What did you read in May?

[whitepicketfence]

What did you read last month? How would you rate each of those books?

[mayflowers22]

Divergent- 5
Fifty Shades of Grey- 5

[SpartanGirl]

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (kids book) - 5 stars
The Magicians - 3 stars
The Magician King - 4 stars
The Borrower - 2 stars

[whitepicketfence]

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne**

Insurgent by Veronica Roth*****

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams**

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier**

Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo****

[chicacocodrilo]

Last Night at the Lobster, Stewart O'Nan - four stars
In the Breeze of Passing Things, Nicole Reid - four stars
The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea - five stars
Moonwalking with Einstein - three stars

[PinkSquirrel]

At Your Pleasure - Meredith Duran 4 stars
Brothel: The Women of Mustang Ranch - Alexa Albert 5 stars
Wild - Cheryl Strayed 5 stars
When in Doubt, Add Butter - Beth Harbison 3.5 stars
Dear Dad, It's Over - M Dickson 2 stars
Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 4 stars
The After Wife - Gigi Levangie Grazer 4 stars

ETA: the ratings

[charlatti]

The Gilly Salt Sisters 3
The Solace of Leaving Early (reread) 5
No One is Here Except All of Us 2
An Uncommon Education 2
The Hunger Games (reread) 4
The Year of the Gadfly 4
Pandemonium 2
Falling Together 3
The Lola Quartet 2
The Power of Habit 4
Violets of March 2
Insurgent 4

[rootbeerfloat]

Divergent, Veronica Roth - 4 stars
The Help, Kathryn Stockett - 4 stars
Dreams of Joy, Lisa See - 5 stars
The Lover's Dictionary, David Levithan - 3 stars
Insurgent, Veronica Roth - 4 stars
Somebody to Love, Kristin Higgans - 3 stars
The Marriage Pact, MJ Pullen - 3 stars
Kissed in Paris, Juliet Sobanet - 3 stars

[christy082]

The Shoemaker's Wife- Adriana Trigiani- 4 stars
Insurgent- Veronica Roth- 5 stars
Lucia, Lucia- Adriana Trigiani- 4.5 stars
On Mystic Lake- Kristin Hannah- 4.5 stars

[GilliC]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 4 stars
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 3 stars
I'm Off by Jean Echenoz - 4 stars
Bossypants by Tina Fey - 4 stars
Midnight Sun by M.J. Fredrick - 3 stars
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan - 2 stars
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton - 4 stars
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh - 3 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 4 stars

[duckduck]

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough - 4 stars
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella - 3 stars
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks - 2 stars
Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning - 5 stars
Handling Sin by Michael Malone - 5 stars
Feed by Mira Grant - 2 stars
If You Lived Here I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende - 4 stars
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller - 3 stars
Lord of the Flies by Wm. Golding - 4 stars
Rabbit, Run by John Updike - 5 stars
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris - 4 stars
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - 5 stars

Good month for me! Six of those were on audio. Lots of painting and packing going on around here.

[msmerymac]

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - 3 stars
Ask the Dust by John Fante - 5 stars
Insurgent by Veronica Roth - 4 stars
Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan - 4.5 stars
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - 5 stars
The Magicians by Lev Grossman - 3.5 stars
Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume - 4 stars
Here's to You, Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume - 3 stars
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - 3.5 stars

[dorothyinAus]

It was a slow month for me; I finished:
A Company of Swans -- Eva Ibbotson
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe -- Douglas Adams

I began:
Waiting for Gertrude -- Bill Richardson
Wuthering Heights -- Emily Bronte
Murder on the Eiffel Tower -- Claude Izner
Life, the Universe, and Everything -- Douglas Adams

[SpartanGirl]

Jun 3, 2012 16:29:33 GMT -5 duckduck said:

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough - 4 stars

I grew up in Johnstown. I may have to check this one out.

[duckduck]

Jun 3, 2012 18:57:20 GMT -5 SpartanGirl said:

Jun 3, 2012 16:29:33 GMT -5 duckduck said:

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough - 4 stars

I grew up in Johnstown. I may have to check this one out.

I grew up and now live not that far from there. I think I definitely enjoyed the book more for knowing the area well. It's good on audio-- Edward Hermann (aka Grandpa Gilmore from GG) reads it.

[SpartanGirl]

Jun 3, 2012 19:25:03 GMT -5 duckduck said:

Jun 3, 2012 18:57:20 GMT -5 SpartanGirl said:

I grew up in Johnstown. I may have to check this one out.

I grew up and now live not that far from there. I think I definitely enjoyed the book more for knowing the area well. It's good on audio-- Edward Hermann (aka Grandpa Gilmore from GG) reads it.

I will have to see if my library has an audio copy. Though I know (or think I know) the history pretty well, it would be interesting to hear the story again. Thanks for the info!

[lemondrop]

It's already June and I haven't finished a book in a month.

I hate being so busy!

[mrshandy]

This is my first time posting in here. I'm seriously impressed with some of you all's lists!

Nicolas and Alexandra (started it another month, had to check it out again and finish it this month)- 3 stars
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 stars
Death Comes to Pemberley - 3 stars

That's all? I did start Catherine the Great and Between Shades of Grey, but I haven't finished either of them.

[mrshandy]

Jun 3, 2012 18:57:20 GMT -5 SpartanGirl said:

Jun 3, 2012 16:29:33 GMT -5 duckduck said:

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough - 4 stars

I grew up in Johnstown. I may have to check this one out.

I love David McCullough books too *crossing my fingers it's an e-book at my library.*

[sunshine608]

V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton- 4/5
In Spite of Everything: A Memoir- Thomas, Susan Gregory- 2/5
Should Have Known Better- Octavia, Grace- 2.5/5
White Lines II: Sunny: A Novel- Brown, Tracy- 4/5
One Good Dog- Wilson, Susan 3.5/5
The Selection- Cass, Kiera
Composing Amelia- Strobel, Alison- 3/5
The Mindset Lists of American History: From Typewriters to Text Messages, What Ten Generations of Americans Think Is Normal
McBride, Tom- 3/5
Best Kept Secret- Amy Hatvany3/5

[charminglife]

The Secret Soldier by Alex Berenson - 3.5 stars
The Shadow Patrol, Alex Berenson - 3 stars
When in Doubt, Add Butter, Beth Harbison - 2 stars
The Last Boyfriend, Nora Roberts - 4 stars
The End of Everything, Megan Abbot - 2 stars
Silver Girl, Elin Hilderbrand - 3 stars
Summer People, Elin Hilderbrand - 2 stars
The Blue Bistro, Elin Hilderbrand - 3.5 stars
Nantucket Nights, Elin Hilderbrand - 2.5 stars
Fated, S.G. Browne - 3 stars
Medium Raw, Anthony Bourdain - 4 stars
Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, Stephen Ambrose - 3 stars
A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s, Stephanie Coontz - 4 stars
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Daniel Okrent - 4 stars
Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose - 4 stars

You can tell when I got tired of reading fiction!

[2curlydogs]

Elizabeth I by Margaret George - 5
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin - 4
A Passage to India - 3
A Feast for Crows - 3
The Lost Symbol - 1 1/2
The King's Rose - 3

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I read:
Insurgent by Veronica Roth - 4 stars
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story Veronica Roth - 4 stars
Jeneration X by Jen Lancaster - 3 1/2 stars
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - 3 1/2 stars
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen - 3 stars
Columbine by Dave Cullen - 4 1/2 stars
Pretty Little Liars #1 by Sara Shepard - 2 1/2 stars
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - 3 1/2 stars

[moreace01]

My Life in France - 4 stars
Divergent - 4 stars
Pride and Prejudice - 3 stars
Bossypants - 3 stars
The Kite Runner - 3 stars
The Walking Dead volume 1 - 3 stars
Designing the Obvious - 3 stars

Started and slllooowww going: The Name of the Rose. I can get through maybe 20 pages a day. There's a good story in there...somewhere...

[2curlydogs]

Jun 4, 2012 10:59:58 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Started and slllooowww going: The Name of the Rose. I can get through maybe 20 pages a day. There's a good story in there...somewhere...

Umberto Eco is such a hard author to read, imo. I read Foucault's Pendulum a couple years ago and, boy, was it hard to get thru, even if the story was fascinating.

I mean, when the author cites Joyce as one of those who has most influenced his work, you know you (the reader) are in trouble.

[ladybug2002]

Wicked, 3 stars

I have been in a reading slump this year.