I'm slogging through Shadow of Night (sequel to A Discovery of Witches). My friends enjoyed these books, but I've found them to drag & drag.
I've actually kinda disliked the last few books I've read (Gone Girl, Something Borrowed, and the one above). Maybe I'm broken. I'm usually very easy to please.
I'm reading Life of Pi again for my book club (most of the members hadn't read it). It's one of my favorite books. And re-reading just in time for the movie November 21!
When I'm done with that, I have a freebie from the Kindle Lending Library, Death On A High Floor: A Legal Thriller. It has pretty good reviews so I figured I would give it a shot.
Last books I read that I really liked were Christopher Moore's newest book, Sacre Bleu and Love and Other Near Death Experiences by Mil Millington.
I'm reading some space opera. The Honor Harrington series by David Weber. It's my 3rd or 4th time thru the series, so you could say I enjoy it. It's good brain candy.
I'm also reading some heavier stuff for work - specs and program documents. But I wouldn't recommend that to someone else unless they were really interested in this stuff.
I just finished Son by Lois Lowry (it's the final book in The Giver series). I know it's YA, but I love The Giver and really wanted to find out the end. I've been slowly checking out the remaining three books.
On hold at the library are: -Gillian Flynn's other two books. I liked Gone Girl, but I'm mostly curious to see if her other books are better. -Where'd You Go Bernadette, so I'm glad someone else is currently enjoying it. -JK Rowling's new book -The Light Between Oceans (can't remember where I heard of this one, so we'll see how it is) -Diary of a Submissive (this is written by a legit submissive and delves more into the feelings behind the lifestyle rather than just being softcore porn.)
- The Mark of Athena (3rd in the Heroes of Olympus series, the continuation of the Percy Jackson books) - Before I fall - When I woke - Saving CeeCee Honeycut - Angry Housewives Eating BonBons - The Black Dagger Brotherhood series
Post by whitepicketfence on Nov 2, 2012 11:30:31 GMT -5
I'm reading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. Like Kore said, it tends to drag in parts. I'm nearing the end now and it's finally picked up. I think Discovery of Witches was the same way; it was really boring up until the end. Overall, it's just okay.
I'm also reading Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie. This book surprised me. I was expecting it to be pretty dry but it hasn't been. I really like the author's writing style.
"French Kids Eat Everything." I think I am a glutton for self-punishment since 2yr old C looks at most food, squishes it and then walks away, no matter how often I and our daycare teacher give him opportunities to try things. I also have an Amazon series about a murder mystery involving yoga and the next episode was released yesterday, so that should take up about 20min this weekend.
<--loves the DOW series. The section in Prague definitely dragged.
Currently reading "Moneyball", which I borrowed from the Kindle lending library on Prime. I am hoping it picks up, I'm about 10% or so through and so far it is just a lot of information about drafting for baseball. I didn't see the movie but I assume there must be a story to it if they made it into a movie, so I am hoping the story starts soon.
The last few books I've read have been free or cheap ones I've picked up on the Kindle - the very last was "Flat out Love", before that I think it was "Here Lies Bridget", and I have already forgotten the one before that. Pretty fluffy and quick ones, which has been kind of nice really. I'm ready for something less fluffy but so far Moneyball is too boring.
Moneyball is probably going to be boring unless you are into statistics or baseball.
Can we keep it up with the Kindle Lending Library recommendations? I go in there every month but I never feel like I'm weeding through the crap to find the good stuff.
"Social Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman. It's pretty interesting but is taking me forever to get through. I've had little time to read, and it's hard to do non-fiction before bed. It was the recommendation of a really good motivational speaker I saw a few weeks ago.
I finished "7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess" last night. I'm glad I read it, but I didn't realize in advance how Christian-based it was. I skimmed thru those parts and focused on the rest of it....which only left like half the text.