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[LauraT]

Chrissie wrote: "Having finished Mrs. Bridge, I threw out all my plans and immediately began Mr. Bridge. This was written a decade after the first."

I'm intrigued by what you say! I'll give a look around if I can find at least the forst one!!!

[Chrissie]

LauraT wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Having finished Mrs. Bridge, I threw out all my plans and immediately began Mr. Bridge. This was written a decade after the first."

I'm intrigued by w..."

I do like books that keep me laughing and this one is realistic and not just stupid .

[Chrissie]

Tracey wrote: "I've just started Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold and also Zoli
My aim for this month is to read books I've not read by some of my favourite authors and these arw 2 of th..."

I totally agree. Both are very good books!

[Marina]

Gavin wrote: "House of Leaves. My mind is constantly blown while reading. It's a real journey so far."

That's a beautiful book. I had high expectations when approaching it and I have to confess it didn't really live up to them (horror? more of a thriller I'd say), but I still gave it 4 stars if I remember well. Enjoy the journey :)

[Tracey]

Thanks Chrissie. :))

[Norton]

The fiction book I'm reading is "Brown Girl in the Ring" by Nalo Hopkinson.

[Pam]

Cleo wrote: "Has anyone read The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek?? I'm about 150 pages in and while Svejk's bumbling idiocy is somewhat amusing and endearing for awhile, I'm st..."

I haven't read it but it's on my personal challenge of 100 authors to read by 60. I probably won't get to it this year. I didn't realize how long it was when I added it to my challenge! Hope it gets better for you.

[Cleo]

Chrissie wrote: "I have worried that it might be one of those books you ought to read but don't really enjoy...."

Lol! It's enjoyable but it's like a comedy where the person gets into different situations but acts the same. I think at around 250 pages it would be a great read but 750 might be mind-numbing. I will report back when/if I finish it. It might be awhile! ;-Z

[Cleo]

Pam wrote: "Hope it gets better for you. ..."

Thanks, Pam! I haven't picked it up for awhile but I really need to. Perhaps that's the trick: read it in 100 page installments with a break in between!

[Chrissie]

Cleo wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have worried that it might be one of those books you ought to read but don't really enjoy...."

Lol! It's enjoyable but it's like a comedy where the person gets into different si..."

Huh, kind of like Don Quixote. I put that book down for just that reason. My fingers are crossed that it will improve. You have to let me know what you think by the end. Books can turn around although I cannot think of any book that went from a one star rating to a five. Congratulations for not giving up.

[Cleo]

Chrissie wrote: "Huh, kind of like Don Quixote...."

Yes, like Don Quixote exactly, except Svejk is more of a baser character.

The Picture of Dorian Gray went from a one to five star rating for me when I was reading it but other than that, I can't think of any other book that's done that.

[Chrissie]

Cleo wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Huh, kind of like Don Quixote...."

Yes, like Don Quixote exactly, except Svejk is more of a baser character.

The Picture of Dorian Gray went from a one to five star ..."

For me that one only went up to a three.

[Sotiris]

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

[Jess]

I have just started Love in the Time of Cholera and I'm really enjoying it. The way the story is told is very engaging with some beautiful imagery thrown in too.

[Pam]

I just started One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, for a different group’s group read. I can’t believe I’ve never read this book. But, I have seen the movie!

[Diane S ☔]

Will be starting Mala Vida by Marc Fernandez

[Joan]

Phew - I finally wrote up reviews so a bunch of books:
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War - 4 stars, interesting stories of spying by Slaves and Free-Blacks during the American Civil War. Who knew!
The Eyre Affair 3 stars clever mystery and likeable protagonist, a series to continue
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream 4 stars inspiring and revelatory
Murder By the Book 2 stars, a serviceable mystery
Murder With Peacocks 2 stars, silly and diverting mystery
A Nose for Justice 1 star - read something else by Rita Mae Brown
The Man on the Mountaintop: An Audible Original Drama 1 star - not my thing- maybe it's yours

[Marina]

I'm reading Told After Supper, as well as a book which was originally written in Slovenian but has not been translated into English, Qui è proibito parlare.

[Chrissie]

Yesterday I began Nathan Coulter. I am absolutely loving it. You don't have to read Berry's boos in order but since I so loved the last one I read (A Place on Earth) I decided to pick up the first. This is wonderful because it like hearing about the pasts of people I care about.

[Chrissie]

I will begin Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez.

[River]

I finished reading the fifth book of Harry Potter series and just started reading the sixth.

[Marina]

I've started Here I Am.

[Diane S ☔]

Starting Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

[Joan]

I’m giving up on The Good Lord Bird. It’s me; it’s not the book. I rarely enjoy books written in the vernacular.
I knew it was time to give up when I found myself looking for chores to do rather than reading.

Next up: Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

[Marina]

I've also started a short story (or novella?), Rappaccini's Daughter.

[Chrissie]

I have begun The Easter Parade. I am reading it because I loved Revolutionary Road. After what I just went through I sure do hope I am not disappointed. I want something good, really good.

[Diane]

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

[Marina]

I've started Four Weird Tales by Algernon Blackwood.

[Gavin]

The Dark Half

[Evelyn]

Heather wrote: "P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern"

Heather I loved this book!! I hope you are also enjoying it. The movie was also very well done.

[Pam]

I finished Stoner, which I loved, and am still working on Augustus, by the same author John Williams. Just started the audiobook Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, a collection of short fiction (some extremely short!) relating to travelers. It was nominated for the2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature. This is the first female narrator, Julia Whelan, that I like!

[Chrissie]

Will start in a jiffy The Grass Harp The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman Capote. I am was looking forward to this.

[Joan]

I’ve just learned the book I’m reading, Laughing Boy, was at the center of a U.S Supreme Court decision about rights guaranteed by the 1st amendment.
The question was can school boards remove books from libraries.
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/edu...

I’ve considered making a reading list of banned books but somehow never got around to it.

[Nichole]

I am reading Love Literary Style: A Novel by Karin Gillespie. A cozy love story. I like it.

[Chrissie]

I am reading The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry.

[Jess]

I am reading The Mystery of the Yellow Room. Seriously why is Gaston Leroux known for The Phantom of the Opera and not his far superior mystery writing?

[Diane S ☔]

One of my goals this year is to read more by Berry, do I am watching your reviews closely, Chrissie.

I'm starting Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

[Pam]

I had never heard of Wendell Berry until this week when I was listening to Anne Bogel’s Podcast and she recommended his book Jayber Crow to her guest. I will have to add him to my authors to read list!

[Nichole]

I've lately been curious about the old children's book Dawn by Uri Shulevitz. I checked it out from the library.

[Chrissie]

Diane S ☔ wrote: "One of my goals this year is to read more by Berry, do I am watching your reviews closely, Chrissie.

I'm starting Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard"

Diane, I just finished The Memory of Old Jack. Four or five stars........ I do know I have been sitting glued to it. It i such a lovely book and it has gorgeous writing.

[Cleo]

I notice that you've read a few Berry stories, Chrissie. I've only read a couple of his essays but I have soooo enjoyed them! I'm looking forward to reading more of his works too. I think he'll soon be in the category of one of my favourite authors!

[Chrissie]

Cleo, Wendell Berry has a style of his own. It is special.

[Chrissie]

I am about to start Dolores Claiborne.

[Jess]

Just finished The Mystery of the Yellow Room review here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've started and

[Joan]

I finished Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Engaging, and deep, but hard work, I thought.
my review

[Dale]

The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
started today. Interesting.

[LauraT]

At the moment I'm reading two books I'm quite appreciating.
One is Italian, Ilaria Tuti Fiori sopra l'inferno , a mystery that appears up o now, well written. Probably it's a bit far fetched, but I have to finish it before confirming this opinion. The second is Mbue Imbolo  Behold the Dreamers...

[Diane]

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer and Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber

[Marina]

LauraT wrote: "At the moment I'm reading two books I'm quite appreciating.
One is Italian, Ilaria Tuti Fiori sopra l'inferno , a mystery that appears up o now, well written. Probably it's a bit fa..."

I probably said it already, I loved Fiori sopra l'inferno. I hope you will enjoy it, too. I've seen it's in the process of being published in the English/American market, I noticed it is available in English on NetGalley.

[Petra]

Laura, that sounds like an interesting mystery. I see the English version will be released in April and that my library has it on order. I've put in a request for it as soon as it comes in.

Flowers over the Inferno is the English title.