What are you reading February 2014

[Melissa]

Started reading The Tenth of December last night. I think I am going to read a story at a time and also start The Orphanmaster's Son (for my book club).

[Chanda2426]

I just finished The Last Days of California by Mary Miller. It was a refreshing read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Trying to decide what comes next a YA ARC or something more substantial...

[Gerald]

Just finished The Golem and the Jinnia very good first novel.

[Susannah]

I just finished listening to the audiobook version of Persuasion, my favorite Jane Austen story, which was read by Juliet Stevenson. It was an EXCELLENT performance; highly recommended.

I am also nearly 200 pages into Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater, and so far, it's pretty good. The sections that focus on the actual productions at the school - the kids, their parts, and the school's drama director (whom the book is ostensibly about) - are the best parts. The parts that focus on the economic challenges faced by the residents of Levittown, PA, are a bit less successful; interesting, but they drag on the rest of the narrative.

[Amy]

Tracey wrote: "Pam, this was my problem with The Expats too. Thank you for putting it into words. :) ..."


Ditto for me too!

[Laura]

I'm still listening to the audio of The Dinner and have yet to decide whether there is anything to admire in it. The events of the novel take place during a fancy restaurant meal, but it also includes flashbacks from our unreliable narrator's mind to fill in the context. You can't quite get your footing. If I were reading the book I'd probably be moving more quickly through the narrative -- I keep wishing the blathering narrator would cut to the chase.

[nancy]

Tracey wrote: "Pam wrote: "The Expats had a good storyline but a very confusing layout. Present day narrative is interwoven into the story but made the entire book indecipherable to me. After finishing, I went ba..."

I really loved the Expats and am going to read The Accident soon. I was able to follow the intricate plotting by reading it in big chunks. I read it a second time and it held up!

[Billiestamps]

I just finished Long Man by Amy Greene. It was the April pick for my
book club, and we saw the author at Vine Ave Books in Knoxville on Sunday afternoon. I loved this book, but must admit to being very drawn in by the fact that it takes place in an area very close to my home. That aside, I still think it was a wonderful book. Some of the sentences were so beautiful that I read them more than once.

[Linda]

Starting The Winter People. I'm listening to Detroit: An American Autopsy on my iPad, that means non-car listening. In the car I switched to I Still Dream About You because the other Fannie Flagg I was listening to had major skipping issues on the second disc. :(