I just finished the Martian and I keep seeing everyone from here is reading Bird Box. I might have to do that one next. I also finished the Wayward Pines series. I really liked it.
I just finished Bird Box. It was excellent, but I finished it really quickly. It's a short, quick read.
Before that, I read A Man Called Ove. So great!
I also recently read The Lake House, which I also liked.
I have a couple of Liane Moriarty books that should be coming available from the library any day now. I like her stuff, but it's pretty light and fluffy reading.
I might be the only one who wasn't super thrilled with Bird Box. It was just meh.
I liked The Martian.
If you're into psychological thrillers, check out Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes. It was a complete mindfuck because it reminded me SO much of my XH.
Post by trafficgirl on Dec 30, 2015 17:22:19 GMT -5
I was late to this, but recently finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which was so interesting.
Right now I'm listening to some lectures on the history of the US, but after that I think will be Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd (which was rec'd on here).
I just finished Bird Box. It was excellent, but I finished it really quickly. It's a short, quick read.
Before that, I read A Man Called Ove. So great!
I also recently read The Lake House, which I also liked.
I have a couple of Liane Moriarty books that should be coming available from the library any day now. I like her stuff, but it's pretty light and fluffy reading.
I just finished The Lake House! I really liked it, except for the very ending part with Bertie.
I just started Toddlers are Assholes, but that is probably not what you are looking for. I am also reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
I'm currently finishing up A Higher Call, and just started At the Water's Edge. Have you read Water for Elephants? I love that book. At the waters edge is by the same author.
In the past couple of weeks I've read Station Eleven (very good!) by Emily St. John Mandel and The Secret Place by Tana French. The latter is the latest in a Irish police/murder squad series and it was my least favorite of them.
I'm currently reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl author).
I just finished Mindy Kaling's latest book, why not me? And it was pretty good. I'm now about 100 pages into The Big Short and am trying to finish it before watching the movie. Some of the content is a little difficult (e.g., synthetic CDOs) but he does a pretty good job of making it easier to understand. I really like it so far!
I just finished Mindy Kaling's latest book, why not me? And it was pretty good. I'm now about 100 pages into The Big Short and am trying to finish it before watching the movie. Some of the content is a little difficult (e.g., synthetic CDOs) but he does a pretty good job of making it easier to understand. I really like it so far!
You will enjoy the movie, then, because it has Selena Gomez and Richard Thaler explain exactly what this is!
I just finished Mindy Kaling's latest book, why not me? And it was pretty good. I'm now about 100 pages into The Big Short and am trying to finish it before watching the movie. Some of the content is a little difficult (e.g., synthetic CDOs) but he does a pretty good job of making it easier to understand. I really like it so far!
You will enjoy the movie, then, because it has Selena Gomez and Richard Thaler explain exactly what this is!
That sounds pretty awesome! I reread the synthetic CDO part like 5 times and only grasped that they are fake duplicates of the real CDOs (and I barely understand what the CDOs are). Ha!
Post by shostakovich on Dec 30, 2015 18:36:43 GMT -5
I read Troublemaker by Leah Remini while I was home for Christmas - I kept blabbing on and on about it, so my sister and my mom each read it. We all finished within like two days, because that shit is fascinating.
Just finished Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach - all about the different parts of the GI tract and how weird/miraculous/gross they are. I really love Mary Roach.
Now I'm reading Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road - really enjoying it so far.
I'm hooked on a historical/highlander romance series right now by an author I had never heard of before this. I found her as a 99c book on B&N for nook. It's a bunch of series' all connected, and I finished the first and on the second series now. They are really quick books, and trashy/fluffy, but I can't get enough. It's the Dark World series by Donna Grant.
I have Bird Box on my list plus the new Karen Marie Moning that comes out in a few weeks.