The Hollywood Fix by Richard Kirshenbaum
I’m reading Midnight Taxi. I’m about 30% through it and hope it picks up soon.
Cheryl_Winter, I just started reading Cursed Daughters and I’m enjoying it so far.
I just finished an ARC of Canticle, by Janet Rich Edward’s, a debut author. This will be published December 2. I’m partial to debuts and this certainly delivered. If you like medieval history, religious fanaticism, miracles and mysticism, and women forging their own path in a tightly controlled religious world—this book is for you.
Karen_M, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. This book is an all-time favorite for me. I really enjoy this author.
So am I-having a hard time with the names…..
@Cheryl_Winter Are you talking about the characters’ names in Cursed Daughters?
There are two strategies I employ when I run into a book with names I’m unfamiliar with. The first thing I try is doing a Google search on “how to pronounce…” That often provides me with enough information to move forward.
Another option is to mentally read a name in a shortened fashion (e.g., “Monife” becomes “Mo,” “Ebun” becomes “Eb”).
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@Tammy_F, I’ve never heard of the author or that series, but it looks really good! I’ve now added it to my TBR list! Thanks for sharing. (I think… 
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Oh I like that Kim. I do a google search, but like the shortening of names. I can see that helping !
Tammy_F, I too have not heard of this author or series. It sounds good. I just added to my mile long TBR list.
Thanks for the tips. I usually shorten the names to help me. Unusual names just makes it harder to read.
I’m reading A A Slowly Dying Cause by Elizabeth George. It’s a murder mystery of 640 pages. Most of the chapters are an hour long, and it is slow going because there is a lot of prose, internal thoughts, and reflection, and not a lot of conversation
Last week I read The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman, which was an interesting departure for me. We had a pretty good discussion at our Friday book club
I finished John Boyne’s book, All the Broken Places. Most may know this author from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This is a heart-wrenching book about post-Holocaust survivors from the German side. The long shadow of the war has a great effect on Gretel, who was an adolescent during the war, but who failed to confront her Father’s leadership in the atrocities at Auschwitz. She suffers from survivor’s guilt and tries to escape by moving to different places, like Australia. But, of course, she can’t escape her inner demons. Late in life, she has a chance to “save a life” - but does this single act expunge her past? This is an excellent book for discussion about the morality of war acts and the guilt of children from families that commit evil acts.
After this book I moved to Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson . This is also a book about trauma and guilt, but focused on an African American family that suffers a home invasion. Over the next decades, we follow the impact on the daughter, Ebby and we also follow a timeline that goes back in their family into slavery and the production of massive “dirt” pottery, including one that survives as an heirloom in the family.
These are two heavy books- and so I’m looking for something lighter in the week ahead!
One of my favorite books- hysterical!