New Start and current audiobooks

Yup I decided to read Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. I'm somewhere around chapter 6 or so and really enjoying this book. I had the option of doing it as an audiobook but I'm in the middle of a few audiobooks so it would have had to wait too long. Plus it's a great before bed read.

What am I listening to?

Well i stopped part way into "Born In Death" by JDRobb. This was because my CD's were out of order on my ipod so it was skipping disk 4 and I didn't want to deal with it. Plus if I finish this book i have only 2 more in the series, i'd rather save them a bit.

So i started up Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis for the second time. This is actually part of a trilogy and I'm re-listening to this one so I can continue with the whole trilogy having freshly read it. I'm enjoying it just as much the second time around.

Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Piccoult

I'm more than halfway done with this now. It's a good read. It's about a school shooting, similar to "We need to talk about Kevin" in that, but only in that. The characters are all easy to relate to and very deep. The writing is of course great. (This all contrasts "...Kevin"). I don't know where it's going exactly but I'm enjoying reading it and always get emotionally involved with her books.

I got a TON of new books for xmas, not sure what will be up next, I got 3 new Jodi Piccoult and so much more.. decisions!

Audiobooks

I finished "Survivor in Death" by JD Robb and I'm onto Origin in Death which is quite intriguing!

On another note I started "All Together Dead" by Charlaine Harris in audiobook format. I don't like the voices used for some of the characters but I'll stick with it. I think i'm 3 hours into it and listened while I quilted last weekend. I'll bring it home with me and possibly listen to it there over the holiday but not sure yet.

One Month Later

Let's see where we're at one month later...

We Need to Talk about Kevin - about half way through, I switched books so my fiance could read it (he needed something to read labor day weekend) and he's finished it but now I'm engrossed in the new book and will get back to this for sure.

New Book - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, of course I love it, not as much as P&P but I really look forward to it each night and even stayed up late (till 2:30) last night to get a little in after watching P&P until 2am.

Audiobooks:
Finished Purity in Death right away. Also started and finished Portrait in Death which I really enjoyed.
Now I'm on Imitation in Death and it's really captured my attention with some of the references in there.

Mistress of Dragons

By Margaret Weiss - I just finished this audiobook - and I sure did enjoy it! It reminded me a lot of Poison Study and Magic Study (can't wait for Fire Study to come out in October!).

I'm looking forward to more in this series and I'm going to go order some now!

Previously finished audiobook -
Vanishing Acts - Jodi Piccoult - I really enjoyed this a lot, it did not disappoint at all!

Book form -
Chronicles of Pern - finished the dolphin short story and put it aside for a bit, definitely will come back to it but I had some other interests come up.
Complete Book of Sewing - ordered the newest release of this book and I'm reading this now, returned the older one - this is a great book to read and I've already learned a lot.

Conspiracy in Death - JD Robb. This is a series i've doing in audiobook form from my mom, she doesn't have this one book in the series so I bought it paperback and I started it. It's a light easy read, perfect for bedtime!

Books I've finished Recently

Generally I will do a quick review of each book as I finish it but for now just a list of books I've read recently:

In Progress:
Chronicles of Pern - Anne McCaffrey : Short stories - the first was a bit short but the dolphin one has really grabbed my attention
Complete book of Sewing - from 1954, borrowed - and loving it - i just ordered an updated version of this same book!

Recently Finished:
Perfect Match - Jodi Piccoult : I really liked this one, not sure if I would recommend it to parents who have young children but as always it was a great book!

Harper Hall Trilogy - Anne McCaffrey : Not as good as the first trilogy but very enjoyable
DragonRiders of Pern Trilogy - Anne McCaffrey: Awesome - i love dragons so this was a natural one for me!

Audiobooks:

In Progress:
Vanishing Acts - Jodi Piccoult : Great so far!
Just finished:
Tenth Circle - Jodi Piccoult : Another winner!
Undead Series - MaryJanice Davidson : Lots of fun!
Second Glance - Jodi Piccoult : Different from her other work but very intriguing
Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger : Absolutely a great book - I LOVE IT!