May! What are you reading?

[Rowan]

I gave up on The Bat. The translation was really bugging me.

I have Frog Music in my bag but I haven't started it.

[mellenhead]

Finished The Bees. Really really liked it. Almost forgot it was talking about insects at times.

Started Cress by Marissa Meyer last night. I can't remember what went on in Cinder and Scarlet though so this might be slow going.

[Rowan]

I'm glad to hear you liked Bees. I'm excited for it to come up on my list.

Funny I got Cress a month or so ago and started it and thought I've forgotten everything. Never got through it and have it back on the list. I guess there's something about these series that maybe you should wait until they're complete.

[Blush]

I just finished Life After Life and I thought it was really interesting.

Now I have You Should Have Known by Jean Banff Korelitz. It's gotten mixed reviews on Goodreads so we'll see.

[Beverly]

I loved Life After Life. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after reading it.

I just finished The Silent Wife, and it was okay. Better than Gone Girl.

Right now I'm working on the third book of a Swedish detective trilogy. As far as I know it's not available in English.

[Sílvia]

This Life after Life is very much on my list.

Beverly, was it you who recommended Perfect by Rachel Joyce? I bought it.

I finished One Day by David Nicholls. I liked it. The male character was annoying as hell for 70% of the book, but the female made up for it. I thought the dialogs were funny and the whole book was fast-paced and, to me, gripping. I see now why it had so many negative reviews: it has a plot twist that is very unpopular. Well, I liked it.

Then I started The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes. We'll see.

[Spudd]

Is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson or Jill McCorkle? My library has both and they're both from 2013. I'm thinking Atkinson, because it seems more popular.

[Blush]

Is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson or Jill McCorkle? My library has both and they're both from 2013. I'm thinking Atkinson, because it seems more popular.

Yep, Kate Atkinson.

[mellenhead]

Finished Cress by Marissa Meyer. It was decent and I kind of remembered what went on in the prior books as I read. I'm starting to feel like she needs to wrap this series up. I don't know how many more books she has planned but not a ton actually happened with the main plot so that was annoying.

I started Sleep Donation by Karen Russell yesterday - it's about the country having a sleep crisis and people dying from isomnia. It's good so far and I love her writing.

[Rowan]

mellen, it's a series of 4. I'll still read Cress but really nothing can touch Cinder.

Currently reading Long Gone by Alafair Burke.

[Bugsy]

I started Sleep Donation by Karen Russell yesterday - it's about the country having a sleep crisis and people dying from isomnia. It's good so far and I love her writing.

Someone at work was just telling me about this one. It sounds fascinating.

I am so not loving "1Q84" and am about ready to stop it. I'm not even a quarter in, though, and just keep hoping it'll get better. In theory it's right up my alley, but it is just not picking up steam.

[Bugsy]

I have given up on "1Q84" and just started "Hood" by Emma Donoghue. So far, so good.

And I am still listening to "The Lonely Polygamist." It's gotten better, I suppose, but overall I'm feeling pretty indifferent about it.

[Rowan]

Still liking Long Gone although I haven't had much time to read it lately.