What Are We Reading in October?

Although I can't quite believe October is already here, it must be, since I'm about to start my read for October AwardCAT, American Gods.

And I just finished up my Sept Booker Prize book The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds. I think next I'll start Shadows at the Fair by Lea Wait which I'll be reading for the Alpha Cat and also for the Random CAT.

I finished The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, this afternoon. I've got to think about it before I write a review but it will be positive, I liked it a lot. I should finish On The Noodle Road, From Beijing to Rome With Love and Pasta by Jen Lin-liu before the end of the week. Then it will be In The City Of Bikes, The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist by Pete Jordan.

Just finished Woman in the Dark. Also am reading The Namesake and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.

Having finished The Expats by Chris Pavone, I've started Go With Me by Castle Freeman, Jr. I'm also still working my slow way through In Europe by Geert Mak and I'm looking at Venice: The Collected Traveler by Barrie Kerper because we're driving down to Venice for the long weekend.

I need to finish Radio Shangri-La and then I will tackle American Gods which I've had on my Kindle for a while. Since there is testing going on in my library, I picked up a short, easy read, Love in the Time of Global Warming, a new book by Francesca Lia Block. Wierd! I'm also listening to Ape House in my car.

I finished The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare, and am now working on the self-explanatory Sleep: A Very Short Introduction and Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens, a memoir of the author's move to Greece and immersion in Greek culture that has beautiful prose.

I've stalled on a couple of literary reads. With a new dog in the house, I'm not finding as much time to read and I'm finding that light fiction is working best for me right now. I'm reading an ARC of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches and I've nearly finished the audio of The Sense of an Ending. As soon as things settle down a bit I'll finish The Garden of Evening Mists.

>8 cbl_tn:: JEALOUS! I can't wait for the next Flavia :D

Today I started Fire Down Below, Vol. 3 of William Golding's To the Ends of the Earth trilogy. It would be nice to finish this huge omnibus book before Canadian Thanksgiving so I don't have to bring it home.

I'm also reading and taking copious notes on Gulp, by Mary Roach, and am also reading Solomon Northup's narrative of Twelve Years a Slave. I hope it gets reprinted to coincide with the movie; this copy appears to be a print-on-demand and there are some really weird formatting/spelling errors.

>8 cbl_tn:: JEALOUS! I can't wait for the next Flavia :D

I second that statement! *Whimpers*

I am reading The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe because: 1) it is on my TBR pile, 2) it seems to fit the atmosphere of the October RandomCAT, and 3) okay, I was having a really difficult time trying to decide on my next read and this is what jumped out at me.

I've finished Shadows at the Fair for my Random Cat book this month and am turning my attention to Sula by Toni Morrison for one of my Award Cats this month.

Mamzel - I may be tackling American Gods myself later this month.

I started off the month with The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater, and now I'm starting Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (don't know why that touchstone links to a DVD...).

Starting Rembrandt's Eyes.

Currently rereading To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis. It's been over 10 years since I first read it, and while it's not quite as engrossing the second time around (since I sort of remember the solution to the mystery), it's still quite funny.

I finally finished The Garden of Evening Mists this evening. I've moved on to Tiepolo's Hound and Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father and I'm listening to Frankenstein.

I'm reading Transatlantic by Colum McCann and continuing to read In Europe by Geert Mak.

I'm alternating between All the Colors of Darkness amd Train to Anywhere. Train to Anywhere is turning out to be a good read, I believe it's one of those Nook books I picked up either as a Free Friday or at a reduced price. It's a well developed story about ex-con Eddie Griffin, who is trying to put his life back together, but who still manages to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Set in the Prohibition era, Eddie tries to outsmart the police, a hit man, and various mob bosses after he's framed for two murders and is forced to commit a few bank robberies to keep himself alive.

I'm reading Robin McKinley's Shadows, which works for this month's RandomCAT.

I like that we have as many members as we have reading American Gods this month. Spontaneous group read!

I finished my YA book, Love in the Time of Global Warming (don't you love that title?) and will start The Rithmatist. At home I finished Radio Shangri-La and have started American Gods. I'm still listening to Ape House in the car.

I'm in that group also, mamzel. Just started American Gods; although I'm not sure it's going to be my cup of tea (as they say), so far I'm liking it and the writing. Also going to start The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen.

I finished Eurydice Street, as well as Spider Woman's Daughter, the continuation of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee mystery series by his daughter Anne.

I am reading Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney, which is a page-turning zombie thriller and I am starting The Sandman Vol 8: World's End.

am reading shopocalypse by David Gullen

Still working on Cryptonomicon (which I'm enjoying greatly, it's just long) and just started Black Order.

Just finished Silas Marner and starting There but for the by Ali Smith

I've read the entire mri trilogy by CJ Cherryh as part of the AlphaCAT challenge: The Faded Sun: Kesrith, The Faded Sun: Shon'Jir and The Faded Sun: Kutath, all excellent books.

By now I expect that of Ms. Cherryh...

I'm so so late getting around to The Count of Monte Cristo. I missed the group read for this but I am enjoying it very much!

I'm reading Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father and listening to Frankenstein.

I am reading a serial-killer thriller by a new-to-me author, The Cleaner by New Zealander Paul Cleave. I have also started a biography of Gypsy Rose Lee with American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott.

Hi Judy:

That is too funny, I have that same book about Gypsy Rose Lee, I am going to read it next year for a biography category.

I'm still reading The Count of Monte Cristo and All The Colors of Darkness, hopefully I can finish both of them this weekend.

Finished Faithful Place today. So good. I think I'll be starting A Farewell to Arms for the AwardsCAT, but I'm trying to have some self control and get some work done first. And yet here I am on LT...

Decided to read something from my "auxilary bookshelf" at my parents' place: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train, by Frank Thomas. I'm on a Holmes kick at the moment so this is fairly serviceble, but a sharper-eyed editor was needed.

I'm still working on American Gods - it's not slow going, it's just that I made the mistake of starting to watch Breaking Bad and my spare time is now taken up by Walter White & Company.

->28 cbl_tn:
Looking forward to hearing what you think. I was just at the San Juan Capistrano mission today and saw a statue of him.

->31 aliciamay:
"And yet here I am on LT..."
Funny how that happens. :)

I struggled through the first 60 pages or so of To Ride Pegasus. It now lives at David's Used Books, where I took it this afternoon.

Next book is ... ?

>33 -Eva-: - Eva - I'm in almost the same situation. About 120 pages into American Gods and find it's easy reading, but have also started watching after all the commotion. We've only seen the first show so far, but I can see it might be taking up some of my "free" time. And football and the baseball series - phew! Since I'm reading AG on my e-reader, I'm also reading The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen for my physical-book-by-the-bed.

I managed to pause Walter long enough to finish American Gods - absolutely worth it! Now, I'll just go back to cooking meth. :) (Well, Walter will cook the meth and I'll watch him do it.) And somehow get started on A Feast for Crows as well.

I am reading the 2nd most popular fiction book about fly fishing: The River Why by David James Duncan.

I finished The Sinner, am still progressing on American Gods and have started Glazed Murder.

dudes22 & -Eva- Starting Breaking Bad from scratch - enjoy the ride! I finished the series and now I'm tempted to start from the beginning again.

Couldn't sleep last night, so I finished A Farewell to Arms. I have a bit of driving to do over the next few days and found that the group read was available on audio, so I'll get a late start on The Path Between the Seas.

Reading A Constellation of Vital Phenomena -so far it's intriguing though the author's style takes a bit of getting used to.

Read a couple more books over the long weekend -- The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen and No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty. Now I'm starting Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, which also fits with this month's RandomCAT.

Are you planning on doing NaNoWrimo, Christina?

@ 42 -- Yes I am! I've signed up a couple times in the past but have never taken it seriously. This year, however, I'm actually going to TRY, darn it!

Today I think I'll finally cue up my audiobook selection, The Angel's Kiss, by Melody Malone. If that doesn't suit, I also have Ed McBain's Long Time No See and an e-copy of Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

I read and reviewed Black Hearts in Battersea, my RandomCAT choice.

Now I'm giving The Great Gatsby a try. It's one of those classics I never have read.

I never read poetry as a rule but I was really, really blown away by October Mourning. I also finished The Rithmatist, a YA fantasy. Still working on American Gods and listening to Ape House.

I am reading Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron and I have started The Sandman Volume 9: The Kindly Ones cause I need to see what's going to happen next!

I have a few pages left in All The Colors of Darkness and I'm also reading One Thousand White Women.

Besides Path Between Seas, I'm also reading Murder on the Orient Espresso.

I am still reading In Europe by Geert Mak, but I'm now just over halfway, having read over 400 very dense pages.

I'm also enjoying Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda and I've also begun a small stack of Paris-themed books to get into the mood for a trip at the end of the month (it's a mere seven and a half hours by car). Incidentally, I've been feeling very well-travelled and lucky with all these convenient road trips. Then the receptionist at the vet's asked me why on earth we'd moved to Munich, when the US was so exciting and exotic. I guess exotic depends on where you start out. Is Paris exotic to Parisians? Or just the centre of the universe?

>48 lsh63: - Lisa - I really enjoyed One Thousand White Women when I read it last year and was hoping to get to his next book The Wild Girl this year but not sure I'll make it. I'll be looking forward to see what you think.

@ 50 -- RG, hope you enjoy Hunting and Gathering; it's one of my favorite books from this year!

I've finished Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck and have started It Is Well with My Soul by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson. Still reading American Gods also.

I'm 1/4 of the way through Lionheart. Is there a discussion thread up yet - I couldn't see one.

Finished It Is Well with My Soul by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson and am going to start Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

55> I have Sizzling Sixteen sitting here staring at me accusingly. I've been saying I'm going to read it this month.

Read The Great Gatsby. I want to mull over what I've read before I write my review, but I do recommend it.

I am reading The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber and The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig.

I finished listening to Ape House (bleh!) and reading American Gods (fab.u.lous!). I read and hated A Year in the Merde and started Sisters Brothers which looks like it will be a blast.

Reading my Random CAT selection for October, The Dark Crusader, by Alistair MacLean.

I'm reading a NetGalley ARC of Ten Lords a-Leaping, The Book Thief, and still working on Tiepolo's Hound. I'm listening to Frankenstein and really hope I can finish it before the end of the month.

I've made it through the first 2 parts of The Path Between the Seas, still a ways to go! I'm about half done with Dear Life for the AwardCAT and I started on Malone Dies for the monthly author read. Thank goodness there is one more weekend left in October!

I am now reading The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell which I am really liking, and continuing on with one my series, Black Fly Season by Giles Blunt.

@ 63 -- Ooh, DQ, I have The Reapers Are the Angels on my TBR shelf...glad to hear you're enjoying it!

Currently reading The Westing Game bu Ellen Raskin.

Oh I loved The Westing Game when I was a kid and when I reread it last year!

Currently reading The Engagements.

>66 BookLizard:, 67 I also LOVED The Westing Game when I read it as a child. It's one of those books that I sometimes think about.

I am finishing a series by reading The Key to Creation by Kevin J Anderson. I love it when I complete a trilogy or series.

I'm starting Doc by Mary Doria Russell.

#71 - Christina, Doc was a five star read for me last year. Enjoy. Oh, by the way, I have about fifty pages left in The Reapers Are The Angels and I am thinking 5 star for this one as well.

I loved Doc!

Also started The Winds of War by Herman Wouk. It's a doorstopper. Not sure how long it's going to take me!

I'm having a real Kate Morton fest right now, love her! Yesterday I finished The Forgotten Garden and today I started The Secret Keeper. I think The Secret Keeper may just turn out to be my favorite. Her books are chunksters, but great!

I just finished Sizzling Sixteen and am going to start The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree and press on with American Gods. It's only taking me so long becasue I've only been reading it at lunchtime on my IPad. I may try to have a read-fest this week end though and try to get it finished.

Finally turning my attention to a book club read - The Feminine Mystique. It's a very thought provoking book even if it's a bit dated.

67 & 69> I can see why you loved The Westing Game. I wish I had read it as a child, but I probably wouldn't have wanted to because it would have been too "scary" for me. LOL.

I read Sizzling Sixteen in one evening and started Smokin' Seventeen.

Finally finished the audiobook for Prized - the second book in the Birthmarked trilogy. Not as good as the first, although I think it would have been better reading it than hearing it. Not the fault of the narrator, just the type of book it is.

I am listening to Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen and read by Arte Johnson ("Verrrry interesting!"). Verrrrry funny!

Blazed through William Kent Krueger's Tamarack County yesterday. Can never seem to make his books last very long...

I've had a run of OK books, and am currently reading The Periodic Table which is proving better than OK.

I finished two over the weekend, The Path Between the Seas (very good) and Malone Dies (not so good). Now onto something light and fun, Four to Score!

Started the Diddakoi by Rumer Godden this morning and am enjoying it.

Finished another one - The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert.

I'm working on The Book Thief and the audio of Frankenstein and hope to finish both by the end of the month, although it will be close. I'm also reading Tiepolo's Hound to my dog, which is working surprisingly well for me. (The dog generally sleeps through it.)

I'm reading my final Halloween read, The Woman In Black by Susan Hill. I am trying to make this short book last me till the 31st, so I have also started a November planned read, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland. Both these books are good.

I'm enjoying the last few pages of Life After Life and Loyalty in Death.

>86 cbl_tn:
I find poetry easier to appreciate if I read it out loud to my cat. He just sits on my lap.

I've started my current LTER-book, USA Noir and, so far, the quality of the stories is consistently high. I can't read straight through a short story collection, though, so I'm going to start A Dance with Dragons as well.

I am totally engrossed in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. What has happened to Amy???

>91 Roro8: (in sing-song voice) I'm not going to tell you!

I just saw a trailer for the Book Thief movie. It looks like it's going to be great.