Whatcha Readin' June 2012
 

What, nobody's started a Whatcha Readin' thread for the month yet??

The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth (he has another book in the series, Red, White and Blood, I'll put that on my list for around Halloween and since the election is part of the story that'll be 2 birds with one stone). Once this is out of the way I start my Olympic reading

Just magazines while I am impatiently waiting for the library to get the latest Sophie Kinsella book, 'Got your Number' to be returned! :D
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I'm reading a bunch of literary theory because I'm working on an article. I'm also reading a bunch of stuff about robots because I'm working on a writing project which involves an aspect of robotics.

For fun, however, I'm reading "The Dark Volume" by Gordon Dahlquist, sequel to "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters". I am enjoying it, but I don't like it as much as the previous book; even if more people prefer this one's faster-paced plot and action sequences and mystery elements, I preferred the previous volume's slow, deliberately steeped characters and intrigue. Steampunk and sex and manners and mystery, sorta sci-fi but not all tech-y. I recommend the two to anyone who likes any of that kind of thing.

Finally finished the last book...trying to get back in a reading mood and started 1st to Die by James Patterson. Funny thing as I was reading it sounded so familiar. I remembered it was a Lifetime movie that i saw a while back, lol. Oh well, still going to read it, maybe it will be a little better than the movie.

Happy Reading!

Originally Posted by ANOther:
What, nobody's started a Whatcha Readin' thread for the month yet??

The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth (he has another book in the series, Red, White and Blood, I'll put that on my list for around Halloween and since the election is part of the story that'll be 2 birds with one stone). Once this is out of the way I start my Olympic reading

:) I'm usually on top of that! Been a rough couple of personal days for me, and it totally slipped my mind. Thank you for starting June's ANOther.

Finally going to start the Outlander series. People have been telling me for years to read it, that I'll love it, but I've been "busy" with other books...lol!

i'm reading Godchild it's a Manga it's set in the 19th century

Here's my list:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list...tml&shelf=read

Just finished The Lifeboat which was okay, but I wanted it to be amazing and Below Stairs which totally has me craving the next season of Downton Abbey.

That is quite the book list Glory! A few on your list I have read and some I want to read. So many books, so little time :)

Originally Posted by ghost:
Finally going to start the Outlander series. People have been telling me for years to read it, that I'll love it, but I've been "busy" with other books...lol!

You won't regret it!! I am on book no 4 of that series right now!!

((Jamie)). He is mine BTW, :D:D:D

I just finished Blood Test, an older book by Jonathan Kellerman. Now I'm reading Midnight in Peking. It actually has a longer title--based on a true unsolved mystery. I thought it'd be interesting, like The Devil in the White City, and while it is interesting, I'm not fascinated by the writing. I've even run into a couple incomplete sentences. Weird.

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells

and so far sooooo good!

I'm halfway through book 2 of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy.

Carrie by Stephen King

on a Pearl S buck streak right now--The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

I've been trying to read "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht for months and now that I finally have some time to myself, I've been able to crack that baby open!

I just got back from Ireland and managed quite a bit of reading on the bus and plane rides. I read Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann which makes me only one book behind in the series. I want to finish that series and move on to her new paranormal one.

Even more fun, given where I was: Ireland Awakening by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a huge book, with a different title in the US: The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga. It's a 900 page multi-generational, multi-family historical that runs from the Reformation through the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. It's actually the second novel -- the first covers earlier history in Ireland. Now, I want to read that one, too. I actually had both checked out from the library before my trip, but they seemed too long. Of course, a chunkster like that was just perfect for the seven and a half hour plane trip from Dublin to Chicago.

Read a couple of good ones back to back:

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn is now 3 for 3 me (loved her previous 2 books).

Let's Pretend This Never Happened - a few laugh out loud funny bits

Just started reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Originally Posted by Glory87:
Read a couple of good ones back to back:

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn is now 3 for 3 me (loved her previous 2 books).

Let's Pretend This Never Happened - a few laugh out loud funny bits

I may have to look into these. I liked Gillian Flynn's Dark Places, and Jenny Lawson's blog is hilarious. My favorite was when she got the new kitten--Bob Barker (the photo showed his "flat tires" because he's polydactyl).

Just finished up The Hunger Games series. They were good - really liked the second book. Third book seemed very long to me and didn't care for the very ending of it, I felt short-changed.

Just started Left Behind by by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. This is one of many that I downloaded for free for Kindle Fire from Amazon. Synopsis (from Amazon): An airborne Boeing 747 is headed to London when, without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun.

So far, so good. Not great but easy reading and unusual story that's keeping me interested.

Oh, apparently it's part of a series. Didn't realize that.

edit: ok so it's part of a 12 book series. :eek: lol It's about the Rapture - that's not what I thought it would be about from the description I posted above. It was a free Kindle download but they have the books for adults and kids. I'm wondering if I got the kid version because I just went to the library and borrowed the second book, which is pretty thick (like Harry Potter thick), 500 pages or so.

The Survivor's Club by Lisa Gardner. It's really good, but then she's one of my favorite authors.

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain. Recommended by a friend, seems good so far.

Trying to finish reading Fifty Shades of Grey... ughhh. Check out my blog for what I think about it.

Originally Posted by kc82:
Trying to finish reading Fifty Shades of Grey... ughhh. Check out my blog for what I think about it.

Love the blog post! Second the thoughts on the book, although I didn't have a hard time getting through it.

Yes, Rebelle, 50 Shades is a trilogy. I just started the 3rd book two nights ago. It's entertaining, but also cheesy.

took a break from the outlander series (3 books in) to read the first 10 books of the anita blake series, some random historical romantic comedy by lynsay sands, and now i'm reading the masters of time series... i also have 50 shades of gray sitting there waiting for me to read, but i've heard so many bad reviews i'm not sure i want to. but my mother, and my mother in law, both said "you should read this!"...