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[Gere]

I just finished reading: 'Project Heaven on Earth' by Martin Rutte...I strongly recommend it as it a life changer work for all of us...

Simply wonderful that Martin Rutte could write about what is so obvious that we have ignored for so long...

[Keith]

Finished reading Truth Seekers: Ten Amazing People Who Found It!. Didn't really care for it.

Currently reading Barren Waters - Part One: and really enjoying it so far. Also listening to From a Distant Star.

[Alice]

Currently reading The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

[Tamara]

I read The Marsh Arabs. It provided a fascinating glimpse into a way of life that had existed for many centuries in southern Iraq. The loss of this ancient culture and way of life is devastating.

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

[Davida]

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

[Roger]

Currently reading Mr. Mercedes and enjoying it so far.

[Pam]

Read Andre Norton's Moon of Three Rings and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2397523288.

[Pam]

Read The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2397522524.

[sea]

I just posted a review of The Cruel Prince by Holly Black on the blog!

http://inkblottings.com/reader-review...

Feel free to check it out if you’d like, and let me know what you think! :)

[Jill]

I'm currently slogging through Annie Proulx's Barkskins and I'm on the verge of giving up on it. Proulx is a magnificent writer but about 1/3 of the way through this book she's stopped telling a story and is simply recounting the two sides of an ideological argument. Boooooring. Anyone else read it? Does it get any better? and if so how much more of this garbage do I have to wade through?

[Tamara]

I read The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Disappointing.

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

[Tamara]

I finally wrote up my review of Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

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

[Jason]

Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi, highly recommended

[Victoria]

My May 2018 book reviews post is now up on my blog. So, if you'd like to see what I read last month, you can check out the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.com/2018/0...

[Jared]

I just finished "Super Sad True Love Story" and I'm now reading Kerouac's "On the Road."

[Tamara]

I read The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau. It chronicles several generations of the Howland family in a rural Alabama community. The narrative begins in the early 1800s and concludes in the 1960s. It deals with the deleterious impact of racism.
A very powerful novel. I gave it 5 stars.

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

and on my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com where I have reviewed over 130 books.

[sea]

I just posted a review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth on the blog!

http://inkblottings.com/reader-review...

Feel free to check it out if you’d like, and let me know what you think! :)

[Pam]

Read Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2409078286.

[Jill]

Jared wrote: "I just finished "Super Sad True Love Story" and I'm now reading Kerouac's "On the Road.""

Two great books! Enjoy!

[Jenna]

Shot, Stabbed, and Poisoned.
It's about assassinations throughout history and was pretty good, actually.

[Robert]

Yesterday evening I finished Waistcoats & Weaponry, the third book in Gail Carriger's "Finishing School" series. Lots of fun! I liked how the plot moved in one direction, then ramped up and took a turn in the last quarter of the book. The characters are great as well. I hope to start on the last book in the series this weekend.

[Pam]

Read Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure by Jenny Wormald and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2413420051.

Then Grave Concerns, book 2 in the Drew Slocombe cosy crime series by Rebecca Tope, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2409077080.

[Jenna]

Robert wrote: "Yesterday evening I finished Waistcoats & Weaponry, the third book in Gail Carriger's "Finishing School" series. Lots of fun! I liked how the plot moved in one direction, then rampe..."

Good to know. I read the first two but never got past that.

[Tamara]

Finished Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman.

It was informative, interesting, well-researched, and written in an engaging, accessible style.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tamara]

I've finished up two books:

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui.
It's a memoir about a Vietnamese family's struggles in Vietnam and their immigration to the U.S. It's a graphic novel. I really wanted to like it, but it just wasn't for me.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
More my cup of tea.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jason]

Just finished The Map of Salt and Stars, Jennifer Joukhadar, an imaginative story about the Syrian Refugee crisis interwoven with sharply drawn historical fiction.

[Alice]

Just finished The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

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

I'm currently reading Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist. I had seen the movie adaptation several years ago and found it haunting and powerful.

[sonya]

Just finished creep by Jennifer hillier

[Michelle]

Currently reading Circe by Madeline Miller and (sigh) many others.

[D.B.]

Recently finished reading Less by Andrew Sean Greer
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[sea]

I recently finished reading Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne.

I just posted the review on my blog: http://inkblottings.com/reader-review...

Feel free to check it out if you’d like, and let me know what you think! :)

[Pam]

Reading a fantasy trilogy by R A MacAvoy. So far read books 1 and 2: Damiano - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381969927 and Damiano's Lute - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970298.

[Pam]

Completed the R A MacAvoy trilogy with Raphael and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970361.

[Tamara]

Finished Woman of the Ashes by Mia Couto.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Susan]

Just starting The Code of the Woosters. Should be fun!

[Torry]

I'm currently reading the latest Stephen King novel, The Outsider.

Before that, I read the first three volumes of the 'Something like' series (Something Like Summer, Something Like Autumn, Something Like Winter).

[Jason]

Love in the Age of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

His writing his FRICTIONLESS!

[John]

I just finished reading Batman vs. Two Face a graphic novel by Bill Finger and rated a 4 out of 5 stars.

[sea]

I recently finished reading The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin.

I just posted the review on my blog: http://inkblottings.com/reader-review...

Feel free to check it out if you’d like, and let me know what you think! :)

[sonya]

From potter's field. 6-18-2018

[sonya]

Now reading Malcolm x

[Tamara]

I read Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard.
I thought it was good as far as it goes, but I wish she had developed it a little more by suggesting how we can transform the power structure to make it more conducive to feminist principles.

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

To read more of my reviews, you can go to my website at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com where I have over 130 book reviews.

[Pam]

Re-read book 1 of Mary Renault's two book series based on the myth of Theseus - The King Must Die: A Novel - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2423816387.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of Mary Renault's Theseus series - The Bull from the Sea - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2431484129.

[Stephen]

Just finished Call of the Morrigú definitely enjoyed it.

[Pam]

Read book 1 of Tanith Lee's Secret Books of Paradys - The Book of the Damned and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2432456016.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of Tanith Lee's 'The Secret Books of Paradys' - The Book of the Beast- and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2432456637.

[Tamara]

I read There There, an incredibly powerful novel about urban Native Americans. It is Tommy Orange's debut novel and it is spectacular. It's one of the best books I've read all year. The voice is strong, full of rage, and gut-wrenching. Highly recommended.

My five-star review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

You can see more of my reviews at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

[Jenna]

Oh Michelle, I'm with you. Big ol' stack of books and not enough summer...

[Pam]

Read two very different books:

Memory by Margaret Mahy, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437971448

The Exile Waiting by Vonda McIntyre, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437987231.