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[Diane S ☔]

Have started The Orphan of Salt Winds and The Secret of Clouds.

[Pam]

I had just barely started Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami but got going on it today. I like it so far! I'm not a huge Murakami fan but I'm hoping this is the book that wins me over!

[Marina]

I've started The Prophets of Eternal Fjord.

[LauraT]

Started re-reading today Flush; delicious. I've rimemred about it some two weeks ago, having visited the English Cemitery in Florence, where Elisabeth Barrett Browning is buiried

[Joan]

I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I find myself thinking of novels I’d like to slip into & slightly change the story.
I’m not enjoying the narration of the audiobook, however.

[LauraT]

Joan wrote: "I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I find myself thinking of novels I’d like to slip into & slightly change the story.
I’m not enjoying the narration of the a..."

I loved that one!

[Esther]

LauraT wrote: "Joan wrote: "I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I find myself thinking of novels I’d like to slip into & slightly change the story.
I’m not enjoying the narra..."

One of my favourites too.

[Chrissie]

I will begin The Marne, another one by Edith Wharton.

[Marina]

Joan wrote: "I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I find myself thinking of novels I’d like to slip into & slightly change the story.
I’m not enjoying the narration of the a..."

I'm very glad you're enjoying it - I loved the whole series!

I've started The Devil's Dictionary, which is an aphoristic book.

[Pam]

I have several books going and just added Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon. I'm hoping to finish something this week!

[Diane]

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

[Pam]

So, of course I started another book but it's very short and I am almost done already. Moon Tiger - The play based on Penelope Lively's novel.

[Joan]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Joan wrote: "I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I find myself thinking of novels I’d like to slip into & slightly change the story.
I’m not enjoying the narra..."

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary is quite witty; I enjoyed it. I assume you are reading it in English & I know you read many languages. Do you think Ambrose Bierce’s humor would translate well?

[Marina]

Joan, yes I'm reading it in English. I know there is an Italian translation - at least it is listed on here. I don't really think Bierce's humor translates well, since he plays on words and I believe his humor is way too cynical for Italian taste. I might be wrong, though. I'd need to find a copy of the Italian version and read a page or two.

[Nichole]

I am trying A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne. I hope it holds my interest because I am feeling doubtful about this novel. I generally don't relish stories about teflon sociopaths. I am counting on John Boyne's reputation. He seems to be loved in the book world. Make me love this book, Mr. Boyne!

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

About to start The Woman Who Kept Everything by Jane Gilley

[Diane S ☔]

Have started jThe Taiga Syndrome by

[Diane S ☔]

Have started The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza and The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero

[Chrissie]

I have begun The Actual. It is one of Saul Bellow's shorter novels.

[Joan]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Joan, yes I'm reading it in English. I know there is an Italian translation - at least it is listed on here. I don't really think Bierce's humor translates well, since he plays on words and I belie..."

Humor is time andplace sensitive isn’t it.
My first college roommate told me “she didn’t really get sarcasm” and I thought uh-oh - but it worked out OK, eventually.

[Joan]

I’ve been overwhelmed with work, but now starting Invisible Cities
Is there a discussion thread for it somewhere in the AAB universe? I can’t find it.

[Marina]

Joan wrote: "I’ve been overwhelmed with work, but now starting Invisible Cities
Is there a discussion thread for it somewhere in the AAB universe? I can’t find it."

I love, love, love this book. I hope you'll like it. Please do let me know how you like it, I'm interested to know your thoughts.

I'm reading a nice mystery, Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates, also known as Cocaine Blues. I have no idea why it has two completely different titles. Apparently in Italian it's been translated as "The Snow King". Search me. I'm reading it in English, though. I think it was you, Joan, who recommended it to me some time ago.

[Petra]

I enjoy the Miss Fisher TV series but have not read a book. Perhaps I'll look into this after the holidays.
Thanks, Marina.

[dely]

I've started Anna Karenina. I still had to read this classic of Russian literature and decided to finally read it because of a challenge in another group.

[Alice]

dely wrote: "I've started Anna Karenina. I still had to read this classic of Russian literature and decided to finally read it because of a challenge in another group."

Hope you'll enjoy it, dely! One of my all-time favorites!

[dely]

Alice wrote: "Hope you'll enjoy it, dely! One of my all-time favorites! "

I hope it too. It's a long time I don't read Russian literature and it already feels like "going back home"!

[Alice]

I've started Volume One (of two volumes) of the Chinese classic 金瓶梅 ("Plum Blossom in a Golden Vase" or ).

[Chrissie]

I will soon begin Angle of Repose.

[Pam]

I just started listening to SF/Thriller The Oracle Year by Charles Soule. I went to open Overdrive and that was the book on their front page. I liked the cover so I gave it a try! Come to find out, I had it on my TBR from last spring. So far, it's keeping me engaged!

[LauraT]

In between the 5th book of the Lavette Family series by Howard Fast, The Immigrant's Daughter.
As for the previous ones, it can't be defined high literature; still I like his style and the way he goes along the years of last centuries; this one is set in the 70s and 80s, the years of my youth. I do remember them well...

[Nichole]

I have selected Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

[Marina]

I've started Amerika - it's the only book by Franz Kafka I had yet to read.

[Antonio]

Reading: "Looking back from the year 3000-some 40 generations hence-most of the historical and political issues that concern us now will have been forgotten. World War II will seem as distant as the Battle of Hastings does to us now. The geopolitical landscape will have transformed into an astropolitical landscape. Our science will seem quaint and embryonic. However, the desire to better know our place in the universe, to push the frontiers, to explore beyond one more barrier, will remain ..."

Intelligent Universe: AI, ET, and the Emerging Mind of the Cosmos

[Petra]

I started reading Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson.

[Chrissie]

I am reading Burger's Daughter. It is drawn out..........after about half it has begun to pick up.

[Marina]

I've started Crocodile on the Sandbank.

[Chrissie]

I have started Winesburg, Ohio.

[Patrick]

I’ve started James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, his fourth novel and first sea novel. I love Cooper’s work and plan to read it all; I also love everything nautical!

My Cooper project has a long way to go, admittedly. So far, I have read two of the Leatherstocking novels, The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer; The Spy; and Wyandotté (a neglected gem). That leaves more than 20 novels and a LOT of non-fiction.

[Petra]

Marina, I really enjoy Amelia Peabody. I find the mysteries a bit so-so but her character makes the books. It's a fun series.

I've just started reading Out and have been drawn into the story by the characters right away. I think this is going to be a good one.

[Esther]

Petra wrote: "I've just started reading Out and have been drawn into the story by the characters right away. I think this is going to be a good one. .."

I really enjoyed that, although my husband gave me 'looks' when I read bits aloud!!
It was one of those books I really wanted to keep but then a friend 'borrowed it' so I will have to get it again.

[Marina]

Petra, I've finished Crocodile on the Sandbank and liked it. As you say, Amelia's character makes the book. I definitely want to go on with the series.

Right now I'm reading The Hellbound Heart.

[Marina]

I've now started Every Man Dies Alone.

[Petra]

Esther, I'm glad to hear that Out is a Keeper book. Those are special.

Marina, the Amelia Peabody books get better as the series continues. I'm glad that you enjoyed her enough to continue.

[Pam]

I'm reading Doc by Mary Doria Russell and I love it! It's book 1 of a 2 part series about Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. I'm also reading The Night Tiger (ARC) by Yangsze Choo which I am also enjoying.

[Petra]

I really enjoyed Doc, too, Pam. I still have the sequel to look forward to.

[Esther]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I've now started Every Man Dies Alone."

I have to admit I found that book really depressing.

[Marina]

I'm sure it is, Esther. The author warns in the introduction that a lot of people are going to die in the book, and that this is because a lot of people died during that period of time. In fact, I have to admit I find it quite daunting, but another group I'm in is reading it as a group read so I decided to try.

[Esther]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "The author warns in the introduction that a lot of people are going to die in the book, and that this is because a lot of people died during that period of time. .."
For me that had little to do with why is was depressing.
Please keep me updated with your progress so when you have finished I can explain myself without spoiling it for you.

[Joan]

Marina & Esther - I’m interested in reading that book - but the reviews about it being poorly written or translated give me pause.
The blurb says it shows a different side of Nazi Germany - ordinary people trying to resist. I’ve often wondered what would I have done if I’d been there.
I’m not brave, or heroic or clever - would I have just kept my head down and said, “I can’t change anything so I don’t discuss politics”?
I hope not but I fear yes.

[Chrissie]

Esther wrote: "Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I've now started Every Man Dies Alone."

I have to admit I found that book really depressing."

Marina and Esther, that book failed for me. It was written very quickly and I think it shows.