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I'm currently reading the second book of the Outlander series - Dragonfly in Amber. It's really good! I enjoyed the first book and the first season of the show. I can't wait to finish this one so that I can see how it compares to the second season.
Finished Educated by Tara Westover - amazing memoir!Reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver and Welcome Home by Lucia Berlin.
I am currently reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles; just started and having a bit of an issue getting immersed. Time will tell!
Finished Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver, and now reading Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, an amazing memoir of his time studying wolves in Canada's far north, fascinating and very funny too!
My reads from March:
Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide to Men, Sex, and Love's Deepest Bliss. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now reading:
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Finished Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson"Pieces of eight, pieces of eight"
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. SullivanMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Third Wife
by Lisa JewellQuickly falling for Lisa Jewell...
My Review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished an advance edition of The God Particle Conspiracy. Really makes you question who the government is really working for.
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. This is a very different type of psychological thriller. It's more about the bond Ayoola and Korede have as sisters. It was recommended via Facebook and a good book to discuss in bookclubs.
Erin wrote: "I'm 20 pages away from finishing 11/22/63 by Stephen King. I could have finished tonight but I'm gonna make it my first book of 2019 instead."Once you're done, watch the TV show starring James Franco. It is something else! <3
Finished The Lost Man
by Jane HarperEnjoyed it, but didn't like it as much as I hoped.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin3.5 for this one--
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two corrupt politicians hatch a scheme to steal the world’s largest supercollider in a plan to hold the global fossil-fuel economy hostage. As the world edges closer to economic collapse and anarchy, prominent Princeton astrophysicist, Dr. John Logan, and protégé, Sarah Carmichael, expose their plot and vow to stop the madmen before it’s too late. That is, if those who want them dead don’t kill them first.
BTW - shelved AMHERST as “couldn’t finish”Currently reading THE RED COAT by Dolley Carlson & WARRIORS OF THE STORM by Bernard Cornwell
I've just finished The Thousands Lights Hotel by Emylia Hall which was set in Tuscany with links to Italy. What a lovely picturesque setting that looked at loyalty, secrets and relationships. The characters were vivid, strong and yet showed their vulnerability. Well worth reading. Great for bookclubs.
1. Strangers on a bridge by James B Donovan2. Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear
3. Henna House by Nomi Eve
4. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
5. Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Finished
The Current by Tim JohnstonDidn't realize I've read two books by Johnston this year.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've just finished Lies by T M Logan. This was an on the of the sofa read!! Every page had me thinking. A great book for bookclubs too with a variety of topics to to discuss. A fabulous thriller that kept me thrilled until the final page.
Misdirection. Twists. Turns. Great characters. And a scheme that will scare the daylights out of you. The God Particle Conspiracy
Misdirection. Twists. Turns. Great characters. And a scheme that will scare the daylights out of you.
American Tabloid - James Ellroy. It's a struggle at the moment. I'm not familiar with the type of prose that is used in this book...the plot is good though...i'll keep going for a while and see.
Now I'm reading Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
and Notes From a Big Country by Bill Bryson
Night was very difficult to read, as I'm sure it was to write, but I'm glad he did write it.
I loved What We Keep! It also moved me to tears at times.
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My second (by Rubin) and favorite so far.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...