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[Christine]

I finished my 26th book

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Sympathizer by Asian-American author Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, so I thought War + Big prize = Heavy (UGH).

But I loved a preview chapter of his follow-up, The Committed, so I bought this first book and loved it! Some brutality, yes, but funny, informative and thought-provoking.

Plus, it's easy to read. You don't need a thesaurus or a history degree. 😊
5★ Link to my review of The Sympathizer

[PattyMacDotComma]

She Doesn't Want the Worms! Ella no quiere los gusanos: A Mystery is a delightful early language book by Karl Beckstrand and talented illustrator David Hollenbach. Kids will laugh and learn Spanish (and so did I) in this cute book.
4.5~5★ Link to my Worms review with lots of illustrations

[Christine]

I finished my 27th book

[BLynne]

Hello. I am currently reading Blood Lines by Tanya Huff and A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin. Then I am listening to The Girl Who Drank the Mood by Kelly Barnhill.

[Woman Reading]

The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré. It's #2 in the Karla trilogy and one not to skip for those who have read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But it can still be read as a standalone. There's an evocative sensation of time and place, but the themes are timeless.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3910667894

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved Trent Dalton's first book (Boy Swallows Universe), which was largely autobiographical. There's no question he can write.

All Our Shimmering Skies is good, but I was spoiled by what I know he is capable of.
3.5★ Link to my Shimmering Skies review

[Hershey]

I am currently reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Tammy]

Currently rereading Texas by James A. Michener over one thousand pages.

[Esther]

I have finished The Dictionary of Lost Words which was very good so I rounded up to 5 stars but it was really only 4.5
Now I have started Greenwich Park.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I finished The Rose Code and thought it was excellent. my review

I am now reading The Drowning Kind and The Things We Leave Unfinished and enjoying both.

[Emrys]

I finished reading and really liked it. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I’m currently reading The Songbook of Benny Lament and I’m really loving it. The writing is amazing, and the characters are very engaging. I also can’t help thinking that this would make a great film while reading it.

[PamG]

Here is my review of Crimson Lake Road by Victor Methos. It's the second book in the Desert Plains series.

4 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Julie]

Just finished a few biographies. Both blew my mind. Made such an impact on me that I still think about their stories!

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Julie wrote: "Just finished a few biographies. Both blew my mind. Made such an impact on me that I still think about their stories!"

Whose biographies were they, Julia?

[PattyMacDotComma]

I just enjoyed Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart, number five in the series. It's April 1917, just before America enters WW1, and the sisters are off to army camp with another colourful character.
4.5★ Link to my Kopp Sisters review

[PamG]

I finished Serpentine by Laurell K. Hamilton. This is # 26 in in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jessica]

I am currently reading 5 books in the moment

Tale As Old As Time

Heartless

No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

[PattyMacDotComma]

I'm sadly nearing the end of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. Number 15 is A Better Man. Freezing spring floods threaten Three Pines and Montreal.
4.5★ Link to my review of A Better Man

[PattyMacDotComma]

Summer Brother by Dutch author Jaap Robben was a good read and has just been longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize.
4★ LInk to my Summer Brother review

[Dem]

Finished Finding Rebecca

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3903821012

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I just read Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook: Quick and Easy High-Protein, Low-Sugar, Healthy-Fat Recipes for Lifelong Health

I thought this cookbook was really good. I need to be on a low-carb and low-sugar diet, but I'm always trying to find ways to increase my nutrition (and my fiber). This was a good blend of low-carb (not Keto low, just lower than average) and Mediterranean. It looks to have some good recipes.

my Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook review

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[Esther]

I have just finished
The Dictionary of Lost Words
An enjoyable 4.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Emrys]

I finished The Songbook of Benny Lament

My review: 5 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I’m now reading The Girl He Used to Know

[PattyMacDotComma]

The title story of These Precious Days: Essays, by Ann Patchett is a novella-length essay about her amazing and unexpected friendship with an artist who is a personal assistant to Tom Hanks.

The book itself is due out in November - here's a link to the story, free online.
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/01/t...

I thought it was wonderful! 5★ Link to my review of These Precious Days with a few of the paintings

[Dem]

Finished The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3930418963

[Christine]

I finished my 28th book

[Woman Reading]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

I can see why this is regarded as a classic of American literature. The explicit sections should have been pretty explosive stuff in the early 1960s. So my intellect can appreciate it, but my heart did not.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3928681107

[Christine]

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Can’t link on my phone, but I’m reading Later by Stephen King. It’s getting really good.

Edited to add link: Later

[PamG]

I finished The Cleaner by Mark Dawson. My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is the first book in the John Milton series.

[PamG]

I finished a crime thriller: Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Emrys]

I’m currently reading the third book in the Mortal Instruments series, City of Glass

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I'm currently reading A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and The Things We Leave Unfinished.

[Christine]

I finished my 29th book

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I finished A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. I thought it was great.

I'm still reading The Things We Leave Unfinished, but also reading Mother May I and just started The Perfect Daughter.

[Tammy]

I'm currently reading PARACOSM: Bleath: The Hauntings byAnya Allyn interesting description and book idea.