What are you reading May 2014

[Linda]

Oops, it's May 3rd.

At the moment I'm reading The Middle Place as my carry everywhere book, Eat, Pray, Love as my in home book and listening to I Still Dream About You in the car and Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House on my iPad.

[Marion]

I just finished reading and here's my review:

http://kammbia1.wordpress.com/2014/05...

Marion

[Marion]

And I just started reading in honor of his passing. It will be the second time of reading this novel. I hope I enjoy again.

Marion

[Gerald]

Now listening to but this could take forever.Reading "Gibert,The Man Who was G.K. Chesterton by Michael Coren.

[Kathy]

An incredibly generous friend sent me paperbacks of the first ten volumes of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories. I've been nibbling away at them for three weeks and will probably keep going back to them between other reads all this spring and summer. Most of my other April books aren't worth mentioning, but I highly recommend John Glassie's A Man of Misconceptions, the biography of a 17th-century priest who was passionate about language and science and published widely but, whether out of ignorance, fear of the Inquisition, or an inflated sense of his own importance, often got his facts spectacularly wrong.

Next on my list: Memoir: A History by Ben Yagoda; The Hunter and Other Stories, which includes several previously uncollected Dashiell Hammett works; Frances Mayes' Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir; Jesse Lynch Williams' 1899 The Adventures of a Freshman; and Glenn Frankel's The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend.

[Dree]

150 pages left in The Goldfinch byDonna Tartt and reading The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford on Oyster.

[Gerald]

I noticed when I touched THE GOOD SOLDIER the book came up with two other authors. Does anyone know why the other two writers are listed.

[Robin]

Reading by Jonathan Miles.

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I just finished All the Light We Cannot See , which was wonderful. Feel like it might leave me with a bit of a book hangover, so I'm not quite sure what to go to next.

[Denise]

Shannon, I loved All the Light We Can Not See!!!

I'm reading A Fine Balance.

[Miggsy]

I had to give up on Ruth Rendell's The Water's Lovely and Rysa Walker's Timebound(too 'tween' for me). Started reading Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City instead and finding it waaaaaaaaay more enjoyable that those other two books put together.

[Dree]

Gerald wrote: "I noticed when I touched THE GOOD SOLDIER the book came up with two other authors. Does anyone know why the other two writers are listed."

They are listed as editors, for a newer edition. One might have written an intro, the other an author bio or something.

[Gerald]

Dree thanks for that.

[Kalen]

Reading Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine. Can't believe I've never read it.

[Denise]

This week I have completed: The Bear;Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity;The Dovekeepers;and Boy, Snow, Bird.

[Gerald]

Toni wrote: "Gerald wrote: "I noticed when I touched THE GOOD SOLDIER the book came up with two other authors. Does anyone know why the other two writers are listed."

They are editors. This is an annotated ver..."

Thanks Denise for your help

[Gerald]

Denise wrote: "This week I have completed: The Bear;Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity;The Dovekeepers;and [book:Boy, Snow, ..."

my goodness!

[Tracey]

Emgee wrote: "I had to give up on Ruth Rendell's The Water's Lovely and Rysa Walker's Timebound(too 'tween' for me). Started reading Armistead Maupin's [book:Tales of the City|1140..."

I started reading Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series! It is so much fun. :) Is this your first time reading them or a reread?

[Miggsy]

Tracey wrote: "Emgee wrote: "I had to give up on Ruth Rendell's The Water's Lovely and Rysa Walker's Timebound(too 'tween' for me). Started reading Armistead Maupin's [book:Tales of..."

It's definitely my first time reading it. I'm actually from SF but left 4 years ago, so this book is sort of like coming home.

[Kate]

I just finished Five Days at Memorial for one of my book groups and finished The Pigeon Pie Mystery which I read as a break from the intensity of Five Days. Next up, The Divorce Papers which I just got from the library.

[Louise]

Uh I'm excited about this! Not only is the book itself really pretty, but I'm becoming very enthusiastic about this Hungarian writer :-)

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I interrupt my reading of this book to tell you all how much I'm loving it. So many books seem run-of-the-mill in comparison.

[Denise]

Eric, I have been meaning to read Infinite Jest for so long. The fact that you are endorsing it makes me want to move it closer to the top of my TBR list.

[Miggsy]

Managed to sneak Helene Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road between the THREE other books I'm reading. Love the movie, love the book.

[Steph]

Emgee wrote: "Managed to sneak Helene Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road between the THREE other books I'm reading. Love the movie, love the book."

Loved 84 Charing Cross Road (and also the movie). Now reading the great Jessye Norman for you opera fans

[Janet]

Has anyone noticed the prevalence of fiction books that are coming out with the word "bird" in the title?
Boy Snow Bird, Good Lord Bird, All the Birds Singing, Bird Box.

[Linda]

Should I do an Earle-type selection process? I have The Wives of Los Alamos

Want Not

The Painter

The Steady Running of the Hour and

A Beautiful Truth

I'm not sure which to read first.

[Janet]

Linda,
Those are all Boulder authors.....are you going to get them all read in 9 days?

[Gerald]

Linda I take it your going to be at Boulder for a Booktopia(I don't follow Booktopia at all . If Heller is at that event please ask him if the main character is named after Wallace Stegner . I am thinking about listening or reading THE PAINTER. I cannot get into the book I am now listening to.

[Linda]

Janet wrote: "Linda,
Those are all Boulder authors.....are you going to get them all read in 9 days?"

No! But I'll get as much read as I can.

I started The Wives of Los Alamos

[Lil]

Eric wrote: "

I interrupt my reading of this book to tell you all how much I'm loving it. So many books seem run-of-the-mill in comparison."

This book has been on my shelf for a long time. I think I'll tackle it this summer. Thanks for the update.

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I'm about halfway through The Quick and hoo boy, this has some unexpected turns.

[Trina]

Janet wrote: "Has anyone noticed the prevalence of fiction books that are coming out with the word "bird" in the title?
Boy Snow Bird, Good Lord Bird, All the Birds Singing, Bird Box."

Yes, I've noticed that too! Seems to be the year of the "bird" in book titles....

[Carol]

Linda wrote: "Should I do an Earle-type selection process?

I don't think you could go wrong with any of these Boulder authors. If you like historical fiction, perhaps Wives of Los Alamos. Those of us who have read Want Not are not certain how to describe it. 3 stories which come together in the end. Loved the characters. Looking forward to hearing Jonathan Miles speak.

[Gerald]

I can not for the life of me get into . That's the second time.So I will try,no I will do, .I am not a great reader and I might have strange taste so I looked at Heller's first book and I read the description at audible and thought maybe I would try that first but something about it I did not care for so I decided I would give his second a try.Why,I don't know.Thanks for the recommendations however.

[Mary]

Emgee wrote: "Managed to sneak Helene Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road between the THREE other books I'm reading. Love the movie, love the book."

I also loved the movie and the book. When I was in London a few years ago I went to 84 Charing Cross Road...it was a Burger King I think!!

[Melissa]

Shannon wrote: "I'm about halfway through The Quick and hoo boy, this has some unexpected turns."

Oh good! We selected this for our book club to read later this summer (we are a debut authors book club).

Not reading enough lately...too much work! Looking forward to some time off after commencement and hope to read, read, read. I am reading The Sixteenth of June (received an ARC from my local bookstore because the author is coming to speak)and it is ok. Once I finish this it is on to reading some of the books I bought at Northshire during Booktopia VT!

[Dianne]

Finished 84, Charing Cross Road last night. I did love it, but was so saddened that it ended so quickly. I haven't seen the movie, so I think that might be perfect for my disappointment. Now to start The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood, an author I have enjoyed, but not read in many years!

[Linda]

Dianne wrote: "Finished 84, Charing Cross Road last night. I did love it, but was so saddened that it ended so quickly. I haven't seen the movie, so I think that might be perfect for my disappointment. Now to sta..."

Diane,
Since you live in NYC, you can visit where Helene Hanff lived. I think there's a plaque on the site mentioning her.

[Sydney]

Astonish Me - by hardcover, excellent so far! And - The Wives of Los Alamos - by audio, very good.

[Denise]

I really liked Astonish Me!

[Shona]

I have read three amazing books in the last couple of weeks. First was A Tale for the Time Being, the The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry and finally today I finished The Son. All completely different but I loved them all.

After 3 5-star reads, I don't know what to pick up now. A suggestion from a friend was a series by Deborah Crombie about Scottish police detectives...has anybody read these?

[Esther]

A colleague has just been transferred to different department so I am covering for her and working long hours. I don't mind except that I keep dozing-off during my commute which is my reading time!!
To make it worse I was reading an collection of sci-fi novellas. I love scifi but these are pre 1967 so a little dated and also I have realised that my reading style doesn't suit anthologies or collections.
This weekend I have decided to be good to myself and have started The Warded Man which so far is really good.

[Janet]

Esther wrote: "A colleague has just been transferred to different department so I am covering for her and working long hours. I don't mind except that I keep dozing-off during my commute which is my reading time!..."

I hope you're riding the train for your commute.

[Esther]

Janet wrote: "Esther wrote: "A colleague has just been transferred to different department so I am covering for her and working long hours. I don't mind except that I keep dozing-off during my commute which is m..."

I don't drive at all - no license. I feel so sorry for all the car drivers stuck in traffic jams while I snooze or read.

[Tim]

Interestingly enough I am currently reading 'Never Cry Wolf' by Farley Mowat who died this week. Weird coincidence. Absolutely terrific book so far.

[Shing]

I'm reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Just got The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry and I'll probably read both concurrently. Not much of a non-fiction reader but am very curious about what Susan Cain has to say about introverts. We may or may not have 2 in my family.

[Steven]

Im reading Death Warmed Over Mars Rising
Timebound so far this month

[Janet]

Esther,
I'm one of those poor car commuters....but on the plus side, I do get in a lot of audiobooks.

[Kate]

I finished The Divorce Papers which I enjoyed and am now reading Delicious!