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[Gavin]

I'm reading 2061: Odyssey Three

[Janice, Moderator]

I started The Spirit Eater on audiobook this afternoon.

I hope to finish The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier tonight so that I don't have to haul it on the road trip with me.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Peggy wrote: "I started No Friend but the Mountains: The True Story of an Illegally Imprisoned Refugee for the movie challenge."

That's a great one, Peggy. It's hard to read it without wanting to shake your fists in despair!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Graphic novels bring the classics to life for the visual generations. Gareth Hinds has a new take on Homer's great story, The Iliad. Historic, artistic, and detailed - for young and old. I enjoyed it!
4.5★ Link to my review with illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

Supersize Cross Sections: Inside Engines by Pascale Hédelin is an illustrated look inside some fascinating vessels from ships to the International Space Station and even a travelling circus! I love these cutaway pictures.
4★ Link to my review with illustrations

[Sandra, Moderator]

I read The Dry. Very good mystery. I plan to go on with the series.

I finished yesterday The Weight of Blood, also good specially considering it is a debut novel. I used it both for the toppler and for the monthly challenge.

I still didn't decide what I am reading next. Not sure what I am in the mood for.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm reading I Owe You One. So far it's ok. It's an easy, lighter read. Unfortunately, the main character comes off as a bit pathetic and needy. The reader knows what's going to happen a long time before she does. It's not my favorite kind of book, but it's not bad either.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier last night. It was quite interesting to learn more about white children who were abducted by the Indians in 1870's Texas, how they were adopted and treated as if they were their own children, and then their reintegration into white society when they were returned to their families.

I will start A Court of Thorns and Roses today.

[Sandra, Moderator]

It took me hours to decided what to read next. Nothing looked good today. I hope I am not falling in a reading slump again.
Finally I decided to go with The Janus Stone. This series is like comfort food to me. Probably what I need just now.

[Lisa]

I have just finished The Clockmaker's Daughter for the toppler and the Movie Mania challenge. It was really enjoyable and kept me intrigued throughout. However, it was a bit drawn out at times, not to mention slightly overstuffed, and for those reasons I gave it 4 stars.

I am now going to return to Blood & Sugar which I put aside for the toppler.

[Margo]

I'm reading A Court of Thorns and Roses.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I've had a bit of a journey today. I started with multiple Londons in A Darker Shade of Magic. Finished and went back to Uganda with All Our Names. Turns out, only had 30 pages left. So now on to Azerbaijan with Ali and Nino.

Too many carbon miles.

[Gavin]

3001: The Final Odyssey

[Wendy]

Just finished An American Marriage for my IRL book club and started Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter since I am making an effort to read books I already own (and have otherwise sat neglected).

[Pooja]

I am currently rereading PS I still love you by Jenny Han

[Margo]

Wendy wrote: "Just finished An American Marriage for my IRL book club and started Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter since I am making an effort to read books I already own (and ha..."

Wendy, I finished that last week. What did you think of it?

Pooja, I had no ideavthere was a second book!

[Lisa]

I finished Blood & Sugar for the monthly challenge. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am now going to start A Court of Thorns and Roses for the group read.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I was a bit nervous about trying the recent Booker Prize winner, Milkman by Irish author Anna Burns, but I loved it! Funny, real, sad, hopeful, all beautifully written.
5★ Link to my review

[Dem]

FinishedThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/114178513

[Janice, Moderator]

Pooja wrote: "I am currently rereading PS I still love you by Jenny Han"

Hi Pooja! Welcome to YLTO. :)

[Gavin]

Started A Widow for One Year

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Pooja wrote: "I am currently rereading PS I still love you by Jenny Han"

Welcome to the group, Pooja!

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Spirit Eater today. I'm enjoying this series and hope to finish it soon. Two more to go!

I will start Ship of Magic tomorrow for a buddy read. It will be good to get back to this world.

[Margo]

I finished Disappearance at Devil's Rock I was a bit disappointed in this one. The first book that I read by this author was A Head Full of Ghosts which I loved so maybe my expectations was too high going into this. I found the plot hard to follow, the characters flat and the dialogue strange. The narration by Erin Bennett was the best part of the experience.

This morning I started The Familiars and so far it is good. The scene is set and the chacters established and ready to go. It is 17th century england and the land fears witches and catholics!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm reading a few too many at the moment.

Recursion - 85% I'm not loving this one. It's feeling longer than it is and repetitive. I plan to finish this one today.

Dark Site - 44% Loving this one. It's interesting that we know more than the main characters at the moment, even though they should know more than us. I'm really curious to see where this is going to go.

The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes - 11% So far this one is just meh. It has some good ratings and I'm expecting a heartfelt story, but it didn't jump right into it.

The Vanishing Season - 15% I love this series. I don't really know much yet, but can't wait to see what happens. It took a minute to remember who was who because half the time the characters are referred to by their first names and half the time by their surnames.

Sold on a Monday - 35% This one started slow for me. It was just starting to get interesting when I had to put it aside for another read. It was taking longer than it should to get through. I hope to be back to it soon.



I'm hoping to wrap these all up this month. This is more than I am comfortable with to be reading at any one time. Typically, I like to have two books going at once, one physical and one audio.

[Margo]

yor are doing a lot of juggling Kristie! I must remember not to buy Recursion, I have heard a people complaining about it.

It is one of my pet peeves when autors refer repeatedly use different names for the same character *grrrr*

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'm reading Ali and Nino set in Azerbaijan in WWI.

I know it was written in 1930something. I know it was set in 1916ish, I know it was in a border country between Asia and Europe. But what misogynistic, racist, tosh.

[Peggy]

Lol! Not adding it to my tbr then..

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'm suffering through it, so you don't have to. It's the only book set in Azerbaijan I could find in English. It's a "classic" and is a hard pass from me. It's only short, so I am viewing it as a public service.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I read The Janus Stone, #2 in the series. (I've already read #1 and #7). As I have said before, this series is like comfort food to me. 3 stars.

I started rereading The Book Thief. I am 10% into it and I am surprised at both, how much I remember and how much I have forgotten.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Margo, I just finished Recursion. I wouldn’t recommend it. I found it disappointing. Aside from repetition, there were inconsistencies that bothered me. I liked the general story, but not those aspects of the storytelling.

[Margo]

noted kristie, thanks.

[Cherie]

If any of the folks here read last month's group read, News of the World and were curious about other books by Paulette Jiles, I have been listening to her book Stormy Weather. It is set in Texas during the depression. The narrator is really, really doing a fantastic job, but I really like Jiles' characters and descriptions of the dirt and wind storms of the times. Colleen Delaney is the narrator of the audiobook. She has a great Texas drawl.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, Cherie!

[PattyMacDotComma]

I enjoyed my fifth visit to the lovely Canadian village of Three Pines, which has the occasional, not-so-lovely murder. Another good mystery from Louise Penny.
4★ Link to my review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Just read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, and learned how the young and beautiful gate-crashed the rich and famous in 1938. I bet it still works!
4★ Link to my review

[Lisa]

I finished A Court of Thorns and Roses for the group read. I had a lot of problems with it, but I didn't outright hate it either. I rated it 2 stars but 2.5 stars would be more accurate.

I'm now going to start Lanny for the Movie Mania challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

I picked up today's Daily Deal from Audible, Shadow Beast. I also go book 4 in the Eli Monpress series, The Spirit War.

[Tricia]

Kristie wrote: "I'm reading a few too many at the moment.

Recursion - 85% I'm not loving this one. It's feeling longer than it is and repetitive. I plan to finish this one today."

Kristie, that's dedication. Haven't you picked up and put down Sold on a Monday a couple of times now? Isn't it funny how life or other books just seem to get in the way sometimes? At least you came back to it though; I usually set something aside for later and then completely forget about it.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes, Tricia! I set it aside a couple of times, but it is still on my currently reading shelf. I'm just not picking it up. It was a book I got for a review so I should have finished it by now, but I haven't. Eventually I'll review it.

[Gavin]

I'm reading Baal

[Margo]

I'm ready SHIP OF MAGIC with Peggy and janice as a buddy read and The Tattooist of Auschwitz for my RL book club. I am finding the second dificuot going.

[Lisa]

Margo, I was not a fan of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’. It was my least favourite book of 2018. I thought it was very poor.

[Sarah]

It feels like an age since I last commented in this thread. This month, i totally lunched out on The Bands of Mourning for a buddy read. My head has not been able to get into fiction and I've oddly become obsessed with non-fiction books. I never thought that would happen in a million years. Normally I don't post in here what non-fiction books I read but I will on this occasion as they are both books that anyone would find interesting and useful rather than my typical work-related stuff. I read The Confidence Gap and Reasons to Stay Alive, both excellent books. I'm now moving onto 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness and going to try some fiction with Ancillary Sword, both of which are for the movie challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

Funny that you should mention non-fiction, Sarah. With the last toppler, I read 3 non-fiction in just over a week. Today, I'll be starting another non-fiction book, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees.

I finished Ship of Magic yesterday and gave it 5 stars. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series, hopefully soon.

[Janice, Moderator]

I will also start Ancillary Justice today for my movie mania challenge.

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "Funny that you should mention non-fiction, Sarah. With the last toppler, I read 3 non-fiction in just over a week. Today, I'll be starting another non-fiction book,"

Haha. I think it's really easy to fall into the same old routine. I read nothing but fiction and the thought of a non fiction book brought me out in sweats. I forced myself last year to get back into them and i'm really enjoying it. I thought i was struggling with fiction but after starting Ancillary Sword this morning i realise that's not the case. I'm just still a mood reader, regardless of fiction or non fiction.

Good to see you starting the series. I hope you like it. I think there is a buddy read thread for it from a few years back when i read it. I'm really enjoying the 2nd installment. It's been a while since i read the first and i was worried i'd have no idea what was happening but it's all good.

[Janice, Moderator]

I don't have a great track record with non-fiction. I've started lots that I've abandoned after reading a few chapters. I have more luck with memoirs and autobiographies.

[Lisa]

I finished Lanny for the Movie Mania challenge. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am now going to read The Eagle of The Ninth. I read this when I was about 11 years old and loved it and I wanted to revisit it. I can also use it for the Movie Mania challenge.

[Dem]

Finished Recursion

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/2868021637