What book are you reading?

[chicagoliz]

I finished up The Only Plane in the Sky and Factfulness, both of which were good. In some other groups, there was a lot of chatter about a romance called Red, White and Royal Blue, so I decided to give it a try. It's light and cute, but I think I've determined definitively that the romance genre is not for me. I hadn't thought it was, but saw so many people talking it up and loving some books that I thought maybe I should give it a try and read a couple. Maybe I was missing out -- not that I expected anything world-rocking, but maybe some light, fun, quick reads in between my usual weightier fare might be a good addition. But nah -- I'm underwhelmed, and I think I'm done.

[PAhippo]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

Finished Sacred Clowns (Leaphorn & Chee #11), Tony Hillerman 1993.

I'll probably start The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee #12), Tony Hillerman 1996.

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one of my favorite authors.






Recently read Still Life by Louise Penny. Now reading Brutal Telling, the 5th in the series. After this, will go back and read them in order.

[PAhippo]

Originally Posted by Brown Darby

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

The first chapter seems quite dry and dull so I'm trying to get into it.

good luck with that.


had to read it in school. only thing that made it interesting was also having to read Plato's Republic.

[GoldenHair]

A History of Mathematical Notations by Florian Cajori, 1929.

[jbgusa]

I am reading No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
by Doris Kearns Goodwin (now at Page 122) at the recommendation of a friend who thinks I am too harsh on FDR's legacy. That harshness, sadly, began in early 1973 when I read While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy, by Arthur D. Morse, https://www.goodreads.com/author/sho...Arthur_D_Morse. It developed further when I read 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23492830-1944, by Jay Winik. FDR and the Jews, by Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...r-and-the-jews, tempered this view somewhat, but not much.

My friend believes this should temper my views further. We shall see after further reading. The book is definitely worthwhile as a good picture of that period in history.

[pinetreelover]

I'm reading Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. I was both overwhelmed (so. many. tragedies.) and underwhelmed (story threads tied together with unbelievable coincidences or resolutions) with This Tender Land, but on recommendation from several of you here, decided to give Mr. Krueger another try and I'm sooooooo glad that I did! I am really, really enjoying Ordinary Grace! It has some similar themes as found in Tenderland, but is much more cohesive, believable and well-paced.

[AZgarden]

Riley Sager's "Home Before Dark " and it hasn't gotten to the scary part yet. Still waiting.

[oeccscclhjhn]

Finished The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1), Michael Crichton 1969.

Reading The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford 1960.

[PAhippo]

The Incredible Journey- excellent book. so-so movie (Homeward Bound).





One of the few I've read more than once.

[CLfan1977]

Just finished The Guest List by Lucy Fowler. It was an odd murder “mystery”. I didn’t care for many of the characters but the author wove the actors together in an unexpected way.