I'm reading Jane Eyre and have been for a while now. I haven't picked it back up since March lol. I think I'm just going to abandon it. I remember really enjoying it the first time I read it but it's not holding my interest this time around.
I am also reading some cheap romance book that was a Kindle deal. It's not bad so far, kind of cute. It was something to read during a slow few hours at work this morning.
I am thinking of starting A Book Thief, but I may wait until next weekend since it'll be a four day weekend for me.
QOTW: Not even one. ETA: Oh I just remembered Queen Elizabeth is the UK one. So just the one then. Wow. I'm ashamed lol.
Post by marigoldgirl on May 21, 2016 0:02:06 GMT -5
If you are asking about All The Bright Places? I have just started it. But I am not sure lighter read applies. Some parts seem light and airy like the dialogue but the topics and lives of the characters are not light at all.
I'm about half way through The Orphan Train. I'm enjoying it so far and wish I had more time to sit and read this week!
I was so pumped all week for a weekend with no plans and then suddenly, plans Friday night, Saturday night and all day Sunday. All fun stuff, but still no time to lay around and relax!
QOTW: Yes, probably with some thought. I would definitely recognize names faster than I could come up with them on my own!
I'm listening to The Sin Eater's Daughter and reading A Court of Mist and Fury. I'm really enjoying the latter and the formers is enjoyable, but cutesy.
QoTW: Yes, but not much more than that.
Tag me when you are done with A Court of Mist and Fury. I need to talk about it.
I finished last night. OMG I love this book! The first was just okay, but this did not disappoint. There was a thread several months ago about "book boyfriends" and I had a hard time coming up with one. I think I chose Rhett Butler and Jamie Frasier. But Rhys is clearly THE ONE. He's the first male character in a long time who inherently recognizes feminist power and equality. Usually males become enlightened by the awesomeness of their female counter-part. Take Jamie, for example. Sure, he's great now, but he started out spanking Claire for disobedience! Rhett is pretty egalitarian, too, but Scarlett is too wrapped up in Ashley to recognize her own worth. I love that Feyre wasn't afraid to seize her power, and she did very few things that made me want to throw my book - lol. IDK, maybe it's just where my head is right now (this election is fucking with me) that I found those themes so powerful. Throne of Glass didn't strike me the same way. Anyway, I loved it and I seriously want to reread right now!
Tag me when you are done with A Court of Mist and Fury. I need to talk about it.
I finished last night. OMG I love this book! The first was just okay, but this did not disappoint. There was a thread several months ago about "book boyfriends" and I had a hard time coming up with one. I think I chose Rhett Butler and Jamie Frasier. But Rhys is clearly THE ONE. He's the first male character in a long time who inherently recognizes feminist power and equality. Usually males become enlightened by the awesomeness of their female counter-part. Take Jamie, for example. Sure, he's great now, but he started out spanking Claire for disobedience! Rhett is pretty egalitarian, too, but Scarlett is too wrapped up in Ashley to recognize her own worth. I love that Feyre wasn't afraid to seize her power, and she did very few things that made me want to throw my book - lol. IDK, maybe it's just where my head is right now (this election is fucking with me) that I found those themes so powerful. Throne of Glass didn't strike me the same way. Anyway, I loved it and I seriously want to reread right now!
SPOILERS for those that may be reading this later.....
Yahoo! I'm glad you finished and liked it!! I'm with you--the first few chapters were only okay but once Rhys answered Feyre's plea for help when Tamlin trapped her I was hooked. Rhys is the perfect book boyfriend! With perfect friends. I loved how he let her discover her own power but had plenty of support for her along the way. The ending was so sad--I hate to see them apart and wanted to punch Tamlin for being so greedy and stupid. The only thing I am wary about is the whole mate thing--that feels a bit too much like imprinting ala Twilight. I have every confidence that Sarah J. Maas will handle it better though! I'm kind of mad at myself for reading this so soon after its release--book 3 is going to be a long ways away!!
I still maintain it had way more (hot) sex than I was expecting for a YA book!!
My week was hellishly long, and it only lasted through Thursday :/ I spent Friday recovering (alternately napping, playing Word Chums, and reading junk on my kindle).
I'm reading Into the Woods by Kathleen Kerridge on my kindle. It's a free M/M fantasy and so far really nice. But I had stopped reading it sometime last year and had to re-read the first half to make sure I hadn't forgotten what was happening. Bonus, both books two and three of the trilogy are available now, so I can read them whenever I feel like paying and want to finish
Also re-reading the last 100 pages of Ilium by Dan Simmons. I read the end really fast for book club but want to make sure I'm ready before beginning Olympos. I have both these in paperback, and they're STILL hefty to hold.
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G. K. Chesterton
I finished last night. OMG I love this book! The first was just okay, but this did not disappoint. There was a thread several months ago about "book boyfriends" and I had a hard time coming up with one. I think I chose Rhett Butler and Jamie Frasier. But Rhys is clearly THE ONE. He's the first male character in a long time who inherently recognizes feminist power and equality. Usually males become enlightened by the awesomeness of their female counter-part. Take Jamie, for example. Sure, he's great now, but he started out spanking Claire for disobedience! Rhett is pretty egalitarian, too, but Scarlett is too wrapped up in Ashley to recognize her own worth. I love that Feyre wasn't afraid to seize her power, and she did very few things that made me want to throw my book - lol. IDK, maybe it's just where my head is right now (this election is fucking with me) that I found those themes so powerful. Throne of Glass didn't strike me the same way. Anyway, I loved it and I seriously want to reread right now!
SPOILERS for those that may be reading this later.....
Yahoo! I'm glad you finished and liked it!! I'm with you--the first few chapters were only okay but once Rhys answered Feyre's plea for help when Tamlin trapped her I was hooked. Rhys is the perfect book boyfriend! With perfect friends. I loved how he let her discover her own power but had plenty of support for her along the way. The ending was so sad--I hate to see them apart and wanted to punch Tamlin for being so greedy and stupid. The only thing I am wary about is the whole mate thing--that feels a bit too much like imprinting ala Twilight. I have every confidence that Sarah J. Maas will handle it better though! I'm kind of mad at myself for reading this so soon after its release--book 3 is going to be a long ways away!!
I still maintain it had way more (hot) sex than I was expecting for a YA book!!
I know!! I told DH I was sad I finished my book and he said "but last night you couldn't wait to finish!!" And so it goes.
there is NO WAY this is YA. Throne of Glass, sure. But this is fully adult.
SPOILERS for those that may be reading this later.....
Yahoo! I'm glad you finished and liked it!! I'm with you--the first few chapters were only okay but once Rhys answered Feyre's plea for help when Tamlin trapped her I was hooked. Rhys is the perfect book boyfriend! With perfect friends. I loved how he let her discover her own power but had plenty of support for her along the way. The ending was so sad--I hate to see them apart and wanted to punch Tamlin for being so greedy and stupid. The only thing I am wary about is the whole mate thing--that feels a bit too much like imprinting ala Twilight. I have every confidence that Sarah J. Maas will handle it better though! I'm kind of mad at myself for reading this so soon after its release--book 3 is going to be a long ways away!!
I still maintain it had way more (hot) sex than I was expecting for a YA book!!
I know!! I told DH I was sad I finished my book and he said "but last night you couldn't wait to finish!!" And so it goes.
there is NO WAY this is YA. Throne of Glass, sure. But this is fully adult.
I'm only 34% into the book, but yeah, DEFINITELY NOT YA.
Post by farfalla2011 on May 23, 2016 17:20:37 GMT -5
I had a busy week last week on a work trip in NYC. Lots of walking and very little reading except on the plane. Finished up Opening Belle by Maureen Sherry for bookclub. It was a super easy quick read and I enjoyed it pretty well. A lot of focus on the market in 2008 which was interesting since although the book was fiction, the author used to be a managing director. I'm trying to decide what to read next! First time in a while I don't have something actually lined up.
QOTW: Maybe if I really thought hard about it, but probably not.
I finished reading The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende. It was very good and great read but I felt it ended rather abruptly. I started reading The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons. I'm loving it! It's set in 1938 just as Hitler is beginning to "annex" eastern Europe. The main character is a young woman from Vienna who is sent to Tyneford to work as a house maid for her safety during the current political upheaval in Europe. I'm really having a hard time not devouring it in one go!