What are you reading - 2020?

[NancyJ, Moderator]

Parker wrote: "NancyJ, we already cook most of the recipes in the book (my husband is the rice maven in the family). There are a couple of things I do want to try, so we'll see how it goes😀"

My husband has been getting creative in cooking lately, which is sometimes wonderful, but often unhealthy. I bought a pork tenderloin, which is very lean and tender, and he breaded and fried it to make schnitzel. I try not to complain, because I'd hate to discourage this hobby.

[Linda]

Please stay safe all of you and especially you Ella! Thanks for your contributions in advance!

[Linda]

I Finished the woman in the window last night. For some reason, even with all of this extra time, I have not been reading much.
I liked it, but because of the accusations, I can't say that I can give it a high grade. I'm going to begin my review with a recommendation that the reader began with the other person's book. I can only hope that that sort of publicity begins to make up for what they say he has done. Other than that, it was a very fast read and while I saw the ending coming, I still thought it was good. So now I am starting work on a book club book that did not happen but since I had it on my shelf and we chose it, I will read it anyway. It's by Monica Lavin, and the book is called "I, the worst of all". It's the story of Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, one of the first mestizo writers in Spanish America. An onteresting figure. For this month, which will also not happen, it's Mayra Santos Febres' "Gardel's Lover." As well as getting into Hitchhiker's Guide, but I got the audio, so need tome to begin it without any prokects or work, to focus on it

[Chris]

Just finished Gardens of Water by Alan Drew. A tragedy and clash of cultures story set in Turkey after the 1999 earthquake. The story is voiced through Sinian, a conservative Muslim Kurd who is resentful and fearful of the American Christians who have set up a camp for the displaced and how it impacts his family. There is a lot going on in this novel even a Romeo & Juliet (sorta) storyline.

I mention this book as I read the discussion on whether someone from outside the ethnic or racial group can write a story centered on them. Alan Drew lived in Turkey but is definitely not Kurdish or Turkish; yet I thought he did a good job of getting into the make-up of Sinian's and others characters.

I am currently reading A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay and for an intellectual challenge that is quite interesting & readable: The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today by Bryan Doerries.

Stay well everyone!