What are you currently reading?

[Carmen]

Lisa, the books you’re reading now sound very interesting!🤔 Books I might like to read!!👍🏽

[Lisa]

Carmen wrote: "Lisa, the books you’re reading now sound very interesting!🤔 Books I might like to read!!👍🏽"

Carmen - the title of yours sounds interesting, and it's on Kindle Unlimited, so I may pick it up. I'm afraid The Murder of Mr. Ma is a DNF (did not finish) for me. I hung in longer than usual because it's an interesting concept, but found myself disliking the protagonist, and disliking the book. Not saying it's a bad book AT ALL. The writing is largely quite good, but I need to be invested in the main character and care about them to keep reading.

[Carolyn]

Randall wrote: "I’m nearly finished reading “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson. A tragically serious history book filled with fascinating details and sadness."
This book is on my to read list. Thanks much for the tip.

[Carmen]

No. Haven’t read it yet. Have a nice summer!!! ☀️🕶️

[Joan]

Ruth wrote: "Any Riley Sager fans? Has anyone started Middle of the Night?"

Not his best but still very good...worth reading.

[Luz]

I’m reading the Lion Women of Tehran by M Kamali. I’m a member of the Book of the month and this is my pick for June

[MaryJo]

Randall wrote: "I’m nearly finished reading “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson. A tragically serious history book filled with fascinating details and sadness."

I am a great admirer of Victor Davis Hanson, who has such tremendous insight into history and what significance and lessons it has for us today.
One of the tragedies is, humanity never learns the lessons for long.

[Rita]

MaryJo wrote: "Randall wrote: "I’m nearly finished reading “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson. A tragically serious history book filled with fascinating details and..."

Randall wrote: "I’m nearly finished reading “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson. A tragically serious history book filled with fascinating details and sadness."

I'm a great admirer of Victor Davis Hanson, too. He is a great patriot.

[Carmen]

Almost finished with Tune in Tomorrow by Melanie Benjamin!!’

[Geraldine]

He is way over my head, but I’m watching Victor Davis Hanson on YouTube.

[Randall]

Victor Davis Hanson also has a podcast on iHeart, TuneIn, and Apple. It’s titled the Victor Davis Hanson Show. I particularly enjoy his remembrances of his family’s history growing up on a farm in rural Fresno County where he still lives

[Geraldine]

Thanks ☺️ I’ll look him up

[Susan]

I just finished Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. It was rather terrifying to read about all of the bad things that happen to our body and brain when we don't get enough sleep.

I just started Holly by Stephen King and There There by Tommy Orange.

[Susan]

Heather wrote: "I am just starting The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles for book club…."

My dad and I both really enjoyed it.

[Shirley]

Great book Heather. I also loved it.

[MaryJo]

Geraldine wrote: "He is way over my head, but I’m watching Victor Davis Hanson on YouTube."

He is deep alright! I find it easier to read copies of his lectures at universities and colleges such as Hillsdale than to read his books.

[Robert, Head Geezer]

He’s a very intelligent fellow with great insight and common sense. I guess that’s why he hasn’t run for office.

[MaryJo]

Robert wrote: "He’s a very intelligent fellow with great insight and common sense. I guess that’s why he hasn’t run for office."

laughter.

[Lisa]

Started and finished re-reading Jennifer Crusie's Fast Women yesterday. Trying to decide whether to re-read her Maybe This Time or look for something similar. Her books are lighter, always filled with humor, and while oriented around a romance, seem more realistic than the genre as a whole.

[Carmen]

I’m reading Not My Father’s Son a memoir, by Alan Cumming.

[gwen graves]

I'm just going to start, the book "A Game of Proof by Vicary

[Courtney Raine]

Ruth wrote: "Any Riley Sager fans? Has anyone started Middle of the Night?"

I love MOST of Sager's thrillers. I just finished Middle of the Night. Did you read it?

[Suzanne Lopes]

I’m reading a book from Charlie Donlea called The Suicide House. It has been hooked. I literally cannot put the book down but unfortunately I work so I have to put it down. As soon as I get home from work. I jump in the shower, eat a quick dinner and back to the book. Every single book that this author has written is AMAZING!! If you read one of his books you’ll see what I’m talking about.. 😊 📕 📖 📚 😍

[Kellie]

Charlene wrote: "The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden. My new favorite author. I have been reading her books since January."

I like her too. I have read The Inmate and now I am hooked.

[Kellie]

Ruth wrote: "Any Riley Sager fans? Has anyone started Middle of the Night?"

I love him. I've only read Home Before Dark. I loved it.

[Joan]

Kellie wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Any Riley Sager fans? Has anyone started Middle of the Night?"

I love him. I've only read Home Before Dark. I loved it."

I've read it. I gave it 4 stars. It was good but I don't think quite up to Home Before Dark.

My review is as follows:
An interesting read although I felt as though at times it was a bit slow and chatty. I did like how it all worked out (without giving any spoilers).

I felt right at home with the setting of a suburban cul-de-sac in New Jersey. Fortunately the one I live in the middle of has far less excitement going on than the Hemlock Circle of the story.

The story begins with 10 year old Ethan and Billy who are best friends and enjoy camping out in Ethan's backyard in a tent and sleeping bags on Friday nights. On one July night Billy disappears and Ethan was sleeping and can't remember if he woke up and was aware of what happened to Billy. He didn't just wander off because there is a slice cut in the tent from the outside. So someone took Billy! But what happened then?

[MaryJo]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry looks interesting. It was offered in e-book format at a very reasonable price so I decided to risk it.
The ratings are very good and apparently it has been quite popular - not that popularity necessarily means a good read for me.
Otherwise enjoying George Bellair's British series from the golden age of the mid-twentieth century. Inspector Littlejohn and his assistance Cromwell are well developed characters and the plots well thought out.

[Luz]

You have been very busy. I’m just watching a movie on Netflix. It’s about 3 seniors that do robberies. It’s name The Green Gloves ladies. It’s a comedy.

[MaryJo]

Luz wrote: "You have been very busy. I’m just watching a movie on Netflix. It’s about 3 seniors that do robberies. It’s name The Green Gloves ladies. It’s a comedy."

Share how you like it.
I haven't started the Unlikely Pilgrimage yet, and actually it takes me quite a while to get through books because I read a couple at one time.

[Luz]

Great, enjoy!

[Carmen]

Luz, the Netflix movie sounds like a movie I would watch and enjoy. I’ll check it out! Have a great weekend 😍

[Ricki]

The Fifth Season. Looked at best books in the century thus far and this one interested me. I usually read the most current books.

[Carmen]

Ruth, thank you for the book suggestions! Have a great week 🙂

[Geraldine]

I’m reading Crazy Red Moon by Lucy Merrill. She was an author on Roberts previous group.

[Luz]

I have no knowledge of the book.

[Luz]

I love thrillers.

[Geraldine]

It’s subtitled. “A mid century mystery “. It’s set in a southern town in the 1960’s and revolves around a young female reporter solving a couple of murders in their town .

[Wanda]

I'm currently re-reading Fahrenheit 451. I tried the audiobook but the narrator, Tim Robbins, just was soooo distracting, so I pulled out my physical copy and it still amazes me how Ray Bradbury saw so much of what was coming!!

[Susan]

I'm reading Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar -- quite good so far, and a thriller called The Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane, which is not so good.

[Luz]

I’m not a fan of Audiobooks but I’m a bookworm. Love reading and like to hear
What others are reading.

[Carmen]

Luz, I’m reading 2 books which I rarely do! One is a memoir by Alan Cumming called Not My Father’s Son and a Thriller by Ann Rule called The I-5 Killer based on a true story!

[Luz]

Wow Carmen you are really catching up on reading. Keep it up.

[Joan]

I am currently reading, What Have You Done by Shari Lapena.

[Luz]

I just ordered three books. It end with us, mother daughter, daughter other, and the third I really don’t remember the name.

[Susan]

I'm still reading Martyr! by Akbar, but also started Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron. It's about a runner in Rwanda during the Tutsi and Hutu conflict who's trying to reach the Olympics. The Girl Who Disappeared Twice was just as disappointing as it seemed it was going to be. :-D

[Luz]

Hi Ruth, I just purchased It End with Us but still reading Husbands which is pretty funny.

[Luz]

Ruth I haven’t heard of that book The silient women. Is it a thriller?

[Courtney Raine]

Joan wrote: "I am currently reading, What Have You Done by Shari Lapena."

I LOVE Shari Lapena!

[MaryJo]

One of my current reads is A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.
This is wonderful, uplifting little read, perfect for the 20 or 30 minute sit down with a cuppa.

[Kellie]

I'm reading Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark.