What Are You Reading? 2016.1 Showing 1,651-1,700 of 1,869

[Travis]

Sounds lije a scooby doo mystertly. Scooby Doo and the attack of the ancient sourdough starter

[Mariab]

I'm reading Hounded, just because

[Brianna]

Just started The Grownup by Gillian Flynn. Shocked at the opening. I just wasn't expecting that

[Peggy]

Mariab wrote: "I'm reading Hounded, just because"

I hope you enjoy the series Mariab!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Peggy, I never heard about it, but it looks good.

[Lilisa]

Just finished People of the Book - I loved it - 5 stars! Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary Beth]

I am reading After the Storm . I just love this series and this book is so good!

[Joan]

I'm reading a murder mystery, "A Critique of Criminal Reason" and wishing I knew more about Immanuel Kant since he is central to the story.

[Cherie]

Joan - is your book title a play on Kant's "Critique on Pure Reason"?

[Lisa]

I'm reading A Year of Marvellous Ways for this month's group read.

[Joan]

Cheri, yes the title is a play on the title of Kant's work. It is a good mystery. I have the feeling that clues tie into Kant's philosophy but I am missing them because I don't know much about it.

[Cherie]

Joan wrote: "Cheri, yes the title is a play on the title of Kant's work. It is a good mystery. I have the feeling that clues tie into Kant's philosophy but I am missing them because I don't know much about it."

I do not know much about it, only what I read yesterday when I looked him up. Is this your book?

[Dem]

Finished The Door

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1544431200

[Sarah]

I finished Caliban's War for the geocache. And now on to Big Little Lies for geocache and Sai King Recs group read. These 2 books couldn't be anymore different.

[Joan]

Cherie, yes that is the murder mystery, A Critique of Criminal Reason. I am enjoying it. A key point seems to be that humans see what we expect to see, and so sometimes we miss what is right in front of our noses.
Certainly a big problem in life & criminal investigation. I am half way through and have not figured out who is the murderer.

[Cherie]

Glad you are enjoying your book, Joan. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Big Little Lies and loved it! Such a fresh new approach to a mystery. It's satirical, snarky, and covers some pretty serious issues.

Next up on audiobook is The Black Country.

[Joan]

Janice
Thanks for the recommendation. Big Little Lies sounds good.

[Joan]

Janice thanks for the recommendation of Little Big Lies, it sounds good.

[Sarah]

Enjoy The Black Country Janice. I really liked it. More than the first I seem to recall. I'm enjoying Big Little Lies too. I'm whizzing through it.

[Mariab]

I have finished Hounded. I'm hesitant to read further in the Serie.
I don't know, but the book reminds me of computer games, (view spoiler)[... who you collect artifacts and points that gives you power and the next level you are powerfuler, but your enemies also are... and all begins from scratch again, only with new settings, other graphics, but essentially is all the same. I never could play those games, because of that... they bored me, doing again and again always the same thing.
Another thing that bothers me is that the hero is permanently sought by overly horny females, goddess and the like, which very clearly is a male fantasy -the author is a men, of course, and the whole book exude this bias, with which I am Ok, but not in such extent. (hide spoiler)]
So, I'm inclined to think that one book is enough. It was fairly entertained, but no awesome.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Enjoy The Black Country Janice. I really liked it. More than the first I seem to recall. I'm enjoying Big Little Lies too. I'm whizzing through it."

I added a comment to your review. I'm not thrilled with the narrator this time around. I don't recall disliking him the first time, but this time, he's so bland. I've bumped the speed up to 1.5x and that's helping.

[Janice, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "I have finished Hounded. I'm hesitant to read further in the Serie.
I don't know, but the book reminds me of computer games, ... who you collect artifacts and points that gives you p..."

The series is steeped in mythology, mostly Norse. I can't say that I got a computer games feel to it.

[Joan]

Mariab, my sister said the same thing about Hounded - and I thought nobody thinks like my sister :)

[Lisa]

I finished A Year of Marvellous Ways for the group read. I wasn't overly impressed to be honest. I gave it 2 stars but my actual rating is 2.5.

I am now starting The Golem and the Djinni for a buddy read. I have really been looking forward to this :)

[Peggy]

I can literally quote Lisa ;-)

[Mariab]

Janice wrote: "The series is steeped in mythology, mostly Norse. I can't say that I got a computer games feel to it...."

I'm well aware of that (and I have read my good share of nordic mythology), but that is only the setting, and I have seen a lot of CG that plays with norse gods and demigods, and heroes.
A serie that I really liked was Daughter of Smoke & Bone, all three books are ... how should I say... like actually links in a chain. I get the feeling it was meant to be so. By other series I have the strong suspicion, the first book is more like a "balloon probe" and then they see how to go further (depending on the commercial success of the first one), but there is not a main plan from the beginning, not one with a solid story, at least.
In regard to the Hounded series, I think I would read the other books only if I run out of fantasy books (which I hope will never happen)

[Janice, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "A serie that I really liked was Daughter of Smoke & Bone,,..."

I've read the first book in that series and have the other two. I likely will need to reread the first one because I don't remember it.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Black Country. Next up on audiobook is The Lightkeepers.

[Sarah]

Was it ok in the end Janice? The Black Country?

[Sandra, Moderator]

Looking forward to your comments on The Lightkeepers, Janice.

[Tasha]

Lisa wrote: "I finished A Year of Marvellous Ways for the group read. I wasn't overly impressed to be honest. I gave it 2 stars but my actual rating is 2.5.

I am now starting [book:The Golem an..."

Oh my gosh, the G&J will be even that much better then! haha

[Tasha]

Peggy wrote: "I can literally quote Lisa ;-)"

haha!

[Tasha]

I'm reading Pride and Prejudice, Far from the Madding Crowd and started H is for Hawk.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Was it ok in the end Janice? The Black Country?"

Yes, I did enjoy it in spite of the narrator. The first part of the book was a bit of a blur. I felt I missed so much because it was so monotonous. I found myself drifting off. I finally did settle into it though. Thankfully the next book has a different narrator.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished my monthly challenge read, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and will start Up From the Grave. I'm determined to finish this series, and soon.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Looking forward to your comments on The Lightkeepers, Janice."

I hope it will be a good read. People seem to be on the fence about it.

[Joan]

Are there any philosophy students out there? My head is about explode from trying to understand Kant's Reasoning. I read a good murder mystery that used Kant as a key character - so I tried to read up on his philosophy. Yikes! I just don't get it.

[Mariab]

There is a site in internet, who you can find philosophy easy explain. I will post it when I find it (tomorrow)

[Travis]

My wife and I just finished Staked. I don't know if it was because I fon't normally listen to books in the car, or becaise the kids dvd player had a constant bavkground noise or maybe I dozed off here and there but I struggled to follow this particular installment. I think it was the changing POV without being told qhich character was currently speaking. It was audio and Atticus and Granuel voices are very aimilar. Owen we always knew.

[Sarah]

I have just finished Big Little Lies for the Sai King Recs group read and geocache. A 5 star read! Now on to The Last Kingdom for the monthly challenge.

[Cherie]

Travis of NNY wrote: "My wife and I just finished Staked. I don't know if it was because I fon't normally listen to books in the car, or becaise the kids dvd player had a constant bavkground noise or may..."

I could understand not being able to tell which character was presented in the audio, Travis. It was a lot of switching back and forth. There were a couple of times in the book that I had to go back and check!

[Cherie]

I finished Ivory and Bone on Saturday. I was not going to read it yet, but I noticed it on the GR list for YA Fantasy, so I read it sooner. It was okay and I gave it 3 stars. I will probably read the next book, since this is a First-in-Series. The POV, the way the story was told was interesting, but it is definitely not in league with JA's pre-historic series debut.

[Joan]

I'm listening to Charleton Heston read a book on Jean Paul Sartre - great narration and a fascinating subject; it seems especially appropriate today :..(

[Cherie]

Cool! I did not know that he did any audio recording.

[Mariab]

Joan wrote: "I'm listening to Charleton Heston read a book on Jean Paul Sartre - great narration and a fascinating subject; it seems especially appropriate today :..("

He was my favorite actor when I was a child, I was in love with him, saw all his movies... And then, as grown up, I heard him as orator in a sort of convention and wanted to cry... (until now I say to myself he's just become an old man and a bit dense... )

[Joan]

Charleton Heston's voice is great and he switches voices wonderfully. I don't think I have seen any of his movies - was he in westerns or fight movies?

[Cherie]

Joan - re Charlton Heston.
He was an all around guy. He played Buffalow Bill Cody in The Pony Express. He played Moses in The Ten Commandments. He was Ben-Hur, in that movie classic. He played the circus manager in The Greatest Show on Earth, and is probably best known today for his role in the original Planet of the Apes movie, which I think is sad. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. I loved him madly when I was a teen.

[Mariab]

Ok. Here we go:
-Ben Hur (best movie Oscar that time, and one of the most elaborate chariots race sequence
-The Ten Commandments
-The Bible
- El Cid
- Planet of the Apes (His best film, I think)
-Secret of the Incas
- Marabunta (which I loved)
-The Big Country
- Touch of Evil
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Khartoum
- 55 Days at Peking
- Midway
- Julius Caesar
- Pony Express
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- The Naked Jungle
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Soylent green
- The Four Musketeers
-Earthquake
and many others
I found this in Wikipedia (which I didn't know: "Heston was partially of Scottish descent, including from the Clan Fraser..." LOL. I see here many fans of "Outlander"

[Joan]

Mariab, thanks, I will definitely be watching The Agony and The Ecstasy (it's a great book) & The Four Musketeers (Swashbuckling!)