What are we reading in October?

I searched, but I didn't see one of these "what are we reading" threads.

I'm reading The Private Patient I'm kind of sad it will be the last in the Adam Dalgleish series.

I just finished the first Harry Dresden book, Storm Front - so much fun and I'm definitely looking forward to more!f

Wow, and we're 10 days into the month already! I can't believe how quickly the time is going. Thanks for starting the thread!

I'm steadily working my way through a Women Crime Writers omnibus. Right now I'm reading In a Lonely Place, by Dorothy B. Hughes. Very creepy.

I've just finished The Dust that Falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernieres, which was the story of a well-off British family before, during and after World War One. It had an old-fashioned feel to it.

Now I'm reading Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg, which is also about loss, and I'm about to begin A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, instead of reading the books off of my tbr as I had planned, which is what happens when all the ebooks I'd reserved from the library come available at once.

I am reading The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey - it's a good one!

Yay! I couldn't find a thread for September. This thread is how I find almost all of the "non-series" books I read. Thanks, jonesli.

I just finished Veiled by Benedict Jacka - Book 6 in the Alex Verus series. (I really wish his last name was different because I always read it as "Versus" in my head.) Good choice for fans of the Rivers of London series.

I've just begun A Proper Companion by Candice Hern, an entertaining Regency romance that seems reminiscent of Georgette Heyer (though, of course, not as good!).

Seeing as I'm trapped in the hospital, I have plenty of time to make a dent in Ghettoside , A Manual for Cleaning Women, and Between the World and Me.

I love when more than one library hold comes in at the same time!

>8 lsh63: I hope everything goes well. That is a good selection to have with you.

>8 lsh63: Best of luck, Lisa. I've heard very good things about Ghettoside and have added it to my wishlist.

Currently I am reading Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg and An Imperfect Lens by Anne Roiphe.

I've already finished 3 books this month: a biography of former German football player Uwe Seeler, Danke, Fußball!, not so good German chick-lit Herzsprung and the very good A Time of Miracles, historical fiction set in the Caucasus region.

Currently I am reading book no. 6 in Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole series, The Redeemer. I have 2/3 still to go, so this will take me a while (reading in Danish takes a bit more time). As bed-side book I think I will start another biography, this time about the best German table tennis player and his experiences in China, Timo Boll: Mein China.

Let's see, so far this month I've read The Haunting of Hill House, The Sisters Brothers, Frankenstein and Men Explain Things to Me. I have just started The Warrior's Apprentice.

Oh, I'm also listening to Sense and Sensibility.

Almost halfway through The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards as well as reading Powers of Two.

I'm about to start The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart. I've read a bunch of hers, but this one is new to me, so I'm excited!

I'm reading The Little Bookshoop by Nina George. It's relatively new and recommended by a friend who loved it. I think I'll finish it tonight, but I'm going to have to think on it a bit before I decide what I want to say about it. I have Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol R. Brunt going too and it's great.

Finishing up my women crime writers' omnibus with The Blank Wall, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. At first it didn't seem that promising, but it has reeled me in.

I finished A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, with mixed feelings.

I'm now reading A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, which is a Swedish novel about a crotchety old man. It's entirely enjoyable so far.

Also, as my copy of Robert Galbraith's Career of Evil was just handed to me by the post man, I might be reading that soon.

Finished the mystery Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein. First in the John Ceepak series. Good enough that I'll try another.

Now reading the YA novel Bone Gap by Laura Ruby.

I am dipping in and out of M.R. James Collected Ghost Stories and reading Three Weeks in December and Fourth Sacrifice by Peter May.

The month's almost over and I just came across this thread. Not that I have a lot to report. I've only managed to finish two books so far this month - The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry and King and Maxwell by David Baldacci.

>17 RidgewayGirl: I'm so excited about a new Strike mystery, mine doesn't arrive until tomorrow but I hope I get a chance to read it this weekend, we have a rainy one coming up.

I've been reading Geraldine Brooks bio a bit at a time, Foreign Correspondence. Very good though.

I just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and I give it 4 stars. I didn't expect it to be as good as it was, what a nice surprise.

>9 RidgewayGirl: and >10 DeltaQueen50: Thanks for the good wishes Kay and Judy . I'm home resting comfortably and reading and watching mindless tv.

I'm enjoying Pretty Girls , trying to finish it before I go back to work on Monday.

Lisa, I'm glad you're healing. Pretty Girls sounds like the perfect book for that.

I just finished Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown, which I loved! And I'm now reading Charlie Lovett's First Impressions, which is pretty disappointing so far...I'm hoping it gets better as I get further into it.

Finally finished Powers of Two which was a bit of a slog and am partway through Dracula. Hoping to start The Museum of Extraordinary Things soon.

Just finished Faithful Place, by Tana French. Wow.

Also decided that I needed something fun and seasonal so started Night of the Living Deed - so far it's pretty good, a fun cozy mystery with ghosts.

Yesterday I finished Jo Nesbø's The Redeemer, a brilliant and suspenseful mystery. This morning I started The Martian, after all the buzz it got here on LT. I've only read 60 pages so far, but the beginning is very promising. :)

I'm currently reading The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I just finished an enjoyable audio collection of short stories, American Classics and I've just started an L.A. Theatre Works audio production of The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin that will fit this month's HistoryCAT (both time period and theme).

So, I'm reading Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined. It's basically the same story, but with the genders reversed to show that Bella (now Beau) wasn't a helpless twit, but just a mere human compared to all the supernatural beings. Everyone changed gender except Bella/Beau's father and mother. Meyer claims it's because the custody laws were different back then so it wouldn't have been believable for him to have custody, (Hello? vampires anyone?), but really . . . Is it more believable to imagine B's father pulling up roots to travel around the country following his new minor league baseball player wife? No, but Meyer can't admit that without reinforcing the gender roles which this whole exercise called a novel was supposed to be challenging or whatever, so we'll just blame it on the custody laws. Yeah, the custody laws.

That makes sense in my mind, but I'm not explaining it well, especially to anyone who hasn't read/seen Twilight (who probably would have just skipped over this whole post anyway). Summary - While it may be true that B's father wouldn't likely have been given custody, it's MORE true that a man wouldn't likely give up his home to follow his female minor league baseball player wife. The custody excuse is a cop-out.

And this book is confusing the hell out of me. The names have the same first letters, but it's been so long since I've read or seen the series, it's hard to remember that "Eleanor" is Emmett. The easiest one is probably is "Royal" for Rosalie since she was such a royal . . .

I just finished Amphigorey. I'm currently reading The Culture Clash for this month's RandomCAT and Val McDermid's retelling of Northanger Abbey for Halloween. I'm listening to Corridors of the Night, which I won't finish before the end of the month.

Edited to fix touchstone.

I finished Gap Creek by Robert Morgan for my last Bingo block. Now I'm reading Stiff by Mary Roach which is my Random Cat book this month.

Tried to read Museum of Extraordinary Things but finally gave up halfway through as I was just completely bored with the characters, found the story to be unbelievable and overall just didn't care how it turned out.

I'm really enjoying the new Cormoran Strike novel, Career of Evil. It's hard to put down.

And I'm finishing up 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill for the SFFFCAT and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

I'm enjoying the second book in Jane Smiley's hundred years trilogy, Early Warning.

I'm waiting not so patiently for my turn for Career of Evil.

Next up will be How It All Began and In a Dark Dark Wood.

I've started Slade House and I've not read anything by David Mitchell before, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he's all about.