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I just finished reading "Station Eleven" and loved it, despite the unsettling aspects of the story. I wonder what kind of person I would be twenty years after my world as I knew it was over -- presuming I survived the years between.
Just finished Padma Lakshmi's autobiography "Love, Loss, and What We Ate"
Much more introspective, interesting, and sad than I anticipated...although the title is accurate...
She seems very intelligent and grounded...not the glam hostess "Barbi" I expected...and Salman Rushti comes across as self-involved and unsympathetic, even if brilliant and charismatic...
Hard to feel sorry for someone who seemingly "has it all" but narrative seems very personal and true...
I am happy to see that my rave about Moloka'i was so well received.
For book club I am reading The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Sendker. The person who selected it said it had been on her radar for a while and she just learned that it will be made into a movie.
I seem to do best with not knowing anything about the books- and this is another case in point. No clue, and probably had I read a synopsis I would not be drawn to this. However, it is truly a good one. So my most current I am 2 for 2. (and about 35% through).
Funny, I just searched the thread to see any other mention of the book, and it looks like there were a few posts back several years ago (Marlow and Pinetreelover if I remember correctly) and they did not love it.
Curious now to see if I feel the same when finished
I just finished listening to Nightmare House by Douglas Clegg. I wish I would've saved it for my Halloween reads in October, because it was my idea of the perfect scary Halloween story. He's written some sequels, and I am skeptical about sequels, but I did put it on my Halloween Reads list.
I started Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore. It was good so far but I cannot finish it right now because I am working too much. The last book I finished was Girl on the Train, read it because everyone was raving about it, I ended up liking it a lot myself.
Well I just finished the Art of Hearing Heartbeats. Yes it was that good ( typically not making time to read -- I did not want to put this down and fortunately had some time this weekend). I got it from the library on kindle, and that helps a lot. I can really read so much easier on that.
Very different and lots of twists and turns. Had a bit of sadness to it as well - reading Pinacarlotta's comment above. I am thinking I might want something a bit less heavy next.
A while back people were mentioning Pecan Man which I just got from the library to that is next. (in book form).. will let you know what I think.
Sorry to say I am giving up on "The Lake House" after reading the first 50 pages twice to try to comprehend who was who. I not only dislike the back and forth years and characters but find way too much superfluous "stuff" to keep me entralled. I really enjoyed all the other Kate Morton books and thought I would adore this one too. No such luck. On to the next.
Room - Emma Donoghue. It's so emotionally draining.
I read the Goodreads description and I could not read that book. Just the description drained me.
I am halfway through chapter nine of T.C. Boyle's "The Harder They Come and I am going to give up. I just don't like the characters. I LIKE T.C. Boyle's writing, so I grabbed this off the shelf at the library, not even looking at the back cover description -- big mistake.
I am sure there are people out there like the characters in this book. If I met the in the course of my day I know my eyebrows would raise, I would nod to them politely with the mere suggestion of a smile, and then excuse myself to go find someplace else to be.
With a book I can just drop in on the stand next to the front door and move on -- which is what I plan to do.
And that leaves me with nothing to read until my next hold comes available.
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I'm reading The Nightingale.
This is the first book in a long while that had me crying a bit.
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