It's Friday! (3/2)

[ufcasey]

What have you read this week? What are you currently reading?

QOTW:
Besides reading, what else do you like to do in your spare time (hobbies/interests/sports etc)? If you don't particularly have anything right now, name something you wish you had more time to try/do (maybe knitting/photography/yoga, whatever)?

[sassypants]

I finished Three Dark Crowns this week. It was ok, but not the best writing. I may find the follow up in the library but I'm in no rush. I started reading Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery: An Illustrated History and Guide. DH gave it to me, and that is where we had our first date. The book is written by a couple I don't know, but the foreword and the blurbs on the back as well as inside are all from professors I had in grad school.

QOTW: Mostly I spend time with DH and our cats. Outside of the house, I do theatre and music. I've just been cast in a Steve Martin piece (Picasso at the Lapin Agile) that begins rehearsals on Sunday, so that's going to keep me busy for the next 8 weeks. I also play flute at church and in the pit when I can.

[abs]

I started The Great Alone last night. So far it’s very good.

QOTW: I love doing puzzles. They are a great way to get my mind off my worries. I also workout a lot. Does taking DD to all her activities count because I do that a lot. I actually enjoy her soccer games quite a bit!! She’s pretty good and fun to watch.

[ufcasey]

Read:
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - fiction; 3.5 stars; really good, lots of tension, but not great because the ending is like a soap opera
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - classic; 2 stars; see book club discussion
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks - fantasy romance; 3.5 stars; this book was a lot better than I was expecting considering the cheesy title and cover, so don't judge it by either of those things
Tease by Geri Glenn - romance; 2.5 stars; MC type books usually are not my preference and this was not an exception

Total so far for the year: 22

Currently Reading:
A Rule Against Murder by Lousie Penny - mystery; I just love this series.

QOTW:
I wish I had more time to get back into photography. With just one kid I took a lot of photos, with two I barely take my camera out.

[travella]

I'm about 50% of the way through Artemis.

QOTW: I spend a lot of my free time volunteering. Almost too much time is spent volunteering at this point. I need to cut back for my health/sanity. I also exercise, scrapbook, bake on occasion, travel,....

[bex]

I'm reading The Radium Girls for our March discussion. It's really good. Sad, but good. I think Moore so far has done a good job at making a nonfiction book read like a novel.

QOTW: eek, nothing. I guess I run/work out. I need to get back into crocheting. I like doing things with my hands to keep me from chewing my nails and playing on my phone.

[spedrunner]

What have you read this week? What are you currently reading?


Currently reading:

Love Story:  A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine 

Both are slow starts for me bc I have been distracted by other things such as YOGA and PODCASTS, which will be part of my QOTD


QOTW:

Yoga
Hiking
biking
being outdoors
traveling 
exploring coffee shops
podcasts!
writing on my blog

[monkeyfeet]

I finished nothing and made little progress on Little Women. I also just started The Nest. Too early to have an opinion on it.

I enjoy working out. I used to run marathons but have old knees and mostly lift now, but love to hike or be outside. Lots of family bike rides.

[mrspez07]

I finished Little Women 3* and Priestdaddy 3*, both for book club, I was ready read something easier and my choice, so I’m reading Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell,listening to the Husband’s secret and I briefly started listening to Radium Girls but it was creeping merit, I’ll keep trying tho.

I do a bit of yoga, biking when the weather is nice, coloring and quilting. I don’t have as much time as I’d like for any of them with kids and work and PTA. Someday!

[Nonny]

I finished Artemis this week, and I started on Darkness, which is a random romantic thriller that I got from the library as part of the blind date with a book program (except this year for various reasons it had to be scaled back and was only romance novels).  I'm about 50 pages in and so far there have been two actual plane crashes and third that they've made reference too, which is cracking me up at the absurdity of it, but so far it's not actually that bad.


QOTW:
In the summer when it's nice out my H and I go on long bike rides.  I also like to experiment with cooking about once or twice a month, and had a fabulous success with macarons last week. 

But really, I have all the time I want to do stuff, but I'm incredibly lazy, so mostly I sit around and play games on FB and watch random videos on YouTube. LOL!  I really should spend that time being more productive. 

[minzy]

I read An American Marriage by Tayari Jones this week, 4.5 stars. I thought it was really good. I am slowly paging through Little Women for book club and to satisfy two reading challenge criteria, but it feels like a chore.

QOTW: I read, work out, volunteer, and try to do fun stuff with my kids.

[dorothyinAus]

I'm still reading The Scottish Play Murder, which is good but I have been exhausted at bedtime and haven't got good reading time in.

QOTW: Besides reading, I do adult dance classes and serve on the dance school's committee. I also bake, I love experimenting with yeast breads. And in the winter, I make felt embroidery stockings for my cousin's children -- my grandmother made a stocking for each new member of the family, whether birth, adoption, or marriage, and I decided to keep up her tradition as she taught me how to do the embroidery. I average about 2 a year. I've made 9 already, and have another 6 in the closet waiting to be made.

[aurora]

I'm re-reading Dragonfly in Amber (book 2 of Outlander) and between audiobooks. I finished The Last Toddie this morning and then just downloaded Geraldine Brooks' The Secret Chord, which is apparently about King David. It's s period of history I know little about.


QOTW: I ski in winter and mountain bike in summer. I also do a bit of knitting but I'm not that great at it.

[AJL]

I read two LaVyrle Spencer classics (these were th ebooks I first read that got me all into the romance genre). They weren't as amazing as I remember them being when I read them at 15, but they were still fun.

Separate Beds - 3/5*
That Camden Summer - 3.5/5*

QOTW: I'm primarily a quilter. Right now I'm working on a hand pieced double wedding ring quilt designed by an artist named Tara Faughnan (example.) I also knit, crochet, and embroider. I sew quite a bit and like to make garments, but since my sewing space is currently a storage location for stuff while we clean and organize other spaces, all my crafts are primarily hand work. I'm also a Girl Scout leader, a volunteer with my kids' school's PTA, and a member of my city's Junior League chapter.  I volunteer a lot. lol!

[ally]

This week I finished The Martian 4* - I enjoyed it and have decided that I need to watch the movie. 

I have started a few books (which is very unlike me): The Firebird, Station Eleven (audiobook), The Gifts of Imperfection.

QOTW: Reading is my main hobby, but I do workout (often yoga), I love to cook and bake, and we have friends over regularly to play board games.  I used to color more, I started audiobooks as a way to allow me to both "read" and color at the same time!

[krystee]

I finished Before We Were Yours (4.5 stars) and started In a Cottage in a Wood, which I'm having a hard time getting into. Also doing a reread of A Wrinkle in Time.

I would like to have way more hours in a day. I'd like to do a kickboxing class, try yoga, take some cooking classes so I'm not so intimidated in the kitchen. Mostly I just read and sleep in my spare time right now (seven week old baby, so sleep is at a premium!).

[tacokick]

I read Educated by Tara Westover that was appalling and fascinating.

Best Friends by Margot Hunt was fun and actually had a surprising epilogue.

Now I’m reading American Marriage by Tayari Jones. It is due super soon so I have to finish it! It takes me longer to read actual books because I don’t read library books in bed because people are gross. I liked her other books and this one is clearly going to be her breakout book.

Other hobbies? I want to get back into sewing since I only wear dresses and it is surprisingly hard to find ones I like in natural fabrics. I do know how to do a lot of crafts but don’t actually do them. I do cook a lot. We watch a lot of “international” tv and go to a lot of concerts too.

[Nonny]

Mar 3, 2018 10:59:21 GMT -5 ally said:

Station Eleven

I love this book. Someone on here (not sure if it was this board or another one) mentioned their non-reader H reading it and being so into it that he restarted it immediately after finishing, and I was like, OK, I have to read that book.

Then when I finished it I went around recommending it to everyone for the next month or two, and had both my book clubs read it. I was obsessed. LOL.

[ssmjlm]

I finished Lucy Kincaid #13, Breaking Point. It was ok. I'm still in a bit of a rut.

I've got Lie to Me to start probably tomorrow.

[aurora]

Mar 3, 2018 13:40:28 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Mar 3, 2018 10:59:21 GMT -5 ally said:

Station Eleven

I love this book. Someone on here (not sure if it was this board or another one) mentioned their non-reader H reading it and being so into it that he restarted it immediately after finishing, and I was like, OK, I have to read that book.

Then when I finished it I went around recommending it to everyone for the next month or two, and had both my book clubs read it. I was obsessed. LOL.

So, you're saying we should read it?

[Nonny]

Mar 3, 2018 22:43:21 GMT -5 aurora said:

Mar 3, 2018 13:40:28 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I love this book. Someone on here (not sure if it was this board or another one) mentioned their non-reader H reading it and being so into it that he restarted it immediately after finishing, and I was like, OK, I have to read that book.

Then when I finished it I went around recommending it to everyone for the next month or two, and had both my book clubs read it. I was obsessed. LOL.

So, you're saying we should read it?

Ha! Yes!

One of my book clubs skews elderly, and it was my first time choosing a book for the group, and when I picked it they were like, "oh no... This is going to be like "The Road" isn't it?" And I had to reassure them it wasn't going to be anything like that at all. LOL. They did all like it too, even though they don't normally read dystopian fiction.

[jmliongrrrl]

I finished Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance(4*) and Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr(4*).
I'm listening to Girl Walks into a Bar by Rachel Dratch and reading Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman and Harvest Moon by Robyn Carr. I'm going to be very sad when I finish this Virgin River book series. It's like the book version of comfort food.

QOTW: I am mildly obsessed with my German Shepherd. I enjoy hiking, gardening, and crafting. I just started felting and am really enjoying it. You stab something pretty, how great is that?

[bex]

Mar 3, 2018 13:40:28 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Mar 3, 2018 10:59:21 GMT -5 ally said:

Station Eleven

I love this book. Someone on here (not sure if it was this board or another one) mentioned their non-reader H reading it and being so into it that he restarted it immediately after finishing, and I was like, OK, I have to read that book.

Then when I finished it I went around recommending it to everyone for the next month or two, and had both my book clubs read it. I was obsessed. LOL.

I loved it as well. Many of these books feel....unfinished to me, like the author had a great premise but could not figure out what to do with the last half or quarter of the book, so it either has a crappy ending or...surprise, there's a sequel!!

This one was really interesting to me and had a good ending.