What Are You Reading? 7/21/17

[aurora]

Jul 22, 2017 8:31:37 GMT -5 rainbowchip said:

Jul 21, 2017 21:21:26 GMT -5 sassypants said:

Definitely bugs, but I don't like being dirty and I need access to a bathroom that doesn't involve hiking through bugs and dirt to get to it.

Camping is like, let's take all the stuff you normally have to do in life and make it 1000x more difficult. Need to take a shower? Gather everything you need, towel, clothes, soap, shampoo, conditioner etc, and put it in a bag or something. The. Hike with that to wherever there are showers. Once you get there, you likely have to wait in line for a shower. When you finally get in the shower is dirty and there are bugs so you get mosquito bites on your ass. You get about 5 seconds of water per quarter. The shower stops right as soap drips in your eye and you have to struggle blindly to get the water back on. Getting dressed is nearly impossible because there is no where to stand that isn't wet. Once you do get dressed, you then have to hike all the way back to your camp site. And you end up somehow getting dirty on yourwalk back so it was all wasted effort.
I'm exhausted just thinking about that.

I still think there is something extremely uplifting about being out in nature for a couple of days. Sleeping under the stars refreshes my soul. I'll put up with some bugs and dirt for that.

[darnkatz]

I just finished Touch and I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm burnt out right now and not sure what to read next.


Sloane Jacobsen is one of the world's most powerful trend forecasters (she was the foreseer of “the swipe”), and global fashion, lifestyle, and tech companies pay to hear her opinions about the future. Her recent forecasts on the family are unwavering: the world is over-populated, and with unemployment, college costs, and food prices all on the rise, having children is an extravagant indulgence.

So it’s no surprise when the tech giant Mammoth hires Sloane to lead their groundbreaking annual conference, celebrating the voluntarily childless. But not far into her contract, Sloane begins to sense the undeniable signs of a movement against electronics that will see people embracing compassion, empathy, and “in-personism” again. She’s struggling with the fact that her predictions are hopelessly out of sync with her employer's mission and that her closest personal relationship is with her self-driving car when her partner, the French “neo-sensualist” Roman Bellard, reveals that he is about to publish an op-ed on the death of penetrative sex—a post-sexual treatise that instantly goes viral. Despite the risks to her professional reputation, Sloane is nevertheless convinced that her instincts are the right ones, and goes on a quest to defend real life human interaction, while finally allowing in the love and connectedness she's long been denying herself.



QOTW: We never had assigned summer reading, but I read quite a bit anyway. I loved reading from the very beginning.

[booknerd]

Jul 22, 2017 13:55:09 GMT -5 aurora said:

Jul 22, 2017 8:31:37 GMT -5 rainbowchip said:

Camping is like, let's take all the stuff you normally have to do in life and make it 1000x more difficult. Need to take a shower? Gather everything you need, towel, clothes, soap, shampoo, conditioner etc, and put it in a bag or something. The. Hike with that to wherever there are showers. Once you get there, you likely have to wait in line for a shower. When you finally get in the shower is dirty and there are bugs so you get mosquito bites on your ass. You get about 5 seconds of water per quarter. The shower stops right as soap drips in your eye and you have to struggle blindly to get the water back on. Getting dressed is nearly impossible because there is no where to stand that isn't wet. Once you do get dressed, you then have to hike all the way back to your camp site. And you end up somehow getting dirty on yourwalk back so it was all wasted effort.
I'm exhausted just thinking about that.

I still think there is something extremely uplifting about being out in nature for a couple of days. Sleeping under the stars refreshes my soul. I'll put up with some bugs and dirt for that.

I agree, plus it feels so simple and peaceful. No tvs, phones, ipads, electricity, just you and the people you're with (and books!)

[ally]

I finished The Hate U Give last night.  It was an excellent book, looking forward to the discussion.  My hold for A Murder in Time, Julie McElwain, came up at the library, so I will start that tonight.  

QOTW: I also do not remember having summer reading assigned.  But, I did spent my summers reading, it has always been my favorite hobby.

I am going to join the group that does not like camping.  I like to be in a space that is temperature controlled, with electricity, no bugs, no dirt, soft squishy bed/furniture, and -most importantly- indoor plumbing!   

[pandora89]

Jul 21, 2017 18:57:13 GMT -5 Accountingcat said:

Jul 21, 2017 8:37:55 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

I am reading Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica.

I never had summer reading.

Thoughts so far? Are you listening to the audiobook? I just finished it and I was a little let down compared to other Mary Kubica books. I listened to the audiobook which seemed extra cheesy so that probably didn't help. I'd say it was still a 4* book.


This week:
Every Last Lie 4*
Small Great Things 5*
God Never Blinks 4*
Here We Go Again 4*
Hamilton: The Revolution 3*
 


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I finished it this weekend, I read the book but I agree with you. It was a 3.5 to me, I was definitely let down and it felt like it was "lacking something", what? I don't know. This was probably one of my least favourites of her books.

[ufcasey]

Read last week
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price - PNR; 3.5 stars; maybe it was because I was listening to the audiobook for this one but I have zero clue who any of the "bad" guys were in this book. But ignoring that this was decent.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - mystery/thriller; 3.5 stars; saving my review for book club discussion this week
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine - poetry/non-fiction; 3.5 stars; there's a section on the Serena Williams that I actually found very interesting and I know nothing about tennis, but this book isn't about tennis to be clear LOL
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn - PNR; 2 stars; the audiobook narrator is terrible, the book isn't much better
Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands - historical romance; 3 stars; not memorable, but not bad

Currently reading
Fall of Kings (#3 in series) by David Gemnel - historical fiction; still reading this...
The Fix (#3 in series) by David Baldacci - mystery/thriller; the audiobooks for this series are always so well produced! the plot itself is kind of meh so far but it's still early on

QOTW
Procrastination was my middle name

[vinoveritas]

10% Happier by Dan Harris and flying through it

[pandora89]

Jul 24, 2017 7:57:41 GMT -5 ally said:

I finished The Hate U Give last night.  It was an excellent book, looking forward to the discussion.  My hold for A Murder in Time, Julie McElwain, came up at the library, so I will start that tonight.  

QOTW: I also do not remember having summer reading assigned.  But, I did spent my summers reading, it has always been my favorite hobby.

I am going to join the group that does not like camping.  I like to be in a space that is temperature controlled, with electricity, no bugs, no dirt, soft squishy bed/furniture, and -most importantly- indoor plumbing!   

You will have to let me know how this one is, I am reading a lot of mixed review on it, people either love it or hate it.