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[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Letting Ana Go by Anonymous

[Christine]

[Debbie]

The Alchemyst I am almost done with this one and am trying to figure out my next book. I would appreciate it if anyone could give me a recommendation from the "Who" portion of the "Magical Mystery Tour" challenge.

[Rosalyn]

Colossal effort and care was put into chronicling this colossus of American industry, an engaging and insightful read that reveals the man behind the curtain. Chernow neither villainizes nor sanitizes Rockefeller's character or ascent to supremacy in the oil business, through the author's expert guidance, we clearly see the building blocks to his success, whether it be the circumstances of his childhood that propelled him away from what he was escaping, or his natural traits and Puritan work ethic that drove him towards wanting and acquiring more and more.

my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Pulitzer-Finalist


Basin and Range by John McPhee
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors by Stephen E. Ambrose

[Leona]

Started In the Shadow of the River by Ann H. Gabhart

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Science Fiction classic


Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous

[Rosalyn]

Plaintive, meticulous, elegantly simple prose that belies a whirlpool of suppressed emotions swirling under the surface, a game with unspoken rules, where more is revealed through silence than words.

full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Calling Maggie May by Anonymous

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

[Leona]

The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood I won on GR.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte

[Christine]

[M]

Finally finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
Currently reading Rogue Protocol and The Expert System's Brother

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the second Kenzie & Gennaro mystery


Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and then I quickly finished the first McNally mystery


McNally's Secret by Lawrence Sanders
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

then I started reading the sixth Easy Rawlins book, which is a prequel to the series


Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley

and I also started reading


Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

[Gina]

I just started the books The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and We

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Trust No One by Paul Cleave

[Denise]

I'm reading Demon Copperhead, Braiding Sweetgrass, and There, There

[Rosalyn]

Before the Wright brothers flew onto the scene, the idea of men in flight had been inspiring to some and ridiculed by most, with authorities in science dismissing it as "a chimeral dream, but how many inventions have we seen realized which have been pronounced impossible".

McCullough elevates this chronology into a dynamic story, filled with colorful side characters, dramatic backdrops from the isolated sand dunes of the Outer Banks to the height of Belle Epoque Paris, and cultural and social context for how the brother’s ideas were conceived and received by the public in a time of bold and rapid industrial expansion and invention.

my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ági]

George and the Big Bang by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking

[Rosalyn]

A tragic story where the culprit was also the main victim. A feeling of impending doom pervaded each page, atmospheric, immersive writing, I could feel the lashing wind whipping around me like I was really standing at the cliff of Hope's End.

my full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[KSMary]

I'm trying to decide if I should start Yellowface or Dear Edward next?

[LittleRhodyReader]

Currently reading: The Inheritance Games
Just Finished: The Things We Leave Unfinished

[Denise]

KSMary wrote: "I'm trying to decide if I should start Yellowface or Dear Edward next?"

I've read both. I loved Dear Edward. I thought Yellowface was just ok

Hope this helps

[KSMary]

Denise wrote: "KSMary wrote: "I'm trying to decide if I should start Yellowface or Dear Edward next?"

I've read both. I loved Dear Edward. I thought Yellowface was just ok

Hope t..."

I finished both starting with Yellowface. Probably not as good as some of her other works from what I heard but did make me uncomfortable in places. Dear Edward was amazing. Probably one of the best books that I've read so far this year!

[Woman Reading]

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

An inside look at the personality cults of two major figures in China's history, glamor, glitz, war profiteering, political machinations -- this book was not what I had expected.

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

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Collective by Alison Gaylin

[Woman Reading]

King of Scars

Leigh Bardugo returns to the Grishaverse with a duology on the multi-talented, silver-tongued Nikolai Lantsov. I really liked Nikolai who had been introduced in Siege and Storm and provided much needed humor. Because of my curiosity about his future, I skipped past the Six of Crows duology which is set between Alina Starkov's trilogy and Nikolai's novels.


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

[Woman Reading]

Rule of Wolves is the "final" book in Nikolai Lantsov's journey as King of Ravka.


Leigh Bardugo had left her ending with enough room to suggest a sequel. Does she have any plans to return to the Grishaverse?


My review -

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

[Christine]

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the sixth book in the Easy Rawlins series


Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started the pulp noir classic


A Killer Is Loose by Gil Brewer

[Rosalyn]

This book is expertly written and extensively researched, Millard's introduction of Arab, African, Asian and European peoples converging in East Africa, their politics, customs, and histories were all laid out satisfactorily without it being tedious, not to mention the vivid descriptions of the vast and varied land and its abundance of exotic floral and fauna. It was bolstered by firsthand accounts from Richard Burton, an ethnologist and explorer who was as equally fascinating as the cultures he studied. A dangerous and thrilling place that didn't suffer fools gladly (I'm looking at you, John Speke), and that served as a proving ground for European explorers to test their manliness and defend their easily wounded pride (see Liz Lemon eye roll below).



full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosalyn]

This was a first rate mystery thriller, at one point, listening to the audiobook - which is the best way to read this one btw, it's a full cast w/ sound effects, the whole nine yards - I caught myself thinking it was real, like I was really listening to a true crime podcast.

full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown

[Christine]

[Woman Reading]

The Girl in the Dark by Zoë Sharp

This is the follow-up to the fantastic debut of Blake, an unconventional hero, and Byron from The Last Time She Died.


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

[Dawn]

Holmes,Marple,Poe;Fourteen Days;HowJesus Became God

[Elizabeth]

I am currently reading two books. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, and Perfect Love by Tracie Peterson.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the second book in the Xenogenesis series


Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the first book in the Space Trilogy


Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

[Rosalyn]

Tantalizing, dread inducing buildup, but a severely disappointing reveal, ending with some weird, confusing, spiritual, "it was all a dream/sharing a consciousness"-like situation, where the satisfaction of a resolution was snatched from the reader.

full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished Neil Gaiman's first solo novel (actually a novelization of a BBC TV series he was involved with)


Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Clockers by Richard Price

[Maria]

Just finished and boy did I love it! Highly recommend!

[Christine]

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the final installment in the steampunk fantasy series The Books of Babel (which would make a great Netflix series in the right hands, by the way)


The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the standalone fantasy novel


Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the pulp crime classic


A Killer Is Loose by Gil Brewer
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fifth Philip Marlowe novel


The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

[Christine]