An Introvert's World of Books discussion

Hi everyone! What are you reading? How do you like it so far?

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone! What are you reading? How do you like it so far?"

I've got a few going on.

I am in the middle of The Reading List- this I am listening to. Mukesh is my favorite character. He is so alive for me and I wish I could meet him and have a book discussion.

I am very slowly reading the sixth book of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Desolations of Devil's Acre. I inhaled this series and book six is the last book I can get my hands on. I am stretching it out as long as I can.

I am just about to start reading the next book under the themes category "Bees". I am debating going in order and pick up The Music of Bees or go to the one I really want to read next; The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees.

Bookish_Celt wrote: "Right now I'm reading three books and have to remind myself not to do that again--too hard on the eyes over time.

With the Serial Reader app, I'm reading A Room With a View by E.M. Forster.
My cu..."

A Raft of Stars sounds incredible. That may have found it's way into a shopping cart...

I started reading The Guide by Peter Heller a couple of days ago and remembered how smooth his writing style is. Sometimes I have to re-read a whole passage just to savour the words. I really enjoyed The Dog Stars and The River and The Guide is promising indeed!

Yes The River is a great book! I hope someone will buy the rights to make it into a movie.

i just bought We Were Liars by e. lockhart and i could not put it down! i’ve started annotating my books about a month ago and i love it. i use book tabs and color code them for certain pages, and i have never used so many tabs until i came across this book. the metaphors and the storytelling is amazing so far!

alyssa wrote: "i just bought We Were Liars by e. lockhart and i could not put it down! i’ve started annotating my books about a month ago and i love it. i use book tabs and color code them for certain pages, and ..."

I'm intrigued!!

rereading no one here is lonely by sarah everitt. it is good

Rilee wrote: "rereading no one here is lonely by sarah everitt. it is good"

I remember being interested in reading that book. I don't remember if I actually have it or not. Maybe that was one I got for my daughter.

As if I am not already reading enough books, I started another one. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks. In my defense, I was dying my hair and forgot to bring my book. I didn't want to ruin my shirt so I was not properly attired to walk in front of the window, I grabbed what I could reach from a crawl position. The book is already my humor, I think I will be finishing this one before I move on.

I'm getting ready to read the book No One Here is Lonely by Sarah Everett. She is a realy good author that writes sentimental romance books/ sentimental books in general.

I can explain... actually, no I can't. This is just the way I mind works.

I posted yesterday under apps that Daddy Pig reads a book about concrete. It's meant to be boring and lull you to sleep. I, however, found it fascinating. There's a lot of science to cement. It's finding the right stone mixture with the right binder in order to create the cement for the purpose you need, then there's elemental considerations. But one thought leads to another. That other was the mafia and the stories told about how they use cement to make bodies disappear. It's very impressive the knowledge they must have about basic elements that I never thought of. And this leads me to my next books... The fall and rise of Jimmy Hoffa by Walter Sheridan and I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt.

I'm currently reading 3 different books. 1 audio which is From Blood and Ash

and then I picked up two books to see which one excited me first and the on that won is Home Game and then the next one will be Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words.

The Odette Stone book hooked me right away. I'm a character driven reader and I was immediately connected to the characters on this one and I cried by 20; and that was surprising.

I just finished A Murder of Quality by John le Carre. I enjoyed it very much, but English mysteries are some of my favorite books. I’m also reading O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton. I reread Grafton frequently, but somehow I’ve only read this one once many years It goes into detail about the character’s past life, which interests me. And last but not least is I’m listening to The Joy of Ancient History on audible.com.

Myra Chandler wrote: "I just finished A Murder of Quality by John le Carre. I enjoyed it very much, but English mysteries are some of my favorite books. I’m also reading O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton. I reread Grafton ..."

The Joy of Ancient History? Is that a Great Course? I love English mysteries- well, BBC crime shows but it has trickled into books.

It is a Great Course! I joined an Ancient History group and I’m trying to gain some foundational knowledge. I also love BBC shows and have watched so many that I am recognizing the actors from other shows!

Myra Chandler wrote: "It is a Great Course! I joined an Ancient History group and I’m trying to gain some foundational knowledge. I also love BBC shows and have watched so many that I am recognizing the actors from othe..."

I love Great Courses. I'm stuck at home for a while and I now started a subscription to the video versions of Great Courses while I'm "resting". Although I have some on Audible that I enjoy. I like biology and brains- they have plenty to occupy me.

Have you seen Father Brown with Mark Williams? Love him!!
Line of Duty has lots of great twists and the man who plays the boss is also in Blood. Another great show.

I also Just Finished the last part of miss peregrine :D I enjoyed it much and m sad that it's over now :S I'll miss the characters especially millard and Enoch xD
right now m reading "it" from Stephen king.

Daspez wrote: "I also Just Finished the last part of miss peregrine :D I enjoyed it much and m sad that it's over now :S I'll miss the characters especially millard and Enoch xD
right now m reading "it" from Ste..."

Millard and Enoch are my favorites too! I know what you mean about the sadness.

:) i love enochs dark humour and sarcasm conpared with His loyal and cute (which He is trying to hide) character :) did you Finish the book by now?

Daspez wrote: ":) i love enochs dark humour and sarcasm conpared with His loyal and cute (which He is trying to hide) character :) did you Finish the book by now?"

I did finish the series. I wish it never finished. I was hoping there would be more but I don't think there will be.

Enoch had such a soft side underneath everything. At first I thought he was a bit of a jerk but somewhere along the way he won me over and I just loved him. Millard was instant love.

I'm hopefully going to finish Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words today. And quite honestly; I'm a wee bit ticked that I got to the point this morning where all the emotions are happening and I ad to go to work. 100 pages from the finish line and I have to adult.

I am pleasantly surprised by this one. The title sounded cute so I picked it up but I've been falling in love the whole time and now I'm a little heart broken.

Meredith wrote: "I'm hopefully going to finish Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words today. And quite honestly; I'm a wee bit ticked that I got to the point this morning where all the emotions are..."

Oh the agony. I have to check this book out!

Bookish_Celt wrote: "I'm breaking my own rule by reading three books at once again and going quickly through the eye drops...
With Serial Reader, I'm reading Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery; my own paperback of..."

I love Anne of Green Gables <3 I have lost track of how many times I have reread it. I read Rebecca for the first time this year and loved it!!! I plan on rereading it in January. And I have Who is Maud Dixon on my TBR list.

I'm currently reading The Love Hypothesis and I'm loving it so far. It sucked me in immediately.

Meredith wrote: "I'm currently reading The Love Hypothesis and I'm loving it so far. It sucked me in immediately."

That was a Book of the Month choice- I was debating on that one. You just tipped the scales. Thanks!

Yesterday I started reading for the first time The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.

I picked off my shelf Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach

I'm not so far in that I formed an opinion but I'm already wrapped up in a mystery. I struggle with books that have a slow start, I'm glad this one isn't like that.

@Jennifer; it was cute. I hope you like it. I ended up liking my next read after that one more which was Marriage for One because I liked the heroine better.

It's often funny what you discover about your reading preferences when you least expect it.

I'm currently reading The Penalty Box. I also never knew I loved a good sports romance either.

From Blood and Ash One of the books I brought today, looking forward to reading it!

@Sadie; I literally just finished it. I downloaded the audio of book 2 so I can start listening to it on the way home

Meredith wrote: "@Sadie; I literally just finished it. I downloaded the audio of book 2 so I can start listening to it on the way home"

How did you like it?

@Sadie. If you like ACOTAR you'll probably enjoy this one. The world building and politics of this is so good. I can't wait to see how it all plays out.

Meredith wrote: "@Jennifer; it was cute. I hope you like it. I ended up liking my next read after that one more which was Marriage for One because I liked the heroine better.

It's often funny what ..."

I added Marriage for One to my list!

Meredith wrote: "@Sadie. If you like ACOTAR you'll probably enjoy this one. The world building and politics of this is so good. I can't wait to see how it all plays out."

I loved ACOTAR. From the first book's completion, I literally went to buy the rest of the series on a whim. My wallet did not like that. I also brought one of that author's other series as well, Throne of Glass just today.

I love a good world-building system. Too many books are released with vague descriptions or some doesn't make sense when you take a closer look at it.

@Jennifer - Yay

@Sadie; I have Throne of Glass on my TBR for October. I have so many book so my October TBR that I hope I can get to it. I agree; world building is another character and it needs to be strong.

I'm currently reading Beautiful Disaster and I literally read 73 pages when I woke up this morning and I contemplated calling in sick to read :)

Meredith wrote: "@Jennifer - Yay

@Sadie; I have Throne of Glass on my TBR for October. I have so many book so my October TBR that I hope I can get to it. I agree; world building is another character and it needs t..."

Just finished From Blood and Ash. It was quite good! I'm about to read Throne of Glass now. I still haven't finished my September books, and it's looking like I won't finish my October books either, haha.

@Sadie; I have the same problem. Library books keep coming in and then I read those instead of the books I already own.

I finished Beautiful Disaster last night; while I enjoyed the beginning and most of the middle I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it.

Reading The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards.

I'm reading 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff for the second time. :)

Janice wrote: "I'm reading 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff for the second time. :)"

Hope and I went for a road trip years ago. I drove and she read 84, Charing Cross Road from start to finish. I remember being close to home but we were so into the book that I drove around some more just so we didn't have to stop.

Jason wrote: "Reading The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards."

I never heard of it so I looked it up. SOUNDS AMAZING! It may end up being delivered to my house in the near future.

Meredith wrote: "@Sadie; I have the same problem. Library books keep coming in and then I read those instead of the books I already own.

I finished Beautiful Disaster last night; while I enjoyed t..."

@Meredith, It's a never-ending cycle of books, and I love it.

I'm just getting started on The Cruel Prince. It's been on my list for a while after seeing rave reviews for it. So I hope it lives up to the hype it gets.

@Sadie; The Cruel Prince was a DNF for me this year. I'm not sure if I just wasn't in the mood for it or if it just wasn't meant to be.

@Jennifer: No... Don't read The Enigma Cube. It's not that good. I'm forcing myself to finish it.

"The Greatest Knight" by Thomas Asbridge

I'm currently reading 3. One audio The ​Crown of Gilded Bones also The Fine Print and If the Shoe Fits. Whichever one of those grabs my attention first. I wasn't sure what exactly I was in the mood for.

Jason wrote: "@Jennifer: No... Don't read The Enigma Cube. It's not that good. I'm forcing myself to finish it."

Oh, that's so disappointing. It had such promise.

The Drowning by J.P. Smith