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[LauraT]

Leslie wrote: "B. P. wrote: "Two poetry books: Color by Countee Cullen & The Aeneid by Virgil."

I liked The Aeneid but more for the story than the poetry."

I have to admit that I've not particularly loved Virgil as an author. When I was young the first year of secondary school we had to read almost allthe Eneide, but if compared to the Iliade or the Odissea is much more boring.
The problem is that it is not actually an epic work - if you mean with epic the lore of a people as chanted by anonimous singer, anfter a while colected by someone - but an organic poem, written by a definite writer, whith the main object of pleasing an emperor ...

[Sarkari]

Nice One Sarkari Job Dekho

[Leslie]

Laura - I agree that Homer's Iliad and Odessey are much better than Virgil's Aeneid but I always put that down to my bias towards the ancient Greeks over the ancient Romans!

[Leslie]

I am listening to the audiobook edition of the 3rd Hitchhiker's Guide book - Life, the Universe, and Everything. I am also reading 2 different short story collections - The Twelve Crimes of Christmas and Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

My next novel (not in audio) will be If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi. I guess that I was worried it would be depressing which is why my other books are all of the lighter kind!

[Pam]

Leslie- I’ve been wanting to read “If Not Now, When?”. I’ll be curious what you think about it. Primo Levi is one of my authors on my 100 Authors challenge.

[Canadian Jen]

Finished . A disturbing one. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ruth]

I am about to read A Very Scalzi Christmas.

[Nichole]

I will read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman.

[Alice]

I'm reading The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns.

[Leslie]

Ruth wrote: "I am about to read A Very Scalzi Christmas."

Ooh, that looks like season fun!

[Leslie]

Pam wrote: "Leslie- I’ve been wanting to read “If Not Now, When?”. I’ll be curious what you think about it. Primo Levi is one of my authors on my 100 Authors challenge."

I am about 2/3 of the way through it now. I was worried that it would be dreadfully depressing but while the setting and circumstances of the book (WW2) reflect the horrors of the time, the book itself is not unduly dreadful. Levi's writing style is easy to read. I am reading the William Weaver translation so I don't know (of course) how much that impacts my impression.

[Joan]

I listened to Carmilla on a 7 hour overnight flight - a darkened plane & turbulence, surrounded by somnolent strangers was the perfect atmosphere for this 19th century vampire tale.

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

Finished Single by K.L. Slater this morning. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

Now reading The Last Affair by Margot Hunt

[Esther]

I have recently finished Where the Sweet Bird Sings which was meh.
Then after a slew of short stories I read This Is How You Lose the Time War which I was reallu looking forward to and totally let me down.
Now I am reading The Lion's Den. My last encounter with Anthony Marra was an emotional delight. I do hope this lives up to expectation.

[LauraT]

I'm at the momenti reading Great House; seems quite interesting to me!

[Esther]

The Lion's Den was a 28 page gem - 5 stars.

Now I am reading Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv: A Novel a story about a group of misogynistic French ex-pats living in Tel Aviv.
I am torn between DNFing and carrying on to see if it has any redeeming features. If the story was about different characters it would be a moderately pleasant read.

[LauraT]

Esther wrote: "The Lion's Den was a 28 page gem - 5 stars.

Now I am reading Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv: A Novel a sory about a group of misogynistic French ex-pats living in T..."

I'm looking for it, but I see it's only on Amazon. I see if I can manage to convert it into an epub file so I can read it on my Sony ereader...

[Pam]

I’m almost finished with Stephen King’s The Institute. It’s a page-turner! I haven’t read any of his novels in several years. This one is really good!

[Esther]

LauraT wrote: "Esther wrote: "The Lion's Den was a 28 page gem - 5 stars.

Now I am reading Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv: A Novel a sory about a group of misogynistic French ex-p..."

I got it from Net Galley and the actual publishing date it 19.12.2019. So it should be available soon.

[LauraT]

Esther wrote: "I got it from Net Galley and the actual publishing date it 19.12.2019. So it should be available soon."

Thanks!

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

About to start Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan after finishing the thrilling Die Alone by Simon Kernick. My spoiler free review can be found at https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ruth]

Pam, I just bought the Institute and am looking forward to reading it.

[Christine]

Sandy I never read those two books called Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan and Die Alone by Simon Kernick

[Christine]

I finished my 112th book

[Connie]

93 pages into The Light of Evening by Edna O'Brien and thoroughly enjoying it

[Karin]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 112th book"

What was it?

[Christine]

[Christine]

Karin I finished my book called The Unmerciful Lawyer by Scott Gaille

[Canadian Jen]

Finished . Def one of my faves for 2019. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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

About to start a cosy, Beating About the Bush byM.C. Beaton as a bit of light relief after all my recent dark reads, including the very thrilling Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Reganwhich I read overnight. My spoiler free review can be found at my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 113th book

[Karin]

Christine wrote: "Karin I finished my book called The Unmerciful Lawyer by Scott Gaille"

Thanks!

[Christine]

I finished my 114th book

[Christine]

Your welcome Karin and Rita I’m a huge fan of J.D. Robb

[Karin]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 114th book"

Is it possible to tell us what your books are :) ? Also, if you liked them ?

[Joan]

Hmm, is Censorship O.K.?
In 1917, the head librarian of the Los Angeles City Library had his staff “root out books praising German Kulture” according to The Library Book chap 16, p 231 in ebook.

Does being at war make censorship acceptable?

[LauraT]

Joan wrote: "Hmm, is Censorship O.K.?
In 1917, the head librarian of the Los Angeles City Library had his staff “root out books praising German Kulture” according to The Library Book advisable? I don't know ...
Actually it has never served brohiting books to eliminate dangerous, racist, terrible theories...

[LauraT]

On a much funnier key, I started right now, just few pages, my re-read after almost 20 years of What a Carve Up!. Delicious

[Pam]

Laura- The Winshaw Legacy or What a Carve Up! Is one of my favorite books! Have you read the sequel-of-sorts Number 11? I haven’t read it yet but hope to in 2020.

[Alice]

I'm reading The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes.

[Leslie]

Rita wrote: "I returned Station Eleven to Overdrive. I'm kind of in a reading slump and I want to focus on reading Naked in Death and some short stories from fellow Goodreads members."

I found that book was slow to catch my interest but got better as I proceeded (just fyi in case you decide to check it out of the library next year!). Enjoy Eve Dallas :)

I hope that your reading slump ends soon Rita!

[Leslie]

I have started listening to the audiobook of a young adult novel - Olivia Twist. As the title implies, it is a "twist" on the Dickens novel "Oliver Twist" taking place ~9 years after the Dickens book has ended. In this version, Oliver was really a girl in disguise and there is a hint of an upcoming romance between Olivia and Jack (formerly known as the Artful Dodger).

I'm not entirely sure that I like the idea of a contemporary author taking over another author's characters but I have read some very good books that have done this so I am willing to give this one a try.

[Christine]

I finished my 115th book

[Joan]

Leslie wrote: "I have started listening to the audiobook of a young adult novel - Olivia Twist. As the title implies, it is a "twist" on the Dickens novel "Oliver Twist" taking place ~9 years afte..."

I enjoyed Bloody Jack which is about a street urchin who pretends to be a boy so she can goto sea. It’s a children’s book but great fun.

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