S/o whatcha reading MMM?

[Jalapeñomel]

The Maze Runner

[rupertpenny]

I'm reading the new Ken Follett book, but I'll probably finish very soon. I'm not sure what I want to read next.

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I'm 90% of the way through The Invention of Wings. Love it.
Before that I read The Witness Wore Red and her sister's book as well...about FLDS. Interesting.

After that I don't know..I dowloaded a bunch of $2.99 or less stuff...we'll see how good it is.

[rupertpenny]

Sept 28, 2014 8:33:43 GMT -5 @lcap said:

I just discovered Sarah Waters so I'm reading all of her stuff. Currently on The Little Stranger which is a creepy psychological thriller/haunted house story set in post WWII England. Very good! Next up is The Night Watch.

I recently read The Girls from Corona del Mar which was FABULOUS. I strongly recommend it. I also recently read White Oleander by Janet Fitch, which is great (fifteen years late in that one, lol).

I just read The Secret History, at least 20 years later so I feel you haha.

[magpie]

I'm reading Dark Places. I love it, even though it gives me the creeps!

[teatimefor2]

Me Before You. Very well written and overall a light read for a sensitive topic.

[ladygrey]

The Light Between Oceans. Absolutely heart wrenching, but I still enjoyed it.

[water*drop]

Last night I finally finished The Goldfinch. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. I loved parts of it, but some parts made me feel like it was never going to end.

I recently read The Miseducation of Cameron Post after somebody recommended it in a ML post. I really liked it.

I have Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune next on my list, but I think I want something short and fluffy first.

[mdana]

Sept 28, 2014 8:34:41 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I'm reading the new Ken Follett book, but I'll probably finish very soon. I'm not sure what I want to read next.

I'm really looking forward to this one. I read the last two (and most of his other books) and I enjoy them.

[docholly]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I am working through all of his books, so the last thing I really enjoyed was Bag of Bones... Also by King.

[oswin]

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling). Excellent mystery, but definitely read the Cuckoo's Calling first.

[jr009j]

Sept 28, 2014 9:21:14 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Sept 28, 2014 8:32:27 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

The Maze Runner

Sept 28, 2014 9:19:15 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

I'm waiting on The Mazerunner from our public library.

I liked the Maze Runner but dang, the series went steeply downhill.

Agreed. I couldn't put The Maze Runner down and had to slog through the other books.

[bowies]

Not recent, but I loved American Ghost by Janis Owens.

[water*drop]

Sept 28, 2014 9:15:50 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Sept 28, 2014 9:10:52 GMT -5 water*drop said:

Last night I finally finished The Goldfinch. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. I loved parts of it, but some parts made me feel like it was never going to end.

I felt like this too. The Vegas section especially needed to be pared down a bit. Don't get me wrong, I loved it (and I think I read it some ridiculous amount of time like three days because it was so good, lol) but I don't really see it as being Pulitzer Prize worthy, do you? I actually thought The Secret History was a much better book overall. I guess people don't typically win big prizes for their first novel though. I have The Little Friend too but it's so slow going that I've never gotten past the first couple chapters. Maybe I should give it another try.

I haven't read the other ones you've mentioned, but I definitely felt like there were parts of The Goldfinch where I was skimming even though I felt bad about skimming, if that makes sense. Like, I was SO into it and the writing was so beautiful in a lot of places that I wanted to slow down and take it all in, but if I slowed down, I was NEVER GOING TO FINISH. I liked it a lot on the days where I could devote hours to reading it, but on days where I could only read in 15-30 minute spurts, I felt like I was just treading water. I think it's a book that I would appreciate more on the second reading.

[shortstax]

I was on a YA romance reading kick this month. Don't judge

If anyone's looking for fast reads I recommend Amy and Roger' s Epic Detour, Second Chance Summer, and Since You've been gone (all by Morgan Matson) or My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick. I enjoyed them all

[shortstax]

Sept 28, 2014 9:18:16 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Sept 28, 2014 9:09:53 GMT -5 teatimefor2 said:

Me Before You. Very well written and overall a light read for a sensitive topic.

I loved this book. It made me cry in parts but I thought the topic was really interesting and thought provoking. It's one of those ones that stay with you and you find yourself thinking about it in odd moments.

I read this book last month. I'm still mot sure if I liked it or not.  Did you see that they're making it into a movie? 

For some reason I can't c&p the link on my kindle right now.

[cinco]

I'm reading All the Light We Cannot See. Recent ones that I've liked are Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty), and Orphan Train.

[gibbinator]

I just finished reading Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. It was a good quick read and great plot.

[niq]

Sept 28, 2014 8:31:36 GMT -5 @starry said:

I read The Big Short in July and found it fascinating.

I have been meaning to read Flash Boys. I really like Michael Lewis.

[babyrn]

I'm reading How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. It's... different.

This hasn't been the best year for me. I've only rated two books 5 stars on GoodReads. And both were by the same author, Rainbow Rowell. I recommend anything she writes.

This Is Where I Leave You is really good and I am looking forward to seeing the movie.

[SpartanGirl]

I just finished A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown. It was good, but definitely a heavy, emotional read. I need to read something light and fluffy now.

[chickens987]

The Last Runaway 
Just finished Drowning Ruth, which was good.

[lolo]

Sept 28, 2014 9:09:53 GMT -5 teatimefor2 said:

Me Before You. Very well written and overall a light read for a sensitive topic.

I also enjoyed this one.

[jr009j]

Sept 28, 2014 9:28:31 GMT -5 shortstax said:

I was on a YA romance reading kick this month. Don't judge

If anyone's looking for fast reads I recommend Amy and Roger' s Epic Detour, Second Chance Summer, and Since You've been gone (all by Morgan Matson) or My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick. I enjoyed them all

I have read these all and enjoyed them. YA romance is my go to when I need a mental break.

[rootbeerfloat]

I'm halfway through the Outlander series. They are long, and I'm not sure I'm ready to commit to book 5 yet. So I'm going to start The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.

I saw The Maze Runner last night, and now I want to read that series.

Other recommendations: Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, Laini Taylor; The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker.

And @vicmo, Landline

[teatimefor2]

Sept 28, 2014 9:18:16 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Sept 28, 2014 9:09:53 GMT -5 teatimefor2 said:

Me Before You. Very well written and overall a light read for a sensitive topic.

I loved this book. It made me cry in parts but I thought the topic was really interesting and thought provoking. It's one of those ones that stay with you and you find yourself thinking about it in odd moments.

Yes and oddly enough, we had just moved to the UK the year before the real life case took place and I remember the issues and media surrounding it. I thought it was written extremely well trying to highlight all dudes and angles,

[blindyswife]

ladygrey I loved A Light Between Oceans. Talk about a tear jerker.

I recently finished Wool by Hugh Howey and thought it was pretty darn good. Starts out slowly, but I really liked it overall. I definitly reccomend. I've just started the sequel Shift.

[rootbeerfloat]

Sept 28, 2014 12:03:16 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Sept 28, 2014 11:57:26 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

I'm halfway through the Outlander series. They are long, and I'm not sure I'm ready to commit to book 5 yet.

And @vicmo, Landline

I read several of the outlander books last year and gave up because nothing good ever happened and everything took a million chapters to come about.

And thanks.

I'm invested now, so I will finish. But they are basically romance novels, which don't need to be longer than 400 pages.

[mpc]

I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I enjoyed more than I expected to.

Currently reading The Goldfinch.

[magpie]

Sept 28, 2014 9:10:52 GMT -5 water*drop said:

Last night I finally finished The Goldfinch. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. I loved parts of it, but some parts made me feel like it was never going to end.

I really liked The Goldfinch, but I thought it was sort of uneven too.  The longer I am away from it, the more I like it though...I feel like the characters stayed with me.