November already! What are you reading?

[Spudd]

I've just started "So Much For That" by Lionel Shriver. So far it's really depressing! I hope it picks up.

[Sílvia]

I'm reading that too, Spudd. I don't think it'll be anything other than depressing I do like her style, though.

[Annie]

I've just started "So Much For That" by Lionel Shriver. So far it's really depressing!

Sounds right up my alley; I'll add it to my list.

(Related: see next post.)

[Annie]

I'm reading "Blue Nights" by Joan Didion. It's about the loss of her only daughter. So far I like it better (or it resonates more) than "The Year of Magical Thinking" which was about her mourning the loss of her husband.

[Sílvia]

Son of a bitch!! I just read a HUGE spoiler about the book I'm reading! Serves me right for reading stupid amazon reader's reviews. Ugh, I'm so pissed.

[Annie]

Anna, is IPS an autobiography?

[Rowan]

Not sure where my post on Nov 1 went.

I'm halfway through "Tell the Wolves I'm Home". I'm really liking it but find myself wanting to like the main character more. Strange.

Blush, curious to hear what you think of Freak. I read Creep and started Freak a month ago and just couldn't get into it. I felt that I had forgotten the first story and that it was making things confusing.

[mellenhead]

I had to put Feast of Crows aside because a bazillion holds came in at once. I'm reading Mrs Queen Takes the Train, which is an (obviously) fictional account of the Queen getting sick of being the Queen and up and leaving the castle and the servants trying to find her. It's amusing.

I also have: The Casual Vacancy, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Mr Penumbras 24 Book Store and something else I'm forgetting.

[Annie]

I finished "Blue Nights". Agh, terribly wonderful book. It resonated with me a lot more than "The Year of Magical Thinking". Probably just because the mother/child bond runs deep in all of us.

Now I'm on to "Run" by Ann Patchett. I also have from the library:

Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore -- saving for after my trip
Eventide by Kent Haruf -- after trip
Before I Go To Sleep by someone Watson -- taking on the trip.

Hopefully 2 books will be enough. I'll be really busy working but also I won't have Luke or Jack around so.... But my suitcase is already full and they are big hardbacks.

[Spudd]

Before I Go To Sleep was a fun read.

[mellenhead]

I finished Mrs Queen Takes the Train. It was a quick, fun read.

I just started Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore last night.

[Annie]

I forgot to pack "run" for the trip so managed to arrive with only one book. I have "before I go to sleep". It's so good!! I would equate it to gone girl but better. And consequently, I've almost finished it

So now I need to find a bookstore tomorrow. Any suggestions for a page-turner?

[mellenhead]

I know I keep recommending this, but "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" is a fun read!

I finished Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore. It's a good book for anyone that's a book lover. Totally enjoyed it.

I tried to start 50 Shades Darker , cause I felt like since I read the first one, I should finish the series but I just can't. It's just so poorly written.

So, now I'm on to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own making.

[Annie]

Oh, thanks for the reminder! I'll look for Bernadette!

[Rowan]

Ditto Bernadette. It will definitely be on my top 3 for 2012.

I'm reading What the Nanny Saw. Still plowing through it hoping for something but not sure i'll get what I want out of it. Almost done....

[Bugsy]

I'm a bit more than halfway through the audiobook of "Big Stone Gap" by Adriana Trigiani. Thanks for the suggestion, Blush! It took a little bit for me to get into it, but I'm really enjoying it now. It's a nice commuting book, for sure. This is part of a series, yes?

Oh, and "Tell the Wolves I'm Home" came in for me at the library. I need to remember to pick that up before Thursday when the hold expires.

[Rowan]

I finished What the Nanny Saw. Ugh. Did not like.

I have the whole week off next week and plan to read, read, read. I hope I can find some good stuff.

[Rowan]

Re: What the Nanny Saw. M likes to ask me about the books I read and last night he asked me about this one and whether I finished it. He then asked me what the nanny saw...I had to reply "nothing good really". His reply? Well Mom that book just sucks.

I started The Giver by Lois Lowry last night. It was recommended to me a few years ago when a friend was experiencing a school uproar about assigning it to her 4th-5th grader. Honestly, this book is the start of all the YA new community/end of the world books (eg: Divergent, Matched). It is truly a "children's" book and not HS age but I'm liking it. I think I figured out what might have been the problem that parents had and if so, it's really ridiculous IMHO.

[Rowan]

Finished The Giver. Honestly, I thought it was just ok. It won the Newberry Medal in the 90s. I'm just wondering if the YA/Childrens writing has gotten better over the years because I just felt it lacking....

Next up, Reached by Ally Condie (the last in the Matched YA series). Excited to read it. I took home 14 books on Wed night in preparation for my vacation next week. *so happy*

[mellenhead]

Finished up The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own making by Catherynne Valente and Ghosts of Manhattan by Douglas Brunt. Both were pretty decent. Ghosts of Manhattan was a fictional account of a guy working as a trader at Bear Stearns right before the market crashed.

Not sure what's up next. I have an Emily Griffin book at home (Where We Belong, I think). I need to get to the library and get Breed by Chse Novak and This is how you lose her by Junot Diaz.