Friday reading 4/22

[charlatti]

Happy Friday! What have you been reading this week?

QOTW: What outdoor activities do you enjoy? (Happy earth day!)

[estrellita]

Working on Ariadne. I like it a lot, just been prepping for vacation so I've had less time to read!

QOTW: Hiking, biking, photography (I'm not good or anything, I just like it!). Being in or near water!

[meowmaps]

Still plugging along on Empire of Pain. I should finish today. Then it’s onto something lighter.

QOTW: I like to walk, hike, observe wildlife, forest bathe (don’t get to do that enough!!!). I want to pick up trash later today. Hoping I can enlist my toddler’s help and teach her about taking care of the environment.

[charlatti]

I’m reading The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, which someone here recommended. It is a lot of fun.

QOTW: Almost anything that involves water (though I don’t much enjoy kayaking — canoeing and paddleboards are great, though), hiking, lazy birdwatching, just sitting outside and reading.

[dontlook]

I’m reading The Paris Apartment and I’m not enjoying it. I’m about 30% in. Does it get better? Will I care about the characters or the apartment?
I also have a nice fluff read, Hook, Line and Sinker.

QOTW: I like to walk and swim. I’m a new runner but I don’t love running outside yet. My favorite outdoor activity is day drinking lol.

[litskispeciality]

I'm still chipping away at "The Last Thing He Told Me" and "Smile and Look Pretty". Hoping to get through a lot of reading this weekend as a lot of holds have come up.

QOTW: I like to swim, and walk a little bit. I tried kayaking last summer and enjoyed it, and loved rowing a boat when I was younger (no access now). It doesn't count, but I love sitting outside at a brewery, or eating outdoors.

[travella]

I finished:

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, 4* and
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman (it was not at all like what the early review I read had made it seem), 2*.

I should finish The Broken Girls by Simone St James tonight. Next I plan on reading Cemetery Road by Greg Iles (another book that I picked up from a recommendation).

Qotw: My family loves hiking. I love snow skiing and white water rafting. I cannot wait to take our kids now that they are older. I always wanted to learn to paddle board, but haven't gotten around to it.

[tacokick]

Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott (good)

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein (I have some questions)

Olive by Emma Gannon (okay)

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary (not good)

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (cheesy)

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay (bad)


QOTW: does reading in my hammock count?

[Vespasia]

I'm reading Gallant by V.E. Schwab. I'm about 1/3 of the way in and enjoying it so far. 

QOTW: I say I like hiking but I really mean gentle strolls through the woods. Preferably with a picnic and wine at the end. 

[litskispeciality]

tacokick I hope reading in a hammock counts. I love that!

[dearprudence]

I read Cleopatra's Dagger and The Wrath and the Dawn this week, and started The Golem and the Jinni.

QOTW: What outdoor activities do you enjoy? (Happy earth day!) Running and hiking. And although I don't consider myself especially cat-like, I do enjoy lying in sunny patches.

[mrspez07]

I just started listening to Lincoln Highway and started reading Interior Chinatown. Not invested in either one yet tho.

QOTW:
Hiking, snowshoeing, some biking, puttering around the yard/gardening, reading, yurt or cabin camping (we do some tent camping but I don’t love it). In the current severe wind in CO, absolutely nothing!