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What book did you just start?
So sad to say that
did not happen. Or
, although I got a bit further in that (100 pages). Both came/are coming due at the library and I won't be able to finish. I'm still learning the balance of what to put on my hold list @ the library - all 3 became available within 24 hours!On some crazy whim, I bought
last night and started that. I read a 1978 Rolling Stone article on Longreads on Jonestown and it just sparked more interest. ALthough I do know a bit about it already from news stories / TV movie / etc.
Victoria wrote: "So sad to say that did not happen. Or , although I got a bit further in that (100 pages). Both came/are coming due at the library..."Oh Jim Jones, what a story that must be....went through a stage where I found I could not get enough of his tale, I was totally fascinated with it all...
I'm reading
which has been on my TBR list forever.
LynnB wrote: "I'm reading which has been on my TBR list forever."Oh, man, Lynn, are you dusting off cobwebs with that title. How many decades ago did I read that one. Don't answer that!
Linda wrote: "LynnB wrote: "I'm reading which has been on my TBR list forever."Oh, man, Lynn, are you dusting off cobwebs with that title. How man..."
Ha! No kidding! I think I bought my copy in about 1974 or so. "Dusting off" is not a misnomer!
Will there be new books chosen for our Dec/Jan read?
I'm just starting
which is a group of interconnected short stories. The reviews have been good.
LynnB wrote: "I'm just starting which is a group of interconnected short stories. The reviews have been good."I've also heard positive reviews of this book.
Read a book of poetry by the latest U.S. Poet Laureate, Philip Levine. Will finish a second one shortly.
and
I'm slow in getting to it, but I'm finally starting Caleb's Crossing. As I always seem to start several books at once, I'm also now reading John Adams and One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.
Susan wrote: "Just started 
."Susan,
I just had to tell you how much I like your thumbprint picture. It makes me laugh every time.
Isn't that the episode with William Holden where she sets her fake nose on fire?
Susan wrote: "Just started ."I hadn't heard of the book, but the reviews look very good. I love historical fiction, so I'm adding to my TBR list.
Susan wrote: "Just started ."I have this on my Christmas wish list
Just started When She Woke by Hilary Hordan
Juny wrote: "Just started When She Woke by Hilary Hordan"That is on my list as well. I've never read The Scarlet Letter (not that I remember anyway), but this story obviously has some thematic similarities, I guess?
Juny wrote: "Just started When She Woke by Hilary Hordan"I just got
from the library this afternoon. I'll be starting it later this week.
Just starting
.... a short read while I await my copy of the nonfiction book
from the library.
I've just started
. I got an ARC copy from the ReadingGroupGuides.com contest, the book is due out in February. It's set in Romania, 1939, and the premise of the story looks pretty interesting.
I just started [book:The Night Circus|9361589
I just started
. I'm about a third of the way through and really enjoying it so far. GR folks know their books :)
I started both hard copy and audio books yesterday. I'm reading
which has been on my TBR pile for a dog's age (pun intended) and I'm listening to
which so far is a delightful book on why it is still so important to have librarians even in the Google age.
Before I went to bed last night I started and finished
.This morning I started
Linda wrote: "Before I went to bed last night I started and finished .This morning I started
"Can't wait to hear how you like the Ebert one. I follow him on Twitter and have seen his TED talk and he is a fascinating man.
At lunch today, I started
, and I'm hooked already. Can't wait to pick it up again and read more!
Have you ever wonder what happened to Timothy Cratchit, aka Tiny Tim? Well, wonder no more....I have just begun the BBC audio production
by Louis Bayard. The story starts with Tiny Tim in his 20's. A book just in time for the holidays. One of my all time favorite renditions of "The Christmas Carol" from my childhood is the animated "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". Any others with fond memories of this one?
Cathy wrote: "Have you ever wonder what happened to Timothy Cratchit, aka Tiny Tim? Well, wonder no more....I have just begun the BBC audio production by Louis Bayard. The story st..."I loved Mr. Magoo in general, but this particular performance was a tour de force for him! I also enjoyed this book. I've read at least two of Bayard's books and like the classic character revisited approach. The other one I read featured Edgar Allen Poe as a West Point Cadet.
Betsy wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Have you ever wonder what happened to Timothy Cratchit, aka Tiny Tim? Well, wonder no more....I have just begun the BBC audio production by Louis Bayard..."Betsy,
My first outing with Bayard was just recently with our mystery bookclub reading just the book you mention...
. I also liked it. It read a little more like literary fiction and I loved the classic characters. Both of these facts have made me a fan of this newly discovered author.
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
and Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN with Charles Neider as editor.
I started
last night and I am hooked already.
I'm reading
and
.
is next up after those two are finished.
LynnB wrote: "I'm reading and . is next up after those two are finished."Nice line-up, Lynn :)
Becky wrote: "Starting 
"well, very rarely do I start & then not finish a book but I have been reading so many good, enjoyable books I just can't waste my time on ones I can't get into. I was on pg 50 & just could not continue this one....so I just started ...
....much better!!
So I finished
(excellent) and got
from the library, but I'm not so sure about it. I had started it before - or read the Kindle preview, and didn't feel compelled to buy it.In the meantime, I just bought a few Kindle books that were on my wish list, but think I will give Wilkerson another chance while I have it checked out of the library.
I loved
on audiobook this year and found
in the library for audio download. It seemed this one had some similar themes of fantasy, and of course the enticer picture of the whale on the cover. I loved Carol Birch's story of Jamrach on the whaling ship. I thought this story set in Newfoundland would possess some of the same magical elements of Carol Birch's excellent tale, or at least I can hope so. Are there any readers of "Galore" that would like to comment as I begin this audio journey?
Also, I begin
, a crime mystery with a good review and a cool dust cover. A number two book, but available at the library. A review inside the cover, states "Now Iceland has its own Mankell". This is my year end salute to my excellent vacation in Iceland in October (wishing I was soaking in the Blue Lagoon as winter starts to roll in here in PA).
Ditched
. Started and finished
since then ( guess that's for the Finished thread.). Today I started another Lehane
. I'm in my Dennis Lehane period apparently.
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I thought Faith: A Novel was a really good book."
I marked it based on interest, and then it was available at the library so I figured that I would pick it up. I've only read the first chapter but found it to be very good.