What are you reading January, 2016

[Linda]

Happy New Year!

Listening to The Casual Vacancy in the car and City on Fire on my iPad.

Reading A Window Opens and The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

and going to start 2 classic tomes for the new year to savor over the year.

[Connie]

I'm reading The Nightingale and listening to Mrs Lincoln's Dressmaker.

[Sue]

I'm in the middle of a lot of things heading into the new year:

In print, I'm reading Gold Fame Citrus, The Tsar of Love and Techno, Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen and I've been dipping into Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.

On audio, I'm listening to Room.

[Susan]

Decided to start the year with a classic I have never read, Wuthering Heights

I'll finish up Rebecca on audio today or tomorrow. This is a re-read for me, but just as good the second time.

[Jumana]

I am reading for my book club: Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator

And I am listening to: The Magicians
I am excited for the series made for TV I thought I would get a start on the books first.

[Dawn]

I am reading The Admissions in print and listening to Beautiful Ruins on audio. So far I am enjoying them both.

[Lianne]

I am reading Alive by Scott Sigler, finishing off listening to Indexing by Seanan McGuire, and starting the audiobook of Locke & Key by Joe Hill

[Julie]

I finally (!) cracked open Anna Karenina with CliffsNotes on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Also reading Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. Took the 2016 reading challenge, too. 36 in '16. But I wish we could use # of pages, as I've got some tomes on my TBR list!

[Bindu]

Happy New Year, everyone!
I am planning on reading The nightingale, fates and furies, a little life and among the ten thousand things and listen to H is for hawk...
I set my 2016 reading goal at 25, but hopefully I will read more...

[Meredith]

Reading more is one of my resolutions. In January I'm finishing up some things that I've had going for awhile. You Are a Badass, The Year of a Reading Dangerously, and Landfall. Set my reading challenge at 30 books this year.

[Melinda]

Right now, I have 2 books going:
The Scent of Secrets and Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. My goal is to read 100 books, not including chapter books I read with my kids and re-reads, this year.

[Juliette]

Finally reading Fates and Furies after two failed attempts. Third times a charm! Brilliant

[Amy]

Every year for the past four, I've made it a goal to pick a book that is 1,000 pages (or very close to it) and start reading it on Jan 1. In 2012, it was Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity. 2013 was The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga. 2014 was A Suitable Boy. And 2015 was War and Peace. For 2016, I've selected Les Misérables.

In addition, I just started How the Light Gets In. Because I need something that I can actually carry around with me on my commute. ;)

[Linda]

Amy wrote: "Every year for the past four, I've made it a goal to pick a book that is 1,000 pages (or very close to it) and start reading it on Jan 1. In 2012, it was Far from the Tree: Parents, Children,..."</i>
I, for the umpteenth time am trying this with [book:War and Peace. The version I have this time seems as if it might be friendly enough for me to actually do it this time.

Also working on A Window Opens

[Luisa]

Hello there! I'm from Portugal and this is my first post! I just discovered BOTNS and i'm loving the podcasts!

I'm reading:

- Death in The Castle, by Pearl S. Buck (in portuguese), one of my favourite writters!
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith (in english), to be ready for the upcoming movie.
-Death with Interruptions, by José Saramago (in portuguese), my all time favourite portuguese writer!

Happy New Year!

[Megan]

I am currently reading A Little Life, The Phantom Tollbooth, and The Practical Drucker: Applying the Wisdom of the World's Greatest Management Thinker.

[Becky]

Reading Brooklyn & still reading a carry over from 2015-Avenue of Mysteries.

A is for Alibi & The Turner House are on my list

[Esther]

I have started Cold Magic. I bought it following several recommendations but never got round to reading it.

[Linda]

I'm reading My Brilliant Friend, Wuthering Heights, and The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Never got around to Wuthering Heights, and I was in the mood for gothic. Also listening to Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt on audio, which was a unique and odd pick by a book club member. I used to read a lot of Anne Rice's vampire books, and have no idea what to expect from her religious reawakening phase.

Happy New Year!

[Linda]

Alu wrote: "Hello there! I'm from Portugal and this is my first post! I just discovered BOTNS and i'm loving the podcasts!

I'm reading:

- Death in The Castle, by Pearl S. Buck (in portuguese), one of my fav..."

Welcome, Alu!

Re-reading The Accident. Actually, last time I listened to it. This time, I'm reading it.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Last night I started reading The Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner, published in 1972.

[M.A.]

Wow, so many great reading lists.
For January I am reading:
Ray Bradbury - Zen and the Art of Writing
Elvis Costello's autobiogrqphy/memoir
Eileen Myles - Chelsea Girls
Amy King - I Want to Make You Safe

[Valerie]

Alu wrote: "Hello there! I'm from Portugal and this is my first post! I just discovered BOTNS and i'm loving the podcasts!

I'm reading:

- Death in The Castle, by Pearl S. Buck (in portuguese), one of my fav..."

Welcome! Great picks!

[Susanne]

I'm reading Uglies for book club in a couple weeks.

I'm listening to The True Meaning of Smekday in the car in the morning with my nephew as I take him to school.

For myself, I'm listening to The Name of the Wind and reading Ancillary Justice on my kindle.

[Teresa]

Reading: Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void, Lost Tribe of the Sith: Collected Stories, Invincible Ultimate Collection Vol. 2, The Walking Dead Book 7, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

I hope everyone's having a wonderful kick-off to 2016, Happy Reading!

[Teresa]

Alu wrote: "Hello there! I'm from Portugal and this is my first post! I just discovered BOTNS and i'm loving the podcasts!

I'm reading:

- Death in The Castle, by Pearl S. Buck (in portuguese), one of my fav..."

Pearl Buck is one of my favorited authors. I have not yet read Death in the Castle. I will have to check it out! Happy New Year to you as well!

[Mary]

Linda wrote: "I'm reading My Brilliant Friend, Wuthering Heights, and The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Never got around to Wuthering He..."

I loved My Brilliant Friend and all of her other books!

[Marion]

I'm reading Dance Dance Dance by Murakami as my 1st read for 2016. This is my first Murakami novel. I have finally decided to read him after his latest novel was published last year.

[Mikael]

I'm reading, Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland.

[Leah]

I've just started "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon and I'm looking forward to picking up "The Paris Wife" within the next couple of days!

[SpookyBird]

Currently reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and love it!! Just finished Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and it's become a book I wish everyone would read. So far it's been an excellent start to the new year reading-wise. I'm excited to start N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season next!

[Sue]

Are you an Elvis fan? I am in LOVE with his book. I listened to the audio, narrated by the man himself, and it was the best 18 hours I ever spent in my car. He's such a smart, interesting, thoughtful guy and a fantastic writer. I hope he publishes those short stories he sprinkles through the book someday.

Marypop wrote: "Wow, so many great reading lists.
For January I am reading:
Ray Bradbury - Zen and the Art of Writing
Elvis Costello's autobiogrqphy/memoir
Eileen Myles - Chelsea Girls
Amy King - I Want to Make Y..."

[Sue]

Reading the Neopolitan novels is my winter reading project. As soon as I finish everything I'm in the middle of, I'll be diving in.

Mary wrote: "Linda wrote: "I'm reading My Brilliant Friend, Wuthering Heights, and The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Never got around t..."

[Linda]

Amy -
Have you read INFINITE JEST? I watched the (new-ish) movie about David Foster Wallace last night.

Amy wrote: "Every year for the past four, I've made it a goal to pick a book that is 1,000 pages (or very close to it) and start reading it on Jan 1. In 2012, it was [book:Far from the Tree: Parents, Children,..."

[Linda]

I just started two books Joshua and M.C. Higgins, the Great

[Gerald]

This has been the worst time for me either for listening or reading. Family troubles,work troubles technical troubles. When windows updates that always causes trouble with audio books and itunes. I decided to pick one book at a time from my own library and one simple kindle book . The my library books is . I picked it because the author just had a birthday.

[Amy]

Linda wrote: "Amy -
Have you read INFINITE JEST? I watched the (new-ish) movie about David Foster Wallace last night.

Amy wrote: "Every year for the past four, I've made it a goal to pick a book that is 1,000 ..."

I have not. I don't really think about my next "Gigantic Book" until the end of the year. But I will put that on my list of potentials for 2017. Thanks! :)

[Teresa]

I just finished reading Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. I'm still reeling...

[Anna]

Just finished reading The last runaway by Tracey chevalier and have now started A man called Ove by fredrik Backman ... Enjoyed the last runaway but felt the characters were a bit flat ... Happy new year everyone :)

[Julie]

I finished Ravi Zacharias' 'Light in the Shadow of Jihad' written soon after 9-11 and timely again, as a Christian response/understanding to terroism in 2015. Highly recommend this author who is the only theologian I've ever been able to listen to.

[Anna]

I just finished the very interesting/amusing The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth and am about to pick up Gratitude by Oliver Sacks.

But after that I've just got a big messy pile of things. I'm having one of those moments where there are too many things on my too read pile by my bed, a few of them I even read a chapter or two of, and I'm just feeling overwhelmed by them all.

[Jillian]

Picked up today, finding it more accessible than Freedom and The Corrections.

[Pam]

I just finished Welcome to the World, Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg. I love when the ending changes a book from a 3 star to a 4.5 star. Seems like a fluff book but discusses so many issues - love, greed, secrets, and friendship - that it could be a study of the human race! I liked it so much that I am immediately starting the next book in the Elmwood series, Standing in the Rainbow. I think I've read all her others but may need a refresher read!

[Sue]

I was thinking I might skip this one (which is already sitting on my shelf next to the equally monstrous City on Fire), but I really did enjoy both The Corrections & Freedom, so maybe I'll dig in afterall.

Jillian wrote: "Picked up today, finding it more accessible than Freedom and The Corrections."

[Sue]

I'm slogging through The Past, which was gifted to me over the holidays. Way too much description - so very many different sorts of blades of grass, etc. - and not enough plot momentum, but I think I'll see it through before I give up on Ms. Hadley for good.

I'm (finally) listening to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, narrated by Simon Vance, and really enjoying it so far.

[Tania]

I'm listening to Obsidian

Reading The 5th Wave and also re-reading Shadow of Night before I read the Book of Life

Really enjoying all of them

[Amy]

Downloaded When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi last night -- almost finished already. It's short, but it packs a punch--right to the heart.

[Jillian]

Pam wrote: "I just finished Welcome to the World, Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg. I love when the ending changes a book from a 3 star to a 4.5 star. Seems like a f..."

I'm liking it so far! Only 100 pages in, but so far similar to Freedom so all is well :)

[Kate]

January has started great, I read a wonderful choice for my postal book club as well as , Carol by Patricia Highsmith which I also enjoyed. I am now reading , A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway for one of my book clubs. Hoping to get through it, as I was unable to finish the only other Hemingway I tried.

[Karen]

hoping to spend allot of time this long weekend getting into this book.