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[sonya]

Susan I loved the lunar chronicles

[Keith]

Completed The Atlantis Gene, and all I can say is "uggghhh.... ".

Life has been cutting in to my reading time but I'm currently reading Gold Shadow and Room 119: The Whitby Trader.

[Tamara]

I think I must be on some sort of Homer binge. I've just finished another great book on Homer's Iliad.
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander.

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

Caroline Alexander is the first woman to translate Homer's Iliad

[Stephen]

I am reading and definitely enjoying it!

[Angela]

I have started . This is my first book by Karin Slaughter and so far, it's good.

[María Elena]

A Vince Flynn thriller American Assassin and Queen's Play by Dorothy Dunnett Queens' Play

[Tamara]

I read The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya. Based on the Antigone story, it takes place at an isolated American outpost in Afghanistan. It is a very powerful novel but may not be for everyone because of its gut-wrenching intensity.

My review on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com where I have over 100 other book reviews.

[J.]

I'm now reading Bear Town. An interesting character study that revolves around a small town and its hockey team.

[Pam]

Read the next 2 books in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence - The Dark Is Rising - review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1397626371 and Greenwitch - review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2271955168.

[Rechalena]

Finished "Norina Luciano" an English novel by Noha Alaa El-Din <3

It's just I didn't want it to end, but no problem, I will re-read it!! :D

[Leona]

Reading The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory.

[Victoria]

Leona wrote: "Reading The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory."

Hope you're enjoying that one as much as I did.

[Richard]

Currently Reading The Core by Peter V. Brett and just finished The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad which was awesome and I can't wait to read the next book.

[Tamara]

Finished Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan. Kurniawan makes the fantastical appear common place. The premise of this book is a young boy unleashes a white tigress inhabiting his body to commit a violent act of revenge.

It has graphic descriptions of marital rape and domestic violence. So it may not be for everyone. I thought it was good because it is a cautionary tale about a people driven to the limit of endurance. I gave it three stars. I preferred his Beauty Is a Wound.

My review on goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Tamara]

Finished The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon. It's about Aristotle's time tutoring Alexander the Great. I gave it three stars.

My review on goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Theresa]

Reading a paperback and reading on my Kindle app.

[Nicola]

I have just started The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underwood
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... It seems very promising so far

[Victoria]

My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018...

[Elle]

Been reading (an abridged version of) The Wind in the Willows for a goodreads group read! https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[[deleted user]]

I started reading Falling A Daughter A Father and a journey back by Elisha Cooper

[Katherine]

Tender Wings of Desire, to my eternal shame. Yeah, that's right: the Kentucky Fried Chicken romance novel.

[Pam]

A catchup on three recent reads:

book 4 in Susan Cooper's 'The Dark is Rising' series, The Grey King - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1398214675.

John Gordon's Skinners - reviewed: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2286677865.

Daphne DuMaurier's The King's General - review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2286690965.

[Alice]

Finished The Gift of Rain.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've started Doctor Zhivago.

[Tamara]

I finished The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser. Some of it was difficult to follow because she jumped around a lot. But there were some breathtaking passages about the nature of poetry and its transformative power that were inspirational.

My review on goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jason]

Solar Bones, Mike McCormack

[Kimelene]

Finished Ferdie and The Seven, Book Two: Time Flies
Currently reading Gone with the Wind

[Lynda]

I'm currently reading a variety of books for different reasons, and none are likely to be finished anytime soon. Reading How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Fee & Stuart for a twelve-week class on how to avoid Scripture twisting. It's pretty good but intense.

I'm also reading How to Worship a King by Zach Neese that our church's worship team is studying. We're only doing a chapter a week and discussing it after rehearsal each Wednesday night, so that one will also take a while.

I've been reading a poem each day as part of my reading goals for this year, and I started off with a book of Robert Frost's poems. I figure I'll read one American poet (I live in the US) and one from a different country/culture, alternating throughout the year as I finish each book.

I've sort of ditched Crime & Punishment for now while the rest of the studying is so intense, but I'll get back to it in a few months or so.

I'm also still reading Building Great Sentences by Brooks Landon, and that fills my "writing and editing book" slot for the moment. It's excellent, but a bit dry and has also been put to the side more often than not in favor of the books which are on a schedule due to classes.

Pleasure reading is getting bumped for now (other than the brief daily poem) due to a busy copyediting schedule. That's a good reason to put it on hold, and I know things will settle out soon and I'll have a pleasure book on hand before I know it.

[Pam]

Just read two crime novels -

the first historical, set in Cromwell's Commonwealth by S G MacLean - The Seeker - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2286720286.

and Val McDermid's - Fever of the Bone - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2293439001.

[J.]

Currently reading "The Law and the Lady", by Wilkie Collins.

[Wendy]

I read SF & F novels, anthologies, and short story collections for review at Abyss & Apex Magazine. There is so much good stuff out there I cannot get to it all!

But in the evening I relax with my favorite books, reading them over and over. I cycle through the Foreigner Series and the Vorkosigan Saga about once a year. Same with the Anne McCaffrey Dragon books, Talents series, Crystal Singer series, and sometimes the Doona and Ship Who Sang series. I also run through the Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy and the books by Ilona Andrews. I've recently added the books by J Kathleen Cheney to my comfort reads!

[Sandra]

Been on a nonfiction spree. Currently reading Endurance by Scott Kelly, about his time in space. Finished Zealot by Reza Aslan about the many Jesus' throughout history.

[Tamara]

I read The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium. It's a delightful book with lots of interesting bits of information and quirky facts about daily life in Anglo Saxon England. Life certainly had its challenges, but there was a certain charm about it, as well.

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

and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Paul]

Just finished... Diamonds are Forever.
To discover just who is filching British diamonds from an African mine, James Bond is sent undercover along a smuggling pipeline…
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Wrote but also just released .

[Pam]

Read another Val McDermid but was even less impressed than with the last one - Trick of the Dark - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2299322215.

[Susan]

Just finished . Highly recommend this series for those that enjoy YA. ; - )

Now starting .

[Andréa]

Kimelene wrote: "Finished Ferdie and The Seven, Book Two: Time Flies
Currently reading Gone with the Wind"

Hi Kimelene,

Once you finish Gone With The Wind circle back to me. That book is often quoted in articles and writing conferences and I have a funny story I'd love to share with you...and wondering if you will understand!

Have fun!

[Victoria]

Susan wrote: "Just finished . Highly recommend this series for those that enjoy YA. ; - )

Now starting ."

Glad to hear you enjoyed the Lunar Chronicles.

[Pam]

Read a short story collection by Joan Aiken, A Touch of Chill and posted a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2286721341.

[Tamara]

I just finished Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar. It reads unlike any work of historical fiction I've read. It's as if the author has somehow channeled Hadrian and allows him to speak to us without an intermediary. The effect is extraordinary.

My review on goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Marion]

I’m currently reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. It has been nearly 25 years since I read this book and after 60% off the way through, the novel is still powerful, heart-breaking, and relevant for today.

[Pam]

Now read a Richard Bachman aka Stephen King - The Regulators and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2304068044.

[C.E.]

The ENTIRE February issue of Aphelion Webzine.

[Lynda]

Pam wrote: "Now read a Richard Bachman aka Stephen King - The Regulators and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
"

Nice review, Pam. I've not caught up on all the King books I still haven't read, but now I know which one to bump to the bottom of the pile for the moment. I don't like when I have to keep reminding myself of which character is which, and why they're important.

[Tamara]

I decided to take a plunge outside my comfort zone and read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.

It was educational and interesting, but parts of it were pretty gruesome. I gave it 3 stars. My review on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Pam]

Lynda wrote: "Pam wrote: "Now read a Richard Bachman aka Stephen King - The Regulators and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
"

Nice review..."

Thanks Lynda - glad it was useful!

[Theresa]

I'm reading Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. If you can get past the extra fluff in the beginning it is pretty interesting.

[Ju]

I'm reading Unforgivable Secrets, by Izzibella Beau. Almost done, great YA.

[Isabella]

Just finished reading Early One Morning by Virginia Baily
A kind friend lent me this novel when he discovered I was interested in learning about what life was like in Italy during the Second World War, as part of the research for the third book in the Janie Juke mystery series. The perfect thing about this storyline is that it is set in the very year and region that I had been focused on – Rome, 1943.
This was the year when Italians changed their allegiance and the English went from being their enemies to being their friends. In truth, I am sure that for average Italian the English were never considered the enemy – but with Mussolini choosing to be pally with Hitler, well, it didn’t bode well. Then, after a ‘vote of no confidence’ in July 1943 Mussolini was arrested and in October that year Italy declared war on Germany.
Early One Morning captures all of the difficulties of life at that time. It has a powerful start, with the protagonist, Chiara, saving the life of a young Jewish boy – Daniele – when his family is rounded up by German troops. As the story unfolds we learn how that single moment has devastating results for Daniele and Chiara for years to come. We meet Chiara again in the 1970s to discover how she copes when she receives an expected phone call. A phone call that brings back memories she had hoped to forget.
The tale is beautifully told, well written, and full of detail that helps the reader to see, smell and taste what life was like in Italy in the forties and again in the seventies. It was during the seventies that I made many of my own trips to Rome, with family and with friends. My memories of pizza al taglio is perfectly described here:
‘Customers were coming out of the baker’s, clutching pieces of something hot, wrapped in waxed paper, biting into it before they even got out of the door, so irresistibly delicious was it.’
And here, a description of one of Rome’s famous squares:
‘…Piazza Navona, with the three fountains, the water bouncing off the great white statues now and sparkling in the bright midday sunshine.’
All in all, the book was a joy to read and took me back there to that place and that time, without me ever having to leave my house!

[Victoria]

My February 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog today. If you want to read it, you can find it here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018...