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Post by chiver78 on Aug 1, 2019 10:28:20 GMT -5
oh, you're totally fine. I was just thinking aloud. take your time
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 1, 2019 10:35:23 GMT -5
I am about 1/3 the way through The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer. It is the book Glenn Close won the award for last year. So far, it is pretty good and has a few more details (obviously) than the movie. Not sure if I can tell right now which is better.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2019 22:55:29 GMT -5
I have discovered an incredible author named Mark Edwards. His best book that I have read is THE MAGPIES.
But all of them are good. And most are 99 cents on Kindle!
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 7, 2019 8:36:11 GMT -5
yesterday, I started Sisters First, by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush. it's been interesting following "Gampy" and Dad's political careers from their perspectives as they grew up. for example, there was a comment from Jenna about how she didn't realize everyone's grandfather wasn't vice president and didn't have an inauguration party. that, as small kids, they still got to experience their grandparents as grandparents - albeit ones that lived in a really cool house.
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Post by snapdragon on Aug 7, 2019 12:08:33 GMT -5
I have a fun snarky and enjoyable author that I hope some of you will like. RJ Blain the first book I read of hers "Playing with Fire" I was laughing really hard and there are some wonderful zingers in it. So if you like alternate worlds with magic some romance and comedy with a body count you should check her out.
Also I am listening to Nick Sullivan's "Deep Shadow" and enjoying it a lot. He has been a narrator to about a 100 books and decided to write and narrate. It's a dive adventure series and I have to say there is humor and fun along with some amazing descriptions of diving in the ABC islands.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 7, 2019 12:27:17 GMT -5
I am about 1/3 the way through The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer. It is the book Glenn Close won the award for last year. So far, it is pretty good and has a few more details (obviously) than the movie. Not sure if I can tell right now which is better. I think that this is one time where I preferred the movie over the book. The last 2/3 of the book was increasingly difficult to slog through. See the movie, avoid the book.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 7, 2019 13:15:08 GMT -5
I have discovered an incredible author named Mark Edwards. His best book that I have read is THE MAGPIES. But all of them are good. And most are 99 cents on Kindle! He's also on Kindle Unlimited, so I'm trying him for free ETA: Well, "free" since I do pay for Unlimited.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Aug 7, 2019 13:52:54 GMT -5
EMP Survival Thriller Series Book 2 Staying Alive
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 13, 2019 14:11:04 GMT -5
yesterday, I started Sisters First, by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush. it's been interesting following "Gampy" and Dad's political careers from their perspectives as they grew up. for example, there was a comment from Jenna about how she didn't realize everyone's grandfather wasn't vice president and didn't have an inauguration party. that, as small kids, they still got to experience their grandparents as grandparents - albeit ones that lived in a really cool house. finished this yesterday on the train ride home. highly recommend, especially for those of you around the same age like me. the twins were born in 1981. I grew up watching them in the public eye, this was an interesting different angle.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Aug 13, 2019 14:20:36 GMT -5
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey ( I did snow this past weekend by reading The Snow Child while watching Revenant.)
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Post by tcu2003 on Aug 13, 2019 20:39:54 GMT -5
yesterday, I started Sisters First, by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush. it's been interesting following "Gampy" and Dad's political careers from their perspectives as they grew up. for example, there was a comment from Jenna about how she didn't realize everyone's grandfather wasn't vice president and didn't have an inauguration party. that, as small kids, they still got to experience their grandparents as grandparents - albeit ones that lived in a really cool house. finished this yesterday on the train ride home. highly recommend, especially for those of you around the same age like me. the twins were born in 1981. I grew up watching them in the public eye, this was an interesting different angle. Agreed. I read this last year and enjoyed it.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 14, 2019 6:37:57 GMT -5
finished this yesterday on the train ride home. highly recommend, especially for those of you around the same age like me. the twins were born in 1981. I grew up watching them in the public eye, this was an interesting different angle. Agreed. I read this last year and enjoyed it. I preordered this and Joe Biden's memoir "Promise Me, Dad" the same day last year. I am about halfway through that one, likely won't finish it. it's so dry, hard to keep interest. that was disappointing since he is always so funny to listen to. last night as I packed my backpack, I included another I never finished - In The Shadow of Greatness. this is a collection of short memoirs from the US Naval Academy class of 2002, the first to graduate after 9/11. one of my best friends was in that class, even if her contribution didnt make the final cut for the book. I'm going to just start this one over, it's been a number of years since I put it down last time.
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Post by azucena on Aug 14, 2019 8:00:02 GMT -5
Returning 3 tote bags of books back to the library. I didn't count them because it's easier just to see what's missing after they're processed at the library End of summer break and road trip vacation means we picked out extra. Also DD7 doesn't like to re-read the level 3 readers - who can blame her as the stories aren't that great LOL. In order to keep her reading each night, this means checking out more of those books at a time. She's this close to choosing to read on her own. Last night after we read 3 together, I was trying to convince her to read aloud next to me while I read my own book and I'd help her with the hard words. That would help me get so much of my own reading time back! I'm curious to hear the results of her first reading test of the year.
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Post by tcu2003 on Aug 14, 2019 12:49:53 GMT -5
C (turned 7 earlier this summer) has really just started reading more on his own recently. We did a 9 hour road trip each way for vacation last week, and he read a ton of Magic Treehouse books. I ended up reading a couple aloud to him over the course of the trip because I was also reading books to the toddler and so he wanted me to read to him; but it was so AMAZING to be able to read my own books for part of the drive.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 19, 2019 15:25:35 GMT -5
Finished reading Thrawn Allegiance that was pretty good. I am glad they decided to make him Star Wars cannon because he's a really good character. Plus I enjoy Timothy Zahn who is the person that started the whole extended universe anyhow (and IMO his books should have been Star Wars 7-9).
Also completed My Lovely Wife. It's pretty good but follows the same trope as Gone Girl and all the other books like it. Was hoping for something more original in the thriller genre but oh well. It killed the ride home from Colorado yesterday.
Now I am reading Enlightment Now which promises to be good. It's going to be a long read but I like reading evidence that suggest maybe the sky IS NOT falling and the human race is actually progressing. It's interesting to read the numbers vs what you hear from our politicians and the news. That doesn't mean things aren't bad and in need of defending but it makes you stop and think who it serves to have us running around like chickens with our heads cut off all the time.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Aug 19, 2019 16:58:04 GMT -5
The Last Letter From Your Lover by JoJo Moyes. A lot of twists in it.
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Post by steph08 on Aug 19, 2019 19:54:30 GMT -5
Finished a re-reading of The Art of Racing in the Rain. I enjoy that book and most books with dogs.
Finished audio of A Casual Vacancy (JK Rowling). It was okay.
Still need to finish American Gods by Neil Gaiman. But will probably start a different book tonight. Not sure what.
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Post by cktc on Oct 22, 2019 9:57:02 GMT -5
Has anyone read any of The Witcher books? I made it through the first one, and it was ok, but mostly just felt like exposition. I was 75% of the way through the book, still waiting for the story to start, when I realized it already had. Hoping subsequent books are easier to read. The Netflix series releasing next month looks pretty good.
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Post by azucena on Oct 22, 2019 10:26:38 GMT -5
Mostly reading my share of the young cam jansen every night. We have the last 4 on hold at the library. DD7 picked up a regular cam jansen at the school library this week and while it's definitely more of a true short chapter book than the young ones which are beginning reader chapter books, it didn't seem like too much of a stretch for her. We both agreed that the mysteries have more detail mostly because the author is able to use more words. She's so pleased to be reading mysteries!
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Post by steph08 on Oct 22, 2019 13:20:06 GMT -5
I've been on a reading roll since August, so here is what I've read/listened to:
Evvie Drake Starts Over - great Where the Crawdads Sing - amazing Someday, Someday Maybe - good The Dry - okay The Clockmaker's Daughter - ugh (worst Kate Morton book I've listened to) Lethal White - great Stardust - good Book of Dust: Volume 1 - (this was a re-read) - great One Plus One - good The Golden Compass (this was a re-read) - great
Working my way through the other two novels in His Dark Materials trilogy before I move onto Book of Dust: Volume 2.
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Post by gs11rmb on Oct 22, 2019 14:04:34 GMT -5
I've been on a reading roll since August, so here is what I've read/listened to: Evvie Drake Starts Over - great Where the Crawdads Sing - amazing Someday, Someday Maybe - good The Dry - okay The Clockmaker's Daughter - ugh (worst Kate Morton book I've listened to) Lethal White - great Stardust - good Book of Dust: Volume 1 - (this was a re-read) - great One Plus One - good The Golden Compass (this was a re-read) - great Working my way through the other two novels in His Dark Materials trilogy before I move onto Book of Dust: Volume 2. Is that "The Dry" by Jane Harper? I really liked it because I hadn't even considered the killer as a suspect .
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Post by steph08 on Oct 22, 2019 14:35:30 GMT -5
Yep - that one! I thought it was decent! I have thought about reading Force of Nature, but I'm waiting to get it on a Kindle deal. I think I paid $1.99 for The Dry!
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 22, 2019 19:06:25 GMT -5
I have read 5 Amanda Quick books in the past month. They are mysteries spiced with romance set in old England. 72 books listed on my library page. She also writes as Jane Anne Krentz (107 books). I came upon this author when I bought a used book. Another I got from the Little Neighborhood Library is Sea Glass by Anita Shreve. Other than that, I have been reading what our book group suggests. The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd A Whisper of Peace, Kim Vogel Sawyer Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown The All Girls Filling Station, Fannie Flagg The Book of Fires, Jane Brodale Save Me, Lisa Scottoline An Ordinary Man, Rusesabagina, Paul if you like Lisa Scottoline, look for a title called Think Twice. the lead characters are twins. it was good, it lives in my "beach read" cubbies for weekend guests. ETA: I realized after quoting this that I was quoting something from 4y ago. didnt notice right away that I didnt go to the last page of the thread. sorry!
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 22, 2019 19:10:01 GMT -5
this week I started the 5th and last book in the Will Robie series by David Baldacci - End Game. I'm looking forward to finishing this one, and am sad that it's the last one. definitely recommend these books if this is your genre. Robie is a CIA assassin. the stories aren't what you would expect.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Oct 22, 2019 19:25:18 GMT -5
I have read 5 Amanda Quick books in the past month. They are mysteries spiced with romance set in old England. 72 books listed on my library page. She also writes as Jane Anne Krentz (107 books). I came upon this author when I bought a used book. Another I got from the Little Neighborhood Library is Sea Glass by Anita Shreve. Other than that, I have been reading what our book group suggests. The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd A Whisper of Peace, Kim Vogel Sawyer Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown The All Girls Filling Station, Fannie Flagg The Book of Fires, Jane Brodale Save Me, Lisa Scottoline An Ordinary Man, Rusesabagina, Paul if you like Lisa Scottoline, look for a title called Think Twice. the lead characters are twins. it was good, it lives in my "beach read" cubbies for weekend guests. ETA: I realized after quoting this that I was quoting something from 4y ago. didnt notice right away that I didnt go to the last page of the thread. sorry! I'll put the title on my list. I don't know if I posted this already or not. Eleanor Oliphant by Gail Honeyman The Silent Patient Alex Michalides Secrets of the Dark Closet by Gayle Schuck Destination Truth by Josh Gates in progress.
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Post by steph08 on Oct 23, 2019 6:24:26 GMT -5
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a great, great read.
Also can't recommend anything by Fredrik Bacmman enough. Fantastic.
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Post by gs11rmb on Oct 23, 2019 7:57:48 GMT -5
Yep - that one! I thought it was decent! I have thought about reading Force of Nature, but I'm waiting to get it on a Kindle deal. I think I paid $1.99 for The Dry! I just ordered it from the library .
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 4, 2019 14:28:44 GMT -5
Reading The Princess Beard by Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne. I am really enjoying it. It's a modern take on fairy tales. They have two more books set in the same world that I am considering buying too.
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Post by Happy prose on Nov 4, 2019 18:28:50 GMT -5
Finished Where the Crawdads Sing, which was excellent. I'm now reading Little Fires Everywhere. So far it's good.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Nov 4, 2019 19:30:59 GMT -5
I like reading the apocalypse books. I realize how unrealistic 99% of them are. You just cannot survive like that, but of course, the authors feed to fantasy. I am getting ready to start a Clive Cussler neither hubs nor I have read. I like mostly action or thriller types of books, not much on romance, once in awhile. The problem with Cussler is I think most of his cowriters are doing the work now and its mostly production. In the beginning he was a wonderful author. They are ok, will see how this one turns out, about to start on page 1! It's called The "Gangster". I was starting one called First Degree, I don't know, will see how it goes, not impressed so far.
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