Your Reads - currently reading or finished (2022)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Kristine wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I'm currently reading The Lincoln Highway . I'm a little more than half way through and so far it's really good. I am having ..."

I'll be sure to pop back in when I finish. Should be a couple of days.

[QueenAmidala28]

Shuggie Bain - not what I expected.

[Arushi]

i'm currently reading the song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[Christine]

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[Cammy]

Finished The Rose Code drama & mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Bluest Eye ⭐️⭐️
The Surgeon's Daughter I thought this book was better than the 1st. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Into the Storm by Suzanne Brockmann

[Rachel]

I just read:
The Gilded Ones a YA fantasy by Namina Forna who was born and raised in Sierra Leone. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An empowering feminist read, here is my review

[Georgie’s]

Currently reading Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Don't Make a Sound by T.R. Ragan

[Christine]

[Rachel]

House of Stone by Zimbabwean author Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is an award-winning novel covering the history around the decades of the formation of Zimbabwe as a new nation, in particular the Gukurahundi massacres which followed. ⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

[QueenAmidala28]

I’m reading Gideon the Ninth, Olga Dies Dreaming , and Babel.

[Rachel]

I just read:
The Happiest Little Town by Aussie author Barbara Hannay which is a feel good found family story about a small town theatre group, a country romance and a new life. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

[Teresa]

Reading Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts! Excellent!

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Midnight Dunes by Laura Griffin

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just finished Santa's Little Yelpers. I really enjoy this series.

my Santa's Little Yelpers review

[Kristie, Moderator]

I am now starting The Ex Wives.

[Cammy]

What a busy month!
Finished reading:
The Last Watch⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fast pace action.

The Giver⭐️⭐️⭐️ I didn’t like the open ending.

What She Saw⭐️ I felt like the detective work was missing.

The Woman in the Library⭐️⭐️ A story within a story, confusing.

On the Rooftop⭐️⭐️Family drama

Final Girls⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I definitely didn’t see that ending coming, such twists!

The Woman in Cabin 10⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fast pace. I was thrown how Lo figured out the mystery.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Taming the Texan by Jules Bennett

[Rachel]

Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan is a beautifully written story set in the mountains of Bolivia where 12 year old Ana and her family struggle to mine silver and eke out an existence, highlighting plight of children forced to work just so their families can eat. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

[Bubblegum Princess]

Finished reading The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐ !
Here's my review of it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[QueenAmidala28]

Reading , , and

[Cammy]

Finished Our Missing Hearts sad and relatable ⭐️⭐️⭐️

All's Well a bit strange, perfect for October ⭐️⭐️

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Best Friend: A Novel by Jessica Fellowes

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

[Kristine]

Currently, I am Reading: , , , and

All, are books I started, but am unable to read much due to my Mom is very sick. So, nice to get a chance and Reading + 🎧 The Attic Child

[Cammy]

Finished Memorial⭐️⭐️
The Hollows

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just finished The Ex Wives and thought it was great. Very tense domestic thriller. My review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[nightowl_stacks]

Currently reading:

After searching for a while, I happened upon this interesting series...It wasn't on my to-read list, but you gotta make exceptions when you gotta make exceptions. But on a serious note, the book is actually quite interesting. It's about a school for the princes and princesses and villains of the fairytales and stories we heard/read about as children. Two girls from a village are chosen to go to the school, but rather than the "apparent and obvious" choice for which one is "princess material" and which one is "villain-like", the girls are switched and end up in the wrong schools.

Last book (which I abandoned halfway through because I just couldn't take another page of the lack of self-respect and dignity the main character had):

[Rachel]

Blue Label by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles is literary fiction set in Venezuela about teenagers on a road trip, trying to find a way to deal with the collapse of a country around them. I found it well-written and engaging. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished Lavender House. I thought it was great. It blended historical fiction and mystery really well.

my Lavender House review

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called A Little Country Christmas by Carolyn Brown

[Christine]

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[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann

[Kirsten]

Just started A Family Affair by Robyn Carr and continuing The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

[Cammy]

Finished
The Paris Apartment⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I really enjoyed this mystery
Falling Glass ⭐️⭐️
The Descent⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Such a vivid imagination to bring the underworld to life
Come with Me⭐️⭐️⭐️It was interesting

[Rachel]

The Angry Women's Choir by Australian author Meg Bignell is an empowering feminist read about Tasmanian housewife Freycinet Barnes who joins a choir of women which meets to sing out their anger and heartache. She meets a cast of zany characters who help her deal with the curly challenges life throws her way and band together to promote freedom from oppression. Here is my review

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Sugarplum Way by Debbie Mason

[Rachel]

I just read The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn which is a historical fiction based on the story of Lyudmila Pavlichencko, a Ukrainian sniper known by the Russians as Lady Death for her part in fighting against the German invasion of her homeland in WW2. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called That Holiday Feeling by Debbie Macomber

[Christine]

[QueenAmidala28]

Just finished The Winter Duke and finishing The Daughter of Dr Moreau.

[Rachel]

The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell is a quirky tale of aging disgracefully, set in an Australian retirement village. The only bright spot in 79 year old Peggy’s beige life is watching eligible widower Brian walk past in the mornings until her glamorous mad-cap childhood friend Angie makes an appearance and turns more than just Peggy’s wardrobe upside-down. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review.

[Rachel]

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is a beautiful, award-winning collection of short stories set in India or Bangladesh, or involving Bengali immigrants to the US. It is poignant, insightful, full of loss and longing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review.

[Kirsten]

I finished The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe yesterday. I've also been reading The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont, which so far is not nearly as enjoyable as The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Hope at Christmas by Nancy Naigle

[Rachel]

The Bleeding of the Stone by award-winning Libyan author Ibrahim al-Koni is a short book about a shepherd living in the Sahara desert. It has strong environmental themes about species extinction and reads like a Bedouin folktale with a dose of magical realism and Sufi mysticism. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review