The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Stephanie wrote: "I just finished The Bone Doll's Twin and really enjoyed it..."
That's good to hear, Stephanie - I just picked this up at the library sale because I enjoyed Flewelling's Nightrunner books - I'll be reading the 3rd one for Wendy's task

I am reading Julie and Julia for the group reads task, and while I'm not hating the book, I'm glad that it's proving to be a quick read. I'm not a big fan of Julie and her motivations for cooking through this giant cookbook are strange... not sure how this is "helping" her life at all.

City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as the previous ones

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as the previous ones

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I don't know, but I have loved all of the Percy Jackson books, even Battle of the Labyrinth. I can't wait to read the next book, but it is back in Texas, so it'll have to wait until October/November, since I own it.

I'll be finished with The Shack today. It's all right, but for a short book, it is moving awfully slow for me. I'm starting No Ordinary Time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt The Home Front in World War II at lunch today. I've decided to chip away at this one during my lunch hour each day since it is very long. I also intend to start Shutter Island tonight.

I just finished reading Dearly Devoted Dexter for the ABC task, and I'm going to start reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union tonight.

Reading Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln when I am at home only, becuase it is to heavy to lug around. And just started Away by Amy Bloom to read on my commutes, at work, at the gym, etc.

Still listening to The Curse of the Pharaohs for my Let's Get Physical (I need to get physical more often!) and just finished Lair of the Lion for 10.10. I think next will be The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - but first I need to finish two books for September challenges.

I started Courage of Fear by Barbara Boyer this weekend and so far it's a pretty quick read.

I'm almost finished with Where Are You Now A Novel on audio. Should wrap it up on my commute home.

started in on The Good Thief A Novel last night. not very far in, but i'm intrigued already and enjoy her writing style quite a lot. reading this for the three-word title (mine does NOT say "A Novel" on it!) just 1. The, 2. Good, 3. Thief!

I'm currently working my way through Moll Flanders, it's not proving to be as quick a read as I originally thought it would be. I also just finished A Light In the Attic, which was just as great this time around as before. I plan to start the Friday Night Knitting Club tonight, as I've been trying to read this book for months, and just keep putting it off! That way I can finally post some points on here!

Just finished March by Geraldine Brooks - great civil war novel and a good one for a one-name book.

Also, just finished The Last Pope by Luis Miguel Rocha. Super for those who think that Pope John Paul I was actually murdered. Great mystery and makes you wonder about all the rumors, etc about the inner workings of the Catholic Church over the past century. Can be read on many levels. Also it is translated from Portugese and much of it takes place in Portugal if anyone needs to fill in the country task or the hispanic task.

Also reading Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez. Works for adoption, coming-of-age or student.

I am just starting Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. I am using it for task 5.10 (time travel) and it seems to be a lighter read, which I am needing right now.

Last night I finished A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif and I highly recommend it. I am using it for task 25.8 (Cait's noun task). I have one more book to read to complete the task.

This is my first time doing an SRC and I am loving it. I am also floored by how fast some people are at reading. I thought I was a fast reader, but holy cracker Batman, you lot of super-readers are making me feel, well, slow! LOL!!

Kari ♪ wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as the previous ones

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Kari,

I was at the National Book Festival here in DC on Saturday and had the opportunity to hear Rick Riordan speak in the Teens and Childrens pavilion. I had never read any of his books, but after listening to him I decided to try the Percy Jackson series. Glad to hear you're a fan of them.

Sera wrote: "I'll be finished with The Shack today. It's all right, but for a short book, it is moving awfully slow for me. I'm starting [book:No Ordinary Time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt ..."

Sera,

Let me know what you think of the FDR book. I selected it for the political task too, but am on a wait list at the library for it.

Hello eveyone,
I'm between two tasks.Last week I have started task 25.7 One,two, three I read the two first of Janet Evanovich serie:One for the Money,Two for the dough. And Three to Get Deadly I had to put this away for a couple day. It's all right but I'm needed a break, just got overwelmed with Stephanie Plum. I decided to start 20.2 task ABC.I pick the letter EFG.I'm reading Eat,Pray,Love by elizabeth Gilbert.I'm almost halway and I can put it down.After I will go back and complete the task later in the week.Maybe I will just get another book where the number 3 is included in the title.

Marie-vicky wrote: "Hello eveyone,
I'm between two tasks.Last week I have started task 25.7 One,two, three I read the two first of Janet Evanovich serie:One for the Money,Two for the dough. And Three to Get Deadly I..."

I think that you got this task mixed up... it is a one work title (like Speak), then a two word title (like The Testament), then a three word title (like The Lost Symbol)... not titles with the word one, two, and three in them.

Right now I'm working on The Last Battle on audio for Julie (KS)'s task and Courage of Fear for the addiction task.

Even though I'm usually reading just one book at the time, I'm currently reading two.

I started The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst for task 10.8 (random word) last week, and I like it but I find that's it's not a very easy read. So I'm taking it slow and reading a little bit at the time while also reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon which I think I'm going to use for part of task 15.1 (grammar). This is a much quicker and easier read and I really like it a lot.

Started Rebecca this a.m. on the subway. Am all the way up to page 6. :)

I'm going to start A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I think I'm going to use it for 10.1 (Buddy Holly Task) though can also fit it in 5.9 (coming of age task).

Melissa wrote: "Sera wrote: "I'll be finished with The Shack today. It's all right, but for a short book, it is moving awfully slow for me. I'm starting No Ordinary Time Franklin and Eleano...


Melissa I'll keep you posted. I'm only about 40 pages in and I like so far. I had previously read Goodwin's book: Team of Rivals about Abraham Lincoln, which was a 5 star read, but very dense, because it was loaded with facts. The FDR book was written before the Lincoln one, and it's supposed to cover multiple topics about non-military happenings during WWII. I think that this approach will result in an easier read than the Lincoln, but we'll see.

Let me know when you start it. I would be interested to get your perspective on the book.

Marie-vicky wrote: "Hello eveyone,
I'm between two tasks.Last week I have started task 25.7 One,two, three I read the two first of Janet Evanovich serie:One for the Money,Two for the dough. And Three to Get Deadly I..."

My understanding is that they are movie this book into a film starring Julia Roberts.

Bridgit wrote: "Started Rebecca this a.m. on the subway. Am all the way up to page 6. :) "


I read Rebecca last challenge, and I loved it. I hope that you enjoy it as well.

Patricia wrote: "I'm going to start A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I think I'm going to use it for 10.1 (Buddy Holly Task) though can also fit it in 5.9 (coming of age task)."

Patricia, this book is on my top 10 of all time list and one of the few that I will likely re-read again. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.

Sera wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I'm going to start A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I think I'm going to use it for 10.1 (Buddy Holly Task) though can also fit it in 5.9 (coming of age task)..."

Thanks Sera! I don't know how I haven't read it yet but I'm really looking forward to it!

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is such a great read!! Enjoy :)

I'm reading quite a few books right now, but mostly focusing on The Agony and the Ecstasy A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo. I'm really loving it but it is LONG. I usually like long books, but I think sometimes I'm just like, Michaelangelo, dude, make some decisions and get working on the Sistine Chapel already!

Anyone else reading or have read this one?

Melissa wrote: "Kari ♪ wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as the previous on..."

Rick is actually the son of the professor I TA for, so I'm kind of biased about his stuff :) He also writes a mystery series for adults that's pretty good. They're even better if you have lived in the San Antonio/Austin area because he gives such wonderful and honest comments about the two cities.

Anyway, I'm reading Good Omens for the prophecy task and Bloodfever for the ABC task.. I think. Actually I just really want to read it so I'll try to squeeze it in somewhere!

Just finished Shutter Island (it was great!) and I'm reading Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner. I just picked up Julie and Julia at the library today. I had not requested it but it was right there on the Paperback Picks shelf waiting for me :)

I just finished Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Blech. My first 1 star of the season, perhaps of the year.

I also finished listening to The Angel's Game as 1/2 of the Foreign Language task. It was really dark and gloomy. I've heard that The Shadow of the Wind is much lighter in feel. I'm planning on reading that for the Groud Read task, so I'm hoping that it is a bit lighter.

I'm about 1/2 way through The Fiery Cross and I've been really trying to concentrate on reading it this week. It's not a fast a read as I remember the first books in the 'Outlander' series to be. I have to admit that it's probably been 4 or 5 years since I've read the series, but boy she takes alot of pages in this book to describe the happenings of a single day. The first section is 140 pages and just talks about the final two days of The Gathering.

I started listening to Welcome to Temptation for the 'Apple' task in the car yesterday. It's a light fluffy chick-lit. Not too enthralling yet.

Also, still reading Daughter of Venice when I need a break from 'The Fiery Cross'.

Dang, I haven't posted any points in a week, and it's just about killing me. Hrmmph. Oh well -- this time I promised myself that I wouldn't rule out LONG books from the challenge. I know I won't finish this challenge. But I AM looking forward to posting some more points soon!

I have the last two books in the 'Outlander' series also slated for the Fall Challenge, so the number of pages read during this challenge will probably be higher than the pages read for the Summer Challenge, but the number of BOOKS read will be less. "It's not about the numbers, it's about the reading experience." === That's the new mantra for my competitive self. :-)

Amy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Kari ♪ wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as..."

The other reader of this series, wasn't happy with this book, he said it took to long to get to the point. I felt it was more of book 3 and a platform for what is coming in 5, which I will be reading soon : )

still reading City of Bones seems to be stuck in I am setting up something for the plot to move and just isnt moving

just started The Keepsake not far enough in to make an opinion yet, but will complete the math task for me

For 25.9 DIANE'S TASK - September Is Self-Improvement Month, I am reading
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks and Just Do Something A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will or How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Impressions, Open Doors, Random ... Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc. by Kevin DeYoung - the former at home, the latter at work.

I started Shutter Island last night, and I am really into it. I can't wait to get home and read today.

I had to put a few books on hold as others are due at the library so I am now focusing on Speak of the Devil by Richard Hawke. It is a good book and is a quick read. I work late tomorrow so maybe I can finish it by then. Well off to do some more reading.

I am working on listening to The Old Man and the Sea, but it is just so boring! My mind is drifting all of the time. It makes me want to go to sleep!!!

Kathryn wrote: "I am working on listening to The Old Man and the Sea, but it is just so boring! My mind is drifting all of the time. It makes me want to go to sleep!!!"

Oh dear.....I've got this audio book in my library pile for the Go Back To School task. I hated it in school and was hoping that time and maturity and audio format may make it more bearable. Sounds like that won't happen. Good thing it's a short-ish book.

Petra wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I am working on listening to The Old Man and the Sea, but it is just so boring! My mind is drifting all of the time. It makes me want to go to sleep!!!"

Oh dear.....I've got this..."

Yeah. The audio is about 2.5 hours. I am not a big fan of audio, though, so maybe that is what is doing it for me. I am trying to do this one for the Ocean travel task.

j/fCity of Bones chose for highly recommended on various book groups, only giving it a 3

n/r The Eagle Catcher and
The Keepsake

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

Thus far, I am giggling at the absuridities. Sure, it does get violent (far more than P&P&Zombies) but if you're reading this novel as a PARODY rather than diving in upset b/c it alters Austen's beautiful novel...you could find some enjoyment within. Least that's my approach.

I'm just starting Fallen by David Maine, which I'm reading for two other book groups. It's the last library book I have sitting around, then I'll knock out a few more books I own.

I'm also listening to Something Wicked This Way Comes, which also satisfies another book group.

Finished Speak of the Devil and am now on to Farenhite 451 to finsh the Sci-fi task.

After all the upbeat, Christian self-help, I'm starting When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep by Sylvia Sellers-Garcia for 10.4.

Janice wrote: "After all the upbeat, Christian self-help, I'm starting When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep by [author:Sylvia Sellers-Garcia|614..."

i'd love to hear what you think about this when you finish. i read it this summer and had no one to talk to about it!

I just finished reading Hot Mama by Jennifer Estep. Its the second book in her Bigtime series. I'm getting ready to start Jinx next. Both of these are for task 20.2 (Erin's ABCs), then I just have to read my 'I' book.

kiki wrote: "Janice wrote: "When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep..."
Kiki, your verification block doesn't seem to be working, so I'm posting this here. I'm only up to chapter 5, so I can only give my first impressions.

Although I'm a Methodist, I find it a bit disconcerting that the narrator would continue to allow the mistaken perception that he is a priest.

Also, it makes me dizzy to read stories that flip-flop through timescapes. A few flashbacks are one thing; twice and three times in the same chapter is off-putting for me.

I shall persevere, because I'm caught now in the mystery of why Aman's parents kept him in the dark about their early life.

;^) Jan

Amanda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I am working on listening to The Old Man and the Sea, but it is just so boring! My mind is drifting all of the time. It makes me want to go to sleep!!!"

I don't think I could han..."

Oh, see I guess this style of novel works for you then. I don't like to imagine things. I like definite ends to books and movies because I don't like imagining what might have happened after that. But that is just me. My grandma told me (when I was 8) that I didn't have an imagination. I couldn't handle barbies, shows with talking animals, etc.

Several of my books-on-hold at the library came in all at once, so I've been reading books not in this challenge (but are in other challenges) Just finished Lover Unbound and am reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and THEN I'll get to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for this challenge.

Amy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Kari ♪ wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as..."

That is very cool about being a TA. I had remembered seeing before that he wrote an adult series. I just never got around to reading them. I live closer to the DFW area when I'm actually back in Texas and have never made it out to visit SA/Austin yet, but perhaps I could figure a way to get one of his adult books into the challenge and get a feel for the area that way. And I really enjoy a good mystery. Wouldn't have even thought of that if you hadn't mentioned it. :)

Melissa wrote: "Kari ♪ wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "City of Bones *****right now a Not able to put down book and

The Battle of the Labyrinth not as enthralling as the previous on..."

Oh, I would have really enjoyed getting to see him in person. How exciting. I'm interested to see what they will do with the first book for the series which is coming out in February.