What are you reading?

MegEn1

Nerd alert -- I'm doing a personal challenge to read a biography of every U.S. President in order (though with some other books in between so I don't burn out). I'm currently on John Quincy Adams. 

Looking for a nonfiction I recommend John Adams by David Mccullough. It's been my favorite so far. 

arrippa

Heffalump said:

Jodi Picoult is actually my go-to airplane reading author.  I agree, after awhile you're like "Oh, this is basically _______ except the kid has a genetic disorder instead of cancer (or whatever)."  But they'll keep me occupied.

I recently finished Room, and it was all right.  The end of the first half was really intense--I literally could not put it down.  But then it was sort of downhill from there.  I downloaded samples of Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling and Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta--barely started the latter, considering the former. 

I read Room awhile ago. I thought it was way overrated. I felt the same about the Book Thief. I am debating if I should start the Mindy Kaling book or The White Queen by Phillippa Gregory. I just finished Girl on a Train and I am ready for something different.

PamBeesly524

wandajune6 said:

I'm on the waitlist for "All the Light We Cannot See" but have heard great things.

I've read a lot of the books listed above but just finished devouring the mystery series by Lauren Willig. A bit of romance, spies, etc. Silly but lots of fun. (The Pink Carnation, Blood Lilly, Emerald, etc.)

I just finished "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee. I hated it and was so disappointed.

Just starting "Modern Romance" by Aziz Ansari. Looking forward to getting deeper into it.

To the bolded: totally agree. I think in the last "what are you reading" thread on TK I wrote that I was listening to it. I'm so so sad about it because To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books of all time and this one was just, so terrible.

avpenguinrn

I just finished All The Light We Cannot See and like others have said I loved it. I got it for Christmas last year and it just sat on my nightstand forever but once I actually started it I didn't want to put it down. I am just starting Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (aka the Bloggess). I love her so I'm pretty excited.

kimmiinthemitten

Heffalump said:

Jodi Picoult is actually my go-to airplane reading author.  I agree, after awhile you're like "Oh, this is basically _______ except the kid has a genetic disorder instead of cancer (or whatever)."  But they'll keep me occupied.

My last airplane book was What Alice Forgot.  I had the middle seat and I was balling my eyes out!  Thank God I wasn't reading The Fault in our Stars, that book had me crying on and off for 2 days and I'd just say "Who does that to someone?!  Who would write this?"

Heffalump

kimmiandkoley said:

Heffalump said:

Jodi Picoult is actually my go-to airplane reading author.  I agree, after awhile you're like "Oh, this is basically _______ except the kid has a genetic disorder instead of cancer (or whatever)."  But they'll keep me occupied.

My last airplane book was What Alice Forgot.  I had the middle seat and I was balling my eyes out!  Thank God I wasn't reading The Fault in our Stars, that book had me crying on and off for 2 days and I'd just say "Who does that to someone?!  Who would write this?"

It's not a book, but I saw the movie Up for the first time on a plane.  I cried so hard at that opening montage, and the guy next to me looked really uncomfortable, and it was awkward all the way around.  I never saw it coming--I thought it would just be something light to entertain me for a cople of hours!

doeydo

I'm working on Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown and after that, I'd like to start My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey.

spockforprez

kimmiandkoley said:

Heffalump said:

Jodi Picoult is actually my go-to airplane reading author.  I agree, after awhile you're like "Oh, this is basically _______ except the kid has a genetic disorder instead of cancer (or whatever)."  But they'll keep me occupied.

My last airplane book was What Alice Forgot.  I had the middle seat and I was balling my eyes out!  Thank God I wasn't reading The Fault in our Stars, that book had me crying on and off for 2 days and I'd just say "Who does that to someone?!  Who would write this?"

Did you read that one with an actual book, or listen to it? I listened to the audiobook. It was such a good one. My heart kept breaking for younger Alice as she learned one awful thing after another about how her life had turned out. The narrator was awesome too.

luckya23

charlottesmom0626 said:

I'm reading "Bitter is the new black: confessions of a condescending, ego-maniacal, self-centered, smart ass, Or, why you should never carry a prada bag to the unemployment office" by Jen Lancaster...I could take it or leave it, but it is funny and not my normal read. 

I love Jen Lancaster!

I'm thinking about buying the new book by Jenny Lawson (aka Beyoncé chicken purchaser), but I really don't sit down to read much.

APDSS22

@wandajune6 I LOVE the Lauren Willig books you mentioned.  I think there's another few out since the last time I read through them so I'll have to put those on my Amazon wish list since I actually own all of them so far.  I love how they go back and forth between the present day and the past and both story lines are interesting.

@arrippa The White Queen was a very good book.  I love historical fiction and her books rarely disappoint me.

I just read The King's Mistress by Emma Campion which I really enjoyed.  It's a book written from the perspective of Alice Perrers, mistress to King Edward III.  She is rarely portrayed as a sympathetic character so this book was a really interesting flip on the traditional take on her.  I would recommend to anyone who enjoys historical fiction.

Now I'm back in Laurie R. King's Mary Russell novels re-reading (again) the book The Game.  The Mary Russell books are books she's written from a young woman's point of view during Sherlock Holmes' "retirement" who works with Holmes.  I re-read them frequently because I enjoy them quite a bit.