Wilmette Public Library discussion
What Are You Reading for November, 2013
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
[deleted user]
(new)
Nov 01, 2013 07:46AM
What are you reading during November? Let the group know! Do you hate it? Love it? Are confused about the meaning and need some guidance? Comment below!
reply
|
flag
I am reading "Let The Old Dreams Die" by the John Ajvide Lindqvist, the author who also wrote, "Let The Right One In." It's a book of creepy short stories with a lot of depth. I haven't finished it yet, but the first story is about two trolls, which is fabulous.
I just finished "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. What an amazing book! It's the best book I've read in quite awhile. You'll quickly turn the pages while thinking about the characters.I didn't want it to end!
I can't wait to read that Amy! I'm on the waiting list.
I finished Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" and now I'm reading Haruki Murakami's "Sputnik Sweetheart." It's about a love triangle between two women and a man in contemporary Japan -- funny, catchy and very hip.
I am listening to "The Rook" by Daniel O'Malley and reading "The Circle" By Dave Eggers. They are both secret organizations and have stong women characters that have to figure out what is going on. I LOVE IT!
I just finished Rose Under Fire, a riveting account of a young American woman who is piloting fighter jets from England to France at the end of World War II. She is shot down by the Germans and ends up spending six months in Ravensbruck. The novel is often harrowing, terrifying, and depressing. Rose is, however, a well-drawn protagonist, and the author also offers realistic minor characters who give the reader some hope for redemption and peace. A short but very satisfying read.
One of the books that the Library just finished was "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" by Michael Pollan. It offers a theory that there is a "Western Diet" that consists of processed foods, and that Americans don't eat a lot of "food." Well researched and enlightening.
I also read "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, which is as gripping today as I'm sure it was 50 years ago. I was amazed by timelessness.
