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As well as our monthly read The Wee Free Men, I'm reading Asking For It. Louise O'Neill is such a powerful writer. I'm about half way though and it is engrossing, thought provoking and upsetting.
@Margo I have "Asking For It" at Home to read been putting off reading it was an emotional read
@Margo I literally just finished it and did a blog post on it today. It was phenomenonal!!
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My review, 4.5/5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thomas what was the last book you gave a poor review to? You seem to enjoy all your reads, I'm never that lucky with books. There's always a few duds thrown in
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Sex, Lies & Sweet Tea It is free on Amazon. I gave it 2.5 stars. See. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Last night, I finished reading A Man Called Ove. I had originally heard about it here on this thread. I'm usually not that much into uplifting, wholesome books but this one was really hard to resist. I gave it 5 stars in my review.
I really didn't like A Man Called Ove. I just couldn't enjoy reading about such a tragic life.Currently my concentration isn't great so I'm rereading Rebecca. I love that book <3
On my kindle I'm reading Blood Orchids a crime novel that I downloaded for free - so far it's not very interesting.
I really liked The Wee Free Men. So now I'm reading A Hat Full of Sky. I like Terry Pratchett! I also like Neil Gaiman but I didn't like Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch maybe that's blasphemy lol.
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Currently my concentration isn't great so I'm rereading Rebecca. I lo..."
I also bought it for free, but haven't read it. Liz read it and has read nine more books in the series.
There's some interesting facts about about Hawaii in it, things I didn't know about, for instance the drug problems. Maybe I can use this for my n. American read? Feels a bit like cheating though ;-)
Sherry, Good Omens is a proper collaberation in that it is different enough from both authors work . I liked it but I know a lot of Pratchett fans and Gaiman fans that don't . Its also a bit aged in some ways and some of the jokes are very English
It's a far few years since I read it but it wasn't one of my favorites from either author.
Have just finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which was a light hearted 3.5 star read. Must try the film next and see how they compare. Still waiting for my n American pick to arrive so while I'm waiting am going to start The Man From St. Petersburg. Haven't read follett before so interested to see what his writing style is like.
I loved his medievil stuff but havent trued his more modern crime stuff at all
I read Eye of the Needle. It was an ok read but not really my thing. War/espionage. Loved the cathedral builder books :-)
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This morning, I had a lazy morning in bed and read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous. In her current incarnation, Ms. Marvel is a Pakistani-American Muslim teenage of immigrant parents in Jersey City. The most recent volume featured a story line about gentrification.
Saturday Reading
I went out to a local cafe where I finished another graphic novel, Paper Girls, Vol. 1, which was solid, but my rating of it may have suffered from me having read it so closed to the Ms. Marvel volume which blew me away. I then started México20: New Voices, Old Traditions. I applaud the concept of the book, but so far I'm finding it decidedly meh and high in literary pretentiousness/artiness.
Sara, I have The Fireman set aside for my Halloween read. I went for the kindle version as I have capt. Jaynway isues LOLI can't get to gripes with graphic novels. Maybe it's an age thing???
Just finished Wide Sargasso Sea which was an interesting, fascinating read.I picked up The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend because of this group and I'm reading The Girl with All the Gifts before the film comes out. Enjoying both so far.
Cphe that's part of the fun! It was an easy choice for me as the only one I haven't read is Plague and that's on my tbr. I think the new system is working well. All good books this month.
Don't stop voting Cphe, it's ok to change your mind. I was torn between two. There are strong books picked this month which is a good thing
Sounds like a good dilemma to. me. At least there are a few books you are interested in. It'd be worse if nothing grabbed you
I haven't voted because I won't be able to read it in October. There is one I really want to read but I don't think it would be fair to vote on it and not join the discussion in a timely manner.
I won't be voting either Colleen. There's one I like but our library doesn't carry it. I rarely buy books. I'm a library person.
I'm starting to use the library more now that ireland has a centralized audio download library. The choice is getting much wider, but it I particularly want to read a book I buy it as odds are the library won't have it.I recently got The Muse and am current reading Three Sisters, Three Queens both from library and both books I would otherwise have bought.
I love the library. I also love downloadable books. Overdrive is our download service at our library.
Our library used to be Overdrive but recently changed to Borrowbox. The selection is much better but that is due to fact that it a county based service but now it is national.
I started The Strange Library and it should be interesting to see how strange he can be in less than 100 pages.;)
Colleen, I've learned that a short story can pack so much action in a short time that it's astounding. I've become a fan of the short story lately. Will every question be answered every time? Probably not but that's not the point. :D
Sherry wrote: "Colleen, I've learned that a short story can pack so much action in a short time that it's astounding. I've become a fan of the short story lately. Will every question be answered every time? Proba..."I'm not a big fan of short stories because I always want to know more and short stories are too short lol. I did read a collection of short stories Einstein's Beach House that I liked a lot . I do like novellas that lead into a novel it feeds my need to know more.
So far I'm enjoying The Strange Library
I'm glad you're enjoying it. :-)
So I finished The Strange Library it was a very short illustrated novel. It was an interesting and fast read with his trademark weirdness minus any mention of body parts.I liked it but it read like a children's book ,it's not marketed as such and I wouldn't suggest it being read by them either. It doesn't promote libraries as a safe haven or learning as a good thing. The ending wasn't at all something that a child would feel comfortable with and I didn't like it either but I will have to admit that the illustrations were very well done.
I'm amazed he managed to go 100 pages with no mention of boobs ;-p
I'm wondering why a writer would make a library look unsafe...maybe he hopes you'll buy rather than borrow his books lol. It's not a good message to discourage libraries and learning.
Sherry wrote: "I'm wondering why a writer would make a library look unsafe...maybe he hopes you'll buy rather than borrow his books lol. It's not a good message to discourage libraries and learning."No it isn't a good message but the writing is so good that you think there has to be another point to the story but there isn't but at least it's short.
Short can be good sometimes. It ends suffering sooner if the book isn't good lol
I am near finished The Miniaturist byJessie BurtonI am hoping to listen to Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton
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Bleak House is possibly my favourite Dickens novel. I love the whole cast of characters.
Trelawn wrote: "Bleak House is possibly my favourite Dickens novel. I love the whole cast of characters.":-), I am starting it next
Hope you enjoyed The Miniaturist as much as I did Karen. Her second book The Muse is in BorrowBox aswell.
Hi Margo,Loving the story a lot so many twist it's keeping me glued to the story, I be looking up the next book like the style of writing a lot
Margo wrote: "Hope you enjoyed The Miniaturist as much as I did Karen. Her second book The Muse is in BorrowBox aswell."We have this on overdrive as an audiobook in our library. I have some cleaning to do today. I might listen to it. Audiobooks are great for that!
Sherry wrote: "Margo wrote: "Hope you enjoyed The Miniaturist as much as I did Karen. Her second book The Muse is in BorrowBox aswell."We have this on overdrive as an audiobook i..."
Agree with you Sherry I listen to it while ironing and putting on my washing:-)
I just listened The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on you tube. It's a great narration! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=95UT8cJ...
I started that one too. I'm now listening to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest also on youtude. Iput it on to see who was reading it and 2.5 hours later I emerged! Such a poverful book. Nurse Ratchett is scarier than any Halloween monsters I've come across :-0
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I have started two audio books. The first is a dual read/listen of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. I've been put off a reading it for ages (despite Billy Budd, Sailor by the same author being two of my all time favorite novellas) because of it's length, and because I thought it was just a man against the sea book of the type that doesn't normally appeal to me, but I've been pleasantly surprised to learn that isn't just that. The audiobook is a free podcast with each chapter read by a different person, some famous actors, some not. I was a bit worried that some of the readers would be bad but all them are fairly good quality and some of them are terrific. The opening chapter with it's famous first line, "Call me Ishmael," is narrated brilliantly by actress...To be fair, Tilda Swinton could read me the dictionary, and I'd be riveted. While I am enjoying Moby Dick, I decided I was up for something different on my drive to Hartford (approximately 2 hours round trip), and so I started The Fireman. The narrator for that one is Kate Mulgrew, and she also does a great job. To be fair, she could also read me the dictionary.
In the physical book world I finished:
Antigonick
"This one grew on me over the course of reading it. Antigone is probably my favorite of the classic Greek text and the image overlays and layout of the book were masterfully done. However, at first I wasn't quite sure they worked together. Carson also interjects ideas from more modern writers (Woolf, Beckett, and Hegel) in a way I at first found confusing. In the end though everything works together for a version of the text that I would call more sarcastic and more feminist than the original."
Alanna: The First Adventure. I was a bit nervous to read this one because it's a work that a good friend loves from her young adult years. While I wasn't in love with it in the same way, it was a solid read with a fiery protagonist, that made me want to read the next in the quartet of books.
Finally, I'm reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!