I just finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling

Now I'm starting (big surprise) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling .

I'm also gonna read through How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents, by Jimmy O. Yang

I've been travelling and sightseeing for the last week and a half, so I've had a lot of time to listen to audiobooks. I started and finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, both read by Stephen Fry. I love being in the Harry Potter bubble, which is why I've only read about 50 pages of Fool's Quest, by Robin Hobb.

Last week I started reading:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling I love when the HP transitions into its more mature themes, which starts in this book. I’ve forgotten how good this book was.

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2), by Suzanne Collins I’m a sucker for books with heavy themes of rebellion, so I’m enjoying this one very much.

Batavia’s Graveyard, by Mike Dash. I’m not sure how I feel about this one. It’s very readable (and the history is so much bloodier than I was expecting, holy shit) but this author occasionally makes bigger logical leaps than I like. On the other hand, I spent the afternoon at an art gallery exhibition that included articles FROM the Batavia, so I had a few interesting moments of my bedtime reading being unexpectedly relevant to the rest of my life!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling.

Still trundling through

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Fiiiiinally I finished The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson. Everything seems to have happened in about the last six chapters.

Almost done (will finish tonight, I’ve only got a chapter or two left) on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

Started The Bronze Horseman, by Paullina Simons. This feels like a fairly extravagant romance novel, which is more or less exactly what I feel like reading.

About to start Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J. K. Rowling

Started reading:

• It, by Stephen King (audiobook)
• Unstoppable Moses, by Tyler James Smith (I saw the author post about it on reddit!)

Still reading:

• The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling (audiobook; listening with my son)

Finished The Stone Sky, by NK Jemisin. A near perfect ending to the trilogy. Also finished The Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling. Another fun Potter book.

Started It, by Stephen King. Read like 200 pages on my first sitting, great so far.

So last week I finished:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling I’ve forgotten how good the book was. The movie does it no justice in the slightest

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2), by Suzanne Collins Loved this book honestly. I could hardly put it down. I’m a sucker for rebellion

This week I’m reading:

The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 5), by Rick Riordan

City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments book 5), by Cassandra Clare

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson. Fuck me, but this is a brick.

Finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

Finished How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents, by Jimmy O. Yang

Started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling

Finished:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling - I'm a little late to the HP game.

Started:

The Three-Body Problem, by Chixin Liu - I'm only 1/3 of the way through the book, but I find myself thinking about it a lot. So far, quite enjoyable.

Fellside, by M.R. Carey - I'm having a really hard time putting this book down. It has really short chapters, which makes it really easy to pick up for a few minutes here and there.

Finished The Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling. Good stuff, and a better experience than when I last read it. I think the ending is way more messed up than I remembered at the time (>!A 65-year-old+ man is trying to murder a 14-year-old child! And a group of grown adults are just laughing about the torture and potential murder of this child!!<). Now reading Order of the Phoenix, by Rowling. A lot from the books still hold up, but I gotta say...the adverbs, ugh...too. many. adverbs.

So last week I finished reading;

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 4), by Rick Riordan

Loved it! Super excited for the last book

City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments book 4), by Cassandra Clare

I’m really shocked at how great the plot’s still going even after Valentine. Definetley one of my favorite book series

Then I started:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling (reread) it’s so good to be back with Harry and Friends. It’s my “comfort” Series.

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2), by Suzanne Collins

Love the rebellious themes of HG. Really liking the series

I finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling. Loved the extra info about the Wizarding world in this one, definitely expanded the universe a lot in this book. Moving right on to the Order of the Phoenix.

On the audiobook side, finished The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins was good, I didn't like the narrator to begin with, but she grew on me. Also, finished the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. I seems kind of like a lighter weight Dune, but a lot less philosophical. I loved the third book, and the ending took me by surprise.

Starting Catching Fire on audiobook now.

Recently finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling and started on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling.

Finished:

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling

I never read (or watched) the Harry Potter series so I've finally decided to give them a try before I watch them.

2. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Started: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling

I just finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling.

Finished a very slow reread of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. I love that Crusoe finds opportunities to be optimistic in the face of a terrifying ordeal:

Upon the whole, here was an undoubted testimony that there was scarce any condition in the world so miserable but there was something negative, or something positive, to be thankful for in it: and let this stand as a direction, from the experience of the most miserable of all conditions in this world - that we may always find in it something to comfort ourselves from, and to set, in the description of good and evil, on the credit side of the account.

and

Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy but by the want of it.

Next up is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling

Finished:

John Adams, by David McCullough

Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov

World Religions, by Huston Smith

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling

Currently Reading:

Every Living Thing, by James Herriot

A Beautiful Mind, by Sylvia Nasar

After having more than a dozen books in progress I am finally down to just two. Maybe after this I'll just read one or two at a time for a while, it's nice to have such a condensed list.

Over the weekend, I finished a few I had been working on:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction, by Marc Mulholland The Sun is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon I'll be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara

Started: Marie Antoinette: The Journey, by Antonia Fraser The Likeness, by Tana French Circe, by Madeline Miller