Happy last Friday of August!! What are you reading?

cnthrdlywt2bwZ · August 2013

I'm reading The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson and was enjoying it but it kind of took an odd turn and I'm not sure if I like it or not yet.

Also reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. I loved Woman in White, so my expectations are a little high. We'll see.

Books 49 & 50 for the year. I'd probably have read more this week but I got sucked into Downton Abbey.

ewill7911 · August 2013

andypandy625 said:

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I'm not too far into it but I'm liking it so far. It is for SuBC.

I started reading that in 2011, then got married and went on deployment and only brought my kindle. After moving twice, I finally found it again. I need to finish it because I remember it being pretty good and I couldnt put it down!

JMB10022011 · August 2013

I'm still on Everlost by Neal Shusterman. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to it this week so I'm only about a chapter in. I'm hoping to make more progress with the long weekend. It will be #20 for the year.

Raeily · August 2013

I literally just finished The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit. I'm about to start The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.

nocturnalintimacy · August 2013

AshleyT121 said:

Reading: Bared to You by Sylvia Day. It's pretty good, but not great.

Listening to: Hot Ice by Nora Roberts. It's typical NR, so it's exactly what I wanted....though I'm not loving the narrator's voice. Actually that's not true, I LOVE her voice most of the time, just not the way she does the male lead.

@AshletT121 I just picked up Bared to You from the library. I wanted some mindless steam. Does it qualify?

shellmh · August 2013

The Indigo Spell. I think it's #21? I'm hoping to finish it today because I have a huge pile of books I want to read at the lake this week!!

nocturnalintimacy · August 2013

I'm halfway through If I Stay. I'm committed to finishing this weekend.

I just started Ready Player One and it's fantastic.

Shepherdjel · August 2013

JMB10022011 said:

I'm still on Everlost by Neal Shusterman. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to it this week so I'm only about a chapter in. I'm hoping to make more progress with the long weekend. It will be #20 for the year.

I actually enjoyed this series! Hope you like it!

muzikgrrl · August 2013

I'm 2 chapters away from finishing The Phantom of the Opera. I like it enough, but its mostly just ok. I started reading The Inconvenient Indian, it tackles really tough subject matter but the author has a way of poking fun at all sides but is serious at the same time. Both are for SuBC and I've lost count on how many books I've read, somewhere over 100.

mrsvedo · August 2013

I'm reading BDB #4. I think it's supposed to be 47 but I don't think Goodreads updated after my last book. If it did and I just lost track, it's # 46 for the year.

JMB10022011 · August 2013

Shepherdjel said:

JMB10022011 said:

I'm still on Everlost by Neal Shusterman. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to it this week so I'm only about a chapter in. I'm hoping to make more progress with the long weekend. It will be #20 for the year.

I actually enjoyed this series! Hope you like it!

Awesome! I really enjoyed his Unwind series and Bruiser, so I'm pretty excited about this one

Menrandes · August 2013

Shepherdjel said:

I started and stopped reading The End of Your Life Book Club....I tried and just can't do it, right now anyway! Guess I won't be participating in this discussion :-(

I'm having the same problem with The End of Your Life Book Club!!

I think I might reread Divergent. OOooo...or Harry Potter.

Ali2b1g · August 2013

I just finished Different Seasons (Stephen King) and The End of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe). Both are for the challenge and an upcoming discussion.

I started Lola and the Boy Next Door (Stephanie Perkins) and Entwined (Heather Dixon).

Shepherdjel · August 2013

Menrandes said:

Shepherdjel said:

I started and stopped reading The End of Your Life Book Club....I tried and just can't do it, right now anyway! Guess I won't be participating in this discussion :-(

I'm having the same problem with The End of Your Life Book Club!!

I think I might reread Divergent. OOooo...or Harry Potter.

Glad to know I am not the only one...I wanted to like it but only got in about 10% of the book and it just isn't doing anything for me :-(

jlq2005 · August 2013

I just picked up Out Of The Easy from the library this morning! Can't wait to dive into that!

BabyRN2006 · August 2013

I started Ten Tiny Breaths earlier this week but I can't really get into it. I might pick something else up for the weekend. I'm getting into a funk

Kate&Mark · August 2013

I'm reading How to Kill a Vampire: Fangs in Folklore, Film and Fiction. It's good so far!

Shepherdjel · August 2013

jlq2005 said:

I just picked up Out Of The Easy from the library this morning! Can't wait to dive into that!

I want to read this!! Can't wait to see what you think! Please let us know!!!

j*&p* · August 2013

I'm almost done with Code Name Verity and still loving it as heartbreaking as it is.

I've also got The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley going on my Kindle. I like it okay, but I'm not as into it as I was with Shadowy Horses and Mariana. This may have more to do with my mood than the story though.

CeeCeeSugaPie · August 2013

I am reading Shooting Scars by Karina Halle, which is the second book in her Artistry series. I really like it so far. It will be 71/75 for the year.

silversparks · August 2013

I'm 1/3 of the way through GoT but the library is demanding it back so I'm stuck in suspense.
Also 1/4 into The Golem and the Jinni which I am loving too.

andypandy625 · August 2013

ewill7911 said:

andypandy625 said:

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I'm not too far into it but I'm liking it so far. It is for SuBC.

I started reading that in 2011, then got married and went on deployment and only brought my kindle. After moving twice, I finally found it again. I need to finish it because I remember it being pretty good and I couldnt put it down!

The same thing happened to me! We moved into our current place a couple years ago and, unfortunately, it's an apartment so there is only room for ONE bookshelf. It's filled three stacks out on each shelf and we still have boxes of books in our closet. Anyway, I found the book this weekend and was so excited!

lifeonthehill · August 2013

I re read Te Hunger Games series this week and will start Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Safran Foer. H says it is his favorite book(tied with The Shawshank Redemption) so I am excited to finally read it! It will be #26/25 for my Goodreads challenge.

I wish I had been more ambitious when I made the challenge.

ChristyDM82 · August 2013

RevJen said:

Christy_Daisy's_Mom said:

I'm still reading The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder. It's #19/25 for my goal for the year. I'm about 45% into it. It' s interesting.

I worked at that hospital in HR when this was all going on. It was ... interesting.

Woah, that's crazy!

ChristyDM82 · August 2013

muzikgrrl said:

I'm 2 chapters away from finishing The Phantom of the Opera. I like it enough, but its mostly just ok.

I read this recently and didn't care for it.

booknerd226 · August 2013

I'm reading Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins. I'm over halfway through and hoping to finish before Sept. 1st so I can count it for August. It's alright so far.

Ditto @KrsCrp83 - An HP reread sounds amazing after all the discussion this week! I'm thinking of reading The Hunger Games too though, which would be my first time reading it.

krispy83 · August 2013

JMB10022011 said:

JMB10022011 said:

I'm still on Everlost by Neal Shusterman. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to it this week so I'm only about a chapter in. I'm hoping to make more progress with the long weekend. It will be #20 for the year.

I actually enjoyed this series! Hope you like it!
Awesome! I really enjoyed his Unwind series and Bruiser, so I'm pretty excited about this one

Oooh, I haven't read this series yet! I've read the Unwind series (well, the ones that are out..) and Bruiser and really liked them. Adding this to my list!

ChristyDM82 · August 2013

nocturnalintimacy said:

I just started Ready Player One and it's fantastic.

Loved that book!

sweetrhythms · August 2013

I'm reading Behind the Beautiful Forevers and listening to The End of Your Life Book Club. I'm looking forward to discussing it!

brownbear590 · August 2013

I just started reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I'm about three chapters into it and it will be book #6 of 20 for my Goodreads challenge. It's pretty good so far, but I'm afraid some of the vocab in this book (the business/finance jargon mostly) is kicking my a$$.

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