Currently Reading (Take 2)- Page 21

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/6/11 at 5:49pm

Okay, I finished Mockingjay and...I don't know. It just didn't come together for me. It sort of lost its direction and rambled about and then suddenly ended with a big pretty bow tied around it. I hope the screenplays tighten the stories with more focus. The last five chapters or so were all over the place.

[Sean2]

Posted: 9/6/11 at 9:41pm

Just finished reading "The Children's Book", which I thought was utterly brilliant. Actually, I think it's close to a masterpiece, perhaps Byatt's best work ever.

Now I'm on to "American Gods".

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 12:35pm

Still reading "Some Sing, Some Cry" (I do most of my reading on the bus!) but I just picked up Erin Morgensterns "The Night Circus". An ad popped up for it on a website I was on and it looked interesting. Read the opening and it really piqued my interest.

Updated On: 9/16/11 at 12:35 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 12:58pm

I recently finished a book called "The Tea Rose" that I enjoyed very much. It's part of a trilogy but I haven't purchased the next two books yet.
The Tea Rose

[MotorTink]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 2:17pm

Last week I read "Stories I Tell My Friends" by Rob Lowe and "Theodore Boone: Abduction" by John Grisham.

Now I am starting the adventure of "A Game of Thrones".

[wexy]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 2:20pm

Just started "Room"

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 2:48pm

I just finished Nancy Thayer's new book. It was called Heat Wave. Cute story.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 9/21/11 at 3:40pm

Finished A FEAST FOR CROWS and am now reading A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. Thank God it is the last one for a while, I'll need a break, but it is great to be reading about Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow again.

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/22/11 at 11:46am

Put 'Some Sing, Some Cry" aside and am reading "The Night Circus". So far, so good. It has the best opening to a book I have read in a long time.

Updated On: 9/30/11 at 11:46 AM

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:16am

Finished "Night Circus". Excellent book that I didn't want to end. If a circus like this existed, I would be there every night. I hope someone who can do this book justice has the movie rights. It is right up Tim Burton's alley. Some reviews compared it to Harry Potter. I can see the comparison but only in that there are two people "pitted" against each other and magic is involved. Check it out.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:34pm

Night Circus has been on my radar for a couple of weeks. Glad to hear someone enjoyed it. Right now, I'm reading In the Woods by Tana French. The style and main character remind me so much of the Prey series by John Sandford, which I love. I'm only about 100 pages in, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

Speaking of similarities to Harry Potter, anyone else read The Magicians by Lev Grossman? I was really quite stunned at the rather direct...shall we say..."nods" to Narnia and Harry Potter. It was kind of fun to read, but the similarities were something of a distraction. I'm probably read The Magician King, but I hope it is a little more original.

[californiasnow]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:57pm

Just finished The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. Very good, but I think I liked Abstinence Teacher better.
Updated On: 9/27/11 at 04:57 PM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 5:32pm

Am reading 'The Paris Wife' by Paula McLain

Wonderful read - a novel written from Hemingway's first wife's (Hadley Richardson) point of view. Compelling historical fiction.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 12:50pm

Roger Ebert's Life Itself. Terrific!

[MotorTink]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 1:40pm

Mister Matt - I read "The Magicians" earlier this year. I had read a review on a website and thought I'd give it a chance. Can't say I was blown away by it like others have been. It started off entertaining enough but by the time they had "graduated" it became like a smutty wizard soap opera in some ways and that took me out of it. I've been in no rush to read "The Magician King" but will eventually.

I have a few more chapters of "A Game of Thrones" left and then have "Bossypants" by Tina Fay and "The Paris Wife" waiting on my shelf (let me know what you think when you are done, Addy!).

[NYadgal]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 3:10pm

I will!

How is your book list going this year, Tink? I slowed down considerably over the last month of so. I need to carve some serious reading time out of my week so I can get to all the books I have waiting.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 3:28pm

Not as well as past years but decent. GoT will be 20. I still have 3 months and winter is usually my biggest reading time so we shall see. I tried not to up my count goal this year but try to just maintain at 30. Other than the Hunger Games trilogy, this is the first time in years that I did not take on a full series so that effected the count as well.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 9:56am

Reading "Mary Ann in Autumn" and thanks to the Borders liquidation, I now have the entire "Tales of the City" series except the first one. Hitting a library book sale this weekend in hopes of finding that.

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 11:54am

Now reading Augusten Burroughs "Possible Side Effects". I read everything of his up to this book and needed a break, so to speak. Now want some more lite reading before diving back into "Some Sing, Some Cry". So far, I like it more than "Magical Thinking".

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 12:46pm

I finished Plan B on Sunday (I really liked it) and am about to start A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. I also recently read Bossypants which was different from what I was expecting but still very funny.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 4:59pm

I'm reading Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein. It's not as good as I thought it would be. Sort of tedious.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 11/14/11 at 3:29pm

I finished E.F. Benson's QUEEN LUCIA, an amusing little look at provincial life in 1920s England. Good fun, mainly.

Now about halfway through Joseph Heller's GOD KNOWS, his take on the Biblical story of King David. Very entertaining, with lots of great Helleresque dialogue, especially David's interactions with an intractable and pissy God.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/14/11 at 3:51pm

Going to start Brian Kellow's biography of Pauline Kael this weekend.

Updated On: 11/14/11 at 03:51 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 11/14/11 at 4:23pm

Just finished Snuff, the latest Discworld book. Vimes! This wasn't as lovely as, say, Jingo, but I'm really glad we got another Watch book.

[noahrp3]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 2:53pm

Finally finished the Hunger Games series. Loved it. Thinking of starting "Extremely Loud and Incredible Close" next or dive into the Game of Thrones series. Any suggestions for holiday reading?