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message 1: by Linda (last edited May 03, 2023 07:10PM) (new)
May 03, 2023 07:04PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
I finished my last Booktopia book The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan The Glass Chateau. It is so good.
I'm moving on to Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor Age of Vice. I started this one earlier on audio but quickly got lost, so I dropped it.
Finished listening to The Presidents Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives by Brian Lamb The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives
Got about 88% through Brendon Slocumb's newest Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb Symphony of Secrets when it disappeared (was returned) from my iPad. I also have the e-book from the library so I'll finish that as soon as I'm done with Vice.
My next audio will be a book of poems Above Ground by Clint Smith Above Ground
AND only 2 more chapters of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote. Already know where I'm going for my next chunkster-a-chapter-a-day. Stay tuned.


message 2: by Becky (new)
May 05, 2023 04:50AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Deluge Deluge by Charmaine Wilkerson & Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes Someone Else's Shoes ( 1st May book) & currently reading The Secret Book of Flora Lea The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry -Very excited to meet the author on Mother's Day at our local indie book store !


message 3: by Julie (new)
May 05, 2023 09:00AM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments I finished "Season of Migration" - a strange and wonderful novel about VanGogh's months in a Belgian mining village as a lay preacher, told through letters to his brother. Sad and compelling.


message 4: by Linda (new)
May 05, 2023 07:52PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote.

I will continue to read chunksters (tomes) that I own one chapter a day, but I won't be starting a new book until I get home from Booktopia. Already have the next one picked out.


message 5: by Britany (new)
May 06, 2023 10:37AM

Britany | 828 comments Looks like there might be duplicate threads for this Linda- reposting here, if you want to delete the other one.

Finished The Wishing Game The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer by Meg Shaffer

Out 5/30-
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8: by Becky (new)
May 13, 2023 07:13PM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished The Secret Book of Flora Lea, loved it & read a quick, light book, Opposites Attract & currently reading a Book Browse book- Banyan Moon


message 9: by Linda (new)
May 14, 2023 10:33AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor Age of Vice and listening to The Wisdom of Morrie Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by Morrie Schwartz The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully.
Next up are Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Frankenstein for my book group and the listen will be Solito by Javier Zamora Solito


message 15: by Linda (new)
May 23, 2023 07:43PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
I finished listening to a book of poetry read by the author Above Ground by Clint Smith Above Ground. Very easy to listen to and definitely relatable.


message 16: by Becky (new)
May 25, 2023 06:24AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Banyan Moon by Thao Thai ( very good) & started I Have Never (First Comes Love, #2) by Camilla Isley ( light & easy)


message 20: by Linda (new)
May 31, 2023 12:02PM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Covenant of Water. I felt it is worth the ten-year wait. Also finished listening to American Sirens The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics which I highly recommend.
Now moving on to When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon When We Had Wings and already started listening to The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9) by John Banville The Lock-Up


message 21: by Becky (new)
Jun 02, 2023 06:44AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished I Have Never (First Comes Love, #2) by Camilla Isley & currently reading An Island Summer by Jenny Hale


message 23: by Linda (new)
Jun 07, 2023 11:59AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
I finished When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon When We Had Wings and listening to The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9) by John Banville The Lock-Up.
I've started Tom Hanks' new book The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. For listening I went back to one I didn't finish in order to get it off my "reading" list Trump is F*cking Crazy (This is Not a Joke) by Keith Olbermann Trump is F*cking Crazy:


message 25: by Becky (new)
Jun 09, 2023 07:01AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished An Island Summer by Jenny Hale & currently reading Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks


message 27: by Linda (new)
Jun 14, 2023 10:30AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished listening to a book that has been too long on my "reading" category: Trump is F*cking Crazy (This is Not a Joke) by Keith Olbermann Trump is F*cking Crazy:

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

Next listen The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Celebrants


message 28: by Becky (new)
Jun 14, 2023 11:37AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks & currently reading an arc from Book Browse All You Have to Do Is Call by Kerri Maher


message 30: by Linda (new)
Jun 19, 2023 11:09AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Finished The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.

On to tomorrow's book discussion book Chronicles of a Radical Hag by Lorna Landvik Chronicles of a Radical Hag


message 31: by Becky (new)
Jun 24, 2023 05:57AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished All You Have to Do Is Call by Kerri Maher by Kerri Maher & currently reading The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel by Kristin Harmel


message 32: by Linda (last edited Jun 28, 2023 12:26PM) (new)
Jun 24, 2023 10:44AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Started listening to Drowning by T.J. Newman DrowningIt's narrated by Steven Weber and Laura Benanti (she plays Melania on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

Reading The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot


message 35: by Becky (new)
Jun 28, 2023 03:54AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel by Kristin Harmel & I finally finished listening to A Promised Land by Barack Obama by Barack Obama....started at arc- The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner by Jennifer Weiner & listening to The Light We Carry Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama by Michelle Obama ( my while I walk book)


message 36: by Linda (new)
Jun 28, 2023 09:35AM

Linda | 3112 comments Mod
Reading The House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan The House of Lincoln. Nancy Horan has never disappointed me!


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