Currently Reading (Take 2)- Page 31

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 7:39pm

We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen -

A Danish seafaring epic that spans over a hundred years. I am loving it so far, I can't wait to get home to read it. Best book I've read in ages.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 8:01pm

Reading astronomy books as always.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 9:37pm

I read Gone Girl a couple weeks ago. It was pretty disturbing, but a great book.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 9:42pm

Reading Kafka's THE CASTLE, and finding that life really does imitate art. Amazing novel.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 11:00pm

[Plum]

Posted: 1/15/13 at 11:47pm

Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino

[MotorTink]

Posted: 1/16/13 at 10:59am

Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone series) Laini Taylor.

Wicked Appetite - Janet Evanovich

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/17/13 at 1:45pm

Finishing The Magician King by Lev Grossman (sequel to The Magicians). Even better than the fist one!

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 2:12pm

I'm just midway through The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey - the reason I'm bumping this thread, because it is very good indeed. A finalist in the just-announced Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, too, so yay. Worth a look, fellow readers!

A great escape from the horrendous events of late.

Updated On: 4/16/13 at 02:12 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 3:38pm

The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon. I posted that I was reading this book before, but for some reason I stopped. So, I am picking it back up again. So far, it's REALLY good

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 3:55pm

I just finished Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl author). It was really quite good.

[suestorm]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 4:11pm

stephen king 1963 - what a fun ride!

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 4:56pm

I have had the HARDEST time finding something decent to read lately :/ I'm considering re-reading Harry Potter because I can't find anything!

StockardFan - Isn't Sharp Objects something else? All of Gillian Flynn's books are so good! Dark Places is very good as well if you have not read it!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 7:06pm

I read Dark Places too! All of her books have been great!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 12:56pm

Of course, after I wrote that I stared The Wolf's Hour again, I get a book that I have been waiting for thru Inter-Library Loan. So down with that book and up with Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 1:46pm

Just finishing up the newest in the Tana French series:

In the Woods
The Likeness
Faithful Place
Broken Harbor

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 1:41am

Currently I'm reading Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 2:01am

Just started Game of Thrones. Pretty intrigued so far anyone here read them?

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 3:36am

*Nobody* here has read them :P (actually I was gonna bump the TV series thread.) I love them though I think the writing can be overly dense--I've only read the first two, but since the TV series kicked in and I know how slow Martin can be as a writer, I think now I'll only read each book after the show equivalent has aired.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 5:51pm

Jbara, what is Corduroy Mansions? The title sounds intriguing.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:05pm

Astronomy books. Always astronomy!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 7:24am

I just put Corduroy Mansions on hold at the e-library. It sounds good!

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:52am

The Burgess Boys, the new novel by Elizabeth Stout, who won the Pulitzer a few years back for Olive Kitteridge.

[sally1112]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 12:23pm

I am reading Rot and Ruin, the second in a Young Adult zombie trilogy.

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 3:30pm

StockardFan, that's how I'm reading Corduroy Mansions too, as an e-library loan on my iPhone (Overdrive ap). Originally it was serialized online, 5 chapters a week for 20 weeks, and readers could comment to and ask questions of the author. Others in series, also serialized. Alexander McCall Smith has done another series of books, Scotland Street series, that were originally serialized in a Scottish newspaper. I've read all except the last two of the Scotland Street series either via library e-book or cheap used hard copies from Amazon.

McCall Smith's books, from what I've read so far, are a lot of fun to read. Lots of eccentric characters, but at same time, they seem like real people. I'd like to eventually get around to reading all his books. He's quite prolific! - http://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/books/

On another thread-related note, having read, enjoyed, and been amazed by Gone Girl, I'd also like to get around to reading more of Flynn's books. (Especially after reading the comments here.)

(edit to correct verb tense)

Updated On: 4/19/13 at 03:30 PM