paigepea
Drama Llama
Enter your message here...
Posts: 5,609
Location: BC, Canada
Jun 26, 2014 4:28:55 GMT
|
Post by paigepea on Apr 26, 2015 22:14:15 GMT
Hi peas who read!
I haven't had a chance to start anything new (for me) yet. I've been reading younger dd's books before she reads them. She no longer wants/needs to read with me all of the time but I need to be able to check her comprehension. So, I just read Frankly Frannie Fashion Frenzie (Stern).
It is a super cute story for little girls. My dd loves the Frankly Frannie series - Frannie has a curious and inquisitive personality that always seems to get her into trouble.
Paige
|
|
|
|
Post by freecharlie on Apr 26, 2015 22:23:54 GMT
I'm kind of a loser when it comes to reading and I just finished the 4th book in the Kingdom Keeper series set at Disney.
|
|
|
|
Post by SockMonkey on Apr 26, 2015 22:40:36 GMT
|
|
SabrinaP
Pearl Clutcher
Busy Teacher Pea
Posts: 4,350 
Location: Dallas Texas
|
Post by SabrinaP on Apr 26, 2015 22:45:50 GMT
Finished The Girl on the Train for book club and really enjoyed it. I also just finished the most recent book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, The Shaddows. Loved it.
|
|
|
|
Post by annabella on Apr 26, 2015 22:57:11 GMT
I'm finishing up The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan which has been such an interesting read on what it's like to be a woman in Afghanistan today.
|
|
|
|
Post by GamGam on Apr 26, 2015 23:04:04 GMT
I read and really, really enjoyed Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant. the characters were so well crafted, and the relationships featured were believable. I enjoyed learning about the life of the nuns, and the politics within the order, but I can't imagine getting up every morning at 4am for Matins.
I also finished the NRSV of the Holy Bible including Apocrypha. I was in a Bible Study at my church with a group of 20--25 women. We met weekly and were led by our Priest. It took us 3 years to complete the study, and it was wonderful.
Not sure what to read next, so keep those suggestions coming, please.
|
|
|
|
Post by hollymolly on Apr 26, 2015 23:22:38 GMT
I finished The Passage by Justin Cronin. I really like this series, and I can't wait for the last book in the trilogy. It should be out this year, but there's no official release date yet.
I also read a quick and easy romance novel to cleanse my palate after the big book. Thrown for a Curve by Sugar Jamison. I've been looking for love stories with non-standard sized heroines lately. We are so inundated with the message that only perfect-sized women have love stories, so I'm seeking out stories to give me balance. Also, I thought the author's name was too cute. The book was chock full of cliches, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but it served it's purpose for me.
Now I'm reading Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs. I love the characters in this series, but I'm having trouble remembering the plots from the previous books. I almost can't tell from the summary which books I've read and which I haven't. I finally found enough detail to remind me that I definitely have read the book before this in the series and I definitely have not read this one.
|
|
finaledition
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,896
|
Post by finaledition on Apr 26, 2015 23:43:55 GMT
Nothing finished over here. I'm about 25% into the Drums of Autumn (4th book in the outlander series). I'm trying to pace myself, but I have a hard time not listening to it whenever and wherever I can.
My daughter is reading To Kill a Mockingbird for school and I've decided to read as well. It's been many years and I plan to read Go Set a Watchman this summer.
|
|
valleyview
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,816
Jun 27, 2014 18:41:26 GMT
|
Post by valleyview on Apr 27, 2015 0:43:09 GMT
I read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. I liked it, but did not love it. It really almost seemed like a book that I had read before. Maybe all of the French Occupation books are just blending together in my mind.
Last week, I read an article encouraging Americans to read more from authors of varying ethnicities, so my new book is Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Badani. I found it as a Kindle book on Amazon. It is about an Indian family that had an abusive father/husband and how that has affected the relationships in adulthood. I am really liking it so far despite the heavy background to the story.
|
|
|
|
Post by alittleintrepid on Apr 27, 2015 0:44:15 GMT
I'm kind of a loser when it comes to reading and I just finished the 4th book in the Kingdom Keeper series set at Disney. Are these YA books? I'm thinking they could be a good gift for DH if they aren't too young? |
|
|
|
Post by alittleintrepid on Apr 27, 2015 0:48:59 GMT
I forgot to post what I've read.... I finished Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. ( I liked it even though it's been a long time since I was an 18 year old college freshman!).
Now I'm reading the Rosie Effect, the sequel to the Rosie project. I haven't gotten too far but am enjoying it.
|
|
|
|
Post by sugarmama on Apr 27, 2015 0:51:16 GMT
I also just finished THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Almost stayed up way too late last night reading it!
Next up is THE NIGHTINGALE or THE ROSIE EFFECT.
|
|
|
|
Post by freecharlie on Apr 27, 2015 0:54:19 GMT
I'm kind of a loser when it comes to reading and I just finished the 4th book in the Kingdom Keeper series set at Disney. Are these YA books? I'm thinking they could be a good gift for DH if they aren't too young? they are in the kids area with Percy Jackson type books. Basis is a group of teens who don't know each other become hologram hosts for disney, but after a while they start going to sleep and wake up in the parks to battle the overtakes which are disney villains trying to get power. |
|
|
|
Post by MorellisCupcake on Apr 27, 2015 1:10:56 GMT
I finished The Passage by Justin Cronin. I really like this series, and I can't wait for the last book in the trilogy. It should be out this year, but there's no official release date yet. "The Royal We"I love that series too. I might reread both of them before #3 comes out. I read "You" by Caroline Kepnes and liked it. I didn't get exactly what he saw in Beck, and sometimes I would find myself sympathizing with Joe. Kind of scary too when you realize how much can be known about you by your presence on social media. For fluff after that, it's "The Royal We" and it's okay. Fun enough. |
|
|
|
Post by alittleintrepid on Apr 27, 2015 1:30:54 GMT
Are these YA books? I'm thinking they could be a good gift for DH if they aren't too young? they are in the kids area with Percy Jackson type books. Basis is a group of teens who don't know each other become hologram hosts for disney, but after a while they start going to sleep and wake up in the parks to battle the overtakes which are disney villains trying to get power. Thanks Freecharlie, I'll have to make a trip to the bookstore to check them out. I think DH might like to read them with DS.... DH would like the Disney references and DS would like the plot line, I think! |
|
|
|
Post by Megan on Apr 27, 2015 1:34:12 GMT
I have better access to a library now, but I need to get "motivated" to read again.
I'm starting The Red Queen.
|
|
|
|
Post by freecharlie on Apr 27, 2015 1:43:26 GMT
they are in the kids area with Percy Jackson type books. Basis is a group of teens who don't know each other become hologram hosts for disney, but after a while they start going to sleep and wake up in the parks to battle the overtakes which are disney villains trying to get power. Thanks Freecharlie, I'll have to make a trip to the bookstore to check them out. I think DH might like to read them with DS.... DH would like the Disney references and DS would like the plot line, I think! You are welcome. The first one is called Disney After Dark |
|
|
|
Post by RobbyKay on Apr 27, 2015 3:14:35 GMT
Hi Reading Peas!
My book club title this month was Grant and Twain by Mark Parry. It's a book devoted to describing the friendship between Ulysses S Grant and Mark Twain towards the end of Grant's life. It was good enough, but I'm not convinced that the two men were much more than friendly business associates. The only reason I could see that they were more intimate friends was that Mark Twain finished Huckleberry Finn after a 8 year break after he met Grant.
I'm also reading a couple of fiction books. One title is Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die. It's OK, but I got a little bored with it, so I picked up another one, Sara Gruen's newest one: At the Water's Edge. It's set during WWII, and three wealthy, bored Americans go in search of the Loch Ness Monster. I'm liking it so far.
Happy Reading!
|
|
Mystie
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,299
|
Post by Mystie on Apr 27, 2015 4:13:46 GMT
I read What Stands in a Storm which was about the supercell tornadoes that hit the South in spring 2011. I like "storm" books, and this was pretty good.
And I read Among the Janeites: A Journey through the World of Jane Austen Fandom. I know we have some Austen fans here, and I recommend this!
And I read the latest Alexander McCall Smith, The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe. This really felt phoned-in, unfortunately. I like Mma Ramotswe, but it was a disappointing read.
And I am slowly working my way through a biography of Stonewall Jackson called Rebel Yell. Living in Virginia, the Civil War is still very present here, and Stonewall Jackson is a huge state hero. The bio is excellent--the author is good at walking you through troop maneuvers and helping keep track of all the generals. And Jackson was a fascinating guy. If you like big-ass books about the Civil War, this is a good one.
|
|
|
|
Post by pjaye on Apr 27, 2015 4:42:59 GMT
This past week I listened to Lost & Found by Brooke Davis. This is the debut novel by a young Australian author. The main character is Millie Bird, she's 7 and her dad just died and her mother isn't coping. One day her mother drops her off in the underwear section of a department store and never returns. Millie meets up with Karl (who's 87) and Agatha (who's 82) and they take her on a road trip to find her mother. Whimsical, funny and bit sad. I loved this and would recommend it. 4 stars.
Then I listened to Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. The hard copy of this has been sitting on my bookshelf since it was an Oprah book club book about 10 years ago. I finally realised I was never going to get around to 'reading' it, so I bought the audiobook. I shouldn't have bothered! I didn't like anything about this at all. It's meant to be about Calliope Stephanides who is born as a hermaphrodite and how she discovers this a deals with it. However it tells every story of every minor character along the way first. I didn't like the stories (incest) I didn't like the writing (wanders off track and too detailed about characters that are never mentioned again) also completely unrealistic. Plus I thought it took a sensitive topic and instead of writing about it with some insight it went down the predictable path and exploited it and made it feel 'unclean'. I really objected to that. This was a long book and I was bored and couldn't wait for it to finish. I also didn't like the narration at all, too rushed, shouty and he did silly voices for some characters. Not one I would recommend. 1.5 stars. I don't think Oprah and I would agree on much when it comes to books, I really haven't liked any book that she's raved about.
I have just started The House We Grew Up in by Lisa Jewell. Only one chapter in, so too soon to comment, but it's described as "This story covers many topics such as love, secrets, mental illness, relationships, family and hoarding".
|
|
|
|
Post by pjaye on Apr 27, 2015 4:57:22 GMT
I think that's part of the stalker psychology, it's often not the other person or what they did or didn't do - they just become irrationally obsessed with them. What I leant was If you discover someone is collecting weird personal belongings of yours...leave! Don't stay to confront them. |
|
|
|
Post by smokeynspike on Apr 27, 2015 5:34:10 GMT
I finished Allegiant by Veronica Roth this weekend.
Now I'm reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. I'm almost finished with the second part and really liking it, but it isn't my normal type of read. I can see why Harper Perennial considers it a modern classic already.
Melissa
|
|
~Lauren~
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,876
|
Post by ~Lauren~ on Apr 27, 2015 12:33:22 GMT
I'm reading Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor by Willard Randall.
He was a great asset to the Continental Army but politics and jealousies of other generals in the war constantly kept him trying to defend himself. I can see why he decided to go over to the British; can't condone it but definitely understand why. The Americans treated him abysmally.
|
|
|
|
Post by shannoots on Apr 27, 2015 13:01:11 GMT
I've been in a reading rut but finally picked up Attachments by Rainbow Rowell on Friday. I thought it was a bit slow at the beginning but has picked up and I'm enjoying it now.
|
|
|
|
Post by shannoots on Apr 27, 2015 13:06:35 GMT
I forgot to post what I've read.... I finished Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. ( I liked it even though it's been a long time since I was an 18 year old college freshman!). Now I'm reading the Rosie Effect, the sequel to the Rosie project. I haven't gotten too far but am enjoying it. I liked Fangirl but I did not like the Simon Snow excerpts. I really just skimmed those as I read the book. I saw that she has a new book coming out that is about Simon and Baz. Don't think I'll be reading that one, even though I typically love Rainbow Rowell. |
|
|
|
Post by alittleintrepid on Apr 27, 2015 13:19:00 GMT
I forgot to post what I've read.... I finished Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. ( I liked it even though it's been a long time since I was an 18 year old college freshman!). Now I'm reading the Rosie Effect, the sequel to the Rosie project. I haven't gotten too far but am enjoying it. I liked Fangirl but I did not like the Simon Snow excerpts. I really just skimmed those as I read the book. I saw that she has a new book coming out that is about Simon and Baz. Don't think I'll be reading that one, even though I typically love Rainbow Rowell. I agree completely...I just skimmed the Simon Snow excerpts in case anything Cath wrote mirrored the main plot-line. I think I'll pass on the Simon and Baz book as well! |
|
janeliz
Drama Llama
I'm the Wiz and nobody beats me.
Posts: 5,633
|
Post by janeliz on Apr 27, 2015 13:20:49 GMT
I'm reading Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight (author of Reconstructing Amelia). Two thumbs up so far.
|
|
mimima
Drama Llama
Stay Gold, Ponyboy
Posts: 5,020
|
Post by mimima on Apr 27, 2015 17:58:54 GMT
I read a really awful historical fiction, The Fool's Tale by Nicole Galland. It was historically fuzzy and unrelentingly cruel. Yuck. If I weren't stuck on an airplane with it, I would have given up. I then read a good, fast paced thriller The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry. I've read other Berry books, but this one was the first of the Cotton Malone series of his that I'd read. I then read a spy novel that I bought at the airport, Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst. I wanted more history and less spy novel, but that was probably my expectations speaking. Finally, I re-read a childhood favorite, Mischievous Meg by Astrid Lindgren. It was one I remembered, but hadn't put the title together with, so it was delightful to read and discover that it was one of my favorites  I'd wondered which of Lindgren's books I was remembering, and now I know. |
|
|
|
Post by auntkelly on Apr 27, 2015 18:31:56 GMT
I read the Massie book a few years' ago. I understand what you are saying about it meandering. However, I ended up enjoying it, mainly because I knew next to nothing about Catherine the Great and her story is fascinating. |
|
|
|
Post by quinlove on Apr 27, 2015 19:21:12 GMT
After almost a year, I bought a book on iTunes for my iPad. Why did I not do this sooner ?? I am loving it, since my ipad seems to be glued to my hand all of the time anyway.
I am reading The Girl on the Train and really enjoying it. I read almost half of it in one day and that never happens !!
Has anyone here read Empty Mansions ? i am considering that one for my next iTunes book. Thx
|
|
My original pea date was November 1999 and my number was 1803
I'd wondered which of Lindgren's books I was remembering, and now I know.
