What are you reading June 2014

[Miggsy]

I did get started on but after reading the first three chapters, I haven't been able to pick it back up. But I did read and I enjoyed it very much. I'm now reading by Stephanie Kallos.

[Denise]

I'm reading John Steinbeck's East of Eden. I read recently that Ron Howard going to direct a two part movie based on the novel starring Jennifer Lawerence staring as Cathy. Great book!

[Linda]

Denise wrote: "I'm reading John Steinbeck's East of Eden. I read recently that Ron Howard going to direct a two part movie based on the novel starring Jennifer Lawerence staring as Cathy. Great book!"

It's initially hard to think of Jennifer Lawrence being able to be nasty enough to be Cathy, but I do think she is an excellent actress.

[Andrea]

Andrea wrote: "I just finished reading Slaughterhouse - Five because I hadn't read it or anything else of Vonnegut's ... and I loved it, so I'm moving straight onto Breakfast of Champions :)"

I was fortunate enough to have a high school librarian who talked highly of this book. It was my first Vonnegut book and it wasn't my last. I loved Cat's Cradle and Thank You, Dr. Kevorkian.

[Sue]

If she's nasty enough to be Serena...

Linda wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm reading John Steinbeck's East of Eden. I read recently that Ron Howard going to direct a two part movie based on the novel starring Jennifer Lawerence staring as Cathy. Great boo..."

[Rita]

I just finished reading which was such a good book and made me feel all. the. feelings. Now I'm reading as my hardcover and as my e-book. I'm also listening to I'm not sure how I feel about the book, but Bryan Cranston is the narrator and he is so, so, so, good!!

[Sue]

Ha ha! I have been so unsure what to think / say about An Untamed State; I think you nailed it. I, too, felt all. the. feelings.

I have a paperback copy of The Things They Carried, but have heard the Bryan Cranston narration is so fantastic, I've been holding off reading it. I've got Redeployment on my TBR and am thinking maybe I should read The Things They Carried first.

Rita wrote: "I just finished reading which was such a good book and made me feel all. the. feelings. Now I'm reading as my hardcover and..."

[Karen]

I just started

[Angie]

I just started as well. I'm surprised at the level of tension in this book.

[Melissa]

Karen wrote: "I just started "

I am eager to hear both Karen and Angie's thoughts on this book. I read it last month.

[Amy]

I just started Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer to help me check off the "read 10 short stories" box on my summer BOTNS bingo card.

[Rita]

I'm having a hard time following along the story on The Things They Carried. Is it a bunch of interconnected short stories? Never Mind that though, just listening to Bryan Cranston read it is SO enjoyable!! The next war book I'm going to read is .


Sue wrote: "Ha ha! I have been so unsure what to think / say about An Untamed State; I think you nailed it. I, too, felt all. the. feelings.

I have a paperback copy of [book:The Things They C..."

[Becky]

Just finished Mr. Mercedes, still reading The Summer Wind & starting Flight Behavior

[Carol]

Rita wrote: "I'm having a hard time following along the story on The Things They Carried. Is it a bunch of interconnected short stories? Never Mind that though, just listening to Bryan Cranston read it is SO en..."
Told in third person plural, The Things They Carried is a group portrait of our soldiers and a commentary on both the physical and emotional baggage of war. I found it breathtaking.

[Melissa]

I read The World to Comeearlier this week and it was quite good. I am so happy a fellow book club member recommended it; I am not sure I would have found it myself.

[Melissa Wiebe]

Just finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower

[Mare]

Just finished by Jodi Picoult and am now reading by Richard North Patterson.

[Rachel W]

I decided to finish Lois Lowry's Giver series this summer, so I'm reading Gathering Blue now, and listening to We Have Always Lived in the Castle on disc. I'm also enjoying Hogfather, my second discworld novel. It's a bit out of season, but I love a good Christmas in June, hehe!

[Robin]

The Fault in Our Stars---so worth it! Don't miss this book! Not just for YA's--easily read from an adult perspective!

[Denise]

I'm halfway through Americanah.

[Linda]

I'm starting to listen to The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History and I've been glued to my chair reading the book I'm passing on for the postal book club. I'm half done and I don't want to go to work. I want to finish that book.

[Denise]

I had a hard time choosing between Cider House Rules and The world According to Garp today at the library. I got Cider House Rules. I loved A Prayer for Owen Meany. I forgot to get Serena .., I wanted to see what all the hype is about before the movie hits the theaters.

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Garp is great!

[Gerald]

Its been a long haul but do to job changes it took me way more time to finish a very readable book
but I should be done with it today.More about this book later.

[Donna]

Just going to start "The Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith. Loved "The Cuckoo's Calling" and hope this one will be a winner too. If it's as good as that I should have it finished by the 30th.

[Victoria]

I just got the notice from the library that that is available from my hold list already, so will be downloading it soon.

[Karen]

Melissa wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just started "

I am eager to hear both Karen and Angie's thoughts on this book. I read it last month."

Melissa, I was very disappointed in this book overall. I was very engrossed most of the book hoping for a unique twist. But in the end very predictable and ultimately disappointed. I ended up giving this book 3 stars.

[Miggsy]

Chucked Linda Gillard's back into my to-read list, and have now started on Laurie R. King's .

[Lisa]

I just finishedTout Sweet: Hanging Up My High Heels For A New Life In Rural France and I am still reading 2 others: The Titan's Curse and Shadows Still Remain. This bingo game has definitely diversified my reading this month.

[Victoria]

Emgee wrote: "Chucked Linda Gillard's back into my to-read list, and have now started on Laurie R. King's ."

I really want to read that Laurie King but it's never been available through the elibrary and I didn't want to buy it.

[Katie]

Listening to A Constellation of Vital Phenomena -- getting ready for Asheville. Audio version is fantastic.

[Angie]

Melissa wrote: "I am eager to hear both Karen and Angie's thoughts . I read it last month."

I liked this, but didn't love it. I found the characters a bit hard to relate to, but then my family doesn't own a private island. I felt it did a decent job of maintaining the tension throughout. 4**** from me.

[Marion]

I'm reading the wonderful by Gabrielle Zevin. I can tell it will be one of my favorite reads of 2014. It's about AJ Fikry, a gruff, mean bookstore owner who gets a 2 year old left in the bookstore one evening. The relationship between the two is funny and touching. The story is nicely written and great for a summer read.

[Adore]

i'm starting . i loved gone girl, so i can't wait to begin another gillian flynn book!

[Sue]

Still my favorite of 2014, by far - nothing else has come close yet.

Katie wrote: "Listening to A Constellation of Vital Phenomena -- getting ready for Asheville. Audio version is fantastic."

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I didn't like the audio version. The accents were distracting. And when no one in the story is actually speaking Chechan-accented English, why bother?

[Angie]

Sue wrote: "Still my favorite of 2014, by far - nothing else has come close yet.""

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena was by far the best book I read in 2013 and in many, many years as well.

[Karen]

I just started love it so far! Also loved is other books: and

[Sue]

I enjoyed the audio, but still want to get a copy of the book so I can read it on my own and really enjoy the beautiful language. On a sentence level, it's extraordinary.

Eric wrote: "I didn't like the audio version. The accents were distracting. And when no one in the story is actually speaking Chechan-accented English, why bother?"

[Linda]

Right Ho, Jeeves

[[deleted user]]

Linda wrote: "Right Ho, Jeeves"

YAY!!!

[Suzanne]

I am reading Far Far Away. It's YA but it was a National Book Award Finalist. I just finished The Son last night and it was so good!! I loved it - now to read The Goldfinch to see how it was good enough to win the Pulitzer over Meyer's work. Hope to read this YA today so I can move onto something else.

[Linda]

Eric wrote: "Linda wrote: "Right Ho, Jeeves"

YAY!!!"

I knew you'd notice.

[Gerald]

Just finished This remarkable history of WW2 era Hollywood basically concentrates on five film directors,John Huston,George Stevens,William Wyler,John Ford and Frank Capra. Four of the directors actually saw combat. Wyler flew in B17 Flying Fortresses and put together the documentary,Memphis Belle.Huston documented fighting in Italy. Ford directed the operations of DDay photographers and film crews.Stevens followed paratroopers into Germany and documented Nazi aristocracies against Jews in the concentration camps.His two documentaries were used against Nazis at the Nuremberg trials. The four directors who saw combat came back to change Hollywood cinema forever.I loved the book.

[Becky]

still reading Flight Behavior & started A Wedding in Provence: A Novel

[Vera]

Adore, I'm almost done with Sharp Objects. I read Gone Girl first as well. Liked Gone Girl better, but let me know what you think. Oh ... And watch out for the Mom's name!

[Adore]

vera -- i just started and i'll keep the mom's name in mind. i'm not very detail oriented, so thanks for the head's up! i'll report back after i finish. have you read dark places?? i'd like to read all three to experience the evolution of her writing!

[Susannah]

Yesterday, I finished Boy, Snow, Bird, which was my selection for a new book club I've begun with some friends. My reaction to it is complicated, but I definitely liked it more than my friends who have talked quite a lot about how it was tedious and not even close to how it's been summarized in reviews. :-/ Nevertheless, I was glad to have read it. Complicated reactions are a good thing in my opinion. AND it fits in the Published in 2014 square of my BOTNS Bingo card, which I finally printed out this weekend.

I also started The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table yesterday since I've been eager to read something by Rosemary Sutcliff for a while, am especially fond of King Arthur stories, and also have that Middle-grade book square on my bingo card!

Finally, I've been listening to the audiobook of And the Band Played on. I started it last week after my interest was piqued by the HBO movie of The Normal Heart. I'm about six hours in, and it is amazing. Exhaustive.

[Donna]

Just finished "The Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith. Just as good as "The Cuckoo's Calling." This book broke my reading slump. I read it over the course of 36 hours.

[Melissa Wiebe]

Just started listening to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.