<closed thread>What are you currently reading? Showing 2,351-2,400 of 6,641

[Sue]

I'm reading The Curse of the Pharaohs and still listening to The Night Circus.

[Connie]

I'm reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. The movie rights have been bought up by Tom Hanks' production company.

I'm also reading Illumination Night and Lark and Termite.

[Michael]

I finished A Secret Kept, outstanding in every way, best book I read in awhile.

I am about to begin

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain earlier today and now I'm about 40 pages into Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I am done with "Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet and starting "Innocent Traitor"

[Michael]

I am done with Passing Love, the first name summarized the book, I passed through it!

I am about to begin

[Sue]

I am still reading The Curse of the Pharaohs plus I started The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator.

[Michael]

I finished A Good American, let's just say the author failed victim to the lack of consistency.

I am about to begin Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

[Michael]

Michael wrote: "I finished A Good American, let's just say the author failed victim to the lack of consistency.

I am about to begin Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message"

I finished Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message and is about to start-

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading by Stolen: A Letter to My Captor Lucy Christopher and now I'm a few chapters into Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.

[Rora]

I'm reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. So far it's excellent.

[Michael]

I've finished This Is Where I Leave You, another witty and insightful book by Tropper.

I am about to begin

[Donna Jo]

I've been reading Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? since it's due back at the library Thursday.

[Sue]

I'm reading Curtain and Between The Land And The Sea. I've put my audio book Black Friday aside for a while, the plot is a little too similar to what happened in Colorado last week.

[Coco Kimura]

I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and then will start Legend and The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal the Source of Your Health, Success, or Relationship Issue.

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith this morning. I try to read at least one classic per month so this month I've decided to read The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

[Michael]

I am currently reading by Lisa McMann, love the building suspense.

[Michael]

I finished Dead to You, amazing book with a twist in the end!

I am about to begin

[Donna Jo]

10.5 Caribbean Queen:

Without a Grave by Marcia Talley takes place in the Bahamas. Bonefish Cay and Hawksbill Cay are fictional, but the other islands mentioned are real

15.9 Summer Nights:

Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk first published in 1955.

25.1 Donna Jo's Task--Solidly Behind You:

A. Read a Big Book:

Cold Magic by Kate Elliott at 528 pages

D Read a Classic:

Pensées by Blaise Pascal which was found on Page 2 in the section on France.

25.8 Kate's Task--Going to the Ball Park:

1. Home: Local Author is Cathy Maxwell. She grew up in Olathe and comes back often to see her parents (and do programs for the OPL) so WE consider her a local author.

Temptation of a Proper Governess by Cathy Maxwell

2. Away: Author from a different Country.

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens who was from England. (Once every two or three years I decide I really should be able to find some Dickens book I liked--still looking.)

Today's total 75
Grand total 895

[Michael]

I finished The Garden of Last Days, gave up in about 200 pgs in.

I am about to begin

[Dee]

Donna Jo - did you post in the wrong thread?

[Donna Jo]

Dee wrote: "Donna Jo - did you post in the wrong thread?"

I did, but I got it straightened out. I don't know how I got clear up here for that, but I'm just talented I guess.

[Claire]

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I finished Innocent Traitor and started Briar Rose

[Connie]

I finished Love Anthony, a very good "first read" byLisa Genova which will be published in September. Its themes are motherhood, autism, happiness, and unconditional love.

I started The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.

[Dee]

Connie - I hope you like The Scent of Rain and Lightening

[Michael]

I am currently reading

[Connie]

Dee wrote: "Connie - I hope you like The Scent of Rain and Lightening"

I loved it, Dee. I couldn't put it down, and stayed up half the night reading it.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Finished reading Briar Rose and starting Running With Scissors

[Jenn]

I'm currently reading and

[Michael]

I am currently reading

[Donna Jo]

I'm reading War Maid's Choice. It's taking a little while to get into because it's been awhile since I read the other books in the series.

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper yesterday. Now I'm reading Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich.

[Michael]

I finished Things I Want My Daughters to Know, it was mediocre.

I am about to begin

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Ellie wrote: "I've finished reading The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper yesterday. Now I'm reading Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich."

I loved Visions of Sugar Plums.

[Aoibhínn]

I've already finished Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich, which was a short but hilarious novel, an now I'm about to start reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I finished reading "Running With Scissors" and starting "Crank"

[Michael]

I finished Hold Love Strong: A Novel, never in my life I read a novel that is so powerful and authentic. Highly recommended!

I am about to begin

[Sue]

I'm reading Trouble in Spades.

[Chris]

Connie wrote: "Dee wrote: "Connie - I hope you like The Scent of Rain and Lightening"

I loved it, Dee. I couldn't put it down, and stayed up half the night reading it."

Me, too. I probably would have never picked it up if not for the Challenge. A way-above-average mystery.

[Sam]

I'm currently reading 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. I am hoping I don't get too scared.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Finished "Crank" and starting "Linger"

[Sue]

I'm reading Daedalus Rising - The True Story of Icarus and The Hourglass Door

[Aoibhínn]

I've finished reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen this morning and now I'm about to start I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.

[Donna Jo]

I'm just finishing up False Memory, which looks like a good choice for a The Hunger Games read-alike.

[Sue]

I've got In the Shadow of the Glacier going on the Kindle and The Golden Spiral in "real book" format.

[Dee]

nothing like getting a pedicure and finishing up a couple of books while you are there ;)

I'm hoping to finish up Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island that I am going to use for a 30 pointer (book switch) and Laugh with the Moon to finish out the 50 pointer

[Megan]

Since I'm finished I've been reading books that are too juvenile to ever really be counted (or ones that I'd feel guilty trying to count), like the Anastasia Krupnik books. I've got a stack of graphic novels I'm going to try to fit, and there's one book I'm dying to read that I'll make work no matter what--Daughters of the New World. There was a miniseries made for it when I was 14 and I loved it then. I'm a sucker for "family saga"-type stories, like The Glory Field (which I read when I was 14, too, funnily enough) and anything by Edward Rutherfurd (who I really need to revisit at some point).

See? I can read things other than YA! Really, promise! lol

[Donna Jo]

Ms Anderson, funny you whould mention YA . Since I've finished I've read several myself--some pretty good, some tepid.
False Memory by Dan Krokos is an ARC copy of a dystopian world that Hunger Games people might enjoy.
The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredgeis a kind of dark fae world.
Anything But Ordinary by Lara Avery I thought was going to turn into a Jodi Picoult, but... hmmm.
A Girl Named Faithful Plum: A True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream by Richard Bernstein biography of Chinese dancer--a little didactic in spots and pretty slow, but I was interested.
The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede, third in a series that takes about as long to read as the action in the book does. Slooow moving--and I usually love her books.

[Megan]

Donna Jo wrote: "Ms Anderson, funny you whould mention YA . Since I've finished I've read several myself--some pretty good, some tepid.
False Memory by Dan Krokos is an ARC copy of a dystopian world that Hunger Ga..."

I've noticed that books written for YA aren't any different in terms of quality from those written for adults. I've read some amazing books for all different ages...and some cruddy ones, too. One of my goals for the next challenge, though, is to read at least ten "grown-up" books (since "adult novels" gives the wrong impression). I borrowed the Daughters of the West one I mentioned, and another one called Not My Daughter that sounded interesting. I have a habit of looking up books on my library's website and hunting via subject.

Some of the ones you linked look really good, too. What did you think of the Chinese dancer book and Anything But Ordinary? I'll need to check out False Memory when it comes out, too.

Fewer than 100 hours before the first tasks go up! Yay! *dances* I should probably scrub my apartment before then...Not My Daughter