What are we reading in March?

I'm starting with an ER book, Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl. What are you reading this month?

I'm reading 2666, Doctor Thorne (for the group read), and The Queen's Agent. I'm also listening to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. I'll probably be working on all of these for a while.

I've started Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie, Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell and, today, I picked up The Count of Monte Cristo for the group read.

I am reading Paper Towns by John Green, but previously read Looking for Alaska, also by John Green, this month. I also borrowed The Princess Bride from my local library that I plan on reading.

I'm reading The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje as my bedside poetry book, and Werewolves in Their Youth is the book by the couch, which I'm reading when my husband turns on tv shows he's seen 3 dozen times (which generally means I've seen them a dozen!). More seriously, I'm still reading AIDS at 30, and planning on moving on to The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics when I return from AWP next week. Oh, and Pandora's Daughter is around here somewhere, though it's not quite keeping my attention.

I'm reading the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Finished Storm Front last night and enjoyed it more than I would have thought possible. Just started Fool Moon.

Right now I am reading Snow Falling on Cedars and The Count of Monte Cristo.

I just started Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig.

Lots of books have been started: The Age of Miracles, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Anna Karenina, The Complete Persepolis, The Sound of Broken Glass, Fire Watch, The Count of Monte Cristo.

Started The Count of Monte Cristo for the group read and Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day for RandomCAT.

My reading list so far includes...

Awakening - Reading for: Year of the Snake Challenge
Rifles for Watie - Reading for: Newbery Challenge
Ladder Of Years - Reading for: Orange Award Challenge
The Galley Slave - Reading for: Reading Globally & Europe Endless Challenges
The Third Chimpanzee - Reading for: 12 in 12 Challenge

For the letters of this month, I'll start out with the Wizard of Oz, since the movie is coming out I decided to reread the series (I loved the books first)... I've also got Elijah of Buxton (Christopher Paul Curtis), Old Yeller, and On the Way Home. All of these books are in my storage box which is one of the 13 categories I've got for my reading lists. I want this box back in storage so I can fit more than one person at my kitchen table. ;) This bunch also helps knock out my Newbery category.

Squee.

I've finished The Sunday List of Dreams by Kris Radish and am in the middle of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and The Cove by Catherine Coulter. Also have an ER book to read, but now that we're back from vacation my reading will probably slow down a bit.

finished sandman volume 5 and have started among the believers as well as slowly reading Mémoires d’outre-tombe and Jagannath

I'm currently reading Master and Commander and The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making. Both books involve ships, but the similarities end there.

I also started The Count of Monte Cristo for the group read. It's going to be my bedtime reading because that book is too big to carry around all day. :) It's times like these when I can see the advantages of an e-reader...

I finished If Death Ever Slept. My library only had it as a large print edition, and I really liked being able to read it without my glasses on!

I've finished The Liars' Club by Mary Karr, which made me feel like the best mother in the world, and am now reading Jeffrey Eugenides's The Marriage Plot for the AwardCAT. I'm also reading Seven Days in the Art World, which is very interesting.

I've finished The Tide in the Attic, and am now reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

On deck next are
Catalyst
and
All Quiet on the Western Front.

Starting Catch-22 today then it'll be Le Comte de Monte Cristo

Ooh, I've not read Catch-22 yet. Let us know what you think of it.

Just finished Fugitive Prince by Janny Wurts which was, per usual, fantastic. Now started Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope for a group read, and Death of a Cozy Writer for the AwardCAT.

>20 fuzzi: Count on it :)

I've finished The Cove by Catherine Coulter and am going to begin my Agatha Award book The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Adams while I continue to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

I'm reading A Confederacy of Dunces. I plan on reading The Corrections and Freedom, as well as finishing Mary Queen of Scots (in 2 volumes). As for the rest of the month, well, 1001 books as well as some World Book Night reading. I am meeting a friend at the weekend, so I imagine we'll swap some books, so something new and shiny!

I am plowing through March Violets by Philip Kerr at incredible speed, which is both good and bad at the same time - I want it to last longer. It's like if Bogart had been in Berlin. Fantastic. *waves to @jonesli*

* Waves back to Victoria* I'm also enjoying March Violets. You're right I can definitely picture a Bogie/Berlin image while I'm reading. I'm also working on The Complaints.

I have finished Crime and Punishment. I of course cannot admit it was a great read and not difficult at all. It was hard. I had to wade. I need a merit badge ;-)

Anyway now reading the utterly fabulous (so far) They Shoot Horses Don't They by Horace McCoy (I haven't see the film)

re 27 - ooh just read that. I made the mistake of picking up for a bit of bedtime reading and then HAVING to read until the end! Excellent book.

>27 clfisha: Well you sure earned it !

I've finally finished When Christ and His Saints Slept. The last third definitely went quicker than the first two, for some reason. I liked it enough to want to join in the group read for Time and Chance in April.

Now onto Changing Vision by Julie Czerneda, for March's Alpha Cat.

Finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and am now starting All Quiet on the Western Front.

I was just notified that the newest Collin Cotterill is waiting for me at the library. I have something to look forward to this weekend! *happy dance*

I'm starting the weekend right with Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson.

I've finished The Long Quiche Goodbye - my choice for the Agatha Award book and am starting An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke for my Morning News Award book. And continuing with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

I have a WW1 theme for March and have just finished Birdsong; I've just started All Quiet on the Western Front (also a group read) and have A Very Long Engagement and The Zimmermann Telegram lined up. If there's time, I'll read a few more WW1 books I checked out from the library.

Also this month are the group reads of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and the three-month read The Count of Monte Christo (I haven't started that one yet).

I''ve just begun Kindness Goes Unpunished *waves at Judy (DQ) and Victoria*

I'm also finishing up Crime School. I'm such a fan of scary Mallory while at the same time feeling sorry for poor Charles lol!

*waves to Lisa*
Reading Johnson & O'Connell? My, you are in for a great weekend!

Yep, I am reading Kindness Goes Unpunished **waves at Lisa and Victoria** I love how the book opened!

I am also reading Plainsong by Kent Haruf and dipping into The Count of Monte Cristo as well.

I'm reading Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton and The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.

I just devoured Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell and am now reading Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion.

After @ 60 pages, I abandoned An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England and am moving along to Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje.

I am not getting into All Quiet on the Western Front, and have put it down...sometimes I just have to be in the mood, y'know?

Reading Catalyst for a challenge. It's not bad, but not Anne McCaffrey at her best, imho.

I just discovered Paul Witover wrote a new book The Emperor of Things so I am eagerly reading that

40> I hope you like Warm Bodies - I did, and the movie was also funny.

I've got three books going now - Grave Peril by Jim Butcher on the Kindle, a "re-read" of Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison on audiobook, and Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich in a book. :-)

I'm still working on 2666 and I'm determined to finish it this week. I'm also reading Doctor Thorne with the group read and listening to Child of Dandelions. I took a much-needed break from 2666 today to read Strawberry Yellow, my February ER book.

having finished my life with the Taliban at the weekend I've started between two thorns

I just finished The House of Silk by Antony Horowitz - Sherlock Holmes pastiche, very good. Now I'm reading an Andre Norton book I got free for the Kindle, Time Traders. It's still free if you want to try it. It kept me up late reading!

47. The House of Silk is really good - I read that last year.

I listened to Derek Jacobi read The House of Silk last year. He did a fantastic job.

49. Yeah, I listened to the audio version, it's really great.

I just finished Warm Bodies and realized that it doesn't actually fit any of my categories! :( Oh well, I'm still glad I read it. On to J.J. Murphy's Murder Your Darlings, which DOES fit a category and also qualifies for the March AwardCAT.

We really enjoyed the movie version of Warm Bodies.

Well, I haven't convinced myself to join in the group read of The Count of Monte Cristo, so I'm making up for it with Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

Just finished A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny, leaving me up to date until the trade paperback of The Beautiful Mystery comes out in July (this according to the Chapters website). This is a series I buy but I prefer the trade pb over hardcover.

>43 clfisha: I remember you naming Waking beauty one of your two favorite books (The other was The troika). Both of them was out of print last I looked. Will be interested in what you think of this new one when you finish it!

I'm on a roll lately, with several 4,5-5 star reads in a row, the latest of which was The half-made world. Now I'm reading this year's first non-fiction: Kvinnor på gränsen till genombrott about some prominent, but rather forgotten, figures in the early Swedish feminist movement. Good so far.

I'm on a serious Mallory binge right now, I can't seem to stop! I have a few pages left of Dead Famous. Then I will be reading Winter House. After that I will give it a rest for a little bit.

55> Lisa, Mallory is one of my all-time favorite characters. I can't wait 'til O'Connell writes another - maybe you'll be caught up by then and we can it read it together.

Just finished between two thorns which I really enjoyed, I think Emma Newman is going to be massive BTW, full review soon. I am picking up a package tomorrow with two ARC, one I'm not allowed to talk about until April and the other I'll start tomorrow frankenstein's cat

51> It does fit into one of your categories. Don't you remember the scene where R is waiting in the yard when Julie comes out on her balcony?

@ 58 -- HA! I even mentioned that in my review of the book (which I just posted), yet I failed to make the connection! But I feel like that's a pretty big stretch...

ETA: I'm going to stretch there anyway, darn it! Thanks, BookLizard! :)

59> Doesn't get much more star-crossed than living and undead. LOL. Her father wants to kill him; his "family" wants to eat her. Her friend there is the nurse. If you read any reviews for the movie, they'll tell you it's Romeo and Juliet with zombies.

Just needed to mention somewhere thst this group currently holds the top three Hot Reviews. We rule, we do.

@ 60 -- Oh wow, you're right. The parallels get more obvious the more I think about it. Julie's friend even IS a nurse in the book!

@61 Quick someone write 2 brilliant reviews so we can get all top 5 :)

Forgot to mention that I am currently reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. So far, so good!

Currently reading The Round House, On a Winter's Night a Traveller, and The Dinner.

having finished the good, but short, Frankenstein's cat I'm starting Marcher by Chris Beckett

Having finished a cozy mystery (Iced Chiffon) and an Eastern European modern classic (Sunflower) while on vacation, I'm now returning to fantasy with A Turn of Light.

The Running Foxes by Joyce Stranger...think of All Creatures Great and Small told from the farmers' perspectives.

It's a reread from the original read many years ago, and it's still very very good!

After I finish this reread, I can then go on to book #2, which I have not read: Lakeland Vet. And then a reread of book #3 in the series, "Rex" (which for some reason I can't force into a Touchstone, bummer.

I started listening to The Clocks today. I have 4 other books in the work, but my progress on them has been abysmal...maybe I'll have some time/motivation this weekend?

I've just finished The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, which I loved. So now I'm finishing up Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton and continuing with A Quiet Belief in Angels, which is losing steam, but I still want to see where it goes, and Infinite Jest, which is, indeed, infinite.

I'm not sure what to read next and have pulled out a small pile to choose from. My next book will be either The Round House by Louise Erdrich, Dear Life by Alice Munro (both featured in the currently raging Tournament of Books), Raven Black by Anne Cleeves, Raised Right by Alisa Harris or Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon. Maybe I should flip a coin.

I have to ask - what is the Tournament of Books? Sounds fascinating!

http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/

It's a contest that pits book against book in a fight that results in a single champion. Along the way, judges tell us about each book and declares a daily winner. The reviews are fun, the judges are interesting and the entire set-up makes for a lot of excitement. I've been following it closely and am having a blast, although it has added to my wish list!

I'm reading The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies.

I finished The Running Foxes, and give it . It's a fantastic read.

Now I'm about to start #2 in that series, Lakeland Vet which is totally new to me.

I am currently reading a couple of really good books, The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill is living up to all the hype, and Daughters Who Walk This Path is a fascinating read about women in Nigeria.

I was enjoying The Sisters Brothers until my Nook started being uncooperative , I can't get it out of permanent sleep mode, so I will be moving on to Winter House in the meantime.

I hope this is temporary, because I just might have a breakdown over it. Just kidding, but seriously ? There are a lot of books on there!

Of course this might force me to work on actual TBR while electronic TBR is unavailable.

>76 lsh63:: Oh no! I hope your Nook behaves itself soon. Especially because you were in the middle of such a good book!

This weekend I'll be reading Season of Darkness, by Maureen Jennings, and Korea: Canada's Forgotten War, by John Melady. The military category of my challenge has been somewhat neglected lately.

You know you can sign into B&N in your account and read it directly on the web, right? My hubby had one I his account that wasn't lendable so I just sign in with his id and password and read it directly from his account.

Still working on Count of Monte Cristo and am loving it. The plan is to get to The Road this weekend too for AwardCAT, but we'll have to see how it pans out. :)

Ack! That's my fear with my kindle. That it will break and I'll lose my library. Yes, I know that theoretically it all exists in the cloud. Also, what if it breaks on the first day away on vacation? Hence the packing of paper books.

76> Did you try Nook's online chat support? They had me try a bunch of things when my Nook froze. Mine wasn't in sleep mode though, it was frozen on a page. (I never did get it working and I ended up shipping it back to get a replacement and buying a Kindle Paperwhite in the meantime.)

80> Good advice, I'm going on vacation soon. Better pack a few paperbacks . . . if I can find something that won't scandalize my friend's kids. . . . Hmmmm, maybe my replacement Nook will arrive before I leave and I can load some books on that for backup. LOL.

I'm reading A Beautiful Blue Death and listening to The Sunday Hangman. I'm still working on 2666 but hope to finish it this weekend during the readathon over on the 75 group.

Thanks for the Nook tips everyone. I'm going to take your suggestions What worries me (a little) is that I have the 1st generation model that they don't make anymore, so I may need to upgrade. We'll see what happens!

I wasn't in the mood for reading anything I had already started last night, so looked through my "O" authors and decided to start Wesley the Owl. Already half-way through and should finish later today.

83> Good luck! If you do have to upgrade and like to read in bed, I recommend the SimpleTouch with Glow Light. I thought about getting a tablet, but you have to recharge them constantly. If you just have an e-reader, the charge can last a lot longer.

I agree with 85. I love the front light on my SimpleTouch. It comes in handy on so many occasions.

I finished the extremely excellent A Turn of Light and am now Walking to Emmaus with Eamon Duffy, while trying to finish Master and Commander.

I just finished Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien a wonderful book about a biologist who adopts an owl and raises him over 20 years.

I have been OD'ing on YA to get through the HUB challenge but this morning I decided to take a little break. Hong on the Range by William F. Wu was sitting on my desk. It has tweaked my interest on several occasions so I decided to give it a go. Post-apocalyptic + Western + steam punk (before there ever was such a genre) + humor! What a combo!

I am really enjoying the YA I am reading right now, Ashfall by Mike Mullin, an apocalypse story about the super-volcano under Yellowstone erupting. I have also started the historical mystery Dissolution and although only a couple of chapters in, I can tell I have found another series to follow!

I've started Maisie Dobbs on audio and might pick up another of the Agatha Award ones for AwardCAT - not sure if I want to read two mysteries at the same time, though. Decisions, decisions. :)

am reading the faber book of reportage which is very variable...

Someone gave me a very late present of The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman :-) so after Anders great review I am diving in. This will be a month of great fantasy Camera Obscura & The Emperor of All Things and now this.

I'm starting Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer.

I'm debating between picking up All Quiet on the Western Front again (I only got about 10 pages into it a couple of weeks ago) or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, either of which will count as a ROOT challenge book.

Decisions, decisions...

...and in the meanwhile Homer's Odyssey is waiting for me! I have determined to not read it until I've read at least one ROOT book.

So.... update to message #76. I'm back reading The Sisters Brothers, but my first generation Nook has met its maker. I wound up getting the tablet and I am enjoying it at this very moment. I think I really am one of those people who will stay content with my electronic items until they just stop working lol. So I was kind of happy and sad at the same time:)

Now my home computer is on the fritz sigh....... I'm using my computer at work to type this. Shhhh!

#94 - I really enjoyed Death in the Docks. She does sparkling, witty, conversations so well!

I just finished Aurelia. What a disappointment! I was beguiled by the beautiful cover. Thin plot, flat characters, lame ending. Also reading Daughter of the Forest and The Ghost Map.

I'm just starting The Black Tower by Louis Bayard. I'm still working on 2666 and on track to finish by the end of the month. I've listened to about 1/3 of The Sunday Hangman.

>96 lsh63:: Glad you got a new machine but oh no that your home computer is acting up! If it's not one thing, it's another!

My current bus book is Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which I am reading for the March RandomCAT. It's also a reread (sort of) so I'm putting it under that category in my main category challenge.

I am starting The Best Man by Kristan Higgins.

I'm almost done with Running in the Family (less than 20 pages) so I've decided to start Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.

Reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's okay, so far.

It's interesting that when I read 'classics' for the first time, some are great, like A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but some are awful, like The Scarlet Letter.

I didn't care for The Red Badge of Courage, either.

I've finished The Sisters Brothers and have moved on to Dead Man's Island. I'm a big fan of Carolyn Hart, but this character Henrie O, is rubbing me the wrong way.

I bought the series for my mom, and now that she's finished reading them, I'm not sure if I want to continue with the series.

I just finished The Shooting Party by Isabel Colgate, which is a must-read for all serious Downton Abbey fans (it inspired Gosford Park, which inspired Downton Abbey). Now I'm on to The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White--I'm not interested in the plot, but the writing is very interesting and skillful.

Ooh, The Shooting Party sounds great! Must add to the wishlist!

LittleTaiko, my thoughts exactly!

started the shadow year....

I love Jeff Ford, but haven't read much yet (just the well-built city trilogy andf The drowned life) so I'm eagerly awaiting your impression of that one, pete.

>109 GingerbreadMan: - so far so good, it's very different to the well built city stuff but still very readable

I'm putting down Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as I just can't get into it at all. I did the same thing with All Quiet on the Western Front.

I think some classics may be wonderful, but not everyone will enjoy reading them. As my time is limited, I have to make decisions whether or not to continue with a story that just leaves me 'cold'.

Onward...

I really need to focus on writing this week and next. So I've decided to go for something that I've wanted to read a long time, but which perhaps isn't too engrossing: Prosperity without growth

I abandoned a book The Lost: Sin Hunters 1 after 23 pages, considering it had three sexual encounters in that limited space. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

I then picked up Killing Floor which is amazingly compelling. I don't want to put it down.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court for the group read. The second volume of Proust. Anna of the five towns by Arnold Bennett. And I'm waiting breathlessly for the new Hamish MacBeth, Death of yesterday which will arrive on my Kindle sometime next week.

I haven't been able to read too much because of RL, but will finish Half of a Yellow Sun soon. I'm hoping to get more reading in this weekend - I think I said that last week too : )

->108 psutto:
Ooh, I liked that one! I've not read anything else by him so I wouldn't know how different it is from the "regular" stuff - it has some fantastic imagery, though!

I finally got Gone Girl from the library, so I'll be starting that one. I've heard so many disparaging views about it that I'm really looking forward to seeing what the hubbub is all about.

I'm currently reading The Kiln People by David Brin and Second Sunrise by Aimee Thurlo.

just finished the shadow year over breakfast and am wondering what to read next - choices choices choices

Stayed up too late last night finishing Jude Morgan's A Little Folly, which I really enjoyed...now on to Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave.

decided to read space captain smith, it's going to be silly....

Sunflower by Marilyn Sharp.

Reading and enjoying Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper.

I just finished Die Upon a Kiss. I want to start A Death in Vienna but I misplaced my library book! If I can't find it, I'll start A Slave in the White House next.

Due to rainy weather, I've finished two books this weekend; The Round House by Louise Erdrich, which was excellent and which I read for the AwardsCAT, and Raised Right by Alisa Harris.

I'm now reading The Cat by Edeet Ravel, my ER book that doesn't have a touchstone because there are too many of those The Cat Who... books. I'm also reading Dear Life by Alice Munro and Raven Black by Ann Cleeves.

I've finished 2 this weekend also - Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje and Knit Two by Kate Jacobs

Last night I started Five Bells by Gail Jones, and this morning I realized I should start The House of Mirth for my bookclub next week. I'm also browsing through The Literary Detective: 100 Puzzles in Classic Fiction by John Sutherland.

Finished Sunflower, an 80's era spy thriller. Am working on Within a budding grove

I've decided to try and get through Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell this week before the month ends.

I just started Waterland by Graham Swift and The Wounded Storyteller by Arthur Frank--I don't know if I'll finish either before the month ends, but I'm enjoying both!

I read Throne of the Crescent Moon, which was fun, and am back to trying to finish Francis of Assisi: A New Biography, before the end of the month.

I am still working on Kiln People.

Plan on picking up my last planned read for March, A Dog About Town, later this evening.

I'm trying to get two finished before the end of the month, The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr and The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers.

Finished pretty damn essential Prosperity without growth, and will be starting Divergent over lunch.

Just started the How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid. written entirely in the 2nd person too but I am needing to make my imagination work overtime as the main character is male..

in the middle of the rather wonderful the half-made world by Felix Gilman thanks to Anders and Claire!

I tried to read Enclave, but I got turned off. I finished Berlin Candy Bomber last night and I'm reading The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes now.

I'm still working on 2666 and I'm determined to finish it by the end of the month. It's doable since I only have about 75 pages left. I'm also reading Death of a Cozy Writer and listening to People of the Book.

I started Antic Hay and 11/22/63 recently. Hoping to finish Antic Hay in a few days, and 11/22/63 in April for the AwardsCAT.

I'm reading Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell and The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel. Oh. And still working on Kiln People by David Brin.

I've finished Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell and have decided to start my first book for April - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny since I'm pretty sure this weekend will be so busy I won't finish it by tomorrow.

I'm on vacation and haven't gotten much reading finished. On the plane I read about 100 pages of Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher, but it just didn't grab me. Also still reading The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison which is good, but I keep falling asleep.

I haven't been keeping track of the books I've read on this thread since they were for a sub challenge. Since I've almost completed that, however, I am taking a break for 11/22/63. So far so amazing! It's been a long time since I've been tempted by a Stephen King story.