Friday, 11/20!

[aurora]

What are you reading today? Are you liking it?

QOTW: How many Thanksgiving celebrations are you attending (including the actual one(s) next Thursday as well as at work and with friends)? Which are you most looking forward to?

[aurora]

I'm reading

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler - interesting in that it's dystopian but not so far removed from today's normal life that you can't see the path there. Bonus: the drought is related to climate change. What do I keep saying on CEP?

Finders Keepers by Stephen King (audiobook) - not very far into it, but so far so good. I'm always interested to see the ways in which SK weaves events/characters from one of his books into another.


QOTW - I have 3: work, friendsgiving, and then just H and I next Thursday. Friendsgiving was last night and was the best.

[charlatti]

Nov 20, 2015 11:54:23 GMT -5 aurora said:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler - interesting in that it's dystopian but not so far removed from today's normal life that you can't see the path there. Bonus: the drought is related to climate change. What do I keep saying on CEP?

I picked this up at the library the other day after you mentioned it. Might have to start it next.

I'm reading Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin, but I'm only a chapter or so in. I finished All This Life by Joshua Mohr last night and liked it a lot. Interesting look at connection and lack thereof in the internet world.

ETA QOTW: just two, DH's family this weekend and then OOT with my family on Thursday. DD would have had another at school today but she's home sick and sad about missing it, poor kid. #firstgradeproblems

[msmerymac]

I'm reading Tobacco Road. It's okay. It's relatively short. One of those classics I like to read between guilty pleasures and stuff to convince myself I read "real" literature.

QOTW: My parents and my in-laws live about 8 hours apart, and each are about 5+ hours away from ME. So I will make a small holiday dinner for me and my husband on Saturday, then we will head up to MA on Wednesday to have T-Day with his parents and youngest sister. His middle sister, BIL and niece will come visit on Friday, but we'll just have leftovers, not another whole dinner or anything.

We'll see my parents at Christmas. We'll probably drive back to the in-laws' on New Year's Day to exchange gifts and stuff. We've been doing this Thanksgiving and Christmas schedule since before we got married. It will probably change when we have kids (I would hate to travel for every holiday with kids, but no one lets me cook holiday meals, because I'm a vegetarian). But for now, it is what it is.

[rootbeerfloat]

I'm reading Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver. It's OK.

QOTW: Just the one I'm hosting at my house.

[aurora]

Nov 20, 2015 13:42:56 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I'm reading Tobacco Road. It's okay. It's relatively short. One of those classics I like to read between guilty pleasures and stuff to convince myself I read "real" literature.

QOTW: My parents and my in-laws live about 8 hours apart, and each are about 5+ hours away from ME. So I will make a small holiday dinner for me and my husband on Saturday, then we will head up to MA on Wednesday to have T-Day with his parents and youngest sister. His middle sister, BIL and niece will come visit on Friday, but we'll just have leftovers, not another whole dinner or anything.

We'll see my parents at Christmas. We'll probably drive back to the in-laws' on New Year's Day to exchange gifts and stuff. We've been doing this Thanksgiving and Christmas schedule since before we got married. It will probably change when we have kids (I would hate to travel for every holiday with kids, but no one lets me cook holiday meals, because I'm a vegetarian). But for now, it is what it is.

Your holiday meal schedule sounds tiring!

And also I intermingle classics and literature in with my guilty pleasure books, too.

[ally]

I expect to finish Where They Found Her tomorrow (must return to the library on Monday).  A nice standard mystery, which is what I like  It has kept me interested and I find it to be a pretty easy read. 

QOTW: We will have dinner at my grandma's with my mom's family at 1:00 on Thursday.  Then a second dinner with my step dad's family at 6:00.  My husband is giving in on his (reasonable) "won't eat two holiday dinners on the same day" rule that was made in our first year of marriage because he knows I wanted to skip my grandmas until my mom pulled the guilt card and just do the second dinner. Family is so complicated!

No other plans for before or after with work or friends.  I may need to host a Friendsgiving next year.

[gibbinator]

My library has World War Z online so I checked it out on recommendation.
It's right up my ally. I used to love reading war history non fiction, and post apocalyptic fiction is my current obsession, so this is right up my ally. I started reading it in my very limited free time earlier this week and I'm already 75% through it.

Dh is throwing an American Thanksgiving dinner for him and I on Thursday. For no other reason than because he loves football

[mrspez07]

I don't normally read more than 1 at a time, but I've got book club coming up (all the Light We cannot See) and I've got a library due date on a book with holds (in the Woods by Tana French). Both are good so far. In the woods is horrible yet interesting, I can't turn my eyes away. I just need to stay awake longer in the evenings.

We had "friendship stew" at DS2's preschool today, and other than a few regular GTGs, just the Thanksgiving we're hosting.

[ladybug2002]

I just finished Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. It was really good once I got past the first part. I hit the "twist" and then could not put it down.

Started Bird Box this afternoon.

We only have one, my dad and his fiancée actually come to MH's family dinner now and it makes things so much easier. Everyone gets along very well and no rushing around.

[doxies]

Nov 20, 2015 14:17:33 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

I'm reading Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver. It's OK.

QOTW: Just the one I'm hosting at my house.

I'm reading this too.  I enjoyed We Were Liars, so I'm interested to see where this one is going.  I'm only about 20% in, but hopefully I'll finish this week.

[rootbeerfloat]

Nov 23, 2015 17:42:00 GMT -5 ladybug2002 said:

I just finished Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. It was really good once I got past the first part. I hit the "twist" and then could not put it down.

I liked it, too, once I got over the HP-ness of it, which happened after Baz appeared. He did not remind me at all of Draco, which helped.

Nov 24, 2015 14:48:50 GMT -5 doxies said:

Nov 20, 2015 14:17:33 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

I'm reading Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver. It's OK.

QOTW: Just the one I'm hosting at my house.

I'm reading this too.  I enjoyed We Were Liars, so I'm interested to see where this one is going.  I'm only about 20% in, but hopefully I'll finish this week.

I liked Vanishing Girls better, but I did not like We Were Liars all that much.