I just started Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

Finished Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Currently reading Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon This is guilty pleasure historical romance and I'm loving it.

Finished:

Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline

Started:

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

I'm reading Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon for my book club. It's taking me a ridiculous amount of time to get into the story, but the rest of my book club says I'll love it once I've read more. I'm also finishing up Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction, by Maria T. Accardi for a service-learning course for my Master's degree. And, for my weekly audiobook, I'm listening to Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein.

Finished True Grit, by Charles Portis and My Best Friend's Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix

Currently reading The Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon and The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plathe

Just started Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

Just finished Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn

Didn't finish any books :p

Still Reading:

Western Trails: A Collection of Short Stories by Mary Austin - 3.5/5 so far. The stories featured from Land of Little Rain are standouts, at the John Muir and Wallace Stegner level of nature writing. She really paints a wonderful picture of a desolate, yet thriving place. The later stories just lack in comparison.

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon - I don't understand Claire's intentions sometimes.

White Rose Black Forest, by Eoin Dempsey - this Winter of my American Soldier-ass shit is boring me to tears and I can't seem to care about either of these characters enough to keep trucking.

Started:

Prince's Gambit, by C. S. Pacat - Book two of the Captive Prince Trilogy. I'm a sucker for a slow burn romance.

Finished:

The Long Walk, by Stephen King

The Troop, by Nick Cutter

Started

The Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

This was the third or fourth time I've read The Long Walk and I freaking love it. So so so so sad!

The Troop, by Nick Cutter was disgusting. It's a cool plot, but some of it was too unbelievable, and certain parts made me want to throw up. I don't remember feeling so grossed out by any other book before.

I've been in a rut with a couple books. so I'm excited to have finally finished one:

The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung

It's such a good book. It explains that we are overweight due to insulin response, not from a lack of exercise or overeating.

Currently reading:

The Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

True Grit, by Charles Portis

Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill

I've misplaced The Outlander, so hopefully it's not lost for so long that I forget my place.

I have never been currently reading so many books! I am reading the same things my high school daughter's are reading so I can help them to retain information and do practice quizzes together, etc. Plus I am listening to an audiobook and have my own book I'd like to be able to enjoy as well. So here goes:

The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis Only 3 chapters in, it's a bit of a slow start

The Hobbit, by Tolkien This one is more interesting straight away. Also at 3 chapters in this one, too

The Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon It isn't holding my interest enough to keep reading so I'm slowly making my way through this one

The Lying Game, by Ruth Ware I just started this one. I'm skeptical because I find Ware's novels to be more promising than they actually deliver

Recently Finished:

The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath This one I thoroughly enjoyed

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Currently reading:

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

I'm 350 pages in and it's JUST NOW starting to get interesting. I've really been struggling with this one, but I'm finally intrigued.

The Listener, by Robert McCammon

McCammon is possibly my favorite author, so I'm really excited to be reading this. I'm almost halfway through.

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Pretty excited to finally have finished:

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon It took me 9 months to read. The first 300 pages took 8 months, the final 500+ pages took a month. It took waaaaaay too long to get interesting, but I was stubborn and I stuck it out. I'm glad I did, I really enjoyed the final 500 pages. I will not be reading any more in the series, though, because I don't want another 9 month stall.

Also read Off Season, by Jack Ketchum This one took me a day. It was 1980s cheesy, but it was an easy read.

Currently reading:

Food Junkies, by Vera Tarman

The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay

Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty

lol my genres are all over the place

Getting back into reading. It's been too long. I used to read voraciously when I was younger, but with the advent of technology and a social life, I've been failing to finish any books with the best of intentions. This has been spurned by a book idea I thought of, along with the realization that, unless I read more often, I won't be able to communicate it.

Finished:

Captive Prince, by C. S. Pacat

I really like the writing style, and I think I needed a somewhat trashy, vaguely fantasy series to kickstart this. Some... a lot of it is a bit questionable, so look up the content warnings before making any decisions. I gave this a 3/5 stars and have purchased the other two books. I need to know!

Started:

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

Listening to this on audiobook while driving. Just over halfway through, and HOO-WEE

White Rose Black Forest, by Eoin Dempsey

Reading this on ebook during breaks/downtime at work. Thinking about skipping the boring parts or dropping this. I normally enjoy historical fiction, but a lot of random facts that I already know feel hamfisted in and not relevant to the story. Maybe I've just gotta find something that's not WWII related like every other historical fiction out there.

Western Trails, A Collection of Short Stories by Mary Austin

My next physical book. No real opinions yet, just got through the biography.

Finished:

Bird Box, by Josh Malerman

Ok, The Writing is annoying and a bit repetitive, but I LOVED this book! It was creepy, and spooky and I was thoroughly engaged. I couldn't wait to find out what happens!

Currently reading:

The Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

I'm struggling to get interested in this. I"m only 40 pages in and I have to remind myself to read it. I have 800 pages to go, but I"ve heard people love it, so I continue on!

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. I loved it soooo much!

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon - Love/Hate. There were parts of this book that I found deeply problematic, and the middle was a bit boring. Despite all that, I couldn't put it down.

Shadow Study, by Maria V. Snyder - Definitely a book written for the fans. Not as good as the og trilogy, but reading it felt like hanging out with old friends again.

Scent of Magic, by Maria V. Snyder

Taste of Darkness, by Maria V. Snyder - I liked these two, but didn't love them. I think I might have enjoyed it more if I had reread the first in the series to get attached to the characters again. I felt like the second book introduced too many new characters to care about. Enjoyable books nonetheless.

I finished up two books yesterday (New Years Eve):

The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

Elevation, by Stephen King

The Hobbit was a cute little adventure. I started reading it when my sophomore was reading that in her high school English class.

Elevation was lame. It's a promising premise but unfortunately Stephen King gets all political and that annoyed me.

Currently reading:

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

Food Junkies, by Vera Tarman

About to also start reading:

The Listener, by Robert McCammon

McCammon is one of my favorite authors and I had no idea he released something new last year. I'm very excited about this one.

Out Of Nowhere, by Claire Whitmore

I may be slightly biased with this title as I wrote the book, but I am very proud of my debut novel and its recent release.

- "Hailey Jenkins life was settled, or so she thought. She was happily married, living
out her life's dream of becoming an author on her farm. But everything she thought she knew to be her truth changed the moment she heard his footsteps in the gravel.

Suddenly, faced with decisions that would alter her world forever, Hailey is forced to realize that no matter what she chooses, there is no right answer.

Living two lives, feeling like two different people and loving two different men for different reasons.

​It was enough to wreck someone."

Currently, I am reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, which I am sure needs no introduction or description.