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Reading After Lives but I've also started A Wilder Shore about Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson just for fun. I've also myself treated myself to several other books on Kindle and a couple in hard cover so the holidays are covered! :D

Sounds like the perfect path-breaking book to end the year, @Catfish_Fan! I've never read a Michener book either, but I'll be interested in your take on Centennial.

Almost finished with The Joke. I have so many options for my next book that it's hard to decide. I'll probably start After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah, though several other books are calling me. I splurged on a new novel by Niall Williams and I'm looking forward to reading that very soon.

Too busy to post this fall, but here in spirit and teaching is almost over for the semester. Hooray! I'm making my way through The Joke by Milan Kundera. I'll be interested in your opinion of The Station, @Btrflydog.

AMAZING, Catfish! Very well done. <3 o:) <3 o:) <3 o:) <3 o:) <3 o:) <3 o:) <3

Just about finished with Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa. It dragged in a couple places, but overall I found this memoir quite interesting.

So nice to be able to get back on MFP after several weeks away and see y'all here! Work is too busy and I just haven't been able to face more computer time at the end of the day. But I'm with you in spirit! Just loving my new Kindle. It's so convenient to have the light!! I'm reading Impossible Creatures by Katherine…

@Catfish_Fan WOW! Well done!

@Btrflydog that song is definitely meant to be sung off key!! :p

@Catfish_Fan sorry it took me so long to answer. I'm getting slammed at work! Not that I would have been any help... Clearly, I was just lucky not to have a glitch. So glad it's working now!!

@mainey65 Welcome! I loved the Glass Castle too so I'll have to check out the Glass Forest! It's a very small group so super friendly.

@Catfish_Fan! It was so incredibly kind of you to send me the info on Woot. I read the message late so everything was all sold out, but REALLY appreciate the thoughtfulness and I'm glad to learn about the site. In the end I got an "older" model from Target where I also had a coupon. I love it, and everything transferred…

Looks like I might have to replace my Kindle. :( It's starting to refuse to load my books. It IS a really old one, but it's disappointing all the same. I'm not at all sure that books I've had for years will transfer to the new device. To be continued after I play around with it just a bit more...

@Catfish_Fan, wow, that's amazing tea!!

@Catfish_Fan Enjoying the pictures and descriptions here too!

Started reading Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's so engaging!

LOVE that Earl Grey!

Beautiful cup too, Catfish!

Reading The Oppermans by Leon Feuchtwanger and I got How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. Y is the last letter on my alphabetical list! I'm also dragging my way through Dickens' Hard Times.

A Hala Alyan, Salt Houses ** B Mikhail Bulgakov, A Country Doctor's Notebook **** C Tom Comitta, The Nature Book * D Edwidge Danticat, The Farming of Bones **** E Percival Everett, James: A Novel *** F Andras Forgach, No Live Files Remain *** Tortured read G Xochitl Gonzalez, Anita de Monte Laughs Last * H Ken Haruf,…

"Nothing like someone banning a book to make me want to read it." Now THAT is a great quote!

Just about finished with Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books. Not the greatest read, but it has a running gag about a neighborhood library with books purposely in the wrong dust jacket so if you want to have some fun....

A Hala Alyan, Salt Houses ** B Mikhail Bulgakov, A Country Doctor's Notebook **** C Tom Comitta, The Nature Book * D Edwidge Danticat, The Farming of Bones **** E Percival Everett, James: A Novel *** F Andras Forgach, No Live Files Remain *** Tortured read G Xochitl Gonzalez, Anita de Monte Laughs Last * H Ken Haruf,…

Just got Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller from the library. Let's see how many stories I can juggle at one time... Maybe this will be a quick read?

Really enjoyed The Amateur Emigrant so I'm following that up with Across the Plains. Also reading The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim.

Started reading a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson called The Amateur Emigrant about his journey from Scotland to New York in steerage. So far it's quite interesting and very well written. Congratulations on your great progress and all those peppers, @Catfish_Fan ! Impressive work all round!

A Hala Alyan, Salt Houses ** B Mikhail Bulgakov, A Country Doctor's Notebook **** C Tom Comitta, The Nature Book * D Edwidge Danticat, The Farming of Bones **** E Percival Everett, James: A Novel *** F Andras Forgach, No Live Files Remain *** Tortured read G Xochitl Gonzalez, Anita de Monte Laughs Last * H Ken Haruf,…

So great to see you, @LadyCalico2 !!! As usual, you're doing it in style! Just added Bridge of Clay to my to-do list....

I agree with you both about Prince of Tides, though my memory of it is hazy... Ian Johnson, Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future is fascinating. DNF Enright's The Gathering. I gave it a go, but that is a nasty book.

Picking up Anne Enright, The Gathering from the library today.