It's Friday! What are you reading? (9/9)

[ufcasey]

What books have you read this week? What are you currently reading?

QOTW: Which reading format do you use the most: physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks?

[pandora89]

I am reading The Light Between Oceans and Faithful Place.

I use a mix of both, I like to have a book on my ipad going so I can read in bed while H is already asleep and not have the light on but I prefer the actual physical book for everything else.

I won my first goodreads giveaway today! yay!

[sassypants]

Rereading A Discovery of Witches and listening to Factory Man.

QOTW: I do whatever is convenient. If I can get a book on my kindle and not leave my house I'm all about that. (hot)  Same with audio books, although I don't know that I've ever checked one out at the library--all downloaded from Overdrive.

[doxies]

I am currently reading Six of Crows. It is good so far - I'm just getting into the setup.

I finished Still Alice over the weekend. It was a quick read but left me feeling very emotional and also paranoid about whether or not I was forgetting things.

QOTW: I almost always read on my kindle, but the last book I read and my current book are physical books, mostly because I have shared them with people. One was a loan from someone else and I am reading Six of Crows after my son read it. He seems to prefer physical copies, so when I want to read something with him, I get a physical book.

[susiebw]

I'm reading Hamilton by Ron Chernow. SO good. I've been reading it for a few weeks now, and have a few more weeks to go.

More and more, I only read on my Kindle. The exception, oddly enough, are these monstrous history books. They're pretty much the only paper books I buy anymore, because I enjoy collecting them, but then I feel like I should read the paper books I already own, rather than buying the digital version or waiting for the hold from the library (if my library even has the ebook).

[secretlyevil]

I'm totally going to shock y'all. I'm still reading Ruth.

QOTW: ebook

[kelliebeans104]

I'm reading United as One, the last installment in the Lorien Legacies YA series. I'm also listening to Slim by Design on audiobook. It's about making small changes in your life to make being healthier come a little easier. I should finish that today. I might start Dance with Dragons over the weekend.

I read on all formats. I usually always have an ebook, physical book and audiobook going at the same time.

[kelliebeans104]

Sept 9, 2016 10:46:21 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

I won my first goodreads giveaway today! yay!

What did you get?  

[pandora89]

Sept 9, 2016 12:29:08 GMT -5 kelliebeans104 said:

Sept 9, 2016 10:46:21 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

I won my first goodreads giveaway today! yay!

What did you get?

The Couple Next Door

[kelliebeans104]

Sept 9, 2016 12:30:12 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

Sept 9, 2016 12:29:08 GMT -5 kelliebeans104 said:

What did you get?

The Couple Next Door

I just heard about that on the BookRiot podcast.  They said it was really good.  You'll have to let us know how it is. 

[Wallflower]

I'm reading The Winter Fortress (Neal Bascomb). It's interesting but I haven't really "taken off" with it yet. (Non-fiction, about attempts to disable or destroy a hydro-electric plant in Norway that the Nazis were using to make heavy water in support of their atomic program.) It's a physical book (library loan, so I have to pick up my pace a bit.)

QOTW: Generally, I read on the Kindle, especially my romances. But if it's something I'll read again or want to collect (e.g., favorite mysteries), I'll get those in book form. And I'll get both ebooks and physical books from the library.

[travella]

I am reading The Status of All Things. I am almost finished and I cannot say that I like the book.

QOTW: I use a mix of both. However, I prefer physical books.

[abs]

Empire of Storms.

I mostly read on my kindle but need to start reading actual books again so DD sees that I actually read. I think she thinks it's just something kids do and that's my fault.

[charlatti]

I'm reading The Sound and the Furry by Spencer Quinn. Chet (the mystery-solving dog) is so endearing, plus I needed something relatively fluffy.

QOTW: Physical books (library books almost exclusively). I don't have a dedicated e-reader and I have an amazing library system with my branch in walking distance. So I get everything I want for free, and I can usually get new books the day they come out or shortly after.

[smock]

I'm reading Alanna (Tamora Pierce) on the recommendation of someone here. It's perfect beginning of the semester, end of summer reading.

And I read almost exclusively on the kindle these days, and almost exclusively library ebooks.

[ally]

Last night I started Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.  It is fine in the first 30 pages, as I had limited time to read.

QOTW: I mostly buy books for my Nook.  But, I still have paper books on the shelf and I get paper from the library (like the two I got over lunch).  I have never listened to an audio book.  

[pandora89]

Sept 9, 2016 12:31:47 GMT -5 kelliebeans104 said:

Sept 9, 2016 12:30:12 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

The Couple Next Door

I just heard about that on the BookRiot podcast.  They said it was really good.  You'll have to let us know how it is. 

It was on my to read list so I was super excited I won as its one less book I have to buy now but I wont be getting it in the mail for another 4-6 weeks so have to wait a bit still.

[ufcasey]

Read this week (nothing stood out as great, sadly):
Edged Blade by J.C. Daniels (PNR series, #4) - 3 stars
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison (PNR series, #4) - 2 stars
Beyond Seduction by Stephanie Laurens (historical romance) - 3 stars, audiobook

Currently reading:
The Hellion and the Highlander by Lynsay Sands (historical romance) - audiobook, too early to tell if I like it or not
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas - just started it

QOTW:
I am generally always reading an ebook and listening to an audiobook at the same time. It's been quite a while since I have picked up a physical book (not counting my kids' books which is a daily occurrence)

[BlackCanary]

Currently reading Misery by Stephen King. Finished Grave Peril by Jim Butcher.

QOTW: I prefer physical books.

[EnchantedSoul]

I hang on the NaNo board but I'm reading I Almost Forgot About You by Terri McMillan.

Also just received Where the Sidewalk Ends in the mail

[labbie]

I finished the Widower's Tale by Julia Glass and really liked it.
I'm still reading Beach Music by Pat Conroy and am completely enamored. I love his writing, and I get sucked into the characters' lives. 
I am currently listening to The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende. I am anxious to see how it wraps up, but I have mixed feelings about the book overall at this point. It feels a bit all over the place, but maybe it will all pull together eventually.

QOTW: I use all formats, my favorite is paper books, and due to time constraints my most utilized is audiobooks. I listen when driving, cooking, folding laundry, etc. 

[rainbowchip]

I'm reading Cujo for a book from the year I was born. It's good but I'm just not into it. Maybe it's because my last book was Ugly Love by Collen Hoover and her books just grab me.

QOTW: I read almost exclusively on my nook and most of them are from the library. In the rare case that I NEED to read something and my library only has a paper book, I will check that out.

[booknerd]

I'm rereading HP and the Sorcerer's Stone and looking for something else to read too.

QOTW: I read more on my Kindle lately. It's weird, I prefer reading paper books but I'd rather read on my Kindle because I can do that with one hand or propped up while eating, laying down, etc. And it's so much more convenient to carry around.

[Nonny]

Same as last week, Children of the Frost and The Boys in the Boat.  I've been making progress, but I really haven't been reading books very much this past week.

QOTW: Most of my reading is done on ebooks, my H bought me my first Kindle for Christmas many years ago and I was very skeptical at first, but I've come to prefer it over physical books because it's easier for me to read in bed, and I like being able to look up words on the fly.  My library system is amazing and I can get most books I want as an ebook, but I did get The Boys in the Boat as a physical book because I could get it immediately and there was a long wait for the digital copies.   I really only listen to audiobooks on long trips in the car.

[spedrunner]

I just finished

LaRose

Currently reading:

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (audio book)

Letters From Skye (physical book)

ANDDDDDDDDDDDD

tons of reading and math teachers guides to get an idea for the base of my lesson plannniing

QOTD:

First place: audio books
2nd place: physical books

[dorothyinAus]

I finished Bittersweet Thursday night and began Death Come Quickly Friday morning.  I'm reading them out of order, but I think it's okay.  They are series books, but it's not imperative that you read them in order, at least not with these two episodes.

QOTW:  I read paper books and e-books.  I prefer paper books for their low-tech quality -- I don't need to worry about them running low on a charge, or not updating properly.  But I find I read faster on my Kindle.  I do not like to read on a tablet or on my phone.  There are too many distractions on those devices.  I prefer dedicated ereaders to tables/phones for reading.  I really only like audiobooks for long car trips.  When I was growing up I read books to the family on car trips, but then when we got a car with a fancy radio-tape deck, we started having audiobooks.  I find unless I'm in the car, I just tend to tune out the audiobooks.

[dorothyinAus]

Sept 9, 2016 12:13:17 GMT -5 susiebw said:

I'm reading Hamilton by Ron Chernow. SO good. I've been reading it for a few weeks now, and have a few more weeks to go.

More and more, I only read on my Kindle. The exception, oddly enough, are these monstrous history books. They're pretty much the only paper books I buy anymore, because I enjoy collecting them, but then I feel like I should read the paper books I already own, rather than buying the digital version or waiting for the hold from the library (if my library even has the ebook).

I prefer to read history books, or any books with foot/end-notes in paper form rather than on the Kindle.  I find dealing with the back & forth on the Kindle frustrating, and I HATE when it messes up synching.  Just because I've flipped to the endnote does not mean that's the "furthest" point I've read.

But I generally dislike foot/end-notes anyway.  In my own writing try very hard to fit everything in the paragraph (though to do tend to make heavy use of dashes and parenthetical references).  And I despised dealing with footnotes when I had to figure them out on an actual typewriter.  Word-processing has made them easier, but still a huge, unnecessary hassle.

[mrspez07]

Reading Ameruca's First Daughter about Patsy Jefferson. Interesting but not going fast. I got a late start on it and it was a reserved copy, I don't think I can renew it after tomorrow. I may have to return and request again.

Paper books for lyfe!

[fernweh]

Currently working on The Martian. I like it but I have been stuck on it for a few weeks. When it starts getting too sciencey I have to put it down for a few days and take a break.


QOTW: definitely physical books.

[brewco]

I finished Room this week -it was ok for me. I'm about half way through Eleanor and Park, which I am liking so far.

QOTW: I have never listened to an audiobook! I read probably 50/50 physical book and kindle.