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Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I have finished The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood.. I feel so astounded at the depth of this slight book... Need a few days to cogitate before reviewing, but for me it was ..."Oh, not even as an ebook on Amazon? I can see it there https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Way-Th... but perhaps you mean through your library.
I have been in Crosby, Maine (is it a 'real' place ?) in Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout... Kept thinking I had read it before, but no matter, I needed a lovely novel as a reading palette cleanser, after the stunning impact The Natural Way of Things left me like 'a stunned mullet'... Interesting way to build a clear picture of an unforgettable character.
I am somewhere in the Midwest in another heart punching book. The Ha-Ha byDave King .. chosen by my library, I think. I am having such an amazing diverse good run..
I am enjoying myself in Rio with Perfect Days. It is twisted and quirky.
Lesley wrote: "Oh, not even as an ebook on Amazon? I can see it there https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Way-Th... but perhaps you mean through your library. The ebook is available for pre-order on US Amazon.
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "I am enjoying myself in Rio with Perfect Days. It is twisted and quirky."By Montes? It' s on my TBR but so far no one I know has reviewed it. Let me know if it lives up to its promise.
Glad you enjoyed The HaHa, Lesley. That was one that stayed with me for a while after I read it. I'm in Paris, wearing all black and puffing imaginary Gauloise cigarettes with my pals Sarte and deBeauvoir while we contemplate being and nothingness At The Existentialist Café
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I'm in Paris, wearing all black and puffing imaginary Gauloise cigarettes with my pals Sarte and d..."
That sounds interesting. I'm eagerly awaiting your report on it.
I've been spending some time on Lewis Island off Scotland.
Storyheart wrote: "Glad you enjoyed The HaHa, Lesley. That was one that stayed with me for a while after I read it. I'm in Paris, wearing all black and puffing imaginary Gauloise cigarettes with my pals Sarte and d..."
I wish I'd read it with a face-to-face bookclub. SOOOO many questions.. Not sure if it was recommended or my clever library ladies found it.. What an achievement!! I cried a few times, at the hopeless 'nothing will really change' of Sylvia's and therefore, Ryan's life.. SIGH...
I am now re-reading The Twelfth Fish by Graham Perrett.. So very Aussie, many expressions might make someone not, pause for thought. I'm in a small outback sheep country town. Set in 1992, it's still very much unchanged and similar to where I live, except for the internet access. (Such as it is..)
I just left Icicle Falls, WA with Samantha Sterling and family. They were trying to save their company, the Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company and one of the way they had planned to save it was having "The First Annual Chocolate Festival in Better Than Chocolate by Shelia Roberts. It was a fun read. I love a story about a small town. Enjoyable characters.
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I've enjoyed the Nevada Barr books I've read
I will be starting Fates and Furies this morning. My hold finally came in at the library, and I find myself thinking "eh". That's the trouble with holds - my enthusiasm at checkout does not always match my enthusiasm when placing it on hold. Hopefully it will grab me early!
I am currently in New York City with The Book of Harlan Loving this story of Musicians, Paris, German occupation and Americans all rolled into one exciting story.
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "I am currently in New York City with The Book of Harlan Loving this story of Musicians, Paris, German occupation and Americans all rolled into one exciting story."The early reviews look very good. Keep us posted!
Booknblues wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "I'm in New Orleans after having hopped around some. I think I'm following serial killers. 13½"I've enjoyed the Nevada Barr books I've read"
This one is a standalone. Not part of the Anna Pigeon series. It's creepy but hard to put down.
Just finished spending some time in War-torn England, during WWII, in Daniel Silva's The Unlikely Spy. Professor Alfred Vicary, who works for the British Counterintelligence Operations, caught Nazi spies and turned them into double agents. But "Sleeper" spies, who are still operating in England are putting the plans for D-Day at risk. As a personal favor for his friend, Winston Churchill, Alfred must flush out these spies. I would have given it 4 stars, but I got upset with the ending. Poor Alfred. So I given this book 3.5 stars. Even though, it had a great twist at the end.
I'm in the Appalachians with Brown Bottle, have just left France and gone back to England in The Summer Before the War and am in the American west with The Dog Who Knew Too Much.
I'm having a wonderful time in Rio with Perfect Days and also in Harlem with The Book of Harlan
I'm currently in Napoli with Elena Ferrante's second book in the Neapolitan series, The Story of a New Name.
I was slogging through London and Cornwall in The Butterfly Summer Harriet Evans.. Bit chic lit-ty but interesting enough story to read as a story.
I am really enjoying being in Rio in Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey.. Has the tone of , say, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Not the same story line, obviously..
I finished two of those books, but have merely moved to another part of England with Crampton Hodnet, West Virginia with Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator (but that will be about a road trip) and still in the American southwest with that dog, Chet.
Lesley wrote: "I am really enjoying being in Rio in Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey.. Has the tone of , say, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. ..."I remember seeing earlier press on the book. Regina also read it and rated it slightly higher than you.
Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am really enjoying being in Rio in Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey.. Has the tone of , say, The Rosie Project by Graeme Sim..."</i>Yes , I would have given it [book:Ways to Disappeara 3 1/2 if our system would allow it.
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Booknblues wrote: "I've been spending some time on the Hebrides Islands and than did an excursion from Afghanistan to Italy....not sure where I am off to next."Feeling jetlagged after all that travel? What did you read set in the Hebrides?
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Feeling jetlagged after all that tr..."
I read the Lewis Trilogy starting with The Blackhouse by Peter May. It is an excellent series and I was sad there were only three.
I tried being in Dublin in In the Woods but the huge book kept bonking me on the nose. After looking at the reviews, DNF..
Lesley wrote: "I tried being in Dublin in In the Woods but the huge book kept bonking me on the nose. After looking at the reviews, DNF.."I liked In the Woods. I see my rating hasn't followed me from Shelfari. I like how Tana French writes - works well in audio.
Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I tried being in Dublin in In the Woods but the huge book kept bonking me on the nose. After looking at the reviews, DNF.."I liked In the Woods. I see my rating hasn'..."
AND audio doesn't bop you on the nose!!
What a coincidence Tana French has written on the blurb of my current book. Breaking Wild byDiane Les Becquets about a hunter who goes missing in the Colorado 'wilds'...
Lesley wrote: "What a coincidence Tana French has written on the blurb of my current book. Breaking Wild byDiane Les Becquets about a hunter who goes missing in the..."Breaking Wild is on my books to watch list. I think I'll drop it. 3.5 stars from you and 1 star from my other friend who's read it - not likely to ever pick it up.
Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "What a coincidence Tana French has written on the blurb of my current book. Breaking Wild byDiane Les Becquets about a hunter who goes..."Yes, it always depends on who has similar tastes.
I am in Brunswich , a suburb of Melbourne, that my daughter used to live in.. I am parkouring all over the familiar places. (Not a sentence I have ever come across...) in Leap by Myfanwy Jones.. .. Wondered what made it special enough to make the shortlist of the Miles Franklin. Well deserved at this stage.
I am trying to escape bad guys in Istanbul with The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax.
I have read so many 4 or 5 star books lately, that at the moment nothing is really satisfying me. Not even being in Western Australia, a few decades ago, on a sheep station (farm), just before the big boom. Sure, the shearers were rough, but the endless 'cuss' words get tedious after the initial 'start'.. Took me so long to learn how to get a library EBOOK to open on my pendo, that it was not worth the candle... Probably finish it tho... Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley ..
I am in dystopian California and also in contemporary California with I Almost Forgot About You. At the same time, I'm in Victorian England with Our Mutual Friend
Blueberry wrote: "I am trying to escape bad guys in Istanbul with The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax."I haven't read this one. Enjoying it?
I am loving the re-reading of Dirt Music by Tim Winton ... It is set on the west coast of Australia, north of Perth at a rough and ready fishing community. I wonder why it was 'blah', first read and, I am absolutely loving it now..
I'm still reading Cloud Atlas, the real world has intervened a great deal with reading lately, but am finally hitting my stride. I've also started listening to The Heroes' Welcome, the sequel to My Dear I Wanted to Tell You. Both books lend themselves to audio.
I'm having a good time in California with Walter Mosley's newest in the Easy Rawlins series Charcoal Joe I'm going to have to return to this series and read the earlier ones.
I've also been in California in a dystopian future setting. The book fluctuates between 2 & 3.5 stars, so may be rounded up to 3 stars. Nothing brilliant, that's for sure, but there are some things about it at times that keep me reading longer than planned. I'm also there for a bit longer in the disappointing I Almost Forgot About YouI'm also about to board the Lusitania to cross the Atlantic in Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (we haven't made it on board yet, and I'm further than my status looks since I'm nearly through the second CD)
Den, I didn't quite enjoy The Heroes' Welcome as much as My Dear I Wanted to Tell You. I hear there's a 3rd book out now about the children of the 2 couples but can't remember the title. After loving Lolly Willowes, I've gone on to more books by Sylvia Townsend Warner: The Music at Long Verney: Twenty Stories whch was pretty good and now Kingdoms of Elfin which I'm enjoying a lot so far.
Storyheart wrote: "Den, I didn't quite enjoy The Heroes' Welcome as much as My Dear I Wanted to Tell You. I hear there's a 3rd book out now about the children of the 2 couples but can't remember the title. "I remember the reviews not being as glowing as for My Dear, but it's short so hoped I would like it if I didn't go into it with too high of expectations. If an author gives me a 5 star read, I feel as if I owe them the respect of at least trying another of their books.
I am in North West Australia, Broome and Kunanurra, in Dirt Music by Tim Winton. This such familiar country to me, and the damaged characters so real, that at this secong reading I am absolutely loving it. I have a daughter who is also her own worst enemy and perhaps that is why I can relate so strongly, now.
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The story line definitely piques my interest. It's not released in the US until the end of June.