Happy Friday! What are you reading? 8/1

[charlatti]

What are you reading and how do you like it? Since it's the beginning of the month, do you any plans or goals for the month, reading or otherwise?

[christy082]

I'm 95% done with The Goldfinch. It's long and kinda depressing. No specific goals for the month. When I finish it will be # 43 of my yearly goal of 52.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I started Dark Places by Gillian Flynn yesterday. It's really good so far. She writes a sympathetic anti-hero so well.

This will be 27 of my goal of 30... I may need to up my goal!

[msmerymac]

I am reading the Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. Good so far, although I'm only a few chapters in - considering it's military history, which isn't my favorite, I'm finding the writing to be engaging. It's lengthy, though. And it's only about the first month of WWI!

I'm traveling for the last week of August, so I don't know about reading goals. On one hand, I'll need reading material (this is why I love my kindle) on the flight to and from Paris and the train to and from Belgium. On the other hand, I'll be doing a lot of stuff and I'll be exhausted by the end of the day during that week, so we'll see!

[booknerd]

I'm about to start the 4th Bride Quartet book by NR, Happy Ever After. I meant to finish the series a week ago but have been too busy. It will be 28/40. So far I'm 4 books ahead. 

I've noticed on Goodreads I've read a lot of light romance or fiction this year. Grad school has killed me from reading anything deep, and with the licensure exam studying and taking coming up I don't see it changing. It's bumming me out.

I'm not sure what I want to read after this. I really want to read The Book Thief but I keep putting it off until I have a good chunk of days to get absorbed by it and those days are not in the near future haha.

[frog]

Just started the 5th book in A Song of Fire and Ice.

I'm at 57 out of 90 books for the year.

[charlatti]

I'm reading I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir. I picked it up at the library randomly and it's pretty good. Very spooky.

I think my only real goal for August is to get to the pool as much as possible before school starts and they switch to limited hours.

[BlackCanary]

A Dance With Dragons

[Pippin]

I'm trying to get through Blood Promise the 4th VA book but it's been slow going. I mainly need to finish my IRL book club book this month but I'm going on a last minute trip to Disney next week and we have the MN state fair coming up so that's probably all I'll get to this month.

[mrspez07]

I'm reading Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen.
I always enjoy her stories, so far so good!

No goals this month.

[AJL]

I'm reading The Cobweb Bride. I've completed 20/50 for my year end goal.

[krystee]

I am about to start Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, followed by the new Diana Gabaldon.

[ally]

I started The Golem and The Jinni. I like it so far, I am just struggling to find time to read. 

August is a crazy, busy work month, so any reading is a success for me!

[dorothyinAus]

I finished Herald of Death and began Decked with Folly to catch up/finish the Pennyfoot Hotel series.  I enjoyed Herald of Death, but it feels like there is something the author/characters want to say but they are hmmm-ing and haw-ing about it and it's really getting on my nerves.

Reading wise, I want to finish at least 4 books.  Otherwise it's my birthday month and I'm spending a long, indulgent weekend in Melbourne with DH at a fancy-smancy hotel.  We'll be meeting friends for dinner while we're there so I am excited about that.  I have also started a 0 to 5K walking program, to go with my tap classes and yoga for exercise, so I want to be really good about that.  And I am trying to be better about keeping my food diary/calorie counts.  Overall, I am just trying to be healthier and I am trying to make little changes one at a time so I have a better chance of sticking to them.  Lastly, I'm hoping to get a Christmas stocking finished for my cousin's little boy.  Then I have 7 more to make for the rest of my cousin's/friend's kids.

[aurora]

I'm reading An Echo in the Bone (reminding myself what happened) in preparation for Written in my Own Heart's Blood. I'm also listening to The Golem and the Jinni. I was just able to renew it for 2 more weeks from my library, but I'm still only 1/3 done. I think I need to pick shorter audiobooks.

I have all sorts of ideas about what to read next...too many good options!

[apelila]

Still reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Just about halfway, still very much enjoying it.

No goals for me this month, reading or otherwise.

[Deleted]

I just started 'The Invention of Murder' by Judith Flanders. For the pp reading the Gillian Flynn novel, I would recommend 'Sharp Objects'. Out of the three she's written, that's my absolute favorite and I'll probably read it again this month. I'm at 56/100 for the year. So three behind schedule but I plan on making that up this weekend.

[meredithj]

I'm brand new here, I love reading so I thought I'd be most comfortable jumping into book club! Right now I'm reading "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth", I like it a lot so far. My goal for the year is 30 books, I'm at 20 right now.

[christy082]

Aug 5, 2014 18:30:28 GMT -5 meredithj said:

I'm brand new here, I love reading so I thought I'd be most comfortable jumping into book club! Right now I'm reading "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth", I like it a lot so far. My goal for the year is 30 books, I'm at 20 right now.

Welcome!

[dorothyinAus]

Aug 5, 2014 18:30:28 GMT -5 meredithj said:

I'm brand new here, I love reading so I thought I'd be most comfortable jumping into book club! Right now I'm reading "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth", I like it a lot so far. My goal for the year is 30 books, I'm at 20 right now.

Welcome!

I haven't read the book, but I am going to see Chris Hadfield speak later this month.  I may have to pick up the book after that.

[persa]

I mentioned in the other thread that I gave up on Outlander pretty quickly and now I've moved on to Paper Towns which is more my literary speed.

I just got notice that To Kill a Mockingbird and One Last Thing Before I Go are available for download so I guess those will be next.

[apelila]

Aug 5, 2014 21:23:35 GMT -5 persa said:

I mentioned in the other thread that I gave up on Outlander pretty quickly and now I've moved on to Paper Towns which is more my literary speed.

I just got notice that To Kill a Mockingbird and One Last Thing Before I Go are available for download so I guess those will be next.

One of my favorite books ever.