Reading Books For Pleasure

[FurryFury]

124.) The Curiosity by Stephen Kiernan 4.5/5

I really liked this one, I just wanted a tiny bit more. Maybe there will be a sequel.

 

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[MeekMe]

When I pick up a book, if it interests me I read through entirely too fast. I love a good book so I want to finish and know what happens!

I'm always sad to finish it when I get to the end... For me the journey was so much fun!

Then there are books that are rather not good... *sigh*

I have a need to finish what I've started reading even if it's a terrible plot, underdeveloped characters, and boring sentence structure. *coughtwilightcough*

A friend is letting me borrow Storm Front by Jim Butcher. The first book in the Dresden Files series.

 

[FurryFury]

I am familiar but I've not read the last one. In fact, I've placed it on my beach reads 2014 list.

Hey, Furryfury, are you familiar with the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth? I'm trying to find someone else finished.

 

[FurryFury]

I feel the same way except I've stopped continuing to read books that leave me cold.

The Dresden Files was great for me after the first book. The first one was just okay. As in many first books in a series, the world explaining was a bit much. From the second book on I enjoyed the series MUCH better.

When I pick up a book, if it interests me I read through entirely too fast. I love a good book so I want to finish and know what happens!

I'm always sad to finish it when I get to the end... For me the journey was so much fun!

Then there are books that are rather not good... *sigh*

I have a need to finish what I've started reading even if it's a terrible plot, underdeveloped characters, and boring sentence structure. *coughtwilightcough*

A friend is letting me borrow Storm Front by Jim Butcher. The first book in the Dresden Files series.

 

[MeekMe]

I feel the same way except I've stopped continuing to read books that leave me cold.

The Dresden Files was great for me after the first book. The first one was just okay. As in many first books in a series, the world explaining was a bit much. From the second book on I enjoyed the series MUCH better.

I agree that this first book is rather slow to start. I read fast so I'm giving it breaks and letting Mister read it right now. It is interesting and I like a good background set up .

 

[desertslave]

Love the Dresden Files! My daughter just gave me the first half-dozen audiobooks (narrated by James Marsters). We've both read all of them already, but the audiobooks are a treat. We listened to Dead Beat on the way to delivering her to her new college in Chicago two months ago. I won't give anything away, but driving past the Field Museum in a heavy, swirling fog gave me goosebumps and a giggle.

I've stumbled on a nicely crafted series. I'm an e-book reader and subscribe to an e-list called Pixel of Ink. It samples several free-to-cheap ebooks on Amazon with quick reviews. It's hit or miss, for my tastes, but I find at least one book a week. I enjoy urban fantasy, and An Ordinary Fairy looked very interesting. I just started the sequel, and I'm hooked. The writing is good, the premise isn't too "out there" to break my sense of logic, and it's kept me smiling through some recent dark days.

 

[FurryFury]

Sounds good I'll have to see if they have it in hard back too.

I heard someone good reads the Dresden books. I can remember who.

Love the Dresden Files! My daughter just gave me the first half-dozen audiobooks (narrated by James Marsters). We've both read all of them already, but the audiobooks are a treat. We listened to Dead Beat on the way to delivering her to her new college in Chicago two months ago. I won't give anything away, but driving past the Field Museum in a heavy, swirling fog gave me goosebumps and a giggle.

I've stumbled on a nicely crafted series. I'm an e-book reader and subscribe to an e-list called Pixel of Ink. It samples several free-to-cheap ebooks on Amazon with quick reviews. It's hit or miss, for my tastes, but I find at least one book a week. I enjoy urban fantasy, and An Ordinary Fairy looked very interesting. I just started the sequel, and I'm hooked. The writing is good, the premise isn't too "out there" to break my sense of logic, and it's kept me smiling through some recent dark days.

 

[FurryFury]

125.)Naamah's Blessing by Jacqueline Carey 5/5 Good as always but less kink.

126.) Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper 4.75/5 A good kitty novel that wasn't about murder but rather about loss and love. The kitty wasn't quite as noble and loyal as dogs usually are in such books but it was a step in the right direction.

127.) The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer 4/5 I love the idea of alternative lives but that this happened due to electric shock therapy was a bit difficult for me. I can imagine others might be more likely to undergo that therapy after reading the book. It makes it seem like there is very little pain and magical effects. That's not my experience with it when my mom did it. Still, that aside, I enjoyed the book.

 

[FurryFury]

128.) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 4.5/5 Very enjoyable though it gave me some nightmares last night.

 

[FurryFury]

I've been trying to convince myself I like some books and it's just not working for me. LOL

 

[FurryFury]

129) The Night Season by Chelsea Cain 4.5/5

Good as usual but even better that Gretchen was barely mentioned.

 

[FurryFury]

130.) Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz 4.5/5

 

[FurryFury]

132.) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 4/5 Loved this one.

 

[FurryFury]

133.) One Good Dog by Susan Wilson 4/5 Very good, IMO.

 

[FurryFury]

Not finding enough time to read makes me stressy.

 

[Etoile]

On vacation for 10 days I managed to read:

Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist by Baye McNeil
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir by Kambri Crews
The Cross in the Closet by Timothy Kurek
The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by Mark Jacobsen
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

and about 1/3 through:

The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic by Wade Davis

 

[imemkay]

128.) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 4.5/5 Very enjoyable though it gave me some nightmares last night.

This one did make for some interesting dreams!

 

[FurryFury]

That's some awesome reading.

On vacation for 10 days I managed to read:

Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist by Baye McNeil
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir by Kambri Crews
The Cross in the Closet by Timothy Kurek
The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by Mark Jacobsen
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

and about 1/3 through:

The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic by Wade Davis

 

[FurryFury]

I want more from that author.

This one did make for some interesting dreams!

 

[FurryFury]

134.) Help For the Haunted by John Searles 3.75/5

135.) Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle by Ann B. Ross 4.5/5

136.) All Through the Night by Suzane Brockmann 4/5

137.) Far Far Away by Tom McNeal 4/5

138.) Seize the Night by Dean Koontz 4.5

139.) The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron 4/5

140.) The Mitford Snowmen : a Christmas story by Jan Karon 4/5

141.) The Autobiography of Santa Claus as told to Jeff Guinn 4/5

142.) Johnny Carson by Henry Buskin 3.75/5

143.) Merry Ex-Mas by Sheila Roberts 3.5/5

144.) Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey 4.5/5

145.) Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 3.75/5

 

[FurryFury]

January 2014

1.) The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee 3.75/5

 

[PullYouPushMe]

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[FurryFury]

2.) Below The Root by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 3.5/5

 

[FurryFury]

3.) The Radleys by Matt Haig 4/5