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[Lesley]

Storyheart wrote: "I hope your friend is okay now."

Yes, thanks. Marvellous keyhole surgery for a complete hysterectomy, up and about within a few days...

[Lesley]

Blueberry wrote: "I just read that...and then watched two versions of the movie." I think I have only seen one version, ages ago.. Made me get the EBOOK.

[Lesley]

Michael wrote: "I am in Kenya in the 80s for a memoir of a primate neurobiologist studying baboons, growing up, and learning about all the tribes and ethnic groups in the country, Robert Sapolsky's [book:A Primate..."

This interests me, too. Will look for this, thanks.

[Booknblues]

Michael wrote: "I am in Kenya in the 80s for a memoir of a primate neurobiologist studying baboons, growing up, and learning about all the tribes and ethnic groups in the country, Robert Sapolsky's [book:A Primate..."

That sounds right up my alley.

Michael, it seems like you are heavily into nonfiction this year.

I'm still in a mystery/escapist faze.

[Story]

Lesley wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "I just read that...and then watched two versions of the movie."

I didn't even know there were 2 versions of it. Must research...

I'm in Anglola reading about an agoraphobic Portuguese woman trapped in her apartment after Angolan Independence. A General Theory of Oblivion. It's pretty good so far but I'm not in love with it the way I was with his The Book of Chameleons.

[Denizen]

I have moved on to Ireland with The Misremembered Man. I was looking for something light with humor and this seems to be fitting the bill. I will happily take suggestions for light, humorous reads that Crossroaders think I might enjoy. My just finished book An Untamed State was far too dark for my taste (and I tend to read my fair share of dark books) so have shaken up the short list for the next couple months to bring in lighter - or as Storyheart says - sunshine books.

For audio, I am listening to Elena Ferrante's Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay - not so light but, as the third book in a series, the characters are feeling like old friends especially with Hillary Huber's excellent reading of the first person narrative.

[Story]

Denizen wrote: " I am listening to Elena Ferrante's Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay - not so light but, as the third book in a series, the characters are feeling like old friends "

I found that series unputdownable. Glad you're enjoying it too.

[Lesley]

Storyheart wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "I just read that...and then watched two versions of the movie."

I didn't even know there were 2 versions of it. Must research...

I'm in Anglola reading about an ..."

I just couldn't get into The Book of Chameleons.. My loss I'm sure. Neither do I 'get' Elena Ferrante.

I am in Seattle 1986 and 1942, when the Japanese residents were removed to camps. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.. Very informative, to me, and my second reading after a long gap.

[Michael]

I am all over history with examples of disasters that bring communities and people together, Junger's 150 page essay Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. I enjoyed his The Perfect Storm and War and hope he has some wisdom for me.

I was late to Ferrante, which has more readers among my GR friends than almost any other book in recent times. I thought the first was great on an unusual friendship and was complete enough not to feel compelled to leap to the other two. Leslie, I how you appreciate the eloquence of Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Some might say its love story dilutes the impact of the interment, but I thought it amplifies its impact.

[Lesley]

Michael wrote: "I am all over history with examples of disasters that bring communities and people together, Junger's 150 page essay Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. I enjoyed his The Perfect St..."

Haven't quite finished it, but as you know how fussy a reader I am, after a string of BLEGH..(sp?) , ebooks from my library platform, I prefer to read an old favourite to see if it's them or me...(hehehe).. It's definitely not me..( for me IMHO)

[Story]

Lesley wrote: I just couldn't get into The Book of Chameleons.. My loss I'm sure. Neither do I 'get' Elena Ferrante.
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Lesley, you wrote somewhere else about finding readers similar to you. I think we're polar opposites. Several books you've loved, I haven't liked at all. So if you see a five-star rating from me, you should probably strike the title from your TBR at once :-)

[Denizen]

I found Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet absolutely saccharine. Looking at friend reviews and ratings on GR, I see I am in a distinct minority, but there are kindred spirits for any book and I happily discovered a few other 2 star reviews at the very end of a string of raves.

[Story]

Denizen wrote: "I found Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet absolutely saccharine. Looking at friend reviews and ratings on GR, I see I am in a distinct minority, but there are kindred spirits f..."

I didn't make it past page 20 of it for the same reason.

[Lesley]

Storyheart wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I found Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet absolutely saccharine. Looking at friend reviews and ratings on GR, I see I am in a distinct minority, but there are k..."

Like me with Elena Ferrante... hehehe

[Lesley]

Storyheart wrote: "Lesley wrote: I just couldn't get into The Book of Chameleons.. My loss I'm sure. Neither do I 'get' Elena Ferrante.
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Lesley, you wrote somewhere else about finding readers similar to you. I thi..."
Nah, you've got a broader reading palette than I have. BUT I have LOVED the complicated (not contemporary) The Luminaries, as the history of the New Zealand gold rush was unknown to me. Ditto with the Japanese camps in USA. In OZ they rounded up the Germans, but I have yet to read very much about that, so I am slowly widening my choices.

[Lesley]

Michael wrote: "I am all over history with examples of disasters that bring communities and people together, Junger's 150 page essay Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. I enjoyed his The Perfect St..."

Yes, not my usual style or pace of book, but a subject completely unknown, made for interesting reading.

[Michael]

I am mostly in Leningrad in the 30s with the composer Shostakovich struggling to stay off of Stalin's purge list, Barne's The Noise of Time. So far I'm disappointed.

[Booknblues]

I'm in Budapest and Portland reading Susan Faludi's In the Dark Room

[Denizen]

Michael wrote: "I am mostly in Leningrad in the 30s with the composer Shostakovich struggling to stay off of Stalin's purge list, Barne's The Noise of Time. So far I'm disappointed."

I'll be watching for your final take as it's a book I've been interested in reading.

[Lesley]

I was directed to this book by Charlotte Wood who wrote an introduction.. Set in Sydney in circa 1950/60's. Amy Witting I for Isobel. Such a small book but so many (IMHO) fantastic themes.

[Blueberry]

Just life a small island with a lighthouse off of the southwest of Australia in The Light Between Oceans . Now am currently in England telling of my childhood in Africa but am going to also be spending time in South Carolina and Canada. Someone Knows My Name

[Denizen]

Blueberry wrote: "Just life a small island with a lighthouse off of the southwest of Australia in The Light Between Oceans . Now am currently in England telling of my childhood in Africa but am going..."

IMO, two very good books. Enjoy!

[Michael]

I'm in Bristol, England following the development of a boy in the 20s and 30s, Jeffry Archer's Only Time Will Tell, or Volume 1 of the Clifton Chronicles. A warm-hearted saga of trials and tribulations, love and friendship, loyalty and betrayal, bravery and cowardice, i.e. life.

[Karin]

I am still in England with Our Mutual Friend (a 5 month seasonal read, thereabouts) and am in Louisiana with Chet and Bernie in The Sound and the Furry

[Booknblues]

I'm in Cape Ann, MA reading Leaving Lucy Pear

[Lesley]

I'm in Argentina (mostly, also Paris, London) in The Memory Stones by Caroline Brothers . Not the best written (or translated?) book but the subject matter is so sad, I have had several 'eye leaks'.. About an 18 year search for a daughter and child when went missing in the seventies, continues, as far as I have read. Unbelievable...

[Lesley]

Michael wrote: "I am all over history with examples of disasters that bring communities and people together, Junger's 150 page essay Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. I enjoyed his The Perfect St..."

With the warning that the writing can get overloaded with metaphors, the subject matter is very illuminating. You might like this The Memory Stones about the Grandmothers and the Missing in Argentina during the rule of the Junta.

[Story]

I'm in Florida with The Lola Quartet.

Den, I noticed you added this title as a 'maybe'. I wouldn't bother. It's an okay read but nowhere near as interesting as Station 11 or Last Night in Montreal.

[Booknblues]

I'm currently in North Carolina, but hoping to find a way out in The Underground Railroad

[Denizen]

Storyheart wrote: "I'm in Florida with The Lola Quartet.

Den, I noticed you added this title as a 'maybe'. I wouldn't bother. It's an okay read but nowhere near as interesting as Station 11 or Last ..."

Off the maybe list it goes. Now to decide which I would prefer reading Last Night in Montreal or The Singer's Gun which Judith's review put on my TBR.

BnB, I was thinking I had a hold on The Underground Railroad but my hold is actually on Underground Airlines.

I'm currently reading Three Day Road and finding it very good at 36% read. I'm still listening to Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay.

[Booknblues]

Denizen wrote: "Storyheart wrote: "I'm in Florida with The Lola Quartet.

Den, I noticed you added this title as a 'maybe'. I wouldn't bother. It's an okay read but nowhere near as interesting as ..."

Three Day Road is one that has been on my radar for a long time.

Easy to get Undergound Railroad and Underground Airlines mixed they are both alternate histories concerning slavery.

[Karin]

In addition to the usual countries this year, I'm currently in Holland with The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom it's also about someone who, developed an underground network in WWII when she was over 50.

[Booknblues]

Karin wrote: "In addition to the usual countries this year, I'm currently in Holland with The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom it's also about someone who, developed an underground n..."

I read that years ago. I recall it as a good read.

[Blueberry]

I'm in a snowstorm in a wilderness area of the Bighorn Mountains tracking a psychotic schizophrenic serial killer with Sheriff Longmire in Hell Is Empty

[Michael]

I am in a northern Maine fishing camp where one old man winds down his life and his friends and family find a fulcrum for moving forward, The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin (author of the postapocalyptic "The Passage".

I envy you that Longmire tale, Blueberry, and cheer you on with "Thrre Day Road", Den ( a special 5-star read for me).

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I'm leaving St. Louis and on my way to Bigelow and Short Junction Arkansas with This Bitter Earth. This is book 2 of the Sugar series. Great reading about the hard life of Sugar Lacey in the 50's and 60's

[Karin]

I'm also commuting between Panama and the US with The Closer: My Story

Sounds as though you all have some interesting books going!

[Denizen]

Blueberry wrote: "I'm in a snowstorm in a wilderness area of the Bighorn Mountains tracking a psychotic schizophrenic serial killer with Sheriff Longmire in Hell Is Empty"

Michael put the first Longmire book on my TBR but haven't tried the series yet. It's good to see another fan.

[Michael]

I am in contemporary Maine with Game Warden Mike Bowditch getting involved with solving the disappearance of two lesbian hikers on a remote area of Appalachian Trail, Paul Doiron's The Precipice. The author gets better as the series goes on. Nice to get a murder mystery that gets you outdoors (same plus with the Longmire series and work by C.J. Box and Nevada Barr).

[Story]

I'm in Toronto with The Robber Bride. Den's recent reading of it inspired me to re-read. Oh, that Zenia.

[Denizen]

Storyheart wrote: "I'm in Toronto with The Robber Bride. Den's recent reading of it inspired me to re-read. Oh, that Zenia."

It may very well be my favorite Atwood.

[Lesley]

Denizen wrote: "Storyheart wrote: "I'm in Toronto with The Robber Bride. Den's recent reading of it inspired me to re-read. Oh, that Zenia."

It may very well be my favorite Atwood." and mine

[Blueberry]

Michael wrote: "I am in contemporary Maine with Game Warden Mike Bowditch getting involved with solving the disappearance of two lesbian hikers on a remote area of Appalachian Trail, Paul Doiron's [book:The Precip..."

The Cork O'Connor series is good that way also.

[Michael]

I am in Venice in 1944 with a fisherman who hope to stay out of the war but can't help trying to help a Jewish teenaged girl on the run, Martin Cruz Smith's The Girl from Venice (an ARC). Out of all his books I liked best his WW2 standalone set in the Trinity Project in New Mexico, "Stallion Gate", so I have high hopes.

Den, I will pursue Underground Airlines as well, and your comment Blueberry about Krueger's Cork O'Conner has me notching up a read among a few I've collected (enjoyed 2 so far). For mysteries in rural settings, I also have Giles Blunt in mind with its village in Ontario as a setting. For audiobooks I am also about to set out with Foote's volume 2 of his narrative history of the civil war, one of those 900 page extravaganza's.

[Denizen]

I've finished Three Day Road and really enjoyed it. I find Boyden a powerful writer and am fascinated by his portrayals of Native American culture. I feel like I'm experiencing a window into a lifestyle rather than a glamorization. It's also the third novel I've read centered around WW I in the last few months and hands down the best. I will move on to his Through Black Spruce sooner rather than later.

I moved on to Fever Tree, a book written by a high school friend of my husband. It's a decent mystery, the characters and plotline are interesting - I'm just not much of a mystery reader unlike many of the Crossroaders.

I have less than 1/2 hr in the audio of Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. I'm not liking it as much as the second, but Ferrante has been ending each book with a cliff hanger so may yet revise that appraisal.

[Booknblues]

Denizen wrote: "I've finished Three Day Road and really enjoyed it. I find Boyden a powerful writer and am fascinated by his portrayals of Native American culture. I feel like I'm experiencing a wind..."

I want to read Three Day Road. I was really in a WWI kick a few years ago and it still holds my interest.

I've just finished The End of the World Running Club which I enjoyed, but the end does leave you a bit hanging and makes me wonder if there will be a sequel. There were a few characters in there which I really enjoyed.

[Booknblues]

Michael wrote: "I am in Venice in 1944 with a fisherman who hope to stay out of the war but can't help trying to help a Jewish teenaged girl on the run, Martin Cruz Smith's The Girl from Venice (an..."

I'm a Martin Cruz Smith fan so I will be interested in your take on this, especially since I've already read one WWII book set in Italy this year.

[Booknblues]

I've been down the road in SF during a terrible earthquake readingAll Stories Are Love Stories and have now moved to 19th century along the Missouri somewhere in The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge.

[Denizen]

Booknblues wrote: "I've been down the road in SF during a terrible earthquake readingAll Stories Are Love Stories and have now moved to 19th century al..."

I enjoyed The Revenant. It was an interesting time on the American frontier.

[Michael]

Denizen wrote: "I enjoyed The Revenant. It was an interesting time on the American frontier. ..."

Gee, I had that checked out of the library earlier in the month and got sidetracked and returned it unread. I guess I could give it another chance if Frn likes it too.