Read by Theme discussion

Happy April and Happy Spring to everyone!!! The poll for April's theme has ended. The winner is Single Word for the book's title!

I'm excited about this one, it should be good and the choices go on and on.

Here is one list that I found from GoodReads that has some good options:
One Word Titles

Remember that once you've finished your book(s) for the month, you're always welcome to start a discussion topic in the month's folder (which works best if there are others in the group who have read or are currently reading the book in question) or post your thoughts (or just drop a link to your review!) in the thread below.

And don't forget to vote on the poll for May's theme. The poll for June's theme opened today, so go ahead and check that out, too.

Happy reading!!!

This sounds like a great theme; I'll be reading Orfeo by Richard Powers. I used to teach mythology, and I'm interested to see what Powers does with this idea.

I have a couple on my TBR next shelf already that fits this challenge so I am going with

I'm not sure which ones or how many of these I'll actually finish this month.

Hmm there are a few books I haven't read that are lying around my room. I'll have to narrow it down after I finish my current book. Most likely, it will be Insurgent. lol

Amanda wrote: "Hmm there are a few books I haven't read that are lying around my room. I'll have to narrow it down after I finish my current book. Most likely, it will be Insurgent. lol"

I may make that one my second for the month if I can. I haven't read it yet, surprisingly. I'm usually on top of these trilogies.

I will be reading Stalked by Lorraine Taylor which I received as a Goodreads Giveaway a while ago but haven't had the chance to get around to reading it yet.

I was going to start the month with but I ended up starting it early and finishing it before the end of March. So I'm reading instead.

I love the Outlander books!

Seems like I can participate again! I'm sure I'll find one in my TBR list.

Well, there's both Graceling and Choke on my physical 'to read' shelf, so I'll go with one of those.

I will probably read Reached to complete the Matched trilogy.

Melissa wrote: "I love the Outlander books!"

I'm really enjoying it so far!

I've just started reading Kitchen, so I guess that counts.

Finished Allegiant,

What a perfectly horrid book. I read the series to make my kid happy because she liked the first 2 but I feel it was all really a waste of time when I could have been reading something that was more interesting and better written. I really don't get why this series is so popular.

Getting ready to move house so I've been unable to seek out theme books but by happy chance I'm currently reading . . . . Astragal

Melissa wrote: "Finished Allegiant,

What a perfectly horrid book. I read the series to make my kid happy because she liked the first 2 but I feel it was all really a waste of time when I could..."

I totally agree, Melissa! I'm a retired English teacher, and I read these YA dystopian books to discuss with my 13 year old granddaughter. I was able to complete Divergent, but I had to stop halfway through Insurgent.

She and I HAVE enjoyed the Rick Riordan Percy Jackson series and his Kane Chronicles, since Riordan brings Greek mythology into the first and Egyptian mythology into the second. I taught mythology in high school, and he does a good job of weaving the myths into his adventurous plots. We're about to start on his third series, which brings Percy back and adds the Romans.

Here's a NY Times article that discusses YA dystopias: the author says: "It would be a fine thing to be able to declare “Divergent” worthy of its success. But by the bars of “Harry Potter,” and even of “The Hunger Games,” the “Divergent” books are threadbare, starved orphans."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/mag...

Now I'm scared because I actually bought today Divergent just to see is it any good before I get to see the movie. At least I only paid 4 euros for it.

Today I read , a very good comic book. I didn't read the back cover before I started it so I just thought it was a story about a man who's bipolar. I was a bit surprised when I learned he had superpowers. I'm going to read a book for this month's theme also, I'm just not sure which one. I have quite a lot singe word titles in my shelf.

Julia wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Finished Allegiant,

What a perfectly horrid book. I read the series to make my kid happy because she liked the first 2 but I feel it was all really a waste of t..."

I love how the series is described! My family really likes the Percy Jackson series, my teenage son isn't a big reader but even he gets into this series.

Jasmiina wrote: "Now I'm scared because I actually bought today Divergent just to see is it any good before I get to see the movie. At least I only paid 4 euros for it.

Today I read [bookcover:Pola..."

Divergent I thought was entertaining, its just the later two books that I thought were terrible. A lot of people enjoy them so you may really like it, thankfully there are a lot of different books out there for all the different types of readers.

I've been reading at work during my breaks and finished it today. It was a bit of a slower read than her Vampire Acadamy series but I actually liked it better. Its nice to have a heroine that actually thinks before she jumps into the fray. It ended with enough left open to wet my curiosity for the next book in the series.

I just finished Wonder & Daniel & Fever
Luckily, they all count for April's theme!

I have a selection of books fitting this month's theme:
Matterhorn, The Corrections, Blindness, Wool, The Passage, to name a few. I'm planning to finish the one I'm reading now before jumping to new ones, though

I'll read Legend by Marie Lu! :)

Finished Envyyesterday, entertaining book.

I'm reading Money by Martin Amis

I just finished and started . I'm back on track!

Sparrowlicious wrote: "Well, there's both Graceling and Choke on my physical 'to read' shelf, so I'll go with one of those."

If you read Graceling, I'm curious to know what you think because I was kind of disappointed.

Jackie wrote: "Sparrowlicious wrote: "Well, there's both Graceling and Choke on my physical 'to read' shelf, so I'll go with one of those."

If you read Graceling, I'm curious to know ..."
I'm currently reading it, somehwere about 350 pages into the book.

This is different from what I expected. I'll write a post about it on my book blog, if you're interested (it's just me blabbing about books I like, nothing big).

Edit: Done reading it.
I should've known not to have any expectations anymore when it comes to books. That only ends badly.
Anyway, you'll find the link to my blog in my profile. Let's just say this was a huge mess that should've needed less pages and more subplot.

Read Arrowpointlast night, a light romance that was pretty good but very dated.

I finished another book that meets this months theme: .

It was an OK book but I found myself wishing it was a bit more fast paced, dragged in places.

Finished Outlander, read a non theme book, now I'm going to read .

I'm reading - Боль by Е. Гришковец

Sparrowlicious wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Sparrowlicious wrote: "Well, there's both Graceling and Choke on my physical 'to read' shelf, so I'll go with one of those."

If you read Graceling, I'm c..."

I would definitely like to check out your blog. I agree with it being a mess and felt like the fantasy aspects just didn't do it for me.

Jackie wrote: "I would definitely like to check out your blog. I agree with it being a mess and felt like the fantasy aspects just didn't do it for me. "
I admit it became more of a rant. *sigh* My best guess is that the book lacks some major editing.

I'll be reading February. It's been on my radar for a while now.

I'm starting to read Pinocchio.

I finished and I'm reading

I started finally reading Bruiser from Richard House. I found it from a recycling shelf in a library and couldn't resist. It sounds different from the books I usually read.

Just finished

I will be going off topic with my next few books.

I finished reading Bruiser, it was good but a little unpleasant sometimes. Something new for me though.

I found another book on my TBR next stack that fit this theme, . I waffled back in forth from being very entertained to mildly entertained by it.

It was a hard case crime book so I expected a bit more of the hard case crime than what was in this book, there was a crime but it was more background than the forefront.

I only have one more one word book in my TRB next stack but I don't know if i will get hat far before the end of the month. The next few on my list are off topic.

I am starting Frankenstein today.

I just finished reading Flora by Gail Godwin. Good book.