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  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    PaytraB wrote: »
    Nice choice! I like Ian McEwen's writing. Have you read any of his other books?

    Sure I've read Atonement. I tried really hard to read On Chesil Beach but gave up about a third of the way through because nothing was happening, and I do mean NOTHING.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I liked Atonement, as well as Saturday. I haven't read any of his others.

    I finished Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem today. Very trippy; I liked it.
  • AnutChelle
    AnutChelle Posts: 51 Member
    I am currently reading Parasite by Mira Grant. I just finished Feed (also by Mira Grant). I just discovered this writer and I am really loving her.
  • soechsner09
    soechsner09 Posts: 119 Member
    The Casual Vacancy ... bit of a slow start to the book, but anxious to see where the story goes.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I started The Door by Magda Szabo. I'm only a couple of chapters into it and am finding it very intriguing.
  • oORosadaOo
    oORosadaOo Posts: 97 Member
    I'm reading the Never Sky series, halfway through part 2. Unexpectedly good and well-written.
  • Arianera
    Arianera Posts: 128 Member
    @oORosadaOo I recently finished Into the Still Blue! I think these are my favorite of the recent crop of dystopias.

    I'm close to done with a re-read of Sherry Tepper's juveniles: King's Blood Four, Necromancer Nine, and Wizard's Eleven. I was all set to hand them to my fantasy-mad 11 year old, except there's one scene at the beginning of Necromancer Nine that I am hesitating about.

    Next up in print is Spare Parts

    I'm between audiobooks right now. Started 3 things, but didn't get hooked by any of them.
  • oORosadaOo
    oORosadaOo Posts: 97 Member
    Arianera wrote: »
    @oORosadaOo I recently finished Into the Still Blue! I think these are my favorite of the recent crop of dystopias.

    Today at lunch I finished it too. Awesome books!
    Couldn't wait for Sable to get what he deserved!

    Now I'm starting Invaded by Melissa Landers. I enjoyed the first part very much. :smile:

  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I finished The Door by Magda Szabo and highly recommend it. I looked for her other books but very few have been translated to English and the ones that have been are very expensive. Sigh......

    Tonight I started A Morbid Taste For Bones by Ellis Peters. So far, I'm enjoying it (about 50 pages in).
  • AnutChelle
    AnutChelle Posts: 51 Member
    Serenitytoo wrote: »
    I just finished Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz Which was a great addition to the Odd Thomas series. He is such an interesting character and way of expression.
    I like Dean Koontz and I think these is his best series of books. Odd is a great character!
  • amyashworth98
    amyashworth98 Posts: 32 Member
    I am currently reading More Than Charming by JoMarie DeGioia. It is the fourth in the series and I LOVE IT. Highly recommended for those who love historical romance and have an iPad as it is iBook.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    soechsner09 wrote: »
    The Casual Vacancy ... bit of a slow start to the book, but anxious to see where the story goes.

    I found it quite bleak and depressing and I know what you mean by a slow starter. Left me feeling quite morose at the end, but maybe that's what she was going for.
  • IAM125lbs
    IAM125lbs Posts: 235 Member
    Half way through Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis. So far it's keeping my interest.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    Just finished Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwen. A story that turns back on itself in true McEwen style- very compelling and recommended.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    Fell for the hype and I'm now listening to Wreckage by Emily Bleeker. I hope it gets better because lets just say the suspense ISN'T killing me.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I like Ian McEwen's books and will look for Sweet Tooth. Thanks!

    I just started Peace Like A River by Leif Enger, It starts out well.
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    The Fortune Tellers Daughter,mom really liking it, and the main woman isn't skinny lol
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    Gah how do I edit a typo?
  • crunchergirl
    crunchergirl Posts: 184 Member
    I'm re-reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    englishmermaid wrote: »
    Gah how do I edit a typo?

    I think you get 15 mins to edit after posting, after that you can't :(
  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
    Twilight. Lol. (hangs head in mock shame) When I was in high school I loved Anne Rice. I wanted to relive my gothic vampire loving days.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    iwannabeonthebeach wrote: »
    Fell for the hype and I'm now listening to Wreckage by Emily Bleeker. I hope it gets better because lets just say the suspense ISN'T killing me.

    It didn't. :(

    Moving on, now reading Philomena by Martin Sixsmith (it came out as a film last year). Little bit dull, not having much luck with my choice of reading lately.
  • SyllyReth
    SyllyReth Posts: 59 Member
    I am currently in the process of reading and doing a chapter-by-chapter reaction blog to the 50 Shades series. After that's done, I am going to go back to my choice literature and read something new in the fantasy genre.
  • helenarriaza
    helenarriaza Posts: 517 Member
    Catcher in the rye, I don't recommend it. It feels like the sequence of a spoiled rich teenager.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I highly recommend Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. I really enjoyed it. The story centers around one's perspective when witnessing (interpretation), loyalty, family ties, faith, character and miracles.

    I just started I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. Not far enough along yet to say much about it but it is humorous in a chuckling way.
  • juniper68
    juniper68 Posts: 93 Member
    Peace like a River is one of my all-time favorite books! Glad to see the recommendation here.

    I just finished Patron Saint of Ugly - it's magical realism-ish and has some wonderful characters.

    I used to really be into Laurie King's Mary Russell series although I haven't read one in a while, so I am enjoying her Art of Detection, which is modern day but has lots of Holmes in it so far.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    Just stared The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. It's shaping up to be along the lines of The Girl with the Pearl Earring - same setting (Amsterdam), same era (17th century), same narrative style (young girl thrust into a high society life she doesn't understand) but I quite like it so far. The heroine has a bit of spunk about her and isn't prepared to accept her fate.
  • tiffany82manross
    tiffany82manross Posts: 48 Member
    I'm reading Lemon meragine Pie by Joanna Fluke.
  • iwannabeonthebeach
    iwannabeonthebeach Posts: 146 Member
    Listening to Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott on my iPod - OMG so many twists and turns, can't wait to get in my car in the mornings to get to the next chapter!
  • sj911guy
    sj911guy Posts: 7 Member
    I'm currently reading The Fiery Cross, book 5 in the Diana Gabaldon Outlander series. My wife and I are hooked on the Starz T.V. series.

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