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

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

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

Finished: My Pen is the Wing of a Bird new fiction by Afghan Women

Currently:
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina

Next:
The Siege by Ismail Kadare (for "read around the world" challenge)
Shanghailanders by Juli Min

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Share 3 new-to-you authors you're looking forward to reading from."

1. Nishanth Injam
2. Santiago Jose Sanchez
3. Chukwuebuka Ibeh

1. Imbolo Mbue
2. Adam Haslett
3. I know I just read Akwaeke Emezi’s new book, but I need another one asap.
4. Michelle Zauner (her book was a memoir but she’s such a good writer. I’d enjoy something fictional from her, maybe?)
5. Iain Reid

That’s all I can think of at the moment.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your #1 goal for the week?"

To just make it through the week lol.

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

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
What It Means When A Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Afghan Women
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova

Nothing that sticks out.
I’ve really only been re-watching Better Call Saul.

I’m going to alternate between The Devil and the Dark Water and How to Write About Africa. I may add in vol 2 of Giant Days.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What video game would you like to be stuck in for a month, and why?"

I want to say Stardew but I feel like that's a lot of work and too much like real life (minus the cave fighting).
I don't think I have one.

LCPL wrote: "This or That: You have a sweet tooth, do you grab a piece of chocolate or candy?"

Chocolate

No update.

1. “Besides, sometimes it’s inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific;” - Minor Detail, Adania Shibli

2. “I don't know if I can continue suffering like this just because I want to live in America.” Behold the Dreamers, Imbolo Mbue

3. “I wished to assassinate history’s version of me, put him to rest, let him soar into the clouds like a floating lantern. I wanted to be there, below him, with a single candle, crying for the last time.” A History of My Brief Body, Billy-Ray Belcourt

4. “I wondered what would make me stop, whether it would be hunger, sleep or boredom – in other words, what prompts decisions when you are utterly alone.” I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman

5. “I want to give the children simple things. Clean water. Clean air. Clean food. Let them soil it if they like it dirty—how dare anyone refuse them this right?” How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue

6. "If you ask me where I'm from it's not a one-word answer.
Be prepared seated sober, geared up.
If hearing about a word other than yours
makes you uncomfortable,
drink the sea,
cut off your ears,
blow another bubble to bubble your bubble and the pretense.
Blow up another town of bodies in the name of fear." Rifqa, Mohammed El-Kurd

7. "This book is not about R. Kelly. It's about adults who know the difference between right and wrong. Because no matter where you stand on the issue . . . he knew better." Authors note in Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

8. "And the song is a lament, something camp and bluesy, about how there ain't no shame in being a bitch, but, Lord, be a bitch that barks." Blackouts, Justin Torres

9. "I thought of how the world can be anything and how sad it is that it's this." Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

10. "Down by the river, I sat on a rock, wishing I'd eaten and grabbed those pills and had a cigarette. Wishing I'd never heard of Antiques Roadshow. Maybe even wishing I was a winooch and didn't live on a reservation whose history was in a little museum and could be stolen for a buck. Didn't make any sense that parts of us were worth so much and at the same time we were worth so little." Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Have you started any spring cleaning or decluttering yet? What is your decluttering process? Do you have specific spring cleaning taks?"

No, I don't really have anything to declutter. I do want to deep clean my apartment though. I kind of want to wipe down my walls and give it a thorough vacuum and mop. I also need to dust and wipe down my bookshelves / entertainment center.

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

No plans. I want to try and watch a good movie or two.

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

I'm just going to plan on reading what I'm in the middle of--The Devil and the Dark Water and How to Write About Africa.

LCPL wrote: "This or That: Audiobooks – Full-cast or single narrator?"

If it's done well, I can handle a full-cast. I don't really like when they add sound effects and music though.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you lend out your books?"

Not often, but yeah I do. I have to at least know the person before I lend it.

Finished: Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

Currently: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina

Next: ?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Turn it up Tuesday – what song/album/playlist have you been listening to on repeat or loving recently?"

I just have one large playlist that I listen to. I haven't really been listening to anything specific.

It all depends on the edition for some of these.

1. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanais
2. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
3. Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
4. My Mother Pattu by Saras Manickam
5. Violets by Shin Kyung-Sook
6. Mother Country by Etaf Rum
7. Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa
8. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
9. Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk
10. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

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

I really just want to push through Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib. If I end up finishing that, I'll just continue reading in The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton.