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That all sounds great, especially the homemade soup! Still making my way through Dr. No. It's weird, but funny!
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Can't manage more than a couple pages at the end of the day, but I'm really enjoying Dr. No by Percival Everett. It's a challenging read with lots of wordplay and references to math, but also quite funny. So glad a friend recommended it! Best to all for the my last summer weekend before classes start again! 💃💞💞
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@Catfish_Fan Love the idea of audio immersion reading. I also heard the Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov describe the improvement in comprehension and depth he found when forced to turn to audio books after his eyesight started to fail. I'm still looking for the best way/time to use audio books. Listening while sitting just…
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I'm reading Comedy in a Minor Key about the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by Hans Keilson. It's very interesting, but heavy so I'm also starting Dr. No by Percival Everett for balance.
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Dragged myself to the end of Blue Ruin. Can't for the life of me figure out why my colleagues liked it. The setup was great—a guy runs into his former love when he delivers her groceries during the pandemic… But that was the only thing interesting about the entire book. Everything else—the empty plot, the unpleasant…
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Hahaha @Btrflydog ! A born proofreader… I recognize myself in that comment! 🤣🤣🤣
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@Catfish_Fan "serves me right for reading out of publication order" 🤣🤣🤣 I felt the same thing recently when I suddenly learned something about Donna Leon's detective Guido Brunetti that was key to the series! @Btrflydog I loved the pandemic beginning to Blue Ruin, but now it's become a bit of a slog. Is it just me or do…
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Men in the Sun was quite short but very powerful, and, as it's about forced migration, it's heartbreaking too. But as @Btrflydog mentioned with Underground Railroad, I'm glad I read it. I've started Blue Ruin and finding it absorbing so far. It's a pandemic novel so that makes it timely and interesting, and it appears…
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Running to catch up everywhere, and by the time I get to open one of my own books, I'm sleepy. I'm reading Men in the Sun, but it's slow going with just a few pages at night…
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Finished I Capture the Castle, which I certainly enjoyed. I only learned at the end of the book that she was also the author of 101 Dalmatians! Friends last night suggested I read Blue Ruin so I'm bumping that to the head of the line unexpectedly.
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Looking forward to hearing your opinion about The Underground Railroad @Btrflydog I loved Nickel Boys, but Underground Railroad was DNF for me. Still enjoying Capture the Castle too!
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@Catfish_Fan HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Ooo, can't wait to hear your verdict on Michener! I mean, I can wait, obviously, cuz 1500 pages will take even @Catfish_Fan a few days…😉 BTW I'm really enjoying I Capture the Castle. Thanks for the inspiration @Btrflydog !
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Finally finished The Fall of Light by Niall Williams. I've started I Capture the Castle and Mushroom at the End of the World. Both have spent a long time on Mt. TBR…
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Sounds delicious and it looks beautiful! I think I'm going to have to splurge….
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@Catfish_Fan sounds delicious! I'd never heard of Tiesta either and I love the name.
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Finished A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon. This was one from earlier in the series, and I learned some wild stuff about the detective hero, Guido Brunetti! I also finished The Cure for Women, a fascinating retelling of the story of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and other early American women physicians. Amazing what they had to go…
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NOW I understand why I could never find anything on Kindle Unlimited. I never joined cuz there never seemed to anything I wanted or had heard of. I so hope those public libraries can hold on!
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I wanted to recommend Richard Peck to a friend but couldn't remember his name or find it easily in a search so I had to look back on this thread. Thanks again for this suggestion! It was so interesting to scan the entries from the last couple years. I'm actually moving a few items higher on Mount TBR as a result of this…
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LOVE the idea of James Joyce as a palate cleanser after Stephen King!!
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So glad you found such a wonderful book, @Catfish_Fan! There's almost nothing better. That's not my usual fare, but it's going on my list.
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Nice catch, @Catfish_Fan ! Restoration is tricky so I think you're wise to consult a professional. It's amazing that you've read 100 books already this year! I just finished What Kind of Paradise. It was a quick and enjoyable read, very topical and engagingly written. A friend at the gym yesterday recommended Dr. No by…
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I'm skeptical of many of the books that end on those Reader's Choice polls any way. More than one ended up as DNF on my list… Brought home another Guido Brunetti book. They're calming so I decided to treat myself to one over the weekend.
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Tsundoku Support Group!!
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You inspired me! I saw an upcoming book sale announced at the library so we took 7 big bags of books down there. Hooray! Now to schedule an out-of-town trip for the days of the sale… 😉
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Trying to slog through Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. So far I'm having trouble understanding why it's famous…
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Really enjoying The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. It's a very creative recasting of a character from Jane Eyre, presenting the person from a much broader and more interesting perspective. I wouldn't have read it if I hadn't slogged my way through Caryl Phillips's "biography" of Jean Rhys. Sort of "meta-" but I feel…
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Oh, this discussion is all too timely for me as my book shelves are burgeoning and spreading across the floors of my workroom, dining room, bedroom, living room… I'm going to try to cull and carry at least some to my local library. They still do a sale. Goodwill no longer accepts books at all… No shelf control is…
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❤️ the crotchety old crank reviews, @LadyCalico2 ! I'm always skeptical of book reviews and wouldn't have chosen Atmosphere in any case… I've got several books going at once, including Out of Place, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Aflame, but none is really fitting the bill so I'll keep looking. Best to all!
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Almost done with A View of the Empire at Sunset: A Novel by Caryl Phillips. It's a treatment of the biography of Jean Rhys, author of The Wide Sargasso Sea. I'm not sure I understand the point behind his reimagination of her apparently sad and difficult life, but I guess this will push me to finally read her work.
