What are you reading this week? Please share! We’d love to know.
1 Like
The Assistant to the Villain. It’s a hoot and I’m really enjoying it.
1 Like
The Women by Kristin Hannah
3 Likes
Remember by Lisa Genova. I am finding this so readable and fascinating. and I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue. Quirky, funny, sad.
1 Like
I’m about halfway through The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai and loving it. It’s on the longlist for the Booker Prize and is also nominated for the Kirkus Prize, so I expected it to be entertaining and I have not been disappointed.
In audiobook format, I just finished Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, and WOW, what an amazing novel! If you read post-apocalyptic fiction and haven’t read this one yet, you MUST pick it up. I started the sequel, Parable of the Talents, this morning.
Edit: The narrator just quoted their current president as saying, “Help us make America great again!” - and this was published in 1998!
2 Likes
I’m just finishing Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate. John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down is waiting in the wings to tide me over until the library calls to tell me The Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang is waiting for me.
1 Like
“Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life” by Jason Roberts. Fascinating stuff if you haven’t taken bio in a few decades.
2 Likes
Train Dreams (just finished) by Denis Johnson. A novella that felt as though the story was conjured in a dream! Poignant and impactful.
Also reading, nearly finished with The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
1 Like
The Violin Conspiracy for Book Club. How to dodge a Cannonball and The Magician of Tiger Castle for pleasure. Listening to The Beast in the Clouds about the Roosevelt Brothers and their hunt for the elusive panda.
1 Like
I am reading THE SECRET OF ORANGE BLOSSOM CAKE by Rachel Linden.
Oh…I am loving it.
It is set in Italy - so the setting, the food, and the characters are wonderful.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Oceans by Sir David Attenborough and Colin Butfield.
2 Likes
Loved all books by Kiran Desai. Looking forward to this one!
1 Like
I just finished reading Sipsworth. And a great big thank you to everyone in the forum who mentioned this book as a worthy read. You were not wrong! I have just downloaded and started reading Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson.
1 Like
Loved The Woman in White. The PBS adaptation was very well done, imho. 
1 Like
For the past few weeks I have been picking up and putting aside book after book in search of something to genuinely capture my attention. The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake sounds like something I would enjoy. 
1 Like
I very much enjoy Lisa Wingate’s books and honestly don’t know how I missed Shelterwood. I’m glad you mentioned it as what you are reading this week.
1 Like
Kiran Desai is a new author for me. I just took a look at some of the past titles and description and can understand why you enjoy this author. I’ve just placed a hold on The Inheritance of Loss.
1 Like
I just now realized the mention of Desai titles began with you and continued on with Maria (to whom I responded). I so very much delight in learning about new authors from members of this community and appreciate your consistent, reliable contributions.
1 Like
I can’t put it down - it is a very sweet read and heartwarming.
I think you will love it.
1 Like
Thank you - will definitely look up the PBS version of the book once I finish reading it.
1 Like