Past, Present & Future Reads

If you read my last post, you can see that I wasn't able to keep up with the blog after I started reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I blame that on the fact that reading the book launched me into a new and exciting hobby -- reading full-time.

I'm reading more than ever now and I'm still in my book club. Here are the books I've read since my last post:

• A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
• Holidays on Ice - David Sadaris
• Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
• The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
• Revenge of the Radioactive Lady- Catherine Stuckey-French
• The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• Room - Emma Donoghue
• The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
• 50 Shades of Grey - E L James
• Ready Player One  - Ernest Cline

And here are my books in progress:

• Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
• 50 Shades Darker (Part II of the 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy) - E L James
• Catching Fire (Part II of The Hunger Games Trilogy) - Suzanne Collins

And the books on my list to read:
  

• Shadow of Night (Part II of the A Discovery of Witches Trilogy) - Deborah Harkness
• Fifty Shades Freed (Part III of the 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy) - E L James
• Mockingjay (Part III of The Hunger Games Trilogy) - Suzanne Collins
• Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor
• Music Made By Bears  - Daniel Donatelli
    

I'm slightly bothered that so many books are coming out as trilogies, but that's great news for writers. All the books I have read so far were pretty amazing. I would have to say my favorite was indeed A Discovery of Witches and Revenge of the Radioactive Lady was on the low end of favorites. Catherine Stuckey-French did a great job telling each characters story, but the ending was a little too much "suspension of disbelief" for my taste.

Ready Player One was the book I chose for my book club to read for August. We are going to meet in two weeks to discuss and I am very excited to see if this group of women found the book interesting and fun or if it was too technical. I honestly didn't get into the book until about page 200, but I loved it from then on out. The worst part was how small the font is...very tiny.

The 50 Shades trilogy has got me hooked. It's a real page turner and I like the STORY that goes along with it as well. Aside from the plot, everything else you'll read is definitely for a mature audience. It's interesting to see how many people squirm at the thought of reading such books--and I mean squirm as in think it's grotesque and has no real structure at all. Several of them can't see past the end of their nose.

The Hunger Games was not what I expected since these books are found in the teen section of libraries. It was a quick read and Catching Fire seems like it will have the same effect. I loved the story and the "fake" romance. I would recommend these books to any adult.

All the other books I read were amazing in their own way, especially Room and The Language of Flowers. 

Daughter of Smoke & Bone is the next book for my book club. It looks interesting, but I honestly don't know anything about it. 

Until next time.