What are you reading? - 2020 Showing 601-650 of 1,457

[Kirsten]

I'm reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[Peggy]

I started the group read The House at the Edge of Night

[Gavin]

I'm reading The Rise of Endymion

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Murder on Black Swan Lane tonight. I do enjoy a historical mystery but I seemed a bit distracted and my attention kept wandering away.

I will start The Girl and the Stars tomorrow. It's a new 2020 release and will fit my trivia challenge.

[Dem]

Just finished and enjoyed House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family


My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3352791609

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Eon. That was one long tedious read. Glad it's over! Moving on now to the themed read, The Night Watch.

[Grainne]

I started reading On the Edge of the Night. I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. It was a great read and a really interesting perspective on the lives of women in Afghanistan.

[Cherie]

I am listening to The House at the Edge of Night, one of the group read books.

[Travis]

I have began a book dun dun dunnnn

IDK too much excitement

I'm into reading about now topics so I've picked up
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

It's so relatable. I actually have seen myself go from the I'm not racist and white men are the new minority because of equal opportunity hiring to understanding that white privilege is a thing. I'm not racist but I was. We all have prejudice from our environment and have to work to identify it and not pass it to the next generation. Honestly if the Trump presidency has done nothing else it has allowed me to grow as a person as I continue to try to put myself in others shoes as best I can

[Travis]

I should say I am not a racist. I'm not sure anybody is 100% without some racism. It's just human nature. I try to be cognizant of my actions to not discriminate while working to teach my children to treat all people fairly regardless of race sex gender religion etc.

[Travis]

How about I actively work towards treating people equal. Call it what you want. Everytime I post and read it it sounds weird to me

[Sarah]

You are making sense Travis. Loud and clear. Good on you for picking a book up and a relevant one too.

[Travis]

I was writing while the book was telling me why being white makes you racist so I got paranoid. It's the definition of being racist. It doesn't have just one clear definition which is why it is kind of hard to just say I am or am not racist. And I agree with that

[Cherie]

Your remarks make sense to me too, Travis.

[Travis]

What I think we're really dealing with these days is regardless of whether discrimination towards any people is increasing or decreasing it's the smartphone. You can't hide . There's a push to talk about the taboo. Depression sexual abuse I mean you name it there's now photos, videos, texts. Uncomfortable topics are forced in our face. You can try to avoid it but good luck. I keep seeing people talk about this broken world. The world has been broken you just aren't allowed to ignore it. And to be honest I think the white male is the most scared by all of it. Let's face it in the white man's world equality equals more power for others and less for the white man. It's only natural to fight it. Who wants their control taken away

I don't even know if that's exactly where this book is headed I got on a roll and lost my original thought. Didn't plan for a tangent

[Sandra, Moderator]

I'll start today Year of Wonders.

[Dem]

Finished and loved The Green Mile by Stephen King

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3373643302

[PattyMacDotComma]

This is another Black Lives Matter bit of history. Taboo, by much-awarded Australian Indigenous author Kim Scott, is a contemporary story about a massacre site that is considered taboo for the local Noongar people. It's in SW Western Australia. (the bottom left corner of the country) Pretty strong stuff.
4★ My review of 'Taboo'

[PattyMacDotComma]

On a considerably lighter note, I enjoyed a delightful short story, by Amor Towles who wrote the highly acclaimed A Gentleman in Moscow. This story, A Whimsy of the World, is a real treat. Trust me. Read it and enjoy!
5★ My 'Whimsy' review, with a link to the story

[Cherie]

Thank you, Patty, for the link to the wonderful story of Ellie and her Whimsy! I loved it.

[Renee]

I have made a hard descion. I am readingY is for Yesterday. I have put this one off because I don't want to say good bye to the chars in this book.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Girl and the Stars today. It's a new release and I was a bit disappointed. I'm not sure if I will continue on in the series when the next book is published.

I will start Age of Legend tomorrow. I have all the books in the series now and can read them pretty much one right after the other.

[Cherie]

I finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It got my five stars!

[Lilisa]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "On a considerably lighter note, I enjoyed a delightful short story, by Amor Towles who wrote the highly acclaimed A Gentleman in Moscow. This story, [book:A Whimsy ..."

Nice review and thanks for link. Just read it - a great companion for insomnia. What a delightful whimsical story :-)

[Sarah]

I finished Going Postal for the monthly challenge. Pratchett was exactly what I needed right now. It was a fun read. Now moving on to Night Watch for the group theme read and twisted trivia. The first chapter has already drawn me in and bring loads of questions to mind.

[Ayacchi]

I'm reading The Long Walk by Stephen King and don't care anymore how it'll end. I just can't put it down. It's different from the two of his books I read before where there were unknown creatures. I think that's one of the reason why I enjoy it. I hope it won't disappoint me.

[Esther]

Lately, I listened to the 4 novellas of the Murderbot Diaries series, starting with All Systems Red. They were a really fun listen. I recommend highly to all Sf fans.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished Little Creeping Things and thought it was ok. I felt like it might have been enjoyed more by a younger audience because the main characters were high schoolers and had, at best, the equivalent decision making ability.

I am more about 2/3 through The New Husband and I'm annoyed with the mom.

I just started All the Broken People for the monthly challenge. I'm only about 4% in, but I'm afraid I'm going to find it frustrating. I think it will be too many books in a row where people just don't make good decisions or think things through well and trust the wrong people. I tend to get frustrated when I have to say, "Why would you do that?!" too many times.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "I finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It got my five stars!"

I was sure you was going to like it, Cherie! I'm glad you did.

[Margo]

Sandra wrote: "Cherie wrote: "I finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It got my five stars!"

I was sure you was going to like it, Cherie! I'm glad you did."

That's my book club read for September. Glad to hear such praise of it :-)

[Renee]

Sarah wrote: "I finished Going Postal for the monthly challenge. Pratchett was exactly what I needed right now. It was a fun read. Now moving on to Night Watch for the group theme read..."

Sarah there is a wonderful televison show starring Claire Foy of Going Postal. If you can you should watch it. It was as funny as the book.

[Renee]

Sandra wrote: "Cherie wrote: "I finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It got my five stars!"

I was sure you was going to like it, Cherie! I'm glad you did."

I also had a feeling you would love it.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "That's my book club read for September. Glad to hear such praise of it :-)"

I think you will like it, Margo. I don't know how good is the audiobook, and that can make a difference, but it is a great read. The descriptions make you want to go to the marsh...

[Sarah]

Esther wrote: "LKately, I listen to the 4 novellas of the Murderbot Diaries series, starting with All Systems Red. They were a really fun listen. I recommend highly to all Sf fan."

I really enjoyed the firat book. The others are still aa bit expensive but I'll definitely be reading the rest of them when I get a chance.

[Sarah]

Renee wrote: "Sarah there is a wonderful televison show starring Claire Foy of Going Postal. If you can you should watch it. It was as funny as the book."

I did not know that. Thanks Renee, I'll check it out.

[Lilisa]

Finished The Thirty Names of Night - using it for my yearlong challenge, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... The author is Zeyn Joukhadar, who wrote The Map of Salt and Stars - one of my all-time favorites.

Finished the short story A Whimsy of the World by Amor Towles last night (recommended by PattyMac - thank you). What a delightful and whimsical story by the author of another all-time favorite book - A Gentleman in Moscow and his Rules of Civility was also a five-star read.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Of course I knew I'd enjoy a trip to Botswana with Alexander McCall Smith's Mma Ramotswe and her No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third enjoyable book, and there are more!
4★ My "Morality" review

[Dem]

Finished and enjoyed The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3172763224

[Cherie]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Of course I knew I'd enjoy a trip to Botswana with Alexander McCall Smith's Mma Ramotswe and her No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third e..."

I always enjoy seeing what Mma Ramotswe is up to, Patty. I am up to book #18. I had her on my trivia challenge but she got bumped off for another book set in Africa.

[uncomfytomato]

I finished The Final Empire a few days ago
Here's my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Its really hard to do something when you are going through anxiety and stress but I decided to force myself and read This Savage Song Hopefully this will provide a good distraction.

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope that book is good distraction, Bash!

[Grainne]

@Cherie @Sandra @Margo I read Where the Crawdads Sing with my book club in Seoul. It got my 5 stars too. I am glad you liked it too. The imagery, the pace, the storyline, the way the characters find out the different plots, it’s a thumbs up from me too.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I fell in love with the marsh, Grainne. :)

[uncomfytomato]

Janice wrote: "I hope that book is good distraction, Bash!"

Thank you, Janice <3

[Dem]

Finished The Ninth Child

www.goodreads.com/review/show/3370943415

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished Year of Wonders and rated it 4 stars. I didn't really like the ending, mostly because it seemed took from a different book, but those last 20 pages don't ruin the whole book, which was a wonderful historical fiction.

I will start today Once Upon a River

[Peggy]

I'm in the mood for some fantasy and I want to read a paper book. That gives me one option: Age of Myth

It's a reread. I read it some years ago when it was the only book in the series published. Now the final 5 books are out as well, so it's a good time to refresh my memory and work my way through the series.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished 2 books yesterday:


Age of Legend which is book 4 of the series Peggy mentioned above. I now have the next 2 books so can finish this series.

I also finished the group themed read, The Night Watch.

I will start 2 new books today: Wizard's First Rule on audiobook and The Amateur Marriage in paperback.

Wizard's First Rule is 34 hours long, so that should keep me entertained until the toppler starts.

I actually started The Amateur Marriage last night. It starts out in 1941, the same year as The Night Watch ended. Both books were dealing with WWII, just on different continents. I don't think Amateur Marriage stays there long though.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Greta Thunberg is a young girl who has inspired people all over the world. Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara has told her story here for children, all of whom should know about her. . . and so should their parents!
Link to my review of 'Greta Thunberg' with illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

Slonský's First Murder by Graham Brack is a free short story that's a prequel to his popular series about my favourite clever and amusing Czech detective.
Link to my 'Slonsky' review which includes a link to the story online