Friday Again, What Are You Reading? (8/14)

[dorothyinAus]

Are you enjoying it?

QOTW:  Do you have a particular coffee/tea mug you use all the time?

[charlatti]

I just started The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. I only managed to read 20 pages or so before I was too tired, so i can't say yet whether I like it.

QOTW: I have four mugs I rotate: two mugs with beach town names on them. The first I bought because the house we stayed in had no mugs and the second I bought at the same chain, different beach, because it turned out it was such a nice mug shape. Another mug DH had made for me with a bunch of family pictures on it, and the fourth was a birthday gift this year and has chickadees on it (my favorite bird).

[aurora]

I'm reading Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's the second book in a trilogy about climate change. I want to love it, and a lot of the info is quite interesting, but the writing is just labored.

I'm listening to Daughter of Smoke and Bone because I wanted something light for my red-eye flight and it was available at my library. It's OK but nothing to write home about.

QOTW: I like big coffee mugs because I add a lot of milk (essentially a latte since I use espresso, though I don't bother to steam the milk). I have a set of 4 bowl-like mugs at home that I use for this reason.

[whitemerlot]

Eleanor and Park. I'm liking it a lot. I'm about 1/2 way through.

I like oversized coffee cups. I have an 18 oz one from Starbucks that I like the most.

[msmerymac]

Twilight by William Gay. I like it quite a bit, although it took a bit to get into it. If you liked Serena, I think you'll like it.

QOTW: I have a few I like more than others, but not just one.

[rootbeerfloat]

I finished The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutoski earlier this week and downloaded the sequel, The Winner's Crime, this morning. The first was somewhat typical YA fantasy romance, but I liked the ending, so I'm anxious for the next one.

QOTW: I don't drink coffee or tea at home, so my favorite mug is the cup I get from Starbucks or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf lol.

[IIOY]

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. It's a murder mystery and quite entertaining but these Scandinavian novels always have an underpinning of misogyny and it gets tiresome.

[sparrowsong]

In the Heart of the Canyon - Elisabeth Hyde

It's about a commercial rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. I'm thinking of not finishing it though because I just know tragedy and doom is inevitable and I'm struggling with my anxiety issues lately. Waiting to find out exactly what disaster is going to occur and to who is not helping my high-strung mood right now.

No mug. I don't drink coffee at all and rarely drink tea. I actually had someone gift me a mug when she got back from a Vegas trip a couple weeks ago and I was puzzled why she would give me that. She knows I'm not a coffee drinker.

[frog]

I just finished Out of the Easy, which was ok, not fantastic.

I'm now reading Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower." I'm not far into it, but I've loved everything else of hers that I've read.

I don't really drink coffee or tea, so no favorite mugs.

[brewco]

Just started Paper Towns by John Green.

I finished The Kind Worth Killing a couple of days ago and really enjoyed it.

I have 2 mugs that I rotate through at home, both from vacations. I use the mug every day at work.

[aurora]

Aug 14, 2015 15:38:23 GMT -5 frog said:

I just finished Out of the Easy, which was ok, not fantastic.

I'm now reading Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower." I'm not far into it, but I've loved everything else of hers that I've read.

I don't really drink coffee or tea, so no favorite mugs.

Oh, this is on my list! But I've been trying to finish up several other series I'm in the middle of before starting a new one. Maybe I should bump it.

[AJL]

I'm reading Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews. It's the eighth book in her Kate Daniels urban fantasy series. I like it quite a bit. I also finished the first four books in Sylvia Day's Crossfire series. They're pretty much lady porn a la 50 Shades but a million times better written with characters that are more developed and less infuriating.

QOTW: Do you have a particular coffee/tea mug you use all the time?

Yep! I have a beautiful hand made pottery mug. I love that mug so much that I when I caught DH using it one time to have his morning coffee, I poured it out into a generic mug and took my special mug back. Don't touch my mug, yo! LOL!

[dorothyinAus]

I'm reading Restoration by Rose Tremain, though I admit to giving up just after the introduction in favor of a couple of guilty pleasure Amish romance novellas. I will get back to it soon.

QOTW: I have one mug for tea -- a fancy fine bone china mug with daffodils my mother got me; and one mug for Chai -- a Peabody Hotel souvenir that's about 1½ times a normal coffee mug to allow for the milk, and one mug for hot cocoa -- a clear lab-glass beaker mug, which helps in making sure all the powder gets mixed in. I don't drink coffee, but if I did, I think I'd have a mug for it too.

[spedrunner]

I just finished "The Untethered Soul"
I liked it, very positive, motivational and inspirational read. more of a "self help" type book

Currently reading "Hollow City" (eh, not a fan, didnt care for the 1st one much, reading for a book club)

and 

Jane Eyre  (only a few chapters in)

QOTD:  YES!! A christmas coffee mug from starbucks!

[abbandkaa]

I'm reading "I Thought It Was Just Me" by Brene Brown and for something lighter, "China Rich Girlfriend" by Kevin Kwan. On deck: Jennifer Weiner's new one, "Who Do You Love"; I'm saving it for a plane ride later this month.

I just finished "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck - an actual book for a change from iBooks! - loved it.

[BlackCanary]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

QOTW: No.

[ally]

Halfway through A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie, an English mystery.  So far, I like it.  It had been sitting on my Nook for awhile (as so many books do).

QOTW: I have a couple of larger than usual mugs at home for tea.  I have small mugs that match my dishware for my morning latte.  I bought DH and I personalized mugs for hot chocolate.  I have a few mugs at work - gifts from others, souvenirs from travel, school name - that I rotate through.

[IIOY]

Aug 16, 2015 14:18:21 GMT -5 ally said:

Halfway through A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie, an English mystery.  So far, I like it.

Why have you not checked into the cozy mystery thread below with this recommendation?!?

[ladybug2002]

Still working on A Game of Thrones. I am really enjoying it, it's just sooo long, lol. I have about 150 pages to go.

QOTW: I have a set of four mugs that I use most often. They are oversized but not too heavy. I won't use regular mugs anymore.