Any other Bookworms?

shoegirl1975

Any other bookworms?  what are you reading now?  Do You Love to read?  I am a huge reader.  I read anything and everything.  Last year I set a goal to get back to my pre-baby reading so I read 2 books a week.  It felt good.  I ended up reading a little more, so it was great to have a goal!  My favorite summer read was "Before the Fall" Noah Hawley...Any other good books you read lately? 

cookies754

I am! I'm a teacher so I've been using the summer  to get caught up on my reading. I've been on a thriller kick lately. I loved the Gillian Flynn books and just got done reading The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll. On the other side of things, I also love Emily Giffn books (Something Borrowed, etc.)

ETA: the bump cut me off. I just was going to saw holy cow @shoegirl1975 and two books a week. I thought I was a fast reader!

emox3232

I am! I'd much rather curl up and read a book than anything else. I read everything from mystery to romance. Right now I'm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, technically it's a young adult book but one of my co workers suggested it. It's really good so far.

shoegirl1975

@cookies754 Have you read the Jeff Abbott books?? Sam Capra series?  really good!!! 
@emox3232  Did you read " a Discovery of Witches?"

catem07

Love love love to read. I'm reading "Detroit Resurrected" right now. It's about Detroit's bankruptcy. I set an annual goal to read 52 books a year and am well on track this year. I like to read non-fiction or light novels. 

cookies754

@shoegirl1975 I haven't! I'll check them out! Our library is fabulous. They have a drive thru pick up so I can just order the books online and then pick them up a day later. It's the best thing ever! Thanks for the recs!

peachy0709

@cookies754 - Did you read Emily Giffin's new one? I live in Atlanta and felt like it was just an obnoxious ATL lovefest that wouldn't make sense to anyone outside of the area. I'm interested to know what others thought. 

@shoegirl1975 - My last BMB did a book club! By the end we were all not reading of course, but something that can take place of that is sharing a longer, thought-proviking article like the Ann Marie Slaughter "Why Women Still Can't Have it All": https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/

@catem07 - how is it? We lived in Michigan during the bankruptcy so I'd be curious to know if it's worth a read

I'm currently reading Melanie Benjamin's "The Aviator's Wife." I love a good historical fiction!!! 

ArchyFlores

Huge reader here, but too tired to really read. I'm currently on Code Name Verity. Highly recommended!

catem07

@kcasset It seems decent so far. Some of the legalese and bankruptcy terminology is over my head, but I'm working through it. I'd like a little more human-interest but maybe it will get there. I think I'm in chapter 3 or 4 now. 

One of the best books I've read recently is Evicted by Matthew Desmond. If you're into social justice issues/sociology, highly recommend it. 

BluesGal10

Librarian by trade, so yes. Currently reading a book a friend ours wrote ("Vile" by Benjamin Jeffries), and then hitting up my to read pile that is slowly taking over my night stand. 

emox3232

@shoegirl1975 I haven't read that one but I will have to check it out, I'm always looking for new suggestions!

shoegirl1975

@kcasset  LOved the Aviators wife!!! I just finished "Circling the Sun" also a great read!! 
 

ladameperdue

@catem07  I love non-fiction and need to make more time for it.

My book club is doing "The Goldfinch" right now. It's massive. I am about halfway through (and the meeting is in a week - probably not going to finish in time!). Supposedly people either love or hate this one. I like the story so far, although the author (through characters that would otherwise not know or need to express certain things) comes across as a little pretentious.  

Missa0830

@shoegirl1975 Two books a week is impressive!

@emox3232 I have read Miss Peregrines, and really liked it. It sucked me in! I can't wait for the movie by Tim Burton.

I'm reading "And The Mountains Echoed" by Kahaled Hosseini. I didn't really like it at first, but am really into it now. I listen to quite a few books on my drive to work, as I am a bit too tired to read once I get home.

bwo

@Missa0830 Kite Runner and Mountains Echoed are two of my favorite books of all time.  Love that author.  Hard to read, but such good stories. 

I'm currently in the middle of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.  Everyone raved about it, but I'm having a hard time getting into it. 

Edited: spelling 

chelle087

@bwo, I loved nightingale.

I am a big fan of historical fiction. A friend of mine recommend Letters to the Lost, so I started that the other day. I haven't gotten very far though. By the end of the day I am so exhausted that reading puts me to sleep.

emox3232

@missa0830 it has sucked me in as well! I can't wait for the movie either, I love most of Tim Burtons movies!

zlah22

I love anything Karen Kingsbury. I'm a big fan of romance, mystery, and action/FBI type books. 

Missa0830

@bwo I loved loved loved The Nightingale! I really like that time period in historical fiction.

allybadry

I love reading but haven't had much time for it lately. I'm just wrapping up the Lunar Chronicles (just book 4 left). It's really good, but it is YA which isn't for everyone.

mylittleirvz

I absolutely LOVE to read but am so beyond exhausted right now that I just can't and it makes me sad! The last book I read was "When Breath Becomes Air" - a memoir about a neurosurgeon that gets cancer. Amazing read!

ladameperdue

@mylittleirvz This is on my to-read list! I remember his essay in NYT before he died. Have you read Atul Gawande? He's my medical author crush.

Ekzerr

Me!! Currently haven't been doing to much reading while in school but I'm off school from Jan to August and plan to do as much reading as I can before baby comes.

I'm currently reading My Secret Sister which is a true story about twins who were seperated at birth and reconnected in adulthood. So far very good and I hope to finish it in the week or so between this class ending and my next one beginning

mylittleirvz

@ladameperdue, no I haven't, I'll have to look him up! Thanks for the suggestion!

Omie_Wise

Mee!! I'm a big reader. I mostly read fiction but I get in a couple of non-fiction books a year. Right now I am reading N is for Noose by Sue Grafton and Ina May's Guide to Childbirth because duh. 

Poison&Wine

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Can't wait to finish it! Also, I'm starting the Eragon Inhertance Cycle again. They are so good! 

Beckyf321

I love to read!  I just finished my Master's degree in May, so reading for fun was on the back burner for like 5 years.

Right now I'm reading The Grave Series by Darynda Jones, currently on book #8.  Charley Davidson is the main character, she's a private investigator and also the grim reaper.  I started reading them a little over a month ago and literally haven't been able to put them down!

Beckyf321

Ekzerr said:

Me!! Currently haven't been doing to much reading while in school but I'm off school from Jan to August and plan to do as much reading as I can before baby comes.

I just finished school after going full time for 5 years, so I completely understand this statement.  I hope you get lots of good books in!

clickclackmoo

I'm readin The Light Between Oceans right now.  Just finished The Nightingale. I loved it, but I cried. A lot.

Ekzerr

@beckyf321 I have a large pile of books just waiting on my bookshelf!! 

pinkshades05

I love to read but crazy work schedules and kids have made it hard. But now you all are getting me in the mood! 

shoegirl1975

Light between Oceans, The Nightingale, The Mountains Echo'd...all on my all time favorite list!  

BluesGal10

Beckyf321 said:

I love to read!  I just finished my Master's degree in May, so reading for fun was on the back burner for like 5 years.

Right now I'm reading The Grave Series by Darynda Jones, currently on book #8.  Charley Davidson is the main character, she's a private investigator and also the grim reaper.  I started reading them a little over a month ago and literally haven't been able to put them down!

I'm with ya. I finished my Masters in 2015, and I'm slowly working my way through both my to read pile and my yarn stash (crocheter).

BluesGal10

Anyone else on Goodreads? I swear that's the reason my to read pile is taller than I am (which wasn't hard to do). 

catem07

@BluesGal10  yes! love goodreads

bluthsbananas

Another teacher here, spending the summer actually reading for pleasure! I'm currently reading Hidden Bodies, which is the sequel to You by Caroline Kepnes. It's a little dark, which I like. I also enjoyed The Luckiest Girl Alive. On deck is The Book Thief...I hope I have time to finish it before school starts back up. 

Missa0830

@BluesGal10    I love goodreads! 

chelle087

all of this talk about goodreads has me looking into it...thanks for the idea ladies!

Ekzerr

@bluesgal10 totally! I don't think I'll ever complete my goodreads " to read " list lol

ashleym112

ArchyFlores said:

Huge reader here, but too tired to really read. I'm currently on Code Name Verity. Highly recommended!

ladameperdue said:

@catem07  I love non-fiction and need to make more time for it.

My book club is doing "The Goldfinch" right now. It's massive. I am about halfway through (and the meeting is in a week - probably not going to finish in time!). Supposedly people either love or hate this one. I like the story so far, although the author (through characters that would otherwise not know or need to express certain things) comes across as a little pretentious.  

@ArchyFlores I've been wanting to read that!

@ladameperdue my aunt said the same about that book, that you either love it or hate it. I don't think she liked it too much but it's on my list. Let me know what you think when you finish it! 

I love reading! I usually read a few books at once, depending on what I'm in the mood for. I've been reading Anna Karina for longer than I want to admit....I haven't picked it up in months it seems like. I'm also reading the 3rd Outlander book Voyager, and Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. I like it so far, it's a bit slow and she keeps dancing around the main storyline but I think its going to be pretty good. 

Omie_Wise

@ashleym112 I loved Anna Karenia so much I tried to read War and Peace!