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[Joan]

Rusalka wrote: "I'm reading The Preacher for the year long challenge. It's really hard finding books where people are de-facto. Anyways, enjoying it more than the first book. Feels tighter, and Eric..."

is Erica back to obsessing about her weight and calories? I don't think I could enjoy a book like that.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "I retract my former statement."

Lol, it is getting worse, Rusalka?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Not the weight thing (although there were a couple of comment about it, but that she didn't have to worry as she was fat anyway).

Just frustrating someone knows something, but not telling anyone moments, along with obvious clues I worked out a p100 only being "Revealed" at p250, and lazy translation. So not as tight as I thought.

[Dem]

Finished The Silence in the Garden
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1883073999

[Lisa]

I finished Daughter of the Forest for the survey challenge. I had been looking forward to reading it for ages and it didn't disappoint. I gave it 5 stars.

Tomorrow I will make a start on A Storm of Swords for a buddy read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "I finished Daughter of the Forest for the survey challenge. I had been looking forward to reading it for ages and it didn't disappoint. I gave it 5 stars.

Tomorrow I will make a star..."

From one chunkster to another!

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I finished Daughter of the Forest for the survey challenge. I had been looking forward to reading it for ages and it didn't disappoint. I gave it 5 stars.

Tomorrow I wil..."

I know! I knew A Storm of Swords was long but I didn't realise quite how long until I looked at the page count!

[Janice, Moderator]

Daughter of the Forest was over 600 and Storm of Swords is 1100 - that's 1700 pages between them. That's the equivalent of 4 books if you read an average of 400 pages per book.

[Lisa]

I am starting another book for the survey challenge, The North Water. This was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and from what I've heard, it's going to be a DARK read!

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished The Sleepwalker a couple of days ago. I really enjoyed it. It is a good mystery, more for the "path" that for the resolution. Chris Bohjalian is a great writer.

I should resume Under a Painted Sky but it is being difficult to do it. Not a bad book, but jeez, I am so bad at reading YA... At least it will fit my 2017 Challenge for "racism".

I started Miracle in the Andes to feed my obsession. It will also fit the challenge for "set in a mountain" or "author from where I am from".

[Joan]

Lisa wrote: "I am starting another book for the survey challenge, The North Water. This was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and from what I've heard, it's going to be a DARK read!"

That one is on my list too; I can't wait to read your reaction.

[Joan]

Question 9 of the Challenge Survey inspired me to pull Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality of the shelf.
We've been married for 29 years and this book is a celebration of love and marriage.
I'm not loving the writing though, sigh. It's choppy with loads of non sequiturs and random side stories.

[Peggy]

I finished Lemon Meringue Pie Murder for the year long challenge. These books have so much wrong with them but I still find them entertaining enough to read every now and then.

Next up is also for the year long challenge, I think I will start What Is the What. Bot not tonight though, I'm super tired and have a headache.

[Janice, Moderator]

Head to bed and hopefully you'll feel better in the morning.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Carve the Mark which is a new release by Veronica Roth. I gave it 3 stars mainly because it didn't have much of an impact for me.

Next up is Holiday in Death simply because it finally made its way to the top of the queue.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I hope today was better, Peggy.

[Peggy]

Yes, it is, thanks :)

[Sarah]

I've just finished Snow Crash for the buddy read and the yearly challenge. I also read the graphic novel Nimona for the yearly challenge. So now i don't feel too behind. I'm now starting Acceptance to kill the series. It's also a dead tree book taking up space on my boat so I'm trying hard to prioritise those so i can send them to the charity shop. It works for the yearly challenge too i think

[Mariab]

Lisa wrote: "I finished Daughter of the Forest for the survey challenge. I had been looking forward to reading it for ages and it didn't disappoint. I gave it 5 stars..."

I have to start it soon, for the Survey-Ch (my favorite ice-cream flavor...)

[Lisa]

Mariab wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I finished Daughter of the Forest for the survey challenge. I had been looking forward to reading it for ages and it didn't disappoint. I gave it 5 stars..."

I have to s..."

I hope you enjoy it, Mariab :)

[Lilisa]

I was reading My Brilliant Friend but can't get into it, so a couple of chapters into it I'm putting it aside -- I'll pick up the audio later and see if that makes a difference. Lots of folks have said it's great but I wasn't having the same experience. Has anyone here read it???

[Peggy]

I haven't Lilisa, but I do remember a lot of people saying it was so good. I saw it in the bookstore yesterday and was considering to buy it.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I read it and also the second in the series, Lilisa. I really enjoyed it. The writing style is slow paced but fluid. The strength of the book is not in the plot, but in the character development. I hope it gets better for you soon.

[Lilisa]

Thanks Peggy and Sandra -- I think I'm in an impatient mood right now :-) your comment helps Sandra! Now is not a good time for me to read it then, but will pick it up again later. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I want to as well! Oftentimes it's being in the right frame of mind that makes a difference...

[Sandra, Moderator]

Certainly it is no a book for impatient readers. :) It might be a good idea to wait for a better moment. Just do not give up entirely on it. It is a great series. I am reading numbers 3 and 4 this year for the Me challenge. Italy and Italian, not very imaginative. :)

[Lilisa]

Enjoy 3 and 4 Sandra! I'm going to try 1 again after some time! :-)

[Dem]

Just finished Same Kind of Different as Me
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1887162120

[Peggy]

I'm reading What is the What but it's not meeting my expectations. I was really looking forward to reading it, it's a topic I'm very interested in and passionate about, it has high ratings. But I find it slow and a bit boring and I have only read 60 pages in 4 days (and I'm not even reading anything else at the same time).

Did anyone else experience the same in the first pages? Maybe I should just put it aside for now.

[Lilisa]

Peggy - I have read What Is the What - 60 pages in four days is pretty good. IMO, it's a book that unfolds itself - it's not a fast-paced plot story as the narrator sets the stage for the story and all the threads that make up the story. If you're not finding it absorbing, maybe put it aside for now (like I've done with Brilliant Friend). I loved What is the What! :-)

[Margo]

Hi, I'm new to the group. I'm currently listening to audiobook Lying in Wait which is really well done. I was reading Passenger on my kindle but that is out of action at the moment and I'm waiting for my new one to arrive.

[Lilisa]

Another thought Peggy - consider the audiobook - I listened to the book and loved the accents and I thought listening to the book made the story come alive. It was narrated by Dion Graham.

[Peggy]

Hi Margo! Welcome! Sorry to hear about your kindle, hopefully the new one will arrive soon.

Thanks Lilisa! I think you're right, this is not a book that you go through quickly. It needs time. Maybe I'm just going to read another book next to it for when I feel hurried and want to make progress with something. I want to love What is the What too!

Audiobooks are not my cup of tea, I always find it very hard to concentrate on spoken words for a longer time (not in a conversation with someone, but with audiobooks or when listening to presentations for example).

[Lilisa]

Good move Peggy, it's definitely worth another try later. I have the same issue, Peggy re: audiobooks. I can't focus my brain to listen to the words. Interestingly, What Is the What was, I think my first audiobook and it worked well. I don't do too many audiobooks - they have to be the right ones or else I can't concentrate.

And, welcome Margo! Bummer about the Kindle - but, the good thing is you'll have a brand new one!

[Margo]

Thank you Peggy :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "Hi, I'm new to the group. I'm currently listening to audiobook Lying in Wait which is really well done. I was reading Passenger on my kindle but that is out of actio..."

Lying in Wait sounds good. I have to add it to my wishlist. Who is the narrator?

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Holiday in Death. It occurred to me that I could use it for my Survey challenge since it's set in December, but I have my heart set on December for that task.

Since there's a couple days left in January, I'll slip in the next in the series, Conspiracy in Death. I'm not sure how far I'll go with this series. There are more than 40 books in it.

[Margo]

It has three narrators - all Irish. Caoilfheann Dunn, David McFetridge and Lesley McGuire. Although I'm irish I've never heard of any of them but they all have pleasant voices. It's an easy listen.

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "It has three narrators - all Irish. Caoilfheann Dunn, David McFetridge and Lesley McGuire. Although I'm irish I've never heard of any of them but they all have pleasant voices. It's an easy listen."

I don't think I've listened to any of them. I will check it out at Audible.

eta - looks like I can only get it in ebook or paperback in Canada.

[Margo]

Janice wrote: "Margo wrote: "It has three narrators - all Irish. Caoilfheann Dunn, David McFetridge and Lesley McGuire. Although I'm irish I've never heard of any of them but they all have pleasant voices. It's a..."

Oh no! It's usually the other way around - books not available in ireland. I'd say hold out for the audio, it's probably just a matter of time ;-)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome, Margo!

[Dem]

Finished and loved Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/1886057983

[Margo]

Sandra wrote: "Welcome, Margo!"

Thanks Sandra ;-)

[Joan]

Swann's Way"For even if we have the sensation of being always surrounded by our own soul, it is not as though by a motionless prison: rather, we are in some sense borne along with it in a perpetual leap to go beyond it, to reach the outside"
I just love the idea conveyed in that quote from

[Roz]

Janice wrote: "I finished Holiday in Death. It occurred to me that I could use it for my Survey challenge since it's set in December, but I have my heart set on December for that task...."

I know what you mean about the In Death series. It is very long. I wasn't sure how far I would go it it and before I knew it I had finished them. I have a hold on the next one due out in February. It became one of those guilty pleasures.
It's like those books Peggy mentioned in message 163. So wrong but somehow you keep reading them. Sometimes you just need a bit of fluff. At the moment I'm reading Turkey Day Murder.

[Janice, Moderator]

Roz wrote: "I know what you mean about the In Death series. It is very long. I wasn't sure how far I would go it it and before I knew it I had finished them. I have a hold on the next one due out in February. It became one of those guilty pleasures..."
The steamy parts are less steamy because of the narrator. But, could there be a man more sexy than Roarke? (I can hear all the Outlander fans calling out, "Jaime".) I don't know that I want to spend credits at Audible on the next books. My library has the ebooks so maybe I'll switch to them when I'm in the mood for fluff.

[Roz]

It is difficult to choose between Roark and Jaime. I can get "overheated" for both. I own the Outlander books only because they're long and I'm a slow reader. I borrow the In Death books from my library (ebooks or print). I find it hard to spend money on definite fluff, no matter how good it may be.

[Peggy]

I started Eleanor & Park. It's my group theme read for February and I can also use it for the year long challenge.

What is the What really picked up for me, but I don't think it's wise to read before sleeping, so I'll save it for daytime reading.

[Sarah]

I abandoned Acceptance. I couldn't remember the first two books well enough and I've no idea what's going on. I enjoyed the first two books but not enough to drag myself through this one (the others were both 3 star reads). It's a shame as i won this book on goodreads and i love the front cover but it's doing nothing for me. That's one way to kill a series. So on to The Collapsing Empire for a netgalley review. So it will be to space Scalzi's in one month :-)

[Lisa]

I finished The North Water for the survey challenge. I gave it 3 stars but my actual rating is 3.5. It was a very dark read and pretty gruesome in places but on the whole, I'm glad I read it.

[Joan]

Shapeshifters, witches and juju galore in it's mysterious and enjoyable so far.