Happy Friday!! What are you reading?

Hoycie · January 2014

EliStar said:

Hoycie said:

packfan20 said:

I'm reading This Song Will Save Your Life. Eh. I kind of want to slap the MC.

#7

I just started this as well and surprisingly feel the same as @packfan20. This is my #3 for the year

I felt that way, too. It got better, but I never really liked the MC.

The MC is too annoying IMO

jenndawnp · January 2014

I'm reading the Golden One, it is #7 for the year and is good so far.

I'm listening to Hereafter, it is #8, I like it but I'm having a hard time with the voice of the narrator. I will finish it shortly and start something else, I've finished 4 audiobooks this week at work.

sassypants527 · January 2014

I'm reading Between You and Me by the ladies who wrote the Nanny Diaries. I need to stop reading their books. I read Dedication not that long ago and found it disjointed and poorly edited, and frankly, the same is true about this one. Ugh. It reads like two people wrote it and didn't communicate much with each other about how the plot was going. Annoying. I need to quit remembering that I enjoyed Nanny Diaries and remember how much I DIDN'T like the rest of their books!

UPDATE: Finished it. Still don't care for it. It's like the authors ran out of giveadamn. I did.

lab7979 · January 2014

Just finished Eleanor and Park and starting Clockwork Angel.

beebe918 · January 2014

I'm listening to Ashes (the first book in the Ashes trilogy) and really liking it although the narratoris a bit manic at times!

I am reading Biology Of Luck which I won on goodreads, I do not love it but I'm already halfway through and it's just over 200 pages so I think I'll soldier on.

They are #s 10 and 11 for the year and I think I'm going to be able to fit them both into WBC in one spot or another.

beebe918 · January 2014

RevJen said:

Fight Club is the daily deal today on Audible if anyone wants it.

I was debating picking this up for my husband but I can't decide, I suppose I could ask him if he wants it.

beebe918 · January 2014

SusieBW said:
Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

These are numbers 5, 6, and 7 for the year.

I listened to Beauty Queens too and really did not like it.

beebe918 · January 2014

angelrx4 said:

I'm finishing up The Dressmaker on audio. I really enjoyed this one. It's historical fiction taking place around the sinking of the Titanic.
Oh, that looks good! I just added it to my to-read list.

abt8113 · January 2014

I just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It was okay. I don't think I should have read it right after Heaven is for Real.

Mrs.GinTN · January 2014

I'm reading Bombshell by Catherine Coulter and When Godly People Do Ungodly Things by Beth Moore.

Bombshell is my WBC book with a red cover, and the Beth Moore book is for WBC author with the same first name. Both of them are pretty good.

BabyRN2006 · January 2014

I am reading The Scorpio Races for buddy reads. It is great so far!

I am reading Reconstructing Amelia just for fun. It is just okay so far.

SusieBW · January 2014

beebe918 said:

SusieBW said:
Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

These are numbers 5, 6, and 7 for the year.

I listened to Beauty Queens too and really did not like it.

I felt like everyone has recommended it so hard, I was afraid I was missing something in not appreciating it so far! I'll give it a little more time, and maybe I'll even finish it, but so far, no good.

SRodi811 · January 2014

I'm reading Just One Day by Gayle Forman. I'm about 50 pages in and enjoying it. This is for a buddy read and is book #2 of the year.

I'm also teaching Ayn Rand's Anthem, so that will be book #3, even though I will have read it four times (since I have four different classes) by the time we finish next week.

SRodi811 · January 2014

SusieBW said:

Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

This is how I felt when I started Beauty Queens over the summer. Everyone raved about it but I only made it about 5 or 6 chapters in before giving up. The talking, voices, etc., just annoyed the crap out of me. Some day I'll finish it.

84Lauren · January 2014

I'm halfway through my Outlander re-read. It's only book #2 out of 52, but I'm banking on much more reading time later in the year.

Oh, and it's still the best fucking book EVER. Ever.

SusieBW · January 2014

SRodi811 said:

SusieBW said:

Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

This is how I felt when I started Beauty Queens over the summer. Everyone raved about it but I only made it about 5 or 6 chapters in before giving up. The talking, voices, etc., just annoyed the crap out of me. Some day I'll finish it.

OMG, RIGHT?!?! I hate all of the characters so far. The commercials are the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

SRodi811 · January 2014

SusieBW said:

SRodi811 said:

SusieBW said:

Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

This is how I felt when I started Beauty Queens over the summer. Everyone raved about it but I only made it about 5 or 6 chapters in before giving up. The talking, voices, etc., just annoyed the crap out of me. Some day I'll finish it.

OMG, RIGHT?!?! I hate all of the characters so far. The commercials are the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

I totally agree!

SnShne322 · January 2014

SusieBW said:

beebe918 said:

SusieBW said:
Listening to Beauty Queens at the gym. Meh. I'm not into it, but I'm only about 4 chapters in so I'll continue giving it a chance. But maybe not at the gym, I ran like crap the days that I was listening to this.

These are numbers 5, 6, and 7 for the year.

I listened to Beauty Queens too and really did not like it.

I felt like everyone has recommended it so hard, I was afraid I was missing something in not appreciating it so far! I'll give it a little more time, and maybe I'll even finish it, but so far, no good.

I didn't love it either.

j*&p* · January 2014

I'm switching back and forth between a Kindle book, a hard cover, the textbooks for the classes I'm teaching this semester and two audiobooks right now so my brain is kind of all over the place.

On Kindle: Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey- I love her books so much, but I don't love Beth, the heroine in this one so much.

Hardcover: The Year We Were Famous by Carole Estby Dagg- this is something my husband got me for Christmas the year before last and it is so charming. It's based on the true story of a mother and daughter who walked from Washington to NYC on their own in the late 1800s wearing corsets and all to save their farm. I'd never even heard of it before Paul found it for me, but I love it.

On audio:

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson - fun, but not super-oh-my-God-this-is-great.

David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell- once again I'm so impressed by the way this man looks at the same evidence everyone else has and has a way of seeing it all from such a different angle.

sfgiantsjo · January 2014

I'm reading Mariana by Susanna Kearsley, and Iron House, by John Hart, both are SO good! #4 and #5 for the year.

sfgiantsjo · January 2014

cnthrdlywt2bwZ said:

I've been having trouble with books because I don't like the narrator. I started The Rosie Project and it sounds so awful but the narrator has Aspberger's and I don't find it funny at all. It is sooooo annoying. I can't stand Big Bang Theory either, and the guy reminds me of the show. It's a different mindset to learn about the Syndrome and how it impacts people. I'm getting but not getting that here. The other narrator I sort of dislike is Jordan, from Catching Jordan. I live football but I don't relate to her mentality at all. I'm finishing Beautiful Ruins on audio today and I've found that I did like it quite a bit. I wasn't sure for a while. Although it's slow going, I'm thinking that I like American Gods best right now. Have to get back to it. I need something to get me out of this slump!

I read this last year and felt exactly the same way about Jordan. I am also a sports freak, and a tomboy to boot, but I couldn't relate to her at all.

jason&robin · January 2014

I'm reading Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover and listening to The Casual Vacancy

krispy83 · January 2014

I'm reading Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker (3/52) and it's different than I thought it would be but I'm enjoying it. Also getting ready to start If You Ask Me by Betty White (4/52) and really looking forward to it.. I hope it's as good as I've heard it is!

SRodi811 · January 2014

KrsCrp83 said:

I'm reading Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker (3/52) and it's different than I thought it would be but I'm enjoying it. Also getting ready to start If You Ask Me by Betty White (4/52) and really looking forward to it.. I hope it's as good as I've heard it is!

Good to know. That's on my book shelf waiting to be opened.

SRodi811 · January 2014

jason&robin said:

I'm reading Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover and listening to The Casual Vacancy

How are you liking Losing Hope? I read Hopeless this summer and really enjoyed it. Is it basically the same book but in Holder's point of view?

ohioloveyou · January 2014

I just started The Friday Night Knitting Club but I'm not sure if it's what I'm in the mood for right now. I might switch to something else and pick this up again later.

ohioloveyou · January 2014

I just started The Friday Night Knitting Club but I'm not sure if it's what I'm in the mood for right now. I might switch to something else and pick this up again later.

muzikgrrl · January 2014

I just started Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding. I'm going to try to fit it into WBC.

jjr1214 · January 2014

I am reading Just One Day for a buddy read and liking it so far. I'm also reading The Book Thief…I like it but I don't find myself really eager to pick it up and read more of it. I keep just reading bits and pieces and I think I need to sit down this weekend and really get into it. I'm also reading The Happiness Project which is OK. They are #8-10 for the year and I think I can fit them all into WBC.

krispy83 · January 2014

jason&robin said: I'm reading Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover and listening to The Casual Vacancy

@jason&robin, how is Losing Hope? It's on my TBR shelf.

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