Happy early Friday!

duxcaelo · May 2015

What are you reading? Is it for one of the challenges?

j*&p* · May 2015

No challenges for me. I'm rereading Dead of Winter and already mourning that I have no more Arcana Chronicles to read after that.

I just finished Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt and it was so good, you guys. It felt very rustic--sort of told by the fire around the common room of an inn sort of a vibe-- and the ending reminded me of a Shakespearean play (which always gets high marks for me).

I also started listening to Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley. I read a short story she wrote in Lightspeed Magazine a while back and was so entranced by it that I have been waiting for her to write a full length novel that I could read (technically she has another one out, but it's about Cleopatra being a vampire and vampires- meh). Anyway, Magonia was billed as Neil Gaiman's Stardust meets The Fault in Our Stars. Maybe it's just the narrator, but the beginning was tedious for me. The main character felt like an overly clever dying teenager, but I hung in there because I've seen this author do amazing things. I don't think it would have felt as over the top if I'd been reading it on the page instead of listening though. Now it's getting good that we're into some of the fantasy elements, though I could still do without some of Aza's snarky asides.

katienichols08 · May 2015

I'm reading Voyager (Outlander). I've been reading it, for what I feel is, forever. It just seems like the more I want to read, the less I am actually getting to read.

MrsJenE · May 2015

It's a secret this week.

BabyRN2006 · May 2015

I am reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. I'm about halfway through and enjoying it so far. @EliStar have you read this one? I know you were looking for book recs and I think you might like it.

Hoycie · May 2015

katienichols08 said:
I'm reading Voyager (Outlander). I've been reading it, for what I feel is, forever. It just seems like the more I want to read, the less I am actually getting to read.

GAHHH!!!! I WANT TO OPEN THE POST!!!

Hoycie · May 2015

MrsJenE said:
Hoycie says: I want to know!!!

Hoycie · May 2015

I'm reading Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)

booneybear · May 2015

I am in a bit of a reading funk. I am trying to read Black Hills by Dan Simmons, but I am barely through 50 pages. I am also trying to read Barefoot by Erin Hildebrand and barely into that one as well.

Sigh.

katienichols08 · May 2015

Hoycie said:

katienichols08 said:
I'm reading Voyager (Outlander). I've been reading it, for what I feel is, forever. It just seems like the more I want to read, the less I am actually getting to read.

GAHHH!!!! I WANT TO OPEN THE POST!!!

For the love of the sweet baby Jesus, DO NOT OPEN IT. I may have to delete my rantings!

Hoycie · May 2015

katienichols08 said:

Hoycie said:

katienichols08 said:
I'm reading Voyager (Outlander). I've been reading it, for what I feel is, forever. It just seems like the more I want to read, the less I am actually getting to read.

GAHHH!!!! I WANT TO OPEN THE POST!!!
For the love of the sweet baby Jesus, DO NOT OPEN IT. I may have to delete my rantings!

Of course I won't be opening it, but I want to

EliStar · May 2015

BabyRN2006 said:
I am reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. I'm about halfway through and enjoying it so far. @EliStar have you read this one? I know you were looking for book recs and I think you might like it.

No I have not but now it's on my list!

EliStar · May 2015

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.

Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.

EliStar · May 2015

I'm reading The Irin Chronicles by Elizabeth Hunter right now. Starting out pretty strong. I loved her Elemental series so I have high hopes.

#23/50

MrsJenE · May 2015

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.

I'll let you know when I finish.

EliStar · May 2015

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.
I'll let you know when I finish.

Is it one of those books that only you and I know about that we swore we'd never tell another soul about?

sweetc129 · May 2015

The Girl on the Train, and loving it so far! I've been sick, so I've been going to bed instead of reading, so it's slow going.

Woodsymama33 · May 2015

The Darkest Minds. It's good so far.

Willy1020 · May 2015

I just finished The Girl on the Train last night. It was excellent. #19 for the year.

I started The Nightingale, but only got about 30 pages in before I fell asleep.

I'm also listening to Wool. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

jlc1979 · May 2015

I am just finishing up The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins.

dmlk413 · May 2015

I am reading "The First Four Years" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is #34 for the year.

GilliC · May 2015

I finished The Map Thief this week. It was disappointing. I thought it would be more like Caveat Emptor, but with maps! It was not. It was a lot of antique map history, which was interesting (to me), but the story didn't carry it. The thief and his story simply were not that interesting, so I don't really understand why someone wrote a book about him.

I started What If? by the creator of xkcd. It's much better.

I'm also about 5 pages from finishing Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalupi, a collection of science fiction short stories that I started for WBC. It's very good, but I always struggle with short story collections.

MrsJenE · May 2015

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.
I'll let you know when I finish.
Is it one of those books that only you and I know about that we swore we'd never tell another soul about?

ELI! STOP TELLING EVERYONE OUR SECRETS!

sassypants527 · May 2015

I'm almost done with Trigger Warning. I keep hoping that Day Shift will come in from my library hold right as I finish this. Or I could just buy Jen Lancaster's new book...

Menrandes · May 2015

I am still reading Dragonfly in Amber.
Someone please tell me it get better! I am slogging through it way too slowly. I just can't get into it.

84Lauren · May 2015

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.
I'll let you know when I finish.
Is it one of those books that only you and I know about that we swore we'd never tell another soul about?
ELI! STOP TELLING EVERYONE OUR SECRETS!

OMG STFU you two.

...#cfon.....

84Lauren · May 2015

I am almost done with my Polk biography and I'm really enjoying it. It's finally history that I'm not that familiar with and it's really interesting!

booneybear · May 2015

84Lauren said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.
I'll let you know when I finish.
Is it one of those books that only you and I know about that we swore we'd never tell another soul about?
ELI! STOP TELLING EVERYONE OUR SECRETS!
OMG STFU you two.

...#cfon.....

sfgiantsjo · May 2015

I am re-reading Dragonfly in Amber, I'm about 30% in. I forgot how slow this one was for me.

I am also reading "While Beauty Slept", which is based on/a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, but it is from the POV of the Queen's Lady in Waiting. Very good so far!

MrsJenE · May 2015

Menrandes said:
I am still reading Dragonfly in Amber.
Someone please tell me it get better! I am slogging through it way too slowly. I just can't get into it.

There's not enough coffee in the world for me to handle this today...

MrsJenE · May 2015

84Lauren said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

MrsJenE said:
It's a secret this week.
Um what? We don't have secrets from each other.
I'll let you know when I finish.
Is it one of those books that only you and I know about that we swore we'd never tell another soul about?
ELI! STOP TELLING EVERYONE OUR SECRETS!
OMG STFU you two.

...#cfon.....

OMG.

Happy early Friday!

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