Books you have just Bought, Ordered, Checked out of your Library or Borrowed

[Carol]

A place to share books that have newly entered your home, whether by purchase, download, borrowing or from your library.

I'll go first. I just got home from one of my favorite used book stores, and adopted these:

Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon, and
Laura by Vera Caspary

[Tamara]

After weeks of being on the waiting list, I was finally able to pick up The Red Tent by Anita Diamant--recommended by Carol (I think). I'm about half way through. Enjoying it so far.

[Carol]

I'm impressed that there's a wait list, Tamara, for a fiction novel that's - what - 20 years old? Fingers crossed that your enjoyment continues.

[Su]

I've checked out of my library these books:
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
2. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
3. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Currently reading Wuthering Heights and since its not my style, looking forward to finish it fast so i can go on with the others.

[Laurie]

My current paper library book is Washington Black by Esi Edugyan which I am really enjoying, and I just downloaded the audiobook of Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott.

@Su, I am not a fan of Wuthering Heights either. People seem to either love it or hate it.

[Carol]

I checked these out yesterday:

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (PSA - if you’re joining our March group read, get your copy now; if you aren’t, reconsider lol)

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (my first Ward read, a buddy read with a few members of the Literary Fiction by People of Color group - join us if you’re interested)

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (F2F book club)

The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

[Carol]

Su wrote: "I've checked out of my library these books:
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
2. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
3. [book:Ora..."

I’ve had Oranges on my TBR for so long. Must move it up. It’s not as though it’s even particularly long ...

[Hanna]

Hi.

I just finished a galley of Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Women on Life After Sexual Assault. Highly recommend. Comes out in April.

Oranges has also been on my TBR forever. Ever since I read Weight.

[Lark]

I just got The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman in the mail, a novel a friend recommended to me in another group.

[Carol]

Hanna wrote: "Hi.

I just finished a galley of Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Women on Life After Sexual Assault. Highly recommend. Comes out in April.

Oranges has also been on my TBR foreve..."


I’ll have to look for this.

[Carol]

Lark wrote: "I just got The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman in the mail, a novel a friend recommended to me in another group."

Lark, this sounds familiar to me but more like, maybe I saw a TV movie of it in the 70s? I haven’t read it. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts, not least of which because I don’t think you read mid-Century novels often, although you certainly run miles around me in your reading breadth.

[Lark]

ok, here is another one: I just got The Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan in the mail.

Time to slow down a bit on my visits to abebooks.com!

[Carol]

Lark wrote: "ok, here is another one: I just got The Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan in the mail.

Time to slow down a bit on my visits to abebooks.com!"

This has been on my TBR and looks fascinating.

I stopped by the library and picked up Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers, and Angie Thomas’s sophomore effort, On the Come Up. I’m quite excited for both to be nearby.

[Carol]

Today’s library find was a graphic novel, Unterzakhn by Leela Corman.

Here’s a review from the Jewish Book Council which offers a good summary.

https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/boo...

[Carol]

Home from the library with:

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson
The Apology by Eve Ensler
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, and
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

[Tracy]

I have several on the go from my public library:

In Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo by Claire Tacon

Night Shift by Stephen King. I’m not a horror fan but I love short stories.

The Boat People by Sharon Bala. It was a Canada Reads pick.

The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall.

February by Lisa Moore (book club pick for September’s club).

[Nadine in California]

Here's yesterday's library haul of women authors:

The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories
The Tenth Muse
Excellent Women / Jane and Prudence / An Unsuitable Attachment

And books on my hold list by women authors:

Hollow Kingdom
The Testaments
Inland
The Memory Police

[Carol]

@Tracy - I've wondered about February for awhile. if you read it, share your thoughts.

@Nadine- what an awesome mix!

[Leah]

I currently have the following checked out from my local library:

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
Unraveling by Karen Lord

Penance by Kanae Minato - I read Confessions at the end of June and think I may almost be ready for Penance...maybe.

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

[Carol]

Leah wrote: "I currently have the following checked out from my local library:

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
[bo..."

If you read Penance, I’d love to know what you think. I am a Confessions fan, but haven’t sprung for Penance and would have to if I want to read it.

[Carol]

Latest from the library:

Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Ghost Hero by S.J. Rozan
And
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

[Crazytourists_books]

I have borrowed "The Nightingale" and the ebook "Surely you're joking Mr Feynman"

[Story]

I've borrowed Duet for Three by Joan Barfoot and Waiting for the Monsoon by Threes Anna and have just placed Margaret Atwood's The Testaments on hold. I think I'm 478th in line so it's going to be a while.

Carol, I'll be interested to hear what you think of Semicolon. It sounds like a fun read.

[Leah]

Carol wrote: "Leah wrote: "I currently have the following checked out from my local library:

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
An Ocean of Minutes by..."

Oh I'm gonna read it, just gotta psych myself up before I start it. :-)

It's 4th on my list -- because I have others with no renewals that I have to read first. Though, part of me wonders if anything could top Confessions.

[El]

Currently listening to Akata Witch on audio from the library and picked up To the Lighthouse for my in-person book club. Not to mention also Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel to read with you guys. Soon.

[Nadine in California]

A modest library haul this time -

The Tenth Muse
If, Then
and 2 Barbara Pyms, A Glass of Blessings and Less Than Angels for a GR group binge read

[Sophie]

I finally got Becoming being read by Michelle Obama.

[Leah]

@Carol, if you're a fan of Confessions, I think Penance is a safe investment. Only caveat being potential trigger of murdered 10 year old girl who is violated as part of the murder. It's not in real time nor revealed in graphic detail later, but I wanted to put it out there. My "review" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea is the latest I borrowed from the library. And I picked up a used copy of The Night Sister because I loved this book the first time I read it and I've been wanting to re-read it before summer's gone, and Jennifer McMahon is one of my fave authors.

[Carol]

Leah wrote: "@Carol, if you're a fan of Confessions, I think Penance is a safe investment. Only caveat being potential trigger of murdered 10 year old girl who is violated as part of the murder. It's not in rea..."

Thank you, Leah. Really helpful.

I finally read one of those free Amazon Prime Read short stories. (I’m far better at downloading than remembering they are on my Kindle and selecting them to read.). Jacqueline Woodson’s Before Her. I loved it and it took maybe ten minutes to read.

[Carol]

Sophie wrote: "I finally got Becoming being read by Michelle Obama."

I loved the book but have heard universally that the audiobook is the way to go. Because Michelle. I hope you enjoy it, Sophie.

[Carol]

Recent adoptions from used book stores and the like, plus a scattering of new for book club reads:

The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes (it's the December group read in the Womens Classic Literature group if you want to join in.)

The Squire by Enid Bagnold (I confused her with E. Nesbit while in the store, but remain hopeful)

La Femme de Gilles by Madeleine Bourdouxhe

Phoenix Fled by Attia Hosain

Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell

What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell

[Nadine in California]

Carol wrote: "Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell."

This sounds so entertaining, like Barbara Pym but a notch goofier. I'm looking forward to what you think of it :)

[Carol]

Nadine wrote: "Carol wrote: "Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell."

This sounds so entertaining, like Barbara Pym but a notch goofier. I'm looking forward to what you think of it :)"

A rl book club friend recommended it, so I have high hopes.