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[Debra]

I'm currently reading an interesting steampunk fantasy called Wolves of the Northern Rift by Jon Messenger. Quite enjoying it!

Wolves of the Northern Rift

[Tamara]

I finished War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue. This is definitely not a re-telling. It is more of a creative reimagining of Homer's The Iliad with dazzling poetry, humor, modern references, and dialog that sizzles. I thought it was amazing. I'd never heard of it before until someone mentioned it in another goodreads group.

My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Theresa]

I just finished re-reading . It was still a wonderful book the 2nd time around!

[Pam]

Re-read Charmed Life by the late great Diana Wynne Jones after many years and didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped, as the whole thing depends on a failure to communicate which, on the part of the adults at least, seems inexcusable. Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1366155155.

[Susan]

I just finished and liked it even more than . This is a fun YA series. I've started listening to . I haven't listened to many books on tape, but this reader does a good job!

[J.G.]

Just finished Yes Means Yes and posted a review. Very timely given the current discussion of sexual harassment and #MeToo.

[Victoria]

Susan wrote: "I just finished and liked it even more than . This is a fun YA series. I've started listening to . I haven't listen..."

Great to hear you're enjoying the series so much.

[M.]

Recently finished The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort. By "damned" he means any phenomenon that cannot be accounted for by the science of the day, like rains of fish or frogs. He had an odd writing style that takes a bit to get used to, but it fits with his agenda (savagely critiquing the biases in the scientific community).


Almost finished with Barbara Tuchman's magisterial A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. Man, chivalry was such a bad idea. Also, the late Middle Ages were all about money, or the lack thereof.


* I have a theory as to why we don't hear about rains of frogs or other fortean phenomena anymore ;-)

[Leona]

Started today The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright

[Alwia]

Recently finished Saints and Misfits by S. K Ali

[Thessa]

I just finished by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and by Meg Cabot. About to read by Julie Koh.

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I'm currently reading I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi

[Pam]

Read The Lives of Christopher Chant number 4 in the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones, which is set years before the first one, and enjoyed it more - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2210202653.

[Pam]

Read Gate of Ivrel by C J Cherryh and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219392175.

[Pam]

A short read by M C Beaton - A Highland Christmas - which I've reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219430295.

[M.K.]

Just reviewed Heather Graham's "A Perfect Obsession". Don't know what I'm going to read next. The family lending library isn't going to arrive until Christmas day. In the meantime, I debating rereading Charlane Harris' Midnight trilogy.

[Sarah]

I finished the amazing Novel - Silent Fear by Lance and James Morcan .

I am currently reading Wooed by you - Sophia Nightly

:-)

[Tamara]

I finished My Name is Red by the 2006 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, Orhan Pamuk. It's a murder mystery set in 16thC Istanbul. It is told in multiple first-person point of view, the first speaker as the corpse who has just been murdered and thrown down a well.
It's a complicated novel, and a challenging read. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My review on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[M.K.]

Interrupted the reading of another book [which I can't remember the title, only that it's a mystery set in Wales] to re-read Charlaine Harris' Nightshift. It holds up wonderfully well. I slapped my hand when I started to think about re-reading the enire trilogy through.

[Thought the TV series was okay with its added "explosions", but that wasn't the way the book was written. Don't think people in general are as contemplative as they once were, not that they were ever much so.]

[Elle]

All's Faire in Middle School - Cute artwork, but I thought the story was mediocre (though it had a lot of potential).

[Pam]

Read Well of Shiuan, book 2 of the Morgaine saga by C J Cherryh and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219441259.

[Debra]

I'm currently reading a really good British police procedural called Death of a Temptress by P.J. Ford.

Death Of a Temptress

[Kathy]

Currently working on The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne. Just finished Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire.

[Kathy]

V.A. wrote: "I'm currently reading I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi"

I listened to this as an audiobook, and I usually don't like audiobooks with multiple narrators, but this worked. I liked the book.

[Pam]

Read another Morgaine book by C J Cherryh:

Book 3 - Fires of Azeroth - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2225417471.

[J.]

Just Started Huntress and so far it's been a fun ride. Not far into it yet so we'll see.

[Tamara]

I finished The Automobile Club of Egypt by Alaa Al Aswany. It's about Egypt in the 1950s. I thought it was strong in some areas, weak in others. I gave it three stars.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice)]

Just finished Cinder by Marissa Meyer- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leona]

Reading Crown Jewel by Fern Michaels

[D.B.]

I recently finished reading X by Sue Grafton.

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

[Jason]

Ice, by Anna Kavan

[J.]

I just finished Elmore Leonard's "City Primeval" - it's billed as "High Noon in Detroit", which it pretty much was.

[Susan]

Alice-Elizabeth (marriedtobooks) wrote: "Just finished Cinder by Marissa Meyer- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I'm glad you enjoyed Cinder. I just finished Scarlett and liked it much better. Hope you give it a try. :-)

[Tamara]

I finished The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill.

It's a true story recounting the two years Hill lived on a platform on Luna, the Redwood tree, to save it from logging. It's a quick and easy read and recommended for those interested in environmental issues.

My review on goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jason]

Ice, Anna Kavan, a classic from the 1960s and an author I had never heard of until a new edition was released and reviewed by the NY Times.

[Pam]

Read The Flesh Eater by John Gordon and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2240881340.

[M.T.]

Recently read & greatly enjoyed An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic:

While mothers are a child’s “safe space,” fathers — contrary to their current oafish pop culture stereotype ala Homer Simpson — are all too often familial labyrinths. I guess it’s easier to make fun of something than admit you can’t really figure it out. Daniel Mendelsohn’s paternal “odyssey” uses the other famous Homer’s epic as a template to get a measure of the kind of man his father really was. If you’re a fan of The Odyssey (and I am), this book is an intriguing and enlightening look at both a classic of literature and the tangled relationships between fathers and sons. (5 of 5 stars)

[Tamara]

M.T. wrote: "Recently read & greatly enjoyed An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic:

While mothers are a child’s “safe space,” fathers — contrary to their current oafish pop culture stereotyp..."

M.T., I just finished this yesterday and absolutely loved it! I hope to post my review as soon as I get it done.

[sonya]

Reading the burning wire by Jeffrey deaver

[Tamara]

I finished An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn. It is a brilliant combination of critical analysis of Homer's Odyssey, a family memoir, and a travelogue.

In the process of conducting a seminar on Homer's Odyssey, Mendelsohn interrogates his own relationship with his father. I thought it was an amazing book and gave it 5 stars.

My review on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[D.M.]

Just finished up "The Nature of Balance" by Tim Lebbon. It was pretty intense to say the least, at least the imagery truly will haunt me for a while. I do recommend it for people who are more into the story than focusing on grammar and the like, as there are some errors. But it does not take away from the story in the least.

I do recommend it.

[Theresa]

I'm reading Halfway to the Grave. Been enjoying it so far!

[Rita]

I've just finished The Three Miss Allens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... by Victoria Purman. Great read set in the thirties and present day. This book is very well written and I would certainly recommend it.

[Tamara]

I finished Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume.

The language was beautiful. Baume's ability to take us inside the narrator's mind was impressive. The story is about a dysfunctional man and his dog. It's not a feel good book. Although I loved the lyrical language and Baume's ability to capture the music in Irish speech, the book just wasn't for me.

I gave it three stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Finished a mammoth collection, introduced by Montague Summers, The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult, Doom and Destiny and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2241020706.

Before that read The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, which I found underwhelming - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2241030811.

[Victoria]

My December 2017 book reviews post went up a few days ago. If you want to see what I read last month - and what I thought of those books - you can do so by checking out this post on my blog: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018...

[Susan]

Just finished . With a great mix of characters, an intricate plot, and little spots of humor, I'm really enjoying this series. Moving on to

[Tamara]

I just finished reading a lovely collection of short stories by the Egyptian writer, Alifa Rifaat. The collection is called Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories. The stories are subtle and illustrate an Islamic bent on feminism. I posted my review on goodreads at
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[J.]

I just started Wizard at Work: A Paranormal Thrillerbook 2 in a psi-esp thriller. So far so good.

[Alice]

I finished Pearl S. Buck's Peony. 4.3 stars. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've started The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.