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What Are You Reading? - 2019
Little sisters can be so much trouble! My Sister, the Serial Killer is Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite's award-winning, chilling take on what one older sister has to cope with. 
4★ Link to my 'Serial Killer' review
I’m currently listening to the audio book of The Jungle Book and the German narrator is sooooo good!
I am currently listening to the audiobook of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone❤️❤️
Pooja wrote: "Any series recommendations?"Hi Pooja. I'm going to ask you to move your question to our folder for recommendations which you'll find here.
Start a new topic and ask for recommendations for series there. Thanks.
I finished Wakenhyrst. It was just ok. I only added it to my wishlist because GR featured it back in november as a horror book and people were giving it good reviews. It really wasn't horror. It was not scary at all. You could call it gothic i guess. It reminded me of His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae a little in the way the story was told. We know right from the start that something has happened and the diaries show how things transpired. Moving on to The Testaments now.
I just finished After the Fire. It was really good. Next up is Midnight at the Blackbird Café before it is due back to the library.
I just started reading Brooklyn and I am a little over half way through listening to The Paragon Hotel.. Seems funny to be reading books set on each coast of the USA at the same time. The Paragon Hotel is in Portland, Oregon.
How are you liking The Paragon Hotel so far? I have that on my wishlist and I keep wavering on whether or not to get it.
Cherie make sure you visit the group discussion on Brooklyn. It was an interesting one
Renee wrote: "Cherie make sure you visit the group discussion on Brooklyn. It was an interesting one"Thanks, Renee. I had planned to do that, but have not yet. The beginning is rather slow and I already have questions.
Janice wrote: "How are you liking The Paragon Hotel so far? I have that on my wishlist and I keep wavering on whether or not to get it."Oh, Janice - buy it or get it from your library, but listen to the audiobook! I finished it last night. If I were not so biased towards about her book about Holmes and Watson, I will tell everyone that this is my favorite book of hers yet, and I already said that about Jane Steele. The narrator, January LaVoy, did a fantastic job reading and voicing the text. It really is an interesting story and the setting and locations in Portland are spot on.
Cherie wrote: "Janice wrote: "How are you liking The Paragon Hotel so far? I have that on my wishlist and I keep wavering on whether or not to get it."Oh, Janice - buy it or get it from your library, but listen..."
I do like January LaVoy as a narrator.
I was going to say that I didn't think I'd read anything by Lyndsay Faye, but I read Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson. I think you enjoyed that one more than I did. I have The Gods of Gotham in my "to listen to" shelf.
I finished Us Against You this afternoon. I didn't think it was as strong as Beartown, but I did enjoy it.Back to the book I paused for the buddy read - A Brightness Long Ago. I have something like 5 hours to go.
Janice wrote: "I finished Us Against You this afternoon. I didn't think it was as strong as Beartown, but I did enjoy it."I felt the same.
Cherie wrote: "Janice wrote: "How are you liking The Paragon Hotel so far? I have that on my wishlist and I keep wavering on whether or not to get it."Oh, Janice - buy it or get it from your library, but listen..."
Sounds interesting Cherie - adding!
Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite authors, and while Transcription isn't my favourite of her books, her trademark fine writing and quirky humour make it fun.
4★ Link to my review
I finished A Brightness Long Ago on audiobook. I struggled with the Italian names and it took me a while to figure out who was who. I still managed to give it 4 stars.Next up on audio is The Lake House.
I started Small Island yesterday and I'm enjoying it. It is very well written with great characters. I'm the having to tear myself from it to finish The Wayward Girls. That pne is very slow. I want yo get to the end to see what happened but I'm not enjoying the journey!
I finished Paper Wife for the group themed read. I've started Me last night. It's a 2019 release and will fit the movie mania challenge. You've got to love those glasses on the cover:
Birds of a Feather finally became available. Every time I looked there was a long waiting list. I hope the wait was worth it.
The waits at my library for the Maisie Dobbs books are always long, Roz. I hope you like it.I’m 63% into Brooklyn and enjoying the story. It is a strange story. I grew up in the same timeline, but on the opposite coast of the country. Maybe because I was much younger than the young woman MC, but the only thing I can identify with at all is baseball.
I agree with you about Brooklyn. It was a bit strange, not a lot of real action. It's an immigrant's story. I'm sure there were a lot of young women that came to America, lived in rooming houses and worked in shops of some kind while looking for ways to better themselves and find husband. I couldn't identify with anything in Eilis's story, not even baseball, unfortunately. I learned to like that once I was married, moved to the States and had boys. Let me know when you get to the end. I'd like to know what you think of it.
Finished Monsieur Linh and His Child
Philippe ClaudelMy Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3057467805
I've just finished Small Island. It was wonderful! I don't want to go back and finish The Wayward Girls 😣
I will try to finish Brooklyn tonight, but I started reading The Moor - just because. I could not resist. I have waited almost two months for it to be available from my library.
Cherie wrote: "I will try to finish Brooklyn tonight, but I started reading The Moor - just because. I could not resist. I have waited almost two months for it to be available from m..."How are you liking Brooklyn Cherie?
I'm in the middle of The Huntress. If I finish it by Dec 2nd, I may have to change my historical fiction vote for the GRCA. It is that good.
I finished Song of Solomon, which was a 3.5 stars. It made a great discussion in my book club last Monday. I am glad we picked it. I plan to finish today La ciudad, and then Beartown is in queue.
Jayme wrote: "I'm in the middle of The Huntress. If I finish it by Dec 2nd, I may have to change my historical fiction vote for the GRCA. It is that good."That's what I did. I just finished it 2 weeks ago.
Jayme wrote: "I'm in the middle of The Huntress. If I finish it by Dec 2nd, I may have to change my historical fiction vote for the GRCA. It is that good."It's on my December plan. I'm excited to hear that you're enjoying it.
I started The Lake House the other day and only listened for 10-15 minutes while driving around the city. I haven't had a chance to get back to it. The next few days won't allow for much listening time so I think I'm going to put it back on the shelf for now. I've got a full slate of books for December and if I continue with this chunkster (22 hours), I'll be delaying my December start.
Janice wrote: "I started The Lake House the other day and only listened for 10-15 minutes while driving around the city. I haven't had a chance to get back to it. The next few days won't allow for..."I know how you feel. My December "dance card" is full for books and of course half of my library holds are now available!!
Janice, maybe you'll be able to start your December reads early by cutting that one out for now. It'd be good to start the month feeling ahead of the game.
Popular Aussie journalist, radio host and author Richard Glover had an unusual childhood, which he shares in his funny, disturbing memoir Flesh Wounds. How he became such a cheerful, compassionate man is beyond me.
4★ Link to my review
Murder in the monastery is why Louise Penny sends her incomparable Chief Inspector Armand Gamache into the backwoods of Quebec. He investigates The Beautiful Mystery, which is the Gregorian chant for which these monks are famous. Number 8 in a favourite series.
3.5★ Link to my review
Margo wrote: "How are you liking Brooklyn Cherie? ..."I finished it last night, Margo. It was ok. I never cared for the MC at all. (view spoiler)
I also finished The Moor, which I really, really liked. I am currently listening to Justice Hall. It is my first time listening to one of the books in this series. The narrator is okay but I think I enjoy my own "voices" for these characters. I missed reading The Glass Woman with the group, but since I finally got it from my library on Wednesday evening, after waiting all month, I started it this morning.
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I started Paper Wife for the group themed read.