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I'm about 50 pages into This Is Where I Leave You and so far, it's kept my attention!

I just finished the 3rd Raven Cycle book. Now I'm reading One Plus One by JoJo Moyes. It's pretty good so far.

Suspension - historical fiction about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Rosie Project - it's so funny!

Just finished The Secret Place by Tana French and looooved it! Next up is GIrl on the Train. I think that's the title. I'm a little ways in and liking it a lot- same type as Gillian Flynn etc.,

Im currently reading Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies

@Mrs. Pen: Ooh , I read A Thousand Splendid Suns a while ago, and could not put it down! Haven't read Kite Runner yet though.

The other night I finished Pieces of my Sister's Life. It was pretty good, and had me up late most nights because I didn't want to put it down.

Last night I tried to start Death of an Ordinary Man, and I thought it was just terrible. I will not be picking it up again. I don't know how far I got into it, (not far) but I was just like, "I can't!" The way it was written, just ugh. So confusing and hard to read.

We have a bunch of "real" books that we are trying to get through, so we can get rid of them and de-clutter. I know DH will be happy when I go back to using my kindle paper white so I'm not keeping the light on all night!

@Mrs. Pen: Those are in my queue to read too!

I'm a binge reader, and a lot of them have been YA. Some are hit and miss, but the hits for me were:

-Cinder & Ella: Super easy read, but funny and swoon worthy.

-Breathe, Annie, Breathe: It's part of a series, but can be read alone. If read in order than you'll get a bit more background info on some of the other characters, but doesn't make you question left and right what you're missing.

-Collide & Pulse: 2nd book gets a bit much with their love profession.

-Ruin series
-Stage Dive series
-If I break

I'm currently reading New York by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a super interesting historical fiction that follows the story of a couple of families from the beginning of the earliest settlement in NY up through the present day. It's so, so good!!

@travellingbee: It's fairly light but with the perfect amount of history mixed in. It is a tome though, I'm already more than 600 pages into it and am just coming out of the Reconstruction era! He's also written the same type of story for several other cities/regions of the world - London, Paris, Sarum (modern day Salisbury, England), and a few others I can't recall off the top of my head. Highly recommend! I will be buying London next.

@2PeasinaPod: Oh! that one sounds good, I'll add it to my list for a later date. The topic is a little too fresh for me right now.

@LulaBee: Just added that one to my to read list! Sounds really interesting.

@Mrs. Tiger: I've heard some really good things about that book! Do you read a lot of sci-fi? Was it easy to follow?

I read The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks and, although I did enjoy it, I had a hard time imagining the environment and physical characteristics.

@.twist.: I used to, no time any more!

It's very easy to follow. If you want to glaze over at the calculations you can and you won't miss the story. It's written mostly journal entry, first person narrative style.

For those who are curious, here's the description from Amazon:

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

@renee: what genre?

if you want a series that's light hearted and fun and easy to read, I suggest the Royal Spyness series.

@Mrs. Tiger: I have that one to read next, my DH already read it.

I'm about halfway through Margaret Atwood's earliest novel, The Edible Woman, which I picked up at a used bookstore because I loved so many of her other books. I just can't get into this one though, and I'm torn between finishing it (b/c I hate not finishing a book I've started) and just giving up on it and moving on to a book I actually enjoy.

I just read The Bone Season and Mime Order (LOVED it)

I just finished the 5th Sisterhood of the traveling pants book this past weekend. Man I cried like a baby.

Today I picked up Everything I never told you

@Mrs. Tiger: i fyou like sci-fi, I highly suggest the Old Man's War series.

@Bao: obsessed with Neil gaiman. rereading good omens.