:30 am

Oh boy, it's been far too long since I've been on LT to update anything! Let's see...

The Last Summer of the Camperdowns - finished in August; enjoyed while reading, kept wanting to read it faster to see what happened and what secrets were being kept

Archipelago - finished on August 31; beautiful, lyrical book - one of my top reads this year

A Burnable Book - reading currently; slow-going, as there are many characters and storylines to keep straight, but I think I'll enjoy it if I can manage to make time to sit down and read more than a chapter or two at a time

Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating - finally finished in August, after slowly reading it for 11 months; it was thought-provoking and well-written, but I've learned that academic works, good as they may be, do not make for easy breakfast-time reading!

An Altar in the World - reading currently; better than I thought it might be

Jam Today Too - finished in August; delightful

Best Food Writing 2013 - reading currently; I always enjoy these collections

Women in Clothes - reading currently; picked this up yesterday after hearing about it from several trusted sources, it's unlike anything I've read before - it's part essay collection, part reference work, part conversation - and promises to be very good, based on how much I was laughing and nodding in the few pages I managed to read last night

This Day: New and Collected Sabbath Poems - reading currently, but nearing the end of this wonderful collection

Whew! And, woo!

174theretiredlibrarian
Sep 13, 2014, 10:15 pm

I'm nearly finished with a re-read of An Echo in the Bone, and then I'll begin the next Gabaldon tome. I've spent the last couple of months doing a complete re-read of all the Outlander books. I'm glad I did b/c I had forgotten and/or missed some details. And of course, I'm totally hooked on Starz's miniseries.

175Renald128
Sep 14, 2014, 10:30 am

I finished reading Your voice in my head by Emma Forrestand I thought it was a beautiful book.

I am now reading Seriously...I'm kidding and Cinder, so far they are really good.

176jugglingpaynes
Sep 15, 2014, 8:53 am

Just finished Kid Presidents for the Early Reviewers. I think I need something funny next. I never finished the Parasol Protectorate, and there are all those side stories to read in the series now, like Etiquette and Espionage. I also didn't finish the Bartimeus series and the new and final Skulduggery Pleasant: the Dying of the Light. Where to start, where to start....

177grkmwk
Oct 14, 2014, 2:45 pm

Finished A Burnable Book, which was enjoyable if a tad tedious at times, with far too much detail about the medieval world that did not progress the plot. I've now read several books by academics-turned-novelists, and I've concluded that you can take the author out of the academy, but you can't take the academy out of the author - they get mired in details!

I'm currently reading Case Histories, which is intriguing me, although I can't exactly say why. I don't particularly like any of the characters, and I feel like it's quite slow moving, although I'm already halfway finished, which surprised me when I realized I was that far along. But I do want to know how the three storylines connect, so I'm sticking with it.

178grkmwk
Oct 21, 2014, 9:28 am

Finished Case Histories and Anson County: Poems over the weekend, neither of which I particularly enjoyed. I'm now reading Station Eleven, which is captivating! If you like dystopian literature, read this book!!

179biblioholic29
Modifié : Oct 29, 2014, 9:00 am

I just got my copy of The World of Ice and Fire (it came yesterday, but I wasn't at the office to get it). I can't wait to get home and start reading. For those who don't read the series, this is basically like if Rowling actually wrote and published Hogwarts, A History.

180grkmwk
Modifié : Oct 30, 2014, 12:27 pm

>179 biblioholic29: Adding it to my list, bib! Of course, my list also includes all of the GRRM books, so it'll be awhile... ;)

Finished Station Eleven, which was magnificent. Highly, highly recommend.

Now starting A Wizard of Earthsea for a local fantasy book club just starting up. None of us have read much fantasy, but greatly enjoyed what we have read, so we formed a group. Yay!

181compskibook
Nov 1, 2014, 7:00 pm

I also highly, highly recommend Station Eleven! I think almost everyone here would like it.

I recently finished The Blood of Olympus which was entertaining but repetitive. Lots of quests and fighting monsters. I also agree with Foggi's review on her blog.

I just started The Great Greene Heist and am having trouble keeping the characters straight.

182grkmwk
Nov 18, 2014, 12:17 pm

I finished A Wizard of Earthsea, but have decided not to continue with the series, as I think it will be one that I will enjoy more in a few years when I read it with my son.

I'm now voraciously reading Sally Green's Half Bad. As my friend described it, it's as though Voldemort and Lily Potter had a son and what his life would be like. I'm finding that to be a fairly apt comparison, but Green has established her world distinctly enough that I'm enthralled!

183Renald128
Nov 20, 2014, 1:49 pm

I am reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which I am enjoying a lot, it's very whimsical but real life responsibilities are getting in the way of my reading time...

grkmwk I am adding Half Bad to my reading list now.

184grkmwk
Nov 23, 2014, 9:50 pm

>183 Renald128: It's quite good, Ron. Hope you like it, too!

Finished Half Bad last night, and started on my LTER, The Secrets of Life and Death. So far, so good.

Also finished An Altar in the World a few days ago, and have started Anne Lamott's newest, Small Victories.

185grkmwk
Déc 8, 2014, 9:57 am

I've gotten really bogged down in my LTER, The Secrets of Life and Death. I need to just give it up, but there's enough interest I'm still hanging on. If I haven't finished by Wednesday, when I have to travel to Michigan for work, I'm going to let it go.

For the holidays, I've started the YA short story collection My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, which I'm enjoying.

I'm also slowing reading and enjoying Women in Clothes, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace, and Kneeling in Bethlehem.

186foggidawn
Déc 8, 2014, 10:08 am

>185 grkmwk: I just finished My True Love Gave to Me -- it was a fun seasonal collection.

187grkmwk
Modifié : Déc 29, 2014, 3:14 pm

Wow, given that it's been three weeks since any of us updated this thread, I'd say we were all happily engaged - in reading, or other activities - for much of this month! I, for one, am long overdue for an update here...

I finished the ER book I referenced in #185 above; it wasn't very good. I then read Eleanor & Park, and My True Love Gave to Me, both of which were fun reads.

I'm now reading The Queen of the Tearling, which is engaging so far.

188jugglingpaynes
Déc 29, 2014, 6:15 pm

I'm reading my ER book The Bird Market of Paris. I like it a lot, even though it can be really intense at times. I'm hoping to finish it before the end of the year. Four chapters to go!

189biblioholic29
Déc 30, 2014, 8:51 am

I've got a bunch going at the moment (I can never settle to anything on a plane). I'm rereading Hunger Games and Persuasion and I've also started Good Omens and From Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network. I've still got The World of Ice and Fire going as well - which I'm enjoying but I'm only doing a section at a time in the hopes that I'll actually retain some of it!

190grkmwk
Fév 6, 2015, 1:58 pm

Once again, we've been a quiet bunch for a long, long stretch. Admittedly, I haven't updated myself, so I certainly cannot fault anyone for being quiet. But I am curious to know what everyone is reading these days, so I'll kick us off with an update!

I am ~50 pages from the end of The Name of the Wind, which is engaging. Not sure if I'll move on to book 2 in the Kingkiller Chronicle immediately, or take a break. But it's a fantastic read, and I'll certainly keep with this trilogy.

I'm also slowly reading A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet, Binocular Vision, Unruly Places, and Blue Horses.

191jugglingpaynes
Fév 6, 2015, 6:22 pm

I'm in the middle of Waistcoats and Weaponry and once I finish that I plan to start Don't Point That Thing at Me.

192justjukka
Fév 6, 2015, 8:19 pm

I have Shifting Shadows and Fairest on my kindle reader.  I hope the latter isn't a reaction to all this Wicked hype.  With little apology, I find it very overrated.  Dead Heat's release misses my birthday by a day! D:

This is the first time I've had to correct the touchstone of every single book I've mentioned.  Titles have to be the most difficult part of the writing process.

193grkmwk
Fév 9, 2015, 9:02 am

I finished The Name of the Wind Friday night - amazing. Took me a couple of days to settle on my next fiction read, but finally settled into The Miniaturist yesterday afternoon. Promising, so far.

I also finished Blue Horses last night. It is among my favorite poetry collections I've ever read. Not sure what my next collection will be, but I'm tempted to grab another Mary Oliver collection from my library, as I'm afraid any other poet - even ones I enjoy - will pale in comparison after Blue Horses.

194theretiredlibrarian
Fév 12, 2015, 9:03 am

Downloaded Obsession in Death last night, but was so exhausted that I only made a few chapters into it. Just finished Greywalker the night before; I had read a few of the middle of that series, found in pb at FOL book sale a few years back. So now I'm backtracking and catching the first couple, and I've seen that the series ends with #9; series of which I've read 3 or 4. The library has most of them in ebook format, so I'll probably see about borrowing them . Also in the middle of Pope Joan, which is a pretty good read; meant to finish it before starting the In Death. Oh well, I'll get back to the 9th century soon enough. I also have a whole bunch of pb Mary Stewart books I bought a few months ago on Ebay that I want re-visit...some were read 30+ years ago, and some will be new to me. I'm nothing if not eclectic in reading tastes. The TBR list is getting a bit out of hand.

195katiecloughley
Fév 16, 2015, 6:29 pm

I love Stardust! One of my favorites! How are you liking it so far?

196grkmwk
Fév 17, 2015, 8:33 pm

The Miniaturist turned out to be a disappointment, although the author's descriptions were enjoyably vivid. I tried to read Small Blessings, but just couldn't get into it; too cozy for my tastes. So now I'm reading City of Thieves, and I'm hooked.

I selected Concertina: Poems for my next poetry collection. I am also now reading 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, which is proving thought-provoking.

197justjukka
Fév 19, 2015, 10:19 pm

Regarding my previous post (#192), Fairest was NOT what I was dreading.

198grkmwk
Fév 25, 2015, 9:12 am

City of Thieves was excellent; highly recommend, especially if you like WWII-era fiction, books set in Russia, or survival stories.

I've now started The Invasion of the Tearling, which my friend who works in the book industry grabbed as an ARC for me. Squee!

199biblioholic29
Fév 25, 2015, 9:18 am

I'm starting to emerge from my regular winter reading funk - I started to crave books last weekend. I'm still in the middle of Good Omens but, while I enjoyed it while reading, I never felt compelled to go back to it when I stopped. I've put it aside for now and I'm rereading Parasite in advance of reading the sequel and anticipation that said sequel will likely end up nominated for a Hugo, so I'll be ahead of the game.

200foggidawn
Fév 25, 2015, 10:43 am

I've just started this year's Printz winner, I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.

201jugglingpaynes
Fév 25, 2015, 10:53 am

Trying to read The Wednesdays. Not sure whether I'll get through it, but I figured I should know some of the new books I'm shelving in the children's library!

202justjukka
Fév 25, 2015, 4:04 pm

I'm steadily getting through Dragonwriter.  Comprised of stories shared by authors about their respective encounters with Anne McCaffrey, it's easy enough to pick up and put down as you go.

203grkmwk
Mar 9, 2015, 9:28 am

Finished The Invasion of the Tearling - so many questions!! Waiting for the third book in this trilogy will be difficult.

I'm now reading my LTER, A Small Indiscretion. It's taking time to settle into it, as the sequence of events jumps back and forth making for disjointed reading, but I'm curious enough to stick with it.

204compskibook
Mar 9, 2015, 7:43 pm

205grkmwk
Mar 25, 2015, 1:34 pm

Finished A Small Indiscretion - meh.

Dove into the second of the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear. So good!!

After three months, I'm abandoning my short story collection, Binocular Vision. It's well crafted and written, but I can barely muster energy to read it, let alone care for any of the characters. I've read approx. 2/3 of the stories, and there was one that was exquisite, a handful that I somewhat enjoyed, and a majority that I read simply to get to the next one. Not worth my time. Wish I'd given up long ago, but alas, the lit major in me kept making justifications for sticking with it, given all the accolades for this collection. Will I ever learn not to stick with books simply because they received awards?!

206meghanas
Mar 28, 2015, 9:34 pm

Finished The Circle - meh as well. I found it kinda derivative, at least in theme. It was pretty heavy-handed too. And the main character's character development was not so much development as it was her becoming a completely different person in the space of a chapter.

207grkmwk
Mar 30, 2015, 10:43 am

Finished two books over the weekend: Concertina: Poems and 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess. The first was so-so (I actually didn't finish). The second caused lots of mixed, raw emotions.

Started Notes From a Blue Bike this morning.

208foggidawn
Mar 30, 2015, 6:27 pm

I'm reading Red Queen -- about halfway through, and it's very good so far!

209biblioholic29
Mar 31, 2015, 9:02 am

I've finished 5 books in the last five days (a Hunger Games trilogy reread, Million Dollar Tan Line and Mr. Kiss and Tell) - a sure sign that Spring is here! The Hugo nominations are scheduled to be announced this Saturday, so you can all look forward to me droning on about that soon! :)

210meghanas
Mar 31, 2015, 9:12 am

>209 biblioholic29: I should definitely reread The Hunger Games, I haven't read it in a couple years. I liked then a lot though!

211compskibook
Avr 12, 2015, 12:15 pm

I just finished The Keepers: The Box and the Dragonfly. Although it took a bit to get into it, once it got rolling it was awesome! I would recommend it to you all!

212jugglingpaynes
Avr 12, 2015, 10:17 pm

I'm working my way through Shadow Scale, the sequel to Seraphina that I've waited a long time for! I'm about half way through and I'm very impressed with it.

213jugglingpaynes
Modifié : Avr 14, 2015, 3:02 pm

Update: Wow! That was the best second book I've read in a long while! I only wish I had read the acknowledgements first (why are they at the end?) so I would have known to look for "sly allusions" to Pink Floyd.
My only problem with it is similar to problems I've had with other super-human villains. POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD. NOT SURE. IF YOU PLAN ON READING THIS BOOK YOURSELF, MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST SKIP THIS PART. REALLY. TURN AWAY. I'M WARNING YOU.....I really think you shouldn't make a character so powerful it becomes hard to find a believable way to defeat them.

214grkmwk
Avr 17, 2015, 11:46 am

>213 jugglingpaynes: Second books are often my least-favorite in a trilogy/series, so I'm always pleasantly surprised when I thoroughly enjoy one. I also finished a great second book this week: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Markedly different from the first, in positive ways.

Since I finally finished the long but worthwhile Rothfuss book, I've started three new ones: The Most Beautiful Book in the World: 8 Novellas for book club, Letter to a Future Lover for my nonfiction read, and Harvest Poems for my poetry collection. Still reading Notes from a Blue Bike for my spiritual read.

215suge
Mai 21, 2015, 12:03 am

Howdy everyone!!

I'm reading:

Anne of Green Gables
On Dublin Street
The Decoding of Lana Morris
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden
All except On Dublin Street are rereads

216foggidawn
Mai 21, 2015, 8:07 am

SUGE! Good to see you.

I'm reading Spinster by Kate Bolick, which I got as an Early Reviewer book. It's an interesting read, but I'm not personally connecting with it the way I thought I would. The author's life and mine are just too different, despite the fact that we have the subject of the book in common.

217biblioholic29
Mai 21, 2015, 8:43 am

The reader's packet for the Hugo awards was released this week, so I've started on that. I'm not nearly as excited as usual due to the controversy. (If you haven't heard about the controversy, google the phrase "sad puppies". If you're feeling especially masochistic google "rabid puppies".) Anyway, there should still be a few good reads in there. I'm particularly looking forward to The Goblin Emperor and The Three-Body Problem in the novels and Saga Vol. 3 and Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 in the graphic novels.

218grkmwk
Mai 25, 2015, 9:11 pm

>217 biblioholic29: Wow, bib, that's horrid. I hadn't heard of the controversy until reading your post tonight. I hope you're able to enjoy your Hugo reads you noted.

It's been a crazy month+ for me, as we moved to our new house May 8th. But through it all, I managed to keep reading - albeit not as much as usual! In addition to finishing The Most Beautiful Book in the World, I also read - and LOVED - All the Light We Cannot See. I am still reading Letter to a Future Lover and Harvest Poems, but abandoned Notes from a Blue Bike.

My current main read is a break from fiction: I'm reading my long-overdue LTER book, Sex on the Moon. Quite engaging, so far. And for my faith book, I'm reading One Thousand Gifts.

219justjukka
Juin 1, 2015, 7:03 pm

Webcomic! 

220theretiredlibrarian
Juin 3, 2015, 4:54 pm

About halfway through Cinder by Marissa Meyer

221justjukka
Juin 6, 2015, 12:24 pm

>220 theretiredlibrarian:  I can't wait for Winter!  Heh...Winter is coming...

I was reminded of Howl's Moving Castle, so I'm reading that on my kindle cloud app thingy.

222grkmwk
Juin 8, 2015, 4:23 pm

Finished Sex on the Moon - it was great! Now slowly getting into The Last Bookaneer.

223theretiredlibrarian
Juin 14, 2015, 3:41 pm

Just finished Cress...and now I have to wait until November?? for Winter.

Not sure what to start next. I have 2 new bookcases that I am about to fill with books in the storage tub. Maybe I'll find a "new" treasure to start reading. OTOH, I really have other stuff that needs to be done before starting a new read.

224foggidawn
Juin 14, 2015, 6:50 pm

I'm about halfway through An Ember in the Ashes; really enjoying it!

225grkmwk
Juin 16, 2015, 11:06 am

Gave up on The Last Bookaneer; just couldn't make myself care about it. Now reading The Girl on the Train, and I'm hooked!

226theretiredlibrarian
Juin 16, 2015, 6:30 pm

Jumped into a pile of Mary Stewart books I bought on Ebay a few months ago. About halfway thru Nine Coaches Waiting

227foggidawn
Juin 16, 2015, 11:43 pm

Now I'm reading The Martian -- gripping, but also surprisingly funny. I may stay up too late reading it...

228justjukka
Juin 17, 2015, 2:44 am

I finished Howl's Moving Castle, yesterday.  I wish I'd known about it when I was a teenager.  Miyazaki's 2004 animated interpretation is...interesting...

229grkmwk
Juin 29, 2015, 9:46 pm

>227 foggidawn: Oh, I have that on my Kindle to read. Glad to hear you're enjoying!

I finished two books since I last posted: The Girl on the Train (bit of a letdown), and The Handmaid's Tale (good, but the ending disappointed me). I'm now reading All the Bright Places.

230grkmwk
Juil 7, 2015, 9:55 am

Finished All the Bright Places over the weekend, staying up much too late to finish, weeping the last hour of reading. If you like John Green novels, I highly recommended this one by Jennifer Niven.

Now re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Although I've read it several times before, it's beauty always surprises me. And reading well-written Southern literature makes me proud to be a Southerner, as it shows the complexity that is Southern culture.

231jugglingpaynes
Juil 7, 2015, 5:46 pm

Grk: I felt the same about the end of The Handmaid's Tale. Also found it somewhat eerie as it predated debit cards.

I'm reading Prudence, the first of the Custard Protocol. It's good so far, I'm just missing some of my favorite characters from the Parasol Protectorate because they're background characters now.

232biblioholic29
Juil 10, 2015, 8:54 am

I've finished all of the major "Sad Puppies" stuff and have moved on to the things I am more excited about (to be clear, some of the Sad Puppies stuff was good, some was fine, a lot was unbearable). I finished Ancillary Sword earlier this week. The narrative was more linear than Ancillary Justice which I generally prefer, but the story was less engrossing. I'm now on The Goblin Emperor which has already won some awards this year and I can see why!

233justjukka
Juil 10, 2015, 1:22 pm

I saw a copy of The Fairy Godmother sitting out at a friend's place.  She never reads, so I've gotten my own copy to see what would entice her where others have not.

234foggidawn
Juil 10, 2015, 3:33 pm

>232 biblioholic29: The Goblin Emperor is on my radar already. Maybe I can talk my book club into reading it...

235biblioholic29
Juil 11, 2015, 9:24 am

>234 foggidawn: I'm nearly 3/4 of the way through and it just keeps getting better. I highly recommend it!

236grkmwk
Juil 13, 2015, 5:05 pm

Finished my reread of To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm now reading selections from Flannery O'Connor's The Complete Stories. Next up will be Go Set a Watchman. Can you tell my book club decided to do a Southern summer theme?! :)

I'm anxious about reading Go Set a Watchman, especially on the heels of my Mockingbird reread. But, if the stories of provenance are true, then Harper Lee wrote Watchman first, so her storylines and character development in Mockingbird were shaped by Watchman. Assuming that is the case, while Watchman may be less polished than Mockingbird, I hope it adds insights and complexity to my reading and understanding of Mockingbird.

237jugglingpaynes
Juil 15, 2015, 9:58 pm

Finished {Prudence. Loved it! Now I'm starting Denton Little's Deathdate.

Grk: Harper Lee wrote Call the Watchman first, but it comes second chronologically, from what I understand. This could end up like the Narnia order dilemma!

238grkmwk
Juil 20, 2015, 11:10 am

JP: It could have, but doesn't. Mockingbird then Watchman is the correct order.

I finished Go Set a Watchman Friday evening, and had to just sit holding the book for awhile to absorb it all. I believe it is the better book. Certainly it's less polished, and there are some technical elements that an editor would have helped. But is the more honest, rawer story of the complexity of Southern racism and Southern racial identity. For that, it is exceptional.

I am now reading Serafina and the Black Cloak, which is a children's book set at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, at the end of the 19th century. The author will be speaking at our local book festival this fall, and since I love Biltmore, I have had this on my TBR list for some time.

239biblioholic29
Juil 30, 2015, 8:36 am

I've been working on my annual HP reread since last Friday. I've been sick which has actually hampered my read because I keep falling asleep.

240justjukka
Juil 31, 2015, 2:10 pm

>239 biblioholic29:  I can sympathize.  This week started with a head cold, which has fallen into my chest, and I have a bit of a fever, today.

Reading The Artist's Way with a group.  I think it is actually helping with my writing.

241Renald128
Août 2, 2015, 6:44 pm

Hello, everyone! Sorry I've been absent, but I'm back now.

I only read two books since I was last here The Lost Hero which was good and Quiet which was very interesting. I was having a hard time to find something that caught my interest but I started reading Beautiful Ruins and I am loving it! I also started The Son of Neptune.

242grkmwk
Août 3, 2015, 11:59 am

Serafina and the Black Cloak was fun. Not great, but not bad. Solidly good.

I'm now reading a hodgepodge of things: Salvage the Bones for book club, Fat Girl Walking for levity, How to Walk and One Thousand Gifts for my spiritual morning reads, Letter to a Future Lover for my bedtime nonfiction, and Harvest Poems for poetry. Huh. It's no wonder it takes me so long to finish any book besides my fiction read... ;)

243biblioholic29
Août 10, 2015, 9:35 am

With Hugo voting over and my HP reread finished, I've started reading some things I've been looking forward to the last couple of months. I'm reading Pines, 24 Frames into the Future, and Children of the Storm which is my lunchtime read. I'm also working on a quick reread of the Old Man's War series in advance of the next one coming out tomorrow. The Martian and Armada are up on deck for when I finish something.

244grkmwk
Août 10, 2015, 2:59 pm

Finished Salvage the Bones. Hard book. Now reading Funny Girl, as I needed something light. Also still reading all the others noted above (#242).

245grkmwk
Août 20, 2015, 11:00 am

Finished both Funny Girl and Letter to a Future Lover night before last. Both solidly good, 3 star books.

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina next week, I am reading yet another Katrina book: Dave Egger's Zeitoun. Promises to be well-written and sad, given the subject.

246grkmwk
Sep 1, 2015, 9:03 am

Finished Zeitoun last Thursday evening. Well-written, but a hard read. Grateful to have read it, though, especially with this weekend's anniversary of Katrina.

Finished One Thousand Gifts this morning over breakfast. Lovely book; many, many passages were underlined for return reminders. Not yet sure what my next spiritual/faith morning read will be...

Started I'll Give You the Sun last night. Promises to be good!

247foggidawn
Sep 1, 2015, 12:30 pm

>246 grkmwk: Oh, I loved I'll Give You the Sun!

Does anybody else feel like it might be time for a new thread? I'm going to start one...
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