The Fairy Book Club discussion

What are your current reads, besides the book club pick? And if you can, maybe add a review too. This would help all members have a steady TBR pile (not that we don't have a long one as it is, but the more the merrier, right?)

My current reads list is a bit of a mess (haha). Since I'm a student I've got books to read for class and separate research books for my personal interests. I also have a leisure book going as well.

School - The Country and The City by Raymond Williams; Shirley by Charlotte Bronte

Separate Research - What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool; One-Minute Mindfulness by Simon Park

Leisure - Tall Poppies by Louise Bagshawe

I just finished IT by Stephen King and boy the novel is terrifying that i couldn't read it at night😱

So i just started with the 2nd novel of Thomas Cromwell trilogy, Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel. I'd read the 1st (Wolf Hall) which I think last year. The series is about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, who played an important in Henry VIII's annulment to Katherine and his marriage to Anne.

The final novel of the series will only be out in 2019. I doubt i can remember most of it when the 3rd is out😂

I am now reading 'The Fault In Our Stars' and 'My life on the road'.

I needed something light, like an easy read, to go along with the Anne Bronte book (even though I am enjoying it, it is just taking me longer to read than any other book), so I started reading Show Stopper by Hayley Barker. Started today, I am already 130 pages in :D It is YA fantasy, so you can imagine how easy it is to run through.

I just finished reading Reboot. For me it was a really quick read, very fascinating, and I need to get my hands on a copy of Rebel (the sequal). Young Adult, Science-Fiction/Fantasy. A disease takes the lives of millions, but some rise from the dead - the "reboots." Adult reboots are killed because "they're not the same." Children reboots are taken and trained to be soldiers and help reinforce laws. Most citizens don't think reboots are human anymore and don't want anything to do with them.

I'm currently reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Original Screenplay. Having seen the movie, reading the script is fascinating as I'm finding details I missed while watching the movie and I'll have to watch the movie again to try and spot these details.

Reading the current book club choice (well... der), and also The Good Immigrant (brilliant so far, only 2 stories in) :)

I love that everyone is reading at least two books! :)

Ninitha wrote: "What are your current reads, besides the book club pick? And if you can, maybe add a review too. This would help all members have a steady TBR pile (not that we don't have a long one as it is, but ..."

Too many books to read, very little time! haha I'm loving the book club choice so far! Anne Bronte's work is quite easy to read and well-written :)

I'm also reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. Love it so far! I've studied quite a bit of Greek mythology, so its very interesting to see common trends in myths around the world.

Atkah wrote: "I just finished IT by Stephen King and boy the novel is terrifying that i couldn't read it at night😱

So i just started with the 2nd novel of Thomas Cromwell trilogy, Bring up the bodies by Hilary ..."

IT is on my list for next month! Love Stephen King! Did you enjoy reading it though? (minus the fact that its terrifying!)

I just finished reading the His Dark Materials trilogy - it was so good!! Each book stands alone as a well written and captivating read. Philip Pullman really works the imagination with his elaborate descriptions of different worlds and I was completely immersed from start to finish. Definitely worth a read. Can't wait for the follow up!

I haven't started the club pick yet, I'm next on the waitlist for it at my library. I have read it before though, and loved it.

My current reads are Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic; Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman: Warbringer; and One Hundred Years of Solitude. During my commute times I'm audiobooking The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan.

Haven't start the club pick yet since I'm on holidays with no way of finding it here..but it will be waiting for me at home when I get back :) and I always read only one book at the time....don't know how you guys manage to read two or more books at once...when I start a book I go too deep into it to be able to read anything else...

So anyway currently I'm reading Strange the dreamer by Laini Taylor, such an immersive world of magic, wonder and monster...as every good story is :) every character is well described and so full of life you actually feel like you know them, or for some like they are a part of yourself. For a dreamer like me, the main character, Lazlo Strange is like a part of me, his dreams are the definition of dreams, where everything is possible and amazing.

Anyone who love fantasy and complex worlds will be enchanted by this book and any of Laini Taylor's work :)

Surelly another book that will be a book hangover or and emotional trauma...maybe both...and I'm gonna love every single moment of it ;) xxx

I haven't started the book pick either, but I'm currently reading the Story of My Life by Hellen Keller. Although there has been parts of it that I've found really interesting, I'm starting to get anxious and want to be done with it as soon as posible.

I haven't started the book club pick either. Currently I'm in the middle of multiple books. I've always read multiple books at a time. Makes me excited that I have a lot of worlds to escape to.

So, right now I'm reading The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales Clockwork Angel and Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls and on my commute to work, I'm listening to The Year of the Flood

Tanya wrote: "Atkah wrote: "I just finished IT by Stephen King and boy the novel is terrifying that i couldn't read it at night😱

My 1st impression of this book was how thick it is! But don't let the book scares you. Let IT scares you.
It's definitely a long story but I love how it builds up the characters until up to a point I was sad when I'm done. There's a lot of history in the book that explain what's going on in Derry.
I hope you'll enjoy it like I did.

Tanya wrote: "Ninitha wrote: "What are your current reads, besides the book club pick? And if you can, maybe add a review too. This would help all members have a steady TBR pile (not that we don't have a long on..."

For a great versatility of fairy tales from around the world check out the coloured fairy series by Andrew Lang. Each book is a colour (red, blue, pink etc) and has tales from around the world.

As fairy tales were supposed to be educational/cautionary it makes sense that they are similar world round though. :)

I'm reading Postcards from a Stranger at the minute alongside the book club read. I have to read The Woman in Cabin 10 for another book club & chose one at my book club on Friday night! Definitely going to be busy 😊

IT by Stephen King. It's a re-read for me but it's been a long while since I've read it. He is creative, juicy, shocking, He captures the constant mental dialog/background hum of our minds in a way that no one else can. Whether a person is scrabbling for a grip on reality or descending into madness, he drags us along with him.

I'm also ready "The Other End of the Leash" by Patricia McConnell. I haven't gotten far into it yet, but it comes highly recommended.

I'm a one-book-at-a-time woman! Tend to carry current read everywhere I go until it's finished, so for now it's our Wildfell Hall pick. I don't know how all of you concurrent-books readers do it! I've found it harder to immerse in each book's world when I've tried to juggle more than one in the past.

I've already read the Tenant of Wildfell Hall- although I don't remember much from the book! I did give it 5 stars though so I must've loved it at the time :)

I am currently reading (and loving):
Restart (with my class of 5th graders)
The Secret Keeper (for fun)
The Mysteries of Udolpho and Other Gothic Novels by Ann Radcliffe (classic/for fun)

I am currently drifting between The Dinner by Herman Koch and Lucia Berlin's short story collection A Manual for Cleaning Women - Both turning out to be excellent reads.

I'm also reading Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way at a very slow pace. Unlike most of his other books, this is very textbook-ish and gets boring in bits, but I refuse to give up on it.

My current reads are:

Mountain Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - a book about an MD in Haiti -- so good!

A Man Called Ove <3. If I had a choice, I'd lock myself in a hotel room with food and not leave until I've finished it. Cause someone/something keeps interrupting my good read time with this and I just want to devour it in one sitting. Lol

And of course The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - which OMG a really good pick! Barely on chp 7. Slowly but surely enjoying it

Love my Bookfairy community!!

I just finished Truthwitch by Susan Dennard and it was so good! If you like YA fantasy I would absolutely recommend it. It is full of action and strong female characters.

My next read is Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I'm only a little ways in but I really like it so far.

I am reading Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. Obviously sad but sweet and very interesting so far. It is based on a true story.

Just started reading The Blindness by Jose Saramago and I am hooked after just one chapter!

Allisha wrote: "My current reads are:

Mountain Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - a book about an MD in Haiti -- so good!

A Man Called Ove <3. If I had a choice, I'd lock myself in a hotel room with food and n..."
Man called Ove is one of the best books ever written in my opinion. Oh and they are making a US adaptation with TOM HANKS. My thoughts are all positive about this but others have reservations :)

I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with my girls. I am also reading The Hound of Baskervilles and Unhinged.

Amanda wrote: "I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with my girls. I am also reading The Hound of Baskervilles and Unhinged."

Ahhhhhhhh Conan Doyle's stories are the BEST

I am currently reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in Spanish (which explain why it's taking me forever haha!) plus this month's book. Also, I just started reading Outlander, I'm a few pages into the book but I just love how badass the main character is! :D

I have literally started reading Agatha’s Christie’s “M or N?” this morning and I can’t put it down! I’m on page 60 now. More than crime scenery it is a boom of espionage and WW II. I am suspicious to talk about Christie though.

Caroline wrote: "I have literally started reading Agatha’s Christie’s “M or N?” this morning and I can’t put it down! I’m on page 60 now. More than crime scenery it is a boom of espionage and WW II. I am suspicious..."Sounds good, I love Christie! Why suspicious to talk about her?

Sorry! Second language speaker’s mistake. In Portuguese when we say we are suspicious to talk about something it means we like it a lot. So we’re biased because we will always say we like it :)

Caroline wrote: "Sorry! Second language speaker’s mistake. In Portuguese when we say we are suspicious to talk about something it means we like it a lot. So we’re biased because we will always say we like it :)"Oh right!! I thought there was a mystery about her... like saying Macbeth in a theatre or something!

I also have a few started


Captive by Jex Lane


Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

and of course
our very own book of the month

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronete

I just started the club pick, but I haven't really gotten into it yet. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes! I am also reading "Hunger" by Roxanne Gaye, and just finished re-reading an old fave: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson, which I highly recommend!

I began reading Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple a day or two ago. It is absolutely the most perfect counterpoint to read immediately after Wildfell Hall!! It is silly, easy-to-read, laugh out loud absurdly funny, and I will likely finish it very quickly.

Reading some Nancy Mitford and also the Night Watch by Sarah Waters 💕💕

Malo wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I just started the club pick, but I haven't really gotten into it yet. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes! I am also reading "Hunger" by Roxanne Gaye, and just finished re-..."

I have the same problem with buying books when I already have books to read. I previously had a resolution that I wouldn't buy anymore books until I'd read the ones I had. Now I have a resolution to read at least two books a month in addition to any book club books.

Ashley wrote: "I previously had a resolution that I wouldn't buy anymore books until I'd read the ones I had."

I had one like that, too. It did not last long. I ended up making a similar resolution to yours - combining the books I have with the new books I'm getting. Though I really am trying to limit my book buying again for the rest of the year haha.


I'm currently reading The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and so far I like it.
It's the second book in a trilogy that he wrote with YA as well as adults in mind with a healthy drop of mystery and the fantastical added (magical realism I think is the proper term).

I'm also reading Lover's Knot by Karen Chance, which is a novella set in between books 3 and 4 in a series I enjoy a lot. Actually, this series is a spin-off of another series that I love. In short, all the books are good hehe. It's urban fantasy, one of my favourite genres.

Brynn wrote: "My current read is "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn. I just started today but I'll also be getting my hands on this month's pick as well.

BTW, I just joined this community today and I'm so excited! I..."

Welcome Brynn! Hope you enjoy being part of the club and yey for being a book fairy! :)

I'm currently reading "My Cousin Rachel" by Daphne du Maurier. It's nothing like I expected.
I can't wait to read this month's pick.

Bueno ya terminé Fahrenheit 451, continuaré con Alias Grace que tengo empezado y me pondré con El Cuento de la Criada que tengo pendiente y después ya veré

Isabel wrote: "My current reading is "Queen of Shadows" by Sarah J. Maas. I started the series really unlocking all the characters and just the story in itself, but since the third book I think it does a 180 turn..."

Yeah Rowan is quite something :-)

Try her other series, too. Rhysand is well worth the read ;-)

Hi, I'm currently reading "Real artists don't starve" by Jeff Goins. If you are an artist or a budding one, it's a must read book for you.

Hello! I'm currently reading the third book of "My Brilliant Friend" novels by Elena Ferrante ... I strongly suggest this 4 books opera, it is a really flowing and evocative reading... you breathe the '60s Naples' atmosphere! Enjoy!

Cuando termine "El Cuento de la Criada" ya tengo preparado "1984 " que se recomienda como lectura complementaria

Hi! My name is Macilynne Haiaiel Paige (or just Maci!) and I am from Otto, Wyoming.
I am currently reading 'Chained' by Lynne Kelly. I am rereading it for probably about the ten thousandth time by now, I love it so much. Such a great read.

hi my name is nariman im reading the safety net . a very beaytiful and unforgettable roman from hinrich boll i suggest to all of you to read this book and actually im from iran by the way

Do we know when the "November" pick will be announced? Or how it works to choose the next read?? I'd like to be prepared before it's too late. Thanks!