What books have you read this week? What are you currently reading?
QOTW: With two months left in the year, who is your favorite author that you have read so far this year? Bonus points for naming the book that you read by that author.
Don't forget to vote in the book club voting thread - top three genres will be selected. Next round of voting will narrow it down to the book in each category that we will read over the next three months and discuss on the board
I read Those Who Save Us and The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5) this week. Currently reading Rare Objects, The Couple Next Door & The Fingersmith.
I don't know about my favourite author from books I have read so far this year but I have rather enjoyed the style of Kathleen Tessaro's writing.
I stopped reading The Book of Bright Ideas so I could read Sweetgrass Basket for my irl book club next week. I've been pleasantly surprised as I was dreading it because it's written in prose. Maybe because it's written for young adults, it reads as a book would to me.
Without looking at Goodreads, I'm going to say my favorite book this year is Mila 18 by Leon Uris.
I finished Prized by Caragh O'Brien, which I did not enjoy, and started A Terrible Beauty by Tasha Alexander. It's the latest in the Lady Emily mystery series. They're light but not too fluffy, which I like.
QOTW: Louise Penny is becoming one of my favorite all-time authors -- I read A Great Reckoning this year and it's hard to believe how good each new book continues to be. A new-to-me author this year is Sarah Beth Durst. Her middle grade novel, The Girl Who Could Not Dream, was a lot of fun, and I really liked her adult books The Queen of Blood and Lost.
Girl in the Ice: 4/5 I actually really liked this one. I liked the mystery and the look into the interactions with a female lead officer when she's up against a powerful man. I didn't figure out who did it until near the end.
The Bet and The Wager: Fluffy romance novels in a series. They were just okay. Funny, but kind of drawn out. I'm not reading the third one. 3/5
Wreckage: about a plane crash leaving people stranded on an island for a year and a half. It is an interview after they have been home for a while, so you are in the present with flashbacks to the island. It was interesting, I enjoyed it. I liked learning about the way to survive and how you figure out who you are when you get back home. Not exactly ground breaking. 3.5/5
The Lying Game series: I've finished 2 out of 6. brain candy. Not in depth, but they are easy to read and I want to know who did it. 3.5/5
QOTW: Have to go with Maas. I loved both of her series. I found throne of Glass in February of this year. I loved her books published this year: Empire of Storms and A Court of Mists and Fury. I love them in different ways. As a strong, feminist woman, I think Throne of Glass series is my favorite. As someone who reads for pleasure, ACOMAF is the best. LOL.
This morning I finished my audiobook version of Stephen King's Firestarter just barely in time for the library to take it back. I listened to the last ~20 min on 1.5x speed in order to make that happen. (The wait list is really long.)
I'm still reading Robert Jordan's Lord of Chaos since election news addiction has been keeping me online and away from my books, which I know is unhealthy.
QOTW: I've read both Tolkien and Rowling this year and they're my two favorite authors of all time (re-reads in both cases). For new books this year, good question. Maybe Nadia Hashimi's The Pearl that Broke its Shell.
I finished Prized by Caragh O'Brien, which I did not enjoy, and started A Terrible Beauty by Tasha Alexander. It's the latest in the Lady Emily mystery series. They're light but not too fluffy, which I like.
QOTW: Louise Penny is becoming one of my favorite all-time authors -- I read A Great Reckoning this year and it's hard to believe how good each new book continues to be. A new-to-me author this year is Sarah Beth Durst. Her middle grade novel, The Girl Who Could Not Dream, was a lot of fun, and I really liked her adult books The Queen of Blood and Lost.
I have yet to read a Louise Penny book! There are a few on my list! Im glad you like her!
I am within a hundred pages of finishing Lilac Girls. I think all the hype about the book may have ruined it for me. I'm liking the book, but not as much as I thought I would.
I think Fredrik Backman would be my favorite author of the year. I loved A Man Called Ove and liked My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. I look forward to more books from him. I like Louise Penny, Armand Gamache series, as well. She would be a close second.
Books read this week: Down London Road by Samantha Young - 3.5 stars Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews - 4 stars In Too Deep by Brandy Rivers - 2 stars How to a Kill A Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo - 3 stars
Currently Reading The Absolutist by John Boyne
QOTW- Keri Arthur (Riley Jenson series), Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy), Sarah Maas (anything), and Jessica Brockmole (Letters from Skye) are all favorites this year
I'm rereading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. I love her. Some day I'll finish her nonfiction book, too. I keep putting it down and picking up novels instead. I also gave up on the latest Emily Giffin book, First Comes Love. I just didn't care about the characters and it was a bit preachy in a "you're nothing if you don't have children" way.
I guess my favorite author that I've read so far this year would be JK Rowling with the Pottermore short stories.
Post by rainbowchip on Nov 4, 2016 23:34:38 GMT -5
I'm STILL reading All The Light We Cannot See! I need to power through this book! I don't not like it but I just cannot get into it.
QOTW: Collen Hoover - Ugly Love or Slammed (my all time favorite is still Hopeless but I didn't read it this year) Marissa Meyer- The Lunar Chronicles J.R. Ward - The Bourbon Kings, BDB, and BD Legacy series
I'm still reading A Torch Against the Night. I like it but need to find time other than at night to read. I'm only getting 15-20 minutes in before falling asleep. The other day I woke up at 4 am with my Kindle smashed against my face. :/
QOTW: Sarah J. Maas for Empire of Storms and A Court of Mist and Fury Kristin Hannah for Winter Garden and consistently good books
I'm rereading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. I love her. Some day I'll finish her nonfiction book, too. I keep putting it down and picking up novels instead. I also gave up on the latest Emily Giffin book, First Comes Love. I just didn't care about the characters and it was a bit preachy in a "you're nothing if you don't have children" way.
I guess my favorite author that I've read so far this year would be JK Rowling with the Pottermore short stories.
i just finished the Emily Giffin book last night. I didn't care for Meredith (the married sister). She was a negative nelly, over analyzed everything, and had unrealistic expectations. That said, for about 75% of the book, I enjoyed the sister dynamic as it sort of reminded me of my sister and me.
I just finished The Witness by Nora Roberts, and downloaded another of hers to start this afternoon (The Tribute). I'm feeling the need for light and fluffy.
QOTW: It's usually a race to see whether charlatti or I mention Louise Penny first. She really is good. (Charlatti - do you subscribe to her newsletter? If not, you really have to read her November post on grief ... just lovely.) If you want to start reading her books, start with the first, Still Life.
I've also mentioned a few times how much I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I read it as part of my challenge to read more books "that everyone else has read." It is by far my favorite of those books, and just in general.
QOTW: It's usually a race to see whether charlatti or I mention Louise Penny first. She really is good. (Charlatti - do you subscribe to her newsletter? If not, you really have to read her November post on grief ... just lovely.) If you want to start reading her books, start with the first, Still Life.
Yes! So sad and beautiful.
I often recommend starting with A Trick of the Light, for readers who don't mind reading out of order. That's where I started based on a rec from my SIL. I think the earlier books aren't quite as good as the later ones, but I appreciated them more when I knew where it was going.
The Misrembered Man, this book was so good there were times I felt myself tearing up. Read Some Sort of Crazy which was a stupid story and every time the guy in it called the woman in the story a slut I wanted to smack the author and tell her it wasn't sexy. Then I read The Color of Secrets and was happy my week of book reading ended with a good story (there was one chapter I had to turn off my kindle it was a bit upsetting).
Amy Tan and Pat Conroy will always be two of my favorite authors.
I'm listening to Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. It's... challenging for me. I had tried the kindle version earlier this year and didn't get far, and I feel a bit like I'm torturing myself. It's odd because I would LOVE this as a movie, but it's hard for me as a book. I'm about half through.
I'm reading Empire of Storms and am about 130 pages in. It's a slow start. I've only been getting 20-30 pages in at a time.
QOTW: I had three 5 star books this year that wasn't a reread. Overall, I love Maggie's writing and her characters are so perfectly flawed.
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds ACOMAF The Raven King
I'm listening to Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. It's... challenging for me. I had tried the kindle version earlier this year and didn't get far, and I feel a bit like I'm torturing myself. It's odd because I would LOVE this as a movie, but it's hard for me as a book. I'm about half through.
Since I had almost zero knowledge about the Lusitania prior to reading that book, I found it very interesting from an informational perspective but from a narrative perspective I found it to be dull. I think if I knew more information about the Lusitania already, I would have rated it lower than 3 stars.
I'm listening to Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. It's... challenging for me. I had tried the kindle version earlier this year and didn't get far, and I feel a bit like I'm torturing myself. It's odd because I would LOVE this as a movie, but it's hard for me as a book. I'm about half through.
Since I had almost zero knowledge about the Lusitania prior to reading that book, I found it very interesting from an informational perspective but from a narrative perspective I found it to be dull. I think if I knew more information about the Lusitania already, I would have rated it lower than 3 stars.
There have been several parts that had me HOOKED. Especially in regards to U boat disasters, but that's been about 10 minute total. I'm hoping for a better showing during the second half.