What book are you reading?

[ylisa7]

Originally Posted by Mattie Jo

I have decided that most books that I read from now on, I want to be award winning books. I am tired of books that are just Ok, which is why I didn't get "A Spool of Blue Thread." Time is just too short.

Agreed but not all "winning" books will be liked by everyone I've read a few that I did not like at all.

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

Oh DUH,my face is soooo red,wrong book,but neither one would be to my liking for sure!

Don't be embarrassed. It's just as I was reading the book, I thought of you and thought, oh no, she'd have a FIT!

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by DawnMTL

Don't be embarrassed. It's just as I was reading the book, I thought of you and thought, oh no, she'd have a FIT!

ROTFLMBO,that is just too funny,makes me think of Miss Julia,but actually my style is more just a gasp,maybe an OMG,and then just close the book,and put it back in my library bookbag,to be returned. Now what I'd tell my SIL/confidante, or my daughters, would be more Miss Julia's style!

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

ROTFLMBO,that is just too funny,makes me think of Miss Julia,but actually my style is more just a gasp,maybe an OMG,and then just close the book,and put it back in my library bookbag,to be returned.

Hahahaha! You're going to GASP! that I've decided to keep reading it for a bit. I'm having a bad streak of luck since A Little Life, which I'm afraid ruined me for a while. If that's the case, I don't want to move onto a REALLY good book if I'm not ready to appreciate it.

[Holly-Kay]

Originally Posted by younglisa7

Ha, ha…someone on GR rated it and called it Psycho porn. It is definitely way overboard with the cursing and it doesn't even fit. Some books like The Martian and The City of Thieves can get away with it because it fits. In You it is just thrown around too much and it doesn't help the book in any way. Then again I hated all the characters in that book






I finished The Nightingale Kristin Hannah in one day. What a great book. I loved this book about two very different sisters during the WWll German Occupation in France. It's is about their strengths and the lengths they will go to protect the ones they love and what they think is right. It shows that when the men leave the home front to fight how strong the women will become when necessary. I believe this is my favorite story set during WWll.(and I have read quite a few)

It also tells of the French Resistance group who helped downed Allied pilots cross the Pyrenees Mountains into Spain for safety. The trail was also used as an escape for many jews. Very cool piece of history and the bravery of people and strangers helping each other….WW2 escape routes over the Ariège Pyrenees
Here is a book about that:
The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During World War II: Peter Eisner: 9780060096649: Amazon.com: Books



I just started All The Light We Cannot See for a group read. The first 100 pages flew and I really like the kid's stories and I hope it stays on track with them.

I am still 3/4's through A Spool of Blue Thread and I'm not sure if I will get back to it. There are too many other "interesting" books out there to read, lol.

I have The Nightingale on my TBR list. I loved Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah also. If you haven't read it I think you will like it.

In the same vein, I loved Tatiana de Rosnay's book, Sarah's Key.

[Holly-Kay]

I finished The Secret History Sunday afternoon and started Two Mrs. Abbotts, another Miss Buncle book. I needed something light hearted after the heavy reading of TSL. I want to wade into ALL but I think I will wait until I have the sale of my business completed. It looks like that will be completed within the next month or so. I will probably read The Nightingale next.

[Mattie Jo]

Originally Posted by Ketabcha

Yes, it is. I never thought I would actually be able to read Proust and stick with it. Every sentence is a world of its own. I read it back in the 80s and it has stayed with me all these years. It truly is an amazing book and Proust was a gifted writer. Oh so beautiful.

Thinking about it just now I realize that Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See reminds me of Swann's Way.

I have been trying to read at night when I am so tired, and so this is the 3rd time I have begin reading "Swann's Way", only having read the first two chapters, and each time I re-read it I am still enthralled. Now I am choosing to read during the day when I take a break for working out in the yard.

[phonelady61]

Originally Posted by Holly-Kay

I have The Nightingale on my TBR list. I loved Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah also. If you haven't read it I think you will like it.

In the same vein, I loved Tatiana de Rosnay's book, Sarah's Key.

I read sarah's key and it was on my to be loved list yes def one of the best books . I also have unsaid on my best books list.

[Ketabcha]

Originally Posted by Mattie Jo

I have been trying to read at night when I am so tired, and so this is the 3rd time I have begin reading "Swann's Way", only having read the first two chapters, and each time I re-read it I am still enthralled. Now I am choosing to read during the day when I take a break for working out in the yard.

I sometimes use reading as a reward to myself. When I tackle a job that I don't particularly enjoy I will read when I have completed a step in the process.

[pinetreelover]

Originally Posted by tigerlily

Anthony Doerr just won the Pulitzer Prize for All the Light We Cannot See.

Loved that book! It was so beautifully written and the characters were so well developed! I went on to read Doerr's book of short stories and they were amazing as well.