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Trim 2024 - Welcome and Challenge Planning
There are two books which I was planning to read this month, but I have a full load and might decide to do a buddy read for these two. I'll keep you posted.Valley Forge
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Joy D wrote: "Amy, I just added my 2024 Trim List to message 19.I have included the following buddy reads:
*3 Lady Tan's Circle of Women Lisa See - *buddy read w/ Amy
*5 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov - *buddy w..."
Ooh, a buddy read with you on The Bastard of Istanbul is great!
We won't discuss how long I've had that book sitting in a TBR Tower on my nightstand.
BnB - Would love to have you join me in reading Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table. Another I've had moving from TBR Tower to TBR Tower for too long. At one point I had 2 copies as someone gave me one and I'd bought a copy! Needless to say I kept the gift and gifted the one I bought.
Theresa wrote: "BnB - Would love to have you join me in reading Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table. Another I've had moving from TBR Tower to TBR Tower for too long. At one point I had 2 cop..."
It is supposed to be the trim for this month, but I have so many others I want to read, plus my last two birthday candles which I would be quite embarrassed not to finish. That I'm thinking I should put on the 2024 trim instead.
Amy wrote: "Sue - Got it this time. It was there before, I have no idea how it slipped off. But we are good to go.You're doing a great job keeping it all straight!
Thank you! I do have a strength in executive functioning, but I could use every bit of help in catching what I missed. Now I am on the wrong thread for this, but Theresa and BnB are here. Speaking of, I have to figure out what number Tender on the Bone is, which shouldn't be so hard to figure. But - T and B, Survivor and Amazing Race tonight. I watched them both six days late and wanted and needed to talk to you! On TAR, I was so upset and freaking at the end of the pit stop. I couldn't breathe!!!! I was literally having a heart attack because I thought the contestant was going to have a heart attack. The person's child was screaming at the father SO much (disguised in case there is anyone left who is watching but not caught up and there is more than one of these left). Anyway, the poor guy, I really thought he was going to collapse and die on the spot and I was literally screaming!!! Its just a race! I had a heart attack myself watching this go on. The child lost all perspective and therapist mind was like, this is going to be a tough therapy with the guilt the adult child is going to have to endure! Just for my sanity, did anyone else have this reaction? Am I alone in this? I am barely recovered from that.
Amy wrote: "Thank you! I do have a strength in executive functioning, but I could use every bit of help in catching what I missed. Now I am on the wrong thread for this, but Theresa and BnB are here. Speakin..."
So I added a buddy read of Valley Forge at #10 and Tender at the Bone with Theresa at # 16.
Amy, I'm sorry I can't help you because I only watch Survivor and not TAR.
Amy wrote: "Thank you! I do have a strength in executive functioning, but I could use every bit of help in catching what I missed. Now I am on the wrong thread for this, but Theresa and BnB are here. Speakin..."
I was appalled. You are not wrong. The contrast between the 2 parent child relationships we have watched all season was at its apex in that episode. This week was a great episode btw, even though the contrast of those 2 parent child relationships was very front and center.
Did you follow that, Amy?
P.S. tender is the bone is near bottom of my list. Oh and Survivor good tonight too.
At tribal council now! Commercials have the poor father almost drowning! I may not be able to stomach this. How I adore the other set! I pray they win!!!!
I watch Survivor tomorrow night. So don't say anything.
Not a word. Everybody is alive on TAR. At least for now. I hope when she looks back on this that she is ashamed that the world is watching her behaving this way. I think about how we have group members who have lost people recently or who are losing people now. I think about friends of mine who are going through this with loved ones and parents. I really hope she sees this and experiences a deep level of shame and embarrassment. I hope Twitter is going wild on this.
Amy wrote: "Not a word. Everybody is alive on TAR. At least for now. I hope when she looks back on this that she is ashamed that the world is watching her behaving this way. I think about how we have group mem..."I agree with you completely. It has been extremely difficult to watch at times. But I like everyone else in the final four!
Lyn wrote: "Amy wrote: "Not a word. Everybody is alive on TAR. At least for now. I hope when she looks back on this that she is ashamed that the world is watching her behaving this way. I think about how we ha..."Agree Lyn. Even taking into consideration that it is edited for drama, it is bad. Let's also remenmber that mustache and beard are also not young and have struggled but look how they keep an eye on each other.
Amy - you will be fine watching it.
We will need to talk about Survivor tribal counsel from tonight's episode.
I saw them both and now I’m exhausted! I’m headed off to sing this morning at Faneuil Hall for the naturalization and immigration ceremony. Which I do a couple of times a year. Absolutely no spoilers for Fran. But I will tell you I loved it and there’s a lot to talk about. This one just got so interesting. Like I really liked the episode, it was good and complicated. And I completely agree with you and Lyn about TAR. Watching the other father adult child duo is like a master class. What a beautiful parent child person to person relationship. And I do love how the best friends take really good care of one another. I also really love the brothers. It’s just that last duo, that I really cannot tolerate. I have to say that the Irish dancing challenge, I just loved it! I loved dance so that’s not a surprise, but I was just so proud of everybody. That was extremely complicated and all four contestants really pulled it off. I could not have been prouder and more excited for them. That was just a great moment!
I was exhausted after watching both too - these expanded episodes make for long viewing after a work day! Irish dancing is extremely difficult! What a challenge but they also all had fun with it. I was fascinated when the one dad doing it talked about dancing being part of his and kid's life but a different type of dance so the moves were contrary to his 'muscle memory'. Fascinating.
I too love the brothers. This is a tight competition. One of tightest ever.
Hayley's 2024 Trim List:1. The Story of Arthur Truluv- Elizabeth Berg
*2.The Phoenix Crown- Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
3. Polite Society- Mahesh Rao
4. The Littlest Library- Poppy Alexander
5. The Red Address Book- Sofia Lundberg
6. A Spot of Trouble- Teri Wilson
7. Lost in Paris- Elizabeth Thompson
8.The Grand Design- Joy Callaway
*9. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl- Renee Rosen
10. Dear Emmie Blue- Lia Louis
*11. A Dress of Violet Taffeta- Tessa Arlen
12. The Letter from Briarton Park- Sarah E. Ladd
13. The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne- Elsa Hart
14. When We Left Cuba- Chanel Cleeton
15. Daisy Jones & The Six- Taylor Jenkins Reid
*16. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy- Nova Jacobs
17. Meet Me in the Margins- Melissa Ferguson
18. The All-American- Susie Finkbeiner
19. The Authenticity Project- Clare Pooley
20. Wingwalkers- Taylor Brown
21. Murder at the Mena House- Erica Ruth Neubauer
22. The Second Ending- Michelle Hoffman
*23. Loot- Tania James
*24. The Engineer's Wife- Tracey Emerson Wood
*denotes a Buddy Read. If something on my list catches your attention do let me know. I would love more Buddy Reads!
Hayjay315 wrote: "Hayley's 2024 Trim List:1. The Story of Arthur Truluv- Elizabeth Berg
*2.The Phoenix Crown- Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
3. Polite Society- Mahesh Ra..."
I'd love to do A Dress of Violet Taffeta with you but 14 doesn't work for me.
It will be wonderful to read this with you! I can move it to any # outside of 2, 9, and 24. Do you have a preference?
HayJay - same. I was planning to sign onto that one. Loved your list and the reads we will have together.
Hayjay315 wrote: "Hayley's 2024 Trim List:1. The Story of Arthur Truluv- Elizabeth Berg
*2.The Phoenix Crown- Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
3. Polite Society- Mahesh Ra..h."
A Dress of Violet Taffeta is a wonderful story, I hope it comes up soon for you!
Hayjay315 wrote: "It will be wonderful to read this with you! I can move it to any # outside of 2, 9, and 24. Do you have a preference?"I think 11 will work for me. How about that?
11 works for me. I would add it to my existing 11. It’s on my TVR also.
I am in. Will start working on my list!
I'm in! Here's my list; I'm sticking with two possibilities for each number as it often gives me wiggle room to decide which I'm more in the mood for:Trim List 2024!
1. The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg; Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2. The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie; Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
3. A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavril Kay; The Fraud by Zadie Smith
4. Babel by R.F. Kuang; Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis
5. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon; Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
6. The Odyssey, Emily Willson’s translation; A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacelyn Mitchard
7. The Blood of Elves by Andrej Sapkowski; Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
8. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis; Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson; Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
10. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
11. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu; Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
12. Shadows Linger by Glen Cook; I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
13. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshana Chokshi
14. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher; A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
15. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward; Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
16. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad; Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
17. The Thief’s Gamble by Juliet E. McKenna; The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel
18. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker; Invisible Things by Mat Johnson
19. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende; The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
20. Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum; Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
21. Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin; A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin
22. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Shrefer; My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa
23. The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory; Elric of Melniborne by Michael Moorcock
24. Bewilderment by Richard Powers; Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal
I've been in such a reading slump since September. I am hoping the new year will kick me back into gear.
Amy- Add me in for Mansfield Park when you have the chance
Booknblues wrote: "Hayjay315 wrote: "It will be wonderful to read this with you! I can move it to any # outside of 2, 9, and 24. Do you have a preference?"I think 11 will work for me. How about that?"
Amy and Fran I have moved Dress of Violet Taffeta to #11. So glad both of you signed on to this one with me!
Heather and Kelly I will add you to the list! Heather - , Sally, BnB, and I have Enter Ghost for like #22 or something, check it out and come read with us. Gotcha Sally and Taffeta dress group!
HayJay, I finally figured out how to open up your picture! You’re so pretty, and you got yourself a good-looking guy! I was glad to see it. You were too far away in the previous one.
2024 TRIM List 1. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
3. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
4. The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
5. Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
6. Four Seasons In Rome by Anthony Doerr
7. The Exchange: After the Firm by John Grisham
8. Hideaway by Nora Roberts
9. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen
10. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
11. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
12. The Rosie Result -by Graeme Simsion
13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
14. A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
15. The Next Mrs. Parish by Liv Constantine
16. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stei
17. Jack Reacher The Secret by Lee Child and Andres Child
18. The Maid by Nita Prose
19. None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
20. The Storied Life of A.J, Firky by Gabrielle Zevin
21. Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
22. Eventide by Kent Haruf
23. One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
24. We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Thanks Amy. I don't know how you keep up. You are amazing!
Kelly, I got many of those in there, but some I did not recognize or didn't go through the lists to find. Someone is also reading Remarkably Bright Creatures at 2, and Tom Lake at 10 - but I didn't know. I added you to a few I remembered as well. Plus art of racing in the rain and we all want impossible things. Three of us are reading Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, but we are doing it at #13. Please switch to join us.
Some others I thought might have been buddy reads. Keeper of Lost things, Rosie Result, Next Mrs Parrish, None of this is True. Can you let me know who they are with and what number, and I will add all of these above. I do think I got the rest.
So Fun.
I checked it for you, AmyTom Lake- Sallys and Kelly
Remarkably Bright Creatures- You and Kelly
Sorry was looking at the BR list-I did a "control F" search, so the only person that has it is Kelly -no BR
Joy and BnB - I just read Unlikely Animals and I’d love to join the discussion. I hope you get to read it soon. I found it on the gnooks author map we talked about last year, which was also the focus of a prompt on ATY this year.
Amy wrote: "Kelly, I got many of those in there, but some I did not recognize or didn't go through the lists to find. Someone is also reading Remarkably Bright Creatures at 2, and Tom Lake at 10 - but I didn't..."Amy,
I switched my number 13 to match the buddy read. I did not see the others you mentioned in anyones lists.
I've finished playing with my trim list, and I've added myself to the following buddy reads as they're all on my TBR:1 - The Museum of Failures - With Amy, Sally
3 - Above the Bay of Angels - With Linda C
6 - Looking for Jane - With Amy, Sally
6 - The Bastard of Istanbul - With Joy, Theresa, Amy
9 - River Sing Me Home - With BnB
10 - The Night Travellers - With Amy
11 - Code Name Sapphire - With Amy
13 - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Story - With Amy, Sally, Diana, Kelly
24 - The Engineer's Wife - With Amy, BnB, HayJay
Hannah, we are going to have a great year! Plus we still have Lady of the Eternal City! I will get those in....
Buddy Read List Updated.... That I think are 33 buddy reads planned, and still building.
Amy wrote: "Hannah, we are going to have a great year! Plus we still have Lady of the Eternal City! I will get those in...."I know! We seem to have a very similar taste in books, and I'm really looking forward to all of the buddy reads planned for next year.
Theresa wrote: "Unofficial Trim 20241. Dear Money
2. Buried in a Book
3. One Summer in Paris
4. Dreamland
5. Night Boat to Tangier
6..."
Theresa, You have Women Talking as your #8 and I have it as #9. I can move mine to #8 if you are interested in doing a buddy read.
Linda C wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Unofficial Trim 20241. Dear Money
2. Buried in a Book
3. One Summer in Paris
4. Dreamland
5. [book:Night Boat to Tan..."
Sure!
Book Concierge wrote: "Update message # 42 ... List posted."I was excited to see Steve Earle's I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive on your list. I read it a decade ago and loved it. I think it will resonate with you.
I put in Women Talking at #*, and BC I decided to join you on number 17 for Jacqueline in Paris. Its on my TBR.
Heather Reads Books wrote: "I'm in! Here's my list; I'm sticking with two possibilities for each number as it often gives me wiggle room to decide which I'm more in the mood for:Trim List 2024!
1. The Sleeping Dragon by Jo..."
Heather - I also have The Silence of the Girls on my list - moved it to your # in case we both in mood to read it when /if number comes up.
Also saw you have The Thief's Gamble on the list! I loved that book - read it decades ago when first published here in mass market paperback. Publishing in US lagged way behind UK that I was picking up the rest of the series when I traveled through London.
That quick typing Asterix was meant to be an eight! I’ll also note the new Heather Read. I’ve excited by how many buddy reads are forming. I’m also aware that we are going to need our January, trim picker, and the trim picker list by December 22, at least a few days before. I may need to post our 2024 announcement thread also by that time so the trim picker can start it off. And maybe for a couple of weeks will be working with two threads. But we will be ready to go, so that if new people want to join us at any time that can happen.
Amy - in case you missed it - Heather and I have a buddy read at #18 (I think) for The Silence of the Girls.
Promise, I will get there! About to get on Goodreads now. Just have to wait for my delayed amazing race commercial. no spoilers. I’m watching it now. About an hour and a half late.
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Oliver M, I added myself to the Accidental Empress, and added you to Enter Ghost.
JoyD - all covered and I think I might join Bastard of Instanbul
Sue - Got it this time. It was there before, I have no idea how it slipped off. But we are good to go.