What Are You Reading? November 2011

November 02, 2011 12:08 pm by sassymonkey in BlogHer Book Chat

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I can't decide if I am really happy that October is behind me (October is always super busy at my house) or if I'm slightly panicked at the idea of it being November 2011 already. Where did 2011 go? Maybe I should just hide my head in a pile of books for the rest of the year. I have plenty of goodies to choose from. Here's what I'm tentatively looking at.

citizens of london lynn olson I started Lynn Olson's Citizens of London last month. I try to keep at least one non-fictioin book on the go at all times. I'm really enjoying it but I haven't read more than a couple of pages at a time in the last couple of weeks. I know that if I had time to just sit down and read it I'd bomb through it quickly. (Oh! Ha! Bomb... good word for this book.) I am hoping I'll finish this up by mid-month. I'm not sure what non-fiction I want to start after this one.

sea change jeremy page Of course, I have some BlogHer Book Club books to read. First up is Jeremy Page's Sea Change. I'll be reading it over the next week. Then I'll be starting Kim Edward's The Lake of Dreams.

We're going away for a bit of a vacation (welll, kind of... it's a semi-working vacation). I've temporarily shut off my library requests. I'll be trying to grab some library e-books to put on my iPad but that's kind of easier said than done these days. I can tell that many more people have e-readers than they did a couple of years ago because I'm not having to request most of the library e-books I want. I have a pile of Georgette Heyer e-books that I bought a few months ago (on sale!) that are loaded on my iPad. I'll be ok for e-books with those.

the future of us jay asher carolyn mackler I'm also trying to make a dent in my the pile of books I've really, really been meaning to read. They are in a pile on the kitchen table staring at me right now. Maile Malloy's The Apothecary, Brian Selznick's Wonderstruck, and Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler's combined effort, The Future of Us. I'm really looking forward to that one. Can you image being a teen in 1996 and getting a glimpse into the future via your Facebook page??? Scary!

What are you reading this month?

BlogHer Book Club Host Karen Ballum also blogs at Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

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Judaye 8 pts

I'm reading Wild Blessings:The Poetry Of Lucille Clifton by Hilary Holiday and hoping to get to a few short stories this week too.

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kisschronicles 16 pts

I'm still light-headed from my success of finally finishing Anna Karenina last month. This month I'm reading a loaner from my mom, and it's called "From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism." (So much for swearing I would read something light and fluffy after Anna Karenina.) Happy reading this month, everyone!

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bibliophile 5 pts

I have so many book on my TBR list right now. I've got about 10 "real" books and at least 10 more waiting on my Kindle. Right now I'm reading a Kindle book called Bright Young Things that is set during the Roaring Twenties.

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KarenLynnn 265 pts

ok the geek in me ordered Steve Jobs autobiography so that is my next read, and I hear Stephen King is releasing a book next week....

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

KarenLynnn I saw a review of King's new book somewhere on my internet travels today. Poke me tomorrow on Chatter and I'll look for it if you are interested. :)

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suzstreats 6 pts

I just finished Theodora & should have already read Dreams of Joy for my {other} book club which meets tomorrow. Instead I'm starting Dreams tonight. I also have Listening is an act of Love & Last Night at Chateau Marmont on my to-be-read list for November!

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

suzstreats I just like saying "Chateau Marmont" -- it's fun to say. ;-)

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moonsoar 9 pts

Right now I'm reading Janet Gurtler's I'm Not Her - one of the best YA books I've read in a while. I'm also reading A Designer's Research Manual - one of the books recommended for the Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario test.

I'll probably also pick up the last book in The Dark is Rising sequence.

Not sure what else though.

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

moonsoar I've only read the first book in the Dark is Rising series and I read it when I was a kid. I always feel like I should go back and read them all.

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alienbody 178 pts

I JUST finished _The Strain_ yesterday. Creepy vampireish stuff. I'm now starting_The Graveyard Book_ by Neil Gaiman (young fiction). I was hooked on page one! I love the way he phrases things in this book, so very mature and elegant, but something that the target audience (5th grade and up) can read easily. And I'll also start the 2nd book in the Hunger Games trilogy _Catching Fire_. After finishing these two, I'll only have 4 more to beat last years # of books read!

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moonsoar 9 pts

alienbody Oh, I wanted to read The Strain! Is it good?

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alienbody 178 pts

moonsoar I enjoyed it. Pretty simplistic, easy to follow, the writing is fine (seems a little...um...simple??). There is a pace to it that feels frenzied despite what is really happening, so that was fun - I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next. What I didn't really like is that it felt like I was reading a book that was hoping to make it big in Hollywood. In other words, it 'feels' like it is written to be a movie some day. After I read it I looked up the author and then thought, "Oh...no wonder...he's a director." And there were several things that just felt really familiar, like I'd seen/read them somewhere else. If you read it, let me know what you think.

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

alienbodymoonsoar "feels like it is written to be a be a movie some day" -- oh yes, I've read a few books like that. They are ok, sometimes really readable, but usually just ok.

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alienbody 178 pts

sassymonkeymoonsoar That is EXACTLY it..."readable", but just O.K. Actually, _The Help_ read the same way for me and then I found out it WAS going to be a movie. The author for _The Strain_was featured on NPR Books, which is how I found it. They are usually spot on as they were with _Swamplandia!_. Still, _The Strain_ was very entertaining.

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Sonia W 5 pts

I am reading: Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear , by Dr Frank Luntz. Great book about marketing and using the right words.

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

Sonia W Marketing really is all about the words, isn't it?

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JennaHatfield 68 pts

Uh, I'm still trying to finish The Night Circus. After that, I have a cheesy vampire 1.99 Kindle book to read. And then I don't know. Some stuff from my own shelves, I believe, but I don't know what yet.

Also, I will be starting Harry Potter with BB after his birthday. Ahem.

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

JennaHatfield Yay Harry Potter. Ahem, back at you. ;-)

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Liz Henry 10 pts moderator

I just read fantasy YA novel Eon and its sequel, Eona. Both excellent! They have to do with gender identity and dragons and power and politics and are an incredibly good read.

Right now I'm reading David Graeber's "Direct Action: An Ethnography" which is hilarious & cool !

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

Liz Henry Gender identity and dragons sound like an awesome combination.

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Denise 303 pts moderator

- Doc

- The Virgin Cure

- a whole lot of cybil short list books

Denise

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sassymonkey 196 pts moderator

Denise Yay The Virgin Cure and cybils books!

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