Comments on: Question of the Week: What Are You Reading?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:02:35 +0000

This is a LOT for me to have going at once! For some reason, I keep starting books that I’m planning to read without finishing up the previous one. Since I review them for my blog, I actually keep notes while I’m reading — so far, not many mixups, but it’s probably inevitable!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:39:49 +0000

Yep, the Stephanie Plum books are fun!

You guys should try the Lauren Willig series if you haven’t already. It’s like chick lit meets historical romance. I adore them.

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:21:30 +0000

Wow! That’s a lot of books you have on the go Maggie! I can’t handle any more than two (maybe three) at a time or I can’t keep them straight. Do you ever get them mixed up?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:58:33 +0000

I’m juggling a few books right now:

The Skinnygirl Dish by Bethenny Frankel (recipes + how to approach cooking, it’s great)

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (sci fi recommendation from my dad)

Enemies of the People by Kati Marton (excellent bio!)

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (a surprisingly readable classic)

AND a friend just loaned me Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, which looks really good.

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:07:16 +0000

Yay! You made it through the whole series. I hope you enjoyed them? The discussion post is still open and I added questions for the later books if you have anything else you want to add.

I love the Shopaholic books, but I do find I can’t read them back to back. They’re so similar to one another I need something different in between to break them up.

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:52:53 +0000

I hate when I get a book that I realize after isn’t the first in a series. I always have to stop and go back and read the first ones before I can go on!

Percy Jackson is a whole series of 5 books! I didn’t know either until I saw the trailer in the theater and then had to go hunt them down. They’re fun.

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:51:00 +0000

I adore the Stephanie Plum books Erin! I just got completely caught up last month, and now have to wait until June until the next installment. So, don’t read them too fast… it’s nice to know you have new ones waiting for you!

So far I’m liking Exit Strategy very much. I am only on chapter 7, but Kelley rarely disappoints me.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:45:11 +0000

I’m finishing up Specials right now. Hopefully I’ll finish it in the next day or 2. Yesterday when I went to the library to drop off Pretties I picked up Shopaholic Ties the Knot and Shopaholic and Sister. I figured I should finish that series since I enjoy keeping up with Becky Bloomwood.

By: Candy

Candy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:22:46 +0000

I just started reading The Key ( A Rachel Benjamin Mystery) by Jennifer Sturman. This is the 3rd book in the series. I didn’t realize it was the third book until I finally decided to read it (it was really cheap at Books A Million so I couldn’t pass up the deal). So far I haven’t had any trouble following along. Didn’t know Percy Jackson and the Olympians was a book. I saw the trailer for the movie and I want to see it. I’m goin to have to read the book now.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:53:47 +0000

I just started the Stephanie Plum series a month ago and am now on Three to Get Deadly. They’re fun, fast reads. I just finished Lauren Willig’s latest in her Pink Carnation series, which was fantastic. I loved the heroine to death.

I’ve been interested in that Kelley Armstrong book, Exit Strategy, having read her paranormal series. I’m eager to see what you think!