What Are You Reading? May 2013

[Bill]

Starting off a new month with one of the longest holdouts on my "To Read" shelf. The Quiet American was either checked out or incorrectly shelved at the library today, so had to browse til I found

[Melanie]

Overall Cutting for Stonewas an enjoyable book. However, don't be rushed reading this. The pace is very slow and I've discovered this with books set in Africa. Verghese puts a lot into this book so you pretty much have the whole story rather than one person's view.

[Melanie]

I'm about to finish Jitterbug Perfume. It was recommended to me by a guy I like. It is different from what I normally read.

[Bill]

Melanie wrote: "Overall Cutting for Stonewas an enjoyable book. However, don't be rushed reading this. The pace is very slow and I've discovered this with books set in Africa. Verghese puts a lot into this book..."

I kind of knew that before I started reading it. Most times I'll check out several books at a time from the library. But this one I'm going to devote time to. I'm about 100 pages in.

[Bill]

While browsing in the library I came across . I enjoyed one of the author's other works, so I'll give it a shot.

[Bill]

I finished Leave Myself Behind and enjoyed it very much. I probably should have saved it for reading this holiday weekend, but I couldn't wait.
Next up is , about a place I've been curious about for some time

[Mike]

I just finished today. It was a very fast read of two novelettes together in what the book industry calls "head to toe". Both stories are upside-down to each other, and there is no back cover... just two front covers. It was something that Brandon Sanderson is selling as an exclusive at conventions he goes to in 2013, and I bought it at JordanCon in Atlanta last month. Now I'm onto the second book in his Mistborn series.

[Melanie]

I just finshed a book on Thomas Jefferson. I'm currently reading the Turner Diaries and Thirteen Resons Why.