Will be interested in what you think of Train Dreams. I’ve had it on my TBR for a long time. I love the 1930s style cover.
Hey @Lana_Maskus Train Dreams is hauntingly beautiful. This was a reread and I chose the audio which was delivered perfectly by Will Patton. I had watched the movie which I think is also very good but I couldn’t remember if it matched up with the book. It does for the most part.
I finally finished The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick for the 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die side read. I liked the premise of the book, but didn’t care for the frequent philosophical soliloquies.
I’m going to try to quickly read The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan since I requested it through Interlibrary Loan before I start Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez for the BookBrowse Book Club Discussion. I’ve listened to 7+ hours of the 17+ hours audiobook The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Written in 1906, it’s still tremendously powerful and breaks my heart.
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Loved Hamnet and Mad Mabel!
Kim, you are such a prolific reader! My library book club is doing ‘Chain-Gang All Stars’, which is something I’d not normally pick up, but am finding it interesting so far. A distopian future where prison systems are privatized, and prisoners must fight to the death to get their freedom. A bit morbid and hunger games like, but some interesting characters for sure.
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Thanks so much, @Susan_P. It’s my main hobby. It certainly helps to be retired! And yet I’m unable to get to all the books I want to read! Case in point: Chain-Gang All Stars. It’s been on my list since it came out and I even bought a copy. Yet it languishes on my shelf!
@Susan_P I hope you come through Chain Gang All Stars with a positive impression. It was among my favorite books of the year when it published. I was so into it and loved measuring my own response by comparison with some of the characters.
Mattering by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Well, y’all have convinced me re Chain Gang All-Stars. I checked my various virtual shelves and I actually didn’t own it, but I did have one Audible credit burning a hole in my virtual pocket. That’ll be up next, after my space opera.
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If you enjoy non-fiction an excellent book about the French Resistance is Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson. It is a captivating book that reads like fiction.
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I just finished TRUST. It is not the sort of book I would pick out but for a book club. I ended up really enjoying it. There was a lot of character development and an interesting twist that I did not expect near the very end of the book.
Trust is such a great book to discuss. There are many layers to peal back if going down the rabbit hole is your idea of a good time. A couple of bookish friends and I discussed this over coffee one morning and it was so cool which parts resonated most with which person. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I just finished the short book by Timothy Snyder, ON TYRANNY. (Twenty lessons learned
from the twentieth century.) It really gave me a lot to think about.
The discussion is long closed, but if you haven’t read The Lilac People I strongly recommend it. Such a great read, I learned a lot, had good discussion with friends. The book has stuck with me after all this time.
Oh my gosh, @Laura_S, I couldn’t agree with you more about The Lilac People by Milo Todd. I was really disappointed that one didn’t receive more publicity as I thought it was one of the best historical fiction novels I’d read in a very long time. It’s one that has definitely stayed with me over the months since.