What book or books are you reading this week? We’d love to know!
I finished Wandering Stars earlier this week and just started Dream Count. Well, I kinda started Dream Count, LOL. I often read in bed, and I think I got one paragraph in before my Kindle dropped out of my hands.
In audiobook format, I’ve started Book 2 of the Silo series (Shift). It talks about how the Silo came to be, and its early days. I think I’m enjoying it even more than the first book.
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I’m entering the treacherous plot pages of The Lion Women of Tehran. ** I expect to feel emotions that resonate with aspects of today’s rights of women.
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Just about finished with “The Briar Club” by Kate Quinn. It’s a long read, I am enjoying it immensely. Next is “The Antidote” by Karen Russell (ARC book)
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I’m reading and loving Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson and finally reading Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - great book! Im also starting Mythos by Stephen Fry. I’ve taken an interest in Greek Mythology. I never had much in school.
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@user1 I’m looking forward to what you think of Mythos. It’s been on my radar for a while but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Like you, I have and interest in Greek Mythology, plus I love Stephen Fry (and have since his days w/ Hugh Laurie).
I finished “Mask of the Deer Woman” by Laurie L. Dove (took a bit to get into it but overall a good debut novel) and needing a palate cleanser from it & the news, started “Murders in Great Diddling” by Katarina Bivald. I need a nice English mystery & think this will do nicely.
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I just started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - a dystopian novel about a country moving into authoritarianism. It is beautifully written but terrifying.
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I hope to have “James” finished by Monday. Next in the stack I must decide between Newbery winner “The First State of Being” or “Small Rain.”
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I loved Prophet Song. It was a tough read, though.
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I like dystopian fiction so will add this title to my reading list.
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Nan:
It is a beautifully written book - subject matter is “intense” but absolutely worth it. When I am not reading I am thinking about it.
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I have just started Dream Count. I’ve been reading in fits and starts but hope to settle into it this weekend.
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I too thought Prophet Song was amazing and perhaps a bit too prescient.
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I’m reading the Wedding People by Alison Espach. So far very enjoyable and quite a few laughable moments.
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I just finished The Lion Women of Tehran. Engaging read.
And you made an interesting comment about rights and what you are anticipating. I felt like a lot of the discussion with regards to rights, and loss of, could apply to the US today.
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I am finishing up The Familiar (Leigh Bardugo) and Blue Light Hours (Bruna Dantas Lobato) so that I can jump into my Black History month reading. Also, just finished The Fated Sky, the second in The Lady Astronaut series.
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I’ll look forward to following your Black History Month choices @Gabi_J. I have quite a few lined up that I hope to get through.
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The first two in my queue are Lovely One and The Swans of Harlem. Also, considering Good Dirt, Kindred, The Message, and a classic. Any ideas for a classic(s)? I have read Their Eyes Were Watching God and Passing. Loved them both.
Some of my favorites from past years: The Other Wes Moore, Don’t Cry for Me, A Most Beautiful Thing, and Bud, Not Buddy (a beautiful children’s book). And if I go outside the US, there are soooo many great ones.
What is on your list?
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Hey, @Gabi_J I hope you’ll put The Bluest Eye on your list. We’ll be discussing it starting next week & we’d love to have you join us.
I read Kindred and thought it was excellent.
A more recent book that impressed me is The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fannone Jeffers: Summary and Reviews. The page count is high, but the book doesn’t feel long, and it’s definitely worth your time.
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