Whatcha Reading?

[MadamPirate PE]

I am trying to hit 75 books read for the year, I'm at 59.

I just finished The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins. It was... not as good as the Hunger Games trilogy. 

 

[Supe]

I just found out there's a Bob's Burgers cookbook that covers almost all of the burger recipes on the show.  I've added it to my Christmas list, and hope to cook at least one of every burger in it.  

 

[MadamPirate PE]

I just found out there's a Bob's Burgers cookbook that covers almost all of the burger recipes on the show.  I've added it to my Christmas list, and hope to cook at least one of every burger in it.  

I've heard good things about it!

 

[Supe]

I've heard good things about it!

The "bet it all on black garlic" burger is calling my name.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

ive bought more books than i've read this year >_< 

 

[MadamPirate PE]

ive bought more books than i've read this year >_< 

...as have I.

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

In the past couple of weeks I have read:
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover, In An Instant by Susanne Redfern, The Art of Racing in the Rain by  Garth Stein (This was an audiobook that took me to and from the SE test site), I also read the entire Pelican Cove Cozy Mystery set by Leena Clover. (I love me a crappy cozy mystery)

I am midway through The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal

I guess I made a goal of 100 books this year, and I am 66.  Better get reading I guess. I don't think I have added my hardcopies I have read though, so I might not be as far behind as I think.

 

[MadamPirate PE]

Oooh, Regretting You is on my TBR! How did you like it?

The Art of Racing in the Rain made me cry. 

 

[MadamPirate PE]

And I finished reading "Subversive Cross Stitch: 50 F*cking Clever Designs For Your Sassy Side" by Julie Jackson. Very entertaining, can't wait to make something out of it!

 

[beccabun PE]

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an incredible author, every time I get one of her books, I'm up until 3am to finish it. My favorite of hers is "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" but everything she writes is great and makes me cry.

I can recommend about a hundred different psychological thrillers. Riley Sager's "Final Girls" if you like horror movies, "Need to Know", "The Guest List", "The Wife", "The Last Mrs. Parrish" are all good beach reads if you liked "Gone Girl". 

I'm currently reading "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett, and I have "The Vanishing Half" on my waitlist. 

If you want some non-fiction, "The Devil in The White City" is a really interesting read that talks about Chicago during and leading up to the 1893 Worlds Fair. It reads like a novel, following the stories of the designers and architects of the Fair, as well as H.H. Holmes, a serial killer. They're gonna make it into a movie or something, and unfortunately, one of my most embarrassing traits is how I love to brag that I read a book way before the movie came out. 

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

Oooh, Regretting You is on my TBR! How did you like it?

The Art of Racing in the Rain made me cry. 

It was pretty good.  

The art of racing in the rain made me cry, but not when I thought it would, if that makes sense.

 

[MadamPirate PE]

I can recommend about a hundred different psychological thrillers. Riley Sager's "Final Girls" if you like horror movies, "Need to Know", "The Guest List", "The Wife", "The Last Mrs. Parrish" are all good beach reads if you liked "Gone Girl". 

The Guest List was fantastic, as was The Last Mrs. Parrish.

Did you read the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle yet? SO GOOD.

If you want some non-fiction, "The Devil in The White City" is a really interesting read that talks about Chicago during and leading up to the 1893 Worlds Fair. It reads like a novel, following the stories of the designers and architects of the Fair, as well as H.H. Holmes, a serial killer. They're gonna make it into a movie or something, and unfortunately, one of my most embarrassing traits is how I love to brag that I read a book way before the movie came out. 

This book is why I'm an electrical engineer, for realsies. Also, murder!

 

[beccabun PE]

The Guest List was fantastic, as was The Last Mrs. Parrish.

I just finished an audiobook of "The Wife Stalker" which is from the author of The Last Mrs. Parrish. It was VERY disappointing, I really expected something similar to LMP, but it was a mess

Did you read the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle yet? SO GOOD.

No, I had the library ebook but then it expired, I need to renew it after I finish the three other books that I have checked out. I think I read the first couple pages and then got sidetracked by life. 

This book is why I'm an electrical engineer, for realsies. Also, murder!

It's just SO GOOD. I tried to get my book club into it, but they said it was too long and there were interesting parts but couldn't get into the architecture parts and it's like "but the contrast is what makes it interesting!" 

 

[MadamPirate PE]

It's just SO GOOD. I tried to get my book club into it, but they said it was too long and there were interesting parts but couldn't get into the architecture parts and it's like "but the contrast is what makes it interesting!"

This is why I don't book club! 

No, I had the library ebook but then it expired, I need to renew it after I finish the three other books that I have checked out. I think I read the first couple pages and then got sidetracked by life. 

YOU HAVE TO GET IT BACK ITS SO GOOD

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

I'm part way thru Dark Scared Night by Michael Connelly.

I finished Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly recently.

Managed to start 2 Connelly books at the same time - when I'm reading a lot, I tend to have multiple books but usually different genres or at least different authors lol - so I put Dark Sacred Night down as to not confuse myself lol 

My goal for January 2021 is to finish 2 books (one will be Dark Sacred Night) and get 5 CEU/PDHs done. 

 

[leggo PE]

I read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, for my book club. I had some issues with it. The main issue was that I was getting driven crazy, trying to figure out the timeline of things and who the main character was at whatever given time.

I also didn't really like the ending.

I guess it was a relatively fast read for me, though. It was engaging, that's for sure.

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

I am not reading anything right now. I just finished a little trash series, Demigods Academy.  It managed to redeem itself in the end I guess. My book goal for last year was 100, and I managed at least 108, but they were mostly trash books, because I read to escape life, not to have my life enriched, usually. 

 

[JayKay PE]

Currently reading 'Fresh off the Boat' by Eddie Huang.  Going to be realistic and try to read one book a week; if possible.  

It just sucks because I feel like if I stop reading, it's such an effort to get back into it

 

[beccabun PE]

Currently reading 'Fresh off the Boat' by Eddie Huang.  Going to be realistic and try to read one book a week; if possible.  

It just sucks because I feel like if I stop reading, it's such an effort to get back into it

seriously, if I'm engaged in reading, I can get through 8 books in a month. But as soon as I stop reading for a week, it's difficult to get back into the swing of it. 

 

[leggo PE]

I should add, I'm mainly reading AEI's S.E. binders right now... Does that count??