What Are You Reading? pt. II

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

I've been on a YA and favorite childhood book kick (Okay for Now was so beautiful I cried, and so was Wednesday Wars, and 13 Little Blue Envelopes was as always super lovely and anything by Cornelia Funke or Sharon Creech makes me feel warm and happy inside. So I guess you could say reading's been a good time lately. (:

[Naomi]

I absolutely love Sharon Creech and Cornelia Funke, some of my favorite books from elementary school are by them. I'm so glad they're being appreciated.

Right now I'm reading which is kinda weird but also I like it. This morning I started , and I'm also in the middle of , which I really like but it's going really slowly. It's really long.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Yasss Shadow of the Wind is so underrated. The writing is beautiful and the characterization is superb, and the plot has so many twists and can you tell I just love it.

[Naomi]

I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm only like 100 pages in but it's really good. I hope I continue to enjoy it.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Glad you're enjoying! I need to read it again! My goal has always been to read it in its original Spanish. And I'm getting closer to being able to do that(:

[Megan]

Started listening to the audiobook of this solely because my bby Aaron Tveit is the narrator. Not sure if I'll finish it or not, but it got off to a pretty decent start at least...

[Naomi]

I love Aaron Tveit!

[Megan]

Okay I'm finally on summer break so I have time to read for fun again. :)

Finished which was okay.

And now I'm re-reading for about the fifth time because I just bought the final book in the trilogy and want a refresher, and it feels appropriate since one of the characters goes to study anthropology in Scotland which I am also doing soon. :)

[Naomi]

What dd you think of On the Other Side? I love Carrie, but I'm hesitant to pick up her books. I really want to like it but I'm scared that I won't. In general I'm wary of famous people publishing books really easily.

[Megan]

Naomi wrote: "What dd you think of On the Other Side? I love Carrie, but I'm hesitant to pick up her books. I really want to like it but I'm scared that I won't. In general I'm wary of famous people publishing b..."

Yeah, I felt the same way going into it. I thought her writing was generally quite good but the plot and the "magical realism" was where it fell short for me. I wrote a more detailed spoiler-free review if you want to read that: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Naomi]

I read the review you wrote. I'm kind of nervous about it. I don't want this to influence how I see her. I've read books written by people I follow in the past, and when I don't like the book it affects how I see the person. Like if I think it's really bad I respect the person less...

[Megan]

Naomi wrote: "I read the review you wrote. I'm kind of nervous about it. I don't want this to influence how I see her. I've read books written by people I follow in the past, and when I don't like the book it af..."

Yeah I get what you mean. For me personally, even after not totally loving the book, I still love Carrie. And I think probably as she writes more and gets more experience in that realm her books will get better, so maybe wait and read one of the next ones if you're that nervous? :)

[Naomi]

I'll probably still read it eventually. I just won't go out of my way to look for it or order it online. And yeah, I'm sure she'll get better. Most people do. In general YouTubers writing books is an interesting topic to discuss.

[Naomi]

So this past week I went kinda crazy and bought four books. And I know for a fact that two of them I won't actually read in the immediate future.

I got and , both which I'm excited to read soon.

And then I got . I know it's gonna take me forever to read it, but I've become obsessed with the musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and I'm in the middle watching the mini-series of War and Peace, and I feel like if there's ever a time I'm going to be very intrested in reading this book, it will be now. And I've been trying to read more classics in general. We'll see how it goes.

And finally I bought ת, which I got in Hebrew because it was national book week here. I prefer to read in English when I'm reading for pleasure, but I should be reading more in Hebrew anyway. I have a feeling it'll be a while till I actually pick this up.

As to what I'm actually reading now, I'm reading , which is kinda random. I raided my younger brothers shelves a few months ago to find some new books so I wouldn't buy so many this year (ha), and I found this. So far I'm actually really enjoying it. It's nice to read some more middle grade type stuff.

[Megan]

Finished re-reading the first two in the series and now I'm on which I'm super excited and a little nervous about, but so far it's good!

[Isaac]

I'm finally trying to start reading again and I'm working on 4 books that I've started in the past but never finished because my attention span is the worst. Fingers crossed.

[Naomi]

Hayden wrote: "I'm finally trying to start reading again and I'm working on 4 books that I've started in the past but never finished because my attention span is the worst. Fingers crossed."

Good luck! It's always hard to get back into reading after taking a break. Start with something easy and light that you know you'll like.

[Sum]

I finished recently, the third book I've read by this guy and I remain snatched. If you're trying to get into more culturally diverse literature I highly recommend. Masterji reminded me so much of my own grandpa loll

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Hayden wrote: "I'm finally trying to start reading again and I'm working on 4 books that I've started in the past but never finished because my attention span is the worst. Fingers crossed."

I feel this, I've been in a huge reading slump all year and I'm just starting to read semi-regularly again lol .... Good luck Hayden!

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Anyway yeah it's been a while since I posted on here, whoops! Well, right now I'm about halfway through:



Which I love so far!

I'm also reading:



I bought it from the used book section of the library like a year ago and never picked it up until now, but it's really cool so far! Definitely .... bizarre, but I'm really enjoying it.

Andddd recently I've been delving into manga lol so in the past week I read:



...And I'm working on the third one now. They're a lot of fun so far!!

[Megan]

Currently re-reading

I read it several years ago and really enjoyed it, and this time I'm gonna read the sequels as well. :)

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Megan [I'm okay, I'm alright] wrote: "Currently re-reading

I read it several years ago and really enjoyed it, and this time I'm gonna read the sequels as well. :)"

Ooh cool I remember liking that book! I never got around to reading the sequels though ... Let me know how they are!

[Naomi]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Anyway yeah it's been a while since I posted on here, whoops! Well, right now I'm about halfway through:



Which I love so far!

I'm also read..."

I'm also in the middle of . So far I'm liking it.

I just finished which I absolutely loved and is one of the best books I've read this year so far.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

@TMK - I've seen a few episodes of the anime too! (I'm sort of watching & reading at the same time lol.) I agree, it's very cute and fun but also like?? very emotional?? and all the characters are really great. I'm enjoying the series immensely!

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

The Mighty Katara wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "@TMK - I've seen a few episodes of the anime too! (I'm sort of watching & reading at the same time lol.) I agree, it's very cute and fun but also like?? very emo..."

GOD I KNOW??? That part almost had me in tears I just ... asdlfkjs.

[Megan]

I started re-reading the first one right at the same time as my summer class starting, so it took forever to finish, but hopefully I'll get through the next ones pretty quickly!

[Unknown poet (Anna)]

I'm reading a biography on Martin Luther King Jr.

[Megan]

Megan [I'm okay, I'm alright] wrote: "

I started re-reading the first one right at the same time as my summer class starting, so it took forever to finish, but hopefully I'll get through the..."

Okay I'm actually going to set this one aside because I'm over halfway through and practically nothing has happened, I'm just not feeling it. (And my summer is quickly flying by so I want to get around to some other books!!)

So now I started:

[Naomi]

I've had a really producitve reading week. I FINALLY finished and . I've been in the middle of both for literally years. I have no idea why it took me so long to finally finish them. I really liked both.
I also read both and within a few days of each other. I loved them and couldn't put them down.
Finally, two nights ago I stayed up ridiculously late because I simply couldn't go to bed until I had finished . It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Super haunting and terrifying.
I'm also in the middle of which I'm really enjoying.
And I just got back to my parents house today and I was feeling nostalgic so I'm re-reading .

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

The Angel's Game is great! Have you read the book that comes before it, The Shadow of the Wind? It was my favorite book growing up. Although both are great as stand-alones!

[Naomi]

Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~ wrote: "The Angel's Game is great! Have you read the book that comes before it, The Shadow of the Wind? It was my favorite book growing up. Although both are great as stand-alones!"

Yeah I read it earlier this year and really liked it. I also read which was good.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

I want to read more of his books! I didn't ny know about where you are, but It's so hard to find them around me. 😓

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

**don't.

That's what I get for doing this on my phone.

[Naomi]

I've been finding them in a second hand book store near my work. I haven't seen them anywhere else.

[Megan]

Finished Currently listening to the audiobook of .

And also just started the new one from my must-read summer author: