What are you reading this month? February

[Jess]

What is on your nightstand and Kindle this month, ONTD?

[Jess]

I'm finishing the All Soul's Trilogy with The Book of Life. I found it at the library recently, but I had to re-read the first two again. A lot of vampire romance cliches, but I enjoy the historical aspects.

[Heather]

A friend of mine and I are reading The Crown of Embers. I'm meh on it so far, but I'm still very early in.

Started Dan Rhodes' Gold this morning, since I really loved his This Is Life a year or so ago. I forgot how much I loved his writing style.

[Melissa]

I'm hoping to finish up Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin, tonight. I'm also reading The Girls from See Saw Lane by Sandy Taylor.

[Amy B]

Currently reading Roots by Alex Haley. Pretty disappointed to find out after I got involved with it that parts of the book are plagiarized.

[Alyssa]

Currently reading Twisted Sisters by Jen Lancaster which according to goodreads is TERRIBLE but since she is one of my favorite authors i'm giving it a chance. i'm only 30 pages in so no verdict yet.

[Casey]

Read so far:

To Reign in Hell - If you like heretical Christian fiction, I'd recommend it. Retold version Lucifer's "fall" from heaven that would make most Fox News viewers seethe.

Mythology - Good cliff notes version of lots of myths in different cultures, gives you a taste so you see if any place in particular catches your interest. The visuals are neat too. I wish they'd stressed myth variants more though- no one myth was the "true" version to that culture. And they went with the "these pagans actually believed all their gods were different faces of one god" a little too often. I could rant more on this and mythology more in general, but I'll spare you.

Sunshine I wanted to like this... I really did. The main character felt like a non-entity and there were tons of plot holes. Lots of side plots the author started and then just left unanswered. It seems like it should the first of a series... but this author wrote a long winded blog post about how she's too good to write sequels and everyone needs to stop asking her about it.

To Read:

Nos4ra2- started it yesterday but not sure I'm going to make it. Child serial killer and all... becoming a parent made me the biggest wuss with that stuff.

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

The Song of Achilles

Balm: A Novel

Sorry for basically just reviewing books here... I should actually just go leave reviews lol.

[Aesha]

I'm reading Of Noble Family to finish out the Glamourist Histories series (at least, what's written). I think we also need to finish the reading we'll be doing in Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead for class, and I won't be reading anything more than required because this book isn't doing a thing for me.

I'm not sure what I'll read next. I picked a book called Ghost Gifts as my February free Kindle book, so I may read that one. Last night I had thought I'd start The Dinner next, but I just saw on Amazon that it was called "a European Gone Girl", and I hated that book with a passion, so I may have to rethink that...

[Melissa]

I finished Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin and rated it 4/5.

I'm still reading The Girls from See Saw Lane but making good progress. Also recently started reading The Mapmaker's Children.

[sraxe]

Along with the first three installments of Sharing Space (I ended up DNF'ing), I read Kings Rising (which I'd been waiting quite a while for and was super disappointed in...), Unbuttoning the CEO, The Celestial, Falling Stars.

I just finished We Should All Be Feminists, which I absolutely loved. I was expecting an academic essay, so I was pleasantly surprise.

Next up, I'm going to be buddy-reading Status Update. Not sure what I'm going to pick up after that, though.

[Jess]

Ahria wrote: ... "The Song of Achilles"

Such an amazing book. I'm still waiting to find a book I love as much as this one.