What book are you reading?

[miguel's mom]

I'm very very slow reading at the moment. I don't have much time, have a lot of work and things to do with the kids so I'm also way too tiered in the evening to read more than 3-4 pages


However, my updates for the last weeks:


The One-in-a-Million Boy (Monica Wood) - I must confess I stopped reading this book. Even though I read more than half of it, it really began to go on my nerves. The characters were getting annoying and I lost interest in the story.


Between Shades of Grey (Ruty Sepetys) - loved it! Stunning story about a girl and her family being deported to Siberia. Very moving, 5 stars!


Im Tal des Fuchses (Charlotte Link) - couldn't find an English translation for this. Good old English crime story. I do like Link's books as audio versions. 3 stars.


The Camp (Nick Cutter) - my first do-not-finish of the year. Awful (audio) book.


Down a dark Road (Linda Castillo) - audio version. Really liked it! My first Castillo book. 4 stars.


Whiteout (Ken Follet) - audio version. Okay book, solid story line, characters well drawn. 3 stars.

[Returning2USA]

El Chapo

By Noah Hurowitz

Very well researched book on El Chapo and one can learn a lot of about Mexican politics and society of the last 30 years.

[LookinForMayberry]

I just started Maggie's Dreamer Trilogy, after having consumed her previous series, the Raven Cycle in (for me) a new land speed record of reading. I absolutely devoured them. This first of the trilogy is proving to be every bit as mesmerizing.

They are classified as YA, but this reader is in her 60s and I am gobsmacked at the rich textural aspects of her writing. Her work doesn't just have a plot, it creates a world in which one's mind can wander in awe.

If you decide to try it, be prepared to be totally swept away.

The Raven Cycle Series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/73675-the-raven-cycle
Dreamer Trilogy: https://www.goodreads.com/series/235881-dreamer-trilogy

[Parnassia]

Alternating between:

The Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, The Sahara, Persia, & India by Kristian Davies. 2005. A spectacular book about the artistic genre and the painters who represented it, some of whom remain largely unknown. One of the few "art books" that's actually as wonderful to read as it is to look at. Just can't put it down! It'll set you back quite a bit, however!

Deep Affinities: Art and Science. by Philip F. Palmedo. 2020. Really great thinking about the connections that exist between what most people regard as polar opposites. They aren't!

[loves2read]

Started a series of mysteries set in Tuscany—3 so far—Murder in Chianti, Bitter Taste of Murder, and Murder on the Vine
Main character Nico Doyle is NYC retired detective whose wife came from a small town in Tuscany where he retires after her death
Becomes involved helping the local police solve a murder and becomes more involved with his neighbors
Written by Camilla Trinchieri who has other novels as well
Italian food is feature in these like in Donna Leon’s Brunelli series set in Venice

[Riley.]

Finished Grisham's "The Boys from Biloxi.' Disappointing although I do still very much enjoy his writing.
Am starting "State of Wonder" by Anne Patchett (put aside Ordinary Grace by Krueger since I recently read This Tender Land). Want to try something different and Patchett's book sounds good (found on the grocery store bookshelf for $1.00 - I find the best books there!).

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

Alternating between:

The Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, The Sahara, Persia, & India by Kristian Davies. 2005. A spectacular book about the artistic genre and the painters who represented it, some of whom remain largely unknown. One of the few "art books" that's actually as wonderful to read as it is to look at. Just can't put it down! It'll set you back quite a bit, however!

As opposed The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss?

[tigerlily]

Half way through Our Missing Heartsthrough by Celeste Ng.Certainly relevant with book banning taking place in a certain part of country. I’ve read both of Ng’s previous two novels awhile ago and was impressed. My only complaint with latest overly descriptive. Okay, I get it.

[farm fatale]

"The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Maté

[pinetreelover]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Finished Grisham's "The Boys from Biloxi.' Disappointing although I do still very much enjoy his writing.
Am starting "State of Wonder" by Anne Patchett (put aside Ordinary Grace by Krueger since I recently read This Tender Land). Want to try something different and Patchett's book sounds good (found on the grocery store bookshelf for $1.00 - I find the best books there!).

I'm a big Ann Patchett fan and State of Wonder is my favorite of her books! Enjoy!