What are you reading?
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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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@Katmary71 I hope you like it.
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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 -
@Katmary71 What streaming service is Penny Dreadful on? I would like to check it out.0
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@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 -
@Katmary71 Thanks. I'll check it out. I can't remember that part, I read so many books that I tend to forget stuff lol! I do remember I felt sorry for her.
@PKM0515 That's too bad about not liking the main character. I don't think I've read Jonathan Kellerman before. Let us know how you do feel about it.
I finished Pretty Things by Janelle Brown. I really liked it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52217478-pretty-things1 -
Hi all. Happy Friday! I started listening to Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson. It's really funny and interesting. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54305363-broken I liked her last book, too.0
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@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 -
@Katmary71 I'm about 13 minutes from finishing it. I'm listening to the audiobook and the author reads it. She is pretty manic in her flow, talks really fast, but somehow it works. It just may drive some people crazy. It's been really funny so far. I even have laughed out loud at some parts and I never do that lol. I'm glad you enjoyed The Last Apothecary, I did too! Did you work out the issue with your Kindle? I have decided I want to break my ties with Amazon when it comes to books, so I've been downloading books from Libro.fm (I have a monthly subscription to it, it's like Audible but it benefits a local bookstore of your choice) as well as from the library on Libby. I also made the mistake of buying a non-Kindle brand eReader from Europe. I say it's a mistake because it only reads non-DRM books so when I buy a book, I can't buy them from Amazon, I buy them from Kobo and I have to put them through Adobe Digital Editions to strip the DRM and then I have to sideload them via Calibre. This doesn't work for every book, some books I'm SOL and I'm afraid it's going to stop working altogether and then I'm going to buy a book and not be able to read it.
I only bought it because it's got color e-ink technology so I can read graphic novels on it BUT...most of them, I can't strip the DRM from them to put them on it! Big mistake. 0 -
Hi all. I started reading Maus part I for my bookclub. It's about WWII and the holocaust. In it, the jews are mice and the Nazis are cats. It is a graphic novel. So far, it is excellent and I highly recommend it. I can say that already. I've got part II to read as well, by next Sunday's meeting. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15196.Maus_I?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=56j3Ll9toN&rank=10
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@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 -
@Katmary71 It's really good so far. I have a Fire tablet too, but I don't like to read on it because I'm easily distracted on it lol. I tend to start doing other things on the internet when I use my Fire tablet, so I don't even use it anymore. Yes, you should be able to read graphic novels on your Kindle. That's weird about Overdrive/Libby. The mistress sounds totally unsympathetic in that book. I wouldn't like her, either!
I've been listening to an audiobook with my husband, Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen. He's a funny author. But I've been listening to that book for months now. It takes forever to listen to an audiobook with my husband! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13068.Double_Whammy
I also started The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45047384-the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea . It's supposed to be really good and I've been looking forward to it!
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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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@Katmary71 That's good that the ending surprised you. Hahaha about Alexa! That's too bad about audiobooks but I totally get it. I either have to be cooking or cleaning or sitting perfectly still, maybe using a coloring app on my tablet, or I get lost. Are you talking about Dr Sleep? If so, we listened to that and really liked it (although I DID get lost in the audiobook because I was trying to do too many things at once). Yeah, about The House in the Cerulean Sea, a were-Pomeranian, can you imagine???
Started listening to a high fantasy by John Gwynne called Malice. I'm sure it will take us months to get through since I am listening with my husband! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15750692-malice0 -
@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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I don't know if I've already said, but I finished Maus I and last night, finished Maus II. Very important and impactful graphic novels. Art Spiegelman, the author/artist, won the Pulitzer prize for them and it was totally deserved.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15196.Maus_I
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15197.Maus_II2 -
I just started The Wedding by Jonathan Kellerman and I'm reading a book called The Color Of Law, the latter is about how law has kept African Americans oppressed, it's pretty good.1
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Hi all. I started and finished The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52586063-the-son-of-good-fortune It was about a Filipina mother and her teenage son. The mother used to be a B-movie action star and is manipulating men into giving her money online. It was an interesting book.
I also listened to How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz, which is non-fiction and is a book that gives ways to break through creative blocks and other tips on how to be an artist https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49872803-how-to-be-an-artist I think it would be better to have read this book.
Lastly, I read Living with Mochi by Gemma Gene. It's a graphic novel about the life of a pug (I have a pug so I was all in!) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54861931-living-with-mochi
I started listening to Get a Life, Chloe Brown https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43884209-get-a-life-chloe-brown It's a rom-com and so far, I am enjoying it.0 -
Interesting books! The first one would be something I'd read. I'm cleaning and have a big stack of books to donate so I took some to one of those lending library stands but three hitchhiked home with me! I got The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White. Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel, and The Somerset Girls by Lori Foster. I'll probably read White's first, it sounds like what I'm in the mood for. I'm reading The Wedding by Kellerman but I'm bored, not sure if it's my mood or the book though.0
