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One month of the challenge down, 11 to go! What are you reading this month? I got through about half of Susanna Kearsley's The Winter Sea in January, so I'll start February by finishing it.
I've started the month with White Nights by Anne Cleeves, as this is the 2nd in the series, this will count towards the February TIOLI Monthly Challenge. I have also started Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for the Group Read and Soulless by Gail Carriger. 6BjaceFeb 1, 2012, 5:55pm 
I'm reading a bunch of stuff. I'm about 1/3 of the way through Blandings Castle, a collection of Wodehouse short stories. I'm also reading Ender's game, chiefly because my nephew likes it very much. So far I find the characters unpleasant. I'm also reading Lion country, the first of the books of Bebb and I'm being rather pleasantly surprised. Also The God who is there (Christian apologetics) and Last waltz in Vienna by George Clare. 12calmFeb 2, 2012, 4:44am
Well my reading has really slowed down over the last week - I am still reading The Kingdom of the Wicked. But I should finish it today and then I have five books out from the library, two of which are for group reads in the 75ers. I also hope to read Bleak House for the Readathing this week. We'll see;) 15majkiaFeb 2, 2012, 9:19am
I loved the Lindsey Davis series, #14 and #11. I should get back to it. I read perhaps the first four or five.
Just started on Don Quixote, and am reading First Among Sequels as one of several Fforde books I hope to read for Fforde February! I am also reading Drown a series of short stories by Junot Diaz. 24mamzelFeb 3, 2012, 12:27pm
I finished Atlantic and both volumes of Maus. I feel well caught up on nonfiction now. This weekend I will enjoy rereading The Mistress of the Art of Death but will try to refrain from rereading the whole series. I have The Tiger's Wife on my Kindle thanks to my SantaThing pal so I will probably read that next.
Trying to juggles books in an organized manner.... currently reading Paris Requiem, which I plan to then follow with the sequel Unholy Loves. I have Don Quixote on hold but will continue to read it in snatches as I am reading an ebook version on my iPod Touch. 30-Eva-Feb 4, 2012, 8:55pm
I'm starting the second in the Spellman series, Curse of the Spellmans and am hoping it's better than the first one! :)
I'm starting Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal. It's my January ER book -- I can't believe how fast it got here! 32BjaceFeb 5, 2012, 12:29am
Read Ender's game on the advice of my nephew. I ended up liking it very much, but it took me a while to get into it. 39clfishaFeb 6, 2012, 5:43am
Well I finished Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (disappointingly dull) and I am now feverish with excitement as Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway is waiting to be collected.
I'm finishing February by Lisa Moore, which was melancholy and beautifully written. I'm also halfway through Gormenghast, the middle book of Mervyn Peake's trilogy. I'm not sure what I'll start next. I'm thinking a crime novel of some sort.
53, Cindy, I've got The Cold Dish on my list. Anything particular that turned you off of it? 56dudes22Feb 10, 2012, 4:28pm
> 55 I have The Blind Assassin on my potential list for later in the year for one of my categories. I'll be looking to see what you think of it.
>56 It's my February TIOLI challenge as the main characters name is Iris (the birth flower). 59dudes22Feb 10, 2012, 6:45pm
>57 AAH! - I see. I'm trying to do the TIOLI strictly by the month names. So far - so good. And I'm all set up through May so far. 60cmbohnFeb 10, 2012, 7:41pm
About Cold Dish - no, nothing in particular, but I just felt it was going to be darker than I wanted right now. Not at all what I'm in the mood for.
@ 51 -- Bjace, I hope you enjoy Orthodoxy -- it's one of my favorite books! 62majkiaFeb 12, 2012, 7:52am
 Here’s my review Gritty, fascinating, intriguing view of the creation of a special unit created to track down a serial killer. It took me awhile because I wanted to think about it, the details, the complexities. Highly recommended for those interested in such things.
Since it's African-American History month, I'm going to try to read all African-American authors or themes although ER books that happen to arrive take precedence! Fortunately, the current ER book All Different Kinds of Free fit in. I've got a stupid head cold though so I'm not sure my brain is up to the challenge!!! 65mamzelFeb 12, 2012, 5:14pm
I finished The Tiger's Wife, a book that was widely read last year. Very good! I've started the YA book Ash which is a quite edgy version of Cinderella making the buzz around my school district's librarians. 69mamzelEdited: Feb 13, 2012, 1:15pm
I just finished Ash by Malinda Lo, an interesting twist on the Cinderella story. I will now move on to The Odditorium, received from the ER program.
I have completely deviated from my list and am reading Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes which doesn't fit any of my categories. How will I ever get through my list that way?!
@69 Ash has been on and off my wishlist. I'll be interested to see what you think about it. 78mamzelFeb 15, 2012, 1:41pm
OK, so I started The Odditorium and read the first story and decided this was going to be tough going unless she lightened up and allowed myself to pick up The Serpent's Tale to continue my reread of Arianna Franklin's medieval mystery series. Ahh, that's better. 82KristelhFeb 15, 2012, 10:11pm
I've read Kafka on the Shore by Murakami, Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary already. Currently reading The Liars' Club by Karr and will be putting Don Quixote on hold for a little while while I listen to Brideshead Revisited. 87majkiaFeb 16, 2012, 11:48am
I just finished Conn Iggulden's Conqueror . A pretty interesting read. I know nearly nothing about that part of history so it was intriguing to learn a thing or two. It's an ER book so will definitely do a review, but not today as I am suffering from a pretty bad cold. 95majkiaFeb 19, 2012, 7:29am
I've read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, a very good sci fi entry, and The Breach by Patrick Lee a fast-paced techno-thriller. Both were very good. Will start Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas, today. 99mamzelFeb 19, 2012, 2:14pm
I finished The Serpent's Tale and am mostly through The Wager, one of Donna Jo Napoli's spins on old stories, this time the old story of making a deal with the devil. I also started a book that's been hanging around for a while, Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor. 104mamzelFeb 23, 2012, 12:01pm
I read the book It Gets Better. If even one teen is persuaded to hang in there by all the messages of encouragement and hope, it was worth the effort to publish it.
Thats a great book, Eva! I hope you like it! 107dudes22Edited: Feb 23, 2012, 2:54pm
That's somewhere on the WL although not in the TBR yet. I just finished the 2nd Fforde book Lost in a Good Book and am starting The Lace Makers of Glenmara although I might not finish it before we leave on vacation so it will probably count for next month.
It will probably be March when I finish this, but I just started Great Sky Woman by Steven Barnes. It's taking me a little time to adjust to the writing style, but I think I'm going to like it. 113jonesliFeb 24, 2012, 11:14am
#112 Hi Victoria: me too, I'm hoping I can finish it by next week!
Hey Lisa! Me too. Glad we're in this together...
111 Thanks DeltaQueen! That makes me more eager to read it. It's long enough to be daunting at this time of year. Steven Barnes and his wife, Tannarive Due, are going to be in town for a convention later this year, and I'm really looking forward to hearing what they have to say.
Christina, I love our annual Willig-read, thanks for waiting on me! I'm starting The Garden Intrigue this afternoon. 119xueshengEdited: Feb 25, 2012, 8:19am
I finished Nanjing Requiem which I'm glad I read. I'm back to Don't Know Much about Mythology and should finish it off before month's end since I have jury duty next week and I'm usually not selected for one. Not sure which book I will pick up next. 121mamzelFeb 25, 2012, 3:02pm
I finished Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor this morning and loved it so much I ordered and started the first book of the series, Roman Blood, on my Kindle.
I'm reading The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. It's shaping up to be one of those books that exactly fits my mood right now.
We are celebrating Mystery March over at the 75 Challenge Thread. Anyone who is interested in reading, discussing or getting reading ideas for mysteries is welcome to join in. The thread is here: Mystery MarchHope to see you there!
Methinks I'm on to Gail Carriger's Timeless.
I've started Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. Just picked it up from the store today along with my tickets for her signing on the 17th. So excited! |  308 members 33,506 messages  AboutThis topic is not marked as primarily about any work, author or other topic. TouchstonesWorks- The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
- Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
- White Nights by Ann Cleeves
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Soulless by Gail Carriger
- Freeway by Mark Kalesniko
- The Salon by Nick Bertozzi
- Blandings Castle by P. G. Wodehouse
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Lion Country: Part One of the Book of Bebb (Buechner, Frederick, Book of Bebb, Pt. 1.) by Frederick Buechner
- The God Who Is There by Francis A. Schaeffer
- Last Waltz in Vienna by George Clare
- The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
- Conqueror by Conn Iggulden
- Faces of Grief: Stories of Surviving Loss and Finding Hope by Sherry L. Hoppe
- A Bomb in February (Samantha Rialto Mysteries) by Evan Katy
- The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett
- Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan
- Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
- The Man Who Lied to Women (UK) / The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (US) by Carol O'Connell
- Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
- The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
- How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišic
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Shades of Grey by Clea Simon
- Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde
- Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd by Barry Clifford
- Champagne for One by Rex Stout
- The Kingdom of the Wicked by Anthony Burgess
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Portrait du Gulf Stream : Eloge des courants by Erik Orsenna
- The Slynx by Татьяна Толстая
- Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
- Hearts of darkness : James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the unlikely rise of the singer-songwriter by Dave Thompson
- The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
- First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
- Drown by Junot Díaz
- White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
- God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam
- The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
- Atlantic: The Biography of an Ocean by Simon Winchester
- Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
- The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
- Paris Requiem by Lisa Appignanesi
- Unholy Loves by Lisa Appignanesi
- Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
- February by Lisa Moore
- Shadows on the Gulf by Rowan Jacobsen
- The Naked Marquis by Sally MacKenzie
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols
- Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
- Beast in View by Margaret Millar
- Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
- Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
- Unhallowed Ground by Mel Starr
- A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
- The Killer of Little Shepherds by Douglas Starr
- Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
- 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
- A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
- A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
- The Count of Monte Cristo (videorecording) by Kevin Reynolds
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
- The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
- When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age by Justin Kaplan
- The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Orthodoxy by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- Alice of old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
- Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
- The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne
- them by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Vault: An Inspector Wexford Novel by Ruth Rendell
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
- The Odditorium: Stories by Melissa Pritchard
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Where the Buffalo Roam by Jacqueline Geis
- Pale Immortal by Anne Frasier
- The Training Ground by Martin Dugard
- First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen
- A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
- A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
- The Serpent's Tale (US) / The Death Maze (UK) by Ariana Franklin
- Snow by Orhan Pamuk
- Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh
- Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
- The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
- Nanjing Requiem: A Novel by Ha Jin
- Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learn by Kenneth C. Davis
- Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
- Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
- The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
- Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
- Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn
- You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
- Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice
- The Last War: Detective Ferrets and the Case of the Golden Deed (Bach, Richard. Ferret Chronicles.) by Richard Bach
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill
- The Untied Kingdom by Kate Johnson
- Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- The Breach by Patrick Lee
- Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas
- Pretty Monsters: Stories by Kelly Link
- Princess Ivona (Playscripts) by Witold Gombrowicz
- Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
- The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
- Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor
- Return to Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
- Motel Art Improvement Service GN by Jason Little
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
- Kim by Rudyard Kipling
- The Affair by Lee Child
- The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Second Edition) by James W. Loewen
- Under the Yoke by Ivan Minchov Vazov
- It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage
- The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
- The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
- Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne
- The Little Lady Agency and the Prince by Hester Browne
- Great Sky Woman by Steven Barnes
- Firedance by Steven Barnes
- Shadow Valley by Steven Barnes
- Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
- Two Corinthians by Carola Dunn
- The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig
- The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
- The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Roman Blood by Steven Saylor
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
- Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson
- Good Morning, Irene by Carole Nelson Douglas
- Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- Timeless by Gail Carriger
- The House of the Vestals by Steven Saylor
- Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
- The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart
- The Cool Cottontail by John Dudley Ball
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Bartleby & Co. by Enrique Vila-Matas
- The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams
- If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes
- Milk and Honey by Faye Kellerman
- Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
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