What are you reading?
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I started listening to "On Earth, We Are Briefly Gorgeous". It's beautifully written but the author narrates the audiobook and his voice is so soothing, I find myself falling asleep while listening lol. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41880609-on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous
This looks so good, but I don't think I can handle it right now, emotionally. I'm tearing up at the book I'm currently reading (Flowers of Darkness)!
@LondonParisTexas
I'm wondering if you happened to read Flowers of Darkness? It's set in Paris.0 -
I started listening to "On Earth, We Are Briefly Gorgeous". It's beautifully written but the author narrates the audiobook and his voice is so soothing, I find myself falling asleep while listening lol. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41880609-on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous
This looks so good, but I don't think I can handle it right now, emotionally. I'm tearing up at the book I'm currently reading (Flowers of Darkness)!
@LondonParisTexas
I'm wondering if you happened to read Flowers of Darkness? It's set in Paris.
No I havent..must look it up!1 -
@PKM0515 I'm sorry you're in an emotional place, our group in here is awesome if you need to talk or you can always send me a message. Love you Angela!
I'm reading Bad to the Crone by Amanda M Lee, it's a cozy mystery about a witch who's a biker, it's good so far, not deep which is what I'm in the mood for. She's a pretty good author, I've read a lot of her books. I just looked for something on Kindle Unlimited and decided to give it a go.
@trooworld I'm going to click on Pretty Things and check it out!0 -
@trooworld that sounds like an interesting book, let me know how it goes0
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That cozy mystery sounds good, Kathy! I used to read so many cozies; I need to get back to that.
I really surprised myself tearing up the way I did. I don't want to say more because I don't want to give away anything about the book. I'm okay. It's just that a fictional event very similar to a past current event brought back some memories. The author's writing really evoked something in me.0 -
@trooworld I love that feeling, you just look at the stack of books and think of the fun adventures you're about to go on! Maybe I get a little over-enthusiastic!0
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Yes, when those orders came in were the best!1
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I finished Flowers of Darkness, and it got me tearing up again. Crazy!
To me, it was marketed as "suspense," but there was really a lot going on from a sociological perspective. I ended the book thinking a lot differently than I had in the first part of the book. I definitely changed my mind about a major component of the story.
A few things were left hanging, but I think that's okay. I have my own opinions although I think one instance should have been clarified.
I did find one character particularly annoying, but I could live with it.
If anyone feels like reading and discussing, that would be great. There was a lot going on in this tale.
I think I'll have to see what else this author has written.
(Sorry if this sounds vague, but it's hard to explain without divulging things that might be spoilers.)
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@PKM0515 I'm going to add it to my waitlist through the library, I couldn't place a hold on it last night because it wanted me to log in and I was in bed so I'll do it when I get home. Does anyone actually know their library card by heart, come on! I'm amazed I know my checking account and SSI, I have an awful memory!0
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@trooworld
Sorry for the confusion! Yes, I actually liked it a lot.
@Katmary71
Yes, I have my library card number and pin memorized!
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Currently reading "If Not For You" by Debbie Macomber. (What has happened to my choice of reading material?!?!)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30408332-if-not-for-you0 -
I enjoy Macomber now and again!1
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@PKM0515 I'm seriously impressed you know yours by heart! I like Debbie Macomber, I'd be game to read one of hers. My mom refers to those as mushy but since she read Harlequin for years she's one to talk! I much prefer books where women discover their inner strength than fawn over some cute cowboy and use their feminine wiles to trap him. People think I make up the names Chick Lit and cozy mysteries but you all know they're actual categories!
I'm enjoying the more emotional relationship books and horror novels, weird combo. I just started Stephen King's The Institution, so far it's pretty good, kids with parapsychological talents are being kidnapped and their parents murdered and taken to an institution, the main kid is meeting the rest right now.0 -
Thanks, Sarah-Jane and Kathy! I just never thought of myself as a romance-reading, Hallmark-watching sort of person. Something changed big-time over the last decade! As my old work-friend Frank always says, "It's all good."
I was always a fan of WELL-WRITTEN chick lit as well as cozies. I used to keep up with a number of cozy series; I should get back to them.
Kathy, your last paragraph got me thinking about a favorite book. I'm sure I mentioned it in another thread, but has anyone "here" read "The Woman in the Window" by A. J. Finn? If not, I highly recommend it (it is a bit depressing). Not horror, but psychological suspense.
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@PKM0515 Exactly, it has to be well-written! I'm going to look that one up tonight, I'm not out of books but need something different to read.
The Institution was good, the bond with the children reminds me a lot of the kids in IT. I wouldn't pay full price for a copy though!1 -
@PKM0515 I had to put a hold on it, it is going to take a long time for it to become available, I'm #44!
@trooworld I'm starting The Lost Apothecary, it just became available.
I also had two Jonathan Kellerman books become available so those and The Lost Apothecary are next.1 -
Ooh, I love Jonathan Kellerman!0
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@trooworld I'm only 2 chapters in but like it so far, I'm familiar with plants so it's interesting reading about them
@PKM0515 He's a big favorite of mine!
I'm watching the last episode of Penny Dreadful, if you haven't seen it they use a lot of characters from classic horror books.1 -
@trooworld It's on Netflix, it's 3 seasons. It was originally on Showtime.
I totally realize this is bad to say but i just read the part where the Apothecary owner tells her story, her husband was a tool!0 -
Yesterday I finished "If Not For You" by Debbie Macomber. Honestly, the main female character irritated the heck out of me. I actually didn't WANT the romance to work out for her.
I had this reaction with another book recently, and I think it was a Macomber book. (I'm not interested enough to check.
) Time for a break from this author, I think.
Started "Serpentine," Jonathan Kellerman's latest, late yesterday. Pretty sure I'll like this one.0 -
@trooworld That sounds really good, let me know how you like it!
I finished The Lost Apothecary, it was really good, I enjoyed it. Thank you @trooworld !
I'm having some Kindle problems and spent 2 hours trying to find then attempt to get a book to work. All the Jonathan Kellerman were reissues so I've read them all. I downloaded a few through the library, I just started one called Wife Stalker then have a Kathy Reich I downloaded but I'm pretty sure I've read it before. I kind of stopped reading my favorite authors and just read my Mom's books for years so now that I'm downloading them from the library I want to catch up.1 -
@trooworld that looks like it would be really good. I hadn't thought about issues with graphic novels. I know my Fire Kindle takes forever to charge, I like that it does so much more but my paperwhite I can read a couple books and it charges super fast. I should be able to read a graphic novel on my Kindle, right? I don't know why but I have to use Overdrive for the Kindle instead of Libby but Libby on my phone, since I don't read on my phone I just deleted it.
I'm about 20% into The Wife Stalker, it's about a relationship falling apart and the husband moving on with another woman by both women's perspectives. I just picked a random book with decent reviews so I had something to read before bed. It sounds like the mistress is in protective custody because she doesn't have a past. I'm not totally into it, I have a hard time feeling sympathetic for someone who doesn't care that someone is taken already. The guy is kind of a cad too, he didn't even try to work things out with his wife before he started cheating and she stood by him. It would be great if the wife met the most amazing man ever and forgot about the two of them but obviously that's not the story!0 -
The Wife Stalker ended really good, I didn't see that coming at all! I finished it when my family went to my parent's house after we went out to eat and my nephews kept talking to my parent's Alexa and it would make a window pop up on my Kindle saying it wasn't connected to the internet. I kept telling them to knock it off and got lectured about reading at a party but my Mom does it all the time and the kids were talking to Alexa for crying out loud!
@troooworld that's funny, I can't do audio because I get distracted too easily. I'll click on your links as soon as I post this!
I discovered Stephen King wrote a follow-up to The Shining so I'm reading that now, I'm glad I found it! I downloaded some Jonathan Kellerman and Kathy Reich novels but discovered they aren't new but reissues. I wish they would but the original date they came out instead because it's confusing!0 -
@trooworld Those both look good! A were-Pomeranian? I found a white Pomeranian in the middle of the street one night and brought her home, we had her for a long time! That's the last animal I can imagine turning into, she was pretty pathetic but we loved her.0
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@trooworld Yes, it's Dr. Sleep, it reminds me a little of The Stand for some reason.1
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I finished Jonathan Kellerman's latest, "Serpentine," yesterday. As always, I enjoyed it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53398574-serpentine1 -
Currently, listening to "The Last Time I Lied" by Riley Sager.
https://www.rileysagerbooks.com/thelasttimeilied
I loved his book "Lock Every Door."
https://www.rileysagerbooks.com/lockeverydoor
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Sorry I haven't been very faithful lately! Finished a book on Eleanor of Aquitaine took me a while but was very interesting.I discovered by accident that the author,Jean Markale, a specialist on Celtic history lived literally a couple of miles away from me! Then I read and finished in a few days If Only I Could Tell you by Hannah Beckerman. A real page turner but dont read it if you're feeling a bit low.Very sad and dramatic!2
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