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Kimberly
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Nov 06, 2011 05:12PM
We should have a thread dedicated to the series...
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I just finished The Hunger Games, I don't know...maybe it was too hyped up by the time I read it, but I didn't really like it. It reminded me too much of Lord of the Flies. I'm currently reading What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question, while interesting, I don't think it will help me answer that question for myself.
Laarni/Kelly/Kimberly: I'm reading A Clash of Kings as well. I've had to take a bit of a break to focus on library books that are quickly approaching the overdue point, but I hope to get back to it soon so I can find out what happens!
I finally finished Glass by Sam Savage and have started Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab. The first really bothered me. I like structure, you know paragraphs, chapters, plot, meaning, etc. Nothing like what I like to read. The second, while a bit fluffy, actually seems to be a story and so far has been enjoyable.
Kimberly - we definitely should! Daisy and I are trying to discuss the book on Twitter as we read through it, but the character limit is pretty restricting. My feelings cannot be contained in 140 characters! haha
I finished Darkness Becomes Her over the weekend. I'm currently reading The Bone People by Keri Hulme for a class (it's really good so far) and Call Me When You Land by Michael Schiavone, one of my first-reads wins (I have four others I haven't gotten to yet; I'm really falling behind on them but I hope to have them all read by the end of the year).
Kelly A. wrote: "Kimberly - we definitely should! Daisy and I are trying to discuss the book on Twitter as we read through it, but the character limit is pretty restricting. My feelings cannot be contained in 140 characters! haha"haha, I can imagine!
Ok, here it is!
A Game of Thrones
I enjoyed The Best of Me too, Lauren. Even though Nicholas Sparks continues to disappoint me with his endings.
I finished Ruth by Marlene Lewis and started Little Vampire Women by Lynn Messina. Ruth was good, not spectacular, but good. So far Little Vampire Women has been a disappointment. Haven't gotten very far in yet, so hopefully that will turn around.
Sashana wrote: "I enjoyed The Best of Me too, Lauren. Even though Nicholas Sparks continues to disappoint me with his endings."I was soo mad at the end of this book, loved it, but UGH I AGREE!!
Just finished Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which was really a fun, quick read! And just started Cutting for Stone which has been sitting on my Kindle for a while now. Seems like a good read and I'm pretty sure Oprah gave it the go-ahead and as much as I hate to admit it, she picks some good stuff!
I've just finished Shanghai Girls by Lisa See and now I'm re-reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusack.
I'm finishing up The Bone People, and I'm also reading an ARC of Tempest by Julie Cross and am rereading The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong.
I just finished Brandon Sanderson's The Hero of Ages, and am currently reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84. I just ordered N.K. Jemisin's The Kingdom of Gods and Jacqueline Carely's Saints Astray. 1Q84 is my serious, thought-provoking reading; the others are my I-don't-want-to-grade-papers light reading.
Caleigh wrote: "I've just finished Shanghai Girls by Lisa See and now I'm re-reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusack."Ohh, The Book Thief is soo good. I was surprised by how much I liked it and by how much it affected me. I hope you enjoy it too.
Daisy wrote: "Veronica: the Kingdom of Gods was SOOO good! I love the whole series :) Hope you enjoy!"I've been very excited to finish the series. I can't wait to see what she does next. If you dig these books, you might like Jacqueline Carey's Kusheline Legacy series.
Veronica wrote: "Daisy wrote: "Veronica: the Kingdom of Gods was SOOO good! I love the whole series :) Hope you enjoy!"I've been very excited to finish the series. I can't wait to see what she does next. If you d..."
I tried the first one in that series, but somehow I couldn't get through it for some reason... Maybe I'll give it another try sometime :)
I'm mainly reading Her Fearful Symmetry and Bill Warrington's Last Chance: A Novel and trying to fit in Super Sad True Love Story and A Clash of Kings so that I can move on in the series.
Has anyone read 1Q84? It sounds interesting... I've never read any of Haruki Murakami, not really even heard the name. Apparently I've been living under a rock since he is referred to as "our most revered contemporary writers".
Kimberly wrote: "Has anyone read 1Q84? It sounds interesting... I've never read any of Haruki Murakami, not really even heard the name. Apparently I've been living under a rock since he is referred ..."Murakami is one of my favorite authors. I haven't read 1Q84 yet, but I highly recommend The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. That was my first book by him and it's one of my top five favorites of all-time.
I just picked up Jacob T. Marley and plan on starting it tonight. I absolutely love A Christmas Carol, so I'm excited to read this.
I finished Other Waters and have just started Rust. Have so many books I have just bought but want to finish up my giveaways wins first.
Just finished Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and i just started Worm: The First Digital World War
I just finished Catch-22 and am currently reading the Golden Spruce.What did you think of Born to Run? I have been wanting to read that since the summer but just have not gotten a chance.
In the past week and a half, I've read these books: Beautiful Days, Water for Elephants, Clockwork Angel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Jane, Nightshade, Just Jane, The Lightning Thief, Evermore, Splendor, and The Gargoyle. I was on a cruise for seven days with lots of reading time but wow...this is a personal best!
I'm currently reading Extravagance: A Novel I'm not sure if I'll finish it though. I'm over halfway through and I can't get into it. I also just started Russian Winter
Kelly A. wrote: "In the past week and a half, I've read these books: Beautiful Days, Water for Elephants, Clockwork Angel, [book:The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake|70488..."Wow, Kelly, that's impressive. Maybe I should follow your example. While everyone is out on their holiday vacations, maybe I should take a week off of work and just read :)
Kelly A, that is awesome. Did you like The Gargoyle?
Over the extended weekend, I finished Heart-Shaped Box, started and finished Another Piece of My Heart and started Carry the One.
Over the extended weekend, I finished Heart-Shaped Box, started and finished Another Piece of My Heart and started Carry the One.
I just finished Divergent.I've got too many choices of what to read next:
Crossed
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Missing Girl and
The Psychology of Twilight
Tami wrote: "Kelly A, that is awesome. Did you like The Gargoyle?Over the extended weekend, I finished Heart-Shaped Box, started and finished Another Piece of My Heart and star..."
I really liked it! It's set in the present, but has little side stories about people in different periods of time/cultures. It was interesting!
Nicki, I recommend The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Kelly A, I loved it! It was a bit bleh at the very beginning, but got soooooooo much better when Marianne came into the story.
Kelly A, I loved it! It was a bit bleh at the very beginning, but got soooooooo much better when Marianne came into the story.
I started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close last night and am really liking it. I hope I actually finish (I'm so bad about abandoning books). I've got a pretty good sized pile of half-finished books I plan on finishing during a day after New Years readathon.
Lori wrote: "I started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close last night and am really liking it. I hope I actually finish (I'm so bad about abandoning books). I've got a pretty good sized pile of ha..."I also need to plan on a readathon sometime in the next week. I've really been slacking since I've been on break. I have at least five books I want to finish before I have to go back to school next weekend.
I'm co-hosting a readathon that runs through tomorrow and Monday. Informal. We're tweeting about our progress and I'll probably write on long progress report at the end of the day for my blog.
Leila: Jane Eyre is coming up on my list. I love that book. I've just started reading Emma after finishing a bunch of Christmas themed books. I'm excited, one of the few Jane Austen novels I haven't read yet.
Read : Man of La Mancha(Just Finished at 11:54 pm cst)
Reading:
Families and How to Survive Them
The Secret
Contemplating on Reading:
Life of Pi
Facing Ali: 15 Fighters / 15 Stories
Zorba the Greek
I finished reading Joy in the Morning, which I started over the summer and finally finished. I'm almost done with How to Be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life. Then I don't know what I'll read. Perhaps finish Washington Square.
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