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darkbeast ( member #19220) posted at 4:01 PM on Friday, August 9th, 2013
"old Man's War" by John Scalzi
I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying it.
I thought I'd be more awesome.
Jennifer99 ( member #39551) posted at 6:53 PM on Friday, August 9th, 2013
I'm cruising this thread looking for some easy but entertaining fiction ideas. It seems like everything I have picked up to read this summer is just BLAH and I don't finish it, same with movies. I told IC I think its me, she laughed and said nah, she was having the same problem. 
asurvivor ( member #32368) posted at 11:03 PM on Friday, August 9th, 2013
Z-a novel of Zelda Fitgerald
check it out
I've wiped the shit off. It can be wiped off you know.
LA44 ( member #38384) posted at 11:29 PM on Friday, August 9th, 2013
Just started Before I Go to Sleep. I really hope I keep reading. Have had no attention span the last few years...esp. this one!
Me: 44
He: 47 WH
Married: 15 years
D Day: December 2012
Affair: Fall 2009 - Dec. 2011
R is not linear
Skye ( member #325) posted at 1:42 PM on Saturday, August 10th, 2013
LA, keep at it if you start losing attention. It's worth it. 
RedRose ( member #39584) posted at 1:16 AM on Saturday, September 7th, 2013
I liked Before I Go To Sleep! Some of my best reads this summer - A Tap On the Window, Is This Tomorrow, and Orphan Train.
BW-37
WH - 38
2.5 year LTA
2nd A 2/20/16
circe ( member #6687) posted at 12:07 PM on Sunday, September 8th, 2013
Am I the only one who doesn't love Unbroken? Every couple of months I pick it up again and try to get into it, and at this point in the story we're at the Berlin Olympics. It is so very slow. I feel like I've been reading forever, and have moved an inch through this man's life.
I've tried picking up where I left off on the audio version, but again just feel like in the hour plus of my commute, the story barely moves. I feel like I'm pushing a boulder up a hill.
Does it pick up when he goes to war?
Everything I ever let go of has claw marks on it -- Infinite Jest
traicionada ( member #10310) posted at 1:41 PM on Sunday, September 8th, 2013
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
jjct ( member #17484) posted at 2:38 PM on Sunday, September 8th, 2013
circe - I dunno! I blasted right through that book...
I *think* it's foundation-laying, so you really know who Louie is - and where he comes from, for later in the book.
Also, I just thought of this - some stories you/me may be used to - we read for the writing skill, the turn of phrase as well as the story, kwim?
One thing I did notice about the author - she stays way out of the way of the story, she lets it "tell itself"...that might be part of the uphill deal as well.
Keep plugging!
starstruck ( member #29547) posted at 1:10 AM on Monday, September 9th, 2013
Reconstructing Amelia! A very quick read!
DDay 7/29/2010
Am hoping to reconcile!! Am I crazy or what?
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves-Thomas Edison
authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 12:38 PM on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.
Loved it. Everyone in my book club loved it.
DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.
Blindsided37 ( member #25963) posted at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. A wonderful, quick read. Dog lovers will love it!
WS: Him (62)BS: Me (59)
Married 36 yrs - 2 Grown children
DDay: May 23,09 DDay #2: 9/09
R: Slowly...
Mack9512 ( member #38619) posted at 6:31 PM on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
I have 5 books going right now.
Behold the Burning Night by J. Gordon Smith
Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schultz
The Bones of Others by Vickie McKahan
Apocalypse Island by Mark Edward Hall
I am Automaton by Edward P. Cardillo
I've been trying to read the last one for a couple of weeks now. Very frustrating.
"If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello." - Paulo Coehlo
faithful2theend ( member #17838) posted at 2:38 AM on Friday, September 20th, 2013
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. I just started it, but I am sure it will be awesome. I liked The Kite Runner and LOVED A Thousand Splendid Suns. He is a great storyteller.
ME 42
WS 46
DD 15, DS 11, DD 7
Dday 12/30/06
divorced the Asshole 2015
currently a newlywed with the greatest man I have ever known! <3
forgivingnow ( member #33549) posted at 3:03 PM on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
Just finished a wondeful book,
Bootstrapper by Mardi Jo Link
It's a memoir about a woman surviving divorce and being a single mom of 3 sons. It will make you laugh and cry. I am reconcilling. Whether you are R or D you will love this book.
Me-BS 57
FWH-57
M 37yrs.
Dday 3-19-11, TT 10/2011, Full truth July 2013
Strength comes from within. You can't get it from someone or go somewhere to get it. It is already here, waiting to be used when you need it most. Believe in yours
heforgot ( member #40850) posted at 5:26 PM on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
The Demonologist by Gerald Brittle.
It's about Ed and Lorraine Warren, real life ghost hunters. I don't think I've slept since I started it! 
Madhatters
Me: 47
Him: 50
3 kids
Married 22 years
DDay 11/1/09
Status: R and more in love than before!
Guinness23 ( member #42852) posted at 9:33 PM on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
"Whiskey Beach" - Nora Roberts
Me 48
Divorced 2010
1."'FOREVER' in love" lasts only 14 years.
2. Alcohol is NO solution just a bigger problem
My favorite drink is water. Call me Dasani23
LosferWords ( member #30369) posted at 10:50 PM on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
As of this morning, I am officially in between books.
I am currently reading the Harry Potter series along with my son. We both finished the fourth book, Goblet of Fire two days ago.
I am also currently reading the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I finished the fourth book, The Shadow Rising, this morning.
Will be moving on to book five of both series shortly.
Crescita ( member #32616) posted at 11:36 PM on Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
Losfer, I have both of those series on pause right now, although I'm only on book 1.
Harry Potter I'm concurrently reading in Italian, I've been kind of lazy about concentrating so I'm on a break.
Wheel of Time I'm doing as an audio book during my commute but the library subscription keeps expiring and I have to go back on the wait list. 
Just started "Cutting for Stone" and "the Last Werewolf" hopefully one or both will hold my interest.
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
LearningToRun ( member #31353) posted at 5:25 AM on Thursday, May 8th, 2014
I just finished "dreams of gods & monsters" ( daughter of smoke and bone book3) by lani Taylor. Soooooo good.
And "the fault in our stars" by John green- also wonderful
Me: BS 49
Him: WH 54
OW - HS GF, reconnect on FB - They are now M
M- 23 years
DD Sept 2010 - he was lying about meeting and deleting all his texts
D-12/13/2010 - 60 days after i called uncle
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