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[Joan]

Dear Reader: You Misunderstood My Story. Signed, Truman Capote.
https://nyti.ms/2Ge2Que

Interesting author commentary by Truman Capote

[Chrissie]

I am now listening to Nadia May's reading of Emma by Jane Austen.

I ended up dumping Moby-Dick or, The Whale AGAIN!

[Joan]

Chrissie, I read a book written from the point of view of the Captain’s wife - I think the title may be Ahab’s Wife - it inspired me to plough through Moby Dick. Like you I had dropped that tome many times.

[Chrissie]

Joan wrote: "Chrissie, I read a book written from the point of view of the Captain’s wife - I think the title may be Ahab’s Wife - it inspired me to plough through Moby Dick. Like you I had dropped that tome ma..."

I loved Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer. Read it ages ago.

[Diane S ☔]

Reading The Home for Unwanted Girls and Three Sides Water

[Marina]

Chrissie wrote: "I ended up dumping Moby-Dick or, The Whale AGAIN!"

Chrissie, probably the book doesn't suit you. As I said, I admire you for trying so hard, but I wouldn't try again if I were you. Obviously you don't have to feel like I do :)

[Marina]

I've started a lighter book, Like Water for Chocolate. I've only read the first chapter, but it seems quite nice so far.

[Esther]

I finished The Miniaturist which was a 4.5 stars not quite wonderful but very good.

I have sort of started The Aeneid and Silas Marner but both are audio and I left my earphones at the office.
So instead I started The Heart's Invisible Furies which at 10% in is so heart-breakingly good I can't put it down.

[Chrissie]

Marina wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I ended up dumping Moby-Dick or, The Whale AGAIN!"

Chrissie, probably the book doesn't suit you. As I said, I admire you for trying so hard, but I wouldn't try again..."

Nope, never again.

[dely]

Marina wrote: "I've started a lighter book, Like Water for Chocolate. I've only read the first chapter, but it seems quite nice so far."

I've read it a couple of months ago. It isn't bad, it was better as I thought. I would have never picked it up if it wasn't for my Novel-Cure-Challenge. It should help people who aren't able to express their emotions.

[Marina]

dely wrote: "Marina wrote: "I've started a lighter book, Like Water for Chocolate. I've only read the first chapter, but it seems quite nice so far."

I've read it a couple of months ago. It isn't b..."

Good to know, I'm not great at expressing my emotions. I read the Novel Cure book but didn't remember this book was in there. I only picked it because of a challenge for which I needed to read two books linked to food. I'm really enjoying it so far, even though it's not my usual read, I'm glad I picked it up.

[dely]

Marina wrote: "dely wrote: "Marina wrote: "I've started a lighter book, Like Water for Chocolate. I've only read the first chapter, but it seems quite nice so far."

I've read it a couple of months ag..."

Lol, poor book. We both read it only because of a challenge :D

[Joan]

I really enjoyed Like Water for Chocolate- though I read it so long ago that I don’t remember why. I think it was the weaving of reality and imagination. And I found out about mole sauce - yum!

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...

[Marina]

dely wrote: "Lol, poor book. We both read it only because of a challenge :D "

True, but I find it is sometimes a good way of discovering new-to-us books we would have otherwise missed. Just as an example, I read 101 books for my around the world challenge so far, and most of them I did just because of the challenge - and I was so happy! Some of them were really great and I would never have heard of/read them otherwise. That's one reason why I like challenges :)

[dely]

Marina wrote: "dely wrote: "Lol, poor book. We both read it only because of a challenge :D "

True, but I find it is sometimes a good way of discovering new-to-us books we would have otherwise missed. Just as an ..."

This is true. This isn't the first good book I've read thanks to my challenge. Sadly there have been also books I didn't like, but at least I take them at the public library so I don't waste money.

[dely]

Joan wrote: "I really enjoyed Like Water for Chocolate- though I read it so long ago that I don’t remember why. I think it was the weaving of reality and imagination. And I found out about mole sauce - yum!

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I know there is also the movie but I won't watch it.

[Marina]

I've started Chocolat - seems good, but it makes me hungry (I love chocolate!)

[dely]

Marina wrote: "I've started Chocolat - seems good, but it makes me hungry (I love chocolate!)"

Then you have to taste chocolate with salt and caramel by the brand Macao. I find it only in the fairtrade store (AtroMercato). I'm not a huge chocolate or sweets eater, but I really love chocolate from that brand (also lemon and ginger).

[Marina]

dely wrote: "Marina wrote: "I've started Chocolat - seems good, but it makes me hungry (I love chocolate!)"

Then you have to taste chocolate with salt and caramel by the brand Macao. I find it onl..."

Uhm, I don't like caramel, but I might want to try it anyway. Thanks for the suggestion :)

[Chrissie]

Having liked a book I read earlier this month by Penelope Fitzgerald, I have picked up another by the author--The Bookshop. Both this and Offshore are semi-autobiographical fiction.

[Nancy from NJ]

When I finish reading my group messages, I am taking the afternoon off and will begin reading Pachinko.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Charging my Kindle before starting The Retreat by Mark Edwards after finishing a delightful, heartwarming, happy/ sad and satisfying book Cassandra's Secret: Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back... by Frances Garrood. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Marina]

I've started reading The Magic Mountain. About 60 pages in, so not much (my edition has 700 pages), but it seems good already.

[Albert]

Marina wrote: "I've started reading The Magic Mountain. About 60 pages in, so not much (my edition has 700 pages), but it seems good already."

That has always been a novel that I had my eye on but have never gotten around to. Interested to see what you think.

[Marina]

I'll let you know, Albert.

[Chrissie]

I am now reading Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God; the audiobook has now finally been made available to me. I have no problem at all with the dialect.

[Nancy from NJ]

I am now half way through Pachinko and really am enjoying it. I plan on also reading Lee's first book Food for Millionaires.

[Tamara]

I've almost finished The Essex Serpent. Really enjoying it.

[Joan]

Listening to The Mill on the Floss, Eileen Atkins is a phenomenal narrator- she gives individual voices to all the characters- and there are many. No wonder she was awarded a D.B.E.

I’m enjoying the story but not as much as Middlemarch. I see that many hate the ending of this, so I’m a bit worried.

[Diane S ☔]

Starting From a Low and Quiet Sea.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Just finished DEAD BAD a gripping crime mystery full of twists by Helen H. Durrant I didn't think that this was quite as good as the rest of the series, but is still a good read. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Now reading The Truth in My Lies by Ivy Smoak

[Marina]

I'm reading a very short book by Italo Svevo, The Murder on Via Belpoggio. My edition is a collection of three short stories, including the one that gives the title to the whole book. I've only read the first two and liked them a lot (although the first, "The Murder on Via Belpoggio", was better by far).

[Leslie]

I am still reading The Aeneid (part of a readalong) & in audiobook & Kindle, I am reading Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois. The translations of both my Project Gutenberg Kindle book & the Hoopla audiobook are unattributed but are not the same.

[Chrissie]

I am reading another by Annie Dillard. This time The Maytrees. Dillard's writing is beautiful.

[Joan]

I’m contemplating giving up on The Mill on The Floss. The Tullivers and The Dodson sisters chatter too much - they give me a headache.
I’m 20% in - will it improve, I wonder.

[Chrissie]

I will start To Sir, With Love. I think I saw this as a movie ages ago.

[Marina]

I'm having trouble with The Magic Mountain, it is so incredibly difficult. So yesterday I decided to take a small break and read The Wendigo instead. I'm halfway through and I'm enjoying it a lot. I've discovered Algernon Blackwood only very recently, and I'm in love with his work.

[Diane S ☔]

Remember that movie, and Lulu's singing, Chrissie.

Have started Last Stories by the late William Trevor

[Alice]

Leslie wrote: "I am still reading The Aeneid (part of a readalong) & in audiobook & Kindle, I am reading Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois. The translations of both my Project Guten..."

Leslie, I've had Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois on my to-read list for a long time (at one time I had trouble finding the book). Would love to hear your thoughts.

[Alice]

I'm currently reading The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, set in 1860 Sicily.

[dely]

Alice wrote: "I'm currently reading The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, set in 1860 Sicily."

I hope you will enjoy it. Do you already know something about Italian history?

[Alice]

dely wrote: "Alice wrote: "I'm currently reading The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, set in 1860 Sicily."

I hope you will enjoy it. Do you already know something about I..."

Thanks, dely! I know only a little where it relates to French history, and I had to google what "Risorgimento" means. My knowledge of Renaissance Italy came from Blood & Beauty: The Borgias and In the Company of the Courtesan.

[Diane S ☔]

Started Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir. She is the wife I know about the least.

[Joan]

The Mill on the Floss is abandoned unfinished :-(

Onto A Thousand Splendid Suns - 10% into it I’m left feeling that humans are horrible

[Nancy from NJ]

I have read all 3 of Hosseini's books and in some ways I enjoyed A Thousand Splendid Suns more than The Kite Runner and All the Mountains Echoed.

[Chrissie]

Joan wrote: "The Mill on the Floss is abandoned unfinished :-(

Onto A Thousand Splendid Suns - 10% into it I’m left feeling that humans are horrible"

I worried when you picked that one up by Eliot, Joan. I didn't want to discourage you, BUT...........and it has one of the worst endings I have ever run into. At least you are saved that.

Re ATSS, yeah we are terrible sometimes but not every second of the day. Also some individuals are worse than others.

[Esther]

Nancy from NJ wrote: "I have read all 3 of Hosseini's books and in some ways I enjoyed A Thousand Splendid Suns more than The Kite Runner and All the Mountains Echoed."

I agree. For me A Thousand Splendid Suns is Hosseini's best book. And it always surprises me that some men can write women characters so well.

[Marina]

Re A Thousand Splendid Suns: I agree with Nancy and Esther. It's my favorite of Hosseini's (I've read all 3). And yes, Joan, when you read his books you are left wondering how humanity can be so horrible.

[Esther]

Marina wrote: "And yes, Joan, when you read his books you are left wondering how humanity can be so horrible. ..."

Yes, and it made me thankful as a woman to have been born when and where I was.
However I did think the women characters were amazing, even heroic.

[Chrissie]

Marina wrote: "Re A Thousand Splendid Suns: I agree with Nancy and Esther. It's my favorite of Hosseini's (I've read all 3). And yes, Joan, when you read his books you are left wondering how humanit..."

I've read all three too and like you find it the best.

Joan, keep reading.