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[Brina]

Trudy I'm on the waiting list for it. Looking forward especially with the controversial issues surrounding it. I have never read Picoult before so I'm excited.

[Jane]

I agree very excited too about the new Picoult

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

Good to know, and you are so right, it has been a challenge since, well... you know. I'll grow some more skin first.

[K.]

Before I Forget by B. Smith and Dan Gasby amd Tina Fey's book Bossypants

[Maya]

Trudy wrote: "I'm almost finished with Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. OH My! I am shaken to my core !!!!"

That book was amazing! That was my first book by that author and I want to read more by her. she definitely did her research. that book would make a great discussion read

[Jane]

I m reading it next month if I have the time

[Maya]

Jane wrote: "I m reading it next month if I have the time"

Enjoy!

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I just got the audio - I love anything Audra MacDonald does, she is amazing.

[Carol]

I'm reading A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, another skinny (150 pages) classic, it's excellent and a fast read.

[Carmaleeta]

I am now reading 'Small Great Things' by Jodi Picoult. This would definitely be a great discussion to have.

[Brina]

I'm about number 400 on the wait list but I keep hearing great things about this book. Hope you enjoy it.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

Great small things sounds like it would make a wonderful group read.

[Jane]

Waiting for my new copy to arrive of Small Great Things

[Andrew]

Currently reading Forged in Flame by Michael R. Hicks and listening to Purple Hibiscus audio book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[Suzette]

Reading "Places in my Heart" by Sheryl Lister

[Andrew]

Now reading Such Little Accident: British Democracy and Its Enemies by Mike Robbins and listening to The Fifth Season audio book by N.K. Jemisin

[Maya]

currently reading a play called Fences

[Jane]

Love that play Maya

[Maya]

Jane wrote: "Love that play Maya"

It's really good. I can't wait to see the movie

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I have loved the plays that I've seen. Excellent playwright.

[Trudy]

Jane wrote: "Waiting for my new copy to arrive of Small Great Things"

Very painful, but I lovedit, Jane. Hope you enjoy!

[Trudy]

Just finished Behind Closed Doors. Great thriller!

[Carol]

I'm reading The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes, the second book in The Harlem Cycle.

[Brina]

Today I read A Raisin in the Sun for the first time--wow. I am going to look up the August Wilson plays some of you keep talking about. Sounds interesting.

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Brina wrote: "Today I read A Raisin in the Sun for the first time--wow. I am going to look up the August Wilson plays some of you keep talking about. Sounds interesting."

I had the same reaction after reading A Raisin in the Sun and August Wilson's Fences!!

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Currently reading and engaged in And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile

[Beverly]

Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and finishing up Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.

[Brina]

I just finished The Children's Hour play by Lillian Hellman from 1934 as I decided to finish the year easily by reading assorted plays and lighter reading. Next is The Interpreter of Maladies- short stories.

[Tender&Delicate]

Finished the Book of Harlan. Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Daughter by Asha Bandele. This is my 1st attempt at reading two books at once and I'm finding it is very difficult for me to remain interested in Daughter as The Mothers is so captivating. I think in the future I will probably pair fiction with non-fiction instead and see how it works.

[Beverly]

Tender&Delicate wrote: "Finished the Book of Harlan. Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Daughter by Asha Bandele. This is my 1st attempt at reading two books at once and I'm finding it is very difficult for..."

When reading more than one book at a time - for me it is usually a fiction book and a non-fiction.

I find it difficult to read more than one book at a time if the storylines have similar themes/subject matter.

[Shomeret]

Beverly wrote: "Tender&Delicate wrote: "Finished the Book of Harlan. Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Daughter by Asha Bandele. This is my 1st attempt at reading two books at once and I'm finding ..."

I stopped reading two books at one time because it means that I can't finish library books unless they're very short. It also takes me too long to finish books on my Kindle. This is unfair to the authors and publishers who've requested reviews. So now I'm alternating between library books and Kindle.

I'm currently reading a library book Underground Airlines which is a horrifying alternate history dystopia where four states still have slavery in the 21st century.

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Shomeret wrote: "Beverly wrote: "Tender&Delicate wrote: "Finished the Book of Harlan. Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Daughter by Asha Bandele. This is my 1st attempt at reading two books at once ..."

I have a hold on Underground Airlines, it seems to be a very popular book at my library. lol

[Shomeret]

Lulu wrote: "Shomeret wrote: "Beverly wrote: "Tender&Delicate wrote: "Finished the Book of Harlan. Currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Daughter by Asha Bandele. This is my 1st attempt at reading t..."

It's a popular book at my library too, Lulu. It took me a long time to get it and I won't be able to renew it.

[Brina]

I will read up to 3 books at once but very rarely and only if 1 is fiction, 1 is short stories, and 1 is non fiction. Two fiction books, it's too hard for me to follow.

[Andrew]

Just started reading Storytelling: How to Create Powerful Plots To Give Your Readers a Memorable Journey by Charles Euchner and also listening to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks audio book by Rebecca Skloot

[Carmaleeta]

Well, I have 11 more books to read to reach my yearly goal. Could someone give me suggestions of books that are short in length. Thanks.

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Brina wrote: "I just finished The Children's Hour play by Lillian Hellman from 1934 as I decided to finish the year easily by reading assorted plays and lighter reading. Next is The Interpreter of Maladies- shor..."

I've seen the movie. I wonder how much different it is from the play.

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Carmaleeta wrote: "Well, I have 11 more books to read to reach my yearly goal. Could someone give me suggestions of books that are short in length. Thanks."

You should read plays! lol

[Jackie]

I'm reading Carry me down by m j Hyland. I havr to admit, it is still leaving me to wonder about the main character.

[Shomeret]

I'm reading Honorary White by E. R. Braithwaite, the author of To Sir, With Love. Honorary White is a memoir of his trip to apartheid South Africa in 1973.

[Carmaleeta]

You know I have never read plays. What a new adventure. I'm going to go for that; but any other suggestions let me know

[Suzette]

Carmaleeta, short books: Blanche on the Lam (series by Barbara Neey), Unthinkable Sins (Tiffani Saunders)

[Carol]

Carmaleeta wrote: "You know I have never read plays. What a new adventure. I'm going to go for that; but any other suggestions let me know"

Carmaletta, I have a shelf of "less than 165 pages" - feel free to browse it. I agree with the play suggestion. Poetry is good, too. Graphic novels. Some short works you may enjoy:

Another Brooklyn
The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Illest: A Novella by Ran Walker
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
John Lewis' graphic novels: March: Book One, March: Book Two, and March: Book Three

[Carmaleeta]

So far on my quest to complete eleven books in a week I have completed two and on my third. Please feel free to check my Bookshelf to view my progress. Happy Reading!

[Brina]

Carmaleeta there are a lot of quality plays 50-100 pages each if that will help you meet your goal.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

check out audio books. They are short sometimes, 2 hrs. etc.

[Guy]

I've just finished The Golden Ass of Apuleius: The Liberation of the Feminine in Man and The Golden Ass of Apuleius. What a fantastic pair of books to read together. I read each of them, in tandem, twice.

I've just begun Adult Onset by the awesome writer Ann-Marie MacDonald. She wrote Fall on Your Knees.

And I'm also reading A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry by Czesław Miłosz. And I've decided it's time to re-read Aion by the psychologist C.G. Jung. And I want to read How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer to see whether or not I agree with Montaigne.

All the best of the season, to everyone. And the best for 2017, too.

[Brina]

Have now read 2 century cycle plays. I want to finish the other 8 next year. Wow.

[Brina]

Carmaleeta, how is your quest to read 11 books in a week going? Wishing you well. I suggest House on Mango Street if you need one more fast reading or Jacqueline Woodson middle grade kids books-- amazing. Carol, I will be looking at your 150 page shelf. Have today and tomorrow to finish Small Great Things for 144 (or 12 books a month) for the year. Wishing everyone a happy new year!!!

[Michelle]

I am currently reading Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Had planned to finish it before the New Year. Don't see that happening now. Very well written, scholarly work. I am learning so much. Would highly recommend.