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What Are You Currently Reading?
Denae wrote: "I'm loving Assassin's Apprentice so far, as well as Then We Came to the End. Need to start A Room With a View and Tigana too."Tigana is pretty good. My first book by GGK and loved it.
Boo, I haven't read any of these, and they sound so good ... darn it, my piles and lists and mountains of TBR stuff keep GROWING!The Kindle helps a little bit. :)
Reading The Hunger Games now. Only about 80 pages in, but like it so far. Anyone else read The Long Walk by Stephen King (Bachman novella)? The Hunger Games story idea totally reminds me of that. That story HAUNTED me after I read it -- so horrible and so well written.
Zuzana wrote: "Boo, I haven't read any of these, and they sound so good ... darn it, my piles and lists and mountains of TBR stuff keep GROWING!The Kindle helps a little bit. :)
Reading The Hunger Games..."</i>
It reminded me of [book:Battle Royale. Disturbing yet compelling.
I'm not really into dystopian books so I haven't read The Hunger Games as yet. Right now I'm reading Assassin's Apprentice and Daemons Are Forever. I have a few other books I've picked up here and there but I haven't really dived into them. I OD'd on pretty bad romance this weekend and now I'm going to finish up these two books and then see what comes next.
I've got so many books to read that I HAVE to stop buying books for a while. I'm swamped!
And just to get super crazy...I recently got a library card for the Free Library of Philidelphia. Ahhh, I love a great library.
MrsJoseph wrote: "And just to get super crazy...I recently got a library card for the Free Library of Philidelphia. Ahhh, I love a great library."Then you should look somewhere else. The Philly library system sucks. ;)
Started on Tigana instead of Consider Phlebas last night, since I still have time before the June BotM wave hits.
heh, thanks. :)
I have a feeling I'll probably love the hell out of this too.
I have a feeling I'll probably love the hell out of this too.
I finished Fool Moon last night. Not a favorite but still enjoyable. I plan to continue with the series, especially since it's supposed to get better from here. For those who were ticked off by this book, I'm wondering why, or what in particular pissed you off?I started Uglies last night. It's a YA but dystopian fantasy as far as I can tell...
I enjoyed Fool Moon, though it was a rather rocky start. The next two are also a bit on the rough side, but after that the series smooths out and gets progressively better.
Sonja wrote: "I finished Fool Moon last night. Not a favorite but still enjoyable. I plan to continue with the series, especially since it's supposed to get better from here. For those who were ti..."I wasn't a fan of Uglies or Pretties at the end. I seem to be in the minority, but it just fell flat for me.
Yeah... That's how I felt about The Hunger Games so I'll see how this one goes and carry on with the series depending on my impressions.
I read the Farseer trilogy, magician apprentice/master and a few other books :) good times!
Colleen ~blackrose~ wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "And just to get super crazy...I recently got a library card for the Free Library of Philidelphia. Ahhh, I love a great library."Then you should look somewhere else. The Phil..."
Well, I'm only looking at ebooks and compared to DC's system - well, let's just say that Philly rocks.
Sonja wrote: "I finished Fool Moon last night. Not a favorite but still enjoyable. I plan to continue with the series, especially since it's supposed to get better from here. For those who were ti..."I didn't like the way Harry would react to almost any situation with automatic guilt. And the way he keeps important info to himself - and his lack of trust in Murphy which always leads to him getting arrested.
Zuzana wrote: "Anyone else read The Long Walk by Stephen King (Bachman novella)? The Hunger Games story idea totally reminds me of that. That story HAUNTED me after I read it -- so horrible and so well written."I just re-read that one, along with the others in
The Bachman Books, they were excellent.
I'm swamped, too. There so many books I want to read RIGHT NOW, that it's getting frustrating. LOL
I just finished The Magicians and Mrs. Quent and I loved it. I need the next one now. I'm so happy I got to read that book lol, that's how much I liked it.
That's awesome!! Please keep us posted
I started reading The Fairy Godmother
last night. Liking it pretty good so far.
Scott, I think you're going to love Ghost Road Blues!
Kit★ wrote: "I started reading The Fairy Godmother last night. Liking it pretty good so far."I really enjoyed that series. #1 was my least favorite and One Good Knight was my favorite.
Halfway through I Am Not A Serial Killer. A surprisingly good horror book. As long as there's no Scooby Doo ending I recommend it.
That's a great book, Traci. I think you'll like the ending just fine!
Tracey wrote: "I am reading The Hobbit for the GeekGirls group read, Assassin's Apprentice for a buddy read here, and John Adams just because. I have jury duty tomorrow (*$..."Hehe, Tracey, I got so much reading done on jury duty last year. Even being picked for a trial, there were still hours of downtime to read :)
Making my way through
. So far, not quite as good as Mistborn, but still enjoying.
Jessie wrote: "I also enjoyed the second one, Mr. Monster. John's amusing. Dexter Morgan lite, with a twist."Finished I Am Not A Serial Killer & loved it. Disturbing but also darkly funny & in a strange way touching. Very happy to see there's a sequel.
Even though serial killers ick me out, I want to read I Am Not a Serial Killer. The reviews make me think I will like it.
Traci wrote: "Jessie wrote: "I also enjoyed the second one, Mr. Monster. John's amusing. Dexter Morgan lite, with a twist."Finished I Am Not A Serial Killer & loved it. Disturbing but also darkl..."
There's even a third one I Don't Want to Kill You, that finishes off the story line and imo each book is better than the last.
Dan Wells is on some other projects currently (a YA postapocalyptic series and a novel about a man with schizofrenia) but has said that he will probaly start a new John Cleaver series afterwards.
Jessie wrote: "I really enjoyed that series. #1 was my least favorite and One Good Knight was my favorite."So far it's good, I'm liking it. I have One Good Knight in my TBR, so that's good to hear :)
Lady Danielle, I can't recommend Dan Wells' I Am Not A Serial Killer series enough. It is the best serial killer-like novel I have read! That's saying something.I can't even tell you what it is, for sure. One part of the first book just took me by surprise and I've been hooked since.
Jason wrote: "Lady Danielle, I can't recommend Dan Wells' I Am Not A Serial Killer series enough. It is the best serial killer-like novel I have read! That's saying something.I can't even tell..."
Agreed. Good books, fun to read.
Good to hear, Jason and Jessie!
Lol I suppose theres not a gag order? Geez just read the link. Wow. Those guys are gonna burn. Sooner the better.
Wow, that would suck, Tracey. You have my sympathies! And good luck.
I wouldn't want to be on that trial. Good luck to you, Tracey.
I'm glad for you in that case!
The wind up girl .. Shades of blade runner !
OMG, how horrible. I jsut can't understand this.
Jackie wrote: "The wind up girl .. Shades of blade runner !"So True!
I really liked that one
I still can't get into windup girl after trying the audiobook version.
gnnnnaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww.
shut up, damn you
On-topic: finished Tigana. Enjoyed it, though there was a serious undertone of sadness/depression through the book.
Starting on Consider Phlebas today hopefully.
gnnnnaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww.
shut up, damn you
On-topic: finished Tigana. Enjoyed it, though there was a serious undertone of sadness/depression through the book.
Starting on Consider Phlebas today hopefully.
I keep telling myself I'm going to go back and finish all these series that I've started, but I never do...
I have no willpower.
I have no willpower.
I'm usually pretty good about finishing series if I really like them. If I'm just meh then I get to it whenever.Right now on deck:
Assassin's Apprentice
Daemons Are Forever
The Duke's Ballad
Up next: Hounded - But I'm thinking of pausing so that I can nominate it for a group UF read. Sounds really good and the guy on the cover like he could be hot. :-)
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I never thought Id complain I dont want to read!