The Next Best Book Club discussion

note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
27906 views
Revive a Dead Thread > What are you reading?

Comments Showing 16,801-16,850 of 28,901 (28901 new)    post a comment »

message 16801: by Karen (new)

Karen (karenvwrites) | 112 comments Reading silver bells --just started last nite and got into it 132 pgs hard time putting it down.


message 16802: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) Finally reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's okay but I'm not really into it, it's not a page-turner for me.


message 16803: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Susanna, I find that happens to me when I read YA novels....


message 16804: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) Lori wrote: "Susanna, I find that happens to me when I read YA novels.... "

For me, it seems to take longer to read a YA novel than, say, a historical novel. But I try to read YA every once in a while despite it not really being my genre but there's always the chance I might like what I read so I don't rule any genre out.


message 16805: by Samantha McNulty (new)

Samantha McNulty Just begun Eternal by V.K. Forrest. I'm hoping to actually read this one. My last two books have either been given up on, or have been skim read.


message 16806: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments carol (akittykat) wrote: "I thought The Lovely Bones was a notable novel. Did you read it Jeane? If so what didn't you like about it?"

Yes I read it a couple of years ago and just rememer I completely didn't like the story at all. Really nothing.


message 16807: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Jo wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Jo wrote: "Im reading The Lovely Bones"

Jo, do you like it? I think this is without hesitating on my no-no list."

I am enjoying iy so far. Why is it a no no for you?"


I remember I thought it was boring, stupid, not interesting....really didn't like it. But maybe my emotions were a bit strongly written. I hope you keep liking it but pfff.


message 16808: by Carol (new)

Carol That is how I felt about The Time Traveler's Wife.pfff


message 16809: by Dave (new)

Dave Cullen (davecullen) | 11 comments I recently finished David Eagleman's "Sum: 40 Tales From the Afterlives," which was my favorite of the year.

I'm really enjoying Jeannette Walls’ "Half Broke Horses," too.

I recommended them both on Salon here:
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/20...


message 16810: by Dan (new)

Dan | 2 comments just started the Twilight series of books. I'm also reading a surf book called Riding the Magic Carpet.


message 16811: by Kate (new)

Kate | 119 comments Susanna wrote: "Finally reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's okay but I'm not really into it, it's not a page-turner for me." I listened to the Graveyard Book as an audiobook, read by Neil Gaiman.
Young Adult being not something I read regularly, I'm not sure how it would have read for me as an actual book or whether it would have still kept my interest, but I found the audiobook version highly entertaining.




message 16812: by Petra (new)

Petra Kate wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Finally reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's okay but I'm not really into it, it's not a page-turner for me." I listened to the Graveyard Book as an audiobook, read by Ne..."

I'm new to YA, too. I do find some of it entertaining and enjoyed the audio version of The Graveyard Book. However, the books are "young" and they don't draw me in like an adult novel does. They aren't meant to, though, as they are for another age group. I recognize which ones I would have thoroughly enjoyed as a kid and those get a higher rating.


message 16813: by Kate (new)

Kate | 119 comments I think certain things distract me in young adult books even though I try not to let it, especially if some of it can be quite simple(as they can be for that age group), or if it has larger font. But if the audiobook has a great reader, you can be swept away with the performance and the characters take on a life of their own. They don't have some of the distractions that reading the actual book might present.
If anyone finds YA books hard to get into, check out the audiobook version.


message 16814: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments

So what did you think of "Thr3e"?
...

I know, it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way! Glad you liked it.



message 16815: by Lianne (new)

Lianne (eclecticreading) carol (akittykat) wrote: "Thanks I will add it to my list.

By the way I like Steve Berry's books,I just finished The Charlemagne Pursuit. "


Steve Berry's books are awesome; his latest book was pretty good, a bit different than the previous volumes in a way but still good nonetheless =D

I've started reading Syrie James's The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë for a change of pace =D


message 16816: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (JenJen1221) | 215 comments I'm reading The Last Song.


message 16817: by Ana (new)

Ana | 65 comments Jennifer wrote: "I'm reading The Last Song."

I loved that book!


message 16818: by Meredith (new)

Meredith Jones | 7 comments I really had high hopes for "The Lovely Bones" but I ended up hating it! Just one woman's opinion...


message 16819: by Beth (new)

Beth Knight (zazaknittycat) | 501 comments I set aside Last Night in Twisted River A Novel for a few days so I can read The Lacuna A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver


message 16820: by Lenka (new)

Lenka Slovakova (lenarek) | 4 comments I am going to read the High Fidelity by Nic Hornby and I hope it will be great like the movie.


message 16821: by Petra (new)

Petra Meredith wrote: "I really had high hopes for "The Lovely Bones" but I ended up hating it! Just one woman's opinion..."

I can't say I hated it but I really disliked it. (that makes it 2 women's opinion......)


message 16822: by Lisa Julianna (new)

Lisa Julianna (lisajulianna) | 1053 comments I finished Visions of Sugar Plums now I'm reading Skipping Christmas. I laughed through Visions of Sugar Plums. :~)


message 16823: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) Kate wrote: "I think certain things distract me in young adult books even though I try not to let it, especially if some of it can be quite simple(as they can be for that age group), or if it has larger font."

Exactly, you pinpointed what exactly bothers me in YA: it's that some things are just way too simple for me. I just don't know how to read without asking certain questions when reading YA.


message 16824: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Lenka wrote: "I am going to read the High Fidelity by Nic Hornby and I hope it will be great like the movie."

The movie was written VERY CLOSELY to the book... they compliment each other very well!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (susannag) | 1736 comments Started A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599, by James Shapiro, last night (early Christmas present). Interesting thus far.


message 16826: by Shona (new)

Shona (anovelobsession) I just got done reading The Hunger Games - I know it's the read for January, but it was up next in my list...I have to say that I absolutely LOVED the book - highly recommend having the next one in the series, Catching Fire on hand when you are finished. I don't have that one yet and I'm so wishing I did!
Anyway, not sure what to read next - I may just wait until I see what I get for Christmas before starting anything today.


message 16827: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1098 comments I just finished reading "The Christmas Jars" Jason Wright. I really enjoyed this heartwarming book. Now I'm reading "Going Rogue" Sarah Palin.


message 16828: by Carol (new)

Carol My books came today The Help, Wolf Hall and The Great World Spin. My books came from the library also, The Gate At The Stairs and The Daughter In Time. Sooooooo I will be reading .


message 16829: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (JenJen1221) | 215 comments Ana wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I'm reading The Last Song."

I loved that book!"


I'm loving it so far. My mom and a few Goodreads friends told me I would like it...and they were soooooo right!!!


message 16830: by Mary (new)

Mary | 203 comments I just finshed The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. I loved it and highly recommend it.

Wuthering Heights is next up.

Happy Holidays all!


message 16831: by Writerlibrarian (new)

Writerlibrarian I finished Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'm starting on Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh (totally in another style) and hoping to finish this month ATWi80 challenge part with Girl with a Pearl Earring.


message 16832: by [deleted user] (new)

Writerlibrarian wrote: "I finished Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'm starting on Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh (totally in another style) and hoping to finish this month ATWi80 challenge..."

What did you think of Kafka on the Shore?
I'm almost done with The Deep End of the Ocean.


message 16833: by Natalie (new)

Natalie (aquariusnat) | 41 comments I finished Gilead and I really enjoyed it ! It was a lovely meditative story . Perfect for the holiday season ! I'll choose my next book after I find out what my Xmas prezzies are , lol ! I KNOW I'll be getting at least one book OR giftcard !


message 16834: by El (new)

El Along with the Boris Akunin book I started recently, I just started Family by J. California Cooper today. Someone here in TNBBC keeps raving about it, so let the record show your recommendation did not fall on blind eyes! Read the first chapter this morning on the bus - so far so good, but I'm having trouble keeping in mind that I'm not reading Beloved. Feels very similar to me.


message 16835: by Writerlibrarian (new)

Writerlibrarian Christine wrote: "Writerlibrarian wrote: "I finished Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'm starting on Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh (totally in another style) and hoping to finish thi..."


I liked it a lot (gave it 4 stars) but it's a you love it or don't care for it kinda novel. You either buy the world Marakami is offering you or you don't. I did buy it. *g*



message 16836: by Dalene (new)

Dalene Mary wrote: "I just finshed The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. I loved it and highly recommend it.

Wuthering Heights is next up.

Happy Holidays all!"


Wuthering Heights was slow for me to get through, but I really enjoyed it. I've put it on my to be read again list.


message 16837: by Ann from S.C. (new)

Ann from S.C. | 1395 comments Have just started 206 BONES by Kathy Reichs.


message 16838: by Patricia (new)

Patricia Just put The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, The Gargoyle and The Hunger Games on hold at the library. I finished reading And Never Let me Go which I didn't care that much for, thought it was kinda slow and boring. I finished reading John Grisham's Ford County last night, not his best by far.


message 16839: by Patricia (new)

Patricia Just put The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, The Gargoyle and The Hunger Games on hold at the library. I finished reading And Never Let me Go which I didn't care that much for, thought it was kinda slow and boring. I finished reading John Grisham's Ford County last night, not his best by far.


message 16840: by Jacqueline (new)

Jacqueline Quackenbush Just finished Wuthering Heights and really enjoyed it :)

Now I'm on Death With Interruptions by Jose Saramago.

The synopsis is really intriguing:

"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration -— flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life.

Then reality hits home —- families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral parlors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots.

Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d,became human and were to fall in love?"

He has some oddities with punctuation that might bug me though, so we'll see.

x-posted


message 16841: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
Jacqueline, Saramago is my favorite author! And this is one of my favorite novels by him! Have you read any of his other novels?




message 16842: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10631 comments Mod
As for me, I have just finished Last Night on Twisted River. I posted my 4 star review here, as well as on my blog - http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com

I am about to start Chronic City by Lethem.


message 16843: by Kate (last edited Dec 24, 2009 05:48PM) (new)

Kate | 119 comments Susanna wrote: Exactly, you pinpointed what exactly bothers me in YA: it's that some things are just way too simple for me. I just don't know how to read without asking certain questions when reading YA.."

If you have access to iTunes, you can preview most audiobooks to hear the reader before you make any sort of committment as some can be quite irritating or boring.. Neil Gaiman was a very entertaining reader and made the characters stand out and a lot of fun. Giving them a voice seemed to make it more real and most of the distractions were lost on me as a result.
If you have access to audiobooks, they're defintitely worth thinking about as another avenue if you don't think the book would work for you, rather than miss out on the story completely! Susanna.



message 16844: by Jacqueline (new)

Jacqueline Quackenbush Lori wrote: "Jacqueline, Saramago is my favorite author! And this is one of my favorite novels by him! Have you read any of his other novels?

"


Nope; I've had my eye on him for a while since all of his stories seem really intriguing, but this is the first one I've gotten to reading :)


message 16845: by [deleted user] (new)

Writerlibrarian wrote: "Christine wrote: "Writerlibrarian wrote: "I finished Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'm starting on Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh (totally in another style) and ho..."

I liked Kafka on the Shore as well, although it was probably one of the weirdest reading experiences that I ever had. :)


message 16846: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments Well, I'm still plugging away on Under the Dome by Stephen King. I'm about halfway finished now. Its a really good book and is keeping me turning the pages. I'll have more time to sit down and finish it once the holidays are over.

I'm thinking of reading Shutter Island next in time for the movie.


message 16847: by Claire (new)

Claire (clairebear8) | 514 comments p.s. Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you lots of good books under the tree!


message 16848: by Katie (new)

Katie Merry Christmas everyone!!!

I'm so excited b/c I'm on break from college which means tons and tons of time to read my OWN books! Not the ones assigned in class.

So, first up is the new Juliet Marillier book Heart's Blood. I'm excited because I *always* love her books.

My brother is also making me read Lone Survivor The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 I've heard good things, and I'm hoping that I enjoy it even though it's non-fiction (not one of my favorite genres)

Also on my list are: The Lovely Bones, The Magicians, and The Book Thief


message 16849: by Susanna (new)

Susanna (jb_slasher) Kate wrote: "If you have access to iTunes, you can preview most audiobooks to hear the reader before you make any sort of committment as some can be quite irritating or boring.. Neil Gaiman was a very entertaining reader and made the characters stand out and a lot of fun. Giving them a voice seemed to make it more real and most of the distractions were lost on me as a result.
If you have access to audiobooks, they're defintitely worth thinking about as another avenue if you don't think the book would work for you, rather than miss out on the story completely! Susanna."


I haven't made my acquaintance with audiobooks yet. They do sound like an option, especially if I can find YA audiobooks. I'm not sure if our library has any but I should probably check one out if I get a chance. Thanks for the tip, though. :)


message 16850: by Linda (new)

Linda | 887 comments Just finished Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell. While GR ratings don't allow for points beyond/between numbers I'd say it was a 3.85. If you want a book that will keep you guessing until the end "who dunnit", this is the one for you.


back to top
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.