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What Are You Reading? - 2017.1
Travis sivarT wrote: "It's actually the open ended make your mind think aspect I like about Murakami. What are some of your questions. Not that I guarantee I'll know. Often I don't with him. "I like that sometimes too, and I didn't hate it with 1Q84 either, there was just so much that was never explained.
Most of my questions are ones that simply weren't answered, and some are things that are obviously open to debate. This is truly a book that needs discussion. It would be a great group read.
(view spoiler) There are SO MANY questions! lol
You really have me curious, now, KimeyDiann. I have IQ84 on my TBR, but not been able to get to it yet. Hopefully, it will come up next year and I can see what all of your spoiler questions are about. Hopefully Travis or someone can answer for you.
Only one more short story to go for tomorrow and I will be on my last book for my yearly challenge. I started it last month, but others jumped in front. I guess I have really been saving Me: Stories of My Life for last.
I finished IQ84 back on about September 1. Trying to jog my brain because I'm quite certain I understood these things when I finished the book. But I have read many murakamis by now and each one tends to make more sense. I'm going to ruminate on the spoiler for a bit
I'm listening to Pyramids as the penultimate book for my annual challenge! Sir Terry was so funny and his social commentaries (in this case on religion) were so apt.
https://teenachumber.com/2013/05/30/1...Actually this one specifically for unanswered questions and loose ends is probably better
Margo wrote: "I'm listening to Pyramids as the penultimate book for my annual challenge! Sir Terry was so funny and his social commentaries (in this case on religion) were so apt."Have you read Small Gods, Margo? Made me laugh so much for the same reasons.
Yay. I eventually finished The Vagrant. So pleased it's done. Now a nice short Expanse novella with Gods of Risk.
Thanks for the link Travis. I've been meaning to do some googling on the book to get more insight, but just haven't had the time. @Cherie, you should read the book. There's so much symbolism I'd really like to reread it at some point. I really like the audio version it too. I would struggle with the Japanese pronunciations if I was reading it and I think I would get distracted by that, but I may try it in written form if/when I re-read it.
I just finished The Girl with All the Gifts and I strongly recommend it! It really makes you think, it isn't just a mindless fiction re4ad.
Rusalka wrote: "Margo wrote: "I'm listening to Pyramids as the penultimate book for my annual challenge! Sir Terry was so funny and his social commentaries (in this case on religion) were so apt."Ha..."
Yes Rusalka, I read it years ago when I could still read print books. I love Prattchet sense of humor and most of his observations are spot on. I must listen to audio version next years.
KimeyDiann wrote: "I just finished The Girl with All the Gifts and I strongly recommend it! It really makes you think, it isn't just a mindless fiction re4ad."I enjoyed that one to too. great ending ;-)
I'm just starting a reread of The Miniaturist It's been a few years since I read it and there is a tv adaptation starting sometime in late December for us here in the UK so I felt now was a good time to pick it up again.
Ooh, I'll look out for that. Thanks for the heads up Lisa :-) That was a great book - it gave me a the sense of being in Amsterdam in that time. Was it the of 16th centuary i.e. start of 17th?
I finished Proof of Life just in time for my real life bookclub meeting tonight.I've started Something for my survey challenge.
Been on a non fiction type thing The Medieval World and now Rings, Swords and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature. Also just bought a bunch more great courses on various topics. I enjoy them and there is no plot to follow it's just college lectures. Listen to a lot or a little doesn't matter you're not going to lose your place
I finished Gods of Risk and staying with the space setting I'm just starting The Last Colony as i was getting jealous of all those in the Scalzi buddy read and I wanted some Scalzi too.
Ha ha Sarah :-D I finished The Collapsing Empire and I did enjoy it but it left me up in the air. I want more!! I have decided that I'm not going to start anymore unfinished series. By the time the next book comes out I will have forgotten the plot :(I'm reading The Snow Child on my kindle and Pyramids on audio - the final 2 books for my annual challenge 2017!
Perfect timing for the Snow Child. Do check out the group read thread for the book. We discussed it in some depth.
I've tried reading The Graveyard Book 3 times. Gave up. The audible full cast is supposed to be so great so since it was on sale I bought it. I'm abouy 25% in. I don't know if I can finish listening to this. I think it's time to just finally quit Gaiman altogether. There was one book by him I liked and the rest have been like getting teeth pulled.
Well you've given him a good try. Plenty more books out there that you'll enjoy without his.
Margo wrote: "Ha ha Sarah :-D I finished The Collapsing Empire and I did enjoy it but it left me up in the air. I want more!! I have decided that I'm not going to start anymore unfinished series...."I feel the same way, but I have so many 1st in series in my owned books that I'll be improving my situation. While I wait for book 2 of the Collapsing Empire, I'll go back and finish the Old Man's War series.
Travis sivarT wrote: "I've tried reading The Graveyard Book 3 times. Gave up. The audible full cast is supposed to be so great so since it was on sale I bought it. I'm abouy 25% in. I don't know if I can ..."That's my experience with Terry Pratchatt.
Sarah wrote: "Perfect timing for the Snow Child. Do check out the group read thread for the book. We discussed it in some depth."Will do! Thanks Sarah.
I think I'm in a reading slump. First time this year! I don't feel like reading, not even the books I'm super excited about. Maybe I'll just not read anything for a few days. But what else is there to do? ;-)
Janice wrote: "Margo wrote: "Ha ha Sarah :-D I finished The Collapsing Empire and I did enjoy it but it left me up in the air. I want more!! I have decided that I'm not going to start anymore unfi..."Janice I'm the same with first of series! They keep putting them is sales in the hopes that you'll buy the full series but I never do. Luckily one of the "1st of series" I own is Old Man's War so the rest of that series will keep me going for a while ;-)
It's just frustrating when you see an author loved by so many and just can't get the experience for yourself.
Peggy - That’s happened to me a few times this year. Hope it doesn’t last long for you. Travis - I’m not a Gaiman fan either. I don’t get it. I don’t find his books terrible, just sort of ok.
Peggy wrote: "I think I'm in a reading slump. First time this year! I don't feel like reading, not even the books I'm super excited about. Maybe I'll just not read anything for a few days. But what else is there..."i am also, i hope it is mainly because i am off work, decorating, spring (winter) cleaning, training mollie etc it should pick up next week when i am back in.
it is odd, i picked oathbringer up and i am also not sure if i am daunted by the size of it, even though i have been looking forward to it for months. it is dificult to be dauntd by a kindle book
hope your slump ends soon peggy :)
I think it's because I hurried through my last challenge books and they weren't as great as I hoped, and I kind of had a reading overload or something. I usually have it a few times a year as well, but this was an exceptionally good year. Maybe that's why I read 66 books already while I normally get around 60 done in a year.
Hope you're back to normal again too next week Cody. If even a book like Oathbringer doesn't get you all excited, something is definitely wrong!
Gaimain is a bit hit or miss for me too. I think I'm more into his children's/young adult books than his adult books.
Peggy wrote: "I think it's because I hurried through my last challenge books and they weren't as great as I hoped, and I kind of had a reading overload or something. I usually have it a few times a year as wel..."
hahaha thanks :) i am alsoa bit scared of dropping it and causing a moderate natural disaster!
Peggy wrote: "I think I'm in a reading slump. First time this year! I don't feel like reading, not even the books I'm super excited about. Maybe I'll just not read anything for a few days. But what else is there..."Usually a few days of not reading works for me. And you will have a lot of gophering to do this weekend, so I don't think you will be bored. Also, gophering for the new annual challenge gets me very excited. I can't wait for January 1st to start reading. :)
Cody wrote: "Peggy wrote: "I think it's because I hurried through my last challenge books and they weren't as great as I hoped, and I kind of had a reading overload or something. I usually have it a few times..."
Hahahaha! I'm sure a fly that happened to be sitting on the floor would experience that as an earthquake :D But yikes, imagine dropping it on your little toe or something :/
Sandra wrote: "Peggy wrote: "I think I'm in a reading slump. First time this year! I don't feel like reading, not even the books I'm super excited about. Maybe I'll just not read anything for a few days. But what..."Yes, I'm still super excited about the challenge and looking forward to start gophering! So maybe the timing is good :)
I had the afternoon off and around 4pm I didn't have anything left to do. Normally I don't watch tv during the day, but I didn't feel like reading so I finally watched the last two episodes of You Me Her.
Travis sivarT wrote: "It's just frustrating when you see an author loved by so many and just can't get the experience for yourself."@travis - don't despair, there's plenty of authors out there. You'll find one ;-p
Not sure I'm in a reading slump but lately I've been going more towards modern scholar and great courses lectures. Not sure I'd classify them as books but since they're audio and I read mostly with audio they're bookish anyway. I did just switch over to My Cousin Rachel which I'm enjoying so far. Go figure. My tastes are so random. I've been running about 4 audio's at a time lately. Listening to a couple hours of each
@sandra @peggy, what is the yearly challenge? is ther a section for it in this group, could you link please?
Cody - There's a whole area for the yearly challenge. Once Janice posts the new challenge (which will be in the folder below), you can start your own thread and start looking for books that fit the tasks. It's a lot of fun. I hope you join us in the 2018 challenge. Yearly challenge folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
This was the 2017 challenge, if you want to see what they're like: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kristie wrote: "This was the 2017 challenge, if you want to see what they're like: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
thank you very much :) i could never read 50 books in a year though :( i might have a look anyay to tr to move me away from fantasy
how are people researching for next years now? do the questions stay the same?
I don't believe anyone has started searching for 2018 yet. The challenge will be completely different and you won't have to read 50 books. This year's challenge you could read 12, 24 , or all 50. There's different levels because of peoples different needs. 12 books is plenty for some where others in the group want a harder challenge such as 50. It's made so anyone should be able to participate and have fun with it. Regardless of the theme. One year it was an alphabet challenge, one year had to read books iver ,500 pages one year they had to be books in a series. What's Janice cooking up for 2018? No one knows.
I dropped the challenge for this year. At the beginning I thought I could make it, starting really late, but I cought up in so many challenges and BR, that I forgot all about this one.
That's a shame Saar. I hope you read some good books while trying :)@Cody: it would be great if you joined the 2018 challenge! It's always lots of fun and very flexible in terms of what kind of books you decide to read and like Travis says, also how many books. Usually the lowest number of books in order to get a badge is around 12, so that's doable for most people. Because there are also people here who finish those 12 books in the first month, there are additional levels to make it a challenge for everyone.
@Peggy: so many books, so little time! I'll do better in 2018. I keep adding books, but I forget I need to read them too ;)
Travis sivarT wrote: "I don't believe anyone has started searching for 2018 yet. The challenge will be completely different and you won't have to read 50 books. This year's challenge you could read 12, 24 , or all 50. T..."cool thanks :) i must have misread but i was sure isaw a comment aout researching, obviously i was wrong :)
@peggy @travis looks like i am in then :)
@Janice when can we expect the challenge rules oh enlightened taskmaster? :P
Cody - She said the challenge will be posted later tonight, so you'll be able to research (also called gophering) soon!
Kristie wrote: "Cody - She said the challenge will be posted later tonight, so you'll be able to research (also called gophering) soon!"woop! i am gonna gohper until my eyes burn tomorrow
Cody wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Cody - She said the challenge will be posted later tonight, so you'll be able to research (also called gophering) soon!"woop! i am gonna gohper until my eyes burn tomorrow"
lol! We'll all be there with ya!
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