- What is the last thing you finished reading?
- What are you reading right now?
- Anything knock your socks off lately? Tell us about it.
- Pick up a random book near you (the one you just finished or the one you're reading), go to a random page and share a sentence or two.

Hi Coffee House! How are things? Anyone feel like talking books?

BOOK TALK

What books have you been reading over the summer? Anything good? Bad?

- What is the last thing you read?
- What are you currently reading?
- What are you reading next?

Do you have any recommendations or want to know if someone has read something you're contemplating?

So, how did you all do in the Coffee, Tea and Thee Challenge?

TELL US ALL ABOUT IT
+ Did you finish the challenge in one of the categories? If so, which one?
+ Did you finish the challenge with one from each?
+ What books did you read?
+ Where they any good?
+ Where they the books you had planned to read, or did things shift mid-month?
+ What else did you read?
+ What are you currently reading?
+ Anything else to share?

P.S. Answer as many or as few of those questions as you'd like.

REMINDER
Please feel free to post in April. ♥
You can check out our slots so far if you'd like. I won't be around for the first couple of weeks of April, so if I don't reply right away to your comment signing up, feel free to go ahead and post whenever. :)

I thought we could try something different with regards to books this month. It's been a while since I participated in a reading challenge that wasn't just X number of books per year and thought something short and sweet might be fun!



There are three ways to play.

COFFEE: Read up to 3 coffee books
Interpret this however you'd like. It can be set if a coffee house, have coffee in the title, the cover can be vaguely coffee-colored, characters can drink coffee, someone told you about the book while you were drinking coffee, anything goes.

TEA: Read up to 3 international books
Something not from your own country. The author can be from somewhere else, or it can be set in another country (or outer space, etc.)

THEE: Read up to 3 books using letters in your name
You can use your initials, your real name, your online name, your last name, whatever. The letters can correspond to the title or author.

As an alternative, you can do one from each.

Leave a comment if you're participating (although there's no obligation). Feel free to list books you find, ones you plan to read, suggestions for anyone doing a certain set, etc. If you only get to one book, that's awesome! If you read more than three, you're amazing!

Hiya.

Since its a new year and it seemed fitting I thought we could talk about books that we want to read this year. These could either be shiny and new and just published or older books you've been meaning to read but haven't quite managed to do so thus far.

+ Are there any newly published books you want to read this year?
+ Are there any older books you've been wanting to read (and intend to do so this year)?
+ Are there any books that you think the rest of us should read, if we haven't already, and why?

And,

+ What have you been reading since the new year?

<b>+ Are there any newly published books you want to read this year?</b> <b>+ Are there any older books you've been wanting to read (and intend to do so this year)?</b> <b>+ Are there any books that you think the rest of us should read, if we haven't already, and why?</b> <b>+ What have you been reading since the new year?</b>

Eeep how did December hit us this fast? I hope you all have time in between all the baking and the panic to grab a good book and some down time. Since December for me is tied closely in with nostalgia(I do the same stuff every Christmas Eve. No I shall not be growing up, thank you), I figured I'd ask

+ What were your favorite books as a child?
+ Do you have any particular books you re-read for the Holidays?
+ Are books a thing on your wish list? If so, any particular books on your list this year?
+ Do you tend to buy books for other people?
+ What's your thought on The Hobbit being stretched into three movies? (let's keep things spoiler free)
Also,
+ What's the best book you've read this month?

<b>+ What were your favorite books as a child?</b> <b>+ Do you have any particular books you re-read for the Holidays?</b> <b>+ Are books a thing on your wish list? If so, any particular books on your list this year?</b> <b>+ Do you tend to buy books for other people?</b> <b>+ What's your thought on <i>The Hobbit</i> being stretched into three movies?</b> <b>+ Read any good books this month?</b>

What books did you read this past month?
Would you recommend any of them? Why or why not?

Plans for August? Anything you're looking forward to reading?
sorry for being a couple days late.../derp

Hello!! Sorry that's it's been quiet in here... must be those lazy summer days. ;)
Perfect for getting some reading done, right?



What books did you read this past month?
Would you recommend any of them? Why or why not?

What's next?

What books did you read this past month?
Would you recommend any of them? Why or why not?

Plans for June? Anything you're looking forward to reading?

So we had two options for books this past month, The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin and Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Which book did you read/re-read? What made you choose that one?
What were your general thoughts?
Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?

( some more stuff on each book & a poll for May )

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed is available in eBook and audiobook formats.
Cordelia's Honor appears only as paperback @ B&N, but perhaps you all have other sources? Is it a combo of Shards of Honor and Barrayar? (because those seem available via audiobook format)

I'm planning on watching some 80's movies this weekend. Are you?

We didn't get any duplicate nominations for books, so we'll have to do a ticky box. We'll go with the top 2-3 books from this poll as our April options. :)




FYI ~ For those in the USA who are Netflix subscribers, 'Labyrinth' is available on streaming. Sadly, 'The Princess Bride' isn't.

So.... our 80's movies that we'll discuss sometime mid-month are:
The Princess Bride & Labyrinth



Just a reminder, we have a free chatroom here which is open to anyone who wants to use it to coordinate watching at the same time or just to randomly chat.
thecoffeehouse
pw: ilovecoffee

Oh, and the goal of having more than one is to give you OPTIONS. You can pick one or the other or watch both -- it's all good.



Next up... BOOKS!
List up to four science-fiction books and I'll do the same (pick out the 2 or 3 most popular choices).

I know there are a lot of series out there. Everything seems to be a series lately. I don't know if that's good or bad - but if you're choosing something in a series, I think it's best to start with the first of a series?? What do you think?
Also, if it's widely published and available in various formats, that'd be useful for those who might have a harder time getting their hands on something.

How many of you would like to have monthly book or movie discussions? I'm thinking perhaps we can collectively pick 2-3 books and/or movies each month (that way, we have options) and host a discussion post where we can chatter on about it to our hearts content.

Collectively means everyone in the community would have input on the material because I don't want to come up with it every month. I know in the past I've read things I normally wouldn't have thought of due to the interest of a book/movie club, and like the idea of expanding my horizons.

- How do you tend to read books? By that I mean, do you purchase new, used, library, borrow from friends, eBook, etc.
- How about movies? Do you go to theatrical releases? Do you wait for the DVD? Stream?
(I'm not asking about whether you obtain via legal means or not, just what method you use to watch. If you say 'download', I'll assume you purchased it. *winks*)

um ...and here, have a poll.

( Poll! )

Also, don't forget we have a friending meme going on. Lots of friendly folks, so stop on by! :D

+ list a favorite book
+ list a book you're looking forward to reading
+ what genres do you enjoy?
+ what makes you stop reading a book?
+ do you have a favorite book-related site?
+ book quote
+ anything else?

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