What are you reading April 2015

[Linda]

Almost Famous Women: Stories on audio

[Summer]

My reading of Dave Eggers's The Circle is going so slowly that I'm going to switch over to Gone Girl . If you (like me) are one of the last people on the planet to read this, there's a deal on Amazon today for $4 for the Kindle version ;)

[Louise]

Linda wrote: "Almost Famous Women: Stories on audio"

Oh I just got that one - is it good?

I'm reading and listening to and

[Gerald]

I understand that THE ALIENIST Will be adapted to TV by the director of TRUE DETECTIVE.

[Sherry]

I'm listening to Let The Great World Spin. I read it a while ago, but knew I would love the audio as well, and I do. I'm also reading A Little Life, which is devastatingly beautiful and heartbreaking.

[Sue]

Wow - two fantastic books! Happy reading / listening!

Sherry wrote: "I'm listening to Let The Great World Spin. I read it a while ago, but knew I would love the audio as well, and I do. I'm also reading A Little Life, which is devastatingly beautiful and heartbrea..."

[Adore]

I am finally reading Going Clear and it is insane! Highly recommend it. I had no idea Hubbard was such a colorful character or that he published 1000+ books. Yikes!

[Linda]

Adore wrote: "I am finally reading Going Clear and it is insane! Highly recommend it. I had no idea Hubbard was such a colorful character or that he published 1000+ books. Yikes!"

Adore, did you get to see the HBO special on this? It wasn't as thorough as the book, of course, but was still excellent.

[Adore]

Linda--I plan to watch the documentary after i finish the book! The critical reception has been very positive. Is the documentary faithful to the book? I was wondering if Hubbard's biography was covered as extensively or if the focus was centered on Haggis and other Hollywood types who defected from the church.

[Linda]

Adore wrote: "Linda--I plan to watch the documentary after i finish the book! The critical reception has been very positive. Is the documentary faithful to the book? I was wondering if Hubbard's biography was co..."

The documentary is only 2 hours. They kept a balance. I was lucky to see it because last weekend was free HBO by my cable company.

[HorrorStone]

I read the paying guest, a little life, and perfume: the story of a murderer. I'm now working on our endless numbered days and listening to the tenth of December.

[Maureen]

About half way through An Exaggerated Murder (Cook) and just started Lumberjanes, Vol. 1.

[Sue]

I just finished Preparation for the Next Life and thought it was remarkable. There's a menacing energy throughout the book that kept me breathless, and the author's use of language in so very many forms from the desert dialects of nomadic tribes in Asia, to the NY ghetto slang of immigrants, is astounding. The whole arrangement has a cinematic effect; reading the book is like sitting on a fast, loud train where the lights flash on and off, and trying to process the images that flash by in the brief illuminations of the darkness. In the roiling center of it all is a heartbreaking love story between a Uighur immigrant and a broken Iraq vet.

I'm just about finished with Hausfrau on audio, which I have found mostly disappointing. I think I may have had more patience for it in print.

Next up, The Book of Unknown Americans.

[Marion]

I just started reading The Buried Giant by Ishiguro. I heard him on a podcast interview recently talking about the controversy this novel caused in both the literary fiction and the science-fiction/fantasy communities. I thought he came off very well in the interview and I wanted to read this novel because of it.

Marion

[Vickie]

Last night I finished and untamed land by Loraine Snelling. It was a great read! I have now started a candle in the darkness by Lynn Austin. I am really enjoying this book as well. I am so fortunate to have found so many good book to read. I am a happy camper!

[Julie]

all right . . who suggested the book ?? Laugh out loud hilarious, if you don't mind all the curse words. I cannot believe her but I keep reading . . and howling.

[Mell]

Sue-I agree on Hausfrau audio. I bought it based on BOTNS recommendation and have been largely disappointed. I'll hold out for a little while longer. Only about 2 hours in.

[Sue]

Ohhh...you've got a long way to go. Let me know if you feel the same way at the end.

Mell wrote: "Sue-I agree on Hausfrau audio. I bought it based on BOTNS recommendation and have been largely disappointed. I'll hold out for a little while longer. Only about 2 hours in."

[Amy]

Reading Fourth of July CreekSmith Henderson. And I just got Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer for my birthday --hot off the presses, since it came out today!

[Amy]

Julie wrote: "all right . . who suggested the book ?? Laugh out loud hilarious, if you don't mind all the curse words. I cannot believe..."

That book is hysterical! I literally LOLed while reading it. ;)

[Lisa]

finished 'Station 11'earlier this month and 'the paying guests'. now reading 'left neglected' and listening to 'the invention of wings'.

[Kandice]

I just finished two books. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and Kimberly McCreight's new book Where They Found Her. Both were excellent and very satisfying for me personally as a book lover. Here's why:

After finishing both books I realized that I had just spent time "in the minds" of two very different female protagonists, but the common link is that they both are suffering severe emotional distress and yet somehow trying to uncover information that they are perhaps a bit too fragile to tackle. Yet somehow I had some faith in these characters especially in Paula Hawkins' Rachel, who when I wasn't either pitying or wanting to shake her, I was pushing her to stick with her seemingly fruitless digging and prodding. The author deftly made me believe that the character could be trusted..

What can I say without giving too much away? Read them!

[Esther]

In my birthday month I have given myself a birthday treat and finally started The Sparrow which has been been singing her siren song from the bookshelf for a while now.

[Becky]

I juts finshed The Sparrow & I started Almost Famous Women: Stories

[Susanne]

I'm reading Mrs. Dalloway for book club. This is my first Virginia Woolf, and it might be my last. I'm having a hard time with the writing style.

I'm also reading An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth which is fun, informative, and has good advice hidden within his stories.

[Vickie]

I just finished reading candle in the darkness by Lynn Austin. This is a fantastic book. I love civil war novels, and I didn't want to stop reading this one. I am now getting ready to start blowing on dandelions by Merrily Ferrell.

[Grad]

I just finished The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and The King's Curse by Phillipa Gregory. Am now reading Mystery In White by J. Jefferson Farjeon and At The Water's Edge by Sara Gruen.

[Gerald]

Now reading . Just finished listening to . An inspiring telling of the University of Washington 1936 eight man rowing team that won the gold medal in front of Hitler. Learned a few things about rowing and cried a little at the end. Now listening to . Looking forward to this cop/crime story.

[Becky]

Reading Almost Famous Women: Stories

[Jill]

I just finished Finding Jake and just started Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life. I also just finished All the Old Knives: A Novel and am in the middle of The Smile of a Ghost on audio. I have The Whites waiting in the wings.

[Jillian]

I am reading and both based off recommendations by BOTNS and I am nervous for both! Great so far!

[Kate]

I've only been lurking lately as I have been too busy to post and too busy to read. I finished , Snow in August for a book club meeting I may or may not attend and am currently reading , No Fond Return of Love which was recommended by Thomas of The Readers and so far, so good.