Noir, by Christopher Moore I did not really enjoy this book that much. The plot was hard to follow and the humor was really cliche. I can see how some people might like it, but not for me.

Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris I read Barrel Fever several years ago and realized that was all I have ever read by Sedaris. Hoping to pick up a few more as I found myself literally cackling while I read this.

Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer Finally finished the Southern Reach trilogy. I still don't know how I feel about these books. Sometimes I loved them, other times I was frustrated. I'm not a huge sci-fan typically so maybe that is why I'm on the fence. I would read again though just to get a better understanding of things I missed the first time.

The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga My friend gave me a copy of this book a few years ago. It's been on my shelf and I had no idea what it was about and had not even heard of it before. Finally read it and absolutely loved it, one of my new favorite books. Such a powerful story.

Devil's Knot:The True Story of the West Memphis Three, by Mara Leveritt About 70 pages into this. Really liking it so far. I'm a huge true crime fan and did not know anything about these murders.

Still reading Passage of Dawn, by R. A. Salvatore and enjoying Drizzt’s new adventures.

Also. Still reading Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer and enjoying it. Am quite interested in how things shake out at the end.

Same as last week. Been a slow week for me.

Still reading Passage of Dawn, by R. A. Salvatore and enjoying Drizzt’s new adventures.

Also. Still reading Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer and enjoying it. Am quite interested in how things shake out at the end. Have about 3 hours left in the audiobook. I’ve liked the narration so far except for the biologist. Her narrator talks like 10% too fast.

Finished Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer was a good finish to the series. Left enough to think about but still ironed out some parts. Sad the series is done.

Still reading Passage of Dawn, by R. A. Salvatore should finish it in the next day or so. Still enjoy Drizzt and his adventures.

Started Children of the Fleet, by Orson Scott Card. Somehow I missed reading this one. Enjoying it a lot.

Edit cause I’m cool: finished Passage of Dawn ended quick. But still enjoyable.

Not sure what to start next...Catch-22 or 2001: A Space Odyssey or American Gods ... hmmmmmmm

Last week I finished:

Authority, by Jeff Vandermeer and Acceptance, by Jeff Vandermeer. I honestly can't remember the last time I stayed up late and fought sleep because of a book. Awesome series. I can see why people say Authority is the weakest of the three books, but I still really liked it and I KNOW I'm going to have to re-read the series soon. I've been lending the books after I finish them to a coworker and I'm excited to hear what she thinks.

Acceptance, by James VanderMeer

Finished The Grip of It, by Jac Jemc last week. It started off really well but somewhere around the two thirds mark it fell apart. It began to feel really rushed and as opposed to being afraid the two main characters just seemed to be drunk for a lot of the end. I haven't been this disappointed in a book in quite some time.

Started Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer. I'm excited to finished up the trilogy. The shifting POV was a good choice as it keeps things fresh in the way the other two books didn't.

Once Acceptance is done I'll be finishing up the Chronicles of Prydain with The High King, by Lloyd Alexander.

I finished Lexicon, by Max Berry — it was good not mind blowing but interesting.

Also finished Authority, by Jeff VanderMeer — I actually liked this MORE than Annihilation. Had better balance I felt like.

Started reading Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer and enjoying it so far.

Also started back with Drizzt and his gang in Passage of Dawn, by R. A. Salvatore and it’s entertain as always.

Also. I’m on track for my 52 books this year. I’m at 17/52 so far!!!

Finally finished Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer.

It was a slog in parts, but finished strong, I think. I carried straight on through the trilogy, which is something I haven’t done in years. I generally avoid series like the plague.

I’m looking to start one if the following, and I’ll take suggestions on which one:

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami

Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Florida, by Lauren Groff

Just finished Acceptance, by Jeff Vandermeer: I had put this one off for awhile in general. I read Annihilation sometime in the year it came out, then jumped right into Authority but felt a bit burnt out by how quickly I binged the first book. Have finally made it to this and pushed through. Happy that I have finished the series and really enjoyed it!

Currently about to jump back into The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg: I hit a point where I had too many books going, so this is the last one to finally knock them out. I'm exactly 50 pages in out of 416 (366 left) and aiming to knock out it in the next 2 weeks among work & vacation.

Motivated to finish it off, continue a solid read everyday streak, and get to pick something completely fresh.

Finished:

Authority, by Jeff VanderMeer

It was a slog, for most of it, but I really liked the ending.

Starting:

Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer

Gonna wrap this trilogy soon.

Finishing up the Southern Reach trilogy, currently halfway through Acceptance, by Jeff Vandermeer.

Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer

I recommend reading all of these as a single novel. The first could stand alone, the second maybe, the third no way anyone could follow (not that I really understand any of it).

Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward

I started the audiobook and so far its just setting up the scene and characters.

Saga, Vol. 1 (Saga #1), by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist)

Dipping my toe into a graphic novel for something different. The artwork is astonishing and really caught my eye.

Just finished Acceptance, by Jeff Vandermeer and just started Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut

I am currently reading:

Acceptance by Jeff Vadermeer

• I've been reading these books in very quick succession though am slowing down a bit on this one. I'm enjoying it a lot but I also feel like I have no idea what's going on – though I suppose that's nothing new as I have essentially felt like that the whole way through. Hah.
• That said, I do like that it's a bit mysterious and you're not given all the answers. I'm only a third of the way through though so we shall see.
• I'm just hoping for a satisfying ending – I don't mean that I want everything to be neatly tied up and to know every single thing at the end, but for it to feel like a good conclusion to the series.

The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

• I've never read a 'business book' before but I recently got promoted at work and the result is that I am in even more meetings than before, so I end up spending the whole day in meetings and then going home to spend my evenings doing some actual work.
• I have become so desperate that I have resorted to reading this book about 'Creat[ing] transformative meetings, events and experiences' as the subtitle puts it.
• I'm only about a quarter of the way in and I've actually moved from scornful to inspired. I'm hoping I'll actually be able to use some of what I've read about by the end...

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