What are you reading January, 2016

[Connie]

Reading Boys in the Boat. Love when non-fiction has me on the edge of my seat!

[Becky]

Finished Brooklyn & A is for Alibi & also read When the Moon is Low & Between Shades of Gray, so after 2 deep books I am reading a silly book ( so far), Tea Cups & Tiger Claws

[Melissa]

Reading Sophie's Choice and Drums of Autumn. So different from each other.

[Janet]

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease fascinating stuff!

[Jen]

Listening to My Life on the Road in preparation for Emma Watson's new feminist book club (Our Shared Shelf, on Goodreads), and am listening to Vivian Apple at the End of the World. I am currently reading Alexander Hamilton and recently finished Fates and Furies and The Admissions among others.

[Louise Jane]

I have just listened to 'Without you there is no Us' by Suki Kim. Amazing book.

[Delia]

Reading A little Life, just finished Fates and Furies and listened to Lafayette in the Somewhat United States.

[Stacey]

Listening to Skyfaring and reading Barbarian Days. Both great nonfiction reads. Next up is The Hound of the Baskervilles and A Handmaid's Tale.

[SpookyBird]

Only Love Can Break Your Heart, by Ed Tarkington and Unborken, by Laura Hillenbrand

[Robin]

Just finished Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. What a gem. Embarresed to say this book has been on my nightsand for many years. Taking this year to dig in to that stack. May need some heavy equipment.

[Janet]

Taking this year to dig in to that stack. May need some heavy equipment. "

I know, right? Get out the bulldozer. I just finished How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, great book about the health advantages of a vegan diet. This is a must read for everyone that is concerned about corporations dictating our food supply. The book is a little bit medical and a little bit politics...perfect.

[Suellen]

Right now I'm reading The Pathless Sky by Chaitali Sen. 70% through and it's amazing.

[Kimberly]

Currently reading Hands on the Freedom Plow, which is a civil rights history about women in the movement, and Dept. of Speculation. Listening to My Name is Lucy Barton.

[Melissa]

Long time listener, newbie on GR. I created my account so I can follow the podcast more. Currently reading (in print) Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq by Kristin Holmstedt.

[Kaitlin]

I just finished reading Jenny Offill's Dept of Speculation and really enjoyed it. And I'm trying to get through Follett's Fall of Giants, but it keeps getting called back to the library.

Dept. of Speculation

Fall of Giants

[Shannon]

I'm finally getting around to The Girl on the Train. I was hesitant to pick it up when it was recommended for people who loved Gone Girl (which I didn't). But I'm really enjoying it!

[Dianne]

I'm a fairly new listener, and new to this group. I have been making my way through all of the Julia Heaberlin books, and I'm loving them. I was drawn to them because they take place in Texas, and I'm completely captivated by her writing.

[Dawn]

I just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I can't even start another book until I recover emotionally from this one!

[Peg]

I just finished listening to My Name is Lucy Barton and I am now reading The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy (BOTN recommendation!). I am also slugging through Go Set a Watchman for my book group but it is a chore.

[Peg]

Connie wrote: "Reading Boys in the Boat. Love when non-fiction has me on the edge of my seat!"

I am not a non-fiction fan but I loved this book!

[Karen]

I'm finally getting around to reading Philip K. Dick. I'm reading The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

[Tiffany]

This year already, I've read The Country of Ice Cream Star (which was really excellent and perfect and I can't recommend enough), Friday Night Lights, The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladmir Putin, and most recently Witches of America. I'm currently reading Unnatural Creatures, a short story collection put together by Neil Gaiman.

On audio, I've finished Welcome to Nightvale and have started the Dark Tower series, which I've read before, but never heard on audio.

[Becky]

Dawn wrote: "I just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I can't even start another book until I recover emotionally from this one!"

I felt the same way!

[Louise Jane]

Just started 'The Joy Luck club' and finding the narrative a bit confusing. Anyone else tried this? Am listening on audio.

[Mark]

I am finally reading War and Peace. I am listening to it on audio and it is surprisingly easy to digest, other than trying to keep the multitude of characters straight. I was also going to try to switch to print but it has become to much of a hassle, finding my place.

[Mark]

In print, I am reading The Manticore by Robertson Davies, the 2nd book in the Deptford Trilogy. It has been excellent.

[Connie]

I just started listening to Devotion on Audiobooks.com. Michael had recommended it and I'm completely engrossed in it already!

[Connie]

I just started listening to Devotion on Audiobooks.com. Michael had recommended it and I'm completely engrossed in it already!

[LauraBytheBook]

Last week I finished reading Fates and Furies and listening to Euphoria. Both were excellent!

Now I'm reading The Night Circus (fiction) and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (nonfiction).

[Chris]

I'm splitting time reading The Light Between Oceans and The Sparrow (based on earlier podcast recommendations!)

[Susan]

I just started The Turner House.

[Mary Jo]

I just listened to Geraldine Brooks' SECRET CHORD. Of course, it was beautifully written.

[Cam]

So far I've read: Life of Pi, Fight Club, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Currently reading: A Dance With Dragons

Hope to read: The Grapes of Wrath

[Esther]

Louise Jane wrote: "Just started The Joy Luck club' and finding the narrative a bit confusing. Anyone else tried this? Am listening on audio."
The Joy Luck Club seems to be the most popular of Amy Tan's books but it chops around the timeline and has to many characters for the story to really flow. I much preferred The Bonesetter's Daughter .

[R.J.]

Octavia Butler's Wild Seed :)

[Loretta]

For whatever reason - I seem to be on fire this year! Just started my eighth book for 2016, The Book Thief.

[Lisa]

I am currently reading The Final Empire (Mistborn)by Brandon Sanderson. It took me a while to get into it because I had to warm up to the world and magic system, but now I'm hooked! Next up will be The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.

[Cate]

I am reading New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

[Dawn]

I recently finished, and loved, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Great story for book lovers!

I am now reading Anna Karenina in print and listening to The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics on audio. Edward Herrmann was one of the great audiobook narrators.

[Gerald]

^^^^ ditto. Boys is a wonderful story and his narration is excellent.

[Stacey]

I'm reading "Dirty Magic" by: Jaye Wells. She's seriously my favorite living author and I'm so geeked to meet her in March in Georgia so I think I'm only going to read her books leading up to that day.

[Gina]

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

Bless your heart if you get through it. I hated that book so much I still want to barf when I see it on an awards list.

[Gina]

Oops, I forgot about these threads until Michael mentioned them on the podcast this week. And I know he reads here so HI MICHAEL!!!!

I have already read Left: A Novel and Reinventing Mona this year and enjoyed both of them! Now I'm reading several: The Bookseller, The Reach of the Banyan Tree and Finding Center, which was written by my friend Katie and is part of a great series if you are a fan of YA.

[Gina]

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

The Phantom Tollbooth was one of my very favorite books as a kid! I will reread that one every so often because it's just a delightful story. :)

[Ada-Marie]

HI from Richmond, Virginia! I am finishing Ann's 2014 fave Station Eleven and have queued up for the impending blizzard one of Ann's BWCWFYTR, American Housewife: Stories and one of Michael's BWCWFYTR When Breath Becomes Air.

[Nadine in California]

Just finished The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray (almost as good as his fabulous Skippy Dies ) and starting The Incarnations by Susan Barker tonight.

[Andreas_55]

Half way through with "I am Malala" the biography about the school girl from Pakistan who was shot by the Taliban and who won the Nobel Peace Price in 2014.
Also I am listening to my first audio book on Scribd. "In the Heart of the Sea" and really like it.

For non fiction I am now reading "Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel" an amazing book, which I can highly recommend to anyone who loves animals.

[Linda]

Wow! Michael, thanks for mention this thread on the podcast. It's been a long time since we've had this kind of activity. I'm reading two classics a chapter a day (roughly) War and Peace and Middlemarch.

I've tried War and Peace before, but this time I've switched to a different translation and it seems to be going much better.

I am completely besotted with Middlemarch. I sense I won't stay at a chapter a day for long.

I've also been working on Joshua as my carry-everywhere-book. I hope to finish that tonight.

I'm listening to The Casual Vacancy in the car, but I haven't been going anyplace except work which is only 6 blocks away. I just started listening to Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir. I have already listened to her second book. I know this will be fun.

[Michelle]

Oh I am so glad that I heard about this thread. Most of my friends are non or slow readers and they get sick of me talking about books I'm reading! I read the Girls from Corona Del Mar by Rufi Thorpe( This was a book that Ann had recommended a while ago). Quick read but very good! Also finished Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera. It is translated from Spanish, very short but amazing. On the NF side, Gratitude by Oliver Sacks and When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. All I can say is OMG...tremendous writing and important ideas but you will cry! I've am also trying to read 1-2 short stories a day. I've started with American Housewife by Helen Ellis. Delightful!

[Amy]

So far I've finished Into the Wilderness, The Story Sisters and Delicious! I've just downloaded At the Water's Edge. I'm starting 2016 with a bang.