2017: What are you reading? Showing 751-800 of 1,704

[Michele]

Alice wrote: "I didn't like the Watchmaker of Filigri street"

May I ask why?

[Michele]

Finished The Shepherd's Crown recently. Oh how I miss Sir Terry :(

Another group here on GR is going to be reading Brave New World, I think I will join in .

Other than that, I've fallen into a re-read of Laurie R. King's Holmes/Russell series. Currently on the fourth one, The Moor.

[Alice]

Michele wrote: "Alice wrote: "I didn't like the Watchmaker of Filigri street"

May I ask why?"

I didn't think the writing style was very engaging. It plodded along, I didn't find the characters particularly interesting. May have just been my mood too.

[Kathleen]

Just started The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick, we will see how it goes...

[Margaret]

I've started Paris by Edward Rutherfurd I enjoyed his London and love Paris. It's quite a tome ready for the Summer challenge starting in June.

[Matt]

I am about halfway through The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy and am really enjoying it. She writes with a Shakespearian style, not in prose, but in thought.

[Lariela]

My weekend book- Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean.

[Michele]

Alice wrote: "I didn't think the writing style was very engaging. It plodded along, I didn't find the characters particularly interesting. May have just been my mood too."

It is a slower-paced book, true. I liked it for the gentle touches of fantasy and sci-fi, and (view spoiler)[the completely unexpected (to me) reveal of the relationship between the two main characters (hide spoiler)]. But I can see where it would not be to everyone's taste.

[Michele]

Matt wrote: "I am about halfway through The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy and am really enjoying it. She writes with a Shakespearian style, not in prose, but in thought."

Such a great story! Among the best of the aristocratic spy-thrillers :)

[Michele]

Lariela wrote: "My weekend book- Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean."

This looks good but I see it's book 1 of something. I'm reluctant to get pulled into a new series. Can this be read as a standalone?

[Cheryl A]

Still working on The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. Just finished listening (mostly) toThe City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller - found I had to channel the owl from the Tootsie Pop commercial and read the last 100 pages - the darn audio was just taking too long!

I'll end up reading two or three books at a time and then find that it seems like they're taking sooooooo long to read - like days!!! I want to devour them in a couple of days and move on to the next.

[Margaret]

I'm also reading America's First daughter by

[Margaret]

I'm also reading America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

[Linda]

Margaret wrote: "I've started Paris by Edward Rutherfurd I enjoyed his London and love Paris. It's quite a tome ready for the Summer challenge starting in June."

I read it awhile ago and really liked it. My only problem was that so many family members over the generations had the same name so I kept getting them mixed up.

[Laura]

just finished Bristol House by Beverly Swerling and hated it.

i'm now back to one of my favorite authors, Simone St. James and Silence for the Dead. All better now!!!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Sometimes you have to clean your mind out.

[Jennifer]

I'm reading A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson, and I'm afraid I don't think it's as good as the phenomenal Life After Life. Hopefully it'll pick up soon, but it lacks that driving force.
Has anyone else read it?

[Alice]

Kathleen wrote: "Just started The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick, we will see how it goes..."

Kathleen I greatly enjoyed that book She has a beautiful writing style and her research is top notch

[Lariela]

Michele wrote: "Lariela wrote: "My weekend book- Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean."

This looks good but I see it's book 1 of something. I'm reluctant to get pulled into a new series. Can..."


Not sure since I just started reading. The series is only four books though.

[Kathleen]

Alice wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Just started The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick, we will see how it goes..."

Kathleen I greatly enjoyed that book She has a beautiful writing style and h..."

I am enjoying it as well, you are right the author does have a beautiful writing style.

[Michele]

Still working on the Holmes/Russell series. Now on justice hall. the fifth one, set not long after wwi

[PattyMacDotComma]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm reading A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson, and I'm afraid I don't think it's as good as the phenomenal Life After Life. Hopefully it'll pick up soon, but it lacks that driving force.
Has anyone ..."

I've got A God in Ruins on my list to read sooner rather than later. I'm a big fan of Kate Atkinson - I hope this finishes up for you better than it started, Jennifer. I was advised to read Life After Life first, which I did and really enjoyed.

[Eric]

Am starting Dreaming the Eagle, the first in a series about the Celtic Warrior Queen, Boudica. If I like it, I will order the others in the series from an on line used book store.

One of you gave this series a pretty good review. Thought I'd try it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Michele wrote: "Still working on the Holmes/Russell series. Now on justice hall. the fifth one, set not long after wwi"

My favorite in the entire series.

[Faith]

I'm about half way through my commuter book The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories and my bed book A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and enjoying both. George R.R. Martin's book has kept me up past my bedtime two nights in row.

[Alice]

Finished Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell. A bit disappointed at the lack of historical background details.

My review:-

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Michele]

Susanna, yes, my second fave right behind the first one. A great twist on the classic "missing heir" trope, and such a heartbreaking window into one of the lesser-known horrors of wwi...

[Margaret]

Just finished [book: America's First Daughter. Excellent and I've learnt s lot about US history which was in my case very sketchy before. I think this must be my last last book for the Mini challenge. Five stars.

[Book Concierge]

Maurice – E M Forster – 4****
Written between 1913 and 1914, Forster’s novel of a young man’s awakening homosexuality was not published until 1971, a year after the author’s death. I loved the way that Forster developed this character, showing Maurice’s progress from a naïve student, to a young man awakening to the possibilities that a mature and loving relationship might offer him.
LINK to my review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Joyce Carol Oates is famous for her quirky mysteries, and these short stories are certainly that. Dis Mem Ber and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense.

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

[Christine]

I got about half way through The Last Queen but stopped. There's something persistently oppressive about it that just defeated me.

[Paul]

Finished: A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt And Why They Shouldn't. This is a book about an aspect of Stoicism. If you want to learn what made the Romans tick, start with Stoicism. Here's my review; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Michele]

Up to #8 in the Holmes/Russell series, Locked Rooms.

[Cheryl A]

Michele wrote: "Up to #8 in the Holmes/Russell series, Locked Rooms."
This one is my favorite, especially since I had read the author's The Art of Detection, part of her contemporary series with SFPD Detective Kate Martinelli, before reading Locked Rooms. I really enjoyed how she threaded the two series together!

[Faith]

Finished A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin. Set 100 years before Game of Thrones, this collection of novellas features a hedge knight Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg as they wander the Seven Kingdoms offering their service, stumbling into rebellions, and competing in tourneys. A satisfying placeholder while we wait...wait...wait for the next in the Fire and Ice series.

[Jackie]

Faith wrote: "Finished A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin. Set 100 years before Game of Thrones, this collection of novellas features a hedge knight Duncan the T..."

At least we have the show to look forward too. :)

[Jackie]

I'm currently reading through the Anne of Green Gables series. The new Netflix show prompted me to continue on. So far, I've completed Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars. Will be starting Anne's House of Dreams tonight.

[Faith]

Jackie wrote: "At least we have the show to look forward too. :)."

Up until a month ago, I didn't have HBO--trying to find the perfect time for an epic binge!

[Jackie]

Aww man, you're in for a treat! I know some hardcore fans weren't happy with the changes, but I think it's a good adaptation so far. My only gripe is the gratuitous nude scenes and that's coming from someone that's a non-prude . I'll look forward to seeing what you think of it.

[Abigail]

Just finished Henry and Fanny: An Alternate Ending to Mansfield Park by Sherwood Smith. It’s really a novel fragment: it picks up unceremoniously at the point in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park when Fanny is in Portsmouth and has heard that Tom Bertram is critically ill.

This tale did not start out too promising to me—didn’t feel like a story Jane Austen would have written. But as I went along, my respect for the author grew and grew. Her understanding of the period’s history and manners is impeccable; her dialogue is highly sophisticated; and she makes a very convincing case (if you believe that people can learn and grow, which I do) for an alternative ending.

The language began a little rough but became more Austenesque as it went along, as Smith delved into the characters. I think what makes this book non-Austenian for me is the focus on character; I feel that in Mansfield Park more than any other Austen novel, the author was focused on themes more than individuals. But in the end, Henry and Fanny is a very respectable, fully fleshed out story in its own right, so I can’t find fault just because it isn’t someone else’s book. I’m impressed once again by Sherwood Smith’s mad skills.

[Kathleen]

Being the start of the summer TBR reading challenge I have 2 books (1 for the commute and 1 for the evening...) starting The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley (so excited about this one) and The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck...

[Faith]

I've heard good things and it's been years since I read the books, so I probably won't know what changes they made--unless it was a big one!

[Margaret]

Forbzsummer challenge I've started The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone and am also reading Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Paris by Edward Rutherfurd. All
Three are excellent... whittling down my TBR this year!!

[Eric]

Margaret wrote: "Forbzsummer challenge I've started The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone and am also reading Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Paris by Edward Rutherfurd. All
Three are exce..."

. An all time favorite of mine. Hope to read it again in the near future. Enjoy!

I struggled with Rutherfurd after, Sarum, Forest, London and New York. In fact, gave him up.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Jackie wrote: "I'm currently reading through the Anne of Green Gables series. The new Netflix show prompted me to continue on. So far, I've completed Anne of the Island and [book:Anne of Windy Poplar..."

I loved that series. What netflix show is it?

[Jackie]

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Jackie wrote: "I'm currently reading through the Anne of Green Gables series. The new Netflix show prompted me to continue on. So far, I've completed Anne of the Island and [book:Anne ..."

It's called "Anne with an E"- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5421602/
A bit darker than the book, but Anne is so charming you can't help but love her. I enjoyed it enough to binge watch one Saturday. Can't wait for the next season!

[Ashley Marie]

I started The Tiger's Wife this morning

[Cheryl A]

Just finished (again) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys for my IRL HF book club. Now on to the summer TBR challenge with Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk and I Shall Not Want - reading in order that they are due back to the library!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Not fiction, but it's about a lot of historical inaccuracies.

Islam isn't sexist and feminism isn't "Western". Old cultural practices are just that - old.

Susan Carland's new book, Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith and Sexism, explains it well. Don't blame religion for bad behaviour!

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

[Paul]

Just finished "Lincoln in the Bardo." It was a bit of a slog but worth it in the end. Here is my review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...