Vivian’s Comments (group member since Jun 02, 2018)

Vivian’s comments from the Laurel County Public Library group.

I guess just the opportunity to be outside more, even though it’s so hot and I don’t go outside. I like having the option.

Finished: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick

Currently:
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Next:
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Mid-year check-in: How's your reading going so far this year? If you have a goal, are you on track, ahead, or behind?"

As far as quality of reading goes, it's actually really good! I'm 8 books behind to hit 100 books by the end of the year, but I'm not going to worry too much about it.

1. Playground by Richard Powers
2. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
3. Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram
4. Not a Speck of Light by Laird Barron
5. Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe

That's all I can think of.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you have any July anticipated releases?"

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

LCPL wrote: "Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. What do you currently have checked out from the library?"

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

It was right at the end of the month, but I started learning how to crochet and it's been a lot of fun. Other than that, not too much happened in June.

LCPL wrote: "Happy Wednesday! What have you recently finished reading? What are you currently reading? What do you plan on reading next?"

No update.

I read 9 books last month.

Shanghailanders by Juli Min was definitely my least favorite.

My favorites were My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones and Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

Honorable mention: Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

LCPL wrote: "Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List"

1. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
2. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
3. Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
4. Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt
5. Playground by Richard Powers
6. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
7. Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
8. Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
9. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
10. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your July TBR?"

What I want to finish:
Do You Hear in the Mountains by Maissa Bey
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

If I finish those:
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
Devil is Fine by John Vercher
Small Country by Gael Faye
Do You Hear in the Mountains by Maissa Bey
Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
My Phantoms by Gwendolyn Riley

June 26th-

Finished:
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Currently:
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Do You Hear in the Mountains by Maissa Bey

Next:
?

June 19th-

Finished:
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Currently:
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Next:
Do You Hear in the Mountains...and Other Stories by Maissa Bey
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you have any fun, exciting plans this weekend? Cozy, bookish plans?"

Other than take my dog on morning walks, I just want to be home to read and watch tv.

LCPL wrote: "Happy Friday! Hope you had a great week! What does everyone plan on reading this weekend?"

I want to try and finish Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh. I'll also continue in Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Throwback Thursday – Share your favorite Saturday morning cartoon as a kid."

I don't remember what came on in the mornings lol. I watched a lot of Rugrats as a kid though.

LCPL wrote: "This or That: Pool or ocean?"

Neither lol. I'll sit by the ocean but I'm not going in.

Finished:
Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
The Firelight Apprentice by Bree Paulsen

Currently:
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Next:
?

Show:

Better Call Saul

Movie:

Erin Brockovich