What Are You Reading? - 2018 Showing 1,001-1,050 of 2,032

[Roz]

I started listening to the audio version of The Sisters Brothers for my Good Heavens challenge. The narrator (John Pruden) has a voice that's prefect for a western.

[Cherie]

I finished The Skull Throne, Strangers on a Train and Head On. All 5 star reads for me.

Still reading The Boston Girl, Green Mansions and Precious and Grace.

I started listening to Another Country several days ago. I love Dion Graham's voice but his singing is terrible!

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Brooklyn for the group themed read, and I have since started The Witches of New York. This book could also fit the themed read. I'm reading it for my zodiac challenge

[Cherie]

I finally finished Green Mansions! It got my two stars, but I doubt I would ever recommend it to anyone that I knew. If I did not need it for my ZZ challenge, I would have abandoned it.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished The Outsider a couple of days ago. I thought it was excellent. Of course, I love King's writing, so I may be biased, but I think he does such a great job with his characters and general storytelling.

I started The Crooked Staircase to catch up the series. Such a good series. I'm a bit concerned that it may go on too long and become too repetitive with the concepts involved, but so far I like it and want to know what's going to happen.

[~Annaki~]

I just finished Band of Angels and am starting The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

[Peggy]

Curious to hear what you think of Baba Segi, Annaki!

I started The Princess Bride

[~Annaki~]

Peggy wrote: "Curious to hear what you think of Baba Segi, Annaki!"

I will let you know :)

[Tricia]

Peggy wrote: "Curious to hear what you think of Baba Segi, Annaki!

I started The Princess Bride"

Peggy, have you seen the movie? I'm really interested in what you think of the book especially if you have seen the film version.

[Peggy]

No, haven't seen the movie. I'll probably watch it at some point though if I enjoy the book.

[Tricia]

Peggy wrote: "No, haven't seen the movie. I'll probably watch it at some point though if I enjoy the book."

I asked because it's one of the rare instances where I actually liked the movie better. I enjoyed the book, but the movie made a few changes that worked for me.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I also liked the movie better. You should watch it, Peggy. It's a fun movie and has quite a following.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished The Crooked Staircase and plan to start Killman Creek for the zodiac today.

I am also planning to start The Widow's Watcher tonight for a review.

Once again, I have a couple of books on my currently reading shelf that I have had to put aside for other reads. I need to get better about when I plan to read books.

[Peggy]

I will! But book first :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes! Book first! :)

[Margo]

I have started The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle on borrowbox and Sense & Sensibility on Playaway. I have 8 library books out at the moment, all due back within 5 weeks! They are all books I really want to read but none are part of any challenge.

I did have 9 but about 30% into Small Island my Playaway died (not my week technology as my Kindle also died). I was enjoying it. It was about the experiences of Jamaican imigrants to the UK during and after the WW2. It was funny and sad. An unusual view of racism.

[Cherie]

I am reading A Murder Is Announced. I also started listening to Seeing a Large Cat. Both books are for my Serial Killer continued task.

[Sarah]

Glad you enjoyed the new King book Kristie. It's on my list and I want to read it soon but I'm skint. I might have to get a library copy or wait until the price comes down.

I finished The Tangled Lands which I loved. It was one of my favourite authors collaborating with another author I've never heard of before. I'd read the first part by Bacigalupi which I loved but as each part has alternate authors it could have gone instantly wrong but it didn't. The writing styles complemented each other well. So I was very pleased. NOw on to Kindred for the monthly challenge although I'm not sure whether I'll finish it in time. It's taking me forever to read as I have a lot on at the moment.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "No, haven't seen the movie. I'll probably watch it at some point though if I enjoy the book."

You must be the only 80s kid in existence that didn't have to watch this at the end of each term for 5 years straight.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "NOw on to Kindred for the monthly challenge although I'm not sure whether I'll finish it in time. It's taking me forever to read as I have a lot on at the moment.."

You've got 15 days, you'll be fine.

[Peggy]

Cultural difference maybe?

You watched it in school? Why this one?

[Sarah]

Rusalka wrote: "Sarah wrote: "NOw on to Kindred for the monthly challenge although I'm not sure whether I'll finish it in time. It's taking me forever to read as I have a lot on at the moment.."

You've got 15 day..."

I don't know. My brain is on hypnosis research at the moment. I have just spent the whole day reading a clinical trial and it was only 6 pages long. But I understand it fully now. Well, maybe 25% of the results section is lost on me but that's not bad going considering. Right now, the thought of reading just one more word of anything does not appeal to me. We'll see what happens when I have fresh eyes tomorrow.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Finished Artemis yesterday, and plan to start A Beautiful Blue Death today. Both of them count for my ZZ Challenge.

[Cherie]

I hope you like Charles Lenox, Sandra. Are you listening to James Langton? His voice is so unique to this series.

[Sandra, Moderator]

No, I am reading a paperback, Cherie. I read the fourth in the series a while ago, because its purple cover fit a task for some challenge. I liked it, and now I want to start the series from the beginning.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Age of War. I think of all the books set in this world, this is the one that made me feel the most emotional. I can't wait for the next book to be published.

Next up is The Outsider.

[Adam]

started reading all by myself alone Mary Higgins Clark - really intriguing - leads you into the story in a simple way - giving great outlines to the characters of the book.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Sarah wrote: "NOw on to Kindred for the monthly challenge although I'm not sure whether I'll finish it in time. It's taking me forever to read as I have a lot on at the moment.."

Y..."

But clinical papers are the worst. I'm crossing my fingers for you

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "Cultural difference maybe?

You watched it in school? Why this one?"

Because it was PG, the teachers didn't mind it, and there was a copy in the school library. It was the last day term movie, when they didn't know what else to do with us.

[Janice, Moderator]

Adam wrote: "started reading all by myself alone Mary Higgins Clark - really intriguing - leads you into the story in a simple way - giving great outlines to the characters of the book."

It's been years since I read a Mary Higgins Clark.

When you mention a book, could you link it? Just above the discussion box is "add book/author". Click on it, type in the title, and then "add". It will look like this All By Myself, Alone. We tend to be nosy and want to see what the book is all about. A link makes it easy. Thanks. :)

[Margo]

I used to enjoy Mary Higgins Clark and then I read a couple of hers that were poor so I stopped. She wrote some very good stuff though.

[Renee]

I think its time I revisit Mary Higgins Clark . I like to read mysteries this time of year MHC books are easy reads. Most have a good but predictable story. Its what I need tight now.


Its funny how you forget about some authors until someone mentions them.

[Dem]

Finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North

My review; www.goodreads.com/review/show/2445535617

[Renee]

The Woman in the Window I don't really understand what all the hype is about this book. I hope it has a surprise coming. Anything would be good.

[~Annaki~]

~Annaki~ wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Curious to hear what you think of Baba Segi, Annaki!"

I will let you know :)"

I finished it... Did not like it at all :D Wrote a review (felt I had to, to justify giving it only 1 star).

[Peggy]

Lol, now I feel bad for suggesting it!

I only gave it 2 stars but the average rating is not bad at all so I figured maybe you would be among the people who liked it.

[~Annaki~]

Peggy wrote: "Lol, now I feel bad for suggesting it!

I only gave it 2 stars but the average rating is not bad at all so I figured maybe you would be among the people who liked it."

No no no, don't feel bad!!! Even books I don't like teach me new things about my own personality as a reader :) I am glad you suggested it!

[Lilisa]

I've been spending quite a bit of time in France lately Still reading The Little Paris Bookshop for the monthly read and just finished The Rain Watcher, set in France including Paris. Here are my thoughts: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also reading Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and listening to Twelve Years a Slave, which had been on my TBR for a long time. I'm trying to pick off the oldest books on my list - not very successfully.

[Tricia]

Adam wrote: "started reading all by myself alone Mary Higgins Clark - really intriguing - leads you into the story in a simple way - giving great outlines to the characters of the book."

I actually listened to this one on audio a few months ago. Like several others have said, I haven't read a Mary Higgins Clark for a while, but I saw this one and thought I'd give it a try. I have to admit to falling asleep a few times while listening, but that might not have been the book's fault. I think some of her earlier stuff was much better as far as the mystery goes, but I just love Willie and Elvira as characters. They crack me up.

[Dem]

On 17 July 1918, in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the last Russian royal family – the Romanovs – were brutally murdered by Bolshevik revolutionaries.

I chose The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family to read this week and was not disappointed by my choice.

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2447784949

[Adam]

currently reading Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) - really intriguing - i really love this series !!

[Laura (Lclwags)]

Renee wrote: "I think its time I revisit Mary Higgins Clark . I like to read mysteries this time of year MHC books are easy reads. Most have a good but predictable story. Its what I need tight now..."

I used to love reading her books, but they really are predictable. I started getting bored and have only read one recently.

[~Annaki~]

I am reading Quiet Until the Thaw. Fuller is one of my favorite authors and it is quite exciting to be reading her first fiction :) All her others have been nonfiction and I loved them.

[Cherie]

I finished listening to Seeing a Large Cat and A River in the Sky. Strange - there are ten books between them, and it all felt pretty much the same.

I thought I needed to read a Madeleine L'Engle book since it has been so many years reading one of her books and there won't be any more. I started listening to Meet the Austins last night. I listened to the first story. It makes me feel very melancholy. I don't think I will finish it. I am going to give Dancing at Midnight a try. The cover makes me smile.

[Margo]

I'm listening to The Long Earth. I bought it because of Terry Pratchett association but I am not seeing much of his writing style in the story - maybe small touches. So far I am intregued. Shades of Narnia sprinkled with metaphysics. I'm not sure yet where the story is going but I am enjoying the ride!

[~Annaki~]

I finished Quiet Until the Thaw and have started Charms For the Easy Life.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I am still reading A Beautiful Blue Death, but because I needed an e-book to read at night when it is too hot to have my light on, and also needed an audiobook for the endless hours I am spending emptying my house, I ended adding to my currently reading Quincas Borba and A Single Shard. All of them fit different task of my ZZ challenge, so I will be ready to request my first badge when I am done.

[Cherie]

Margo wrote: "I'm listening to The Long Earth. I bought it because of Terry Pratchett association but I am not seeing much of his writing style in the story - maybe small touches. S..."

I will be starting on The Long Utopia for my ZZ Challenge soon, Margo. It has not been my favorite series, but I have liked it so far. You could say that I have been "stepping" through them slowly.

[Heather]

I just finished Tiger Lily. Besides the cover being beautiful this is a good story. It is not the retelling of Peter Pan you are expecting. But a well written story of family, differences, first loves and the sadness's that each life gets.

[Cherie]

Heather wrote: "I just finished Tiger Lily. Besides the cover being beautiful this is a good story. It is not the retelling of Peter Pan you are expecting. But a well written story of family, differ..."

It was quite different, wasn't it? I liked it.