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[Gavin]

Reading Rama II

[Dale]

Now reading Life Before by Carmel Reilly
interesting

[Marina]

I've started The Law and the Lady for a bit of an easy read.

[Gavin]

Currently reading Catch-22

[Joan]

I am enjoying A Wrinkle in Time. This evening I watched to 2018 movie and it is great. I’m surprised because I am not a great fan of movies usually.

[Marina]

I've started The House Gun, my first book by Nadine Gordimer.

[Joan]

Waverley by Walter Scott, leisurely paced, to put it mildly.

New word for me:
Usquebaugh = whisky
In the U.S. whisky is whiskey

I’d rather have a chocolate-malted.

[Marina]

Joan wrote: "Waverley by Walter Scott, leisurely paced, to put it mildly.

New word for me:
Usquebaugh = whisky
In the U.S. whisky is whiskey

I’d rather have a chocolate-malted."

The only book I've read by Walter Scott is Rob Roy, and I couldn't appreciate it at all because of all the Scottish terms. I want to read Ivanhoe, but, much as I hate reading in translation, I will look for an Italian edition.

[LauraT]

I've started The Way the Crow Flies; finding it a bit too ... "wordy"

[Marina]

I've read Coraline in a couple of days, and after that I've started The Magnificent Ambersons. Has anyone else read it? I'm only 3 chapters in but I'm finding it pretty slow-going and boring so far. I hope it's going to improve!

[Alice]

Tonight I'll be starting The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.

[Pam]

I’ve been reading Lies of Locke Lamora but needed a change in pace so I just started Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell. It’s the second in a series about Doc Holliday. I love her writing and really looking forward to this one!

[Petra]

I'm currently reading His Family by Ernest Poole.
I'm enjoying the story of a 60-year old widower who is trying to come to terms with a definition of immortality and perhaps also what lays beyond after death. His family consists of 3 daughters, all very different, each living very different lives in a New York that is changing quickly.
This was the very first Pulitzer Prize winner for a novel.

[Petra]

LauraT wrote: "I've started The Way the Crow Flies; finding it a bit too ... "wordy""

Laura, I read her book Fall on Your Knees and thought it was wonderful. I read it many years ago.....way before Goodreads came into my life.
I haven't read her other books. I hope this one picks up for you but if it doesn't please don't overlook Fall On Your Knees.

[Joan]

Petra wrote: "LauraT wrote: "I've started The Way the Crow Flies; finding it a bit too ... "wordy""

Laura, I read her book Fall on Your Knees and thought it was wonderful. I read it many..."

Your comments lead me to Ann-Marie MacDonald’s book list. Have you read her Belle Moral: A Natural History? It looks interesting to me.

[Petra]

Joan, I haven't read that one but think her books are worth looking into to. If only there was more time to get to all the books. Let us know if you read this and what you though.

[LauraT]

Petra wrote: "Joan, I haven't read that one but think her books are worth looking into to. If only there was more time to get to all the books. Let us know if you read this and what you though."

Like the magnet my daughter bought at Heathrow years ago, with a cat liking its mustaches and thinking “Too many birds, too little time”, I’d say “Too many books, too little time”!!!!
I'm half way through The Way the Crow Flies and liking it more and more

[Nichole]

I am now reading Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue.

[LauraT]

Nichole wrote: "I am now reading Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue."

Read; liked, but not loved. I'm curious to know what you think of it...

[Marina]

I'm almost finished with Heart-Shaped Box (which I recommend to all the horror lovers out there!), after which I will be starting Vera for a completely different read.

[LauraT]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I'm almost finished with Heart-Shaped Box (which I recommend to all the horror lovers out there!), after which I will be starting Vera for a completely different read."

I love Van Arnim's books!!!

[Rowena]

Hi everyone:) Just finished reading Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev. Very melancholy but good

[Rowena]

Petra wrote: "LauraT wrote: "I've started The Way the Crow Flies; finding it a bit too ... "wordy""

Laura, I read her book Fall on Your Knees and thought it was wonderful. I read it many..."

I really loved Fall On Your Knees too

[Gavin]

Currently reading The Canterbury Tales

[Pam]

I'm finishing up Epitaph and starting Mandelbrot the Magnificent.

[Dale]

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Interesting read

[Karin]

Gavin wrote: "Currently reading The Canterbury Tales"

In contemporary English or middle English (as in you need to translate if you haven't studied Middle English and Shakespeare is actually modern)?

[Marina]

I have started The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells.

[Cleo]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I have started The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells."

Ooo, fun! I've always wanted to read this one but I have too many books on my TBR ahead of it!! I hope you like it!

[Joan]

The Island of Doctor Moreau does sound fun, like Cleo I’ve had it on my TBR list for quite awhile.
Maybe it’s time for an H.G. Wells binge read.

[Gavin]

Reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North now.

Karin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Currently reading The Canterbury Tales"In contemporary English or middle English (as in you need to translate if you haven't studied Middle English and Shakespeare is actually modern)?"

Modern. I did take a look at a middle English version, but well, it was mostly Chinese to me haha.

[Cleo]

Joan wrote: "Maybe it’s time for an H.G. Wells binge read.."

Sounds like fun! Perhaps a summertime goal ...??

[Joan]

Cleo wrote: "Joan wrote: "Maybe it’s time for an H.G. Wells binge read.."

Sounds like fun! Perhaps a summertime goal ...??"

Summer and Wells sounds like a natural pairing

[Marina]

Wells' book is not bad so far, but I needed something lighter, so I've also started Death of a Gossip. Nice.

[Karin]

Gavin wrote: "Reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North now.

Karin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Currently reading The Canterbury Tales"In contemporary English or middle English (as in you need to trans..."

Yes, same here!

[Petra]

I started reading Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett.

Although I found Molloy confusing, I also found it intriguing and want to see how the story continues.

[Marina]

I've started The Three Musketeers.

[Joan]

Just read a thought provoking short story by Anton Chekhov, The Bet.

Also enjoying short stories from around the world in One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

[Marina]

Joan, I don't think I've read that story, but I love Chekhov! The other book you're reading sounds interesting!

I'm currently reading Dark Echoes of the Past, the first book I ever got from NetGalley - and probably the last, since I don't think this works for me. I like writing reviews when I feel like it, not just because I have to.

[Nichole]

I just opened The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu.

[Esther]

I have just finished The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder which ended up was 4 stars.

I have just started A Brightness Long Ago. the language has an 'Arabian Nights' feel to it which draws me in even though the first few pages are pretty brutal.

[Gavin]

I'm reading 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Marina]

I'm about to start A Voice in the Night.

[Nichole]

Nichole wrote: "I just opened The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu."

I could not finish this. Some other time, maybe.

[Pam]

I just started The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. I’ve had this one on my list for a long time!

[Marina]

I've started a chunkster, Dombey and Son.

[Alannah]

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I've started a chunkster, Dombey and Son."

I really enjoyed this one. It's a very interesting novel, hopefully, once you really get into it. You won't notice the length.

[Gavin]

I'm reading 3001: The Final Odyssey

[Karin]

I saw that it was Juneteenth and wanted to let you know that Iceland, who never had African slaves (mostly Irish slaves), was the first country to abolish slavery--in 1117 AD. At least, that is when it became illegal. Given the loose structure of the Icelandic republic's government at that time, I'm not sure how well it was able to be enforced until later on in history, but certainly it was reduced! For the record, Iceland was founded as a republic where people chose their chieftains. women could divorce men for all the same reasons men could divorce women, and women were prized for intelligence as well as beauty and kept property rights after marriage. It was founded for intellectual freedom, as well.

Ironically, thousands of Icelanders, Irish and others were later enslaved by Barbary slavers et al after that.

My mother is 100 percent Icelandic heritage, so we are descended from white slaves and white slavers.

[Tamara]

Karin wrote: "My mother is 100 percent Icelandic heritage, so we are descended from white slaves and white slavers..."

Karin, hubby and I visited Iceland for a vacation a few years ago. It is one of the most beautiful countries I've ever seen. I loved it.

After I got back home, I read a couple of novels by Icelandic authors--Independent People by Halldór Kiljan Laxness and Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. They were both 5 star reads for me. There is a sparseness about the writing that echoes the landscape. I find it hauntingly beautiful.

If you can suggest book recommendations by Icelandic authors, I would love to hear them.
Thanks.