Athena Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What's your book activity lately, are you reading anything interesting? I'm a few pages away from being half way through Trudi Canavan - The Black Magician Trilogy 0: The Magician's Apprentice. The read-a-thon is coming up in a few days, I hope to have it finished before then but we'll have to wait and see. After the read-a-thon I hope to be reading Horns by Joe Hill for our group read, once it arrives at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I am on book 2 of 2 of A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold. I'm about 58% through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 About half way through Kuolema Ehtoolehdossa by Minna Lindgren. It's a book about an apartment building for the elderly, and the strange things that are happening to some people... Very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 I am on book 2 of 2 of A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold. I'm about 58% through it. That's great! I hope you are enjoying it . About half way through Kuolema Ehtoolehdossa by Minna Lindgren. It's a book about an apartment building for the elderly, and the strange things that are happening to some people... Very good! That sounds interesting, I'm glad you're enjoying it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I am on book 2 of 2 of A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold. I'm about 58% through it. I think that's my favourite of the series. Hope you're still having fun with it! I keep switching between Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson (Malazan #3) and Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. I'm about 250 pages into the first, and about 80 pages into the second. I'm hoping to finish both in the next week or two and then move on to Horns by Joe Hill for the October read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'm hoping to finish both in the next week or two and then move on to Horns by Joe Hill for the October read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Today I've finished this week's instalment of our group read of Nicholas Nickleby. I'm also reading The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven. I need to start A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood soon too as it's our next Book Club book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I was going to start Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by Simon Baker. It's non-fiction, but quite conversational and easy to read. However husband just finished Lexicon by Max Barry, and loved it. So, I think I want to do that instead...... It was very highly recommended by a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Today I've finished this week's instalment of our group read of Nicholas Nickleby. I'm also reading The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven. I need to start A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood soon too as it's our next Book Club book. I read my Nicholas Nickleby instalment yesterday too I also bought The Moon's A Balloon when it was on offer on the Kindle Daily Deal, as one of my colleagues had recommended it, so I'm looking forward to reading it. Yesterday I also finished reading Love With A Chance of Drowning and thought it was perfect escapism and how to sail the Southern Pacific ocean vicariously through someone else! Today I started The Dog by Kerstin Ekman, and it's very good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I finished The Dog this afternoon, and just contemplating whether to start Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Doing a co read of Veronica Roth's Four series with Athena for the read a thon. If anyone wants to read their little hearts out today, Saturday and Sunday, please join us! Claire- looks like you are already in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I finished my previous read and started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I'm enjoying the story, although I'm not too keen on the author's style. I don't know how much it has to do with me reading a Finnish translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I am going to make a start on One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's been on my TBR for a long time and most people seem to have good things to say about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I am going to make a start on One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's been on my TBR for a long time and most people seem to have good things to say about it. Looking forward to your thoughts on it, I've always wanted to read it. I'm wanting to do Love in the Time of Cholera soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) I finished my previous read and started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I'm enjoying the story, although I'm not too keen on the author's style. I don't know how much it has to do with me reading a Finnish translation. Her writing style is not my favorite, but it fits in with the story, I think. After a certain point it becomes more interesting. We're going to see the film after the weekend, hoping to miss the weekend crowd. Edited October 3, 2014 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I've just started my long-planned re-read of Dean Koontz's Lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Very quiet day at work today so along with about 3hrs of studying I managed to read 82 pages of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Not sure what to make of it so far but I am finding it quite easy to read. Hopefully I'll manage another chapter or two before bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Very quiet day at work today so along with about 3hrs of studying I managed to read 82 pages of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Not sure what to make of it so far but I am finding it quite easy to read. Hopefully I'll manage another chapter or two before bed. I think people either enjoy Marquez's style of writing or they don't .. I love what I've read of his so far and this one in particular .. hope you end up enjoying it Brian Reading Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll which is on loan from lovely Claire Excellent so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I'm about 70% through Horns. I've got a cold though, so when I read, I tend to fall asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Reading Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll which is on loan from lovely Claire Excellent so far Yay! Glad you're enjoying it. I'm reading Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist at the moment, and will probably finish it this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) I recently bought 2 books without doing any/much research on them, not like me to do so. Book 1 - Pushin' Up Daisies by Carolyn Brown. I enjoyed the first half of the book and then realized it was a Romance novel and didn't enjoy the second half much, not my kind of reading. It was about 3 sisters that ran a hotel in the year 1918 that was left to them by their late parents. Story is mainly about the older sister but I liked the middle aged sister who was a little quirky and who the town thought was an "air-head". I suspect she was smarter than most. Book 2 - I did a kindle search for Catherine Ryan Hyde, an author that myself, Anna Begins and Athena enjoy very much. Anyhow I did the search and in the middle of her book listings I seen a book, Tucker's Way, that was free (no cost ) and I immediately bought it and downloaded it. Meanwhile I am on hold for 2 books at the library and anxiously awaiting them (The Giver and The Target). While waiting for those books to become available I decided to read the free book. Much to my surprise the free book, Tucker's Way, was not by Catherine Ryan Hyde but by David Johnson. For some dumb reason they had stuck his book in the middle of the list of books by CRH. anyhow, I started reading the book and am finding that I really, really, enjoy the book although I am only 53% into it. I strongly recommend it especially to Anna Begins and Athena. I don't usually recommend books that I haven't finished reading but this is an exception. Edited October 5, 2014 by muggle not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 I'm reading Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist at the moment, and will probably finish it this morning.[/font] Are you enjoying this? It's on my wishlist. Book 2 - I did a kindle search for Catherine Ryan Hyde, an author that myself, Anna Begins and Athena enjoy very much. Anyhow I did the search and in the middle of her book listings I seen a book, Tucker's Way, that was free (no cost ) and I immediately bought it and downloaded it. Meanwhile I am on hold for 2 books at the library and anxiously awaiting them (The Giver and The Target). While waiting for those books to become available I decided to read the free book. Much to my surprise the free book, Tucker's Way, was not by Catherine Ryan Hyde but by David Johnson. For some dumb reason they had stuck his book in the middle of the list of books by CRH. anyhow, I started reading the book and am finding that I really, really, enjoy the book although I am only 53% into it. I strongly recommend it especially to Anna Begins and Athena. I don't usually recommend books that I haven't finished reading but this is an exception. It was free for me too so I downloaded it, thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 It was free for me too so I downloaded it, thanks ! I recently bought 2 books without doing any/much research on them, not like me to do so. Book 1 - Pushin' Up Daisies by Carolyn Brown. I enjoyed the first half of the book and then realized it was a Romance novel and didn't enjoy the second half much, not my kind of reading. It was about 3 sisters that ran a hotel in the year 1918 that was left to them by their late parents. Story is mainly about the older sister but I liked the middle aged sister who was a little quirky and who the town thought was an "air-head". I suspect she was smarter than most. Book 2 - I did a kindle search for Catherine Ryan Hyde, an author that myself, Anna Begins and Athena enjoy very much. Anyhow I did the search and in the middle of her book listings I seen a book, Tucker's Way, that was free (no cost ) and I immediately bought it and downloaded it. Meanwhile I am on hold for 2 books at the library and anxiously awaiting them (The Giver and The Target). While waiting for those books to become available I decided to read the free book. Much to my surprise the free book, Tucker's Way, was not by Catherine Ryan Hyde but by David Johnson. For some dumb reason they had stuck his book in the middle of the list of books by CRH. anyhow, I started reading the book and am finding that I really, really, enjoy the book although I am only 53% into it. I strongly recommend it especially to Anna Begins and Athena. I don't usually recommend books that I haven't finished reading but this is an exception. Good move Athena. Hard to beat "free". I hope you enjoy the book when you get around to reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Finished Lexicon by Max Barry today, my review is over on my book thread. A definite 5/5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Good move Athena. Hard to beat "free". I hope you enjoy the book when you get around to reading it. Thanks Muggle ! I'm not quite sure yet which book I'll read next, I'm thinking of reading a non-fiction book such as a biography of a girl with autism. Hopefully my copy of Horns should arrive in one of the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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