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Just started in paperback " A Slice of Heaven" the second in The Sweet Magnolia Series by Sherryl Woods

[Chrissie]

I have finished The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler, and I am totally amazed at how much I enjoyed it!
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

So now I can really begin Some Sing, Some Cry,narrated by the talented Robin Miles. I simply had to finish the other first.

[Jennifer]

Finished The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile and a good old fashioned trashy Hollywood bio-- Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud . Liked both but loved neither.

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Perfect Partners" by Carly Phillips on Kindle

[Chrissie]

I just finished Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange.It is a book of historical fiction about Black-American history and music, following seven generations of one family. I enjoyed it, and gave it three stars, but it tries to do too much. It is worth listening to, and I recommend the audiobook format over the written book since you get to hear the dialects and numerous songs incorporated into the story. The narrator is Robin Miles, and most of it she does excellently.

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I will now move on to
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
I have heard that this is the best book about the Shackleton story. The setting is Antarctica.

[Chrissie]

I finished The Grass is Singing set in Zimbabwe.

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now, since I so loved learning about the Mongols in Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, I have picked up Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu.

[[deleted user]]

Just started in paperback Feels Like Family", the third in The Sweet Magnolia's series

[Chrissie]

I have completed "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" by Alfred Lansing. (The button doesn't work!)

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Talk about exciting!

Will soon start Zeitoun because I want to try a book by the author Dave Eggers.

Both are non-fiction.

[Chrissie]

I started Zeitoun, having been told it was non-fiction. Is it?

Look at this: http://www.edrants.com/dave-eggers-na...

[Jennifer]

AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The Glass Rainbow , because this one ended with a cliffhanger!

[Brandee]

Iced

[Chrissie]

After reading Zeitoun I need something lighter.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now I will start English Creek by one of my favorite good old tried-and-true authors - Ivan Doig. This comes before "Dancing at the Rascal Fair", which I loved. They do not really have to be read in order.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I just started The Blackhouse by mystery author Peter May. I'm only a few pages in but am engaged by the writing.

[Kimberly]

I started last night and I'm not sure how I feel about it so far. It's only 200 pages so I might just stick it out and finish it this afternoon.

[Kimberly]

I'm starting after the two YA novels I just read I need a historical fiction fix :)

[[deleted user]]

Just started on Kindle "The Right Choice" by Carly Phillips

[Andrew✌️]

I finished Anna Karenina and I began The Guilt of Innocents.

[Lisa]

I am reading The Grapes of Wrath as a buddy read with 2 others. I've just started and I'm having the same problems with John Steinbeck I've always had, but I'm hoping I'll end up enjoying it.

I'm also reading Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (Dsm-5 and some vegan cookbooks & other books and hope to get/read soon Vegan for Her: The Women's Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet.

[Manybooks]

Lisa wrote: "I am reading The Grapes of Wrath as a buddy read with 2 others. I've just started and I'm having the same problems with John Steinbeck I've always had, but I'm hoping I'll end up enjoying it.

I'm ..."

I've never enjoyed Steinbeck all that much, just because he is considered a classic does not mean I have to like it.

[Lisa]

Gundula wrote: "I've never enjoyed Steinbeck all that much, just because he is considered a classic does not mean I have to like it."

Gundula, I agree.

It's just that the subject matter of this one has always interested me and I'm hoping trying will lead to my liking it. I've read 3 other Steinbecks and didn't like them, but I read them all in jr. high/middle school age, perhaps too young to appreciate them. I shall see.

[Chrissie]

I found English Creek even better than Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Then I continued on with Ellis Peters's fabulous Cadfael series.
Monk's Hood
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
followed by
The Virgin in the Ice
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I tried to download from Downpour A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, but it failed, so I will read Fever first..... while they fix the problem.

[Chrissie]

I am absolutely loving Fever! I totally empathize with Mary Mallon. This book shows you how she felt. I read another review of this book and that person said she found Mary disagreeable! I am wondering how this is possible. Is it that she read the paper book and the narrator of the audiobook, Candace Thaxton, changes one's perception completely? I feel sorry for Mary. She is lonely, she misses her "husband"/boyfriend, she is given no clear explanation of all the tests being done to her. Jeez, I just want to punch the people around her. Also Candace Thaxton's Irish accent is fabulous. Not too much accent to make it difficult to understand and not too little, just perfect!

[Jennifer]

Finished Something Dangerous last night. It's the second book in a trilogy that follows an English publishing family and their American counterparts from around 1910-ish to wherever the third book winds up. :-) The one I just finished ends right after the Second World War. So far the books have been enthralling. (Dumb titles though. Sat here this morning thinking about posting this and couldn't remember the name of the book!)

These books are also so long that I'm getting woefully behind on my goal!

[Chrissie]

I really liked Fever. Good from start to finish! Think if all historical fiction was this good. Excellent narration too.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I will start A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. By my definition this too is historical fiction, even though it describes events not yet fifty years in the past. Will it be as good?

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Whispers and Lies" by Joy Fielding in paperback

[Chrissie]

I finishedA Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which so many like....except me, it seems. I explain why in my review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have begun Americanah, because I have liked other books by the author. Set in Nigeria primarily.

[Andrew✌️]

I finished The Guilt of Innocents and I like it very much. If you like medieval mystery, this is a series not to be missed. I read all these books. My review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Now, I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities.

[Carol]

I'm reading
My Berlin KitchenMy Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story (with Recipes)

[[deleted user]]

Just started on Kindle, "Solitary Man" by Carly Phillips

[Madhavi]

Finished reading

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[Chrissie]

Tricky isn't it, when popular authors come out with new books?! Will they be as good as the ones we have loved.

I finished Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Who hasn't read Half of a Yellow Sun? Just about everybody. For me that was a five star book.

And who hasn't read either The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini?! They are both must reads. Now I have begun his newest: And the Mountains Echoed.

[Chrissie]

I have completed And the Mountains Echoed
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now I need a non-fiction book. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. If I like it, I will be happy b/c it is the first of a trilogy. Will it be as good as Mornings on Horseback?

[Kimberly]

I'm starting I read the first book a couple years ago and really enjoyed it so I'm hoping this is just as good.

[Chrissie]

I have finished Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now I will start One Fourteenth Of An Elephant. Learning more about the Burma-Thailand Railway is fascinating, and of course gripping. It being a biography draws me.

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Birthright" by Nora Roberts in paperback.

[[deleted user]]

Just started reading "Nothing But Trouble" by Lisa Mondello on kindle

[Chrissie]

I have completed The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. If you have any interests at all in books on Theodore Roosevelt, read this one. History and people can in fact be amusing to read. Some of the stuff this whirlwind of a guy did!!!!!
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

And now I will read TransAtlantic by my favorite author Colum McCann!

Then I will go and buy the next of the trilogy about Theodore: Theodore Rex

[Helena]

I just stopped reading "You'll See It When You Believe It" by Wayne Dyer, I have been struggling with this for a month. I like the ideas and all, but I think he's going way too slow and overexplains. I got angry and finally threw the book away from me. Definitely not a comfort read! Instead I'm reading London Stories: London Walks and poetry by Tomas Tranströmer while waiting for Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death. Finished the first book in the series a week ago and it was great!

[Chrissie]

I completed One Fourteenth Of An Elephant
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
A difficult read, but if you want to know about the Burma-Thailand Railway read this. The author was there. He survived.

Now I will begin The Hidden Will of the Dragon, because the first part was fun. I want to finish the story. It is about the infamous Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. I am not sure at all how much of this story is true.... but there is an author's note at the end that will explain. My review of Dandelions in the Garden explains why I want to follow up with the second: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Chrissie]

Just finished TransAtlantic. McCann can do no wrong. I loved it. Predominantly set in Ireland.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Will now continue with Edmund Morris' trilogy on Teddy Roosevelt. I loved The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Will now read the second Theodore Rex, about his presidency. :0)

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Texas Secrets" by Jean Brashear on Kindle.

[Chrissie]

Simran,I am almost finished with the second Theodore. The narration has not been bad. It has been unbelievably TERRIBLE. The third in the trilogy goes back to the guy who did the first book. I will never listen to something narrated by Jonathan Marosz again. The author is good but the narrator is thumbs down. Theodore is really an unbelievable person - way ahead of his time! He is so egotistical, but I still really admire the guy. He remains a little boy throughout his life.

[Chrissie]

Finished the second of the trilogy by Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Rex.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I will now continue on to the third volume: Colonel Roosevelt

Would I do that if I were not impressed? The above are audiobooks.

I gave up on The Hidden Will of the Dragon and moved on to Innocent Traitor. Both paper books.

[Beth]

im reading

[Jennifer]

Reading Pegasus Descending and The Dilemma, both by authors I can't seem to get enough of lately....

[Chrissie]

I have finished Innocent Traitor.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Before I forget what I have learned about the Tudor family, I will continue with The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers.

[Andrew✌️]

I finished Long John Silver, a novel on sailors and pirates, based on the character of the book "Treasure Island". A good story, interesting and fascinating
but whose strength is the expectation of a link with the orignal story of Stevenson.

[Suzanne]

The Last Victim Karen Robards,

[Chrissie]

I can highly recommend Edmund Morris' trilogy on Theodore Roosevelt. I have just finished the last: Colonel Roosevelt
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have begun and am immediately impressed with Susan Fromberg Schaeffer style of writing. I had read Anya and wanted to read another, so I chose Buffalo Afternoon, having heard that it was impressive and had won prizes. It is the writing and not the topic that draws me. So far I am very satisfied. I see the rice paddies before me.

[Jennifer]

Finished Pegasus Descending and am jonesing already for his new release. Still reading The Dilemma which I've since discovered was Vincenzi's first book. Listening to Thin Is the New Happy.