What are you reading in March?

It's a new month -- what are your new reads?

I'm rereading Shades of Grey. I know I've been reread a lot of books lately, but later this month will be my first time meeting an author and I want to say something other than "I love your books." I'd like to have some questions about Fforde's books ready. Only a week in a half to go! :)

I'm reading Imago. It was written by a friend's cousin, so I'm happy to finally check it out. I'll be laid up tomorrow, so I may even be able to finish it.

OOOh, K, enjoy meeting fforde. he's kinda cute, plus he writes cool books. (Although I didn't love Shades of Grey.)

I'm sick so Im reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell as comfort. I so love this book.

(touchstone weirdness: if you use the "&" it won't find it, but if you use "and" it does, and changes it to an ampersand.)

Imago didn't work out for me, but I'll find someone who might like it better. I am moving on to Thirteen Orphans. I'd like to get that one read by the end of the month at the latest since a friend lent it to me a couple months ago and I still have cracked it open.

#5 -- I have Thirteen Orphans sitting on my TBR shelf (and they are eating me out of house and home . . . sorry, couldn't resist the joke!) -- let us know if it's any good!

I started The Rough Guide to Science Fiction Movies yesterday.

George R.R. Martin just announced the official release date of A Dance with Dragons. Yet another reason to pull out the first four for a reread. I'll probably start that soon.

#8 I've heard that before. Won't believe it until it actually happens.

It's never been official before. All previous "dates" were made up by booksellers. This is the real deal.

#4 LG:
Most definitely! Thank you. I remember that. ; / He'll be in San Mateo on the twelfth at 'M is for Mystery' about 1:45pm if you want to see him, too.

I finished A Discovery of Witches late last night and *HIGHLY* recommend it!! It's sort of like a grown-up Twilight meets His Dark Materials, but that fails to capture the essence and magic of this book. Although the open-to-speculation ending was somewhat frustrating, I'm hopeful that the author wrote it to leave herself a place to start a sequel. Some have complained that the story dragged a bit in the middle, but I was captivated the entire way!

After much deliberation, pulling multiple books off my shelves only to put them back, I've decided to read A Vintage Affair, which was my gift from Ron in the Secret Santa exchange! Not only will this serve to be a very different and necessary break from the fantasy world of A Discovery of Witches, but it will keep me in England, where I've been for the past three reads!!

I just started reading The Weird Sisters this morning and I'm quite charmed by it. It definitely seems to be a book that bibliophiles (and Shakespeare fans) can appreciate!

#13, elba - I *almost* decided to start The Weird Sisters today, but as mentioned above, am reading A Vintage Affair instead. Can't wait to hear what you think!

#11 Wish I could make that, but Im busy that day. Wonder if he's making any stops in Santa Cruz.

#14 - I liked A Vintage Affair and I'll definitely share my thoughts on The Weird Sisters. Oddly enough, I have Discovery of Witches at home too so I'm glad to hear you liked that one! Looks like we're reading twins for this month!

#12: I hope you will enjoy it, grk! :D Let me know if it was any good!

I'm still reading The Poisonwood bible and The people of Sparks, I haven't had much time to read, but hopefully I will finish these books...someday

I'm listening to Matched by Ally Condie -- it's excellent so far.

#16 - Fun! I like the idea of reading twins :)

#17 - I'm four chapters in and really enjoying it so far, Ron. Thanks again! And hang in there with The Poisonwood Bible: it's one of my all-time favorite reads.

#15 LG:
He's not this time around, but maybe for another book tour.

#17 Ron:
The Poisonwood Bible's one of my mother's favorites.

I just finished rereading Shades of Grey and am deliberating if I should read The Last Dragonslayer next or something else first.

I finished A Vintage Affair last night, which was a lovely, uplifting read! Ron, thanks again!!!!!

I've now started something that is very different for me: China Mieville's The City and The City. I have no idea if I'll like it, but the story sounded compelling and there's a picture of Prague on the cover. I know it doesn't take place in Prague, but it drew me in. We'll see...

I've finished The Secret of Platform 13, Red Riding Hood (no touchtones for this one), Last Sacrifice, Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #2: Bloodlust, and Between a Roc and a Hard Place. Last night I started The Van Alen Legacy.

I've been disappointed with a few endings (Red Riding Hood and Last Sacrifice.

This weekend I read The Iron Witch and part of The Last Dragonslayer. The Iron Witch was about alchemy and the faerie world. It was alright, but I think it could have been a lot better. So far I really like The Last Dragonslayer and think other Harry Potter fans would, also. It's pretty good. I just got home from getting One of Our Thursdays Is Missing so I'll be reading two books at once for a bit. Can't wait!

This weekend I read The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson, Matched by Ally Condie, and Dark Mirror by M.J. Putney -- three very different books, all more or less enjoyable (though I thought the first two were both lacking in some respects). My review of Dark Mirror is here.

Thumbs up for your review, foggi! I'm glad you enjoyed Putney's Dark Mirror. It's been on my wishlist.

I read A Red Herring without mustard a new Flavia de Luce mystery (I think some here would like the series. She is a 12 year old British girl solving mysteries in the 1950s. I also finished some short stories Travelling Light and started An Apology for Idleness

Ethan Frome. Yay gloomy 19th century novels!

Finnikin of the Rock finally came in at the library.

To the Lighthouse. Yay gloomy 20th century experimental novels.

The latest Thursday Next book (#6) is wonderful. I'm still in the midst of The Last Dragonslayer but only because I lost my page and haven't found it yet. I love some of the things in it. I'm not sure yet if younger children might not find the book confusing, though I've heard it described as a children's book. I think 'young adult' is a more correct term.

This week I read Dead Beautiful, which was very good. I'm really hoping there's going to be a sequel, but nothing says as much online anywhere that I've seen. The author's site looks pretty creative.

Currently I'm reading my ER book, The Branding, which arrived this week. It's a book dealing with elves in which one is branded to be a slave after sacrificing herself to save her sister, and tries to find a cure to the spell. The author is only sixteen.

I'm a ways into the latest Ranger's Apprentice, Halt's Peril, and I'm taking Wise Man's Fear with us on a long train ride.

I recently finished Atonement and one of my college textbooks that I found as an ebook, Applied Organizational Communication. I'm working --slowly, but surely-- on my French edition of Order of the Phoenix and I just picked up The Shock Doctrine.

I gave up on The City and the City early last week. It was well-written, but just not for me. I started Bill Bryson's At Home, which is enjoyable so far. Sadly, I've had very little time to read this past week, and likely will have very little time this coming week, so I have a feeling I'll be with this one for a while. Work is so crazy right now that I'm tempted to also start a comfort re-read, either HP (not sure which title) or Outlander. We'll see...

I finished The Poisonwood Bible, really enjoyable book, I'm still reading The People of Sparks and I'm going to start with Sorcerer's Stone for the re-read before the movie

This weekend I read The Suburb beyond the Stars (not as good as the first book in the series) and listened to Mary Poppins (quirky, different from the movie of course, but fun). I also started Murder Must Advertise -- can't remember if I've read it before or not, which is probably a good thing, considering that it's a murder mystery.

I just started Neil Gaiman's American Gods. So far I like it, but I keep thinking I am reading a Christopher Lamb novel.

On my iPhone I am rereading Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott. It is the sequel to Eight Cousins, and I am finding it way too preachy. I don't remember that from before.

Well, I finished Murder Must Advertise, and started a free book I downloaded on my Kindle. I soon found out that there was a reason it was free. I'm certainly glad I didn't pay any actual money for it! So, I'm trying to find something at least moderately well-written to pick up now. . . .

I read The Replacement today which I found to be a more unique story than I'd thought it would be. It was good. I imagine it will remain a standalone.

#40 - I imagine it will remain a standalone.

That phrase alone may entice me to read it! I've been avoiding a lot of YA books that look really good lately because so many of them are "Book 1" in their series.

I read my Early Reviewer book - The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen - and it was pretty delightful! My review is here for anyone interested. (I think The Sugar Queen is still my favorite of hers but it was also the first one I read so that might be part of my bias)

I also just finished Still Alice which is a fictional memoir written from the perspective of a Harvard professor with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. It was quite emotional but definitely a phenomenal book.

And I just started Tapestry of Love which is about an Englishwoman who moves to the French countryside and starts a needlework business. Cute and light so far.

#41 el:
I agree, a lot of YA books seem to be part of a series lately. Some books are so much better as a single book!

I'm hoping before I leave for work today that I can say I'm reading the final Pride and Prejudice and Zombies books, called Dreadfully Ever After. The tracking information says it's in my city and out for delivery.

#37: I've got American Gods waiting for me too. Right now though I decided to take my enforced solitude to try to do a complete HP reread. I should have at least through the weekend.

(iPhone tried to change "at" to "armorers")

#43 - Does this mean you'll revive the blog?? (And about the iPhone "correction" - one of my friends showed me a whole site of Auto-correct FAIL stories. I used to think they were mostly made up but that one's strange enough to make me believe them all!)

That's one of my favorite sites and one of the reasons I wanted an iPhone...to sound all Dada-esque. As for the blog, yes a revival is probably coming...though probably not while I'm dealing with my back problems

I've been listening to the Protector of the Small series audiobooks by Tamora Pierce -- I have read them before, of course (I've read nearly all of Pierce's stuff), and am enjoying the reread.

The Return of the Native - yay gloomy 19th century pastoral novels!

I was having a hard time w the decision to purchase Witches..i certainly will now, thanks!

I am now reading Dead Living in Dallas so I can watch True Blood's second season, I like reading the books before I watch the series :)....and I'm still rererererereading Sorcerer's Stone

Out and tryingto hit a wifi spot to get a new book for my nook!

I finished Dead Living in Dallas and about Venezuelan politics book (or making fun of Venezuelan politics) and I started The Wizard Heir so far I like this one better than the first one in the series.

Since Diana Wynne Jones dies yesterday, I read The Lives of Christopher Chant. It was so good I'm moving right on to Witch Week. I love DWJ's books, she will really be missed.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, was really good. This sequel is written by the same person who wrote the prequel. The point of view is from multiple characters, and readers get to know some of the other Bennet sisters as well as Lady Catherine's daughter, Anne, more.

I likewise may read something by Diana Wynne Jones next.

I've been having a dreadful reading drought again recently, but am all of a sudden getting back on track. I've picked up Burnt Shadows again, and am once more excited about my tbr pile. :-)

I just finished one my my ER books, How to Slay a Dragon, and tonight I'll finish The Shock Doctrine. I'm still working on my French edition of Order of the Phoenix. I'm taking it slow, about two chapters per week. And, in anticipation of DH-II, I'm re-listening to the audio version of Deathly Hallows.

I'm almost finished reading Little Women. Thirteen Orphans fell on the back-burner, seeing as I keep it by my bed and try reading it when I'm too tired to focus. I'll give it another try in April. :)

I just read The Lives of Christopher Chant, which I loved. I can't wait to dig into the rest of the Chrestomanci books. I'm going to go with the published order for the rest, so I'll be reading Charmed Life next.

I'm also still in a couple other books and finished my ER book, Just for You, yesterday. It's a collection of poetry. You can find my review here.

Edited to fix touchstones.

I'm pretty sad about DWJ too. :( I haven't read too much of her stuff, but everything I read I loved.

I'm rereading Game of Thrones now and remembering how awesome (and long) a book it really is!