What book are you reading?

[loves2read]

Started “Chesapeake” by Michener again
I love his style—so fluid and he makes his characters unique
This is one book I read a long time ago that had a good bit about the ecology of the Chesapeake area and what man did to corrupt Nature’s creation...
Seems like Michener was ahead of the curve...

[DawnMTL]

In this thread, JrzDefector asked about interlinked short stories. Of course the best and only answer is Olive Kitteridge, but then I found a list of the style for her.

I've been struggling to find a book that I can commit to and enjoy so I thought I'd try one of them. I started Eveningland by Michael Knight yesterday. And I FINISHED it yesterday. The linking is only that they all take place in or near Mobile, Alabama. Not much of a link if you ask me. But, DAMN, this man can write, he has a beautiful style, and the characters are so well-defined and interesting. Just an absolute joy to read. And I don't even LIKE short stories!!!

ETA: I'd be remiss if I didn't mention, regarding the linking, that sometimes a character will appear again in a later story. But the stories, as a sum, do not create anything resembling a novel, which is what I always hope for from "interlinked stories." That said, this book is wonderful as it is -- as stories that take place in or near Mobile, Alabama and sometimes revisiting a character.

[oeccscclhjhn]

[pinetreelover]

Has anyone read Idaho by Emily Ruskovich? I saw the author on the Today show today and it sounded like a book I could get behind (beautifully written, debut novel, the landscape plays a major role...), but then I looked at Amazon reviews and it sounds like one that might just be frustrating.

[Firehorse66]

Originally Posted by pinetreelover

Has anyone read Idaho by Emily Ruskovich? I saw the author on the Today show today and it sounded like a book I could get behind (beautifully written, debut novel, the landscape plays a major role...), but then I looked at Amazon reviews and it sounds like one that might just be frustrating.

I recommended this book about a month ago. I absolutely LOVED it and gave it 5 stars! Couldn't understand the low reviews as I thought it was outstanding...

[Firehorse66]

Well, the last book on my library stack was "The Broken Girls" by Simone St. James https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...e-broken-girls

This was a 2 star read for me. No more mystery books for me, I just can't get into them...

[burdell]

Originally Posted by loves2read

Started “Chesapeake” by Michener again
I love his style—so fluid and he makes his characters unique
This is one book I read a long time ago that had a good bit about the ecology of the Chesapeake area and what man did to corrupt Nature’s creation...
Seems like Michener was ahead of the curve...

I always enjoyed the Michener books centered on a particular area, tracing it, often from prehistoric times to the present. I think I've read most if not all of them, might be time for a few re-reads.

[burdell]

Trying to fill in some gaps in my youthful reading, just started The Little Prince. I've had an interest in aviation since I was a young boy and its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who was shot down over the Mediterranean flying an unarmed P-38 in 1944, pops up often in aviation literature.

[Mayvenne]

Originally Posted by burdell

Trying to fill in some gaps in my youthful reading, just started The Little Prince. I've had an interest in aviation since I was a young boy and its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who was shot down over the Mediterranean flying an unarmed P-38 in 1944, pops up often in aviation literature.

That was really such a delightful book!!! Hope you love it!

[Deelighted]

Just starting David McCullough's The Pioneers. I read somewhere that he had done research at Marietta College so I hoped I might glean something new about my third great grand uncle. Dang, nothing I hadn't discovered, but it's a very good read.