What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? Please share! We’d love to know.
I finished Razorblade Tears and Her One Regret last week. Razorblade Tears was a 5 star read for me. It was gritty and dark but I just loved the characters, the plot, the author’s metaphors. I couldn’t stop reading. I felt I was watching a movie the whole time. I also really enjoyed Her One Regret. It brought up a lot of difficult feelings for me as a mom. PPD is something that is so real that people really don’t like talking about. The conversations that were brought up in the mothers’ group were so real. Women are the worst about being “judgey” and terrible to each other.
I am currently reading The Violin Maker’s Secret. It took FOREVER to get to me and glad I got it finally. I am already 1/4th the way through. I can’t wait to talk about it on the forum.
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I love S.A. Cosby’s writing, and Razorblade Tears was one of my favorites, @Supertalya. (I also really enjoyed All the Sinners Bleed). I had more problems with his latest, King of Ashes. The writing was great and the book was a page turner, but the message overall was grim. But you really can’t go wrong with any of his works.
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It’s been a few weeks since I last posted – at the time I was reading The Double by Edgar Wallace and Moby Dick by Melville. I’ve paused the latter, and the former I finished – it was okay and kept me reading to the end (can’t recall what more I thought about it).
I’m now reading Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic by Neil Shea.
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Currently reading ‘More than Enough’ by Anna Quindlen. Earlier this week I finished Allegra Goodman’s ‘This is Not About Us’ - my first 5-star of the year!
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I’m just starting The Women of Oak Ridge by Michelle Shocklee for my book club meeting in 4 days! I had to order it through Interlibrary Loan clear back on 1/27 and it didn’t arrive at my library until yesterday. Also reading The Man in High Castle by Philip K. Dick for our Side Read here on BookBrowse Community Forum. I just finished No More Tears about the corruption of the Johnson & Johnson Company. It’s fascinating and sickening at the same time. Retiring after 42+ years in healthcare I’ve always believed in “following the science,” but after reading No More Tears I understand why many Americans are so distrustful of organized medicine. With state our nation is in I must be focusing on social justice, because I just started listening to The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
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I enjoyed “Everything Is Tuberculosis” last week and found that I am becoming a huge John Green fan. I should be done with the very sad “Memorial Days” by Geraldine Brooks by tomorrow. I believe “Heart the Lover” by Lily King is next in the stack.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Desai is an incredible writer.
I just finished The Dictionary. of Lost Words and loved it! It is interesting/gratifying to find strong women in previous centuries.
I’m reading This Book Made Me Think of You. It’s hard not to like a book about books and bookstores and bookish people. I finished A Crown of Stars for the current discussion and enjoyed it very much.
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I just finished a few books including The Correspondent, The Last Time I Saw Him, and Amity. Amity provides a good perspective on a brother and sister now free from slavery but searching for true freedom in Mexico. I am beginning The Keeper of Lost Souls by Sadeqa Johnson, historical fiction based on the true story of Ethel Gathers, the African American woman and wife of a military officer serving in occupied Germany after WWII who sees an orphanage of the children of Black American soldiers and White German women abandoned after the war. She undertakes a campaign to find African American families who will adopt the children in the US. Had the chance to hear the author in person talk about the writing of this book including her significant research into the true story of Mrs. Gathers and her work. I met a woman at the event who shared she was one of those children who was adopted as a result of Mrs. Gathers work.
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I loved Amity! I think Nathan Harris has become an auto-buy author for me. It has been exciting to see him writing distinctly different stories while staying true to the bigger message.
How wonderful you got to meet the author and a true life beneficiary of the adoption program. That must have been amazing.
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I just finished The Favorites by Layne Fargo. It was a five star read for me. I really enjoyed reading it during the Winter Olympics.
I am finally tackling “Theo” Have read many reviews on this book. It seems to be either love or hate in them. So far I am enjoying Theo’s story and am not bored. I did, however, enjoy the BookReporter’s almost 2 hours discussion with the author and others. It certainly gave me insight into the author’s head. Did anyone else watch the presentation??? It’s now on YouTube.
I finished The Endling yesterday and posted a few questions due to my confusion. Hmm. I’m a few pages into Creation Lake, one of the books on Dublin’s list. I have high hopes!**
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Welcome! I’ve had Amity on my TBR list for awhile and now I know I need to start it soon. And you’ve added to my TBR with The Keeper of Lost Souls by Sadeqa Johnson. It sounds so good!
Check out Sadeqa Johnson’s website she is doing book events in a lot of places. You one may be near you.
Thank you! I checked her website and no luck. I live in very rural Southwest Kansas far from a major airport so it’s understandable. I did check the last BookReporter email I received and it has a recorded interview with her so I’ll listen to it. I didn’t realize she wrote The Yellow Wife and The House of Eve, too! Both are on my extremely long TBR, but I’m moving them up to the top. Thank you so much!
Sorry there are no events near you but the video will work!
Every evening I enjoy reading members’ recent reads and it’s interesting how different genres appeal to readers. Their opinions are very valuable because I discover that my aging and current mood play a big role in the reads that appeal to me.
Last week I read I’m Not the Only Murderer In My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig. It was a fun book to read and I did “likes” to responses that members posted.
I plan to read The Violin Makers Secret and A Crown of Stars since they will be released tomorrow.
I hope to be able to contribute to your current discussions.
Thankfully I planned in advance, and I was fortunate to receive my copy of THE SEVEN O’CLOCK CLUB by Amelia Ireland. I’m look forward to participating in the book discussion on March 12.