Fall-ish Friday: What are you reading?

[charlatti]

Feels like fall here, though it's not official. What are you reading? How do you like it? Read anything else good lately that's worth mentioning?

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Columbine was great, ruxin. I was hesitant to read it at first, but I was so glad I did. Although, it was SO vivid in parts; when he was describing the actual events of the shootings, my heart was racing and I found myself holding my breath.

I'm halfway done with Moloka`i thanks to this board, and I'm loving it. I need to finish it quickly, though, because I have four books waiting for me to pick up at the library. (I thought I was safe, because I was number 90something on a couple of them, but I guess people dropped them from the queues.)

[duckduck]

I'm reading Highland Blessings, which was a Nook freebie and so far is... okay... but kind of eye-rolly. I have a couple of used books coming from Better World Books in the mail, so I wanted something I could finish quickly or just drop so I can jump into the "real" books when they get here.

Still listening to Atlas Shrugged. I will be listening to this for forever, LOL. It's like 60-some hours long and I'm only in the car for an hour or so a day. Good thing I really like it.

[briedrew]

I'm listening to A Storm of Swords and loving it. I took a break from the series while I finishing grad school, and I'm glad to be back in it.

I'm also about finished with the third book in the 50 Shades series. It's not great, none of them were in my opinion, but it's quick. I just don't get the hype.

Ruxin- glad to hear you liked Columbine. I picked it up at a $1 book sale and have been wondering where to put it in the to read list. I'll have to bump it up!

[apelila]

Reading The Night Circus. I'm liking it.

[chicacocodrilo]

Reading Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, but I wasn't able to pack it in my bag today thanks to all the stuff we need for our weekend at the book festival. That means I might start This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz--we have a new copy ready to be signed.

[writingwithheld]

I have read several kid/YA books lately-- The Heart of a Chief (Bruchac), I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (Woodson), Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian (Alexie), and Persepolis (Satrapi) for a class. Some have been much better than others. The Alexie and Persepolis were much more thought provoking for me. I have a paper to write on the Alexie, and I am nerdily excited about it. It is a really strange experience to take a lit course that is not aimed at English majors. It is actually a teaching class. Luckily, my teacher actually has a BA in English and told us that it would be run as a literature course even though it is a teaching course (and I quote "We will not be wearing our teacher hats, we are going to be reading critically"). It has turned out to be a pretty good class so far.

[GilliC]

The temperature this morning was right at freezing, so it's definitely feeling like fall! This summer so rainy and awful, and I was out of town the two times it reached the 80s! Boo! I'm looking forward to Christmas in Rio just for the warm weather! (Well, that and getting to see my boyfriend!)

Anyway... I'm reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes, because I felt like it took me ages to get through Xenocide, which I just finished on Thursday. I need a few days of something light and mindless.

writingwithheld, what did you think of The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian? I thought it looked interesting, but it hasn't made it onto my to-read list yet.

[msmerymac]

I'm still reading the Pillars of the Earth. I like it, it's just taking forever!

[charlatti]

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead. I'm enjoying it but haven't been making a lot of time to read. With luck I'll have more time this weekend.

[mdgirl]

I just finished Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker on the bus this morning. I work in medical research so I found it fascinating, and Tucker explains that she felt compelled to write it because of the debate over using stem cells today.

I'm on vacation in Hawaii next week and I'm taking The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence after charlatti recommended it last week.

[sparrowsong]

Audio - Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann

Kindle - A Breath of Snow and Ashes

[rootbeerfloat]

I'm starting American Gods by Neil Gaiman this weekend.

[mayflowers22]

Number Four Pittacus Lore

[marytini]

I'm on the first few pages of The Bronze Horseman.

[dorothyinAus]

It's not fall-ish or Friday here; it's a spring-ish Saturday. But I'll answer the question none-the-less. I'm reading The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. I started it Monday and so far, it's exactly what you would expect from one of the series (Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation). I'm looking forward to getting through more of it on the road trip I'm taking today.

[christy082]

I'm nine chapters into Atonement. It's okay- slow to get into.

[lemondrop]

I'm finishing Tales from the Secret Annex by Anne Frank. The short stories are very indicative of the teenage writer, but the essays are good.

[pthermal]

Just finished Julia and Julie .... I hated Julie. Now I'm reading a midwife memoir, Beautiful Creatures and about to start The Lucky One.

[aurora]

Sept 21, 2012 20:19:56 GMT -5 christy082 said:

I'm nine chapters into Atonement. It's okay- slow to get into.

This is one of the few that I liked the movie better than the book (though the book was good enough that I still finished it).

I've just finished Return of the King and am thinking of starting Wizard and Glass after the previous conversation about the Dark Tower series.

[whitepicketfence]

Nook - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Paperback - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien