What book are you reading?

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  • Toronto6fan
    Toronto6fan Posts: 461 Member
    The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child.
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    northviewvintage wrote: »
    happimess01 wrote: »
    Inside out by Demi Moore. I am really into memoirs right now so if anyone has any recommendations, do share :)
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    happimess01 wrote: »
    Inside out by Demi Moore. I am really into memoirs right now so if anyone has any recommendations, do share :)

    oooh I love memoirs. Some of my absolute favorites (even if I wasn't interested in the person beforehand):

    Louie Anderson - Hey Mom
    Amy Schumer - The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
    Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees
    Ruth Wariner - the Sound of Gravel (SAD!)
    Lol Tolhurst - Cured
    Anthony Kiedis - Scar Tissue
    Colin Jost - A Very Punchable Face
    Patricia Williams - Rabbit
    Eunsun Kim - A Thousand Miles to Freedom
    Kate Mulgrew - Born With Teeth
    Piper Kerman - Orange is the New Black (quite different from the show, and amazing)

    I remember the Carly Simon one was okay and Oliver Sacks was not terrible. I'm not sure if they were memoirs or autobiographies but I loved the ones by Rodney Dangerfield, Chris Kattan, Kevin Hart, George Carlin, Dali, Beatrice Wood ..Let us know if you find any more good ones!

    I am reading the Amy Schumer one and it's a bit boring. But I like Kevin Hart so maybe I'd like that one
  • tuddy315
    tuddy315 Posts: 11,552 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    tuddy315 wrote: »
    Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner (just came in the mail today!!!)

    I have that on an amazon list somewhere; please tell me how good it is so I can spend some money soon. All my amazon points are tempting me worse than hot out of the oven chocolate chip cookies.

    As usual, she grabs your attention from the very first page. Well worth reading. Enjoy!
  • HerNameIsMischief
    HerNameIsMischief Posts: 158 Member
    Finishing "Campusland" by Scott Johnson. I'm grateful for any satire nowadays...I think it could be a bit sharper and less on the nose, but it's still amusing. Adrian McGinty's "The Chain" is next.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,432 Member
    HerNameIsMischief wrote: »
    Finishing "Campusland" by Scott Johnson. I'm grateful for any satire nowadays...I think it could be a bit sharper and less on the nose, but it's still amusing. Adrian McGinty's "The Chain" is next.

    Is that the same guy who wrote Pretties? Dystopian?
  • LisaGetsMoving
    LisaGetsMoving Posts: 664 Member
    Just finished up Neil Gaimond's Neverwhere, getting ready to start Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me and looking forward to it, I need a good laugh.
  • HerNameIsMischief
    HerNameIsMischief Posts: 158 Member
    If you like novels about Florida (like Hiaasen), try Charles Willeford.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member

    Frühere Ausgaben des Mad Magazine in deutscher Sprache.

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  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,432 Member
    LisaGetsMoving wrote: »
    Just finished up Neil Gaimond's Neverwhere, getting ready to start Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me and looking forward to it, I need a good laugh.

    Love Neverwhere! Neil Gaimon is awesome! The BBC version was relatively good...
  • 5ofseven
    5ofseven Posts: 791 Member
    edited January 2021
    Team of Rivals. It's a multi biography centered on President Lincoln, and it's my third time through it. I've found it life altering.
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    Still working on The Book of Enoch
    A lot of re-reading and contemplation. 🤔🤓
  • HerNameIsMischief
    HerNameIsMischief Posts: 158 Member
    Is that the same guy who wrote Pretties? Dystopian?[/quote]


    I don't think so.
  • FatToFitChaser
    FatToFitChaser Posts: 192 Member
    Think like a monk by Jay Shetty
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    FatToFitChaser wrote: »
    Think like a monk by Jay Shetty

    Is that good? Been thinking of getting it.
  • HerNameIsMischief
    HerNameIsMischief Posts: 158 Member
    edited January 2021
    "The Chain" by Adrian McKinty. A 13-year-old girl is kidnapped at the bus stop and her mother receives a call from her kidnappers, demanding $25K and for her to kidnap another boy or girl and keep "the Chain" going. If she doesn't do it, her kidnappers will murder her daughter or their own boy or girl will be murdered by the previous person in the Chain. Pretty good premise, huh?

  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I finished up a quick one this weekend and really liked it. First thriller from Rachel Ryan (Irish author) "The Woman Outside My Door".
  • forestfreek
    forestfreek Posts: 5,770 Member
    Another Stephen King book for me - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,432 Member
    I've been on a Carrie Vaughn kick. Just finished Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand. Probably moving to Kitty Raises H ell soon. Had forgotten how much I like these characters.
  • LynNite
    LynNite Posts: 68 Member
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  • beagletracks
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  • mwgibler
    mwgibler Posts: 154 Member
    Blue at the Mizzen, by Patrick O’Brian. The last complete book of the Aubrey and Maturin series. The movie master and commander is based upon this series. It is amazing
  • Minion_training_program
    Minion_training_program Posts: 13,428 Member
    Currently reading Dr. Sleep by Stephen King
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Currently reading Wally Lamb's
    "Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Wally Lamb and the women of York Correctional Institution"
    Worth the read and is making me more aware of some women's lives before incarceration.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,432 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    Currently reading Wally Lamb's
    "Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Wally Lamb and the women of York Correctional Institution"
    Worth the read and is making me more aware of some women's lives before incarceration.

    I worked in corrections for nearly 15 years...some women (and men) behind bars are dreadful humans...but so many of those women were victims of abuse, manipulation and curcumstance and simply did not have the tools necessary to escape their circumstances and lead law abiding lives. Prisons are a terrible waste of life. Is very sad.

    You might try finding Going Up the River. I don't remember who wrote it but it is really good.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,432 Member
    Did a Carrie Vaughn marathon a couple weeks ago and then found Kitty's Mix Tape and The Immortal Conquistador. Finished then over the weekend. Reading The Awakening by Nora Roberts now.
  • wmichben
    wmichben Posts: 10 Member
    Dragonshadow by Barbara Hambly.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    melaniedscott wrote: »
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    Currently reading Wally Lamb's
    "Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Wally Lamb and the women of York Correctional Institution"
    Worth the read and is making me more aware of some women's lives before incarceration.

    I worked in corrections for nearly 15 years...some women (and men) behind bars are dreadful humans...but so many of those women were victims of abuse, manipulation and curcumstance and simply did not have the tools necessary to escape their circumstances and lead law abiding lives. Prisons are a terrible waste of life. Is very sad.

    You might try finding Going Up the River. I don't remember who wrote it but it is really good.

    Thank you for the recommend :)
    Working in corrections has got to be a very difficult and thankless job. :( You need a tough exterior and interior.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Weird But Normal by Mia Mercado. Loving it!
  • amyoliverhoyles
    amyoliverhoyles Posts: 208 Member
    Outlawed by Anna North
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
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