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What are you reading and why? 2015 version
I finished The Secret History which I really enjoyed. It was such a good story and Donna Tartt's writing is just amazing! However, I felt it was quite slow at the beginning and it took me quite a long time to get into it because of this (around 100 pages) so for that reason I gave it 4 stars.I am now going to start Printer's Devil Court which is one of the books that I got for Christmas.
Just finished As the crow flies by Damien Boyd to review for netgalley .Reading One KIck by Chelsea Cain , which I got from the library
Debra wrote: "I've finished A Game of Thrones and have to make comments in my group about it. I was SOOOOO caught up in the lives of those people. Of course, now I have to continue with the series..."Added the Pendergast series to my TBR. I love an eccentric lead character. :)
I lost control....I am reading:
The Blade Itself for a buddy read and the series challenge
The Daylight War, just because and for the series challenge.
I am listening to A Red Herring Without Mustard. Again.. series challenge.
I just finish the first book in Theft of Swords and while I promised myself I would finish a least one of the other book before starting it, it is going to be hard not to read a bit just to know what the story will be. I guess this group just gained another fan of this series.
I'm about 30% of the way through
Prudence
by David Treuer set during WWI its the story of a young man returning home to his family's rustic resort before he heads off to serve in the US airforce. So far its been incredibly good, and loving the characters, parts of this hit home for me, especially relationship between father and son, so looking forward to see how it plays out.
Love pendergast. Just 11 more bioks to go
I finished Printer's Devil Court which I rated 3 stars. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I am now starting Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story which was something of a surprise bestseller in the UK over Christmas.
Debra wrote: "I've finished A Game of Thrones and have to make comments in my group about it. I was SOOOOO caught up in the lives of those people. Of course, now I have to continue with the series..."I just finished it too at midnight last night. A friend called it crack, and I am soooo addicted. I think about the book all day long. Tonight, I'm going to start watching the first season.
I have to work today and it's almost 10:00, so I've got to put down my laptop and come back later.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Love pendergast. Just 11 more bioks to go"I have nine to go. Why did I think I had only 4 to go?
Did Martin rip part of your heart out in vook 1 Janice or Debra
Finished Divergent yesterday. Read The Sleeper and the Spindle this morning. Started The Book Thief today.
Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Esther wrote: "I lost control....I am reading:
The Blade Itself for a buddy read and the series challenge..."
I read Best Served Cold and have Blade on my tbr as part of the Series Challenge. Love his writing.
Lilisa wrote: "Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I keep hearing that. I'm planning to read it soon, but it seems to be getting mediocre reviews.
Lilisa wrote: "Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I also finished reading The Rosie Effect a couple of days ago. I liked it. I agree that The Rosie Project is a better book (it was actually a 5 stars for me), but I don't think this second book is so bad. Probably because I wasn't expecting it to be as good as TRP. It would be better if it were a shorter book like TRP, and if the author would have focused in less topics at the same time (too many side stories going on), but I enjoyed the reading.
In addition TRP had an advantage over TRE, at least for me, that was the surprise. I wasn't expecting it to be so humorous at all. This definitively added points. On contrary, when I read TRE I was expecting Don to make me LOL, and I suppose it's easier to be disappointed in this case. Anyway, I gave it 4 stars.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Did Martin rip part of your heart out in vook 1 Janice or Debra"What ripped my heart out were the daughters - Arya, Sansa, and Dany (for she was a daughter too). And they are what has me anxious to start reading the next book.
What about you Travis?
jaxnsmom wrote: "Esther wrote: "I lost control....I am reading:
The Blade Itself for a buddy read and the series challenge..."
I read Best Served Cold and have Blade on my tbr as part..."
It took me a few chapters to get used to his style but I am into it now.
Kristie wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I keep hearing th..."
Kristie wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I keep hearing th..."
Sandra wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Finished The Rosie Effect. I'd recommend The Rosie Project over this one. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I also finished r..."
@Kristie - have you read the first one? @ Sandra - I missed the dialogue and interactions between Don and Rosie, so this one felt flat for me compared to the first. I still liked Don's character though.
Lilisa - I did. I thought it was good, but I didn't love it. Makes me a bit nervous to read the second one, if it's not as good.
Kristie wrote: "Lilisa - I did. I thought it was good, but I didn't love it. Makes me a bit nervous to read the second one, if it's not as good."Well everyone's tastes are not the same. There are folks who really enjoyed this one too. I gave The Rosie Project 4 stars and The Rosie Effect 2 stars.
I gave The Rosie Project 3 stars. I was hoping the series would improve, but I guess we'll see.
Kristie wrote: "I gave The Rosie Project 3 stars. I was hoping the series would improve, but I guess we'll see."Good luck! :-)
Starting The Elegance of the Hedgehog. It's next on the list and I'm not sure why I even acquired this audiobook. It must have been on sale.
@LilisaThat's true. In TRP there was more about the couple. In TRE is more about Don and his interaction with many other people.
I liked TRP also more than TRE, but rated both 5 stars. Although now looking back perhaps I should have given the second book 4 stars.
I finished
, excellent!!!!!Am starting
I finished The Catcher in the Rye,Guards! Guards!, She, and Tomorrow, When the War Began. I haven't decided what series books to read next yet. I am still reading my book of Sherlock Holmes short stories. I will be starting Bellman & Black for a Buddy Read with Lisa.
I finished Inferno, the last I the Robert Langdon series. Somehow the series books I requested from my library arrived sooner than I expected, so I have 3 on my night stand. It's a good thing they're renewable.I think I'll start with Ill Wind.
Cherie wrote: "I finished The Catcher in the Rye,Guards! Guards!, She, and Tomorrow, When the War Began. I haven't decided what series books to read next yet. ..."What you think of Tomorrow, Cherie?
Hi Rusalka! I totally loved the writing and the characters. I am not too sure the war situation is plausible, but I enjoyed the action and how the teens treated each other and could work together so well. I am looking forward to the next story!
It was a bit more plausible in the 90s when it was written. Less mobiles and internet and things.But so glad you liked it overall! I was impressed reading the last one to find out how good the writing was. I thought I just hyped it up in my uncultivated teenage mind, but no, it's pretty good.
Finished The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and AlexandraThis is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1143427660
I finished Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story which I rated 4 stars. It was a really enjoyable little mystery/crime story and although it is marketed as a Christmas story, it didn't have an overly festive feel so it didn't really matter that I read it in mid-January.Tomorrow I will be starting Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story for a buddy read with Cherie.
Janice wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Did Martin rip part of your heart out in vook 1 Janice or Debra"What ripped my heart out were the daughters - Arya, Sansa, and Dany (for she was a daughter too). And they ..."
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Ok my screen shows that spoiler working even though I thought I messed it up holler if it isn't there. If you haven't read or watched Game of Thrones don't read it
Travis of NNY wrote: "Ok my screen shows that spoiler working even though I thought I messed it up holler if it isn't there. If you haven't read or watched Game of Thrones don't read it"It's showing up for me ok.
Reading City of Glass (Mortal Instrument 3)
Rusalka wrote: "It was a bit more plausible in the 90s when it was written. Less mobiles and internet and things.But so glad you liked it overall! I was impressed reading the last one to find out how good the wr..."
I am glad to hear that the writing keeps on through the rest of the series. I could see that the war scenerio might have been more plausible in the 90s, and I can understand it in the more rural areas, but what was the rest of the country supposed to be doing while these kids fought an invading army? I can also understand you and Kat loving them when you were teens.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Janice wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Did Martin rip part of your heart out in book 1 Janice or Debra"What ripped my heart out were the daughters - Arya, Sansa, and Dany (for she was a daughter t..."
Game of Thrones (view spoiler) Do not read if you have not read the first book.
Cherie wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "It was a bit more plausible in the 90s when it was written. Less mobiles and internet and things.But so glad you liked it overall! I was impressed reading the last one to find out..."
They're fighting over in important areas. And all the adults seem to have been overrun in the rural area they are in (the town seems to only have a pop of a couple of hundred), so locked up as POWs.
The problem that has always been at the back of our minds here in Aus is that we have an insanely big land mass (7,682,300 sq kms), with not many people (23 mill). How on earth do you defend that? Do you chose to defend the cities with the infrastructure, or the rural/country areas with the food production capabilities? Do you dump Victoria to the invaders and defend just New South Wales? How do we defend "The Australian mainland has a total coastline length of 35,876 km (22,292 mi) with an additional 23,859 km (14,825 mi) of island coastlines"?
The long and the short of it is, that we're boned if anyone decides they want this beautiful but deadly country of ours. Interesting thing I love about the series, is they never mention who the invaders are. I have my opinions, but they are never clarified.
@ Rusalka and Tomorrow, When the War Began.I actually thought about all of the things you listed above while I was reading. I "could" see an invasion army acting like the ones in the story do, but could not believe that the government wouldn't be doing "something". (view spoiler)
I am going go back to sea with Aubrey/Maturin in The Ionian Mission and back to the beginning of the Nero Wolf series with Fer-de-Lance, both in audio. I started the Nero Wolf story and promptly fell asleep last night. I had planned to only listen to the first chapter. I cannot wait to start Bellman & Black tomorrow. I am trying not to start too many things untill we get the toppler criteria.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Janice wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Did Martin rip part of your heart out in vook 1 Janice or Debra"What ripped my heart out were the daughters - Arya, Sansa, and Dany (for she was a daughter t..."
Your spoiler worked. :) (view spoiler)
The nice thing with game of thrones is what comes around goes around. I was thinking on it and I can't think of one character who doesnt have at least one bad thing happen to them. Some juat get worse than others.
Travis of NNY wrote: "The nice thing with game of thrones is what comes around goes around. I was thinking on it and I can't think of one character who doesnt have at least one bad thing happen to them. Some juat get wo..."That's what I'm afraid of, and what I look forward to. LOL!
While parts of the series can drag a little. 5 pages to describe the food at a feast and the endless description of clothing. Then he throws some just weird stuff inthe middleSome characters you grow to hate others you hate then end up loving. That is what I love about the series you just never know. And while sometimes its like come on we don't care about their clothes. At the same time it is the meticulous details that really make this series. I can't wait to reread it once book 6 comes out because I find most people appreciate it more the second time through. I'm guessing since you know where the story goes you can sit back abd really appreciate the descriptions to this in depth world Martin has made
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Right now, I'm working on completing Blue Labyrinth for the Pendergast series. If you've not read this series, I highly recommend it. Pendergast is an eccentric FBI agent; not your run-of-the-mill character. The supporting characters are awesome, also. Great thrillers.