I love to see what you all are reading but since it often takes 20-40 days to get a requested e-book from our library, I never get to read during the current month along with everyone else. If there was a yearly or bi-yearly list of what books are coming up, I can request them sooner and have a chance to get them. Our library is growing but still is so slow with building it's e-library. So, just a suggestion for next year, maybe. I'll still try to join in the times I get lucky and get a book in time, of course. It's always fun to hear what others think of a book and discuss it. (love the spoiler in white LOL....that is genius!).
I haven't posted a new suggestion thread in awhile, I'll do one in the next few days and then we can schedule the next few months out. I agree... it takes me a long time to get some of the more popular ebooks from my library too. And I also love hearing what everyone is reading. I just started the February book yesterday... so you can still join in late if you want. I actually like to do that so I can finish and then go back and read what everyone else has said. I hate being the first one done and then I can't talk about it yet.
I like the pre-planned idea too, did we try this last year? or did that end up being concurrent book threads so people could choose genres they preferred or non-fiction etc
I'm happy to throw in a few from my TBR pile (well they're on the shelf glaring at me for not having been picked up yet since i bought them) for the vote, @Karen ... You - Caroline Kepnes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25161131-you Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1358844.Remember_Me_ The Girl with all the Gifts - MR Carey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17235026-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts Wool -Hugh Howey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17164655-wool-silo-1 For Darkness Shows the Stars- Diana Peterfreund https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8306761-for-darkness-shows-the-stars
This one is on my to-read list.. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16071745-someday-someday-maybe I also SUPER loved Salt to the Sea.. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25614492-salt-to-the-sea
I've had these two on my to-read list for a while now. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6905012-secret-daughter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News
@sm_amber i didn't realize Lauren Graham wrote a fiction book! I have her Talking as fast as i can on my night shelf right now.
i bought this at our local 2nd hand book fair yesterday - i saw 2 copies -not sure if it means it wasn't great that people are willing to give it away to charity so soon??? and i didn't realise it was the Gilmore Girls mum - so i bought it more for passing along to my own mum and sis who were massive fans of the show that i never actually watched whih explains why i didn't recognise who the author was...
I never know what to think. Because I know that with memoir type books, I usually read it once, and only once. I don't usually go back. So, I try to get them from the library.
It's not a memoir, though being a novel about a struggling actress I'm sure it pulls in some of her own life experiences.. I started it last night night, and while I am a fan of Gilmore Girls, it's not my typical preferred genre.. Already the book feels VERY shallow, too comical and not really my cup of tea. . I'll probably keep going, though - it's a quick read and I'm waiting on a few other things from the library.. I'm doubting I'll have a lot of praise for it, though, simply because it isn't my taste..
@sm_amber sounds like nothing could compare after Red Rising series (i read your review in other thread a sec ago, at least it isn't a case of 3rd book in a trilogy disapointment) - this sounds like a total opposite though re: shallow and comical, that might appeal to some though
I know - I probably sounded like a raving fanatic RE Red Rising, but I think (hope) it's mostly because I was so surprised myself how much I liked it.. And yes, perhaps this book wasn't the best choice to follow those with.. That's probably not giving it a fair shake..
Update (I know you've been waiting on pins and needles) I finished Someday, Someday, Maybe and it grew on me.. This isn't the place for all those details, but for those of you who were wary based on my initial take of it, it does get better..
@sm_amber If you are a fanatic, so am I! I looooved Red Rising so much. I don't know what that says about me LOL...but the violence didn't bother me at all. I was thoroughly engrossed with the characters and after a bit of a slow start for the first 10-20 pages, I got more and more into it. Can't wait to read the other 2 in the series! A thumbs up from me!