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What Are You Reading? - 2018
I just finished He Shall Thunder in the Sky this morning. It was the story that I had wanted to hear for a long time. I just got a notice that the 1st Kurt Wallander series book, Faceless Killers is available for me to download.
I am still reading The Long Utopia and The Prince and the Pilgrim for my yearly challenge.
Giving a try to LOCK IN as soon as I put my kids in bed.
Listening to The Summer Tree and reading Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. Neither is what I expected so far :-\
Decided to put The Summer Tree. I'm not in the right mood to do justise to it. I needed something a bit more down to earth so I'm listning to If We Were VillainsI had a very sleepless night last night (neck ache) so I listened to an entire short book, The Girls of Slender Means. I was very disappointed in the story. The only other Sparks novel I've read is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie so I guess it had a lot to live to.
I hope things pick up quickly for you, Margo.
What do you think of If We Were Villains so far, Margo? I have that as a possibility for the zodiac.
I've got it for the zodiac as well.
I'm less than an hour in Kristie but I am engaged. Good start, I want to keep listening. It is a who-done-it but the setting is unusual.
Sounds good. Thanks, Margo.
I just finished listening to Faceless Killers. Kurt Wallander reminded me a lot of Harry Hole. Maybe it is the setting, but I really enjoyed meeting him and will look forward to the next series book.
I have a ton of stuff going at the moment. The latest, though, is At the Water's Edge. It's been on my TBR because I loved her Water for Elephants. So far I'm disappointed, but I'm not that far in yet.
I finished The Tuscan Child and was disappointed in it. I expected so much more. It's definitely readable, just doesn't have much substance to it.I'm not sure what audiobook I'll read next. I have no time to listen tomorrow, so will choose something before Friday.
Roz wrote: "I used If We Were Villains for the Zodiac challenge. Loved it. Even better if you like Shakespeare."Yes, a lot of the bard has come into it. I'm surprised that a college in the US would specialise in Shakespeare. So far it is all plays I studied in school so I'm quoting along with it. It is amazing how much of that stuff sticks in your brain.
I managed to finish book #4 in The Long Earth series, The Long Utopia for my yearly challenge. I was pleased about a little bit of background that the authors gave for one main characters in this story. Still, only three stars.I am starting Empire of Dragons for my China book task. I have owned it for several years. I hope it is a good read.
I decided that I would read Midnight Riot aka Rivers of London. I haven't done the twin task yet and it's short and doable between months.
A Stranger in the House - by Shari Lapeña - started reading this yesterday - all i can say is that is brilliant !! a guaranteed page turner
It's starts off with a bang, doesn't it, Peggy?
I finished Spinning Silver last night. I borrowed the ebook from the library. It was another great read for me, but I almost wish I'd listened to it instead if the audio book has different voices for different characters. I sometimes had to stop and remember who was narrating.
I finished Circe. It was good, but I liked The Song of Achilles better. It was interesting to see the bits of overlap and common characters between the two books. The author does a really good job of making them fluid between both. When we meet Odysseus in Circe, for example, his character remains true to the way she portrayed him in The Song of Achilles. Over all, I really enjoyed the premise of both books and hope she writes more similar titles.
I'm starting two books today - 22 Britannia Road on Audiobook for the group themed read and Murder In The Yoga Store on ebook for my real life book club.
Target wrote: "I'm reading Dual Sword God: Book 1 love these wuxia series, you guys may also find it interesting."Welcome to YLTO, Target!
I finished Empire of Dragons last night. I think I liked it more than most of the reviewers. It may have been a little far fetched, but the author is a good story teller. I liked the way the Romans were portrayed and the way the Roman and Chinese characters interacted. I finished another Pendergast series book, Cemetery Dance. Just okay. Four more books and this series will be a wrap, but I started another by the same authors. I started The Core for the buddy read and The Good the Bad and the Infernal for the monthly challenge. I also started The Natural for my ZZ challenge, but I will put it on the back of the stack for the first two.
I'm reading The Dry Grass of August for the zodiac challenge. I also just started The Home for Unwanted Girls and Sold on a Monday.
Target wrote: "I'm reading Dual Sword God: Book 1 love these wuxia series, you guys may also find it interesting."Welcome Target!
Margo wrote: "I am also reading The Core. I can't believe we are on the last book of the series!"I know! Reading it is bittersweet. There is a novella due this month or next - Barren but then we'll have to wait for his next set of books which are based in the same world but X amount of years in the future. I think it's a 100 years if I remember correctly but don't hold me to that!
I thought it was much closer in time, with the children of MC's of this series. But maybe it's the children of their children of their children then?
You're right Peggy. Just looked and it's 15 years after the end of the book we're reading.
Oh, courageous! I checked it after the 4th book. I had forgotten the answer but did remember reading something that was a spoiler, so I didn't want to look again. I forgot about that spoiler until today (I think), when I finished chapter 6: (view spoiler)
Ah yes. That is a bit spoilerish. I didn't look at the book synopsis but Brett's website where he announced the new series. I just read as far as when it was set but i've read it before and don't remember that having any spoilers. Best wait until we finish the one we're reading before exploring more.
Finished The Thirteenth Tale
for the second time and loved every minute spent with this book.My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/71799221
It was a great read, Dem. I might have to read it again, sooner than later.
I finished Murder In The Yoga Store which is a true crime story about the brutal murder of Jayna Murray in the Lululemon store in 2011. Horrific story!I've started If We Were Villains for the zodiac challenge.
I hope you like Villains as much as I did, Janice.
Roz wrote: "I hope you like Villains as much as I did, Janice."I've never read Shakespeare so it might be a bit of a stretch, but I'll see how it goes.
I finished What Angels Fear for the monthly challenge and really enjoyed it. It's another series started. Argh!I decided to quit If We Were Villains. I was having a difficult time getting into it. I've decided to read The Children's Hour for the zodiac challenge instead.
The Grapes of Wrath , good book loving it.
.Going to start.And continuing War and Peace.
All can be used for ZZ.
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I'm also listening to Last Breath. This is the fourth book in the series and I'm working my way through it now because I have book 6 to review for NetGalley and I'm late on it. So far, it's a good series.