Currently Reading

[Allie]

Right now I am reading Will in Scarlet a novel by Matthew Cody about the Robin Hood gang from Will's point of view and his life before. It's good so far. When I'm done with that I want to start Warp Forever Man to finish that series. I want to get some more series finished this year :)

[C.P.]

Forever Man is good! My goal is to finish off some series as well. Glad you're enjoying your current read!

[Allie]

Yeah I'll let you know what I think of it! I loved the previous two in Warp. I like Robin Hood tales. Will in Scarlet was pretty good!

[C.P.]

I don't think I've ever actually read any Robin Hood stories. Might have to try one.

[[deleted user]]

Starting the Jackaby series today... have all three ready to read 1,2,3... :)

[Jackie]

What is that about?
Hope you enjoy.

[C.P.]

Yay! Hopefully I'll get to start today as well, Lisa.

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Jackie wrote: "What is that about?
Hope you enjoy."

"Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor Who" lol... love that description. We will see...

[Jackie]

I'm currently reading and I have to say that I'm enjoying it way more than I expected I would. I find everything to be extremely detailed and well written.

[C.P.]

Glad you're liking it!

I'm reading several things, but I should finish The Crimson Campaign soon and it's so good!

[Jackie]

What genre is it?

[[deleted user]]

I started rereading THIRTEEN REASONS WHY this morning... but then I got a book in the mail that distracted me. So.... reading Hunted plus listening to CARAVAL when I am in the car.

Glad that y'all are liking the books you are reading at the moment.

[C.P.]

It's fantasy. The second book in the Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan. The first one was good, but this one is great!

Hope you're enjoying all the reads, Lisa! It can be easy to become distracted...

[Jackie]

Lisa wrote: "I started rereading THIRTEEN REASONS WHY this morning... but then I got a book in the mail that distracted me. So.... reading Hunted plus listening to CARAVAL when I am in the car.
..."

Is that the book that's based on Beauty and the Beast?

[Jackie]

C P wrote: "It's fantasy. The second book in the Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan. The first one was good, but this one is great!

Hope you're enjoying all the reads, Lisa! It can be easy to become distr..."

I'll have to check it out--I've been on a fantasy/dystopian kick lately.

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Jackie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I started rereading THIRTEEN REASONS WHY this morning... but then I got a book in the mail that distracted me. So.... reading Hunted plus listening to CARAVAL when I am..."

Yes ma'am. :)

[C.P.]

Love fantasy. It's my favorite. :D

[Jackie]

I have to agree with that. I just really like how it gives me the freedom to escape, even for a short while, to another world and pretend that magic and all sorts of things are real. Plus, fantasy (if you consider Harry Potter fantasy) was the first genre I read independently as a child.

[Jackie]

I've heard pretty good things about Hunted. How are you liking it so far?

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Jackie wrote: "I've heard pretty good things about Hunted. How are you liking it so far?"

I am only in the second chapter. Starting a little slow, but I think it will pick up some soon-a major event it going to happen in the family's life. I have very high hopes for it. I'll let you know after I get a little further in.

[[deleted user]]

It does have the coolest dedication page though!

To the girl
who reads by flashlight
who sees dragons in the clouds
who feels most alive in worlds that never were
who knows magic is real
who dreams

This is for you.

[Jackie]

Lisa wrote: "Jackie wrote: "I've heard pretty good things about Hunted. How are you liking it so far?"

I am only in the second chapter. Starting a little slow, but I think it will pick up some soon-a major eve..."

Definitely! I have never really been a fan of fairytale retellings, but maybe this will be the book that gets me into them if you like it enough.

[Jackie]

Lisa wrote: "It does have the coolest dedication page though!

To the girl
who reads by flashlight
who sees dragons in the clouds
who feels most alive in worlds that never were
who knows magic is real
who drea..."

That is the most amazing dedication page ever! It resonates with me on so many levels and I just can't! TBH I might read the book just because of that.

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Jackie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "It does have the coolest dedication page though!

To the girl
who reads by flashlight
who sees dragons in the clouds
who feels most alive in worlds that never were
who knows magic is ..."

Yes :)

[[deleted user]]

I have always loved all the fairy tale type books/ stories/ movies so this is my cup of tea. :)

[Jackie]

I think I have 13 Reasons Why on my kindle, I'll have to pick it up soon.

[[deleted user]]

I listened to it on audio first - it helped me with the two voices (and is a well done audio book). It is an excellent (but painful) read! I am rereading it with some friends from work to get ready for the Netflix series of it that starts on the 31st.

[Jackie]

Wait, is it a series or a movie?

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Jackie wrote: "Wait, is it a series or a movie?"

series (13 episodes)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837492/

[Jackie]

Huh. Thought it was a movie. I'll have to check it out and read the book before it comes out.

[Jackie]

I just finished reading Bound By Blood and Sand. I'm not sure what I'll start next.

[C.P.]

Just finished The Crimson Campaign. So good! I will continue reading The Black Prism (which I'm reading with Dawnie). I'm enjoying it so far.

I need to finish a review book I have and start New Spring. I will also be reading Saint Anything this coming week.

[Jackie]

Let me know what you think about Saint Anything! I really liked it.

[C.P.]

Definitely will! My sister loved it and had been trying to force me to read it for a while. I've just had too many other books recently.

[Jackie]

I'm glad you're finally getting around to it.:)Plus, then you'll be ready for her new book.

[C.P.]

Yep. Already have it preordered. :) Still need to actually read What Happened to Goodbye. My sister and I have been a bit sodetracked with that one. But then I will be all caught up with her books.

[Jackie]

I need to see which of her books I've still yet to read. I know I still have to read The Moon and More and Keeping the Moon. Let me know what you think of What Happened to Goodbye. I thought it was pretty good. Also, you could really see the UNC basketball theme in that one.

[C.P.]

Both of those are pretty good. Not my favorites of hers, but I did enjoy them.

[C.P.]

I'm 9 chapters into Saint Anything and really enjoying it. The mom irks me, but Sydney and Layla are great.

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I just started WINTERSONG today. Good start.... hope it continues!

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

currently reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

and

also opened book Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black

[C.P.]

I hope you're both enjoying your books!

[C.P.]

I haven't ever read an Agatha Christie book, but I've heard good things.

[Allie]

I'm reading Saint Anything along with CP and am enjoying it so far! Read chapters 1-4, need to read more tonight! I also will start A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous about WWII, a woman reporter's diaries. I also have Jane Eyre set aside also on my nightstand to read eventually lol. Want to read a good classic soon, I try to read a few classics a year, and want a goal to read one Dickens novel a year since most are lengthy. Read Nicholas NIckleby last summer and probably will read one this summer. Also read A Christmas Carol for the first time over the holidays with CP! I think I've read a few Agatha Christie novels! Need to read more mystery lol. I read the first Maisie Dobbs a while back and liked that. Maybe I will continue the series. Nice to have a week off from classes to read for fun!

[C.P.]

I need to read some more Dickens as well! I have never made it through Jane Eyre...one day. The mini series with Toby Stephens is pretty good.

[C.P.]

I just finished Saint Anything and I really enjoyed it! I think it was probably the best crafted and well balanced of all of Dessen's novels. (Well, all except the one I haven't finished. I can't speak for that one yet.)

[Kylara]

C.P. wrote: "I haven't ever read an Agatha Christie book, but I've heard good things."

I love Agatha Christie. The most famous to read is of course And Then There Were None, but my favorite is Death on the Nile. Hercule Poirot is awesome.

[C.P.]

I'll have to try those!

[Just A Ginger]

I just finished Bloodfever and I'm moving onto Faefever by Karen Moning, has anyone else read the Fever series?

I have a bookshelf, only one, and I can't read or buy books that aren't on it until I finish every book on it. It's always so hard to pick what to read next though.

[C.P.]

I haven't ever read that series. I have heard of it though. Are you enjoying them? How many books are on your shelf that you need to read?