Friday (9/14) Weekly Reading Recap Day!

[ufcasey]

What have you read this week? What are you currently reading?
Reminder: Book Club discussion for 'Now That You Mention It' by Kristan Higgins will be on 9/26

QOTW
What is your favorite movie?

[travella]

I finished China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan 3.5*. I'll probably finish The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks tonight. The book has been very disappointing up to this point so I'm hoping some final twist improves it.

[secretlyevil]

Last week I finished Educated by Tara Westover. If you haven't read it, I HIGHLY recommend it.

This week I finished the audio version of the Red Tent, a re-read for me. I did not enjoy the audio as much as I enjoyed the book the first time around. I found the background music played sporadically distracting and detracted from the parts of the book it was playing on.

Started Fear (audio) yesterday and also reading my book club's October selection, Close Enough to Touch.

[msmerymac]

Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng (loved it)
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (on audio, narrated by Claire Danes)
Everybody Loves Kamau! - W. Kamau Bell


QOTW: My pat answer that I've been giving for 15 years (especially when I lived in LA and wanted to impress people with my "serious movie chops") is Magnolia, but I gotta say, one movie I can (and have) watch over and over is Sense and Sensibility (1995).

[minzy]

This week I finished Amity and Prosperity - One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold, nonfiction about fracking in SW Pennsylvania, 4 stars. I read Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins for book club, 3.5 stars.

I also read Grit - The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, 4.5 stars. You can take a quick quiz to get your “grit score” here. My guess is, the “grittier” you are, the more you will enjoy the book and find yourself nodding along to the descriptors of different facets of your personality. I liked it a lot.

QOTW: Not sure I have an absolute favorite movie, but I really like Run, Fatboy, Run.

[doxies]

Over the weekend, I finished Caraval and Always and Forever, Lara Jean. I enjoyed both very much. Caraval is the beginning of a YA series and Lara Jean is the end of one.

This week I started Us Against You. So far it is very good and I can feel the tension as I am reading. Looking forward to getting more reading done this weekend.

QOTW: My favorite movie is Moulin Rouge. I was just thinking about rewatching it sometime soon.

[ufcasey]

Read:
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
3.5 stars/fantasy
I liked the plot and worldbuilding, but it felt a little too YA despite being an adult book and some of the characters spoke very similarly despite being different ages/genders etc.

Blood Oath (#1 in series) by Raye Wagner
4 stars/YA fantasy romance
This book had a LOT of torture and deaths and I was happily surprised/pleased by it (I swear I am not a psycho lol)

Shadow Wings (#2 in series) by Raye Wagner
3 stars/YA fantasy romance
I liked the first book so much, I jumped right into the second book, which ended up being disappointing. Also, 'Holy Pancakes' is a ridiculous made-up swear, just stop!

Grave Peril (#3 in The Dresden Files series) by Jim Butcher
3 stars/urban fantasy
I previously DNF it, gave it another try via audiobook. Audiobook made it much better BUT it still wasn't that great. Every female is overly sexualized, the 'big baddie' of the book I didn't even understand, and it dragged on and on at times. I'm quiting this series for good this time.

Total so far for the year: 105

QOTW:
You've Got Mail will always be my favorite forever and ever

[rainbowchip]

I'm still reading The Drawing of The Three. I'm definitely liking it more than The Gunslinger but I've been giving up reading time to watch Jane The Virgin on Netflix. I'm about halfway through the last season so I should be done and back to reading more soon.

QOTW: I'm not really a movie person. But the first two that came to mind were The Day After Tomorrow and Romeo + Juliet (Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes)

[bex]

I'm reading Fear by Bob Woodward. I finally finished Warcross this week! FINALLY!

And now apparently I'm behind on the next book club book lol. I have it from the library so maybe I'll read it this weekend.

Favorite movie - Spaceballs or Casablanca.

ETA- I just remembered that I did read the book club book lol. It was clearly memorable!

[kelliebeans104]

I finished Deathly Hallows this week, wrapping up my HP reread.

I'm currently reading American Marriage, which I'm really liking.
I'm also reading Rumor Has It by Jill Mansell. A light, breezy read.

I don't know what my all time favorite movie is but currently I love Crazy Rich Asians and have seen it twice in the theater so far. It's so good!!

[aurora]

Sept 14, 2018 12:30:34 GMT -5 kelliebeans104 said:

I finished Deathly Hallows this week, wrapping up my HP reread.

I'm currently reading American Marriage, which I'm really liking.
I'm also reading Rumor Has It by Jill Mansell. A light, breezy read.

I don't know what my all time favorite movie is but currently I love Crazy Rich Asians and have seen it twice in the theater so far. It's so good!!

I'm excited to start one soon! I have HP and the Sorcerer's Stone on hold at my library in audiobook version, and I'm #3 on 20 copies, so hoping to get it this weekend! There's just something so comfortable about settling into Harry's familiar story.

[aurora]

I finished two re-reads this past week

Nerilka's Story by Anne McCaffrey (I'm very gradually going through the whole Pern series in chronological order instead of the order they were published)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

I also finished Now that You Mention it.

I'm now reading

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - I've had it on my shelf forever but was waiting for him to write the 3rd book, which it looks like he never will, so I gave in
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (audiobook)

QOTW: I'm honestly not sure. I don't really watch movies anymore, so they appear to have all seeped out of my memory...good thing that doesn't happen with books!

[aurora]

Sept 14, 2018 9:53:16 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

Last week I finished Educated by Tara Westover. If you haven't read it, I HIGHLY recommend it.

This week I finished the audio version of the Red Tent, a re-read for me. I did not enjoy the audio as much as I enjoyed the book the first time around. I found the background music played sporadically distracting and detracted from the parts of the book it was playing on.

Started Fear (audio) yesterday and also reading my book club's October selection, Close Enough to Touch.

I agree on the audiobook of The Red Tent, which is odd since I've generally been enjoying audiobooks a lot lately. I definitely came away from it with a worse impression of the book than when I had read a paper copy around a decade ago. It could also be that I had changed since then...

[rootbeerfloat]

I finished Reaper at the Gates (Ember in the Ashes #3).

QOTW: I mostly watch superhero movies these days, but Love Actually is one of my all-time favorites.

[abs]

I’m reading China Rich Girlfriend. It’s kind of ridiculous actually but I’ll keep going.

QOTW: Dirty Dancing forever and ever. Newsies, Groundhogs Day, and Steel Magnolias for honorable mention.

[auroraloo]

Sept 14, 2018 9:28:12 GMT -5 travella said:

I finished China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan 3.5*. I'll probably finish The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks tonight. The book has been very disappointing up to this point so I'm hoping some final twist improves it.

I'm having a really tough time getting into this book. (The Wife Between Us) Glad to know it's not just me. 

I just finished the audio Handmaid's tale and I'm about to start (except I forgot it on my desk at work) The Girls of Camp Nevermore. 

[scribellesam]

I’m re-reading Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas this week. Trying to get through it and Tower of Dawn before the final Throne of Glass book is released next month. I love the series but dang these books are long.

I don’t know that I have a single favorite movie. I love Marvel movies, Harry Potter movies, and the first Lord of the Rings series an awful lot though. Clearly I’ve got a favorite genre at least.

[charlatti]

I’m reading The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog, a random pick from a library display. Crazy animal lady takes on crazy macaw. The bird so far just antagonizes the dogs and destroys their favorite toys, which is making me really sad for the dogs. It’s a very odd (nonfiction) story but addictive in a can’t-look-away sense.

Qotw: The Princess Bride, maybe

[pixy0stix]

Sept 14, 2018 14:02:34 GMT -5 aurora said:

(I'm very gradually going through the whole Pern series in chronological order instead of the order they were published)

Nice! I sometimes wonder if I should do that, but there are some books that I just don't want to revisit cause they're boring. LOL!

[pixy0stix]

I finished The Morning Star (Imp Series #10) by Debra Bunbar

Started: Horns by Joe Hill; and Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

Favorite Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas

[spedrunner]

I read

Here's to us by Elin hilderbrand
3.5 stars

The perfect couple by elin h as well
3.5 stars

Just started the favorite sister by Jessica knoll

Qotd. Footloose. Goonies. Dirty dancing. Grease. Lol

[aurora]

Sept 14, 2018 16:55:57 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Sept 14, 2018 14:02:34 GMT -5 aurora said:

(I'm very gradually going through the whole Pern series in chronological order instead of the order they were published)

Nice! I sometimes wonder if I should do that, but there are some books that I just don't want to revisit cause they're boring. LOL!

I should add the caveat that I'm ignoring the ones that Todd McCaffrey wrote because I hate his writing. But yeah, some are better than others.

[sassypants]

I'm about halfway through Salem Witch Judge. There's been a lot of exposition before getting to the trials, so it's been a bit slow.

QOTW: It really depends on my mood. I have several.I love the Fellowship of the Ring, Devil Wears Prada, Practical Magic, The Lost Boys, Lost in Translation...I can't really pick a single favorite.

[tacokick]

I bought a Kindle Oasis last week so I’ve been giving it a workout!

This week I read:

The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai (I wish this was two books! Flipping back and forth between tangentially related characters 30-40 yrs apart was jarring. I liked it a lot though.)


Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit (good but aside from the opening a bit dry)

Little Monsters Kara Thomas (light but fun. A palate cleanser)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? Memoirs of a Literary Forger Lee Israel (the least repentant criminal!)


Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty Ramona Ausubel (instantly forgettable)

And I’m almost done the 6th Viveca Sten book. I love that it takes place in Sweden but isn’t quite as unrelentingly grim as a lot of imports from Scandinavia. I know there are several more out in Europe, when we will get them? It’s like 2010 in the book and it looks like they sell well on Amazon.

QOTW: Clueless? I also love When Peggy Sue Got Married, the Great Muppet Caper and Hocus Pocus.

[dorothyinAus]

I read a few Kindle Freebies this week, which were great for helping insomnia, but not much else. The editing is awful, and the solution to the mysteries tends to comes from facts that were not shared with the reader until the solution is announced, which is really unfair.

I'm also working on Wishbones, the next-in-series Sarah Booth Delaney mystery. I'm way behind on the series, so I'm working on catching up. And we are four chapters away from finishing Anne of Green Gables during our weekly story time. I'm excited to be able to share it with DH. After that, we're starting Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone. (Neither of us have ever read the Harry Potter books, or seen the movies.)

QOTW:  It depends on my mood. I love The Trouble with Angels, Auntie Mame, The American President, Clue, and The Great Muppet Caper for different reasons and different moods.

[mrspez07]

I’m close to finishing listening to Call Me American: A Memoir. I really struggled with the heavy and sad stuff at the beginning, but while the sad stuff didn’t get better, I found the story more hopeful. My IRL book club discussed it on Monday. I think it is something everyone should read. Highly recommend, more to broaden your understanding of the world and bear witness than anything.

I am also being a finicky reader on the next paper book. I keep putting down some and picking them back up, and I picked up 4 holds from the library. We’ll see what sticks.

My favorite movie is A League of Their Own. I could rewatch a lot of movies, but that one has a special place in my heart.

[monkeyfeet]

I’m 80% finished with This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel and think it would make a great book club read!!

[sassypants]

I can't believe I forgot Hocus Pocus and Auntie Mame! I love those!

[Nonny]

I finished A Gentleman in Moscow and The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House, and now I'm reading a terrible, free, self-published book for my book club called Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo (Toronto #1), and even if I liked romance (which I've stated numerous times that I emphatically do not), this is pretty horribly written to boot.  

ETA, QOTW:  I can never resist re-watching The Shawshank Redemption or Pulp Fiction, so I think they are my favorites.

[tacokick]

Sept 15, 2018 20:12:46 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I'm reading a terrible, free, self-published book for my book club called Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo (Toronto #1)[/i.

I refuse to believe this is an actual book! Did someone in your book club write it?