2015 Snagged @ The Library Challenge discussion

So, I just read Coraline by Neil Gaiman. What a weird book. Interesting. Creepy. A little dark for kids, I think. But it kept me reading to the end. ;-)

So far this month, I've read The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew Dicks which was a short, but good read and this morning I finished The Lake House by Kate Morton, my first of her books, but definitely not the last. This book was unputdownable! One of my favorite books this year.

I finished Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews. If you haven't read this author and like fun women's fiction I totally suggest you check her out. She also has some books I think are a connected mystery series, but I haven't done those yet, so other than telling you I believe she has those I can't recommend them! LOL!!

I saw a post Felicia made in October (just saw it today, so I'm really late to the party!) She made a comment about how much she alone had saved. I have mostly used audios from the library. According to my good reads page I have done 38 audios. I gave them a price of $20.00 each. I know some were more some were less according to Amazon. This means I saved $760 so far!

If we do this again next year I think I'm going to be better about tracking the price of each book as I finish it, so I can keep a better tally, and move money from checking to savings and hopefully save a fortune for some fun something!

Sandi

Finished the latest in Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series, Foreign Affairs. As usual, a quick and fun read, this time in Rome.

Finished True Colors by Kristin Hannah today. It's been years since I read one of her books. This was pretty good, looks like I'll be looking up more of her backlist in the future.

BJ I love Kristin Hannah! Some of her books require a box of kleenex for sure, but such great reads! Do you have a favorite of hers?

I finished listening to The Diary by Eileen Goudge. It's women's fiction, but there was a slight touch of mystery in my opinion. I enjoyed this quick listen.

Whew! I've had a lot of company this month (and more to come) so my reading got put by the wayside for a few days. However, my library hold for Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs finally became available, and I DEVOURED it. Much better than Book #2, it is a fabulous conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children trilogy. Absolutely unputdownable. So much so that I neglected several fall finales on tv so I could finish it! Great read.

Finished my first YA novel, What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler. Really made me think. Its a fictional account of a true story about a sexual assault at a party with underage drinking and basically a school and town's efforts to cover up the assault by star basketball players by putting all the blame on the young woman. Good read.

I just read Peter Pan by JM Barrie in 2 days. Not just two days--two sittings. I love it when I find a classic children's book that I haven't read. There is a reason these stories have lasting appeal--they are just plain GOOD. Well-written, full of adventure, humor, and not pushing any sort of social agenda (as so many children's stories do today). This was a joy. Loved it.

Couldn't sleep, so I finished another one tonight. Different Seasons by Stephen King. Collection of novellas. Not his greatest works, but nice stories.

I listened to Animal Magnetism the first book in the Animal Magnetism series by Jill Shalvis. I really enjoyed this book.

I had downloaded another one in the series to listen to, but didn't download the right one! I even checked the website, but somehow got it wrong. Hate when that happens!

Are we continuing the challenge into 2016?

Sandi

Felicia wrote in her blog last week that they are not bringing back Snagged @ The Library in 2016:
http://www.geekybloggersbookblog.com/...