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[Sera]

Jennifer, keep me posted on The Known World. I started it a few years ago, but put it back down, because I couldn't get into it and started reading other books.

[Juniper]

Sera wrote: "Jennifer, keep me posted on The Known World. I started it a few years ago, but put it back down, because I couldn't get into it and started reading other books."

i am finding The Known World to be interesting-odd. i am quite taken with a few of the characters and really want to know where it's all going. but i am finding jones' style can be repetitive and clunky - so the flow of the read has not been a good one for me. i have been wondering how much the omniscient narrator has to do with this? at the moment, i would prefer the voice of moses, say, or fern, to be telling us the story. but since i am not even to the halfway point, i am holding off my opinion since i am guessing jones has a reason and point to it. :)

[Sera]

I hope so, Jennifer. Now that I think of it, the writing was clunky for me, which is why I think that I recall having found slow-moving, and frankly, boring.

[Sera]

I started My Ántonia on audio. Cather can write a setting like nobody's business. The story is good at this point, but it's the writing that is keeping me interested in this one.

[Juniper]

Sera wrote: "I started My Ántonia on audio. Cather can write a setting like nobody's business. The story is good at this point, but it's the writing that is keeping me interested in this one."

such a great book! i hope you will love it.

[LynnB]

Beginning Mistress of the Art of Death tonight.

[Sera]

Jennifer wrote: "Sera wrote: "I started My Ántonia on audio. Cather can write a setting like nobody's business. The story is good at this point, but it's the writing that is keeping me interested in ..."

So far, so good :)

[Sera]

LynnB wrote: "Beginning Mistress of the Art of Death tonight."

I enjoyed this one. I really need to continue the series at some point.

[Juniper]

Sera wrote: "I hope so, Jennifer. Now that I think of it, the writing was clunky for me, which is why I think that I recall having found slow-moving, and frankly, boring."

so.... sigh. The Known World was just okay for me. :/

[Betsy]

Started We Are Not Ourselves on audio since it is one of our monthly picks. Anyone else reading this one? It's very good so far.

[Sera]

Betsy, I am hoping to get to that one this Spring.

[Kathy]

Hi Betsy, I am just getting ready to start We Are Not Ourselves also. I am glad to here that so far you are enjoying it.

[Cathy]

Just getting started on My Sunshine Away

[LynnB]

I'm just starting a humorous sci-fi, The Humans. I'm not a big sci-fi reader, so I'm hoping this will be good.

[Betsy]

Kathy wrote: "Hi Betsy, I am just getting ready to start We Are Not Ourselves also. I am glad to here that so far you are enjoying it."

I haven't finished yet, but it is somewhat depressing - filled with dissatisfaction. But that's the kind if book I like best!

[Sera]

I started New Grub Street and on audio, I started Olive Kitteridge. Both are good so far.

[Betsy]

Started My Brilliant Friend. I've been wanting to read this for a while. Everyone seems to love it.

[Miriam]

I just started Duma Key by Stephen King.

[LynnB]

Currently I'm reading non-fiction memoir dealing with aging parents. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?.

[Linda]

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

[Juniper]

i just began reading And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa, by M.G. Vassanji.

[Becky]

starting The Sparrow

[Betsy]

Becky wrote: "starting The Sparrow"

You are n for a treat. It's an amazing book.

[Betsy]

I thought I had posted this already, but don't see it in the comments. Started The Girl on the Train. Good from the get go.

[Sera]

I started Double Dexter on audio.

[Sue]

I started The Bees this morning on audio. I'm enjoying Orlagh Cassidy's narration and it seems like it will be a compelling, unique story.

[Juniper]

i am reading two books right now:
* Green Grass, Running Water, by Thomas King
* Love and Other Ways of Dying: Essays, by Michael Paterniti

both quite interesting, so far.

[Sera]

I am starting We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

[Cathy]

Just beginning All That Is Solid Melts into Air on audio.

[Linda]

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust I love, Flavia!

[Betsy]

Cathy wrote: "Just beginning All That Is Solid Melts into Air on audio."

The storyline sounds similar to A Constellation of Vital Phenomena . Have you read that? I'd be interested in hearing a comparison.

[Cathy]

Betsy wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Just beginning All That Is Solid Melts into Air on audio."

The storyline sounds similar to A Constellation of Vital Phenomena [bookcover:A Constellati..."

No, I have not read this, but there could be some similarities in themes. I am enjoying some good writing regarding a dark chapter in Soviet history. I concede I know litte, other than broad historical facts, about Chernobyl. Learning more about history is one of the great things about historical fiction
I will have to take another look at "A Constellation...". It sounds very good.

[Karen]

I just started

[Juniper]

which book is that, karen? sorry images don't show on the app for me.

[Karen]

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

[Sera]

I started reading North and South.

[Cathy]

I have begun A Little Life on my Kindle.

[Betsy]

Just started Carthage on audio.

[Juniper]

i just began reading The Afterlife of Stars, by Joseph Kertes.

[Juniper]

i am just about to begin reading On Sal Mal Lane, by Ru Freeman! :)

[Sera]

I started Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief.

[Sera]

I also started Us on audio.

[LynnB]

I've been reading Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman which is a easily read biography. I'm enjoying it (though I've had a few interruptions so it's been read off and on at times).

[Betsy]

Sera wrote: "I started Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief."

I found this riveting. I think we may have a buddy read on it so be sure to go there and share your thoughts!

[Betsy]

Betsy wrote: "Sera wrote: "I started Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief."

I found this riveting. I think we may have a buddy read on it so be sure to go there and shar..."

We did not have a folder for discussing this, so I set one up. I know a few more of you have read this, so I'd love to know your thoughts.

[Linda]

I'm well into Flavia #7 As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

[LynnB]

Linda wrote: "I'm well into Flavia #7 As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust"

I love the Flavia series! So fun to read.

[Linda]

LynnB wrote: "Linda wrote: "I'm well into Flavia #7 As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust"

I love the Flavia series! So fun to read."

The book I read before this one was only 200 pages yet took me a month to finish. I needed Flavia!

[LynnB]

Linda wrote: "The book I read before this one was only 200 pages yet took me a month to finish. I needed Flavia! "

I know what you mean -- she's a breath of fresh air!!

[Betsy]

Started Rules of Civility on audio.

Also doing a quick reread of Regeneration for my book group. I read this several years ago and really liked it, so it's a pleasure to revisit it. We are pairing this with some World War I poetry as Wilfred Owen, Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon and other wartime poets play significant roles in the novel.