What are you reading and why? Jul-Dec 2014 Showing 1,001-1,050 of 1,221

[Travis]

Janice wrote: "Started A Crown of Lights last night on my kindle app. I finished Mister Slaughter - really loving this series! I'll start Ordinary Grace this morning on audiobook ..."

Book 5 is inthe audible sale

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, I saw that Travis. It's in my shopping cart waiting for me to make a few more choices. :)

[Casceil]

The Buddy Read for A Crown of Lights is starting today. Anyone who is interested, please come join us.

[Cherie]

I finished my reread of The Name of the Wind and started The Bridges of Madison County. I have always loved the movie and when I saw the book on the sale shelf at the library, I snapped it up. It is only 171 pages. I was surprised it was so short.

[Stephanie]

Hope Bridges of Madison County is a good book! My husband and I lived in Nebraska for a few years and went to Madison county in Iowa and went to the bridges :-) it was pretty neat :-)

[Cherie]

Stephanie wrote: "Hope Bridges of Madison County is a good book! My husband and I lived in Nebraska for a few years and went to Madison county in Iowa and went to the bridges :-) it was pretty neat :-)"

Thanks, Stephanie. I will let you know. We have some covered bridges in a few places here in Oregon. I have seen most of them. Cool that you got to see the ones in the book!☺

[Stephanie]

Thanks Cherie :) I believe one of the bridges had a superstition of being haunted..I can't remember the name but when we went to it there was a cat that followed us all over :-)

[Sarah]

I finished a few short stories yesterday and I've now started Genesis which a number of my GR friends have given 5 stars. I have to say it's different - I've not read a book in this format before but it's very well done! Looking forward to seeing where it takes me.

[Mariab]

Michael wrote: "I just finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 for another book club here on goodreads. It was short and re-read for me. I think I enjoyed it more this time around ..."

I think the movie is only loosely based on the book, and makes a opus for itself (no needing to say i love it)

[Lisa]

I finished The Regeneration Trilogy which I rated 5 stars. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Later I will be starting The Wise Man's Fear. I can't wait to enter the world of Kvothe again!

[Gavin]

I'm reading Wuthering Heights.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie, The Bridges of Madison County is in my "books at home to read asap" for 2015 list, so I hope to read it soon. I'm not the "romance" kind, but I loved the movie. And it was really a surprise it is so short! It seems that nobody writes books with less than 400 pages any more!

[Mariab]

Reading Sciencie and Superheros for the non fic challange

[Lilisa]

Was in Rome, Italy with Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders I needed a light fun read and it did the trick. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Casceil]

Read a book written by someone I have known for many years. This is her first book, and I thought it turned out very well. It's not the type of book I normally seek out (I tend to steer clear of "heartwarming")but I enjoyed it very much. In case anyone is interested, here is my review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The e-book is available from Amazon.

[Dem]

Just finished . This is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1105495859

[Roz]

I finished Mariana as part of my chunkster challenge and now I'm starting Exodus. I've seen the movie but never read the book (and it fits into my chunkster theme).
Mariana wasn't bad, just okay. If you like romance, time travel and chick lit, give it a try. Quick read.

[Lilisa]

Oh boy, added this one too Dem. thanks.

[Stephanie]

I just finished, The Indwelling. It is the 7th book in the left behind series. I haven't done a review for any of the books in the series because I am not sure what I want to say about them. I like the books but am at a loss for words other than that. Next up is Hot Rocks, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Delusion in Death, Unsaid, Wuthering Heights and The Illustrated Man. Should be a good reading month :-)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Finished Two Sisters by Mary Hogan. I won it for a author reading discussion in another group, and I have opposite feeling about it. This is my review.

I started this morningThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Storya non-fiction about a couple of zookeepers in Warsaw who saved hundreds of jews by hiding them in the empty cages of the animals.

[Tasha]

I listened to The Zookeeper's Wife. It was pretty interesting.

[Cherie]

I finished The Bridges of Madison County.
I read through a lot of the reviews and it looks like this book is either liked or really NOT liked. I am on the "I really liked it" side. It was a good story and I admired the author's imagination for making up a story that sounds like it could really be true. I liked the characters, even the fictional writer of the story and that is all I am going to say about it.

I have started reading The Wise Man's Fear

[Stephanie]

I'm going to add Bridges to my TBR list :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Ordinary Grace this afternoon, and found it to be just ordinary.

I'll be starting The Obituary Writer tomorrow.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "I finished Ordinary Grace this afternoon, and found it to be just ordinary.

I'll be starting The Obituary Writer tomorrow."

Darn, I have the ordinary one on my TBR but not the O writer. Can't wait to hear how it is....

[Janice, Moderator]

You might really enjoy Ordinary Grace, Cherie. I'm the odd one out in rating it.

The Obituary Writer seems to have some similar themes to OG. It will be interesting to see what it's like.

[Janice, Moderator]

I was up till 2:00 this morning and finished A Crown of Lights. I'm loving this series and will definitely read more books in it.

I'll be starting two new books today. On audiobook, The Obituary Writer (as mentioned yesterday) and Mercy Among the Children which will be one of my cross Canada reads for my left over stew challenge.

[KimeyDiann]

I spent the long weekend away from the computer and it was amazing! I only even looked at facebook on my smartphone a couple of times.

I finished reading Me Before You over the long weekend and, yes, I did cry. But it wasn't as bad this time as it was the first time reading it.

I started back on reading Darkfever and should be right on track to re-read the entire Fever Series before Burned comes out in January.

I also started listening to The Quiet Girl. I'm not sure what to think of it yet. It is very confusing. The story keeps jumping to different points in the past and I'm not really sure what is happening now and what is a memory or did this even happen before or after that event. I'm thinking it might be easier to follow reading it instead of listening to it. I think I'm about halfway through it so I'm not giving up on it at this point.

[Stephanie]

Ooh I have Me Before You on my TBR! Can't wait to read it :-)

[KimeyDiann]

Stephanie wrote: "Ooh I have Me Before You on my TBR! Can't wait to read it :-)"

I hope you love it, Stephanie! It is easily one of my favorite books of all time.

[Stephanie]

It may be a bit before I dive in :-) I have 4 books currently checked out from the library and have 3 more that are ready for me to pick up at the library lol :) one of which I have been waiting a few months for :-) I'm looking forward to my read-a-thon :-)

[Stephanie]

I just finished Hot Rocks. A good mix of mystery and romance. I gave it 4 stars. Quite the easy read.

[Gavin]

Just started V for Vendetta

[Michael]

Mariab wrote: "Michael wrote: "I think the movie is only loosely based on the book, and makes a opus for itself (no needing to say i love it) "

Agreed...not quite as "loosely based" as the I, Robot movie, but yeah there are significant differences between each.

[Travis]

I started The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack. Little bizaar and I don't know if thats good or bad yet. I'm enjoying it it just isnt what I expected

[Tasha]

I started Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery today for the monthly challenge. I'm looking forward to this one.

I'll also get going on Wuthering Heights.

[Stephanie]

I started The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe for the Length challenge. The version I have is just shy of 200 pages so I should be done with it by tomorrow. I don't know what to think so far other than the movies I have seen of this book seem to have portrayed the book quite well which is nice.

[Sarah]

Just downloaded my pre-order copy of Messenger's Legacy which is a Demon Cycle Novella. Going to start it straight away! I was trying to concentrate on Swan Song this week before the toppler but what the heck!

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Obituary Writer. The title was more intriguing than the book. It was okay, and I will admit I did shed a couple of tears, but kind of a flat story.

I will start The Haunted later today.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "I finished The Obituary Writer. The title was more intriguing than the book. It was okay, and I will admit I did shed a couple of tears, but kind of a flat story..."

Interesting cover. I think I will add it to my list.
Did you listen to the audio version? If yes, who was the narrator?

[Cherie]

Stephanie wrote: "I started The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe for the Length challenge. The version I have is just shy of 200 pages so I should be done with it by tomorrow. I don't know what to think so far other..."

This is the only one of the series I ever managed to read.

[Stephanie]

Did you like it, Cherie?

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Did you listen to the audio version? If yes, who was the narrator? ."

Yes, it was Tavia Gilbert. I found her male voices to be indistinguishable from one to the other.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Did you listen to the audio version? If yes, who was the narrator? ."

Yes, it was Tavia Gilbert. I found her male voices to be indistinguishable from one to the other."

I am not sure I have listened to her. I have to admit that most female voices have not appealed to me, with the exctpeion of Davina Porter and the woman who narrates the Bloody Jacky Pirate books (Katherine Kellegren). I liked Rebecca Solar in Scarlet and Cress although not her male "voices" as much. I guess I am pretty sexist when it comes to that vs the sex of the author. Almost all of the books in my audio wishlist have male narrators, with Simon Vance at the top of the list. James Langton is way up there too with Paul Boehmer.

[Cherie]

Stephanie wrote: "Did you like it, Cherie?"

Yes, I did, but I have never been interested in the rest of the books in the series. I have no real reason for it though. Just never got around to them, I guess.

[Cherie]

I started The Illustrated Man for the group read.

[Stephanie]

Just finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the length challenge. Not really sure what to think because it was just ok. Thankfully it was a short read :) I may have to add the rest to the yearly challenge... We shall see. Off to report!

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: " I guess I am pretty sexist when it comes to that vs the sex of the author. Almost all of the books in my audio wishlist have male narrators."

Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek Voyager fame was magnificent in NOS4A2. Xe Sands is also very good.

Like you, I seem to prefer male narrators to female. But, sometimes the gender of the narrator has to fit the novel. If the protagonist is a young girl who has a lot of dialogue, a husky male voice might not be the best choice regardless of his ability.

[Janice, Moderator]

I started The Haunted today. I'll have to pause it on Saturday for the toppler.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "Like you, I seem to prefer male narrators to female. But, sometimes the gender of the narrator has to fit the novel. If the protagonist is a young girl who has a lot of dialogue, a husky male voice might not be the best choice regardless of his ability..."

LOL!!! I agree. I have listened to a few sample books narrated by Xe Sands, but they did not appeal to me. I did not know Kate did NOS4A2. I never listened because I was not sure I wanted to read/listen to the story. I might re-visit it again though. I am sure my daughter might like it.