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What Are You Reading? - 2019
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I finally decided to start Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America which I have own for a long time. It fits the biography and the nonfiction tasks in the MM Challenge. I will decide later where to pin it.
Dem wrote: "Just finished The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
. I think for readers who enjoy Historical Fiction they might well enjoy th..."Dem, the link got corrupted. There's a comma (co,) instead of an m (com). Here's the right link, but you might want to repost it yourself.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Yay! You're Gay! Now What?: A Gay Boy's Guide to Life is just what it says and lot more entertaining than I'd guessed.Riyadh Khalaf is a popular YouTube activist, a colourful guy who's put all the facts and fears in this one, well-illustrated book. Celebrities, photos, cartoons!
5★ Link to my review with many pictures
Sandra wrote: "I finally decided to start Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America which I have own for a long time. It fits the biography and the nonfic..."Oh, I have this one too :-) - will keep an eye out for your rating.
I finished Cardinal Black while on my road trip. It was great being back in Matthew Corbitt's world and tagging along on his adventure. Now I have to wait again for the next adventure.I started The Spirit Rebellion. I've decided to focus on finishing this series. It fits the Movie Mania challenge, so that's a bonus. :)
I finished reading Run, Boy, Run thinking I'd use it for the Yearlong Challenge as Historical Fiction. Several people listed it that way, but really it isn't. It's a true story about an 8 year old Polish boy who survived mostly through his own resourcefulness and considerable luck after escaping from Warsaw during WWII. The story is based on the life of Yoram Fridman who passed away in 2017.
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier is a much-loved classic mystery, and I enjoyed it as much as everyone else has. 
4★ Link to my review
I finished The Spirit Rebellion, book 2 in the Eli Monpress series. I enjoyed this book a bit more than the 1st. Three more books to go to kill this series. I'm not quite decided about what to start next. I could dive right into book 3, or I could do my monthly challenge read.
I finished Wakenhyrst which was a very disappointing read for me. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I am now going to start Blood & Sugar for the monthly challenge.
I enjoyed that series Janice. I read them all when we had the serial killing challenge.
I'm enjoying the series so far, Peggy. I've decided to concentrate on finishing some series and this is the one I'm currently working on. I hope to read a book a month.I've decided to go with my challenge read, The Glass Woman. I will start it today.
I forgot to download my audiobook before I went out in the car so I started to lis5en to The Eyre Affair. I have read the ebook but th8s is my first time to lis5en. I was a bit disappointed that some of the humour didn't translate that well to audio. The word play got a little lost.
Young Master Reacher makes his debut, chronologically speaking, in Lee Child's novella, placed in the High Heat of 1977 New York City. Jack, at not quite 17, is already a formidable force!
4.5★ Link to my review
I've just finished great story, The Binding. It was ....WOW! I think that the audio performance really added an extra depth to this fantasy that centers on books; magic and books,mtwo of my favourite themes so how could I fail to fail to love it?Audio was by Carl Prekopp.
I must start my bookclub read, Honour which is not available to me on audio so I must do the horrible text-to-speech voice :( When I can't take it anymore I sw8tch to Hood.
I finished yesterday Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America which was a 3.5 stars for me. It is always hard to rate biographies/memoirs...I will start today The Dry. It has been in my TBR for a long time (recommended by Rusalka, I think?) and it is borrowed from the library, so it fits one of the monthly challenge tasks.
I started Paper Towns for the movie challenge. I'm not the biggest YA-fan, but sometimes I just need something like this (they're usually short and quick reads and not too complicated) and I like the John Green books I've read so far.
I just saw I have The Dry pinned for the yearly challenge (set in Australia or by an Aussie author) so I am not sure if I am going to use it for the monthly challenge now. I have 3 more books from the library here, so I must go with one of them. I'll decide when I am done with it.
I finished The Glass Woman yesterday. You know I love a book when I binge listen. 5 stars! I will start The Winter of the Witch today. It finishes a series, is published in 2019, and fits my MM challenge.
Sandra wrote: "I just saw I have The Dry pinned for the yearly challenge (set in Australia or by an Aussie author) so I am not sure if I am going to use it for the monthly challenge now. I have 3 ..."Well if you like it, you could always read the sequel?
Had to abandon Hood, it just didn't interest me. I listened to over 30% before I called it. I picked up Golden Hill.
@Rusalka, finally the book I am reading for the toppler is also borrowed from the library, so I am all set.
Sandra wrote: "@Rusalka, finally the book I am reading for the toppler is also borrowed from the library, so I am all set."Ooh, thanks for the idea Sandra!
Margo wrote: "Had to abandon Hood, it just didn't interest me. I listened to over 30% before I called it. I picked up Golden Hill."I will be interested to hear what you think of Golden Hill, Margo. It was a 5 star read for me but I know quite a few people who didn't get on with it at all.
You are welcome, Margo. ;)
Lisa wrote: "Margo wrote: "Had to abandon Hood, it just didn't interest me. I listened to over 30% before I called it. I picked up Golden Hill."I will be interested to hear what y..."
It was your rating that got my attention Lisa.
Margo wrote: "It was your rating that got my attention Lisa."Eeks, no pressure on me then! Lol! 😉
Lisa wrote: "Margo wrote: "It was your rating that got my attention Lisa."Eeks, no pressure on me then! Lol! 😉"
Margo wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Margo wrote: "Had to abandon Hood, it just didn't interest me. I listened to over 30% before I called it. I picked up Golden Hill."
I will be interested t..."
LIsa, I really enjoyed Golden Hill! Funny and surprising in several ways. I hope you like it as much as Margo and I did. :)
Nobody should pass up the BuzzBook previews! As expected, I enjoyed Buzz Books 2019: Fall/Winter: Excerpts from Next Season's Best New Titles by Susannah Cahalan, Eoin Colfer, J.T. Ellison, Jojo Moyes, Jeanette Winterson and More which, as you can see, has a lot to choose from. I made a few comments, but it's worth checking the Goodreads blurb for a good list.
5★ Link to my notes with where to download free copy
"Now a major film", as the saying goes, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley will make your blood boil. What we DO to kids!
4.5★ Link to my review
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson was a re-read for me, and a good one, too! She's written book 5 of her Jackson Brodie mystery series, so I thought I'd catch up. Just as much fun this time around, and I think I enjoyed the characters even more. 
4.5★ (rounded up) Link to my new review
I finished The Winter of the Witch. While I enjoyed the series overall, I started to lose interest. I enjoyed the Russian folklore most of all.I could start a new audiobook today, but I think I will hold off for the toppler tomorrow. I have Vengeful down as my starting book.
Finished and enjoyed this family domestic thriller The Neighbors
My Review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/2843255982
I am putting aside my two current reads in preparation for the toppler. Golden Hill i am enjoying and will certainly pick up again but Honour I am less sure about. The story is interesting but I don't feel it is well put together. It is very bitty and in cohesive. Of course that could be be due to the fact that that it isn't available on audio and I am reading on kindle using text-to-speech - always a bit iffy. I am keen to listen to an an Elif Shafak book on audio so that I can properly judge her writing. I am now going to rest my reading muscles to be fit for tomorrow LOL
Margo wrote: "I am putting aside my two current reads in preparation for the toppler. Golden Hill i am enjoying and will certainly pick up again but Honour I am less sure about. T..."Glad you are enjoying Golden Hill, Margo.
I'm also putting aside my current read, Blood & Sugar, for the toppler. It's not as good as I thought it was going to be. I will finish it but I'm not finding it particularly compelling.
Thats a shame Lisa, I was drawn to that one too.
Margo wrote: "Thats a shame Lisa, I was drawn to that one too."One of the main reasons I was drawn to it was because I had been seeing it compared to the works of C.J. Sansom. His 'Shardlake' series is one of my all time favourites so to see this being compared to that was really appealing to me. I think those comparisons flatter this to be brutally honest. It's not a bad book and I certainly don't hate it but I do have some problems with it.
Yes, I agree. Shardlake has spoiled other historical fiction/mystery for a lot of us.
Margo wrote: "Yes, I agree. Shardlake has spoiled other historical fiction/mystery for a lot of us."I have the first 5 of the books in that series and haven't gotten to them yet. I've heard so many positive things about them.
Margo wrote: "Yes, I agree. Shardlake has spoiled other historical fiction/mystery for a lot of us."I've read only the first two Shardlake books and thought they were terrific. I plan to read the rest - just saving them up. :)
I started No Friend but the Mountains: The True Story of an Illegally Imprisoned Refugee for the movie challenge.
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Just read your review - thanks for the heads up :-) lots of similar reviews and then some who enjoyed it, hmm. I scanned the ratings of those who wrote reviews in Greek - some didn't like it, others did. Oh my....it'll be interesting when I finally get around to it. :-)