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[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the collection of mostly-autobiographical short stories about the author's time served in Siberian prison camps


Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical collection of reminiscences about his time wandering around in the American West


Roughing It by Mark Twain

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Not My Baby by Anya Mora

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Catch by T.M. Logan

[Denise]

I just started 3:
The Sun Also Rises
London
The Age of Innocence

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Fiona (Titch)]

Currently reading - Leslie Wolfe

[Ági]

George and the Unbreakable Code by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Mother's Fault by Nicole Trope

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished reading the Urban Fantasy novel


Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

[Rosalyn]

The march of time cannot be halted, and its pace seems faster now with our culture today. It can be scarily easy to forget the past, the invaluable gift that is history and what it can teach us about ourselves and where we've yet to go. Reading this book made me more appreciative and aware of the sacrifices our forefathers made. David McCullough wrote a taut, nerve-wracking, inspiring account of the first fraught year of a fledgling peoples, of seemingly insurmountable odds, which through Providence and chance, were surmounted on the last day of 1776, and brought about the turning of the tide.

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

[Elizabeth]

Rosalyn, thank you for your wonderful review of 1776 by David McCullough. My local public library has several of his books, and your review helped me realize I need to act on my desire to read him.

[Elizabeth]

I am currently about halfway through Murder at Lambswool Farm by Sally Goldenbaum. It is the 11th book in the Seaside Knitters Mystery series.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Night She Disappeared by April Henry

[Elizabeth]

I'm still struggling with Murder At Lambswool Farm by Sally Goldenbaum. I have about 100 pages to go.

[Gina]

I'm reading Bird Box by Josh Malerman

[Christine]

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

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Esther]

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

[Ági]

And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave

[Christine]

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

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the fifth Philip Marlowe book


The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

[Rosalyn]

tldr version of my review below:



Over 100 years since its publication, The Age of Innocence remains timeless in its acute and elegantly written insights on oppression reinforced by often arbritrary, pointless social rules, the power imbalance found within gender and social class dynamics, love, and the painful sacrifices that one must make in pursuit of freedom. Is living dutifully and honorably mutually exclusive with living for oneself? Wharton takes a pessimistic view on the question, as most her novels end with the characters conforming with and defeated by social pressure.

Wharton depicts people confined in a cage of their own making, whether it be remaining complacent in one's situation or choosing "right" over "good". The last two chapters perfectly summarize the central themes and motifs of the book, a pervading sense of wistfulness and what if's, a missed connection. The most romantic parts of the book are also the saddest, a hidden gaze held across the room, restrained yet revelatory fireside conversations, and OH MY GOD the gaze across the shore, the longing!! the yearning!! the pining!! give me more!!!

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

[Rosalyn]

The writing is fine, it's the plot I have an issue with. It's just so...bland. The mystery is not scary or intriguing, because the stranger writing in the diary is barely mentioned. The rotating POVs don't enhance the story much, with plenty of repetition of the same scenes just with slightly differing perspectives. The identity reveal of the villain is so incredibly underwhelming, i read it and was like...them? that's who the killer is? the red herring characters also aren't scary either. The stakes of this story is low, and for how much I like murder mysteries, this was so boring.

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

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the foremost Swedish vampire novel


Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Night Shift by Stephen King

[Rosalyn]

This is not the most plot-heavy book, but it makes up for it with expert characterization and tension-filled atmospheric writing. The visceral fear I felt reading this, OMG! It would've been even more immersive if I read this during a snowstorm to match the book's setting. I'm very impressed with how elegantly and poetically Sierra conveyed the nasty, ugly, frightful stink of fear and rage, and the uniquely female experience of navigating motherhood and womanhood in the face of society's judgement.

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

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding

[Leona]

The Widow Spy by Megan Campisi

[Elizabeth]

A Promise for Miriam by Vanetta Chapman

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding

[Elizabeth]

I am still reading A Promise for Miriam by Vanetta Chapman. Miriam is an Amish teacher. I was a Special Education teacher for many years, as well as a tutor. I haven't quite decided how I feel about this story and the characters involved.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding

[Elizabeth]

I'm still trying to finish A Promise for Miriam by Vanetta Chapman. It's a good book--interesting and relatable characters, storyline/plotline is strong... I'm just struggling to get through it...I want to know how the threads come together.

[Alan]

Esther wrote: " A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik"

Hi Ester,
I'm currently reading this too as an audiobook through audible. How are you enjoying it so far? I'm not terribly far into it, just on Chapter 3 right now but the book seems to have promise.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Getaway by Jim Thompson

[Elizabeth]

Today I finally finished A Promise for Miriam. Since Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates is a short book, I was able to read it, and now I have started Love's Unending Legacy by Janette Oke

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass

[Shannon]

I am listening to

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

[Elizabeth]

I'm currently reading Murder Wears Mittens by Sally Goldenbaum.

[Christine]

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Booker Award-winning historical novel set in 1960s rural India


The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

[Christine]

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs

[Rosalyn]

Dark, theatrical, atmospheric, classic Gothic horror done right. It is deceivingly hard to write in the tone of a different period and describe the setting of a bygone era, but the Victorian era is Purcell's playground, you can tell she feels comfortable in it and writes beautifully without it being too flowery. The horror elements are gradually introduced, a shadow that grows darker and encompasses more as you read on, spinechilling.

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

[Elizabeth]

I hope to finish A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle tonight. Every year I tell myself that this year I will read the Time Quartet...every year I read the first two books and then...life happens. This year I am actually going to complete my goal.

[Jill]

I have recently started the Veronica Speedwell novels and am addicted. I’m currently on An Impossible Impostor and just hit the big OMG moment. Can’t wait to see what happens next!

[Elizabeth]

I finished A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle last night.
I started Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet? by Charlene Ann Baumbich this morning. The first time I read this was in 2002, and I related more to the middle aged Katie. Now I am relating more to the senior ladies in the Happy Hookers group.