Retired: What are you reading? Showing 2,901-2,950 of 5,490

[Connie]

I finished the excellent historical fiction book about Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.

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

[Sara]

It is on my TBR, Connie. Glad you know you enjoyed it.

[Diane S ☔]

Finished The Jealous Kind
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jane]

Anybody reading, Mississippi Noir ?

[Diane S ☔]

Just stated it, read the first two stories.

[Jane]

Any good ?

[Jane]

I started ,"last Ride to Graceland " again I did not intend to but OMG this is a five star ride and maybe my best read this year so far

Great read for september !

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Jane
Mississippi Noir is close to being read. I've got a few books ahead of this one. I'm reading Diane's Moderator selection first. I might read it along side a novel and just take my time with it.

[Jane]

I am reading Diane s moderator s too

Cannot remember how many times I have read A Lesson and love it every time

[Jane]

Anybody from Fairhope south of Mobile by any chance ?

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Jane I've never read it but I've voted for it almost every time, so it's definitely a must read. August always gets away from me because of all the school stuff going on. Summer is officially over in our household. No more lazy days.

[Brina]

I finished Between the World and Me- wow. I had just read In the Heat of the Night and then I read Coates' essay and think to myself "have we advanced all that much in the last 50 years?" Review forthcoming. Starting Lonesome Dove today, excited to delve into it. Hope to get and read Sweet Mister next.

[Jane]

Oh tha ts a shame ! I am resting still after back surgery so I get to read as many books as I like yeepee

I am looking out for another five star Southern read , any ideas anyone ?

[Brina]

Jane you could always read anything by Ron Rash or John Hart.

[Jane]

Ok I see Ron Rash has a new novel coming out soon ?

[Jane]

Yes maybe Redemption Road !

[Brina]

Yes, The Risen. I reserved from the library and I'm first in line woohoo.

[Jane]

:)

[Brina]

Redemption Road was awesome and that's been out for 6 months already so it should be relatively easy to get.

[Jane]

Thanks Brina I swear by Amazon over here (fr)

[Jane]

Well that is my only solution really

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Jane, I am not from Fairhope, but I've visited there. It's a beautiful little town.

[Jane]

I drove straight past it I am so sorry I did not stop to visit now.

[Jane]

But I did sing the Cher song south of Mobile.

[Kim]

I just got Mississippi Noir, have not started yet. Am reading a Year's Best Mystery collection in my short story slot at the moment. I got Brooklyn Noir and Long Island Noir for my daughter, as she started out living in Brooklyn & now lives on Long Island.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

I'm reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Oh my heart!

[Brina]

I never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but I'd love to read later this year, enjoy.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Brina I'm not too far but it's sooooo good. I think you would like based on your books and ratings. I have the same feeling that I had when I read Rebecca, "why had I waited so long to read".

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Brina wrote: "I never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but I'd love to read later this year, enjoy."

That's on my list. I would like to read that one soon as well.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Might be a great read with your daughter.

[Brina]

Laura looking forward. I have on my reading schedule for either October or December. November's classic has already been accounted for.

[Kim]

I reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn a few years back when my husband suddenly lost his job and we were really feeling financially challenged. It was weirdly comforting, and I appreciated it so much more than I had the first time I read it.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for the first time when I was 12, and loved, loved, loved it. I probably read it 2 or 3 times in a row. Then my book club assigned it a few years ago and I was so excited to re-read it. Guess what....it was a completely different book than what I remembered! I remember as a kid loving the father because he was so much fun to be around, and the mother was the mean disciplinarian. As an adult, my sympathies were with the mother, and I saw the father as the worthless alcoholic he was. It was still a great book because of Francie, but experience colored it differently for me.

[Book Concierge]

The Diva Takes the Cake – Krista Davis
– 1.5*
Book two in the Domestic Diva series has event planner Sophie Wilson in charge of her sister, Hannah’s, wedding. I read mysteries – even cozy mysteries – for the murder plot. And this one is just plain ridiculous. The best thing about the book is the rivalry between Sophie and Natasha, including the competing advice given at the beginning of each chapter. Oh well, it satisfied several challenges and it was a fast read.
Full Review HERE

[Kim]

Ya Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells is what I am currently reading

[Kim]

I know exactly what you mean, Diane.

[Brina]

I guess I didn't read classics as a kid other than assigned reading. Now that I'm reading many for the first time I regret that I didn't read them before because I can't see a change in opinion from life experience. Hoping to read Tree that Grows in Brooklyn late this or early next year.

[Book Concierge]

Connie wrote: "I finished the excellent historical fiction book about Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

I read this a few years back. I like Vreeland's writing. My review

[Kim]

Just finished The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill, which is part of a terrific English mystery series, and then jumped full throttle into Lianne Moriarty's Big Little Lies which is going to be an HBO series in 2017 with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård & is being done David E. Kelley. So dark & so fun!

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

That's exciting about the Big Little Lies series, I hadn't heard that. And I love the Susan Hill series with Simon Seraillor. I've read 5 of them and they are all good. They remind me a lot of Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley, with great plots and psychological twists.

[Kim]

Just not as lengthy as Elizabeth George's novels, and Simon seems to like most of his family more than Lynley likes his. I also like the cathedral connection.

[Kim]

Kim wrote: "Ya Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells is what I am currently reading"

has any one else read this book? I just started it and was wondering if it is good or not

[Diane S ☔]

I love the Simon series, Diane. One of my favorites.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Sometimes I am glad that I waited to read a book. I feel like I appreciate certain books so much more now than I ever would as a teenager or young adult. My daughter is old enough at 11 to read [book:The Tall Woman|1146301 but I would not encourage her to read it until she's older and I think would appreciate it more.

[Diane S ☔]

So true. I remember enjoying most of what I read while in school but there was one book that for some reason I took a dislike to.
So Big was the one and I am going to reread it to see if I still feel the same way or if now that I am older I will appreciate it.

Kim, never read the Ya Ya books.

[Kim]

Diane S ☔ wrote: "So true. I remember enjoying most of what I read while in school but there was one book that for some reason I took a dislike to.
So Big was the one and I am going to reread it to se..."
ok thanks Diane S

[Carol]

Diane S ☔ wrote: "So true. I remember enjoying most of what I read while in school but there was one book that for some reason I took a dislike to.
So Big was the one and I am going to reread it to se..."

I read it on my own at 14 and so adored it. I'm curious. Do you recall what you disliked? So few read Edna Ferber, and that's been true since long before I first read Show Boat and then So Big.

On this topic, though, I don't reread books. The moment is gone. To me it would be like getting back together with an old boyfriend. Best to leave the memory and try a new adventure. I'm in the minority on that approach to books, I'm aware.

[Diane S ☔]

Finished The Lost Girls
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Kim wrote: "Just finished The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill, which is part of a terrific English mystery series, .."

I still need to read The Woman in Black.

[LA]

Jane wrote: "Oh tha ts a shame ! I am resting still after back surgery so I get to read as many books as I like yeepee

I am looking out for another five star Southern read , any ideas anyone ?"

Jane, hope you are healing well! As Brina suggested, most of us love the novels by Ron Rash. My favorite of his is something that I built a scavenger hunt for in my backyard for our Halloween meeting one year. Creepy main character named Serena - she is like something out of mythology and in keeping with the Greek structure, Rash uses a "chorus" of seemingly nitwitted men who yet instinctively see more than anyone would give them credit for.

Lots of readers compare Serena to Lady MacBeth and call the chorus Shakespearian, but it was the ancient Greek plays that actually inspired the Bard to use that technique. The character Serena actually quotes the mythological sorceress Medea in the beginning of the book, but I was too ignorant of the Greek classics the first time I read the book to catch it.

Anyway, it'll creep you out and fascinate you! Heal up.