What Are You Reading? - 2018 Showing 1,551-1,600 of 2,032

[Lisa]

I'm starting The Haunting of Hill House. I have high expectations for this, seeing as it's regularly described as one of the best haunted house novels ever written, so I hope it lives up to them.

[Peggy]

I love TTBEotW, Patty! I have around 100 pages to go. I'm really looking forward to reading Kate Morton's new book as well.

[Tricia]

Okay, I was all good through the toppler, but now I can't seem to find the motivation to read. LOL That sounds strange. I'm still trying to get through The Lost City of the Monkey God which shouldn't be a problem because I'm enjoying it, but I seem to be dragging. Time to set it aside for a couple of days and then try again. Hoping my current slump is short-lived.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Sometimes a shirt slump is a secondary effect of topplers, Tricia. I'm also reading only a few pages a day, but in my case it could be the book. I might DNF it after giving it the last chance tonight.

[Janice, Moderator]

I have to tease you about the shirt slump, Sandra. I hate it when my shirt slumps and doesn't hold its shape any more. :)

I need a 5 star book, something I can get lost in.

[Cherie]

😄, It is amazing how our eyes/mind can autocorrect the typos! I never noticed Sandra's shirt slump until you pointed it out, Janice.

I've been having the same slump since the toppler too. After clutching the print version of The Poisonwood Bible all of last week, I can't seem to want to hold anything in my hands. I have two more huge print books to get through and a story on my Nook, but all I seem to want to do is listen to audiobooks on my iPod. My work this week has allowed me to do more listening, in between meetings too.

[Cherie]

Janice - what about the 4th book in Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy that just came out? Time's Convert. I'm hoping it will be a 5 star read. I remember that you liked the 3rd book much better than I did. I am saving it as a reward for finishing my ZZ challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Janice - what about the 4th book in Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy that just came out? Time's Convert. I'm hoping it will be a 5 star read. I remember that you liked the 3rd book much better t..."

I have it on my audible wishlist and would have gotten it this month but I needed to get a couple of other books first, one being The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished City of Thieves and thought it was great. I started The Coordinates of Loss today and am already 40% through. I seem to be doing well with audiobooks this week. Now, I just need to get back on track with physical/Kindle books.

[Margo]

Sandra wrote: "Sometimes a shirt slump is a secondary effect of topplers, Tricia. I'm also reading only a few pages a day, but in my case it could be the book. I might DNF it after giving it the last chance tonight."

As Sandra! It's too early to do things like that to me. Now I'll be worried about "shirt slumps" after every toppler :-P

[Sandra, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "I have to tease you about the shirt slump, Sandra. I hate it when my shirt slumps and doesn't hold its shape any more. :)"

Lol. Maybe one day I will learn to read my comments before posting them...

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "😄, It is amazing how our eyes/mind can autocorrect the typos! "

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[Sandra, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "As Sandra! It's too early to do things like that to me. Now I'll be worried about "shirt slumps" after every toppler :-P"

Nothing to be worried about, Margo. It was not me or the toppler. I finally decided DNF it. I am talking about The House by the River. Too much drama. Too little Greece. Still deciding what I am going to read now.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Sometimes a shirt slump is a secondary effect of topplers, Tricia."

Mine's usually from too many chips.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished my challenge read, Winterbay Abbey: A Ghost Story. It was rather tame for a ghost story, though the atmosphere was very gothic. I was lamenting that it wasn't a very scary ghost story, but my resulting dream belied that. In the dream, I was walking down the hall and came to the stairwell headed to the basement. There was a young woman with a black dress coming up and she scared the hell out of me. I screamed a swear word, and woke up. I was full of adrenalin so much that I couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and as I approached the stairwell, peeked around the corner to make sure nobody was there. What the book lacked, my dream made up for it.

I will start Magic Triumphs. I had a hold on it at the library and the ebook became available the other day.

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "I finished my challenge read, Winterbay Abbey: A Ghost Story. It was rather tame for a ghost story, though the atmosphere was very gothic. I was lamenting that it wasn't a very scar..."

Gosh, that's a pretty creepy dream, Janice! I had a similar dream after reading Dark Matter. Basically in this dream I replaced the main character in the book and when I woke up, I was convinced the ghost was lurking outside my bedroom door! Lol.

[Renee]

Celine This was for my f2f group. It started out slow. I wound up loving it.


I think my problem with the beginning was I was expecting a post-apocalyptic book. I read The Dog Stars and really liked it I assumed that this was the same type of book.


Instead I got a mystery with a unique detective. Heller has range in his stories. He also uses words well. I plan on reading more by him.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Lol, Janice. Those dreams are not fun.

[Peggy]

I finished To The Bright Edge of the World and I'm so in love with it. One of my favourite books ever, I'd say. I wrote a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Too bad that whichever book I'll pick up next will fade in comparison...

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "I finished To The Bright Edge of the World and I'm so in love with it. One of my favourite books ever, I'd say. I wrote a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

This has been on my wishlist since it was first published. I think I will have to give it more priority.

[Cherie]

Sandra wrote: "I cndulo’t bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg, Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid..."

I could totally read that, Sandra!!! :o)

[Cherie]

Renee wrote: Heller has range in his stories. He also uses words well. I plan on reading more by him..."

Good to hear. I have two of his books on my TBR list.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "What the book lacked, my dream made up for it..."

And you wonder why I don't especially go out of my way to read those kinds of books???

[Cherie]

Peggy wrote: "I finished To The Bright Edge of the World and I'm so in love with it. One of my favourite books ever, I'd say. I wrote a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

I moved it to my "you-really-need-to-read-this-one" shelf, Peggy.

[Peggy]

Good choice Cherie! And yes Lisa, better sooner than later!

@Janice: yikes! If I read/watch horror/thriller I would never get any sleep.

[siriusedward]

Peggy wrote: "I finished To The Bright Edge of the World and I'm so in love with it. One of my favourite books ever, I'd say. I wrote a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

It really was a good book to read.

[Renee]

Add me to the list of people that loved to the bright edge of the world.

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "Good choice Cherie! And yes Lisa, better sooner than later!

@Janice: yikes! If I read/watch horror/thriller I would never get any sleep."

It's unusual that I have nightmares. This one has stayed with me all day.

[Margo]

Peggy wrote: "I finished To The Bright Edge of the World and I'm so in love with it. One of my favourite books ever, I'd say. I wrote a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

I knew you'd love it! That language, those descriptions! She is a wonderful writer :-)

[Peggy]

She is! I'm very much looking forward to a next book, but I think it will be a while.

[Tricia]

You've all convinced me. To The Bright Edge of the World is going to be my reward when I finish the books I have going now. Maybe it will get me out of this miserable slump. I want to start it now, but I'm forcing myself to wait.

[Sandra, Moderator]

After DNFing The House by the River I am starting Still Waters.

[Peggy]

It worked for me Tricia :)

[Lisa]

I'm about 40% of the way through The Haunting of Hill House. I'm on the fence in terms of how I feel about it so far. I do quite like it but it's not blowing me away or anything.

I am also just starting Call of the Curlew, which was a cover buy for me. I know next to nothing about it, but I'm hoping I will be pleasantly surprised.

[Peggy]

That's a great cover indeed!

[siriusedward]

The House of the Mosque,continuing it..its interesting.
The Woman Next Door finished this.Swapped this for The famished road,which was a bit too surrealistic for me.
East of the Mountains,for PNW.

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "That's a great cover indeed!"

It's one of those naked hardbacks without a dust jacket. It's even prettier in real life as it's really shiny.

[Jess]

I've just finished Dracula. I thought it was a well written story with great characters but it was very repetitive and slow and had an unsatisfying ending.

I didn't know what book to start next so I started 3 books!

The Good Immigrant
Slade House
War and Peace

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Dead Man's Walk on audiobook today. Will Paton does such a great job.

Next up is Assassin's Apprentice for a buddy read.

[Roz]

Unfortunately several of the books I requested from my library became available all at once. Somehow that always happens and I end up in a frenzy reading . I'm reading series books at the moment. I've got The Fallen Angel, and Walking Shadows on my kindle, plus I'm listening to As Bright as Heaven. I also have a couple that I started reading (The Last Suppers and Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook ) but I can renew them.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Roz wrote: "Unfortunately several of the books I requested from my library became available all at once. Somehow that always happens and I end up in a frenzy reading . I'm reading series books at the moment. I..."

Ah, Roz - consider a good excuse to do nothing but read! You're on a deadline, after all (disregarding the remark about renewing- ha).

[PattyMacDotComma]

These are two great kids' non-fiction books about their favourite subjects: dinosaurs and sharks! And full of the facts they love to stun grown-ups with. I included lots of screen shots so you can see what you're getting and what kids are learning. (Be honest - you are learning, too.)

The real books come with kits to build skeletons - good fun, I bet.
Monster Sharks: Megalodon and Other Giant Prehistoric Predators of the Deep
5★
and Jurassic Giants: T. rex and Other Prehistoric Predators
4.5★

My reviews with lots of pictures:
SHARKS:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

DINOSAURS:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

A Pulitzer prize-winner you don't have to be a literary genius to enjoy! Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a delight!
5★ Link to my review

[Margo]

I finished The City & the City and was really impressed with it. It is so complex. I am an instant China Miéville fan. 5 stars.

Also reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand which is quietly enjoyable.

Started my reread of Assassin's Apprentice last night.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished The Coordinates of Loss yesterday, which was excellent, and will be starting Ghost Gifts today for the monthly challenge.

I also "finished" (dnf at 43%) My Real Name Is Hanna. I started this one for the toppler and just got slower and slower with picking it back up. The other night I literally read one page, then put it aside because "I should probably get to bed early." Well, that's certainly a sign that I wasn't engaged. So, done with that one!

I went back to Pretty Ugly Lies, which I started for the challenge last month, but didn't finish on time. It's a much better story.

[Dem]

Finished The Cellist of Sarajevo

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2405414387

[Cherie]

I finished The Girl in the Tower. I thought it was better paced than the first book and it is all I can do, not to go buy the 3rd book and read it right away!

[Elizabeth A.G.]

Just received my library hold and about 1/3 into Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Liking it so far.

[Lilisa]

Kristie wrote: "I finished The Coordinates of Loss yesterday, which was excellent, and will be starting Ghost Gifts today for the monthly challenge.

I also "finished" (dnf at 43%)..."

Good to hear you enjoyed CofL, Kristie. I need to get to it fairly soon. Too many books, too little time...

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "I finished The Girl in the Tower. I thought it was better paced than the first book and it is all I can do, not to go buy the 3rd book and read it right away!"

You'll have killed the series. Go for it.