Trying to finish The Lonliness of Sonia and Sunny. I can’t get past halfway point. Any suggestions if I should keep on going?
I am reading March by Geraldine Brooks, not too far along but enjoying so far.
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Looks like Geraldine Brooks is having a moment in this group. I have liked some of her books more than others. March and Year of Wonders were my favorites. I enjoyed Horse also.
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I finished Kin by Tayari Jones. It was a good story, but I liked An American Marriage by her even more. I’m going to start off this coming week with The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club and a reread of Theo of Golden for a discussion.
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I just received my copy of The Moonshine Women yesterday, so I put aside the book I was currently reading - Real Americans- so that I could start it. I have read 75 pages and am enjoying it! Can’t wait to continue! I’ll definitely be shirking my responsibilities today!
Good to know someone received The Moonshine Women! I’m still waiting, but The Greek House came yesterday.
Have started Munich by Robert Harris. WWII novel, historically accurate, good writing.
I’m still listening to The Jungle by Upton Sinclair when I drive. I’m about half-way through the 17+ hours. It’s so heartbreaking and full of despair, but it’s such an important American novel. I definitely understand why it’s included in James Mustich’s 1000 Books to Read Before You Die. I finished Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and enjoyed learning a piece of Black American history. I’ve just started the book I selected for our local book club discussion this week, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. I’m going to have dedicate all my time to it. The meeting is in two days!
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I’m still listening to Skylark by Paula McLain and disappointed. I’m reading The Librarians by Sherry Thomas as ebook. And book almost finished with Under Two Flags by Janis Robinson Daly.
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I am reading John Steinbeck. I’m about half-way through Tortilla Flat and about a third through The Grapes of Wrath.
I really loved this book as well.
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I purchased Under Two Flags to support the author. Looking forward to reading it but it just didn’t work out to read (and subsequently rate) before the publishing date this week.
I started Buckeye by Patrick Ryan this week. I was intrigued by the popularity of the book - and I am a native Ohioan. I lived in Columbus as a young career woman (and then engaged/married) - although 50 years after the time period in the book. Still, it is fun to see the familiar references. I’m about 1/3 into the book and it has finally gained some momentum.
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I’m reading one of our books, women of a promiscuous nature, and wondering if this is really a true story? If so, it’s horrifying and a sad state of affairs, but I’m interested to see what happens and if they are able to improve their lot in life.
I’m looking for another book to read – I just quit two books after getting in roughly 15% (about 50 pages for both). They were Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic by Kenneth R. Rosen
and
The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us* by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
I just couldn’t get into either. Maybe I’ll lay off the nonfiction for a while. 
*The Mattering Instinct (or at least the e-book edition I borrowed) has the same cover of a book I recently plodded through,Third Millennium Thinking by Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell, and Robert MacCoun. Why/how does this happen?! The latter was published in 2024, so it’s been out there for a while.
@Lisa_B3, if you do want to check out a good NF book, I completely enjoyed London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth.
Also, have you ever checked out the BookBrowse Assistant? I’m curious if anyone here has used it yet and if so, what you think. We also have a Recommendation Quiz. And then, of course, all our folks here who just love recommending books to one another. 
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… and that’s really weird regarding the covers! They’re just mirror images, aren’t they!?!
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Thanks – sounds intriguing and not a story I recall hearing in the news. I’m adding it to my list!
ETA: Taking look at links now, thanks!
@Lisa_B3 I found Family of Spies to be a thoroughly engrossing read. Imagine learning one’s grandfather spied for the wrong side during WWII and it had been hidden ever since.
I too am looking forward to London Falling and will try to get hands on a copy soon after it publishes. @kim.kovacs is teasing us with one we can’t get quite yet. 
But I’m pleased she has given it her seal of approval.
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Haha, yes, I do have special privileges. And London Falling is definitely worth your time if you enjoy true crime.
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