January 2014! What are you reading?

[Rowan]

Haven't started anything new yet. I'm currently addicted to Orange is the New Black!

[mellenhead]

Rowan, I want to watch that! Unfortunately I'm currently in the middle of a binge watching affair with Breaking Bad.

I posted in the Dec thread this morning. I need more sleep.

Anyway, I finished up The Rosie Project. Wasn't good, wouldn't recommend.

Probably starting Want Not tonight. I need to get to the library but I doubt I'll get there before Sunday.

[Spudd]

I just started "I Know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb. So far it's intriguing, but I'm barely into it.

[Sílvia]

Spudd, I thought you'd read that I loved it, but it's far from perfect.

I'm still reading Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson. The writing is kind of bad, but the plot is interesting enough. I love a good family drama.

[Spudd]

It's possible, but so far it's not ringing bells... I couldn't remember if I'd read it or not when I picked it up off the shelf.

[Rowan]

Started The Fainting Room by Sarah Pemberton Strong. I'm liking it a lot so far.

[Rowan]

Finished The Fainting Room. Me no likey.

[Sílvia]

I finished Goodnight, Beautiful. It was just okay. The writing was bad, but the plot was compelling enough that I was able to ignore it. The main characters' actions were absurd to say the least, but I did wanna know how it would end. It was a fast read, too. In short, a good beach or airport read.

Then I started The Never List. I knew what it was about before I started, of course, but I'm finding it almost unbearably depressing. We'll see.

[mellenhead]

Finished Want Not. Liked it.

I also read The Wicked Girls by.....Alex....Someone...I think. Anyway, it was a decent crime thriller about 2 girls that kill a 4 year old girl when they are 10 and are banned from ever seeing each other again, run into each other again as adults with new names, lives.

I just started The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane at lunch and unless it picks up in the next 20-30 pages I'm abandoning it for The Goldfinch.

[Beverly]

I'm reading The Time in Between by María Dueñas. It's a book that Sílvia recommended a couple of years ago, and I was finally able to get it in English at a good price. I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it.

[Sílvia]

I'm reading The Time in Between by María Dueñas. It's a book that Sílvia recommended a couple of years ago, and I was finally able to get it in English at a good price. I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it.

Yay! Is the translation decent?

[Spudd]

I just got "The How of Happiness" from the library, it's a self-help book by a scientist who has spent her career studying happiness.

After that I'll be reading "Time and Again" I think it's called, which I just also got from the library (based on a reco from Beverly on Facebook). I hate when they stack up like that. But I think I should be able to renew Time and Again, so I don't feel too stressed.

[Rowan]

I started Sole Survivor by Dean Koontx on the train home yesterday. It's one of my cheap book fair throw aways.

[Beverly]

Sílvia, the translation seems pretty good. Did you read it in Spanish or Portuguese?

Spudd, I really hope you enjoy Time and Again -- it is seriously one of my favorite books EVER, and I've lost track of how many times I've read it.

[Sílvia]

Beverly, in Portuguese. But the translation from Spanish to Portuguese is smooth, you barely notice you're reading a translation. From Spanish to English, not so much, hence my question. Glad it's good! Which Time and Again is that? There are several books by that name, apparently.

[mellenhead]

I'm in a book rut. I've given up on The Night Guest, The Goldfinch and I think I'm heading there with The Luminaries.

I think I need to go find something fairly mindless to read to sort of reset.

[Rowan]

mellen, I hate that! Good luck with the reset.

I read The Lost Art of Mixing. It was fine but just fine. Need to get to the library today.

[Rowan]

I wish that my library had Hyperbole....

I'm giving up on The Tulip Eaters. Interesting topic but the writing is soooo bad. Not sure what I'll grab. Although I think today will be a chill in bed and read day.

[Sílvia]

I finished The Never List a couple of days ago. I can't believe what passes for a "page-turner" these days. Ugh. Seriously? There wasn't much of a plot until 2/3 through, then what did happen made me roll my eyes. I'm in such a book rut. I started Defending Jacob and it seems decent, but I'm not too hopeful. I think it's time for something different. My next book will be a biography of a Brazilian woman. Different genre, different language, different everything. That's what they say you should do when you're in a book rut, right?

[Rowan]

I finished The Wicked Girls yesterday. There's raves about it but I just didn't like it. No flow.

I started The Wilder Life. A story about a woman who visits all of Laura's homes. Since I just finished reading the series I thought it might be fun.