What are you reading? - 2021 Showing 201-250 of 1,104

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Kade's Dark Embrace and The Buried Book. Currently, I'm working on Dark Resurrection which I hope to finish by the end of the toppler.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea and We Begin at the End.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Kristie wrote: "I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea and We Begin at the End."

I LOVED The House in the Cerulean Sea< Kristie! What did you think?

[PattyMacDotComma]

They broke the mould when the Artist Known as Prince came along. This is another of the Little People BIG DREAMS series. Author Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrator Cachetejack have produced a bright, appealing children's book
4.5★ rounded up Link to my Prince review with several illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

I do love a good short story, so I'm glad that Amazon is publishing originals from many different authors. In the Empty Quarter by G. Willow Wilson is a scary little cautionary tale I enjoyed.
4★ Link to my review of In the Empty Quarter

[Sharon]

Hold Back the Nightis my current read. It is the first book in a new (for me, at least) thriller.

[Kristie, Moderator]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea and We Begin at the End."

I LOVED The House in the Cerulean Sea< Kristie! What did you think?"

I thought it was great. All the characters really grow on you.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and gave it 4 stars. It was the entertainment I was expecting, but I found in it so much more! Pleasantly surprised.

I'll start today a non fiction book, The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. It is a book club pick. The author is virtually visiting our local library next month, and we also plan to attend the meeting.

[Janice, Moderator]

I didn't finish my final book for the toppler Dark Resurrection so I will continue it. I will resume my buddy read Fool's Assassin today.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I am going back to my reads that I paused for the toppler, A Caller's Game for review, Hillbilly Elegy for my real life book club, and The Shadow of the Wind for the buddy read and yearly challenge.

[Roz]

Now that the Toppler is over, I'm reading for the Challenge. I've got The Beekeeper's Apprentice on my kindle (loving it) and have to start listening to The Four Winds.

[Katrisa]

Post-Toppler I read The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender which was a lovely magical realism. I enjoyed it very much

[PattyMacDotComma]

Kristie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea and We Begin at the End."

I LOVED The House in the Cerulean Sea< Kristie! What did you think?"

I thought it was great. All the characters really grow on you."

The DO grow on you, although you almost don't expect it. Wish we could actually work like this with kids.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Return to the Most Beautiful Village in the World is a bittersweet follow-up to Japanese artist Yutaka Kobayashi's previous two picture books about a little boy who left his war-torn village in Afghanistan.

Kobayashi says we must inspire the children!
4.5★ Link to my Return to ... review with many illustrations

[Dem]

Finished Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag by Monika Zgustová

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3193612316

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished my pre-toppler reads that I had set aside. Fool's Assassin and The Weight of Lies.

Later today, I'll start Witness in Death on audiobook and Triptych on ebook.

[Dem]

Finished The German House byAnnette Hess

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3847106520

[Sharon]

I finished A Better Man and have started Silent Night for my Museum challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

Change of plans. I crawled into bed with my iPad, looking forward to starting the Kindle edition of Triptych only to discover that I had downloaded the audiobook. I checked the library and found that the ebook has a hold and it doesn't have the cover I need. I'm currently listening to another audiobook so I decided to read Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster instead. I'll read Triptych when I'm finished my current audiobook.

[Renee]

I am in a book dessert. Nothing i pick up is exciting me. I may have to resort to picking up an old favorite for a reread. I think I hear Agatha Christy shouting at me.

[Katrisa]

Renee wrote: "I am in a book dessert. Nothing i pick up is exciting me. I may have to resort to picking up an old favorite for a reread. I think I hear Agatha Christy shouting at me."

It's always fun to revisit favorites!

I started The Forty Rules of Love finally. It is the book longest on my GR TBR and I keep putting it in spots for challenges, but then not getting to it even though I really do want to read it! So I am glad that I am finally checking this one off my list!

[PattyMacDotComma]

I finally read the first book of the much-loved Monkeewrench mystery series by mother-daughter duo P.J. Tracy. People and plot were every bit as good as I was told. I'm delighted there are more!
5★ Link to my Monkeewrench review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Heartstone is the fourth in the excellent Matthew Shardlake historical mystery series set in King Henry VIII's very bloody England. Author C.J. Sansom seems to know his stuff (excuse the academic terminology) about the wars of the time.
3.5~4★ Link to my Heartstone review

[Kristie, Moderator]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I finally read the first book of the much-loved Monkeewrench mystery series by mother-daughter duo P.J. Tracy. People and plot were every bit as good as I was told. I'm ..."

I really enjoyed that one, then never read any more in the series. I may have to re-read it.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Witness in Death. This has got to be my favourite book in the series so far.

Tomorrow, I will start Triptych on audiobook.

[uncomfytomato]

I started listening to The Lies We Told today, about halfway in.

I finished Poisoned I was so disappointed, It was so bad that I had a hard time finishing it. I'm so glad its over.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Hello Friend We Missed You won The Guardian's 2020 Not the Booker Prize competition. I liked the real Booker winner better this year - Shuggie Bain - but Richard Owain Roberts IS a good writer, and it's nice to see Wales represented.
3.4★ Link to my Hello Friend review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Six Word Story: Stories, Memoirs, Poems and Jokes all written in only six words. is the second book of clever, quirky "stories" by Doug Weller. There's a competition you can enter, too. Fun to try making them up.
4★ Link to my Six Word Story review with a few stories included

[Jan Mc]

Finished listening to Phil Collins read his memoir, Not Dead Yet: The Memoir. Not overly impressed. I guess the ups and downs of the rich and famous are not my thing.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster and have spent a bit of time reading about the disaster online as well. It's all rather fascinating.

I started Wicked All Night which I hope to sneak in before we start our buddy read for The Kingdom of Copper.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Triptych on audiobook. I'm not sure that I will continue with the series. I enjoyed the story, but I have so many series on the go as it is, that I doubt I'll get to this one. If I do, it won't be on audiobook. I appreciate that the narrator sounded like he was reading Dick Tracy, but I didn't love it.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I love mysteries based in Ireland. Strange Flowers is a curious, intriguing story by the talented Donal Ryan.
4.5★ Link to my Strange Flowers review

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm going to start The Good People for the group themed read as it is set in Ireland.

[Dem]

Finished The Push

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3832151998

[Dem]

Finished Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3523263550

[Renee]

Dem wrote: "Finished The Push

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3832151998"

Den thanks for the review, My F2F group is considering this. You have helped me to decide what to vote

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Wicked All Night last night, and have killed my first series of 2021. Granted it was a trilogy, so easy to kill. Series like In Death with 50+ books could take forever.

I'll be joining the buddy read for The Kingdom of Copper. It's also a trilogy.

[Peggy]

I just finished a Dutch historical fiction book, Nachtblauw (Midnight Blue) which I really enjoyed. I read it for the museum challenge.

I have now started Tea & Bee's Milk: Our Year in a Turkish Village for the monthly challenge. It seems like it will be a quick and fun read.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power, which was very interesting. I'm also attending a virtual meeting with the author at the end of the month.

I'm reading now The Pull of the Stars for the month theme.

[Renee]

I am reading Les Misérables. It has so much more than the musical. It is huge but I am enjoying it

[PattyMacDotComma]

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a brand new favourite! It's hard to believe this is Marianne Cronin's first novel. Wonderful characters and story.
5★ Link to my review of One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

[PattyMacDotComma]

I just enjoyed Aussie author B Michael Radburn's second Taylor Bridges mystery, The Falls. Creepy murders in the Victorian bush.
4★ Link to my review of The Falls

[Sarah]

I've read quite a few self help books over the last couple of months. The standout one was Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN. Great narration by the author too. I also listened to The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage which was also really good. Her voice is not so great if you want to be lulled to sleep though. It was a good accompaniment to doing jigsaw puzzles though. I am currently listening to The World According to Physics. I'm having to relisten to each chapter though to grasp what they are saying and I've slowed the speed down a bit. Haha. I am also reading Abaddon's Gate for my museum spree.

[Dawn]

Self help books are fun, I love Brené Brown. All her books on vulnerability are good. Though I really like Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.

Have you read any Mark Manson?? Not sure if they are right for your current mood but I thought they were good.

[Sarah]

Yes I''d like to read Daring Greatly. I'm aware of Mark Manson's work, not read any yet. I''m definitely interested in them wo i'll check them out at some point.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Good People on audiobook yesterday and will start Through Black Spruce today. It will go towards my museum challenge.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I finished The Pull of the Stars yesterday, and we are still discussing it in its thread.

I started The Survivors.

[Dem]

Finished The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3854318303

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finally finished A Caller's Game. It was really good. I wish I had more time to sit with it because I think it is one that would be good to read in a big chunk or two instead of spread out over a long period of time. It was action-packed like a movie.

I'm now going back to The Rose Code, which publishes today. Then, happily returning to Holding. Once again, I have too many books going.

[Sharon]

I am reading The Open House. It is different from what I thought. It has been a bit slow starting and the MC is a bit unlikeable to me but it is heating up.

I am also reading All the Devils Are Here. This will catch me up on the Louise Penny series. I can’t wait for the new one to come out.