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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Finished The Fainting Room. Me no likey.

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.

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.

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.

Beverly wrote: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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.