Rexroth and I just stained our back deck (hopefully it won’t rain this afternoon), and with that major accomplishment out of the way for this weekend, I’m looking forward to heading to the pool tomorrow with my Kindle, my sunblock, and some snacks for a serious readfest. I’m looking forward to tackling some great client revisions, but I’m curious…
What are you reading?
Share your reading plans and recommendations in the comments!
Filed Under: Slushpile
Tags: beach reads, reading day
June 26th, 2009 at 6:56 am
HI! Wow, that sounds like quite a plan. Enjoy your new deck.
I'm working on reading the next one in Charlaine Harris' series. Living Dead in Dallas. Dead Until Dark was pretty good, so we'll see how this one pans out.
Have a great weekend!!
June 26th, 2009 at 7:12 am
I'm trying to make up for lost time (boo, exams!) on my quest to read 100 books this year, so this weekend I need to read the next three books on my list: MJ's "Devilish" and "Girl at Sea" and Libba Bray's "A Great and Terrible Beauty."
Halfway through "Devilish!"
But, of course, you've already read that.
One book I read last week and particularly enjoyed was "Princess of the Midnight Ball" by Jessica Day George. It's a re-telling of a Grimm Fairy Tale and it was really neat. I was concerned in the beginning that I would get ridiculously confused with the character names–there are twelve sisters and all of them are named after flowers–but it was easy to distinguish them based on their personalities, which impressed me greatly. I'd recommend it!
June 26th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Thanks to an insane coverage gig I agreed to… I am reading SEVEN forensic thrillers as soon as I can. No, I don't know what I was thinking either!!
Enjoy those client revisions.
June 26th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Hey Ashley, I have that quest too! Granted, my list also includes audio books, because I can do that while at work. Right now I have 37 books under my belt, and as it's nearly 7 months into the year I think I might only make it to 70. Nothing to sneeze at, but still shy of 100.
Right now I'm reading Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. I know I'm late, but better late than never. I just finished the first three in Jeanenine Frost's Night Huntress series. After Pretties, I think I'm going to read either Graceling or The Graveyard Book.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I think it's time for me to read that new Evanovich!
June 26th, 2009 at 8:04 am
The pool sounds delicious! As for reading material? Hmmm…
Smashcut & As You Wish.
Enjoy your weekend!
June 26th, 2009 at 8:58 am
The backyard deck sounds lovely!
Today I started on the post-apocalyptic classic On the Beach by Nevil Shute.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
My recent reads are: "Along for the Ride" by Sarah Dessen and "Memoir of a Teenage Amnesiac" by Gabrielle Zevin. Both very good in very different ways.
Currently: "Fairy Tale" by Cyn Balog. But I'm only on page 5, so not enough to say how it's going.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Hopefully I will be finishing Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker. Nice piece of standalone epic fantasy. Started it last week I guess, and I've been so busy I haven't been able to finish it until, hopefully, this weekend.
If I have time, or perhaps next week, I will start one of the last few Maureen Johnson books sitting on my "Read Me" shelf. Then maybe something by John Scalzi, depending on my mood.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
All those books mentioned above are great. Read Devilish and loved it. Just finished Pretties and had to buy Specials. Evermore is next along with Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty. I have about 12 books on my desk right now and they are all screaming at me to read. Way too much fun.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I'm finally getting around to reading the sequeal to Ann Aguirre's Grimspace: Wanderlust. It's been in my TBR stack for awhile. I'm more than halfway through and more than a little worried I'm going to get a setting up for a sequel ending. We'll see…
June 26th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Cheri Priest's Dreadful Skin! With illustrations!
And The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus 2) by Jonathan Stroud, on audiotape, read by Simon Jones. Almost to the end…I keep finding excuses to drive places.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Right now I'm reading The Bermudez Triangle, by MJ and I LOVE IT.
Afterwards I am going to read Keeping The Moon by Sarah Dessen and Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I've decided to do a bit of light reading this summer by picking up Ben-Hur. I'm about halfway through it and think it's pretty good.
Next on my list is to re-read the entire Wheel of Time before the next book comes out in November.
June 27th, 2009 at 3:21 am
Just finished Suite Scarlett (loved it!) My next read is one of my own I am revisiting for revision.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:44 am
I'm working on The Three Musketeers for my Fill-in-the-Gaps 100 project. We just moved, though, so I haven't spent as much time with it as I would like. I'm excited to be living back in the US now so that I can get my hands on some of the YA titles on my list that I couldn't get while I was living overseas.
I think I may have to read some of them while still keeping up on Three Musketeers … which is so funny, by the way. I've really laughed out loud at some parts. I think that took me by surprise.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Just finished The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. Cried at the end…I loved the trilogy. Picking up City of Ashes today since I'm almost done City of Bones.
Halfway through "The First Five Pages" by Noah Lukeman. Great book on writing! Also reading Stephen King on Writing…which is awesome.
Almost done The Wolves of Calla on audio. (Stephen King…Gunslinger Series) I already read the whole series, but it's always fun to listen to stuff…I find you get a different take on it. Besides Harry Potter the Gunslinger books are my very favorite series ever!
June 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I just finished "Bride to Terabithia" today. I've never read it, I know shame on me. I have "Memoir of a Teenage Amnesiac"next on my list.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Hey Daphne, who won the book from commenting on your post about blurbs? Thank you as always for being so generous and informative! Anna
June 29th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Okay, since this seems to be the place to remind you of things…hem-hem…what was the COOL news you Twitted about the other day? You said you would let use know later and I just wanted to see if you forgot, or if it's not ready for publication yet…I wonder if it's what I read about just last night?? Hmmmmmm
June 29th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Karen — all is revealed on Twitter!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:43 am
This weekend I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (I'm really behind the times on my Harry) and Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. I just started Next by Carrie Jones and already love her voice and writing style. After Next? Devilish by MJ…just arrived in the mail from Amazon *rubs hands together*
June 29th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I just recently finished a bunch of books, therefore am on a reading break. (I'm an addict…I HAVE to finish a book before I do anything else, like eat or sleep, so I drive my husband nuts when I'm reading.) I finished Poison Study and Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder, The Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon, and City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I plan on getting the next ones in those series (Fire Study, and City of Ashes, City of Glass), plus Dragons Prefer Blondes by Candy Havens (releasing July 7)
June 29th, 2009 at 10:14 am
[...] to Anna, for reminding me I promised to give another free copy of Vacations From Hell to a random commenter [...]
June 29th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Correction to my last post…the book is called Need by Carrie Jones, not Next…my fingers got a little crazy on the keyboard!