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[Kristie]

Nicole wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Me Before You is by Jojo Moyes. It is a beautiful story about a man who is very active and becomes a paraplegic. He can't handle his situation and wants to die. A young girl needs a..."

I have books that sit on my TBR for long periods of time! Hope you enjoy them when you get around to them.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I loved Shadow of the Wind Lara. I hope you enjoy it!

@Nicole
I don't particularly like Jodi Picoult, but I can definitely vouch for

I was lucky to get it as a free kindle download last year and I thought it would just be chick-lit fluff. So when I finally got around to reading it I was so surprised. One of my favourite books of the year.
I should be able to pick up John Green on Friday. I have over comitted on books (again) so am trying to race through some this week so I can get to it :)

[☆Joycedale☆]

I have the last 2 of gone series and the first 3 of the morgantown vampires

[Laura]

Nicole wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just got notified that

is now available for me to collect (finally) from the library. And so my year of reading John Green continues! :)"

Looki..."


LOVE JOHN GREEN! His books are not only amazing, but if you have never watched the Vlog brothers you should.

[Nicole]

I never have watched the Vlog brothers, but his writing has impressed me so much even without it.

What do they tend to Vlog about, Laura?

[Laura]

Just random things. Sometimes they talk about books and sometimes they talk about Science, pop culture as it relates to things, etc.

[Sarah]

KAREN - Help. I can't find our Neil Gaiman challenge thread.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Here it is :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

@Laura - I've never watched it, but they were interviewed on a TV show here called Adam Hills Tonight about "nerdfighting"! Seems they have quite a following ;)

[Sheila]

Just picked up a load of books. I am excited to get reading!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Nice haul Sheila! Not long now until our Coraline BOM :)

[Wendy]

I just finished . I loved it.

[Nicole]

Karen wrote: "@Laura - I've never watched it, but they were interviewed on a TV show here called Adam Hills Tonight about "nerdfighting"! Seems they have quite a following ;)"

Oh my god Karen! I just looked that video up. It totally made my day. I love Hank Green and Adam Hills both! Thanks for mentioning it :D

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

:) Glad you enjoyed it!

Picked up

today which I have had on reserve for months. I read a review about it a few months ago (although it kind of had me at "Madame Bovary...") and I have high hopes!

[Nicole]

Hah! This sounds intriguing. Don't think I've heard of it before. Sounds like it has a possibility of being hilarious, though ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Indeed! This is the review that introduced me to the book:
http://m.smh.com.au/entertainment/boo...

[Jessica-Robyn]

I got this bunch after my first real trip to my new library. I had gotten so use to seeing the same-old, same-old at my last library that it was just so interesting to explore and find new stuff. Hardly anything was familiar. I'll probably end up doubling my to-read list by the end of the month just from new finds. :D

The Haul:

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Ah, nothing like a trip to a new library :)

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

I liked Agnes and the Hitman, Jessica-Robyn..hope you enjoy that one. It was cute.

I have a few books from the library right now:

(reading now)


(still need to finish this one, from August!)



And I have , which is due today and can't be renewed so I'm just going to check it out again later. I couldn't get it started in time.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol Teresa. I'm sure you will *eventually* finish the Hoffman book ;)

And we are doing Cuckoo's Calling as a BOM in October so you can try and get to it then! :D

[☆Joycedale☆]

I just went and picked up my requests that came inRift,Rise,Invasion,Fall of Night,Domination,The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 and Bite Club can't wait to get started

[Kristie]

I just picked up:


I just started The Last Original Wife. It didn't start out at all how I expected it to. It took a little bit for me to get used to it, but now I'm really enjoying it.

[Jessica-Robyn]

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I liked Agnes and the Hitman, Jessica-Robyn..hope you enjoy that one. It was cute.

I have a few books from the library right now:

(reading now)

[bookcove..."

I've been wondering which book I should start up first! Agnes and the Hitman will have to be my next read. I've been looking forward to it for a while now.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

That's brave Kristie.. picking up 4 books including The Passage! I would struggle to just get through the Passage before it was time to return it...lol

The Last Original Wife from the synopsis sounds like it could be really good or just awful. Will be interested in your thoughts at the end :)

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Karen wrote: "lol Teresa. I'm sure you will *eventually* finish the Hoffman book ;)

And we are doing Cuckoo's Calling as a BOM in October so you can try and get to it then! :D"

I probably will do that. I thought the hold queue would be a lot longer than it was so I put it on hold too soon, I guess!

[Nicole]

Jessica-Robyn wrote: "I got this bunch after my first real trip to my new library. I had gotten so use to seeing the same-old, same-old at my last library that it was just so interesting to explore and find new stuff. H..."

I read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir last month and thought it was great! (until about the last 40 pages, which is not much at all, really) I'm sure you will enjoy the hell out of it.

Good on your library for getting these new books in!

[Jessica-Robyn]

Nicole wrote: "Jessica-Robyn wrote: "I got this bunch after my first real trip to my new library. I had gotten so use to seeing the same-old, same-old at my last library that it was just so interesting to explore..."

That's great to hear! I could not believe when I saw it on shelf.

[Kristie]

Karen wrote: "That's brave Kristie.. picking up 4 books including The Passage! I would struggle to just get through the Passage before it was time to return it...lol

The Last Original Wife from the synopsis sou..."

I'm sure I'll have to renew The Passage. I'm hoping to get to it before the end of the month though.

The Last Original Wife started off very differently than I expected it too, so I wasn't really sure how I felt about it at first. The beginning of the book is set up as a series of therapy sessions. Then, the style completely changed and they went back to show how the problems all began. I'm enjoying the story now, so we'll see how it goes. I feel like it's going to be more serious than the synopsis let on. I thought it *could be a humorous story from the synopsis, but I wasn't sure.

Fortunately, the other two books are really short, so I'm hoping to read them between classes on Tuesdays. They are easy to tote to class with me and only 206 pages combined.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Picked up for one of my F2F book clubs. Sarah, I think you may enjoy it (although I'm only 100 pages in)

Also picked up although I'm not sure when I will get to it. We just finished the BR for Magic Bites so I will see if I can read it before having to return it to the library!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I'm continuing my year of John Green with

He just does geeky, smart, but funny teen so well!

I am also reading

for a buddy read which is going well. But I will reserve my judgement until the end as often "book 2s" fall flat

And today is the first Neil Gaiman book for our NG book a year challenge, and also our BOM

which I'm quite excited about reading with others!

[Kristie]

My copy of The Cuckoo's Calling finally came in at the library! I'm so excited to get it, but it is the audio version and I'm in the middle of listening to The Passage which is very long! I hope I have time to finish them both before they are due back!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh no! How long does your library give you for reserves?

I had to swap my audio as I started The Adventures of Augie March, but it is almost 22 hours and I wanted to start Fool Moon for the BR. So I'll just have to get back to Augie March in a few days.

[Kristie]

I need to pick up The Cuckoo's Calling by Tuesday and I have 3 weeks to listen to it. I will need to return it after that because other people will be waiting for it, so no renewals. The Cuckoo's Calling is 13 CDs (16 hrs) and The Passage is 29 CDs (37 hrs!!). I can renew The Passage because no one else has a hold on it, but I don't want to stop in the middle. I just finished CD #8 and it is so good. I need to know what happens! lol :) I only listen to them in the car, so this may be difficult. I might have to try to find some other times to listen.

[Kristie]

I have The Twelve, The Graveyard Book, & Storm Front planned on audio after that!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol! You are going to have to just lie on the couch when you get home and close your eyes and listen to books! haha

And of course, you have to prioritise Storm Front :)

[Kristie]

lol! So I've heard! I think I'm going to get to that one and The Graveyard Book in November. I'm hoping* to finish The Passage, The Cuckoo's Calling, and* The Twelve by the end of October. We'll see how it goes! I may be staying up all night with headphones in to finish on time! :)

I have a feeling once I start the Harry Dresden series, I'm going to be listening to them for a while!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Yes, I think Harry is addictive, but they are so full of action that I think having now done book 1 and 2 back to back, I will need a little break before book 3 :)

[Kristie]

Good to know. That will be my Neverwhere break for the Neil Gaiman challenge. ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I'm looking forward to that one! :)

[Kristie]

Me too!

[Nicole]

I spent a good two hours in my local library today. They had a book sale on, so I managed to pick up Mercedes Lackey's Winds of Fate, Arrow's Fall and Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar for about $1 each.

I also picked out for the same BR that Karen is talking about above, and also .

Non-BR books I picked up today are and , both of which I've been looking forward to for some time now!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Non BR books? *gasp* is there such a thing? Teehee

We did Deborah Harkness as BRs which helped me enjoy the book more as it can be a bit hard going at times! I actually enjoyed book 2 more than 1 (which doesn't often happen!)

[Nicole]

I've had Discovery of Witches rec'ed to me by a couple of people. Looking forward to finally getting to it. Hopefully it's not *too* hard going for me on my own! ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Im sure :)
She is just incredibly descriptive, so I think it depends on your preferred style of writing

[Kristie]

I have a bunch of library books checked out right now. I'm not sure I'll get to all of them.

I have:
on audio. I am about 70% of the way through.
also on audio, for when I finish The Passage.
, my third audio. I'm not sure where to fit this one in, but I wanted it for the group read so I took the first format that was available to me. I've just started it, not even through CD #1 yet.
, I need something to get my mind off of The Passage before bed!
, this was a BOM for another group last month and I never got around to it. I'm hoping to read it in little snippets of time, since it's quite short.
, for the cooking buddy read. :)
, just for browsing and some ideas.

[Nicole]

Ha Kristie, I'm in the same spot!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I picked up

for a F2F book club and although it is a "classic" I had to give up on it. There were no good characters, but it was more than that... it was just not a pleasant read, totally unengaging and I can't even pinpoint why. Will be an interesting book club on Sunday to discuss it!

Just started

and although I'm only 60-ish pages in I am enjoying it more than I thought I would and I'm interested to see where it goes

I also picked up

which I hope to get to before I have to return it! I quite enjoyed Wool and I've heard this next omnibus is just as good

And one of my libraries just got a new audiobook service which is different from my other 2 libraries which makes me mega-excited as I now have HEAPS more audiobooks available including

which I have almost finished :)

[Christine]

I just got &

[Nicole]

I currently have Prodigy and Etiquette and Espionage out from the library, with Grave Surprise and Magic Strikes ready for me to pick up over the weekend!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Funny how similar our boos are Nicole ;)

I'm not sure about Etiquette and Espionage. I can only get it from one of mylibraries and it is on loan at the moment so maybe I will skip it.