What are we reading in November?

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What are we reading in November?

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1christina_reads
nov 3, 2012, 3:53 pm

Only two months left in 2012! I'm starting off November with Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag. What are you reading?

2RidgewayGirl
nov 3, 2012, 5:13 pm

I've just finished Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross and am continuing with Baudolino by Umberto Eco and The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood.

3lkernagh
Redigeret: nov 3, 2012, 8:49 pm

I finished reading the play November this afternoon - overall, a 'meh' response from me - and about to dive back into the last two parts of 2666.

4dudes22
nov 4, 2012, 6:49 am

I've finished Lumby's Bounty and am reading November Ever After and The House at Riverton

5VictoriaPL
nov 4, 2012, 7:31 am

6mamzel
nov 4, 2012, 10:58 am

I've finished Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and The Woman Who Died a Lot the fabulous continuation of the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. I have now started Baudolino by Umberto Eco.

7hailelib
nov 4, 2012, 11:38 am

I'm mainly reading Language: the Cultural Tool and have a couple of other books just started.

8DeltaQueen50
nov 4, 2012, 2:30 pm

I am reading We Band of Angels about American Nurses that were serving in the Philippines when war with Japan broke out. Excellent book. On a the lighter side, I am also reading The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas.

9-Eva-
nov 4, 2012, 7:53 pm

I started I Know This Much is True and I'm enjoying the writing, but I've yet to grasp where the story is going.

10clfisha
Redigeret: nov 5, 2012, 7:19 am

Just finished How's the Pain? by Pascal Garnier and working out to review this excellent French noir and meanwhile started This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch it by David Wong, the follow up to hilarious slacker horror John Dies at The End (Its fab so far).

11VictoriaPL
nov 5, 2012, 7:35 am

Reading Falling to Earth by Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden and James Bond and Philosophy: Questions are Forever by James B. South

12cbl_tn
nov 5, 2012, 7:41 am

13lsh63
Redigeret: nov 5, 2012, 7:51 am

I have a few pages left in The Water's edge. A Karin Fossum book is ususally a satisfying read for me. I'm also reading Villette in spurts.

14LittleTaiko
nov 5, 2012, 11:22 am

Finishing up Sacre Bleu and am continuing on with The Passage.

15christina_reads
nov 8, 2012, 9:43 am

I've just started Light Boxes by Shane Jones, which is strange...not sure if it's in a good way or a bad way yet.

16psutto
nov 8, 2012, 10:28 am

I'm tackling the doorstop (700+ pages) a fraction of the whole

17RidgewayGirl
nov 8, 2012, 10:37 am

psutto, I'm eager to see what you think of A Fraction of the Whole. It's on my TBR.

I've finished the underwhelming The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf and am continuing with Baudolino's fantastic adventures and Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride.

18VictoriaPL
nov 8, 2012, 10:48 am

I've started Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld.

19-Eva-
nov 8, 2012, 2:40 pm

I'm currently in a lull and aren't reading anything at all. I have started a couple of books, but my brain has decided that watching movies and cracking out on old TV-series is the only thing it wants me to do right now. :)

20cbl_tn
nov 8, 2012, 2:47 pm

I finished The Land of Green Plums and I've started Speaking From Among the Bones, the 5th Flavia de Luce mystery. I've been under the weather and a dose of Flavia is exactly what I need right now!

21DeltaQueen50
nov 9, 2012, 7:40 pm

I'm reading Changeless by Gail Carriger, great escapism.

22LittleTaiko
nov 10, 2012, 2:22 pm

Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson

23christina_reads
nov 10, 2012, 4:20 pm

I've begun Josephine Tey's The Man in the Queue

24lsh63
nov 10, 2012, 7:30 pm

25VictoriaPL
nov 11, 2012, 3:49 pm

27christina_reads
nov 12, 2012, 11:20 am

@ 26 -- Ahh, Code Name Verity is excellent! Hope you enjoy it. The other title looks interesting as well...looking forward to seeing what you think!

28hailelib
nov 12, 2012, 11:24 am


I'm reading The Violinist's Thumb (about genetics) which I'm really liking and I've started the anthology An Apple for the Creature.

29VictoriaPL
Redigeret: nov 12, 2012, 12:38 pm

30majkia
nov 12, 2012, 1:01 pm

I'm having a very bad month. I've abandoned two reads this month after not having done that for ages.

The Historian is beautifully written but frankly I have things I WANT to read and I really didn't much care what happened. I'm not a vamp girl, I guess.

The Sharing Knife - I love Bujold but really found this one annoying as hell. I couldn't stand 'Little Spark.'

On to The Ships of Merior and Death Warmed Over

The second one is an ER read and is quite funny. And I want to read the entire Wars of Light and Shadow series so thought I'd just start it now.

31mamzel
nov 12, 2012, 2:32 pm

At school I started reading Ready Player One. It's full of 80s pop culture which makes me smile.

32VictoriaPL
nov 12, 2012, 3:00 pm

My husband loved Ready Player One. Enjoy!

33LittleTaiko
nov 12, 2012, 3:52 pm

I loved Ready Player One! Hope you're having fun with it.

35christina_reads
nov 13, 2012, 10:23 am

I've begun Alan Bradley's A Red Herring Without Mustard. Trying to catch up with Flavia!

36RidgewayGirl
nov 13, 2012, 11:41 am

I've just finished The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, allowing me to return to Baudolino.

37Neverwithoutabook
nov 13, 2012, 12:21 pm

Picked When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman off my TBR pile when I was in a hurry leaving yesterday morning and am finding it better than I expected. Not sure why my expectations were so low.

38cbl_tn
nov 13, 2012, 1:06 pm

I'm reading Early Reagan and listening to The Good Earth.

39VictoriaPL
nov 14, 2012, 6:02 pm

I'm starting Me and You by Niccolo Ammaniti

40dudes22
nov 15, 2012, 6:29 am

I've finished The House at Riverton and am almost done with November Ever After and am just starting Crime Brulee.

41christina_reads
nov 15, 2012, 8:54 am

I'm reading Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust.

42DeltaQueen50
nov 15, 2012, 3:54 pm

I am reading Feed by Mira Grant and just about to start Journey to Topaz for my monthly read.

43psutto
nov 16, 2012, 11:00 am

am tackling the blind watchmaker by Dawkins, finding it a bit pompous...

44christina_reads
nov 17, 2012, 11:27 pm

I'm kicking back with Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg.

45lkernagh
nov 18, 2012, 12:36 am

I finished 2666 and need something completely different to read so I am about to start Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson.

46cbl_tn
nov 18, 2012, 7:19 am

I love Miss Buncle's Book! It was one of my mother's favorite books, too. Enjoy!

I'm reading The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews and I'm still listening to The Good Earth.

47VictoriaPL
nov 18, 2012, 3:37 pm

48DeltaQueen50
nov 18, 2012, 11:01 pm

I'm really enjoying Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front by Joyce Dennys and about to start a YA Fantasy, The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going.

49psutto
nov 19, 2012, 7:49 am

just started memories of the future an interesting collection of shorts

50cbl_tn
nov 19, 2012, 8:39 am

I'm currently reading A Freak of Freedom by J. Theodore Bent and Tania: Memories of a Lost World by Tania Alexander, and I'm still listening to The Good Earth.

51christina_reads
nov 19, 2012, 12:19 pm

I've begun The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa.

52LittleTaiko
nov 20, 2012, 2:28 pm

Started Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. A bit slow going in the beginning so hopefully it picks up.

53Neverwithoutabook
nov 20, 2012, 3:46 pm

I'm reading The Alienist by Caleb Carr and also starting Hour Game by David Baldacci

54mamzel
nov 20, 2012, 4:18 pm

I loved Ready Player One and also read and loved Speaking from Among the Bones, the latest in the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. Another quick and fun read was Jasper Fforde's entry into the YA world, The Last Dragonslayer. The next will be Gone Girl which I just got from the public library. Still getting along with Baudolino too.

55Neverwithoutabook
nov 20, 2012, 9:17 pm

Have to add to my currently reading as of a few minutes ago. I just received my Oct. ER book, The Million Death Quake by Roger Musson. Can't wait to get started!

56DeltaQueen50
Redigeret: nov 21, 2012, 12:59 pm

I've started my last book for the Challenge, Ready Player One and so far, it's a really good read.

57psutto
nov 21, 2012, 6:07 am

Just started Ack Ack Macaque (hmm touchstone doesn't seem to work)

58dudes22
Redigeret: nov 21, 2012, 1:07 pm

I've just finished Crime Brulee and am starting The Bootlegger's Daughter.

59RidgewayGirl
nov 21, 2012, 3:17 pm

Baudolino is what I'm mainly reading, although I have Doors Open, Ian Rankin's stand-alone novel that comes between the end of Rebus and the beginning of Fox, for when my eyes are too tired to focus on the small print in my horrible mass market edition of Baudolino, and The Finkler Question on my kindle.

60hailelib
nov 21, 2012, 3:53 pm

I'm reading A Casual Vacancy for fiction and alternating between Alone Together and Twinkie : Deconstructed for nonfiction.

61christina_reads
nov 22, 2012, 8:53 pm

I'm reading Alan Bradley's I Am Half-Sick of Shadows.

62Neverwithoutabook
nov 22, 2012, 9:13 pm

I'm finding The Million Death Quake to be very interesting and well-written for the general public. The information covered could be heavily scientific but the author has managed to keep it interesting and informative. I'm more than half-way through after only two days!

63cbl_tn
nov 23, 2012, 10:13 am

I've just started The Best Cellar. So far it's shaping up to be a fun cozy involving historical research and the Library of Congress.

64mamzel
nov 24, 2012, 3:35 pm

I've finished Baudolino this morning. Ah, what to read next?

65cbl_tn
nov 24, 2012, 5:27 pm

I'm reading Black Flower, a historical novel based on Korean immigration to Yucatan, Mexico, during the Russo-Japanese war. I'm still listening to The Good Earth and I'm on track to finish it this week.

66christina_reads
nov 24, 2012, 6:03 pm

I just read Dorothy Sayers' Are Women Human? (spoiler alert: yes) and am now starting Blackout by Connie Willis.

67VictoriaPL
nov 24, 2012, 8:44 pm

I'm listening to Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories by Ian Fleming and reading Faithless by Karin Slaughter.

68LittleTaiko
nov 25, 2012, 5:39 pm

69Neverwithoutabook
nov 25, 2012, 6:51 pm

Finished my ER book The Million Death Quake today. A Very interesting and informative book! Back to The Alienist now.

70clfisha
nov 26, 2012, 4:35 am

I am learning how to assassinate the French President in The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

71RidgewayGirl
nov 26, 2012, 11:30 am

I seem to have gone rogue in my reading, having read Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? this past weekend, and am well into the entirely escapist A Wanted Man by Lee Child today.

72mamzel
nov 26, 2012, 2:46 pm

I watched Camelot this past week and was inspired to read The Once and Future King. I remember reading it a long time ago. The anachronisms can be quite jarring but I'm living with them now.

73DeltaQueen50
nov 26, 2012, 3:42 pm

I am struggling with The Mystic Rose by Stephen Lawhead, I think it's just not the book I want to read right now, but I am bound and determined to finish it as it's the third in the triolgy and I want to be done with it.

I have also started Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell and I am enjoying this short novella a lot.

74RidgewayGirl
nov 26, 2012, 4:28 pm

Ugh, that's the worst when you are reading just to finish the book. I'm doing that now with an Ian Rankin, which I never thought could happen.

Of course, really I'm reading the new Jack Reacher. But that'll be finished tonight.

75psutto
nov 27, 2012, 6:46 am

Having finished The house on the strand and the excellent Ack-Ack Macaque I'm now reading a Finnish book called the howling miller

76dudes22
nov 27, 2012, 12:23 pm

I've finished Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron and started Just Desserts by Mary Daheim. I'm afraid of not making my goal over in the Books off the Shelf challenge so am trying to find quick reads for the rest of the year and I think cozies are pretty quick.

77psutto
nov 28, 2012, 4:47 am

Having torn through the howling miller I find myself away from my TBR with 1 book to hand spanish short stories: cuentos en espanol (new penguin parallel text series) So guess its time to improve my Spanish..

78christina_reads
nov 29, 2012, 8:04 am

Having finished Connie Willis' Blackout, I'm moving straight into All Clear.

79LittleTaiko
nov 29, 2012, 10:00 am

Almost finished with The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

80psutto
nov 30, 2012, 7:28 am

finding my Spanish rustier than I thought I also started feeding orchids to the slugs by florencia clifford (no touchstone...)

81mamzel
nov 30, 2012, 3:25 pm

I started UnWholly, the sequel to the excellent YA thriller, Unwind by Neal Shusterman.

82RidgewayGirl
nov 30, 2012, 5:55 pm

I am going to finish Baudolino tonight. What a ride!

83VictoriaPL
Redigeret: nov 30, 2012, 6:22 pm

81> Mamzel, can't wait to hear what you think of UnWholly.

I'm listening to The Titanic by Wyn Craig Wade and reading Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain.

84psutto
dec 3, 2012, 5:29 am

as feeding orchids to the slugs is a large hardback and I was off visiting family at the weekend I took a smaller book which is, so far, excellent dark eden which I'll probably finish today...