Books are my life... discussion

hi all...have not been on a while...with the move and all have not had much time for my books ...I am reading Beautiful Creatures and Andrew McCarthy's book The Longest Way home ..this is the longest I have gone with out hoovering my novels...time to read again...

I know how you feel. I've been so busy with school and still am that I have no time to read anything but school related books, journals and papers. I can't wait for summer.

I just finished The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton today. Even though the start was slow, and I went months without being able to read it I ended up loving this book. I am definitely planning on reading more of Kate's books, and I hope they are as good as this one.

◈Heather◈ wrote: "I know how you feel. I've been so busy with school and still am that I have no time to read anything but school related books, journals and papers. I can't wait for summer."

well if you are reading those, wouldnt it count to one of your non-fiction books for the bingo challenge?? :) just a suggestion!

i have been on a greek mythology quest and have read the following and my next reads will be:

and my next reads are:

Currently reading The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea and Persuasion.


Heather How did you like The Forgotten Garden?? I love her books!!! Just finished The Secret Keeper...I think it's her best so far!!! Kate Morton is a fantastic author!!!

I just finished the book The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain. I really liked it a lot!

I just started Room by Emma Donaghue and I'm not sure what to think of it yet. It's a little strange so far but everyone I know loved it so hopefully it gets better.

Teri-lynn wrote:
Heather How did you like The Forgotten Garden?? I love her books!!! Just finished The Secret Keeper......"

I loved the book! It took me a long time to get through it but only due to lack of time. I'm definitely planning on reading some of her other work when I get a chance. I think my favourite part of this book was her incorporation of the fairy tales and how they so clearly connect with the story.

Maritimemom wrote: "I just finished the book The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain. I really liked it a lot!

I just started Room by Emma Donaghue and I'm not sure what to think of it yet. It's a little strange so far..."

LOVED ROOM!!!!!! It is a very good book!!! I cried through the first half!!! I couldn't put it down!!

Sigh...The perfect storm is a good book, but I do find it rather boring in spots and I have to confess that my mind seems to wander at these moments.....Apparently I am not interested into sailing and boat type books....BUT it is interesting to know that this storm had the biggest waves in history....I can't even imagine what a 100 foot wave would look like!!! I am glad that I am reading it, but I don't think I will read it again

Restarted Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey yesterday. I needed something simple and easy to get through for a change.

Just finished reading The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse and I have to say I was quite disappointed with it. I was hopping for a much more interesting mystery and found that I also didn't really enjoy her style of writing. Overall a pretty boring read, rushed through most of it just so I could start something new.

Now I'm reading Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare which I'm sure like all her other books I've read I will enjoy.

I'm reading

I just finished reading Ripple by Tui Allen - great book! (It's available on Kindle, I don't think there's a paper edition yet).

Now I'm reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and A Winter Book by Tove Jansson. I'm also reading The Croods Movie Novelization with my daughter. I also have about 6 unfinished books waiting for me to get back to them!

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Amber wrote: "I just finished reading Ripple by Tui Allen - great book! (It's available on Kindle, I don't think there's a paper edition yet).

Now I'm reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and A Winter Book by..."

I really want to read Les Misérables, but it's size intimidates me lol
How are you liking it so far?

I just finished reading Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. This is the second book in the Infernal Devices series. And yet again Clare definitely does not disappoint. This is the fifth book I've read from her and loved it just as much as the others I've read. I'm looking forward to reading the third book of this series.

Now I've started reading The Luxe by Anna Godbersen. I'm not far enough into it to for an opinion on the book yet.

Heather B wrote: "Amber wrote: "Now I'm reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and A Winter Book by..."

I really want to read Les Misérables, but it's size intimidates me lol
How are you liking it so far? "

The size is definitely intimidating! I have read less than 100 pages so far. On the first page I was annoyed that the story didn't start straight off with Jean Valjean, instead the first chapters are devoted to the Bishop of Digne, a minor character. Then I decided that it was quite readable and was enjoying it. Then I hit a couple of boring chapters.... Then finally, Jean Valjean entered the story but it still very slow to get moving! I'm currently reading another book for a challenge, so I keep going back to that, but I don't want to lose the motivation to get through Les Mis. It's going to be slow and sometimes painful I think...

Amber wrote: "Heather B wrote: "Amber wrote: "Now I'm reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and A Winter Book by..."

I really want to read Les Misérables, but it's size intimidates me lol
How are you liking it ..."

I might eventually try to read that one, but not any time soon I don't think. It does look good, but I'd need time to devote to a book that large. I still have wayyyyyy too many book on my self at home still to read. I'm hoping to finish as many of those this summer as I can.

I just finished reading The Luxe by Anna Godbersen. I found it hard to connect to any of the characters for about the first half of the book which made it a little difficult to get fully into the story. But by about half way through the characters became more developed and I was able to decide on a few of them that I liked and found interesting. I found Diana Holland to be the most intriguing character in the story, and always looked forward to her chapters in the novel. It was definitely a good enough start to a series for me to want to continue reading them. I look forward to seeing what will happen next.



Just started Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I attempted this one when I was in elementary school but found the language too challenging. So I'm going to give it another try now. I look forward to reading it as I love the movie and the era in which the story is set.

I finished A Winter Book by Tove Jansson, it was a bit meh (I much preferred The Summer Book). Now, apart from reading Les Misérables on and off (and very slowly too!), I've started Dark Horse by Honey Brown. Interesting so far. My daughter and I finished The Croods Movie Novelization and now we're reading Mary Poppins. I can't wait to finish it and read something a bit better!



I hope you like Pride and Prejudice better this time round Heather. I really liked it when I finally read it in my late 20's :-)

I'm sure I will. I'm three chapters in now and I'm understanding it much better than the last time I picked it up for sure. And I find the writing really great actually. It's nice to read something so sophisticated.

I just finished , loved it!

Currently reading & I am hooked! I haven't been able to put it down!

I've just started reading And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, and I'm really enjoying it so far :-)

I'm reading

I just finished The Shadow Year and gave it 4 stars, likewise I gave And the Mountains Echoed 4 stars; they were both great books!

I'm reading . So far it's pretty good, lingering on the 3-4 star rating.

reading REBEL'S TENDER CARESS by Jane Toombs

I'm currently reading Afterlife by Claudia Gray

I'm reading The Golem and the Djinni and loving it!

I just finished some of the short stories in , love the cover.

I'm going through The Maze Runner and I'm almost done. It's pretty interesting!

Currently reading , and

I finished , didn't care for it.

I'm now reading Testimony by Anita Shreve. So far so good.

I am reading .

I am reading
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon

And finishing up these two:
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Pee-Shy by Frank Spinelli

Heather B wrote: "I'm now reading Testimony by Anita Shreve. So far so good.

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I read that book not too long ago, Heather. Can't wait to hear what you think!

Recently finished The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Starting on Sharp Objects next.

I'm reading

I'm re-reading because I just got and I don't remeber everything that happened.

I'm reading

I'm reading and

I've just started reading . I'm only 10 pages in and it has my attention already; I haven't read the cover or blurb at all, so the genre was a surprise :-)

I finished - 3-1/2 star book to me.

I'm reading "Criticism and Culture" by R. Con Davis and R. Schleifer and it got me thinking - I'm wondering what is it that influences our choices in terms of deciding what to read next.

How about a short questionnaire? ;)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YG9ZTD

In my case the answers would be Press reviews and Friends’ opinions. How about you?

I'm reading

started reading Discovery of witches by Deborah harkness and its boring! has anyone else read this book? please oh please tell me it gets so much better, so that I don't abandon it!