Fiction- What are you reading? Part 2 Showing 2,101-2,150 of 4,584

[Nichole]

Once again, I am attempting more than one book at a time. 3 books:
The Blackbird Papers by Ian K. Smith, Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, and If You Knew Me by Anne Roiphe. Three fiction reads in a row, one of them the thick Oblomov. I hope this works, in spite of my poor track record. A strong part of me can't stand not being able to do what mostly everyone else is able to carry off - reading more than one book at a time. Here goes...

[Bookshelf]

I'm reading "FanGirl"by Rainbow Rowell.

[Nichole]

I'm closing "If You Knew Me" for now. I will reopen it later.

[Karin]

Tamara wrote: "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 ..."

I'm terrible at that, as I don't read much Icelandic fiction. My parents visited Iceland and my son had a stopover there on his return from Norway with his student orchestra in 2017. I am far more interested in the heritage, particularly the music prior to the 20th century, the knitting style (I cast on that way when I knit, but I haven't been knitting for the past year or two after a thumb injury, but I need to get back to it and finally knit an Icelandic sweater).

My Amma (Icelandic for grandma and that's what we called her) could knit those. I'd ask my mother but now that she has either dementia or Alzheimer's, it's too much for her if I don't catch her at just the right time.

[Tamara]

Karin wrote: "I'm terrible at that, as I don't read much Icelandic fiction. My parents visited Iceland and my son had a stopover there on his return from Norway with his student orchestra in 2017...."

Karin, thank you for getting back to me. No worries about recommending Icelandic authors. I just thought you might have some favorites to suggest.

I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I'm sure it must be very difficult for you and your family. My best wishes go out to you.

[Karin]

Tamara wrote: "Karin wrote: "I'm terrible at that, as I don't read much Icelandic fiction. My parents visited Iceland and my son had a stopover there on his return from Norway with his student orchestra in 2017....."

Thanks! It amazes me that for most of my life I didn't realize that Alzheimer' and Dementia are terminal in and of themselves. I knew people lost their memories and that it could be scary for them, but that's all I knew.

[Joan]

Why do some mysterious openings work and others fail - is it my mood or the writing?
I just started The Mask Collectors , detailed descriptions but connections obscured, and I’m getting cranky.

[Gavin]

I'm reading A Clockwork Orange

[Karin]

I won a GR giveaway! My first time. It's for Home for Erring and Outcast Girls. I have never read anything by this author before, so hope I like it.

[Alannah]

Karin wrote: "I won a GR giveaway! My first time. It's for Home for Erring and Outcast Girls. I have never read anything by this author before, so hope I like it."

Congratulations. I think they have the giveaways lately. I can't seem to enter any which is weird because of where I live.

[Pam]

Congrats Karin! Hope it’s a good one!

[Petra]

Congratulations, Karin! It's fun getting a book in the mail and trying a new author on someone else's dime.
I hope you enjoy the book. I've found a few very good reads through the giveaways.

[Joan]

Do you rate early novels more leniently than later novels?
I just finished “The Mask Collectors”, a first novel. I gave it 3 stars but I suspect that if it had been by an established author, say Louise Penny or Grisham I would have given it 2 stars.

[LauraT]

I'm at the moment finisihing a short novel by Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad.
Really interesting: the story that we all know seen from the point of view of Penelope

[Pam]

I’m reading Dark Fire, Matthew Shardlake #2, a Tudor mystery by C.J. Samson. I’m not a big mystery fan but I like this series since is has a historical element to it.

[Karin]

Thanks, all!

Alannah--yes, it depends on where you live. Because I live in the States (married an American), I can enter far more of them than I do.

[Joan]

Batting 0.500
I greatly enjoyed The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores but

Closed Casket was a slog, 1 star.
The kernel of the plot is clever. Two of the many characters are interesting but most of them are not. Overall the plot and action are dragged down by too many complications.

I’m not sure what’s next.

[Nichole]

I am reading The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher.

[Pam]

I’m still trying to finish Dark Fire by C. J. Samson but also started reading The Pied Piper by Nevil Shute, as a buddy read in another GR group. I’m really enjoying it!

[Joan]

The Word Is Murder, 100 pages in and enjoying it, well-written, intriguing plot, engaging characters & good pacing. Boy did I need a good book after the last one.

[Karin]

I just finished the following book and YES it is fiction, even though 170 people and one person at the Library of Congress have mistaken this for a nonfiction biography (it says right in it it's fiction, and the author is VERY private), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World

[Joan]

Karin wrote: "I just finished the following book and YES it is fiction, even though 170 people and one person at the Library of Congress have mistaken this for a nonfiction biography (it says right in it it's fi..."

Thanks for bringing Things My Son Needs to Know about the World to my attention- it looks like a day brightener.

[Karin]

Joan wrote: "Karin wrote: "I just finished the following book and YES it is fiction, even though 170 people and one person at the Library of Congress have mistaken this for a nonfiction biography (it says right..."

I hope you like it!

[Petra]

I've started New Boy by Tracy Chevalier. The first few pages are intriguing; it's a good start.
I've had a lot of luck with the Hogarth Shakespeare series and have high hopes for this book.

[Gavin]

Currently reading Sleeping Giants

[Pam]

I’ve been reading Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #3) by C.J. Samson for the last month (taking awhile to finish it!) and am starting Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel.

[LauraT]

I'm reading Dove nasce il vento: Vita di Nellie Bly, about this femail journalist of the XIX Century, Elizabeth Cochran.
I didn't know her; interesting life. She even did the world tour in less than 80 days!!!!

[_jolb.85_]

Now reading The Lake House by Kate Morton

[Gavin]

Currently reading The Portrait of a Lady

[Dale]

Just started this morning The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

[Esther]

I am reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville.
I have wanted to read it for ages. The book is a brick and my progress is slow but I am enjoying every minute. I love his world building even if it is a very weird world.

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

Am just starting The Perfect Wife byJ.P. Delaney after finishing the diabolically brilliant Never Have I Ever byJoshilyn Jackson which is my new benchmark for judging other books. You can find my spoiler free review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Joan]

I’ve just given up on Whistle Stop: A Novel. After reading 100 pages I decided I didn’t care about any of the characters or what happened to them and the tale was not enriching my life.
Next up Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe for our group non-fiction discussion.

[Nichole]

I've just opened There's a Word for That by Sloane Tanen.

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

About to start We Were Sisters by Wendy Clarke after finishing the fascinating, creepy and entirely plausible The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Alice]

I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

[Joan]

I just finished and can recommend Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by historian Serhii Plokhy. His emotional connection and his training as an historian combine to create an engrossing and readable summary.

He gives us the story of the people involved without the fictionalization & distortions film critics & experts noted in the television miniseries.
That said, I hope lots of people watched the miniseries and are thinking about the issues raised.

[Marina]

Joan wrote: "I just finished and can recommend Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by historian Serhii Plokhy. His emotional connection and his training as an histor..."

I haven't read this one, but I highly recommend Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich.

[Joan]

Thanks Marina, I worked with some young biologists from Ukraine in the early 1990’s. They’d been in Kiev when the nuclear plant blew up. Some were native Russian speakers, one came from a family who had been forced to move by Stalin’s regime and some were Ukrainian nationalists. The director of the lab was Ukrainian-American, he’d been born in a resettlement camp at the end of WWII.
Plokhy’s book helped me understand some of the complex dynamics in our little research group.

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

Just started Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons after finishing The Verdict by Olivia Isaac-Henry. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

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

Starting A Predator and A Psychopath byJay Kerk after finishing the 5 super-nova Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

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

Just started The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker after finishing the vibrant and exciting 5 star Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Gavin]

Currently reading The Three-Body Problem

[Nichole]

I will start The Ancient Nine by Ian K. Smith tonight (I hope).

[Pam]

Gavin wrote: "Currently reading The Three-Body Problem"

That's a good one! I never read the sequels, though.

[Gavin]

Reading Cloud Atlas

Pam wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Currently reading The Three-Body Problem"That's a good one! I never read the sequels, though."

It was really good.

[Nidhi]

Hi Gavin
How do you find and feel about Cloud Atlas, it’s on my TBR list.

[Gavin]

Nidhi wrote: "Hi GavinHow do you find and feel about Cloud Atlas, it’s on my TBR list."

Haven't read enough of it to have much of an opinion, but for now I can at least say that the writing style is very much postmodern novel. Might take some time to get used to.

[Nidhi]

Gavin wrote: "Nidhi wrote: "Hi GavinHow do you find and feel about Cloud Atlas, it’s on my TBR list."

Haven't read enough of it to have much of an opinion, but for now I can at least say that the writing style ..."

Thanks Gavin...i had a vague idea about its being little difficult.

[Joan]

I’ve given up on the audiobook version of Dandelion Wine. I’m not sure if I’ll enjoy the stories and I really didn’t like the narration- I thought his intonation forced for some characters and his female characters weird.