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What are you reading and why? Jul-Dec 2014
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Sep 22, 2014 03:56PM
Started Kill the Dead all I can say is if you read urban fantasy you need to be reading this delightful series
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Gavin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Phew! Made it through Tess, now I'm reading Treasure Island"Done with this one, and just started The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories"
Now..."
It´s a very good book (Jane Eyre), not the best from the Bronte sisters, but nonetheless very good.
Needed something light Good Old Days, My Ass: 665 Funny History Facts & Terrifying Truths about Yesteryear
I'm listening to The Orphan Master's Son, read by Ted Kang. I'm reading it for another book group, and I was not eager to read it, despite the Pulitzer and slew of other prizes the book has won, because it sounded depressing. The longer I listen to the book, though, the better it gets. Ted Kang's reading is very good. I'm listening to it while driving. I'm on Disc 5 of 13, and with each disc I get sucked further in, and feel more reluctant to stop listening when I get home.
I started listening to The Lottery and Other Stories earlier today. I liked the writing style but short stories just aren't for me. They end too abruptly and half the time I'm left wondering what the point of the story was. So I abandoned it. I will still keep an eye out for Shirley Jackson's novels though. So I have started listening to Case Histories instead.
Casceil, The Orphan Master's Son is in my TBR pile too. I have read so many good reviews about it!Good to know you are enjoying it.
Sarah, same thing happens to me with short stories. I like to know more details about the characters, places, situations. When I finish reading a short story I feel like I missed something. Although is not one of my favorites genres, I have read many excellent short stories. Did you ever tried Horacio Quiroga? Cuentos De La Selva and Cuentos De Amor, De Locura Y De Muerte are sooooo good! (Sorry, I couldn't find the links in English quickly enough, but they are translated for sure).
I've also started The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, which is part of my chunkster challenge.
Sandra wrote: "Sarah, same thing happens to me with short stories. I like to know more details about the characters, places, situations. When I finish reading a short story I feel like I missed something. Althoug..."I've not read those Sandra. I feel like I should like short stories so I keep giving them ago and then give up on them. Novellas are a good length but short stories are just too short! Note to self...STOP IT...No more short stories!
Sarah wrote: "I started listening to The Lottery and Other Stories earlier today. I liked the writing style but short stories just aren't for me. They end too abruptly and half the time I'm left won..."I *have* to read Case Histories before Christmas. Thank you for the reminder.
My father in law gave me that book for Christmas last time we spent it with him in Tassie 5 years ago. I need to read it before we go and visit again.
On that note, not going to be in Tassie this Christmas are you Kat?
Peggy wrote: "Marina is creepy! I didn't expect that. But it's also very intriguing."ooh, sounds good. I'll be checking to see what you end up thinking about it. :)
I finished Prince of Thorns in the wee hours of the morning. I'm going to have to let that one sit for a while before I write a review. My hold for The Eyes of the Dragon came up, so I will tackle that one next - before our buddy read for the second book in the Dark Tower Series.
I still have Cutting for Stone on the go. It kind of took a back seat for Prince of Thorns.
Travis of NNY wrote: "I've started Altar of Eden and The Path of Daggers"I really liked Alter of Eden, I find that his standalones, and his Order of the Sanguines series are a little better for me than the Sigma force series.
I finished listening to Outlander this morning after I fell asleep and missed the last 37 minutes of it last night. I had not planned on listening to the whole thing so soon and now, I need to figure out how to work it into my Chunkster challenge.
Cherie wrote: "I finished listening to Outlander this morning after I fell asleep and missed the last 37 minutes of it last night. I had not planned on listening to the whole thing so soon and now, ..."How did you do that? It's massive!
LOL, Pragya! Well, I did listen ALL night on Tuesday. :)
Cherie wrote: "I finished listening to Outlander this morning after I fell asleep and missed the last 37 minutes of it last night. I had not planned on listening to the whole thing so soon and now, ..."I loved the narrator for the audio :) reading them and listening to them are both wonderful experiences.
I'm reading Abandon and I'm about half done. I read his Wayward Pines series and enjoyed it. Good thriller/horror.
Cherie wrote: "LOL, Pragya! Well, I did listen ALL night on Tuesday. :)"I should certainly give the audio a try then. Chunksters scare me!
I finished Theft of Swords for the chunkster challenge. I loved this book, it is one of my favourite books of the year thus far. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I will be starting Frenchman's Creek later on this evening.
I finished Prince of Thorns buddy read as well as Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron group read and I'm now on to Hexed buddy read. I think this book has got me out of my reading slump!
I finished The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion. It has feel quite similar to Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and although it wasn't as great as that one, I really enjoyed it. I wrote a very short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I don't know what to read next! I really want to read Voyager for the chunkster challenge right now, but considering that I probably need at least two weeks to finish it, and I don't know what I'll be reading for the toppler, and after the toppler there's only 6 days of October left and I also need to read for the group read and for Madame Tutti Frutti, it might be more sensible to start with Practical Magic for the group read. I might go for Voyager anyway though, I might not like Practical Magic as much as I normally would if all the time I'm thinking I actually want to be reading something else.
I am reading Dog On It by Spencer Quinn! I can't pass up a dog book that is narrated by a dog :)
Only posts! A lot of them! :-)))(The toppler is guilty...)
Peggy wrote: "I finished The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion. It has feel quite similar to Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and although it wasn't as great as th..."Peggy,
If you hold off on Voyager, I might be able to catch up with you, but I think I have agreed to read The Name of the Wind with Lisa in November. I am not sure I can read more than two chunksters in a month, unless I give up the group read, and the monthly challenge and my AtW read. Wow, the pressure! I think I hit the wall the last couple of weeks.
Have Reamde ready to go and will start well if I get off goodreads I can probably get 4 whole hours of sleep so probably start it in 5 hours.
I finished The Eyes of the Dragon and have started Cress. My library hold finally came up.I'm still slogging my way through Cutting for Stone. The middle has bogged down, and it hasn't helped that I've set it aside to concentrate on other books.
I am finishing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as some light reading in the side. I'm trying to keep it light because I am going out to get books tomorrow. Who knows what I will find. Excited!
Surprised any of us actually have to time to fit reading in with all the toppler chat and planning!I started Horns yesterday and I'm enjoying it so far. I think it will be a quick read. Now one of the buddy reads I had planned has moved to November I can breath a sigh of relief and fit in some books at my own pace. I've neglected my chunkster challenge recently and desperately want to finish the milestone I'm on (and in theory complete another after that too).
Mariab wrote: "Only posts! A lot of them! :-)))(The toppler is guilty...)"
I'm with you on that, Mariab.
Roz wrote: "I'm reading Abandon and I'm about half done. I read his Wayward Pines series and enjoyed it. Good thriller/horror."I read the first in the Wayward Pines series and really liked it. Have the 2nd one coming from the library.
I finished The Secret Place by Tana French, the most recent in her Dublin Murder Squad series. It's a 5-star series. If you haven't been turned on to Ms. French yet, I highly recommend her. She really knows how to get into the minds of her characters. Now I'm reading another book in a series... these series are killing me! It's Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1) set in Rome in 80 B.C. Good historical fiction and mystery. I read the 2 prequels (Ancient World series of 2), which were written after the first in this series. You can tell how the writer has evolved and honed his skill over the years.
Debra wrote: "I finished The Secret Place by Tana French, the most recent in her Dublin Murder Squad series. It's a 5-star series. If you haven't been turned on to Ms. French yet, I highly reco..."Still have to read Secret Place but I've read all the others and I have to echo Debra's view, they are fabulous books.
@ Debra @ I dont know if I had mentioned that already, but I loved the S Sailor's book. Roma sub Rosa &co.Anothe author in the same style ( who I find is even better) is Maddox Roberts, SPQR series
Debra wrote: "I finished The Secret Place by Tana French, the most recent in her Dublin Murder Squad series. It's a 5-star series. If you haven't been turned on to Ms. French yet, I highly reco..."Yet another book for my wishlist! Anything to do with Ancient Rome and I am interested.
Mariab, I'll have to check Maddox Roberts out. Oh boy, more for my TBR list!
Debra wrote: "Mariab, I'll have to check Maddox Roberts out. Oh boy, more for my TBR list!"SPQR I: The King's Gambit Here the first one
Debra wrote: "Roz wrote: "I'm reading Abandon and I'm about half done. I read his Wayward Pines series and enjoyed it. Good thriller/horror."I read the first in the Wayward Pines series and real..."
You really have to read the whole Wayward Pines series all the way to the end to get the full impact.
I finished Frenchman's Creek which I absolutely loved! It's got pirates, romance, action, adventure and lots of beautiful Cornish scenery in it. I mean, what's not to like?I am now starting The Lie which Madame Tutti Fruiti picked for me.
I finished Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance. I don't recommend it. It was a free book, though.I will begin the Hallowen book today. Still a little undecided between Storm Front andSandman Slim.
I think I will go with the shortest from both
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