What are you reading currently?
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The Backstabbers (Red Ryan #2) by William W. Johnstone1
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The Five Wounds - Kirstin Valdez Quade1
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The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber. It's charming, and I'm definitely going to try some of the recipes!1
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Tool of War (Ship Breaker) by Paolo Bacigalupi1
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So I read the first 10 pages of The Five Wounds - nothing wrong with it, but I decided it wasn't what I was in the mood to read, so am setting it aside.
Started The Nineth House - by Leigh Bardugo last night. Read over 50 pages - if I didn't have to be at work today I would have stayed up reading into the wee small hours of the night. I've got a long 4 day weekend this week so I predict I'll have it finished with in the week.2 -
Bacchanal by Veronica Henry. This is her debut novel, historical fiction fantasy, and I checked it out from Kindle Unlimited.1
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When We Were Arabs by Massoud Hayoun1
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Started Foxmask, the second book in the Saga of the Light Isles by Juliet Marillier. I read book one in April and liked it quite a bit. Most of what I have read by Juliet Marillier has been to my liking.1
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OMG What am I not reading? I tend to get 5 books out of library at a time and read the first chapter of each to see what grabs me. Plus I read a book aloud after dinner to my son and DH. And another aloud just to my son!
Just finished. This Time Tomorrow (Straub). Time travel book sort of. Not an adventure type one more along the lines of personal relationships. I enjoyed it. It was an easy read.
Current: Burntcoat (Hall). Short book. I should be able to finish it today but it is a bit difficult for me to follow. Lot of jumping around. About a pandemic, go figure.
Read first chapter of:
What We Don't Talk About when we talk about Fat (Gordon). I am sure I will find the rest of the book enlightening. But confronting those difficult emotions. Wow.
Take Your Breath Away (Barclay) Canadian author. Already forgot the first chapter. Oops
Set Boundaries, Find Peace. (Tawwab). I think this will be a TERRIFIC self-help book.
A Rip Through Time (Armstrong). Can't WAIT to read this. I just thought I should finish the short book by the pulitzer prize winning author first.
Every Summer After (Fortune). Another book sure to be a great breezy read.
Burnout: The Secret to Lunlocking the Stress Cycle (Nagoski) OMG another terrific self-help. NOT a bunch of BS either. Can't wait.
Night-crawling (MOttley). As this is not my experience of life, set from the perspective of an African-American who lives in a really rough neighbourhood -think she has to go on the run from something in the book - I am sure I will find it a tough read, but worthwhile.
Reading with Son and Husband
Captain Blood (Sabatini). A swashbuckling pirate adventure that likely inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean series. It is fun, but as it was written exactly 100 years ago, it is difficult to read all the ways that women are objectified, described and minimized in the story except as love interest. Also the slaves - hate reading about the use of them without any apparent judgement from the author. (it is set in the 1600s)
Reading with son:
Washington Black (Edugyan) A terrific read about a young slave and the things that happen to him, but set as a fantasy. And not overly heavy with difficult things about slavery (there are some parts that are somewhat tough to read, but important to the story). Very readable and enjoyable so far (halfway through)
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I finished The Nineth House - Leigh Bardugo last night. 4.5 stars.
Next up Crazy Rich Asians -Kevin Kwan2 -
I finished The Nineth House - Leigh Bardugo last night. 4.5 stars.
I have read her Shadow and Bone trilogy and it was interesting, in a good way. I wanted to watch the TV series based on the books but I never did. I'll probably continue the series at some point, there are more stories that take place in the world that she crafted.1 -
Catfish_Fan wrote: »I finished The Nineth House - Leigh Bardugo last night. 4.5 stars.
I have read her Shadow and Bone trilogy and it was interesting, in a good way. I wanted to watch the TV series based on the books but I never did. I'll probably continue the series at some point, there are more stories that take place in the world that she crafted.
I have the Trilogy in my TBR pile. Looking forward to it. There will be a sequel to The Nineth House coming out in January as well. The Nineth House is geared towards adults, rather than YA readers that her other works are geared towards. Just FYI.1 -
How High We Go in the Dark
by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Sci-fi sort of, but not like spaceships and rivets.0 -
Knight's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler0
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Warrior's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler0
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Into the Woods - Tana French1
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The Commodore (World War II Navy #4) by P.T. Deutermann0
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Lady's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler0
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum0
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Fate's Ransom (The First Argentines #4) by Jeff Wheeler0
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Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson. A Longmire mystery. I'd never tried one before. Better than I expected!1
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FitMary202 wrote: »Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson. A Longmire mystery. I'd never tried one before. Better than I expected!
I want to watch the show but I don’t know if I should read the books first? My father did both and said that they are quite different. Oh well, there are too many books to read that take the time for watching too much tv.0 -
The Land of Oz (1904) by L. Frank Baum
The Oz books are very different from the movie. In book one the wicked witch sent 40 crows to get Dorothy’s band and the Scarecrow twisted off their heads! Put that in a children’s movie and it would be horror.1 -
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh0
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Catfish_Fan wrote: »FitMary202 wrote: »Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson. A Longmire mystery. I'd never tried one before. Better than I expected!
I want to watch the show but I don’t know if I should read the books first? My father did both and said that they are quite different. Oh well, there are too many books to read that take the time for watching too much tv.
I didn't care for the show, but found the one mystery I've read so far quite compelling so you know what my advice will be....
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Black Boy by Richard Wright1
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The Broker by John Grisham (part of my "read John Grisham from the beginning to the end" project that may never be finished before I depart the planet. See also "read Stephen King from start to finish", etc. I am caught up with very few current famous authors. You can't swim the whole ocean, just a few small bays!1
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The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon1
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Light It Up by Kekla Magoon1
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Finally finished a book I've started this month - Into the Woods - 4.5 * rounded up to 5 on Good Reads because I so enjoyed the characters Tana French writes.
Don't know what is up with my attention span lately. Starting Swamplandia - Karen Russell next. Hope to go back to the 2 I've paused after 20 pages and give them another shot.
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