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What Are You Reading? - 2018
I finally finished House of Glass, which was okay but not great. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished All Systems Red. This is an unusual little sci-fi story told from the POV of an android. I am afraid of giving too much away so I will just say that I really liked it!Next up is A Head Full of Ghosts.
Margo wrote: "Finished All Systems Red. This is an unusual little sci-fi story told from the POV of an android. I am afraid of giving too much away so I will just say that I really liked it!Nex..."
Glad you liked it Margo. I did too and look forward to the rest of the series.
I'm reading my final book for the yearly challenge Odd Hours but I'm really struggling with it. I have absolutely no interest in it. I love Odd Thomas and have enjoyed the series generally but I'm not feeling this one. It also feels a bit basic too. I know I've just read a complex story with The Fifth Season and non fiction stuff for work which probably doesn't help. It feels like a fluff book now. I'll finish it but I just feel like I'm going through the motions and not really getting in to the story. Oh well.
Map of Days is simply fantastic !! you can get so involved in the story that hours pass by !! really good !!
I finished Den of Wolves on my way to my dad's today. It's great to finish the year off with a 5 star read. It's great to finish off the year killing a series as well. I really hope Juliet Marillier writes more in this series. I'll happily read any orphans.Next up on audiobook will be The Darkest Secret. I likely won't start it until after Christmas though.
I am struggling to get into The Poisonwood Bible in what seems to be a case of right book/wrong time. I will give it a last chance today and if I still feel stuck I will start something else and put TPB back in my to read shelf.
I've just finished A Head Full of Ghosts and WOW......it was great! Straight onto my favorites shelf. Well written, psychological horror - no gore at all. Reminiscemt of King at his best. Highly recommended.Next up Yellow Crocus.
Glad you enjoyed it Margo. It's a good one for sure!
Sure is Sarah. Looking forward to more from that author. My library also has The Cabin at the End of the World and Disappearance at Devil's Rock.
Janice wrote: "I finished Den of Wolves on my way to my dad's today. It's great to finish the year off with a 5 star read. It's great to finish off the year killing a series as well. I really hope..."I really need to start this series. It sounds so good. Mind you, I should probably finish the Sevenwaters series first.
Sandra wrote: "I am struggling to get into The Poisonwood Bible in what seems to be a case of right book/wrong time. I will give it a last chance today and if I still feel stuck I will start something..."I didn't care for that one, Sandra. I don't think I was ever fully engaged in the story.
I'm currently reading Cold Blood and Sold on a Monday. I'm so glad that I finally got my currently reading shelf down to the two books I'm actually reading and no extras!
Lisa wrote: "I really need to start this series. It sounds so good. Mind you, I should probably finish the Sevenwaters series first..."Marilliere is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. You can use any book in the Blackthorn and Grimm series for the Book 21, author task since Blackthorn has flaming red hair.
I need to get back to Sevenwaters. I'm going to make that one of the priorities for 2019.
Janice wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I really need to start this series. It sounds so good. Mind you, I should probably finish the Sevenwaters series first..."Marilliere is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. ..."
She is one of my favourite authors too. I love her writing and the worlds she creates. That's good to know about the main character having red hair. I do have a book slotted in for that task but I may swap it out for the first book in this series.
I am going to make the Sevenwaters series a priority next year too. In fact, Child of the Prophecy might be the very first book I pick up in 2019.
Child of the Prophecy is the next book in the series for me to read as well. I doubt I will get to it in January. I have a few chunksters slated in already. Maybe February.
Janice wrote: "Child of the Prophecy is the next book in the series for me to read as well. I doubt I will get to it in January. I have a few chunksters slated in already. Maybe February."I had a feeling it was the next book for you too 🙂. My mum has read the entire series and she says Child of the Prophecy is her favourite of the six.
Kristie wrote: "I didn't care for that one, Sandra. I don't think I was ever fully engaged in the story."I guess your comment was the last push I needed, Kristie. I abandoned The Poisonwood Bible for now. I wasn't getting into it. The fact that the other 2 books by Barbara Kingsolver I read were just 3 and 2 stars doesn't make me very hopeful, tbh. I will try it at another time, though, since my daughter really recommended it to me, and The Lacuna as well.
I read yesterday El silencio de los pájaros which is a short stories collection by Horacio Cavallo, an Uruguayan author. It was a solid 3 stars.I just got La máquina de pensar en Gladys, another short stories collection by another Uruguayan author, Mario Levrero. I guess I am feeling like coming back to the roots. :)
Sandra wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I didn't care for that one, Sandra. I don't think I was ever fully engaged in the story."I guess your comment was the last push I needed, Kristie. I abandoned The Poisonwood..."</i>
I have started [book:The Poisonwood Bible a few times and stalled as I didn't like the narration. I'm going to give it a last shot this year but if I don't get on I will have no problem DNFing it ;-)
Well I guess I will also give it one more try, but that is it.
I finished Yellow Crocus and while it was pleasant listen it was predictable. A story set in Virginia before the American civil war.I am starting Neighborly next. I am struggling to find books that I know I won't use for next years challenge to keep me going til Jan 1st!
Margo wrote: " I am struggling to find books that I know I won't use for next years challenge to keep me going til Jan 1st!"I had a couple planned that I put off for next year. If it's an easy task to fill, I go ahead and read it. If it's a more difficult task, then I wait. I had Us Against You planned for this month, but it's about sports (hockey) and that's a tough task for me, so I'm waiting until the beginning of next month instead.
I usually finish the year short stories I have noticed. Short stories are less demanding than novels for this crazy time of the year, and also if I do not finish the collection before the new year/challenge starts it is easier to put them aside to read something else. It is also easier to come back to the collection later in the year.
I've been in a reading slump for the past 4 days. I'm currently reading:Thursday's Children
The One Dollar Horse
A Little Life (still stuck with this one)
Nevernight
I'm actually enjoying this last one.
yah - just completed my reading challenge for the year !! - awesome - tsk tsk
I finished La máquina de pensar en Gladys and really enjoyed it. 4 stars. Unfortunately I couldn't find an edition in English or I would be recommending it to many members in this group.I started Las montañas siguen allí (title of the English edition: Into the Mountains: The Extraordinary True Story of Survival in the Andes and its Aftermath). This story of the tragedy/miracle of the plane crashed in the Andes is one I revisit from time to time, not only reading different books about but also watching documentaries and interviews.
Obviously The Poisonwood Bible was the problem, because I have read a lot since I put it aside. Also I had forgotten how fast I read in Spanish.I finished Las montañas siguen allí and rated it 4 stars. It was actually something between 3.5 and 4. A really nice memoir from another of the survivors of the Andes plane crash in 1972.
I downloaded Hollow City and La novela luminosa and will decide soon which one I am reading first.
Lara Hawthorne illustrates Silent Night in her own, unique style. Nice one for the season.
Link to my review with pictures(Sorry they may not show in the app.)
In the 1800s, Americans used to have a competition to see how many birds they could shoot on Christmas Day. Fortunately, that all changed! Have a look at the attractive Counting Birds: The Idea That Helped Save Our Feathered Friends and breathe a sigh of relief!
Link to my review with pictures (You may not see them if you're using the app.)
I am struggling through The People in the Trees.While good, it's full of characters I think are horrible people, and so much moral grey. While usually okay, I find these particular topics in the book hard.
Persevering as it is a colleague's favourite book (who just completed an English degree at Kings College, London, so completely keeping up with the Jones's). But also I think it is deftly handled for such grey topics, and really well written, even though I hate everyone.
I hate, HATE, the modern fiction trope of writing about horrible people. Seriously. I have to deal with so many shit people in my life, don't write about them.
The blurb sounds good, Rusalka. I am not sure if adding it or not. I don't necessarily do bad with moral ambiguity, but it depends of the topic and the writing. I guess I will wait for your final thoughts. None of my other GR friends have read it.Also, if I have to keep updating my birth date to be able to comment, I will end killing someone...
Oh Sandra, I am so sorry you are still having that issue. And it would probably make me rage quit the site. It still made me laugh though, I am a terrible friend.
I would made me laugh too. Don't feel bad. :)
Sandra, have you tried contacting Goodreads about your issue? They have a feedback group that can sometimes help and in the description of the group, on their homepage, there is is a "contact us" link. I've done that before and they've fixed my issues. The feedback group is here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
I'm sorry to hear you are still having that problem Sandra. Please ignore Rus - I am not lauging at you - I am a much better friend than she is *sniggers behind hand*. No, nothing at all funny about that situation ;-)Moving on, I don't mind a bit of moral ambiguity. My MC doesn't have to be perfect. What I am getting bored with is unreliable narrators. I long for a story that is simple and characters say what they mean! An oldfashioned veiw to be sure.
I finished Neighborly. Not the most believable story I have ever listened to but it was easy listening. 3 star.
Currently listening to Lost For Words
Margo wrote: "Please ignore Rus - I am not lauging at you - I am a much better friend than she is *sniggers behind hand*. "Story of my life lol
Thank you, Kristie. I will try to contact them.
I also still have the problem with commenting in the app. I've been reading everything but can't reply.Have you tried reinstalling the app Sandra?
No, I didn't. I checked it is updated, though. I also contacted the feedback group as Kristie suggested. It looks like the typical app bug...
Adam wrote: "So exciting - started reading the new Book by Ransom Riggs - Map of Days - Brilliant !!"I agree adamA Map of Days is brilliant. I almost didn't pick it up because I thought that the last book has gone as far as the story could. This knew one takes it in another direction. This revived the fun
I started reading The Darkest Secret on my drive home today and listened more when I got home. I have 3 hours left. I'm really enjoying it and would be happy to finish it tonight. Must sleep though.Don't read it Rus - shit people in it.
Janice wrote: "Don't read it Rus - shit people in it. "Noted. Thank you lol
Finished the morally charcoal grey book. Moving on to Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog.We're in the middle of a heatwave of 38+ degree days (100F) which is helping with the reading catch up towards the end of the year. Parts of Australia got up to 48C (118F) yesterday. We'll have a "cool" change on NYE when it will only be 31C (88F).
*mutters to herself* I love a sunburnt country... *mumble mumble*
That is insane, Rusalka. Do you have problems with fires? Or your vegetation is not as prone to that?
I’m almost envious Rusalka, my reading this evening was delayed due to an unfortunate need to shovel two inches of snow so that I could take out my garbage 😞
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Great for schools and doctors' offices, I reckon.
Sorry that illustrations often don't show in apps.