What Are You Reading? - 2019 Showing 101-150 of 1,549

[Cherie]

Oh, you are reading in black and white! Lol!

[Tricia]

I'm about to get extremely side tracked. My family is going to be in the car for somewhere around 15 hours in the next week as we're going on a little trip, and the kids asked tonight if we could listen to some books on the way. Of course, I want them to be excited about reading, but come on, that would have been tons of book time for me. LOL Anyway, my daughter has requested The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. If we make it through that and they want more, I'm going to selfishly push for Mary Poppins.

I have 1 day to try to get my own books finished up before we go. Not sure it's going to happen, but oh well.

[Kristie, Moderator]

lol, Tricia! That happens to me every summer with my grandson. I can't listen to my books with him in the car, so we end up listening to books for him. He's going to be stuck with Mary Poppins and Pippi Longstocking this summer for the movie mania challenge. lol

[Wildgoose]

Just finished Die Therapie. You can find my pretty small review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I decided to start reading Victim Without a Face

[Dem]

Just finished The Lottery

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2656663886

[Lisa]

I'm starting Tomorrow . It's a "just because" read.

[Peggy]

Always good to have a 'just because' read every now and then. It would fit several movie challenge tasks too though ;-)

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "Always good to have a 'just because' read every now and then. It would fit several movie challenge tasks too though ;-)"

If I can slot it in to the challenge, even better!

[Lisa]

I can fit it in to my challenge! Yay! 😀

[Peggy]

Win-win!

[Janice, Moderator]

Tricia wrote: "I'm about to get extremely side tracked. My family is going to be in the car for somewhere around 15 hours in the next week as we're going on a little trip, and the kids asked tonight if we could l..."

You can count Mysterious Benedict Society for Book 17, genre task (read middle grade genre). I hope you enjoy the book.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I feel like most books can be slotted in to the yearly challenge right now. Once you've completed a few of the reads, it will be more complicated, but right now is a good time for fitting "just because" books into the challenge.

[PattyMacDotComma]

One for kids and one for grown-ups.
Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag, by Gayle E. Pitman, shows kids how Gilbert did a Dorothy-Oz move from Kansas to San Francisco, where he was an activist for all the sparkly kids like himself.
My review, with illustrations, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Many readers have loved All That is Lost Between Us by Aussie author Sara Foster. I could have done without all the “teaching opportunities”.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Margo]

Lisa wrote: "I'm starting Tomorrow . It's a "just because" read."

You always manage to find great covers!

[Margo]

I'm reading Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows. It's very informative.

[Lisa]

Margo wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I'm starting Tomorrow . It's a "just because" read."

You always manage to find great covers!"

What can I say, I love me a pretty cover 😉

[Lisa]

I finished my reread of As Meat Loves Salt. Needless to say I loved it yet again!

[Lisa]

I have bailed out on Tomorrow. I just don't think I'm in the right mood for it at the moment. I will give it another try at a later date.

I'm going to start Melmoth instead. I should be able to use it for the yearly challenge. I loved the author's previous book, The Essex Serpent, so I'm looking forward to this. It also has the added bonus of being set in one of my favourite cities, Prague :)

[Travis]

Finally finished my reread of the Dark ztower series. After flying though most of it halfway through the last book I couldn't do it. I didn't want it to end again. Finally I got the bravery to go ahead and finish The Dark Tower

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis wrote: "Finally finished my reread of the Dark ztower series. After flying though most of it halfway through the last book I couldn't do it. I didn't want it to end again. Finally I got the bravery to go a..."

I want to reread The Dark Tower series again. I cried during the last book! You were brave indeed.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I plan to re-read it in audio at some point, but want to add a couple of other linked books. I think I may skip the very end this time and stop where King tells you to stop reading.

[Travis]

I almost stopped reading when king said stop. It's about the journey not the end. I was like true. But I must finish. Lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

I did that the first time. This time I may not. It was good advice. Lol

[Dem]

Finished and loved Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2582363140

[Travis]

Dem wrote: "Finished and loved Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2582363140"

fantastic book. I own the second in the series but havent' read it. toos scared none of the rest can live up to the first.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I plan to re-read it in audio at some point, but want to add a couple of other linked books. I think I may skip the very end this time and stop where King tells you to stop reading."

Where does King recommend you stop?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Very near the end of the last book. He says it in the book, basically stop reading here because you won’t like the end. Lol

[Travis]

King recommends you stop at the end of the book. Lol. But really he ends the book and says stop then finishes the book as an afterword. Basically ends at the field of roses.

[Janice, Moderator]

Was that when he was (view spoiler)[ a character in the book? I vaguely remember something now that you mention it, but if he said it as a character, I would have ignored it. (hide spoiler)]

[Travis]

Good question Janice. I'm not positive on the answer though to be honest

[PattyMacDotComma]

A couple of great reads!
The Lost Man by Aussie author Jane Harper is a terrific standalone Outback story and mystery.
My review of The Lost Man

A new favourite author is the late Lucia Berlin. Her much acclaimed A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories is full of unforgettable stories and characters. Loved it!
My review of A Manual for Cleaning Women

[Lisa]

I'm starting The Labyrinth of the Spirits for a buddy read. I adore this series so I've really been looking forward to reading this.

[Saar The Book owl]

I've started The Underground Railroad today. At this moment I have mixed feelings about it.

[Sarah]

I finished City of Stairs for the monthly challenge. Now on to a chunskter, Dune for the yearly challenge. I had read about 10 pages last year and put it aside so started it again as i couldn't remember any of it.

[Margo]

Finished Different Class which I really enjoyed. The intrepid, old-school, latin master is a memorable character. This and Gentlemen and Players are actually a series but aren't tagged as such on GR. Highly recommended listens!

Still listening to Royal Assassin and loving it at the half way mark!

Started my library book Allegedly. This is a gritty story set in New York City in a junior offenders home. So far very interesting.

[Roz]

I finished reading Cold Harbor, #3 in the Gibson Vaughn series. I like the character - very flawed, messed up. I suppose he could qualify as an anti-hero if anyone is looking for one for the Yearlong.
I've started The Orphan's Tale now.

[Dem]

Finished and really enjoyed this Novella Foster by Claire Keegan

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2679547328

[Travis]

I'm reading Beastie Boys Book it's good and different than o expected. Guess I'm used to rock bands books being real weird. Learning a lot though. O really never knew anything about them except songs mostly off their first album

[Sarah]

Travis wrote: "I'm reading Beastie Boys Book it's good and different than o expected. Guess I'm used to rock bands books being real weird. Learning a lot though. O really never knew anything about..."

I bet that would be interesting. I like Beastie Boys. I saw them at Reading Festival when I was 16.

[PattyMacDotComma]

This is such a fun series and an easy way to absorb history.
A Season of Knives by P.F. Chisholm is the second time we meet swashbuckling Sir Robert Carey on the Scottish border in Elizabethan England. Love it!
5★ My review

[Lilisa]

Reading Dancer, Birdsong, and The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - all fit the yearly challenge :-) Anyone read the last one? It’s quite different from the usual mystery/thriller and rather intriguing. It was a 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee in the Mystery & Thriller category.

[Lisa]

Lilisa wrote: "Reading Dancer, Birdsong, and The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - all fit the yearly challenge :-) Anyone read the last one? It’s quite different from the..."

I haven't read the last one, Lilisa, but I want to as several people I know have read it and recommended it to me.

How are you getting on with Birdsong? I read it several years ago and loved it.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished reading The Little Stranger and really liked it. I rated it 4 stars. Of course it fitted the Book task for the movie with the same title in the MM Challenge.

I will start today Under the Dome. Quite a chunkster, so I guess I will be there for a while.

[Travis]

Reading The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. you know they don't scratch the surface in school. It's unfortunate because I think one major point missed with MLK was he fought for people of all race religion . Just wanted full equality. Understood a poor white family in the ghetto is just as oppressed as black families. When you see black people say they don't need the help of whites it's obvious they don't understand the stand of MLK. He understood we all have to work together for equality in all forms. Schools should go deeper on this man

[Lilisa]

Lisa wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Reading Dancer, Birdsong, and The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - all fit the yearly challenge :-) Anyone read the last one? It’s quite dif..."

Hi Lisa - The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is soooo interesting. It is completely different from any book I've read. I don't want to give the story away - suffice it to say that Evelyn dies that many times - each from a different perspective, plus there's another mystery - 19 years old...lots going on. I'm enjoying Birdsong but been distracted by Evelyn Hardcastle! :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis wrote: "Reading The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. you know they don't scratch the surface in school. It's unfortunate because I think one major point missed with MLK was he fought f..."

Sounds like an inspiring read, and very timely right now.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Alias Grace on Sunday, and we discussed it tonight at book club meeting. The great thing about discussions is that people bring different perspectives to the table. I thought there were some things that didn't add much to the story, but now I see how they can bring a whole new possibility to the story. The discussion made me appreciate the book, and Margaret Atwood's genius, more.

I will start 44 Scotland Street tonight for the monthly challenge. I had planned another book but it was a chunkster and that's all I've read this month. I need something light and short.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Aussie Author Kerry Greenwood takes us to Melbourne to introduce the naughty, clever, stunning Miss Phryne Fisher in Cocaine Blues, the first of a long and popular cosy mystery series. TV viewers know her from Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
4.5★ Link to my review

[Lisa]

Lilisa wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Reading Dancer, Birdsong, and The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - all fit the yearly challenge :-) Anyone read the last one? I..."

I actually went ahead and bought The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle yesterday :) It sounds so good and I'm all for a book that offers up something different. I'm looking forward to reading it. Glad you are enjoying Birdsong, even if you have been a bit distracted ;)

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "I finished Alias Grace on Sunday, and we discussed it tonight at book club meeting. The great thing about discussions is that people bring different perspectives to the table. I though..."

Janice, I read 44 Scotland Street a few years ago and enjoyed it. It's perfect if you want a bit of light reading.