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[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas: A Special Collection of Joyful Holiday Stories by Jack Canfield

[Rosalyn]

I'd advise one to read The Age of Innocence (AoI) first, published in 1920, and The Glimpses of the Moon, published two years after. If the first book dealt with (feigned) naivete and ethical struggles, the second features a cast of characters who are unabashedly themselves, or use their shamelessness or blasé attitude to hide their woes, their callousness a shield.

This book is more jaded, missing the earnestness of true passion and forbidden love from AoI to induce sympathy from the reader. Instead, I felt...

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Stupendous book. Only David McCullough can make me interested in reading about construction projects LOL, because as is his writing mantra, he made the narration of its history about the people. Getting to know the different personalities and idiosyncrasies and genius of the makers of the Canal was just plain fun! These were men with infinite will and verve, whether they had a shovel in their hand, or penning legislation, making medical discoveries, crafting arguments, drumming up financial support or capturing the public's interest.

The Panama Canal is a...

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My second Hardy book of the year, and seeing a pattern. Hardy women are martyrs, suffering so that other characters - and by that, i mean the male ones - can learn and grow. Not to say that Hardy's book wasn't feminist in its own way. Tess is strong and resilient, though it erodes over time, and maintains a quiet dignity (for awhile anyway), or is it just useless suffering in silence, and there's much critique of the arbitrary law of society that suppresses or shames natural feelings (see: institutional Christianity!!). The end result though, is....

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Good bones of a book, I even cried a little at times. I really believed in the closeness of the family, that even after tragedy, they leaned on each other instead of falling apart. However, after sitting with this book a couple days, I realized the main character is kind of...inconsequential to the story. He wasn't...

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I didn't expect it to be so philosophical, pleasantly surprised. Don't start it expecting sci-fi or horror. Rather, through Jekyll + Hyde's written confession, it ruminates on the dominant or budding psychological theories of its day, the ego vs the id. Couple that with the moody, misty London city and a crime, and strange things behind closed doors, you have one of the first detective novels. The idea of...

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[Woman Reading]

Finally set aside time to write my review for

vThe Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson


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[Woman Reading]

I finally pulled the Murderbot Diaries off of my TBR list -- starting with All Systems Red by Martha Wells,

I shouldn't have waited so long; these are great.

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[M]

Woman Reading wrote: "I finally pulled the Murderbot Diaries off of my TBR list "

I flew through this series so fast! So much fun!

[Jamie]

I am currently reading The Book Thief so far im like it especially since its from deaths prospective and i am also reading Strays Like Us at the same time

[Jamie]

Christine wrote: ""

this is such a good book ive read it this summer

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Navy Christmas by Geri Krotow

[Christine]

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Remember Her Name by Lisa Regan

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Stolen Daughters by Carolyn Arnold

[Christine]

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Hide and Seek by Mary Burton

[Ági]

[Rosalyn]

My mouth was agape starting around 70% of the audiobook. Please do not expect a serious thriller going into this. When this book starts ramping up, it's a one way ticket to cuckoo town. There were plenty of plot holes or convenient non-explaining / accepting of implausible situations to move the plot along, but I didn't mind; there were so many loose threads to pull, I just rolled along with it, relishing in the ridiculousness. Here are all the predictions i had while reading:

1. The husband killed the wife, but out of guilt, blocked the memory/is living with amnesia
2. The husband and wife are BOTH dead, and the island is purgatory
3. The wife is alive and is framing her husband (the seems the most obvious choice, but is it?)
4. Lesbian cult

There were some genuinely...

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The premise sounded so amazing, I had high expectations. However, this reads more like a YA sports romance than an adult book, in that the pleasure in reading this was not for the in depth exploration of the main characters' psyches - especially pertaining to sports psychology or the effects of childhood trauma on one's motivations or outlook on life- or the beautiful prose. Rather, if you enjoy...

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Saddle up! I'm crazily impressed at what Gamerman has managed to wrangle into her debut book, the various subject matters as vast as the Montana plains, extending from the prehistoric Clovis people to the year 2020, where we see the end of a contentious legal battle between the proverbial David and Goliath(s) of modern day Montana.

This book covers not only the history of Montana settlement, but also...

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The sepia-toned photograph of the Lusitania transforms to vivid color and animation through Larson's narration, recollecting the Golden Age of travel on the fastest and most prestigious ocean liner. Not to be upstaged, Larson's dive into the...

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[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Shark by Mary Burton

[Anna Rachel]

Currently Reading: Dune #1 by Frank Herbert (audio book, day 8 71% completed) & The Medicine Woman of Galveston (ebook, day 4 30% completed)

[Bray]

Currently reading How My Neighbour Stole Christmas Someone recommended listening to the audiobook while reading and it's the best decision I made!

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Christmas Promise by Lindsay Gibson

[Anna Rachel]

New week new books! current enjoying Eggnog Murder & not-so-enjoying All by My Elf

[Christine]

[Susan, Games & Events]

Finished Too Late by Colleen Hoover earlier today and started Shari Lapena What Have You Done.

[Christine]

[Christine]

[[deleted user]]

Listening to The Reformatory by Tananarive Due.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

[Gina Marie]

I've started Demon Copperhead. My goal is to finish it before the end of the year.

[Anna Rachel]

I'm currently reading Gray After Dark and it's been okay but not as enjoyable as I was hoping.

[Christine]

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hey everyone, new year, new Currently Reading thread! We can't wait to see what you're reading.

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