What Are You Reading? (March 11)

[dorothyinAus]

It's Friday again. (and not soon enough!)  What are you reading this slightly shorter weekend (at least in the US)?

QOTW:  You're going out to dinner by yourself and will have a leisurely meal at table for one.  Do you take a book?

[leeba25]

I just started Starflight by Melissa Landers. I like it so far. YA sci fi.

YES to going out alone and bringing a book. I do this at least once a week, more if I'm lucky, but I'll sit at the bar for lunch. It's during the workday, so just iced tea, but it's so nice!

[Wallflower]

I just finished All the Light We Cannot see last night, so I haven't started anything new yet. (Well, I've got a trashy romance going on my kindle but I don't count that.) I may start Laurie R. King's A Monstrous Regiment of Women next.

QOTW: I rarely eat by myself, but if I do I absolutely have to have a book with me. More often, I'll go to the movies by myself, but I'll take a book there as well to read before the movie starts.

[dulcemariamar]

I am reading Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty.

QOTD: maybe, or i might just play on my phone.

[aurora]

I'm almost done listening to Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates. It's extremely thought-provoking.

Re-reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan because my life needs some fantasy at the moment.

QOTW: yes, absolutely! I do this on business trips for sure.

[charlatti]

I have two going: The Children by Ann Leary, which I don't particularly like, and The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell, which is much more enjoyable. I won The Children in a goodreads giveaway so I feel like I have to finish it. I've been carrying it with me so when I have downtime at work I can try to get through it. I'm just not connecting with the characters at all.


QOTW: yes, definitely!

[dorothyinAus]

I'm reading Murder on the Minnesota, the third in Conrad Allen's series set on board classic ocean liners. It's a re-read, but it's fun.

QOTW: I always have a book with me. That's a requirement for my purses/day bags -- they have to big enough to hold a book/my Kindle along with all the other stuff. When I was working I would often go to lunch with my book. And when I'm traveling, I always take a book with me to dinner.

[spedrunner]

I am reading The Royal We, and loving it so far!!



QOTD:  yes, yes and YES. I love eating out alone, and what better company than a book!

[mrspez07]

I'm reading Wicked. Not a reread, but brand new to me

Either a book or my phone. I was bringing my book to work for lunch breaks for awhile but have kind of stopped. Now that the weather is nicer, I will hopefully do it more. Traveling, absolutely!

[ally]

Mar 11, 2016 22:02:48 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

I'm reading Wicked. Not a reread, but brand new to me

I would love to know your thoughts.  I read it for my book club, and I had to force myself to get through I t.  But, I love, the (significantly) adapted musical!

I finished The Last Anniversay by Liane Moriarty last night.  I enjoyed it and like her style of writing.

Today I started The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman.  I think it will be a quick easy read for my weekend alone.  Perfect!

QOTW: if I know I will be eating alone I take a book or a magazine to keep me company.

[booknerd]

I'm currently rereading Jane Eyre and just started Goodnight June by Sarah Jio as well. Jane Eyre is going well, Goodnight June I haven't gotten far enough to tell if I like it but I've loved every one of Sarah Jio's books that I've read.

QOTW: I always have a book/kindle with me, so I would definitely bring one if I knew I'd be eating alone. Although it's hard for me to read a physical book and eat at the same time so I'd probably just play on my phone if it wasn't a kindle book, since I can prop my kindle up and not have to hold it.

[BlackCanary]

The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

QOTW: I don't really go out to dinner by myself, but if I did, I would bring a book.

[labbie]

I'm reading The Martian and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Liking them both so far.
On audio I finished Pat Conroy's South of Broad and while I loved the character development, his use of language, and his vivid descriptions of place, I am still processing how I feel about the overall story. It was a tad predicatable, and sort of out there, but I think his lovely storytelling outweighs all of that for me.

I'm currently listening to Stella Bain by Anita Shreve. Ho hum so far, hopefully it picks up soon.

QOTW: I have no problem taking a book/my Nook with me to eat out alone. If I was sitting in an outdoor area with scenery or pedestrian traffic to observe, that would probably win out, especially if it was a city I had never visited before.

[rootbeerfloat]

Echo in the Bone, the seventh in the Outlander series.

[eb777888]

I'm reading The Stranger. It's really good! I'm enjoying it. I'm also reading Freeing Your Child From Anxiety. Also good.