What are you reading October, 2015

[Linda]

I am reading Come Rain or Come Shine and The Liars' Club and I am listening to Still Alice and Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold

[Adore]

i've been reading this forever because my life is kind of chaotic right now, but i like it so much:

The Death of the Heart

next up:

Arcadia

[Jen]

Working my way through the Dune series again- it's probably been 10 years since I read them. I've got a lot things on my TBR list that I'm looking forward to, but I'm enjoying the experience.

[Esther]

After a run of 'meh' books I have started The Alienist which is exciting. I normally only read on my commute so I am glad we have a holiday coming up and I will be able to give it some attention.

[Kalen]

I'm going to get a lot of reading time this month because I'm traveling a lot. Taking Cynthia Swanson's The Bookseller with me for tomorrow's flight. It seems a little lighter than I normally like but it's set in Denver and should make good airplane reading.

[Laura]

Linda wrote: "I am reading Come Rain or Come Shine" I *loved* that book! For fans of the series, it's highly recommended. :-)

[Laura]

I'm about halfway through Fates and Furies and can't wait to find others on this board to chat with about it. I've never read The Little Prince, so I've borrowed it from the library. My parents recommended The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which I had on my TBR list anyway, so that's on my nightstand as well.

[Sue]

Me, me, me! Chat with me about Fates and Furies! I'm listening to the audiobook and last Thursday, on my way home, I was so utterly riveted I missed my usual exit, took a different highway, and ended up getting rear-ended by a mini-van. My car was totaled, but I'm fine (everyone was fine) and I'll be getting a new car out of the deal.

I'm an hour and a half from the end and I just don't know what to make of it all. It's intense, gorgeously written, but many of the plot points seem really too unbelievable. It's reminding me a bit of A Little Life - they both have a sort of fairy tale quality, an over the top-ness, characters who are fully fleshed out, but, yet, at a distance because of the extraordinary circumstances of their lives. Both books also share rare glimpses into the world of Manhattan privilege, particularly with regard to the arts: visual arts and theater, mainly. Moreover, both books have characters who meet in college, their earlier lives slowly revealed, and who remain together for decades.

I think I enjoyed (if that's the word) the first half more, though the second half is full of surprises. It's a hell of a book, that's for sure! My first Lauren Groff. She's got some serious writing chops.

Laura wrote: "I'm about halfway through Fates and Furies and can't wait to find others on this board to chat with about it. I've never read The Little Prince, so I've borrowed it fr..."

[Gina]

Ooh, that one looks great. I'm bumping that up on my to read list.

Sue wrote: "Me, me, me! Chat with me about Fates and Furies! I'm listening to the audiobook and last Thursday, on my way home, I was so utterly riveted I missed my usual exit, took a different ..."

[Gina]

I'm listening to I Married You for Happiness and not liking it as much as I hoped but I will persevere. I just finished Elizabeth Is Missing and really liked it. I just started The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and I think I'm going to really like it. I have Breathing Lessons up as the next audiobook when this one's done, and I've been reading Everly After for months in between other stuff.

[Laura]

Awesome, so glad to find some others who are reading (or will be.) I think I'm going to buy it for my best local bookish friend in the hopes that she'll read it soon, too. :-)

Should we start a book specific thread? That would make it easier for others to find.

[Gina]

HAAAAA!!!! I just checked my library and: 92 holds on first copy returned of 20 copies!!!


Laura wrote: "Awesome, so glad to find some others who are reading (or will be.) I think I'm going to buy it for my best local bookish friend in the hopes that she'll read it soon, too. :-)

Should we start a b..."

[Loretta]

I am almost done with Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II, which I'm really enjoying, even if I do cringe (and occasionally cry) at some of the things that have happened to some of the elephants in the story.

Also continuing on with the Outlander series with Drums of Autumn.

[Loretta]

Sue, that's both a great recommendation for the book and a terrifying story. Sorry to hear about the accident but glad that everyone is okay!

[Sue]

Done. Fates & Furies discussion here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Gina wrote: "HAAAAA!!!! I just checked my library and: 92 holds on first copy returned of 20 copies!!!


Laura wrote: "Awesome, so glad to find some others who are reading (or will be.) I think I'm going to buy..."

[Linda]

Laura wrote: "Linda wrote: "I am reading Come Rain or Come Shine" I *loved* that book! For fans of the series, it's highly recommended. :-)"

That's good to hear, Laura. I was not enamored with the last book, but thought I'd give Jan Karon one more try.

[Linda]

Started listening to A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope

[Janet]

Audio in the car My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Audio at home The Book of Strange New Things....I think I should have read this one in paper....the aliens are a little hard to understand.

[Gerald]

Im a lousy reader but a decent listener. Finished . Good story, nice narration. Now listening to . Good old Flavia! Reading on paper. Reading on the kindle.

[Sue]

Ha! I'd love to hear how the aliens sound on audio. I read it in print.

Janet wrote: "Audio in the car My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Audio at home The Book of Strange New Things....I think I should have read this one in paper....the ..."

[Anna]

I'm floating 3 main reads: 1 non-fiction print, 1 fiction print, and 1 audiobook (usually non-fiction).

1) I'm finishing up Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (fascinating & horrifying & a gripping read).

2) Also in the first few chapters of City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett.

3) Just started listening today to The American Way of Eating by Tracie McMillan.

Next up is The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (because it's due back at the library soon).

Not certain what else. That will depend on what is picked at my next book club meeting on Sunday.

[Anna]

Esther wrote: "After a run of 'meh' books I have started The Alienist which is exciting. I normally only read on my commute so I am glad we have a holiday coming up and I will be able to give it some..."

Oh! I read The Alienist probably 15 years ago or more and really enjoyed it. In fact it's sitting on my active TBR shelf right now wishing that I could find the time to fit in a re-read.

[Janet]

Sue wrote: "Ha! I'd love to hear how the aliens sound on audio. I read it in print.

They sound like they're spitting...lol.

[Susanne]

I'll be getting Fates and Furies from the library sometime this month ... I'm next in line :)

I'm finishing up Sorcerer to the Crown, and them I'm going to start on Zer0es.

[Shona]

I just had a very long road trip and had a lot of time for audiobooks. I finished Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship, Notorious, The Wright Brothers and I started The Martian as I wanted to reacquaint myself with the story before I saw the movie.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I'm in the middle of two heavy books - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (Man Booker Prize shortlist) and This Earth of Mankind so I picked back up The Chimes by Anna Smaill, which seems light in comparison.

[Kalen]

Okay, you guys. Make a note of The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner. It's due out in January from Macmillan. I read the galley over the last 24 hours and it is fantastic. It is a memoir about being raised in a polygamist family. It reads like fiction because you can't believe how horrifying it is. The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir

[Sue]

I just started Case Histories on audio. Totally random, spontaneous download.

I'm about halfway through Everything, Everything and have my eye on a few more of my kids' books: All the Bright Places, The Thing About Jellyfish, and the new Rebecca Stead, Goodbye Stranger, but I'll wait until the kids are finished before borrowing them.

I had a great mini book haul over the weekend, and picked up Gold Fame Citrus, Everybody's Irish, and Last Night in Montreal.

I'm also hoping to get to Thirteen Ways of Looking (I'm seeing Colum McAnn on the 15th), City on Fire, and The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories.

Perhaps a bit too ambitious this month, but we shall see.

[Dawn]

I Just finished reading The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. It was really a wonderful story....left me with a great feeling.

[Jumana]

I am reading: The Outlander

Listening in the car: The Girl in the Spider's Web

And listening on my phone: A Darker Shade of Magic

[Linda]

I'm into hyper read because so much has arrived at both the physical library and the "e" library. Started listening to Big Stone Gap and reading Come Rain or Come Shine. Both what I need right now - something light, slightly humorous and not brain taxing.

[Alex]

currently reading Fates and Furies and Fortune Smiles. Hoping to get to Kitchens of the Great Midwest and A Spool of Blue Thread

[Julie]

Alex wrote: "currently reading Fates and Furies and Fortune Smiles. Hoping to get to Kitchens of the Great Midwest and A Spool of Blue Thread"

Oh, I'm reading A Spool of Blue Thread now. Love Anne Tyler! Next up is Per Pettersen's Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes and Dennis Lehane's World Gone By. No one can say I don't have eclectic reading habits . . .

[Jillian]

Misery by Stephen King, and The Cartel as recommended by Ann

[Linda]

Started listening to Go Set a Watchman

[Vickie]

I am currently reading castles, kilts, and kisses. It is a book bundle on Amazon. I have finished the first book and am now starting the second. There are six books in the series. I am only 14% through the book. This is fun. The books are actually buy individual authors. So it is a book bundle not a series. However, the books are from the Medievil time through Victorian England. The books take place in Scotland.

[SibylM]

Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "I'm in the middle of two heavy books - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (Man Booker Prize shortlist) and This Earth of Mankind so I picked back up [bo..."

I loved A Brief History of Seven Killings soooo much! My favorite book of the year, even more than [book:A Little Life|22822858] or Fates and Furies. I will be butthurt if it doesn't win the Man Booker.
My reading agenda for October includes: The Fishermen (trying to be as knowledgeable as possible for the Man Booker announcement), Bitch Planet, Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine (speeding its way to me from Amazon as I type), Vengeance Road, and whatever of the eight books I have on hold at the library where I have one person in line ahead of me comes in first, second, etc. Could be one or more of these:



eta: I have no idea why this post is refusing to do the links to ABHOSK or A Little Life - the coding looks correct to me :(

[Janet]

I'm reading for the Man Booker also. I'm listening to A Spool of Blue Thread and I've read a few pages of The Year of the Runaways. Obviously I'm not going to finish before the announcement. So far I've read A Little Life, A Brief History of Seven Killings and The Fishermen. I read a couple of pages of Satin Island and it didn't appeal to me. A Little Life is the favorite to win but I'm hoping that A Brief History of Seven Killings will win it....it was such a big ambitious book and I'd love to see Marlon James rewarded for taking that risk.

[Rebecca]

I just finished Red Queen, reading Inspector of the Dead and going to read y'alls suggestion of The Winter People.

[Janet]

Marlon James won the Booker!

[Linda]

Today I started Between the World and Me. I think I'm responsible for my library getting a copy.

[Tricia]

I'm reading

[Victoria]

So I guess it's time to pick A Brief History of Seven Killings back up. Not sure I'm ready. I have it on audio and have listened to quite a bit that way and I have also had it out from the library at least once. I found it very hard going.

In general, I have WAY too many books started. Maybe I need to take a cue from Michael and start a resolution of finishing before starting another.

[Victoria]

And as I'm typing, the library notice comes in... is available through the elibrary. Hmmm. That or ? Something tells me which way I'm going to go here....

[Katherine]

Reading for book club; otherwise I'm trying to make October creepy/scary book month. I just finished (and scared myself) , and moving on to next. And for good measure, reading a plethora of ghost story books I've accumulated over the years from my travels. Spooky indeed...

[Victoria]

I loved Bird Box! Another great Halloween time read!

[Gerald]

Finished A Red Herring Without Mustard. Flavia again delivers. Started a book that I have wanted to read or listen to for a long time .

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Today I've finished The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories, a second impressive book by Anthony Marra who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

I also finished Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng, which I bought on impulse at a new bookstore in my town because it has a librarian as a main character, takes place on a cold weather island, and put out by an independent press - but I'm not sure what to think. Some of it I like but reading about any 40ish librarian having a relationship with a highschooler... eh. I suspect it is supposed to be a flipped script on Lolita (especially since it gets mentioned throughout) but I have yet to read Lolita so I am not positive. I really should read it.

[Julie]

I gave up on the Lehane - too raunchy/violent. Picked up Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League - will be the third by Odell for me in two years.

[Katherine]

I can't wait to start it - making myself get through book club book first, though :)

Victoria wrote: "I loved Bird Box! Another great Halloween time read!"

Katherine wrote: "Reading [booit kcover:Everything I Never Told You|18693763] for book club; otherwise I'm trying to make October creepy/scary book month. I just finished (and scared myself) [bookcover:The Night Sister..."

I can't wait to start