What are you reading and why? 2015 version Showing 51-100 of 1,711

[Tasha]

Lisa wrote: "I finished The Absolutist which was a fantastic book. I rated it 5 stars and it has gone straight onto my favourites shelf. In fact, it has even gone onto my top ten books of all ti..."

Yay! I'm happy to hear that! I'll have to bump it up for a read soon then. :)

[Stephanie]

Just finished The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson! Next on my list is the first Harry Potter book for the Best Sellers challenger :-)

[Lisa]

Tasha wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I finished The Absolutist which was a fantastic book. I rated it 5 stars and it has gone straight onto my favourites shelf. In fact, it has even gone onto my top ten bo..."

I will look forward to hearing what you think of it Tasha. Hopefully you will enjoy it just as much! :)

[Tasha]

Sounds like I will. My mom read it too and loved it. :)

[Lisa]

Tasha wrote: "Sounds like I will. My mom read it too and loved it. :)"

That's always a good sign. I have just recommended it to my mum so I'm hoping that she will read it soon too.

[Gar]

Rusalka wrote: "Be interested to hear what you think Garrett. It was one of the books I read for my real life bookclub a few years ago."

Well finished it last night. I enjoyed the book but got to dislike the main character Ellis as the book moved on. I know she had hard decisions to make but she seem selfish to me.

[Sarah]

I started Theft of Swords yesterday which I'm loving - it has the first two books of the series in it - I wasn't sure whether to read both back to back but now I'm hooked so will probably go straight through both. I'm also reading Throne of Jade but I've put it on the back burner for now. I've had a real reading slump over the last couple of months and struggled to pay attention to the books I'm reading and Throne of Jade is feeling a little like a chore even though I'm enjoying it. However, Theft of Swords has got me back on form and I'm loving it. Perhaps I need to prioritise my book reading for a bi, going with books I know I'll like and that are fun reads.

[Tasha]

Glad to hear you are enjoying Theft of Swords since it's up next for me as well. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished my first series book read, The Redeemer. Tonight I will start Phantom and tonight, I must not read till 2:00 am.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Let me know how you go with that. HOLY HELL it's past 2.30am

[Janice, Moderator]

Get to bed, Rusalka!

HOLY HELL, it's 8:39 a.m. and I have to shower and get dressed and go to work. All I really want to do is go back to bed. LOL

Get to work, Janice!

[Stephanie]

Goodnight Rusalka and have a great day at work Janice! It is 10:45 am here :-) getting ready to dig into more of my Harry Potter book!!

[Mariab]

I finished 'Calling on Dragons' and will stop before finising the Serie with the 4th book.
I have decided I'll read Das Parfüm for the Best Seller challenge ( I' ll read it in original German, that is all right it's not? After all the book was published in English and that shall be enough to fill the requirements...)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Listened Lazarillo de Tormes this morning. It's a short book first printed in 1554, and the author is anonymous. It longed only 2 hours but it's so funny and entertaining.
It's the first book I finished this year, and I'm glad it was a classic, since I plan to read more classics in 2015.

Still reading Gilead and The Neverending Story

[Mariab]

It is a lot of fun that book, Sandra

[Sandra, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "It is a lot of fun that book, Sandra"

Lazaro is a real "picaro"! What's the English word for that???

[Stephanie]

I am having a blast re-reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! There are parts that were left out of the movie in regards to Fred and George Weasley that I have laughed out loud at! It is crazy how much was changed or left out in the movie. I still love the movie :)

[Gavin]

I'm reading And the Mountains Echoed. Hopefully it's as good as The Kite Runner.

[Dale]

I just finished this book titled "School Yourself Into Shape",great book. I've always struggled with diet and exercise, and this authors approach was very different. It was inspiring, informative, and actually funny.

[Mariab]

@Sandra
Punk?
Mischevous?
Rascal?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Welcome Dale!

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome Dale.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@ mariab

probably a little of rascal + a little of mischievous. :D

[Cherie]

And Sandra and Mariab are teaching us Spanish words too! ☺

[Travis]

Started my dragon book. Dragon Champion. Really would be better off reading this one. My first exoerience with narrator David Drummond and I don't care for him at all. I have no soecific reason for this other than he is annoying me and I can't say why.

[Debra]

I'm off work today with a chest cold. Ugh!

Finished Mr. Mercedes last night and am pleased to see that King plans to make this a trilogy. It was a great ride.

Started A Game of Thrones for my group Books Stephen King Recommends group read. So many characters to keep track of. I hope I find the flow soon. More tea coming to sip on.

[Janice, Moderator]

Feel better, Debra! The sequel to Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, is due to be released Jun 2. I can't wait!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Get better soon, Debra. Meanwhile you could read!

[KimeyDiann]

I just added The Absolutist to my TBR. With the rave review above, how could I not?! LOL

I'm 69% through The Scourge of Muirwood and I really don't want this series to end. I should finish it up early next week then I plan to start listening to The Hobbit.

[Stephanie]

Get better soon, Debra!!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Feel better Debra! Rug up warm!!

[Mariab]

get better soon Debra!

[jaxnsmom]

Janice wrote: "I finished The Hobbit and have started A Game of Thrones for another group's read. I started AGOT on audiobook a couple years back and didn't get far. Too many characters..."

When I listened to AGOT I went to Wikipedia and found a list of all the characters, grouped by House. It really helped. Unfortunately, it keeps being updated, so there are spoilers for subsequent books.

[jaxnsmom]

Yuck Debra! Hope you're resting and drinking a lot of herbal tea.

[Janice, Moderator]

jaxnsmom wrote: "When I listened to AGOT I went to Wikipedia and found a list of all the characters, grouped by House. It really helped. Unfortunately, it keeps being updated, so there are spoilers for subsequent books."

I'm following Shmoop.com which has a synopsis of each chapter. I learned to stay away from the section of characters because shmoop goes into too much detail. I discovered Eddard's destiny two or three sentences in.

[Travis]

Ok who is Eddard. I feel like I should know

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Ok who is Eddard. I feel like I should know"

Eddard Stark aka Ned, father to Bard, Arya, Rob... and Jon Snow.

[Cherie]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Ok who is Eddard. I feel like I should know"

I am glad you asked, Travis. I read all 5 books and I was saying "who"???

Ned Stark is the only name I knew him by. Must be on some family tree chart somewhere as Eddard.

[Travis]

That is what I was thinking but ai'm going how did they get Ned out of Eddard

[Janice, Moderator]

Every chapter with his point of view starts "Eddard".

[Travis]

Cherie, I just can't understand how both you and my wife read all 5 books with no trouble given so much graphic violence, death and torture. There is more in this serues than most horror or thrillers contain

[Travis]

I remember hearing the single word. Eddard. Just coukdn't place it

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Cherie, I just can't understand how both you and my wife read all 5 books with no trouble given so much graphic violence, death and torture. There is more in this serues than most horror or thrill..."

My friend and I were talking about Sons of Anarchy and Game of Thrones at lunch today. She's rather shocked with herself that she's so enamoured of Sons of Anarchy. I haven't seen them myself. When I mentioned that I'm reading Game of Thrones, she said she's got the tv series on DVD and will be happy to lend them to me when I've finished reading the book.

Does each season of GOT on tv equal one book?

[Travis]

No season 3-4 both are needed for book 3 season 1-2 are books 1-2. Don't know how future seasons will go

[Cherie]

I do remember the violence and terrible things that happened, Travis. All I can say was that they were absolutely riveting and I could not stop reading! I read them all back to back. I honestly cannot tell you why I could read these and not others. It is all the psychological stuff that I don't like. I can take plain old mayhem any day.

I got to watch the first two seasons of the show but had no access after that. My daughter read the first four books but has never picked up the fifth, so we have never talked about it.

[Debra]

Thanks to everyone for the get well wishes. I'm feeling better today, but my hubby is pretty sick. Poor baby.

I have no idea why I'm so engrossed in Game of Thrones. It doesn't have any of the elements I usually look for in the genres I normally read, with the exception of a good plot and excellently drawn characters. It's, of course, also very well written. I'm hooked!

[Esther]

Janice wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "When I listened to AGOT I went to Wikipedia and found a list of all the characters, grouped by House. It really helped. Unfortunately, it keeps being updated, so there are spoilers..."

janice, i use http://towerofthehand.com. You can set the scope of the content for what you have see or read and it keeps you spoiler free.

[Tasha]

I loved the Game of Throne series (read them all) as well and am all caught up, waiting for the release of the next. My mom LOVED Sons of Anarchy. Violence in a book doesn't really bother me unless it's done to children. Violence in a crime thriller though is an iffy one for me. I think maybe violence on a grander scale, like war (I read a lot of military reads) while very difficult at times, is readable for me. Violence when done to an individual (like crime, mutilation) that is much harder for me to read.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I never was interested in AGOT, but your comments make me want to give it a try. Added.

[Debra]

Violence against animals is the hardest for me to handle.