October! What are you reading?

[Rowan]

I have Doctor Sleep in my grubby little hands but it's so darn LONG! I should read it now because if I give it back I won't see it again for 6 months.

[Spudd]

I'm reading "Your Retirement Income Blueprint". It's about how to plan your withdrawals during retirement.

I also finally finished the audiobook of Room I started like 2 years ago, and started a new one - "The Lonely Polygamist". So far it's pretty good.

[mellenhead]

Spudd I *loved* The Lonely Polygamist.

[Rowan]

Really Blush? I loved both of those books! Maybe I should look into that Gaiman book even though I binned it as "too fantasy" for me.

[mellenhead]

Rowan, I liked Ocean too and Gaiman is usually too out there for me.

I'm still slogging through Five Days at Memorial. So many tedious details in this book. I just picked up Fangirl and The Maid's Version from the library. Also trying to decide if going to the annual library book blow out sale is a good thing or a bad thing. I'm not sure I have anywhere to stack the books I would come home with!

[Sílvia]

Blush, I'm reading Dark Places and I'm loving it. Well, as much as you can "love" a book that depressing. It's just been super slow reading for me during this trip, so it's taking forever.

[Rowan]

Never ended up starting Doctor Sleep and needed to return it this weekend.

I'm reading the latest Chelsea Cain - Let Me Go. Series about a female serial killer.

[mellenhead]

I finally finished Five Days at Memorial. So depressing. Good, but depressing. Not sure what I'm reading next. I started Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell but I'm not sure I'm actually in the mood to read it.

[Sílvia]

Finished Dark Places. I thought it was fucking brilliant. I never, ever had a hint of what the resolution to the crimes would be. The characters felt real. There were no loose ends. Gone, Girl my ass, THIS is her masterpiece. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that it's so utterly depressing. Sometimes I had to put it down because I couldn't believe so many bad things were happening to the same family. But it's excellent. Go read it.

[Rowan]

I really liked The Interestings but I think mellen(?) really didn't like it. Which is strange because usually we're pretty similar in our tastes.

[mellenhead]

I really liked The Interestings but I think mellen(?) really didn't like it. Which is strange because usually we're pretty similar in our tastes.

Yeah, I wasn't a fan. Should have been called The Not Interestings.


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I liked Dark Places as well though I thought it did drag just a bit at the end. Sharp Objects is my favorite book by Gillian Flynn. I think Sharp Object and Dark Places are both better than Gone Girl.

[mellenhead]

I started two books:

Slimed: The oral history of Nickelodean. It's snippets of interviews with kids of the original shows like The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Hey Dude, You Can't Do That On Television, etc. Pretty interesting read so far.

I also started Tampa by Alissa Nutting at lunch today. This is a strange book. I read a couple of good reviews on it months ago and added it to my hold list and forgot about it. Anyway, it's about a 26 year old female teacher that is sexually obsessed with 14 year old boys. I'm about halfway in and kind of about it.

[Rowan]

I read The Circle by Dave Eggers yesterday. It's basically the story of a Google type company that's "evil". It's certainly written the extreme but thought provoking. Unfortunately I thought the ending was rushed but overall I enjoyed it. I'm not a Facebook person so I'm not sure how a FB fan would feel....

Not sure what's next....I should really count all the job hunting books I've been reading.

[Bugsy]

I read The Circle by Dave Eggers yesterday. It's basically the story of a Google type company that's "evil". It's certainly written the extreme but thought provoking. Unfortunately I thought the ending was rushed but overall I enjoyed it. I'm not a Facebook person so I'm not sure how a FB fan would feel....

I just read something on Jezebel recently about this book. Apparently he may have plagiarized it...? http://je zebel.com/is-dave-eg gers-new-novel-a-ripoff-of-a-female-writers-1428445249 (2 spaces)

Have you found anything that looks appealing, new-job-wise?

I finished A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin and am finally caught up with that series. It was good, but I want more Bran and Arya chapters, and WTF has been happening at the Vale all this time?

[Sílvia]

I finished When did I get like this? The screamer, the worrier, the dinosaur-chicken-nugget buyer & other mothers I swore I'd never be by Amy Wilson. I really enjoyed it and could relate to most things. Totally recommended for moms, if you haven't read it yet. I just need to complain about good reads reviewers a little bit. Some people wrote that they couldn't relate or enjoy the book because the author is an "upper class New Yorker" or something close to that. Seriously? You really can't wrap your mind around the fact that some people have more money than you and/or live in a glamorous city but still struggle with some if the same things you do? Jeez. They can't understand the world of "exclusive NY preschools"? These people are supposed to be *readers*, how can it be so difficult for them to understand that there are different lifestyles in the world? How can they be narrow-minded to the point of feeling bothered by the differences? Ugh.

Then I started Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. Blush, was this your recommendation? It looks right up my alley.

[mellenhead]

I finished Tampa. It's a totally fucked up book. I mean it was good, but bizarre.

I need to hit the library tomorrow.

[Rowan]

I don't know if I buy the plagiarism with the Eggers book. Honestly the main points they use are really non-brainers in the way of what is known in FB culture. The name similarities is really a reach. But honestly....who knows?

[Rowan]

Blush, I'll be curious about what you think of your current book....although it sounds as here description matches most Ivy Leaguers I know....

I read The Silent Wife by ASA Harrington. I liked it but it was touted as better than Gone Girl and I disagree.

I'm currently reading The Cuckoo Calling by JK Rowling's pseudonym. It took a bit to get into but now I'm liking it.

[mellenhead]

I started reading A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout. She was traveling in Somalia in 2008 when she was kidnapped and held captive for over a year. The writing is good but I can't get past how dumb the author was to think she could just go travel freely in Somalia alone and not have any issues.

[Sílvia]

I really liked both Before I go to Sleep and The Silent Wife, guys. Fun books.

I finished Tell the Wolves I'm home. Apparently I'm going down in TH history as the first board member who didn't like it. I only finished it because so many of you loved it, I had to know what I was missing. The second half was better than the first, it certainly had its moments, but I still think there wasn't much of a plot.

Now I started The Kindness if Strangers by Katrina Kittle.