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Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl – 5***** and a ❤
What a wonderful tribute to a mother’s love and lasting gift to her child. Reichl narrates the audio book herself and she is magnificent. She conveys humor and compassion, frustration and pride, and above all a great love for her mother who helped make her what she is – and is NOT – today.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen M]

Just finished Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 and started Death By Sarcasm.

[Ethan]

I just finished Hope to Die by James Patterson. Here is my review http://e135-abookaweek.blogspot.com/2... Now I'm working on Fortune Smiles by Pulitzer Prize winning author Adam Johnson.

[Patricia]

I'm reading The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Chanel Bonfire.

[Richard]

Rattled through a few recently.

Just finished The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald. My five star review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Before that In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick. My four star review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And also A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene. My four star review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Anf finally Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Four star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Khadi]

I just finished The Maze Runner in my travel and I'm starting The Scorch Trials as soon as I back home ;)

[Sabrina]

I started Watership Down yesterday. I never read this book before (shame on me!) but I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Jackie]

I'm going to make a start on I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak tonight.

[Sabrina]

Jackie wrote: "I'm going to make a start on I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak tonight."

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is one of my all-time favorite books, but I haven't read any of his other works yet. Curious to see what you will think of this Jackie.

[Jackie]

I loved that book too, Sabrina and this is also the only other one I'll have read of his. I hope it's going to be good!

[Book Concierge]

Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth – 4****
An epic story set in the mid 1700s when man had a “sacred hunger” for power and position, and entered the slave trade as a means to expand the British empire. There are two storylines and frankly, one of them bored me to tears. I would much rather have had more of the “paradise” society formed by the sailors and slaves who survived the journey, and less of the favored son’s attempts to woo a woman of the upper class. Some graphically brutal scenes where hard to read. Much food for thought.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton – 4****
First published in 1948, this novel has remained an international bestseller. It tells of a personal tragedy, but also of a national tragedy – apartheid. The writing is lyrical and evocative of time and place. A personal tragedy is the focus on the novel, but it is framed by the larger issues facing South Africa – the loss of tribal culture, poverty, flight to the already overcrowded city slums. Frederick Davidson does a good job narrating, but I did find his very slow pace hard to get used to.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pamela]

I'm reading Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch/. So far, I'm just getting into this and I'm expecting fireworks any time now. If you don't know, this was made into the movie "Jackie Brown."

[Karen M]

I'm reading a mystery novella, The Bridgeman,

[Jackie]

I loved Jackie Brown.

I'm starting The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer tonight.

[Sabrina]

I just finished Prisoner B-3087 and I started Uprising today.

[Paula]

I'm reading

[Tad]

Finished Natchez Burning by Greg Iles. Really good book.

[Rebekah]

I'm about halfway through Divide American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap. It's fantastic, but every page is making me increasingly angrier at the States.

[Karen M]

Just started Madame Koska and the Imperial Brooch,

[Jackie]

Starting Two Brothers by Ben Elton today.

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Black Elk in Paris by Kate Horsley – 2.5**
Horsley takes a snippet of history and crafts a novel featuring a mild-mannered physician, a wealthy family’s strong-willed youngest daughter, and a displaced Lakota man in 1888 Paris. I enjoyed some of the philosophical / spiritual discussions, but on the whole the novel didn’t work for me.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy from NJ]

I just finished Ember Island by Kimberley Freeman. I usually really enjoyed her books - this one was an eh from me. I began Dark Places by Gillian Flynn and so far am enjoying it. I hope so since I never finished Gone Girl and didn't much enjoy the movie either.

[Ayunda]

Currently reading the second book of the Chaos Walking trilogy, The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness!

[Sandra]

Just finished reading"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?" with my 10 years old son. A 5 stars book for kids (I would say) between 9 and 12. Here is my review.

[A.C.]

I am reading "Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy" by Lindsay Moran. It's a very interesting book about a 21 year old college student that approaches the CIA with an interest in Bulgaria and is accepted and eventually assigned. Very good true story.

[Patricia]

I'm reading Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo.

[Karen M]

I'm reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King. This is the first book in the series but I have already read Garment of Shadows which is #12 in the series. I know a lot of readers don't like it when classic characters are taken on by a new author but this series is so well written and really focuses on the Mary Russell character and not as much on Holmes so I see no problem.

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Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard – 5*****
Gripping, fascinating, and informative, Millard’s novel clearly shows that she is on a par with Erik Larsen and Laura Hillenbrand when it comes to writing history with the pace of a thriller. A few short months into his presidency, James A Garfield was shot at close range by a delusional office-seeker. The bullet didn’t kill Garfield, however, his physicians did, by repeatedly introducing infectious agents into the wounds. Paul Michael does a superb job narrating the audio version of this book. He has great pacing, and skill as a voice artist to differentiate the many male characters.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[penneminreads]

Chris wrote: "Astrid wrote: "I started reading Paul Auster's "The Book of Illusions" today. I haven't read anything he wrote in a while, but didn't take many pages to remember why I love his fiction!"


I'm abou..."

Oh yes, it does take a while until you know where the story will go. I guess with other writers that would annoy me a bit too, I just love Auster way too much ;)
Did you enjoy it after all then?


I just finished Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - fascinating. I'd never read any of his books before,
and I'm very curious about his literature now.

Next, I'm going to read Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee.

[Paula]

Patricia wrote: "I'm reading Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo.

Loved this book!

[Book Concierge]

Being Mortal by Atul Gawunde – 5*****
SUBTITLE: Medicine and What Matters in the End Just because physicians CAN do something, should they? At what cost – not to society or to our wallets, but at what cost to our humanity and dignity? Atul Gawunde, a surgeon in Boston Massachusetts, explores the ways in which medicine (and specifically American medicine and American society) helps and hinders the aged, the infirm, and the dying.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jackie]

I'm going to start Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See later today.

[Book Concierge]

Nights of the Red Moon by Milton T Burton – 2.5**
Caddo County (TX) Sheriff Bo Handel’s coffee-and-newspaper morning is interrupted by the discovery of the local minister’s wife’s body on the parsonage front yard – with three bullet holes in her back. Things get complicated quickly. I like the characters a lot, and I like Burton’s style of writing, but I think the plot got away from him. Still, I’d be willing to try another of his works.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Heather L]

Reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde -- did not get as much read over the weekend as hoped.

[Paula]

Jackie wrote: "I'm going to start Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See later today.

I really enjoyed this one Jackie.

[penneminreads]

Heather L wrote: "Reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde -- did not get as much read over the weekend as hoped."

I really loved this book, I bought the 2nd and the 3rd part immediately :)

I just finished Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Victor Hugo's The Last Day of a Condemned Man.

[Marisa]

I am reading The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander.

[Jackie]

Good to hear that, Paula. We seem to have read quite a few of the same books if my memory serves me right!

[Paula]

Jackie wrote: "Good to hear that, Paula. We seem to have read quite a few of the same books if my memory serves me right!

I think so Jackie. : )

[Emilly R]

I am reading a fantastic book "MRS.HEMINGWAY"by Naomi Wood,at this point in the story Ernest is married to Fife his second wife and living in their home in Florida Key West with many cats and kids.

[Sandra]

Just finished reading Ghostly Thief of Time: An EMU Club Adventure, great read for 8-11 years old kids. My review here.

[penneminreads]

I started Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane last night and I can't wait to continue reading it today :)

[Book Concierge]

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo – 3***
Choo’s debut novel is an unusual mix of historical fiction (set in 1893 Malacca), Chinese folklore, magical realism and paranormal romance. I was totally immersed in the sights, sounds, smells of the culture and fascinated by the folklore and afterlife mythology. I thought Choo did a marvelous job setting the scene and bringing the colonial era to life. However, I found Li Lan a frustratingly puzzling character. Still, I appreciated much about Choo’s writing style and would definitely try another of her books.
Link to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ayunda]

Astrid wrote: "I started Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane last night"

Astrid that book was wonderful I really liked it :)

I'm currently reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

[penneminreads]

Ayunda wrote: "Astrid wrote: "I started Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane last night"

Astrid that book was wonderful I really liked it :)

I'm currently reading [book:The Goldfinch|1..."

Oh yes, I just finished it and loved it! What a great story, very moving and a real appeal to the child in us, I was totally bewitched after a few pages already :)

[Jackie]

Today I'm going to start reading The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker.

[Heather L]

Astrid wrote: "Heather L wrote: "Reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde -- did not get as much read over the weekend as hoped."

I really loved this book, I bought the 2nd and the 3rd..."


Hi Astrid!
I finished last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. It had me pulling out my tattered copy of Jane Eyre for an unexpected re-read. You can be sure I'll keep an eye out for the next couple Thursday books.

[Sally]

Here is my long-overdue review of The Paris Wife by Paula McLain:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen M]

I'm reading The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne: A Verlaque and Bonnet Mystery and trying listening to Rabbit, Run.