[ChristineSarmel Posts: 230 Status: Offline WWW]

Listening to Lauren Oliver's Delirium; reading in print Sara Zarr's The Lucy Variations and Colm Toibin's The Master.

Oooh, I loved the LUCY VARIATIONS. Enjoy!

[rab Posts: 533 Status: Offline WWW]

Oooh, I loved the LUCY VARIATIONS. Enjoy!

I enjoyed it, too, Christine; in fact, I had a hard time putting it down until I'd turned the last page!

[awful waffles Posts: 74 Status: Offline A Nana who loves to write, and finally has time! WWW]

I just finished a book I really enjoyed, "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore" by Robin Sloan.  Added bonus--as I head upstairs to my room late at night--the book's cover glows in the dark!

[LindaB Posts: 332 Status: Offline I want to write!]

I just finished the advanced reading copy of the Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. Now I has to wait a whole year before the next book! I want to know what happens next now! As usual, Chima's weaves a terrific story and creates wonderful characters.

[pauladiaco Posts: 9 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Has anyone read THE ONAHLOSSEE RIDING CAMP FOR GIRLS? It's been getting lots of buzz as a breakout novel for the author. I'm only part way through.

[rab Posts: 533 Status: Offline WWW]

Has anyone read THE ONAHLOSSEE RIDING CAMP FOR GIRLS? It's been getting lots of buzz as a breakout novel for the author. I'm only part way through.

The author spoke at a local bookstore and did a short reading. I have to be honest: based on that I chose not to buy or read the book. The reviews I've read have been mixed. I was floored to discover that the author had gotten a seven figure advance for it---no wonder it's being so heavily promoted. (I think it's YONAHLOSSEE.)

[SarahE Posts: 77 Status: Offline WWW]

After a few disappointing reads lately, I have ELEANOR & PARK in my hot little hands.  : I have a feeling this will soothe away the 'meh' feeling from the last few books.

[ameyers]

I just finished reading 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' again - so inspirational.

[angela Posts: 491 Status: Offline WWW]

FAR FROM THE TREE by Andrew Soloman  <---it's fascinating

a bunch of memoirs <---research

I've been trying to re-read ON THE ROAD but I'm just not getting into it (I even tried keeping it in the car for inspiration and reading it on road trips....nope)

[LindaB Posts: 332 Status: Offline I want to write!]

I just finished Playing With Fire, the first book in the School For S.P.I. E.S. series by Bruce Hale. Terrific book. I can't wait to read the next one!


LindaB

[pauladiaco Posts: 9 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

The author spoke at a local bookstore and did a short reading. I have to be honest: based on that I chose not to buy or read the book. The reviews I've read have been mixed. I was floored to discover that the author had gotten a seven figure advance for it---no wonder it's being so heavily promoted. (I think it's YONAHLOSSEE.)

Yes, your spelling is correct. I had typed it in correctly and then went back and typed it in all caps, leaving out the Y.

[rab Posts: 533 Status: Offline WWW]

Finished The Master by Colm Toibin and wish I were just starting it. What a lovely portrait of a writer---Henry James, that is. You don't have to know his work well, or particularly like it to appreciate Toibin's novel.

[updog]

I'm rereading Sense & Sensibility for bookclub, and just started The Lightning Thief, which I've never read before. Only two chapters in but enjoying it so far.

[JonathanMaberry Posts: 27 Status: Offline Knowledge is power. Read. Become Powerful. WWW]

Started reading some of Jules Verne's less well-known works. The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz, The Chase of the Golden Meteor, and The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

[ChristineSarmel Posts: 230 Status: Offline WWW]

I'm halfway through THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE. I love how clearly Neil Gaiman makes you recall the part of childhood in which you could say something perfectly true and no one would believe you simply because you were a child.

[ameyers]

Hi 'Updog' - 'The Lightning Thief' is a great read! Enjoy!

[JodyJS Posts: 1,248 Status: Offline Preorder now! Out April 2021! WWW]

Hi 'Updog' - 'The Lightning Thief' is a great read! Enjoy!

The movie's good, too. Not as good as the book, of course, but doable...and Percy is cute.

[ameyers]

I didn't get around to seeing the movie - and the second one is out now -maybe I'll take a peek.

[Shannywriter Posts: 505 Status: Offline Believe in yourself and never give up WWW]

Just finished The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han and now reading Skinny by Donna Cooner

[ChristineSarmel Posts: 230 Status: Offline WWW]

Read MIRACLE by Elizabeth Scott in one sitting. It's about a girl returning to her school and family after being the only survivor of a plane crash. Tomorrow I plan to go back through it and pick apart how the author did such a great job of communicating her MC's feelings without slowing the plot.

[Betsy Posts: 2,123 Status: Offline PICKY EATERS WWW]

I'm reading WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDES OURSELVES by KarenJoy Fowler. Wonderful and weird. Love the MC's voice. About a girl raised with a chimp. Also reading FAR FROM THE TREE by Andrew Solomon, about "different" children and how families cope with a child they can't completely understand and relate to: deafness, dwarfism, autism, musically gifted kids, Downs, criminality, and others are covered. Didn't realize this book's 1000 pages long (my kindle doesn't have page numbers) so I'll be reading it for awhile. Think it needed more of an edit. But the author's has great insight. All kinds of stars and kudos on Amazon.

[Debby G Posts: 561 Status: Offline WWW]

Betsy, I felt the same way about Far from the Tree. I thought it was good, but it should have been edited better.

[Betsy Posts: 2,123 Status: Offline PICKY EATERS WWW]

But a fascinating read, don't you think?

[AnneN Posts: 509 Status: Offline]

I really, really enjoyed THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE (Gaiman), and now am reading George Eliot's DANIEL DERONDA--it's so good! I had forgotten how brilliant George Eliot is!

[Debby G Posts: 561 Status: Offline WWW]

Yes, Betsy. Memorably uplifting tales of parental love and perseverance and identity. But the.repetition and off-topic parts should have been edited out in my opinion.

[Barbara Etlin Posts: 2,236 Status: Offline WWW]

Just finished Blueboarder kabarson's 45 POUNDS (MORE OR LESS), a funny but thought-provoking YA about body image and family. Congrats, Kelly! (She's in my critique group.)

I appreciated the laughs because I needed a break from Joe Hill's horror novel, NOS4A2. Well written, but so dark, I'm not sure I'll finish it.

updog, THE LIGHTNING THIEF is a lot of fun. And my husband, who rarely reads MG besides my own manuscripts, loved the movie!


 

[Pons Posts: 2,523 Status: Offline]

I'm three pages into BOMB and it's already fascinating.

[Ruth Donnelly Posts: 660 Status: Offline WWW]

I'm reading WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDES OURSELVES by KarenJoy Fowler. Wonderful and weird.

I read that one recently, and really liked it.

Haven't read much MG this summer; I'm staying busy with grownup novels for a change. Just finished The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Schaffer. Now I'm reading The Cuckoo's Calling.

[dewsanddamps Posts: 2,152 Status: Offline]

Finished Benjamin Alire Saenz's ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE. Lovely book.

[Betsy Posts: 2,123 Status: Offline PICKY EATERS WWW]

I'm signed up on Amazon to get Kathi Appelt's new book: THE TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP, which is already getting starred reviews. I loved, loved, loved THE UNDERNEATH and KEEPER was good too, although I didn't love it as much.

It's coming out on the 23rd.