What are you reading?

bearfootz

Or what have you read that you'd recommend?  Like, guilty pleasure kind of books are fine- don't try to make me think you're smart by telling me you just finished War and Peace for the third time or anything like that.  (if that's a smart book, I don't know, my library consists mainly of Danielle Steel novels I got at rummage sales or Jane Green)

 

bearfootz

My latest read was War Brides by Helen Bryan - it was ok, a little far fetched and some of the WWII stuff was too heavy but it held my interest.

bearfootz

IamInigoMontoya said:

I just finished Objects of my Affection and the Husband's Secret. The first one was decent for just a mindless guilty pleasure read. The second one pissed me off because the ending was so contrived and unsatisfying. I liked the authors other book, Big Little Lies, which is another good read although it does touch on domestic abuse if that's a trigger for you. I plan to read What Alice Forgot next which is by the same author.

I have this one on my list too, sounds interesting.  Might have to check those other ones out.

thebanich

I still in the midst of the Outlander books.

bumpuser794640

I've read about 200 pages of Pillars of the Earth and I'm bored.  So I'm stalking this thread to see if there are any good suggestions.

lindslalala

I'm reading Anne of Green Gables for the first time. Also re-reading the Harry Potter series(for the 4th time).

seahorse102410

IamInigoMontoya said:

 I plan to read What Alice Forgot next which is by the same author.

I feel like all of this author's endings are contrived.  The books aren't bad but they aren't very thought provoking or even special really.  Just something to read if you are desperate.

lilorangekitty

Tori Spelling's Spelling it Like it is

I enjoy Tori's books. Definitely a guilty pleasure.

vandelay

ashleysyn2 said:

I just finished The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton this morning and I feel like I lost 2 weeks of my reading life that I will never get back. I don't know how it won so many awards. It was boring and unnecessarily long. I am currently in the middle of The Great Gatsby because I realized I never actually finished it. It's alright, if anything a really quick read. Next I am either going to read Atlas Shrugged, Outlander, Life of Pi, or Love in the Time of Cholera because they have all been sitting on my bookshelf unread for litetally years, except Outlander which I just borrowed.

The Luminaries is sooooo looooongggg.  I thought it was a good story that could have been told in half the pages.

You should read Life of Pi!  I love that book so much; so moving, and exciting as well.

If you read Atlas Shrugged, I recommend giving yourself permission in advance to skip the 100+ page radio speech (you'll know it when you get to it).  You won't miss any message that Rand hasn't already repeatedly bludgeoned you over the head with during the preceding part of the novel, and you will feel less inclined to gouge your eyes out.

vandelay

I am still reading All the Light You Cannot See, which is a wonderfully-written novel about a young blind French girl and a young German soldier during WWII.  It's taking me a long time to get through it, but I really am enjoying it.

I'm also reading The Sandman Omnibus Vol. I, which I'd like to call a graphic novel but is really a bound collection of The Sandman comic books, because 2015 is apparently the year I say "Fuck it" and go full-on nerd.

bumpuser260585

I have read War Brides and I agree that it was just okay. I have been reading a lot of Catherine Ryan Hyde books because they are free with Prime. They are pretty easy reads.

I just finished Gone Girl. I loved and hated it.

I want to read the Pretty Little Liars books.