What Are You Reading and Why? 2015 second half Showing 351-400 of 1,268

[Tasha]

I forgot to say too that I'm listening to Alice I Have Been which is really good as well. The narrator of this one is great.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Added The Paying Guests, Tasha. Sounds good.

[Roz]

I started Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter a couple of days ago and I'm enjoying it a lot. It feels a little like a Gillian Flynn style and that the ending will be a bit of a kick in the head.

[Tasha]

Sandra wrote: "Added The Paying Guests, Tasha. Sounds good."

It doesn't seem to get great reviews here but I'm enjoying it.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Fifth Grave Past the Light and the two short stories following it, Shimmer & Glow. Starting the toppler read, Seed.

[Mariab]

I'm about to finish Rite of Passage. It not lived up to the hype. I gave it 2.5 stars
I'll be reading Nice Dragons Finish Last, for the month's challange

[Lynda]

Finally finished The Fall of Five while out running errands this afternoon, and while in the middle of Trader Joe's started God Emperor of Dune using the Overdrive App, which is my favorite app, like ever!

I decided to shelve The Sword of Rhiannon today. I'd like to get back to it at some point. Was reading up-thread about using shelves to track books like this, as well as the abandoned ones. I'm likely going to start that. Curious, do you keep them as Currently Reading, or do you mark them as TBR? I'm OCD, that I don't like seeing them listed as something I'm currently reading when I don't have current plans to get back to them.

[Colleen]

Kristie, Cherie & Sandra,

It is good. I don't know if I'd quite give it 5 stars as I've been a little impatient with it, but really it is high quality. Well researched and overall engaging. Fascinating part of history, with much sadness, but inspirational as well.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Lynda, My abandoned books, I've made as an exclusive thread, like TBR, Read, etc. My pausing ones, I put back my TBR as I want to get back to them, but have their own shelf so I remember I gave them a go.

[Janice, Moderator]

I have an exclusive shelf called "abandoned" as well. If it's a book that I want to come back to, I'll indicate that in the review.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I did the same. I have three additional exclusive threads: abandoned, on hold, and maybe read. If I have a book that I have to put aside, but plan to finish at some point in time, it goes on the on hold shelf. If I don't plan to return to it and just put it aside for lack of interest, etc, it goes on the abandoned shelf.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Both my shelves "frozen" and "given-up" are exclusive, Lynda. I completely understand your OCD. :-)

[Lynda]

Thanks for sharing, everyone...I'm going to be doing some reorganizing today! LOL.

[Roz]

Finished Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and loved it.

[Jackie]

Roz, I liked that too. Great book!

[Dem]

Just finished Little Black Lies This is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1291589451

[Stephanie]

Read . I love the novellas in the In death series. They are short and sweet. Perfect if you only have a short time to read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Funny you should mention the novellas, Stephanie. I bought the novella For I Have Sinned yesterday from iBooks for $.99. It said it was 186 pages so I figured it would be a quick read. It was much quicker that I imagined. It was a short story of about 35 pages. The rest was a preview of the first book in the Charley Davidson series. I feel a bit ripped off.

I started Seventh Grave and No Body since I had just crawled into bed and was nowhere sleepy enough to start snoring after reading the short story.

[Stephanie]

Bummer Janice :(
The novellas are off on page count in GR for the In Death series (at least some of them, this one included).

[Berit☀️✨]

Janice, I so want to read that series now!!! You have really just breezed right through it :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

I just looked at the Goodread's editions and they are all close. I looked at the page count on iBooks when I bought the book short story. They obviously included the excerpt from the first book.

[Sarah]

That happened to me Janice with Mitosis but instead of having an excerpt from the next book it had pictures of the super villains and their strengths and weaknesses. It was good though.

[Amanda (Mandy)]

@Janice: I am waiting in book 5 of the Charlie Davidson series. I am getting all of mine through the library site in overdrive. I am next in line so I should have it this week. I read the novella as well and was surprised at how short it was. I'm ready to start the next book, but it is probably good that I have to wait so I can finish up some other books. I still haven't started my challenge or monthly read books because I have been so engrossed in this series.

[Cherie]

I needed another book to read like a hole in the head, but The Deepest Water was available on audio Sunday so I downloaded it to listen to while I was working in the yard. I finished it early this morning after falling asleep during the last chapter. It was great!!!! I have never read Kate Kate Wilhelm but I will be looking for more of her books. The narrator was Marguerite Gavin. I need to finish Pompeii, The Song of Achilles, The Book of Salt, The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, and Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans. Then I will be ready to start Hunted for my next series book and Armada for the Buddy Read.

[Cherie]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the Kate Wilhelm book was set in Eugene, Oregon and the cabin and lake in the story are in the mountains off of Hwy 58. Eugene is about a 4 hour drive South on I5 from me and we took Hwy 58 over the pass to go to Klamath Falls to visit my grandmother when she was alive, so I was very familiar with the places talked about. It is always fun to read a book set somewhere you know.

[Janice, Moderator]

Just a few books on the go, Cherie? :)

[Cherie]

Yeah, I'm nuts. I finished the Sherlock Holmes book. I'm still thinking it over. It was well written but strange. I'm not sure I liked the ghost story much.

[Janice, Moderator]

There's a ghost story in Sherlock Holmes?

[Cherie]

Yes, it is written around a ghost story at the royal palace of Holyrood in Scotland.

[Stephanie]

I've started A Three Dog Life for the This or That challenge. I'm not very far into it and it is such a sad book already. The MC's husband has been in an awful accident. The book is a memoir which I didn't realize until I picked it up :) I like it so far though even if it is sad.

[Lisa]

Cherie wrote: "Yes, it is written around a ghost story at the royal palace of Holyrood in Scotland."

Sherlock Holmes, ghosts and Scotland...think I might have to check this one out!

[Cherie]

Stephanie wrote: "I've started A Three Dog Life for the This or That challenge. I'm not very far into it and it is such a sad book already. The MC's husband has been in an awful accident. The book is a..."

I read this one last year, Stephanie. There is not much about the dogs except the reason for the title. It was mostly about her and how she learned to cope with everything and get on with her life. Really makes you think about things. There were some very sad moments.

[Cherie]

Lisa wrote: "Sherlock Holmes, ghosts and Scotland...think I might have to check this one out!"

On page 150 there is a reference to handsome, dark haired, Scotsmen being written about in popular literature that I swear was aimed at Diana Gabaldon and her Outlander books.

I didn't bring the book with me to give the direct quote.

Too bad you are so far away, or I would send you the book. :0)

[Tejas Janet]

Cherie wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I've started A Three Dog Life for the This or That challenge. I'm not very far into it and it is such a sad book already. The MC's husband has been in an awful accid..."

Related but not exactly... I've been thinking lately whether most dog books are sad? Not like all sad, no, but they usually end with the dog dying since people usually outlive their dogs.

[Tejas Janet]

I'm currently reading The Book of Kells. I started it for the 24-hour "who are you" toppler. Liking it a lot. It's a work of fiction with elements of sci-fi/time travel and mystery, two early loves of mine in reading going back to childhood when the library and reading provided much needed refuges.

Also, it's set in Ireland 1985 and 985 with frequent references to neighboring peoples and languages. My family roots from my father's side are supposedly strongly Scot-Irish. My great, great grandmother, whose maiden name was Macleod, had to bury her first husband after one year of marriage, then after remarrying had to bury their first 3 children (ages 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years old) from scarlet fever. Then they had two more children that survived to adulthood, one of whom became my great grandmother, "Great E"). So this part of my family history has had a big influence on me, knowing some of the hardships they went thru, and how strong they had to be to survive.

[Gavin]

I'm reading Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II.

[Peggy]

I started The Golden Compass for the series challenge.

[Jackie]

I'm starting Two Brothers by Ben Elton today. He has written quite a few books but this is the first that I've read. It's 600 odd pages long so I hope it's going to be worth it!

[Lisa]

Cherie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Sherlock Holmes, ghosts and Scotland...think I might have to check this one out!"

On page 150 there is a reference to handsome, dark haired, Scotsmen being written about in popular li..."

If that reference was aimed at the Outlander books, I am definitely going to read it ;)

[Stephanie]

Tejas Janet wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I've started A Three Dog Life for the This or That challenge. I'm not very far into it and it is such a sad book already. The MC's husband has been in..."

I'm only about 50 or so pages in. It is an interesting book (she just adopted a 2nd dog). I'm curious to see how the book finishes :)

Have you read A Dog's Purpose, TJ? Such a great book. There are sad part's but overall such a great book :) I loved it so much that I bought a copy! You know I love a book when I actually buy it after I have read it :)

[Tasha]

I finished The Paying Guests last night and loved it. I'm finally starting the monthly challenge read today, The Drowning Tree.

I'm listening to Bury Your Dead to keep after the serial killers and have Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him going on my kindle for night reading. That was the book I chose for the toppler but didn't have time that weekend. It's turning out to be a quick read so I probably could have finished it during the toppler!

[Stephanie]

How are you liking Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, Tasha?
I abandoned it awhile back but picked it up again and ended up really liking it :)

[Kim]

Jackie wrote: "I'm starting Two Brothers by Ben Elton today. He has written quite a few books but this is the first that I've read. It's 600 odd pages long so I hope it's going to be worth it!"

Hi Jackie, loved this one. I would say it was his first 'serious' book (his previous writing has all been humorous) - he followed this one up with Time and Time Again, which if anything was even better. 'If you could send someone back in time to change the course of history, what would they do and what would be the unforeseen effects of what they do?' Brilliant!

[Kim]

I'm currently reading 'Dune' by Frank Herbert on Kindle as it was one of the BBC Big Read Top 100 books that I haven't read yet. Finding it a lot better than I anticipated as SF isn't my favourite genre. Lots of political intrigue, like Game of Thrones I suppose!

[Jackie]

Hiya Kim!

Good to know you enjoyed Two Brothers. I assumed it would be serious due to the subject matter. I think that may be what has put me off reading some of his other books. I'm not a massive fan of books that are supposed to be funny as generally I've found them not to be, especially when the word 'hilarious' appears on the cover somewhere. I sound like a right misery guts now Lolol. The follow up you mentioned sounds good, I'll definitely mark it to read if I like this one!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Jackie and Kim, I have to add both books...

[Tasha]

Stephanie wrote: "How are you liking Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, Tasha?
I abandoned it awhile back but picked it up again and ended up really liking it :)"

I'm only about 1/4 of the way in but I'm liking it so far. Tuesday sounds like such a sweet dog. I'm really curious about Luis's story as well.

[Jackie]

lol Sandra. These TBR lists just keep on growing don't they!

[Sarah]

@Jackie - If Ben Elton's books are as funny as his TV work then you'll be in for a treat. I have Time and Time Again to read.

@Kim - There is a buddy read going on at the moment I believe for Dune if you want to check it out.

[Tejas Janet]

Stephanie, A Dog's Purpose looks really good. I wasn't familiar with it or the series it is part of. Have you read more in this series?
Thanks : )