Reading Books For Pleasure

[Etoile]

V is for Vengeance and Happy Accidents are both on my Kindle waiting to be read! Glad I didn't pay much for Happy Accidents if you only gave it 3.5/5...maybe that's why Amazon just dropped the Kindle price to $2.25!

Currently reading Pizza Bomber (about the Erie, PA case in 2003) because a friend gave it to me for Xmas. It's pretty good, as true crime goes.

 

[FurryFury]

3.5 is slightly better than average on my scale. I was dissappointed at how negatively she portrayed herself. Some might call that honest but I felt it was too much and too self loathing.

Also the title Happy Accidents doesn't seem apt over all. She wasn't happy for most of it and most of it didn't seem accidental. Near the end she finally got happy and found her match which was lovely. I was beginning to wonder if that would happen at all.

V is for Vengeance and Happy Accidents are both on my Kindle waiting to be read! Glad I didn't pay much for Happy Accidents if you only gave it 3.5/5...maybe that's why Amazon just dropped the Kindle price to $2.25!

Currently reading Pizza Bomber (about the Erie, PA case in 2003) because a friend gave it to me for Xmas. It's pretty good, as true crime goes.

 

[FurryFury]

2.) Thumped by Megan McCafferty 4/5

3.) Staked by J.F. Lewis 3.5/5

4.) Make the Bread, Buy the Butter What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch - Over 120 Recipes for the best Homemade Foods by Jenniver Reese 2/5

5.) Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion 4/5

6.) Eat This Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding 4/5

7.) Bones are Forever by Kathy Reichs 4/5

8.) Legend by Marie Lu 3.5/5

9.) Open Season by C.J. Box 4/5

10.) Reached by Ally Condle 4.5/5

11.) Drama An Actor's Education by John Lithgow 3.5/5

12.) Divorce Poison by Dr. Richard A. Warshak 4/5

13.) Cook This Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding 3/5

14.) Cook This Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding 3/5

15.) Drink This Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding 3/5

Divorce Poison by Dr. Richard A. Warshak is a book I wish I had back when my ex was alive and having his toxic visits with my girl. Warshak does a good job in this book of seeming to be fair to both men and women but his previous book The custody revolution : the father factor and the motherhood mystique show what I suspected all along about his true bias.

I'm 100% against shared custody. I do believe in most but not all cases the child is better off with the mother who in most but not all cases makes a better parent.

Shared custody pulls the child like taffy between the two parents and living situations in very painful and confusing ways. I believe in my lifetime the "experts" will begin to figure this out and flip flop on how "beneficial" they think it is for the child.

It's a, "in a perfect world" scenario. We don't live in a perfect world. Parents rarely act unselfishly.

 

[FurryFury]

16.) Daemon by Daniel Suarez 4/5

17.) Savage Run by C. J. Box 4/5

February

18.) Winterkill by C. J. Box 4/5

19.) Obsession by Gloria Vanderbilt 3.5/5

20.) Danger Zone by Sierra Cartwright 4/5

21.) My Last Days as Roy Rodgers by Pat Cunningham 4/5

22.) Trophy Hunt by C. J. Box 3.5/5 (Got a little too supernatural this time.)

23.) The Siren by Tiffany Reisz 2.5/5

24.) Out of Range by C. J. Box 4/5

25.) All My Life by Susan Lucci 3.5/5

 

[Etoile]

Now reading John Dies at the End. Have also finished Happy Accidents and V is for Vengeance since my last post. I forget what else.

 

[FurryFury]

I've read all three of those books!

Now reading John Dies at the End. Have also finished Happy Accidents and V is for Vengeance since my last post. I forget what else.

 

[FurryFury]

26.) Freedom by Daniel Suarez 3.5/5

27.) In Plain Sight by C. J. Box 4/5

28.) Forever by Judy Blume 2/5

29.) Free Fire by C.J. Box 4.5/5

30.) Cat Daddy, What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love and Coming Clean by Jackson Galaxy 4/5

31.) Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermister 3.5/5

32.) Blood Trail by C. J. Box 4/5

33.) Murder Past Due by Miranda James 3.25/5

34.) Below Zero by C.J. Box 4/5

35.) Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box 4/5

36.) Naswashi ~ Jujun: Two Novels of Erotic Magic by Graydancer 2/5

37.) Cold Wind by C.J. Box 4.5/5

38.) Force of Nature by C.J. Box 5/5

39.) Breaking Point by C.J. Box 5/5

40.) From This Moment On by Shania Twain 3/5

41.) Defending Angels by Mary Stanton 3.5/5

42.) You Are So Undead To Me by Stacey Jay 3/5

43.) Fallen by Lauren Kate 2/5

44.) A Dark and Deadly Deception by Eleanor Taylor Bland 4/5

45.) Beyond Belief, My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill with Lisa Pulitzer 4/5

46.) Blue Heaven by C.J. Box 3.5/5

47.) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 3/5

48.) Three Weeks To Say Goodbye by C. J. Box 3/5

49. The Collector by Victoria Scott 3.5/5

50.) What Should I Do with My Life by Po Bronson 3/5

51.) Back of Beyond by C. J. Box 4/5

52.) Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 4.5/5

53.) The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King 2.5/5

54.) Orleans by Sherri L. Smith 4/5

55.) 17 and Gone by Nova Ren Suma 3.75/5

56.) Period 8 by Chris Crutcher 4/5

57.) Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter 4/5

58.) Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb 4.25/5

59.) The Age of Miracles by Karen Thomson Walker 3.75/ 5

60.) She by Katherine Tucker Windham 2.5/5

61.) The Healing Power of Humor by Allen Klein 2/5

62.) Still Alice by Lisa Genova 4/5

63.) Every Day by David Levithan 4/5

64.) The Wednesday Sisters A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton 4/5

65.) How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill 4/5

66.) Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno 4/5

67.) Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 4/5

68.) Longleaf by Roger Reid 3.5/5

69.) The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry 3.75/5

70.) The Caged Graves by Dianne K. Salerni 4.5/5

July

71.) First Day On Earth by Cecil Castellucci 2.5/5

72.) The Preservationist by David Maine 4/5

73.) Little Green by Walter Mosley 3.5/5

74.) Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson 3/5

75.) I'm Perfect You're Doomed: Tales From a Johovah's Witness Upbringing by Kria Abrahams 3/5

76.) Cooked by Michael Pollan 3/5

77.) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson 3/5

78.) Reboot by Amy Tintera 4/5

79.) Courtney Love; The Real Story by Poppy Z. Brite 3.5/5

80.) Lightning by Dean Koontz 4/5

 

[FurryFury]

82.) The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris 4/5 The sequel to Chocolat.

83.) The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 3.5/5

84.) Watchers by Dean Koontz 4.5/5 Hey, the doggie didn't die!

85.) Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland 5/5 Second book in the series and funny, IMO.

86.) The Summer We Got Saved by Pat Cunningham Devoto 4/5 Alas, I'm betrayed because the author killed off two characters she made me like in this book. Heartless.

August

87.) The Elite by Kiera Cass 4.5/5 Sequel to The Select

88.) Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones 5/5 Always a fun romp in the fourth book of these series.

89.) Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay 3.5/5 Dexter was less logical and methodical. It was disturbing.

90.) Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride 5/5 I waiting a while for this sequel.

91.) Creole Belle by James Lee Burke 4/5 Each book I'm just, "Don't kill Dave or Clete!" Whew!

92.) Undead and Unstable by Mary Janice Davidson 4.5/5 Always funny.

93.) You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore 5/5 Actually read this one again. That's pretty rare.

94.) Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton 3/5

95.) Prodigy by Marie Lu 4/5 Second book in a good series.

96.) Night Wings by Joseph Burchac 3.5/5

97.) The Fault In Our Stars by John Green 4.5/5 Love it.

 

[FurryFury]

81.) Out of Warranty by Haywood Smith 4/5 I was pulled along in this book even though they characters were religious and very right leaning. It was disturbing.

 

[Etoile]

I truly wish I had your stamina, FF. I have started as many books as you have finished this year, but I have only finished about a third of them! I think the most recent that I have finished were Crichton's Timeline and Butler's Kindred but those were for work.

And now for work I am reading the fascinating Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach...

 

[FurryFury]

Wait the Butler book was for work? I loved that book.

Reading is one of my greatest passions.

I truly wish I had your stamina, FF. I have started as many books as you have finished this year, but I have only finished about a third of them! I think the most recent that I have finished were Crichton's Timeline and Butler's Kindred but those were for work.

And now for work I am reading the fascinating Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach...

 

[Etoile]

Wait the Butler book was for work? I loved that book.

Reading is one of my greatest passions.

Yep, I work with incoming freshmen at a university, and they were focusing on time travel for their summer discussion group. So I had to read it! But I love Butler anyway so it wasn't a chore.

 

[FurryFury]

Awesome!

Yep, I work with incoming freshmen at a university, and they were focusing on time travel for their summer discussion group. So I had to read it! But I love Butler anyway so it wasn't a chore.

 

[desertslave]

I just started a book that I've been trying to track down for over 15 years. I got it for $1 on Amazon Marketplace! I'm pretty much hooked on my Nook, these days, but I've wanted to read this for so long that I was even willing to have it in hardcover. It's Imperial Purple by Gillian Bradshaw.

 

[FurryFury]

Awesome to get a book you've wanted!

I just started a book that I've been trying to track down for over 15 years. I got it for $1 on Amazon Marketplace! I'm pretty much hooked on my Nook, these days, but I've wanted to read this for so long that I was even willing to have it in hardcover. It's Imperial Purple by Gillian Bradshaw.

 

[FurryFury]

98.) The Good Lord Bird by James McBride 4.75/5

99.) Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz 5/5

100.) Disappearing Nightly by Laura Resnick 3.5/5

101.) The Humans by Matt Haig 5+/5 My fav book this year!

102.) A Street Cat Named Bob And How He Saved My Life by James Bowen 4/5

103.) Shirley Jones A Memoir with Wendy Leigh 4/5

104.) The Returned by Jason Mott 4/5

105.) The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tipper 3/5

106.) Lexicon by Max Barry 4.5/5 This was, for me, a great, fast, ride.

107.) Parallel by Lauren Miller 4/5

108.) The World of the End by Ofir Touche' Gafla -1/5 This book had great promise in the premise of it. It didn't live up to that promise. I want my time back. Ugh.

 

[FurryFury]

109.) Imposter by Susanne Winnacher 3/5 This one was just okay. It was a little too immature, IMO, even for YA.

110 Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt 3.5/5 I adore Linda Ronstandt's voice. I'm very sad that she can no longer sing due to illness. This book didn't talk about her love life which could have been interesting. I want that book too.

Still, what it did say about the music scene back in the day and about thinking about how to do different types of songs in different ways was very interesting.
I'm glad I read it. I just wanted a little more personal details too.

 

[FurryFury]

111.) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 2.5/5 I was a bit repulsed by this one but it was interesting enough I didn't stop reading it all together.

112.) The Thief of Always by Clive Barker 3/5 More enjoyable for me. Less dreary.

 

[FurryFury]

116.) The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carlyn Jess-Cooke 3/5

I should never read books like this. I always want a supernatural explanation and they always go for the mental illness lame explanation.

 

[FurryFury]

113.) Magic Rises by ILona Andrews 3.5/5 I'll be reading more of these.

114.) Weaveworld by Clive Barker 2/5 I'm not fond of Barker's fantasies.

115.) Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain 3/5 Better than book two, not as good as book one.

 

[FurryFury]

This one I enjoyed. 117.) The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 4.5/5

 

[FurryFury]

118.) Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass 4.5/5 Finally found this series. I enjoyed it. I'll be reading more.

119.) The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn 4/5 Interesting book but not what I had hoped it would be.

120.) The Gallery of Vanishing Husbands by Natasha Solomons 4.25/5 Again, not what I'd hoped it would be but I'm glad I read it.

121.) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemison 4.5/5 Refreshing different world building fantasy from a first time author. I'll be reading more.

122.) Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire 4/5 Enjoyable urban fantasy.

 

[imperiumman]

Just finished I bought:
Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula.
By Lt GEN William Napier K.C.B. published 1891.
The language was quite daunting, though English, descriptive phrases, very different. I rather enjoyed the detail in which they wrote. You can really picture in your mind the content and texture the author was conveying to you.
Next a fiction with a happy ending, never read a romance novel. I saw by book Alexander Dumas , Count of Monte Cristo, have seen the movie, but never read the book. I have read all sorts of manuals, just getting into reading novels. But 112 would take me a life time, slow reader.

 

[FurryFury]

Sounds good. Glad you enjoyed it.

I always like to set up my next read before finishing a book. I so often feel bereft at the end of one.

Just finished I bought:
Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula.
By Lt GEN William Napier K.C.B. published 1891.
The language was quite daunting, though English, descriptive phrases, very different. I rather enjoyed the detail in which they wrote. You can really picture in your mind the content and texture the author was conveying to you.
Next a fiction with a happy ending, never read a romance novel. I saw by book Alexander Dumas , Count of Monte Cristo, have seen the movie, but never read the book. I have read all sorts of manuals, just getting into reading novels. But 112 would take me a life time, slow reader.

 

[FurryFury]

123.) The Coldest Girl In Coldtown by Holly Black 4.5/5 This was a fun YA book. A unique take on vampires and the romance was on the side, rarely in the front of the story. Best of all, there is a list of books that inspired her.