Book Snails Book Group discussion

What are you reading, September 2016?

I'll be finishing The Book Thief and The Peach Keeper, and I also want to read When Autumn Leaves, and The Sugar Queen. I've been on a Sarah Addison Allen kick lately!

I'll be finishing "The monk who sold his Ferrari" and I'll start "The book Thief". Hopefully will finish it by the the end of September

Finishing up on "The Book Thief" and then who knows!! I have so many books in my possession from book sales and winning books from here, that I am a bit overwhelmed in a good way! Plus, I have received some book recommendations from fellow Snails that I really want to start on. In fact, that's what I am going to do for September. That will be my official "Fellow Snails Recommendation" month for me. I think I have 6 recommendations so far. I will try and get through them. :-)

Hey book people! Sorry I've been so absent lately. Lot on my plate right now.

On this 1st day of September I will list my top 3 "currently reading" titles:
1) The Color of Love

2) Feature and Magazine Writing: Action, Angle and Anecdotes

3) The Book Thief

I'm reading like a dozen books altogether, but these are my most important books at the moment!

Allison wrote: "Hey book people! Sorry I've been so absent lately. Lot on my plate right now.

On this 1st day of September I will list my top 3 "currently reading" titles:
1) The Color of Love[bookc..."

I'm telling your other books (the remaining dozen) that they didn't make your top 3. They are going to be mad! LOL

Julie wrote: "Allison wrote: "Hey book people! Sorry I've been so absent lately. Lot on my plate right now.

On this 1st day of September I will list my top 3 "currently reading" titles:
1) [book:The Color of Lo..."

Oh, please don't do that, Julie, they're already very impatient with me at the moment!

Started yesterday:


When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen

YA fantasy/sci-fi/dystopia....romance? Includes magic & vampires (both atypical) and more.

I've just started , which was recommended by a friend on Goodreads. I'm not sure what I think about it yet.

Kelsey - - I ADORE Sarah Addison Allen. I devour everything she writes.

I am currently reading some recommendations from my daughters, ages 14 & 11. I love YA lit & love even more that it gives me stuff to talk about with my teenager. My 11yo's favorite author is Kate DiCamillo, & she owns two that I haven't yet read (The Magician's Elephant & The Tiger Rising), so those are next for me! They're late elementary/middle school level, so they're fast reads.

Amy wrote: "My 11yo's favorite author is Kate DiCamillo, & she owns two that I haven't yet read (The Magician's Elephant & The Tiger Rising)..."

Those sound like great books for kids, Amy.

Kate DiCamillo also wrote Because of Winn-Dixie. Those of you with kids have likely seen the movie version.



For a fun interactive website about the book, visit this Scholastic.com site:
https://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/

I'm reading The Name of the Wind. It had me at the very first page, and I've only gotten more engrossed along the way. I love this book! I'm less than halfway through it, but I already know it's going on my favorites list and I'll be giving it five stars. :D

(Damn, another series with which to have to have to wait eons for another book.)

Just Elise wrote: "I'm reading The Name of the Wind. It had me at the very first page, and I've only gotten more engrossed along the way. I love this book! I'm less than halfway through it, but I alread..."

I'm glad you're reading this one, Elise. I have a copy but haven't tackled it yet. I'll patiently await your final judgement on it (no rush -- I have plenty else to read).

StarMan, I don't think my final judgement on it will be much different from my current one. ;) It's beautifully, artfully written; has fantastic, well-crafted characters; an intriguing world; a brilliant storyline and a lovely sprinkling of humor. It's a really good story, and it's told exceedingly well. 

I'll report back though. Cool that it's one you‎ want to read. :) The only predicament is the unknown publication date of book 3 (though there are a few spinoff stories available).

Just Elise wrote: "StarMan, I don't think my final judgement on it will be much different from my current one. ;) It's beautifully, artfully written; has fantastic, well-crafted characters; an intriguing world; a bri..."

I want to read it now since you love it. I'm going to see if library has it today. Thanks Elise!!

Great, Julie! I hope you enjoy it! I've been finding it really hard to do much that I should be doing because all I want to do is read that book. Take that as a warning if you'd like. ;) But the up side of that is that I'll probably finish it this weekend. :)