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[Patty]

I’m currently reading Kill Creek by Scott Thomas.

[Janice]

I just finished reading one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "An Ideal Husband" and loved this one too. :) For the rest of June, I will be reading some days I missed for reading the Bible chronologically, and then it's time for Jane Austen July!!! <3

[Linda R,]

Janice wrote: "I just finished reading one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "An Ideal Husband" and loved this one too. :) For the rest of June, I will be reading some days I missed for reading the Bible chronologically, a..."

sounds delightful.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Aussie journalist, reporter, and writer Rick Morton bared his family's soul in his memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt. His childhood in far outback Queensland sounds like something from a couple of hundred years ago.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of One Hundred Years of Dirt

[PattyMacDotComma]

Malala Yousafzai isa another inspiring Little People BIG DREAMS book from Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. The Taliban tried to assassinate Malala, but she recovered and went on to become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Malala Yousafzai with several illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

A road trip to track down an unknown father and perform at an international comedy festival. What could possibly go wrong? The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson follows twelve-year-old Norman, his mother, and an old codger to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Don't trust me - many readers just loved this one!
3★ Link to my review of Norman Foreman

[PattyMacDotComma]

Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land, by Métis author Toni Jensen, is a collection of powerful essays and stories about dispossession, trafficking, gun violence and general abuse of and disregard for the First Nations peoples of the Americas.

Jensen has had quite a life and shares it, warts and all.
4★ Link to my review of Carry

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I read Moll Flanders last month with the group and will be reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall this month. I really thought something light and fun would be good between those two. I am currently reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling . This is a book that I really thought I already knew. I have read "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and seen the Disney movie. Surely I already knew about Kipling's jungle stories. Wrong. The Jungle Book is delightful! It is fun and so original. I have partially read the book and am so glad that I squeezed this book in between the two group reads.

[Wreade1872]

Finished The Doctor of Souls by W.Kobold Knight [4/5] review a very interesting manipulation of the Yellow Peril genre.

[Nente]

Lynn, I think the kids' editions of The Jungle Book sometimes leave out some stories, keeping only the Mowgli storyline.
But it is good! Kipling was masterly in the short form, not always the case with his longer works.

[Mary]

I just finished The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!

[Mary]

I just finished The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!

[Luke]

Since I last posted, I've started and/or finished:

A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood
The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal - Afua Cooper
All This, and Heaven Too - Rachel Field
A Bell for Adano - John Hersey

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - the first in the Jackson Brodie series
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - the science fiction classice, first in the Xenogenesis series (also called Lilith's Brood)

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nente wrote: "Lynn, I think the kids' editions of The Jungle Book sometimes leave out some stories, keeping only the Mowgli storyline.
But it is good! Kipling was masterly in the short form, not always the case ..."


Nente, thank you for the hint. I am actually reading a full version on kindle.. I double checked it by the Project Gutenberg website. I even have the lovely older illustrations. I may have just posted the link to the default version that Goodreads has up now.

[Terry]

Aubrey, I would love to know what you think of All This and Heaven Too. It’s been on my TBR for some time.

[Luke]

Terry wrote: "Aubrey, I would love to know what you think of All This and Heaven Too. It’s been on my TBR for some time."

Well, Terry, I'm about a quarter way through, and it's reading very much like a Brontë work turned historical fiction that's been rather simplified in terms of character complexity and narrative digressions, albeit not unpleasantly so for the most part. I have a feeling that the thus far much hinted at main plot event/historical incident will be the true test of the author, so I'll be able to more satisfyingly develop my thoughts once I've reached that point in the narrative.

[Terry]

Thanks, Aubrey! I will stay tuned.

[Janice]

This afternoon I just finished A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde and started Lady Susan by Jane Austen July. This is my 2nd time reading it.

[Nente]

My 6-year-old joined the children's library nearby and is feeling his way around. The first time he was kinda embarrassed and took out only one book about how medieval Russian castles were built (?), but seemingly enjoyed it. Now he gave it back and picked up an Eric Carle illustrated book for the younger brother, a newly-issued kids' book about flying houses that I haven't yet had time to look into, and 101 Dalmatians which we are reading a chapter a day, with me reading aloud and discussing. I foresee a need for discussion, too, because Cruella is scary enough for him to be really frightened.

[Heather L]

Finished We'll Always Have Paris: Stories by Ray Bradbury, an enjoyable collection of short stories I have been working through the past month. A couple of my favorites were “Pieta Summer,” “A Literary Encounter,” and “Un-Pillow Talk.” “Ma Perkins Comes to Stay” was quite humorous, and contains the prophetic line, “How many other[s]...are starting the same fight tonight, doomed to lose at last, as he lost, because the rules of logic have been warped all out of shape by a little black evil electric box?” While Bradbury was referring to the radio, it could just as easily apply to televisions and cellphones. I believe this has been especially evident the last few years.

I have read several books by Bradbury since last autumn, and am finding I quite like his writing, whether contemporary short stories such as this collection, dystopian (Fahrenheit 451, which I reread last year), or even science fiction (of which I am usually not a big fan). I think my absolute favorite so far is Dandelion Wine. I have found a few other books by him available on YouTube, and have actually started listening to The Illustrated Man, another short story collection — like I don’t have enough of those in progress right now, LOL.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished what is easily my favorite book of the year so far


Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

[Lucija]

Nente wrote: "My 6-year-old joined the children's library nearby and is feeling his way around. The first time he was kinda embarrassed and took out only one book about how medieval Russian castles were built (?..."

Oh my, his choice made me chuckle, so sweet. Reminded me of my first encounters with the wonders of libraries. My aunt used to take me in the library and I could choose a book or two. Definitely one of my favourite childhood memories. I love it when parents and family encourage reading in early childhood. It's a great way to create bonds and memories. I wish you good readings and discussions with your little ones.
P.s. Sending you all greetings from sunny Dalmatia!

[Nente]

Thanks Lucija! Oh, does this dog breed actually originate in Balkans? How did I never think of that.

[Lucija]

Yes, it does. Its home of origin is Croatia, but to be more precise - the region of Dalmatia, after which it was named.

[Janice]

Today I finished reading Lady Susan by Jane Austen for a prompt for Jane Austen July. This was my 2nd time reading it and I loved it even more than the 1st time. Tomorrow I will begin reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen for one of the group read along and I will also be reading The Best Of Jane Austen Knits: 27 Regency-Inspired Designs by Amy Clarke Moore. I hope to get some Christmas gift ideas. :)

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Janice wrote: "Today I finished reading Lady Susan by Jane Austen for a prompt for Jane Austen July. This was my 2nd time reading it and I loved it even more than the 1st time. Tomorrow I will begi..."

I also loved Lady Susan. I thought it was very funny.

[PattyMacDotComma]

South Australian author Garry Disher's recent book Consolation is my favourite kind of writing. Perfect for place, plot, and people. This is rural Australia where crooks think they can get away with murder.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Consolation

[PattyMacDotComma]

A Little Bit of Courage is all you need to fly high! Author/illustrator Claire Alexander created cute little "Ploofers" to show kids how to learn to be brave.
5★ Link to my review of A Little Bit of Courage with many illustrations

[Charles]

I've just started reading "The Atlantis Plague" (the 2nd in the Atlantis trilogy by A.G.Riddle). The first Sci-fi book I've read in years. I had the "Atlantis Gene" for my birthday and couldn't put it down and felt compelled to buy the other two in the trilogy.

[Nente]

I'm reading Sunlight on Cold Water. Françoise Sagan is usually to be relied upon for short and sweet, but this time I'm starting to feel disappointed, both in the setup with its casual treatment of depression, and in the further developments...

[Kathleen]

Ah, too bad about the Sagan, Nente. I agree she can usually be depended on for nice light reading. I will steer clear of this one.

I am reading The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau. Oh my. It is so, so good!

[Janice]

Lynn wrote: "Janice wrote: "Today I finished reading Lady Susan by Jane Austen for a prompt for Jane Austen July. This was my 2nd time reading it and I loved it even more than the 1st time. Tomor..."

I think it is too and I think it would make a great play. :)

[Wreade1872]

Finished Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees [2/5] review, which was a chore to get through, didn't work for me at all.

Still reading Kon-Tiki by Thor Heryerdahl which i'm much happier with :) .

[Heather L]

July has somehow turned into the month of short story collections. Finished one mystery, Letter From Home by Carolyn Hart, and five collections of short stories:

* We'll Always Have Paris: Stories by Ray Bradbury
* The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie (for an AC reading group)
* The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (found a free audiobook on YouTube)
* Original Short Stories - Volume 01 by Guy de Maupassant
* Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith


Maybe this is why I’ve had such difficulty getting into Pere Goriot...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Heather L wrote: "July has somehow turned into the month of short story collections. Finished one mystery, Letter From Home by Carolyn Hart, and five collections of short stories:

I've got a weakness for short stories, too, Heather.

Indigenous Aussie author Adam Thompson's recent collection of short stories is spot-on. The fifteen stories in Born Into This take place in Tasmania, but the problems and challenges are nation-wide.

Well worth reading.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Born Into This

[PattyMacDotComma]

Derek B. Miller has given Sheldon Horowitz, his elderly protagonist from Norwegian by Night, a great back story in How to Find Your Way in the Dark. Sheldon wants to kill his father's murderer, but he's only 12.
Loved it!
5★ Link to my review of How to Find Your Way in the Dark

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished a couple Science-Fiction/Fantasy books:


Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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

and I started reading a mystery/suspense book from Down Undah:


Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

[Scott]

I am a quarter of the way through The Magic Mountain, but I just don't see what all the fuss is about. If it is a philosophical novel, the ideas, so far, are rather pedestrian. If it is a character novel... it needs more original characters. It certainly is not suspenseful, or humorous, or moving. It's just a long drudge of a novel. Maybe it is better in the original German?

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the original gangster novel:


Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Mike Hammer novel:


My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane

[Luke]

Since I last posted, I've started and/or finished:

Waiting for the Barbarians - J.M. Coetzee
Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
Ladies Coupé: A Novel in Parts - Anita Nair
Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry

[Dawn]

I'm reading snow blind by Ragnar Jonasson. It takes place in Iceland. It's a little slow, which drives me crazy, but I plan to finish it. I just hope the pace picks up!

[PattyMacDotComma]

I'm a fan of picture books that will prompt ongoing conversations between grown-ups and children. Together Again: A Story About Joy by Kochka is about a little boy who's about to burst with anticipation!
4.5★ Link to my review of Together Again with several of the exuberant illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

I knew I'd enjoy Elizabeth Strout's latest book, Oh William!, and I was right. She knows people inside and out, and it is a delight to be caught up in her stories.

This is Lucy Barton's memoir, but you don't need to have read My Name Is Lucy Barton first. It's a standalone.
5★ Link to my Oh, William review

[PattyMacDotComma]

I must read more Jeffery Deaver! I enjoyed his latest Amazon Original Story, Cause of Death, which could easily have been deveoped into a novel. While the title may not be unique, the cause of death certainly is.
5★ Link to my review of Cause of Death

[PattyMacDotComma]

My Name is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde will be enjoyed by her fans. I also think younger readers would like this story of a young man in love.
3★ Link to my review of My Name is Anton

[Charles]

I've just started reading Hemmingway's Chair by Michael Palin. I read this quite a few years ago not long after it came out however, as I'm currently been watching the BBC's series on Hemingway and the re-running Mr Palin's Hemmingway Adventure I've decided to read it again. I enjoyed this book 1st time 'round but combining it with the BB re-runs I'm finding it even more enjoyable.

[Wreade1872]

Finished Kon-Tiki by Thor Heryerdahl [5/5] review which is only my second 5-star book this year, the other being We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel, Freshwater, but I think other readers will enjoy The Death of Vivek Oji more than I did. Love, sex, acceptance.
3.5★ Link to my . . . Vivek Oji review

[PattyMacDotComma]

"Revolutions never start at the top." Aussie social psychologist Hugh Mackay has studied and written about the Australian community for decades. The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism is a terrific resource for anyone wanting to make a difference, not only in Australia.
4.5★ Link to my Kindness Revolution review