Rate Your Recent Reads (No Spoilers)

[lemondrop]

What have you read recently?

Out of 5 stars, how many stars would you give it?

Don't share spoilers in this thread. Start another one if you'd like to discuss further.

[chicacocodrilo]

For the last five I've read ...

1) The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea: 5 stars (it went onto my best-of-the-best list)
2) Last Night at the Lobster, Stewart O'Nan: 4 stars
3) The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller: 2 stars
4) Zone One, Colson Whitehead: 4 stars
5) Swamplandia!, Karen Russell: 2 stars

[charlatti]

Following the last five trend:

1. An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer: 2 stars
2. Hunger Games (reread): I originally gave it 4, so I didn't change that. Should be more of a 3, probably. Well plotted, not well written.
3. The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller: 4 stars
4. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver: 2 stars
5. Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos: 3 stars

[rootbeerfloat]

1. Insurgent, Veronica Roth - 4 stars
2. The Lover's Dictionary, David Levithan - 3 stars
3. Dreams of Joy, Lisa See - 5 stars
4. The Help, Kathryn Stockett - 4 stars
5. Divergent, Veronica Roth - 4 stars

[EllieArroway]

1) Ready Player One: 5 stars (I basically only gave it 5 stars because it was a fun/nostalgic read. The story itself probably isn't so great, but I loved reading it.)
2) Insurgent: 4 stars
3) Madame Tussaud: 5 stars (LOVED this one!)
4) In a Sunburned Country: 4 stars
5) God Bless You Mr. Rosewater: 4 stars

I can't decide if I really am reading a lot of great books these days or if I'm just a lot nicer with my star ratings than I used to be.

[imoan]

11/22/63 by Stephen King- 5 stars (God, I love that man!)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson - 4 stars (it is what it is... but it was funny!)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (reread) - 5 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread) - 5 stars

[bluelikejazz]

Savor the Moment (Nora Roberts) - 3* (I'm enjoying the series, but it seems repetitive now)

I haven't finished a book in a loooong time. I'm loving 11/22/63 and enjoying WH and a Washington biography, but none are finished

[msmerymac]

The Magicians, Lev Grossman - 3.5 stars
A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness - 5 stars
Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green and David Levithan - 4 stars
Insurgent, Veronica Roth - 3.5 stars
Ask the Dust, John Fante - 4.5 stars

[PinkSquirrel]

Great Gatsby - F Scott Ftizgerald - 4 stars
Dear Dad, It's Over - M Dickenson - "funny" books written by "comedians" that aren't even a little funny get 2 stars
When in Doubt, Add Butter - 4 stars
Wild - Cheryl Strayed - 5 stars
Brothel: The Women of Mustang Ranch - Alexa Albert - 5 Stars

[charlatti]

May 23, 2012 14:22:36 GMT -5 PinkSquirrel said:

Brothel: The Women of Mustang Ranch - Alexa Albert - 5 Stars

This has been on my list for a while. Glad to hear it's a good one.

[PinkSquirrel]

May 23, 2012 14:28:37 GMT -5 charlatti said:

May 23, 2012 14:22:36 GMT -5 PinkSquirrel said:

Brothel: The Women of Mustang Ranch - Alexa Albert - 5 Stars

This has been on my list for a while. Glad to hear it's a good one.

It was really fascinating you should definitely make a point to read it

[thinklikeajellyfish]

I've been on a Harry Potter marathon. I've read up through Order of the Phoenix. Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix get 5 stars and the rest get 4. This is the first time I have read Harry Potter and I am loving it.

[SpartanGirl]

I haven't finished anything too recently.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - my daughter and I read this together and I looooooved it. It's a children's book but really good. 5 stars

Wool (all editions) - 4.5 stars

Growing up Amish - 2 stars

Hippie Boy - 4 stars

[mayflowers22]

Divergent- 5
Legend- 5

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Mockingjay: 3.5 stars
Catching Fire: 4.5 stars
Summer Rental: 4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale: 5 stars
The Night Circus: 3.5 stars

[charminglife]

I just finished A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s by Stephanie Coontz - 4 stars. You should read it!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/12226584-a-strange-stirring

[pthermal]

The Hobbit - 3 stars
Divergent - 4 stars
Fault in our stars - 5 stars
Desirable residence - 2 stars

[GilliC]

Bossypants - 4 stars
Midnight Sun (Kindle freebie) - 4 stars
The Lover's Dictionaru - 3 stars

[2curlydogs]

These are the books I've finished so far this May:

1. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown - 2 stars
2. A Feast for Crows, G.R.R.M. - 3 stars
3. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster - 3 stars
4. Grave Goods, Ariana Franklin - 4 stars
5. Elizabeth I, Margaret George - 5 stars

[BravoBravo]

I just finished The Next Always but Nora Roberts. I really liked it, 4/5 stars. I bought the next book in the series.

[specka]

Escape from Camp 14 - 4 stars
Cloud Atlas - 4 stars
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - 5 stars
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde - 5 stars
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King - 5 stars

[sockerheel]

The Power of Habit 5 stars
UnMarketing 5 stars
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) 4 stars
Anna and the French Kiss 4 stars
How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls 3.5 stars

[msmerymac]

May 23, 2012 20:40:38 GMT -5 charminglife said:

I just finished A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s by Stephanie Coontz - 4 stars. You should read it!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/12226584-a-strange-stirring

I've read one of Stephanie Coontz's other books. This seems right up my alley!

[BlackCanary]

1) The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry- 3 stars
2) Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire- 4 stars
3) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith- 5 stars
4) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ by L. Frank, Baum- 4 stars
5) Wicked by Gregory Maquire- 3 stars

[marytini]

Just finished Insurgent. 4/5 stars
Going Too Far 4/5 stars
Two Way Street 3/5 stars

[SpartanGirl]

Just finished The Magicians - 3.5 stars