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I'm reading "Girl in White Pajamas." I'm not sure why. It's not doing much for me but I can't ever seem to just quit - I always think there will be some redeeming factor eventually!
House Rules by Jodi Picoult is a novel surrounding its entirety around a boy with autism and the challenges he faces with family and society. Just getting started, however I'm already hooked!
Just finished reading Ready Player One. For anyone wondering, nope, it's not worth reading, just steer clear of it. Predictable with very few interesting moments. I just can't understand why it's so popular.
You might want to checkout: 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards® Finalist - HUSH NOW by L A Green, Dog Ear Publishing - http://www.hushnowbook.com
I have finished At the Water's Edge. 3 stars (2.5 rounded up). My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Am moving along in" The Rise and Fall of Great Powers. Intriguing book. Really enjoying the quirkiness!
I have finished Our Souls at Night: A novel. 5 stars . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Homecoming of Samuel Lake. 5 stars . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. Very good book.
Finished "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers" over the weekend and am reading Anne Perry's latest Thomas & Charlotte Pitt's novel. Love British mysteries. Possibly because I'm a crazy Anglophile!
Christine wrote: "House Rules by Jodi Picoult is a novel surrounding its entirety around a boy with autism and the challenges he faces with family and society. Just getting started, however I'm already hooked!"Christine, I thought this was an incredible story. Once again, Jodi Picoult brings her readers to the hard lessons. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Just finished The Children's Crusade. 3.5 stars . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finsihed Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 5 stars.My Heart and other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga 4 stars.
Goldon Son (Red Rising #2) by Pierce Brown 5 stars.
In the Afterlight (Darkest Minds #3) by Alexandra Bracken 4.5 stars.
Ensnared (Splintered #3) by A.G. Wood 4.5 stars. All read within 1.5-2 weeks...
Now I guess I'm about to begin the Harry Potter books.
im currently reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tart. not sure what to make of it so far
Just finished All the Bright Places and I loved it. It's a YA novel which I rarely read but this one was great. I would have gone crazy over this book if I had read it as a teen. My adult self gave it 4 stars but teen self would have giving it 5 stars for sure.
Finished
by Jennifer McMahon-- 4 Stars!!Wonderfully creepy story that blurs the lines between ghost story and monsters under the bed coming to life. Great book!
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finished: Beautiful Creatures I
The Hearing Trumpet
The Girl on the Train
Night Circus (3rd time, but for a reading club)
Eleanor and Park
I recently downloaded Marjorie E. Belson's memoir, Nothing is Promised. Really enjoyed it for it's wit, warmth and love! Highly recommend it!
Finished "The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald; "The Detective's Wife" by Joanna Clancy; and have started "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara.
Lela, can't wait to see what you think of A Little Life .
Currently reading Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper.
Finished The Shadow of the Crescent Moon: A Novel. 4 stars . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
by Emily St. John Mandel-- 3 Stars!!Hmmm... this one was a little strange for me- Not really a fan of science fiction. Brilliant writing, but didn't love it.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just bought The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah from Amazon!
Jody - I loved "The Nightingale". Can't wait to hear what you think!!!
Always On My Mind is a captivating Australian memoir that transparently delves into the heartbreaking insanity of a broken heart and mind. It also explores Australian Indigenous history, the Maori culture of New Zealand and the shearing industry. Ultimately Always On My Mind is a love story that grips you so tightly that it never lets go. Always On My Mind
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I'm still reading "A Little Life." I think it's going to destroy me!
Lela. I know. I had to take a break from it today.
I am on the last chapters of Tell the Wolves I'm Home and I am reading El libro de los americanos deconocidos. It's a really great Young Adult fiction about life of immigrants who try the hardest to make U.S. their home.
Ten wrote: "Currently reading Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper."I love J. California Cooper.
Finished
by Sarah Jio-- 4 Stars!!2 Stories alternate between chapters until they come together towards the end. Perfect time for this wonderful book.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Going to start The Nightingale tonight. I got it free through a GR giveaway and it's the first book by this author that I'm reading.
I just finished The Nightingale. I hope you are as touched by it as I am!
Russell Brand's My Booky Wook - good start.
Hi its Tara (a voracious reader)here from Western Australia.Have just literally put down (I could not stop reading) Always On My Mind by Megan Henry and am absolutely spellbound and captivated.
It is like nothing I have read before. It floored me with its rawness and cut deep into the recesses of my heart.
I simply cannot stress how every reader needs to read this book as it relates intimately to all our emotions.
It explores the shearing and Indigenous history of the Australian outback, the Maori culture of New Zealand and the heartbreaking despair of a broken heart.
Check out the author's amazing website www.meganhenry.com.au
Happy Reading!!!!
Just finished The Midwife's Revolt . 3.5 stars rounded to 4 .My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished the wonderful and devastating book "A Little Life." Have begun "Vanessa and Her Sister" by Priya Parmar.
Lela , I know exactly what you mean . I felt taken over by it too .
Finished The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand. A generous 3 stars . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Added i"Girl on a Train" to my currently reading list - for a group read. Too many books at once!
Legend by Marie Lu & still working my way through Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley Roots isn't a bad book by any means, but it's just big, intimidating and a lot to take in...Ive read big books before but none that were with quite so much going on! Ive been reading this book off and on for the last 6-8 months...I'll pick it up, put it down, so on...Finally close to finishing it.
Lela wrote: "Added i"Girl on a Train" to my currently reading list - for a group read. Too many books at once!" The girl on the train is one of the most INCREDIBLE books I have read in quite some time. I hope you enjoy it!
I'm currently reading (audiobook) The Invention of Wings By Sue Monk Kidd. An amazing listen so far :-)
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I can't begin to think about what to read next after this .