Books on the Nightstand discussion

Just finished Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West and really enjoyed it. It's pretty long and dense, but worth the effort if you're interested in the settling of the American West. Since it's kind of a downer on humanity, I'm looking for something light to cleanse the palate.

Choosing from,


(not light, but caught my eye on the forgotten step child of bookshelves...the guest room).

Blair wrote: "Has anyone read the Louise Penny books with Inspector Gamache? My mom loaned me Still Life and two others and I can hardly tear myself away. It's delightful!"

I've read all but one of the series ( one in the middle which is unusual for me), but I have enjoyed them all. I really like all the characters and have had the same inability to put them down!

Finished

Just finished Night Circus and The World Without You and starting the new short story collection by Junot Diaz for my November book club. Also just started End of your Life Book Club. It was given to us at this year's Manchester Booktopia retreat, and I am really moved by this book. Thanks ann and Michael!

Elizabeth wrote: "Barbara wrote: "just finished and just started "

what did you think of the diaz? have you read any of his other works? how..."

Elizabeth wrote: "Barbara wrote: "just finished and just started "

Read Diaz' last book and loved it. Looking forward to reading latest book of short stories. Has been getting good reviews. What did u think?

what did you think of the diaz? have you read any of his other works? how..."

lorraine,

i haven't had a chance to read it yet. he is doing a reading here next month and i want to get a signed copy, so i am holding off reading it just yet.

Disappointed with my memoir/fiction choices this month (actually late Sept!) - and but seem to be on a nonfiction kick with by author Jonah Lehrer which I find fascinating. Even the science-y parts!

I'm plodding across Northern Ireland with Will Ferguson in Beyond Belfast. It's not a book I want to read every night, so I also started 1982. I'm going to see Jian Ghomeshi's (Canada's sexiest-sounding radio host) on October 27, so thought I'd read his book first.

Also received for my birthday: Touch, The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband and A Game of Thrones (all by request). I was pretty chuffed at the cross-section of genres! I don't normally read fantasy, but thought I'd try George R.R. Martin due to a persuasive sales pitch by Britt at Booktopia Vermont 2012. I think she has a future as a publisher's rep!

I am about to finish 'Thought Crimes' by Tim Richards and looking forward to starting 'Can you forgive her' by Anthony Trollope.

Barbara wrote: "I highly recommend (plus you can improve your raunchy Spanish vocabulary!) "

What if you don't speak Spanish? I took French and found reading

frustrating because I didn't understand the Spanish.

I just finished Agatha Christie's And Then There were None. Next is House of Leaves. Classic murder mysteries are wonderful in this crisp October weather we are having in St. Louis

I finished the "His Dark Materials" series.

thanks for the feedback barbara.

Veronica wrote: "Hello everyone! This month I'm reading The Casual Vacancy and Cloud Atlas :)"

I also loved Cloud Atlas. Just saw a preview for the movie. Should be interesting.

Tonya wrote: "Listening to The Night Strangers and reading The Poe Shadow. Very captivared by The Night Strangers so far. Can anyone explain how you put the pictures of books up when you are talking about a book..."

I loved both of those books.

Tonya wrote: "Listening to The Night Strangers and reading The Poe Shadow. Very captivared by The Night Strangers so far. Can anyone explain how you put the pictures of books up when you are talking about a book..."

Also Tonya, to add a book cover, look above the comment box click author/book then check cover and type the name. A list will appear with your book and probably others of similar name. Just select your book. It should appear then add other comments you wish to make. Read Happy!

Still reading Although I am enjoying it I am so busy with work can't seem to find time tofinish it. I just listened to Wow! I'll keep mycomments to myself so as not to offend. I will start listening to Steven King, 11/22/63 tomorrow (there are only 32 cd's; obviusly, Mr. King is paid by the word).

Currently reading . I'm embarrassed to admit, but I've never read it and my mental images are of Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow. Please don't revoke my library card. It's enjoyable in literary form as well:)

Elizabeth wrote: "lorraine,

i haven't had a chance to read it yet. he is doing a reading here next month and i want to get a signed copy, so i am holding off reading it just yet."

I'm Also hoLding off
D ing off for yarns reasons. I'm in the Shetland Islands For Wool Week and want the hardcover, not an ebook. he'll be on DC the Monday after next which is when I'm driving back from Rhinebeck. It's a tough life, but fiber right now is winning out though I am eager to read this book.

October has been an excellent reading month for me so far-


and just finished .
Now what to start this afternoon - or a reread of ???

Dawn wrote: "October has been an excellent reading month for me so far-
[bookcover:Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming ..."

Casual Vacancy!! I have 5 other books to read before I can read it.

I just finished Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed. It was very good. Also enjoyed Defending Jacob. I'm now reading A History of the World in Six Glasses. Just finished the beer section. It's making me thirsty!

I finished The Counterlife and give it a 3.5/5. Not a bad book, but one with which I had some problems! The overall story was interesting, the structure of the story was certainly non-traditional, and there was a surprise in the 4th section that changed everything in the first three sections. But still, there was a lot of "shouting" speeches that I did not find enjoyable or particularly informative. My review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Hopefully, It Can't Happen Here will be better!

Amy wrote: "Dawn wrote: "October has been an excellent reading month for me so far-
[bookcover:Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love..."

I went with The Hobbit! Casual Vacancy next!

Jackie wrote: "Tonya wrote: "Listening to The Night Strangers and reading The Poe Shadow. Very captivared by The Night Strangers so far. Can anyone explain how you put the pictures of books up when you are talkin..."

thanks sound simple I will try it next time.

Blair wrote: "Currently reading . I'm embarrassed to admit, but I've never read it and my mental images are of Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow. Please don't revoke my libr..."

This made me laugh Blair. Ethan and Gwyneth aren't such bad mental pictures! Although that's certainly not the way I pictured Pip when I first read it. :)

I'm reading The Fault In Our Stars.

After having some health problems I have finally finished

. Now attempting .ger

I am reading The Casual Vacancy. It's taking me a bit to get through it but then I think I will switch to The Perks of Being a Wallflower since I want to see the movie!

August & September I finished reading Learning To Swim by Sara J Henry, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

This month so far I've finished Queit:Power of Introverts in a world that can't stop Talking by Susan Cain and am reading History of A Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason.

Also all year up until now I have been simultaneously reading many ebooks written by more obscure writers.

I have recently won a novel in a book giveaway titled The Secret Keeper (582 pages)by Kate Morton which will actually be sold in November-It seems to have a great story so I'm definitely looking forward to reading this.

I am also a registered member on a writing site and my friends have written books I'm looking forward to reading asap. For example NY Bestseller Blackbird:a childhood Lost (Non Fiction)by award winning journalist Jennifer Lauck.

I am also looking to score How To Eat A Cupcake by Meg Donohue very soon.So that should be a "treat" :)

I highly recommend each and every book I have read and mentioned above.Happy reading no matter what you decide to read :)

That's all for now everyone and have a fabulous day!-Thank you for your patience in reading my post

Muffysbookclub© wrote: "August & September I finished reading Learning To Swim by Sara J Henry, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Night Circus by Erin Mor..."

Do you have any spare time? ger

Why is I can't see the book covers on the Goodreads app! Get

i started .

I haven't checked in for awhile but I have recently read.
, , and for my book club this month I loved the Dream Team book. The Big Short was interesting but I got bogged down a couple of times trying to understand all the financial jargon that is used which kind of helped him with the points he was trying to make. I will say that I didn't hate the Abraham Lincoln book, but that is the best I can do. Next up will be for book club, and I am almost done with

Megan, I'm also reading The Casual Vacancy, its our book group read this month. I'm finding it okay, but not dying to pick it up. I saw "Wallflower" at the cinema a few nights ago and absolutely loved it so can't wait to read that soon.

Recently finished and loved it. Wondering which Tropper book you all might recommend next?

Listened to via the free giveaway that amazon/audible are doing for certain classics to showcase the whispervoice that Ann and Michael talked about a couple of shows back. Loved the narration and liked the book. Still, very glad to finally be able to say I've read some Mark Twain.

Now reading and enjoying it very much.

Just scrolled up and saw my previous comment on this thread and I did not read any of the three books I mentioned. Ha! Typical.

Finally finished the September book club read . I had wanted to like it, but I was soured by the beginning and found it tough to make it through. I do not remember the last time it took me a month to finish my main book.

I am definitely going to something light and quick for the next book. Thinking about
That should be right up my game board.

Lil, I've read all of Tropper's books. His last two were my favorites, and I also really liked The Book of Joe.

I finished The Fault in Our Stars in a day. I loved it so much that I can see myself reading it again. I have so much to read right now that I've started three at once: Hemingway's Girl, The Aviator's Wife and The Madonnas of Leningrad...but I am dying to read a few of the Man Booker short listers.

Denise wrote: "Lil, I've read all of Tropper's books. His last two were my favorites, and I also really liked The Book of Joe.

I finished The Fault in Our Stars in a day. I loved it so much that I can see myself..."

Thanks! I'll put them on my short list!

Gerald wrote: "After having some health problems I have finally finished

. Now attempting .ger"

I loved The Woman in White when I read it for class a couple years ago.

Finally finished . Started should have it done by the time I get to Santa Cruz.

I am reading The Perks of Being a Wall Flower and The Haunting of Hill House.

Finished & starting

In the middle of My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales. Reading one or two stories a night, usually after one of my longer reads.
Recieved Habits of the Housewhich I will start tonight. this will probably be followed by Down from Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age

Hello folks, new person here. I'm enjoying seeing what you all are reading.

I just finished in kindle format and in audiobook format.

I'm pretty sure that I will dive into either the next Anne Perry book (I am a sucker for a handsome detective and the victorian era) or
as my next audiobook. On the kindle I might dive into next.

I'm about to go on a road trip/vacation, the quiet soul-searching tea-drinking kind, so I'm hoping these are good choices for that purpose!

I'm reading Island of Wings by Karen Altenberg
Island of Wings: A Novel which is set on the remote island of St. Kilda in Scotland.

Amis has a similar sense of comic rhythm and wordplay to P.G. Wodehouse. He's hilarious. But unlike Wodehouse, he uses his comic gifts for darker and more serious purposes.

Highly recommended.

Okay, I just finished Barnes's A Sense of an Ending and I thought there was a whole thread about it here, but I can't find it. The book is so beautiful, such a wonderful treatise on memory and time, though a bit sad at the end, I think.

Okay, my issues with starting books and not finishing them are really starting to annoy me. Although the month nearing an end I am committed to finishing . Since I live in Seattle I have to dig into . And I have to feed my fascination with China by reading (I believe this author just won the Nobel Prize), and my love of Westeros by finishing . All other books shall remain on the nightstand until I'm finished with these.I am also going to add for the sake of including one of the hardcopy novels I have laying around. (If I declare it on Goodreads it has to come true right?)