What are you reading in November 2010?

Shall we start again?

I'm trying The Morganville Vampires again - moving on to Dead Girls' Dance.

Tigerheart by Peter David, so far so good. Just finished Pegasus by Robin McKinley, and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected.

Finishing a romance and then I'm starting Fire

I'm reading Fade at the moment the sequel to Wake by Lisa McCann.

I'm about 50 pages in and I'm finding the language quite sparse and not very fleshed out... I'm not enamored which is surprising as I loved the first one.

@kiwiflowa I wasn't very fond of either Wake or Fade. I kept reading just because they were so short. So I'll probably also read the last one, just for the sake of closure.

I'm reading Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn and am liking it a lot. It's about a boy who is on the run, hiding as a carny, as his mother goes to trial for killing his abusive step father.

Cammy & Dizzy, I didn't particularly like the Wake series either. I couldn't understand why so many people were raving about it. The third book is by far the weakest of the trilogy. Due largely to the fact it seemed to be missing a plot. I recommend NOT moving it up your TBR pile.

Just finished Howl's Moving Castle. It was okay; a bit overhyped.

I'm going to start Low Red Moon and then I'm going to try Nightshade

I'm reading Dorothy Dunnett's Queen's Play (not YA) and Rick Yancey's The Curse of the Wendigo, the sequel to The Monstrumologist. It's certain to be as dark and gorey and strangely addicting as its predecessor (I avoid horror, because it makes me jumpy, but I loved The Monstrumologist). I just received word that Pegasus is on its way, so if I manage to find more reading time, I'll be reading that next.

I probably already told you this, but The Monstrumologist gave me maggoty nightmares. Let me know if Wendigo is just as good.

I have to agree about the third book in Lisa McMann's Wake, Fade series, including the significant problem that it was missing a plot. I did enjoy the first two, but support taking a pass on the third.

I am going to have my first taste of steampunk, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld.

Right now I'm reading by Lauren Kate. Great so far!

I meant Torment by Lauren Kate! Here's the Librarything link:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9339971/book/66348407

Finished The Returners by Gemma Malley an hour ago - interesting take on the reincarnation issue.

> barbrent I enjoyed Leviathan quite a bit - such a creative concept. I've seen nothing but good reviews for its sequel, Behemoth, though I really wished they hadn't changed the cover art for it from what they had for Leviathan's hardcover. The awesome steampunk design was what drew me to the series in the first place.

I really enjoyed both Leviathan and Behemoth - I tore through both of them in no time flat. A great mix of adventure (and some history) and the steampunk aspects are a lot of fun.

Another cool recent steampunk read of mine was The Explosionist - a creepy Gothic/alternate history story set in Edinburgh during the build-up to WWII (sort of)

I've been wanting to read The Explosionist but my library doesn't carry it. I'm definitely going to have to ILL it when I have more time to read.

>cammykitty I definitely will.

I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in anticipation of the release of Deathly Hallows, Part 1 later this month (won't reread that book until after the movie -- I find that, if the book is too fresh in my mind, I fixate on changes/omissions rather than just enjoying the movie for what it is).

I'm also listening to Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. Enjoying it so far, but not so much that I can't tear myself away from it (some audiobooks keep me so riveted that I find myself sitting and listening even when I'm done driving or working on whatever task I was doing while listening).

I enjoyed Low Red Moon and started Fade Out

I just picked up the new Bartimaeus, The Ring of Solomon, last night at B&N. I didn't even know a new one was coming out, but I had a 15%-off coupon to combine with my 20%-off club membership, so I went in to use it on The Autobiography of Mark Twain (vol 1) and noticed The Ring of Solomon on display as I was walking by the Children's Department.

I started The Ring of Solomon last night too. I saw it at the library and just couldn't pass it up!

I think the real Curse of the Wendigo is not being able to stop reading it! I had so much homework to do yesterday, but I couldn't put that book down. I still can't decide if I like this book or The Monstrumologist better.

Okay Cailiosa> I'll have to read Wendigo.

I think you'll like it >cammykitty.

We were talking about Leviathan upthread -- am I the last to find out that Alan Cumming narrates the audiobook? That's all kinds of awesome in my book (and even more awesome is that my library actually has it).

I just finished Alex Flinn's "Nothing to Lose." Touchstone goes to the wrong book. I'm still trying to decide what I want to say in the review, but later today, you can go to my thread to find it. It was a well-written book about a boy whose mother won't leave her abusive husband. The violence is escalating into the danger zone and... As the book opens, his mother is on trial for the husband's murder and the boy is in hiding as a carny. Flinn definitely knows her subject matter... sadly.

Just finished The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty and LOVED it. i would recommend it to any fan of YA lit. I also just finished The Iron Daughter which was amazing and am now starting Charlie St. Cloud.

Ooh, glad to hear Iron Daughter was good - I just bought the first one in that series. I just need to finish Coffeehouse Angel first - it's cute, but not as adorable as The Espressologist.

Patrick Ness did a good job of concluding his trilogy with Monsters of Men. Very imaginative, very anti-war, and good to get more of the perspective of the natives.

@31>> YES! And I rate Monsters of Men (and the whole trilogy) wa-a-ay above Mockingjay (and its trilogy). I just really like Viola, who's much more a self-starting improviser, a whole lot better than Katniss, who's much more acted upon than an independent actor. Not to knock Collins's trilogy or anything like that, but I just like Ness's trilogy much much more, and that's based on the character of Viola.

ETA: And by the way, did you know that Ness has released a freebie prequel, The New World, for Kindle? You don't need a Kindle to read it because you can download a Kindle for PC app (or a Kindle for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, or Android, just search around on Amazon to find them). I assume you'll need an Amazon account if you don't already have one, but that shouldn't cost you anything just to set up with your credit card.

In case anyone is interested in reading something new, I've published a YA sci-fi adventure "The Colleen Colgan Chronicles". I listed it in a member giveaway a couple weeks ago. Three winners for the giveaway have reviewed it so far in case you want some background on it before you read it. The initial feedback has been great. The ebook is published on smashwords.com and you can download it for free if you use coupon HX49W. I'm interested in getting all the feedback and reviews possible. The more the better. As per the reviews, it's a pretty quick read. Thanks.

Started Dark Water by Laura McNeal --great so far----and then on to Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.

Just started Monsters of Men tonight! So far, very good!

@cammykitty, just letting you know that if the touchstone goes to the wrong book, you can click on 'others' (directly under the 'touchstones' section on the right hand side of the screen) which allows you to choose a different book with the same title.

I hope that made sense.

Anyway, here's the link for Alex Flinn's Nothing to Lose.

Wee! Thanks Stranded! I'd tried it once and got impatient. Slow connection. Now that I know that's what it's supposed to do, I'll be more patient. :)

I also loved The Year of Secret Assignments. Charlie is one of my literary crushes. xD

I just started reading Stargirl, and I'm liking it so far. I work at a library, and the kids who read it in school all love it, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I'm also halfway through Forever. I read one book by Judy Blume while growing up, and since I'm a librarian-to-be, it seemed like a problem I should fix. :D

>29 anniegrace720:, 38 The Year of Secret Assignments is one of my favorites (Charlie is awesome!) along with her first in that series, Feeling Sorry for Celia. Jaclyn Moriarty is just so fabulous with creating distinct characters!

So far this month I have read Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and The Princess and the Snowbird by Mette Ivie Harrison. I plan on reading Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick, Glimmerglass by Jenna Black and Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson.

crdorrington> Stargirl is one of my favorite YA novels! It reminded me so much of my own high school, and the problems of having to choose between your friend and the majority felt very real. I'll warn you though, the sequel falls flat. :(

#38
Oh, boy, Forever and the other Judy Blume books. Really takes me back. I read most of them in my teens. I should re-read them. As a librarian, how do you feel about them? Do you think they are dated as far as interesting teens today? One of my favorites then was Deenie about a pretty girl who had to wear a body brace.

@23,24>> I just finished The Ring of Solomon this afternoon. I really liked the original trilogy, but I actually like this new prequel even more. Bart's as snarky as ever, but what I especially like is the character of Asmira, obviously a lot more than Nathaniel in the trilogy but also more than Kitty Jones.

From the ending, it looks like The Ring of Solomon, although a prequel, is also the start of a new trilogy.

just finished reckless by cornelia funke. As always she's a fun author to read.

I just finished Sea Change. Now I think I'll start Lament. I received a book I'm supposed to review though (Lucifer Code), so I'm torn over what to read next. I heard Elizabeth Kostova do a reading from The Swan Thieves tonight, so I kind of want to jump in to that too.

What I really need is a job where I can just read my TBR pile all day. That would be delightful.

I have been reading the Looking Glass Wars trilogy, and the accompanying Hatter M. graphic novels. I am about to start on ArchEnemy.

I just got The Scorch Trials from the library. I feel like I need to read it to find out what happens next even though I really wasn't all that enthralled with The Maze Runner. Maybe this one will be better.

I just finished up with the audiobook version of Leviathan read by Alan Cumming and Behemoth last night and both were fantastic!

@dizzyweasel That would seriously be the best job ever.

@sdbookhound Yeah, I just finished The Maze Runner recently and wasn't overly impressed...hope the sequel is an improvement!

I haven't finished Lament yet, but I was bored, so I read Once a Witch (so fun and entertaining! I hadn't read a witch novel in awhile).

Now I have to commit seriously to my term project...at least for a few days...and so I'm currently reading The Histories and The Annals and The Twelve Caesars :(

Two books that have surprised me by how good they are:

Don't know Where, Don't Know When by Annette Laing. The writing has an amateurish edge--I think this may be partly/entirely self-published--but after a while you come to appreciate that it's not homogenized like so much children's/YA fiction today. It's a very well-plotted time-travel book and does a terrific job of registering social attitudes and issues in early 20th-century Britain.

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes. A recent award-nominee from England. Starts as a lyrical story of two young kids and their drunken dad in rural Winnepeg and ends up a completely different kind of book (and in New York City). I'm still reading this one but I've read the ending because I always cheat like that! And I'm very impressed by the understated and surprising exploration of mental illness here. Writing is lovely, too. A definite winner.

I started Demon Princess: Reign Check which is the second of Michelle Rowen's YA series. I'm really enjoying it so far.

(Poison Throne) by (Celine Kiernan). Firtst of the Moorehawke Trilogy - very impressed so far

Glad to hear you are liking Poison Throne. I picked this up a couple weeks ago from a used bookstore to read soon.

Use square brackets instead of parentheses, Because. That will get you your touchstones. Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan

ETA: Author touchstones not working.

I just finished Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap since I had just come off of reading Behemoth and was interested in the World War I time period. I wish I could say that I would recommend it, but there was too much telling rather than showing and a highly unbelievable romance (in my mind, anyway).

Just finished Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen and now I want to see the movie. Nice little book.

Finished Hope Was Here. Excellent book!

Finished Looking for Alaska good but not blown away.

I've already finished Wicked Lovely, The Angel Experiment, and I reread Evermore. I'm in the process of reading Hex Hall and School's Out- Forever. I just bought the book Hush, Hush that I'm super excited about reading. I will also be listening to Twilight so I can hopefully restore the appreciation for the novel that I had before all of the teenage girls went crazy.

Anyone have suggestions for what I should read next?

@60 I really enjoyed Nevermore and Shiver.

#60 and #61 I'll second Nevermore and Shiver and add Plain Kate to the mix too.

A Swarm in May by William Mayne. One of the most eccentric books I've ever read, and extremely dated in its style, but also kind of amazingly wonderful. Half of me cannot believe that anybody ever read this book, and half of me thinks that everybody ought to.

Finished Night Road by Kristin Hannah for Early Reviewers. I liked it a lot. Now to finish Scorch Trials and start Suite Scarlett.

>60 SaraSharky:, 61, 62: I'll second Nevermore and Plain Kate and recommend Paranormalcy, especially if you liked Hex Hall.

I really want to read Plain Kate. Maybe when I have more time . . .

Just finished Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins...loved it. I wish the Hunger Games series wasn't over.

The new thread is up!
http://www.librarything.com/topic/103711