azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on Apr 12, 2021 19:17:18 GMT -5
Try audiobooks during cooking or other chores. That's when I work in podcasts.
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on Apr 12, 2021 19:24:43 GMT -5
We are currently reading 'The problim children' which feels a bit like the Willoughbys so we're enjoying it. She is listening to Little House and following the book - this was her own idea. She is ploughing through books lately. Check your library site for other electronic options. I just remembered that ours also has Overdrive and Libby for audiobooks. Looks like we get 10/month on hoopla and 20 on the other two options. I don't think we've used them much, but I'd have to ask the kids. Give playaways another try now that she's on a roll. Using real headphones instead of ear buds made it better for my 8 yo. Our principal just launched her annual reading challenge to get the K-8 to read 125k pages in a month to earn an extra recess. My girls usually turn in 3k pages each It's usually in March and we miss some days during our spring break trip and then as the weather turns better. April is going to be tougher. I keep telling the principal to make it a Jan or Feb challenge when it's cold outside. That's the best time for reading and the kids in particular can get bored and stir crazy. DD8 just came scurrying in and grabbing for my phone for the library app. Apparently she finished The Problim Children and it's book 1 of a series and ended on a cliffhanger LOL. She's spent the last week reading it alone because I got too busy at work. When I'd finish and crash with my own book, she'd come join me in my bed and read it beside me. She chuckled quite a bit throughout. Unfortunately, I'm currently working yet tonight. Glad I'd already trained her to request her own and super proud that she's reading so much. She finished two DogMan graphic novels today after finishing her achievement tests early. She's killing it on the reading challenge with an average of 200 pages a day so far. DD12 is updating her sheet just often enough to let little sis know that she's on her tails. It does my heart good to watch DD12 encourage her in just the right ways.
|
|
saveinla
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 2:00:29 GMT -5
Posts: 5,233
|
Post by saveinla on Apr 12, 2021 21:56:54 GMT -5
I am reading Isabel Wilkerson's - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
|
|
Artemis Windsong
Senior Associate
The love in me salutes the love in you. M. Williamson
Joined: Dec 18, 2010 19:32:12 GMT -5
Posts: 12,320
Today's Mood: Twinkling
Location: Wishing Star
Favorite Drink: Fresh, clean cold bottled water.
|
Post by Artemis Windsong on Apr 15, 2021 12:21:11 GMT -5
Audio book. A Killer Collection by Ellery Adams.
With a side of murder, it's about NC kiln openings for pottery and collectors!
I have done a few pottery pieces. My desire to create was twinkled.
|
|
|
Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 15, 2021 13:38:50 GMT -5
I’ve been on the mindless reading for the last few books, Danielle Steele Neighbors and a Barbara Delinsky title that escapes my brain right now.
I don’t know why I keep reading the Steele books. At this point, the books are formula. I don’t know why I waste my time, but I think her earlier books were MUCH better. I keep hoping (and this was a freebie).
When I read, I usually don’t read similar genres back to back. I’m about 1/4 through and wish I had switched. Oh, well.....
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 21, 2021 20:38:30 GMT -5
Finished reading Unraveling by Karen Lord.
I'm not sure what I just read. I enjoyed it but I couldn't explain the plot if I tried.
Glad I impulse chose it though it was a push out of my literary comfort zone which is good for me.
|
|
snapdragon
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:56:55 GMT -5
Posts: 2,854
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"e1f6f8"}
Mini-Profile Name Color: cd78d4
|
Post by snapdragon on Apr 22, 2021 10:15:15 GMT -5
I have been on a Evan Currie Odyssey One kick. along with several other books.
I have started ready "All Blood Runs Red" but have not gotten very far.
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on Apr 23, 2021 11:25:25 GMT -5
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on May 13, 2021 12:51:20 GMT -5
Finished reading Unraveling by Karen Lord. I'm not sure what I just read. I enjoyed it but I couldn't explain the plot if I tried. Glad I impulse chose it though it was a push out of my literary comfort zone which is good for me. Drama - DD12 is reading Percy Jackson and others in that genre and commented that it's all male protagonists. Any female suggestions I can point her too? Low violence and low adult content preferred.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 13, 2021 13:01:15 GMT -5
I like Aruh Shah which is part of the Rick Riordan presents series. I am not sure what you mean by low violence though. I consider all the Riordan books and the presents books to be low violence but people do battle and do die. They are all Percy Jackson level of violence if that's what you mean. rickriordan.com/rick-riordan-presents/
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on May 13, 2021 13:12:59 GMT -5
I guess I mean gratuitous violence. She's been good about putting a book aside if it's too much for her. I've ordered Aruh and we'll see what she says.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 13, 2021 13:21:32 GMT -5
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on May 14, 2021 2:19:41 GMT -5
Ordered it too. Thanks for the help as that's not at all my genre.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 15, 2021 17:17:24 GMT -5
So excited to read this book. I saw it on Facebook but didn't write down the title. All I could remember is it involved the underground railroad, the reconstruction and murder mystery. It was looking me right in the face at the local bookstore today so I grabbed it along with my copy of the 4th Aru Shah book.
|
|
irishpad
Well-Known Member
Joined: Aug 14, 2012 20:42:01 GMT -5
Posts: 1,175
|
Post by irishpad on May 15, 2021 18:25:08 GMT -5
If you like Science Fiction, try Alastair Reynolds. In the style of Heinlein or Iasac Asimov
|
|
Deleted
Joined: May 18, 2024 0:56:55 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 16, 2021 16:48:32 GMT -5
If you like Science Fiction, try Alastair Reynolds. In the style of Heinlein or Iasac Asimov I haven't done SciFi in decades but I'll check this out because Heinlein was one of my favs back in the day.
|
|
raeoflyte
Senior Associate
Joined: Feb 3, 2011 15:43:53 GMT -5
Posts: 14,759
|
Post by raeoflyte on May 17, 2021 19:27:15 GMT -5
I could use recs for dd8. We're reading the black stallion books right now (ugh! My mom got us the entire series and dd loves them, but I just grit my teeth through it).
I really want independent female characters who don't care what others think of them. But something dd will want to read, which apparently is very different from my tastes.
|
|
kadee79
Senior Associate
S.W. Ga., zone 8b, out in the boonies!
Joined: Mar 30, 2011 15:12:55 GMT -5
Posts: 10,807
|
Post by kadee79 on May 17, 2021 20:19:50 GMT -5
"While Justice Sleeps", by Stacey Abrams. Once you are past the first 2 or 3 chapters, it gets intriguing....hard to put down!
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on May 18, 2021 6:16:01 GMT -5
I could use recs for dd8. We're reading the black stallion books right now (ugh! My mom got us the entire series and dd loves them, but I just grit my teeth through it). I really want independent female characters who don't care what others think of them. But something dd will want to read, which apparently is very different from my tastes. Hamster princess series - she's a princess but wants to be a knight. Plays off cinderella and other fairy tales. Princess Pulverizer - similar; other titles by Krulik Willoughbys Problim children series These are all ones I enjoyed reading aloud with her. I'd see if you can punt black stallion for her to read alone. If you search for my name on this thread, you'll likely see others I've mentioned.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 18, 2021 7:25:10 GMT -5
I could use recs for dd8. We're reading the black stallion books right now (ugh! My mom got us the entire series and dd loves them, but I just grit my teeth through it). I really want independent female characters who don't care what others think of them. But something dd will want to read, which apparently is very different from my tastes. There is the two series I mentioned above Aru Shah and Kirnamala Then there is Race to the Wind which is about Native American mythology. Hoping she writes a sequel because I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Dragon Peral which is Korean mythology. Didn't care as much for this one felt she needed a better editor. There is an eight book series called the Sisters Grimm which is about two sisters who are descendants of the Brothers Grimm and a city where everyone is trapped fairy tale characters. Basically Once Upon a Time but for a younger audience.
|
|
irishpad
Well-Known Member
Joined: Aug 14, 2012 20:42:01 GMT -5
Posts: 1,175
|
Post by irishpad on May 18, 2021 14:33:50 GMT -5
If you like Science Fiction, try Alastair Reynolds. In the style of Heinlein or Iasac Asimov I haven't done SciFi in decades but I'll check this out because Heinlein was one of my favs back in the day. I would suggest starting with the Revolution Space series (3 or 4 books) Classic Sci-Fi Space Opera
|
|
happyhoix
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Oct 7, 2011 7:22:42 GMT -5
Posts: 20,931
|
Post by happyhoix on May 18, 2021 15:27:35 GMT -5
One of my favorite non-white authors is Colson whitehead. He did The Underground Railroad but he’s interesting in that he doesn’t stick to one genre. I would call Underground Railroad fantasy, and another book I love, the zone, is a zombie dystopian novel, plus he wrote a novel about growing up black in Sag Harbor. His writing style is awesome.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 18, 2021 21:02:35 GMT -5
Finished The Conductors. It was really good. It's one of those books I'm pissed with myself for finishing so fast.
Glad I bought it I definitely want to read it again.
|
|
saveinla
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 2:00:29 GMT -5
Posts: 5,233
|
Post by saveinla on May 18, 2021 22:56:57 GMT -5
I read Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead recently. It made me really sad and angry.
|
|
azucena
Junior Associate
Joined: Jan 17, 2011 13:23:14 GMT -5
Posts: 5,318
|
Post by azucena on May 19, 2021 5:03:02 GMT -5
Finished The Kindest Lie which was good and made me think more about African Americans and raising boys.
Started Luster but had to put it down - too racy for me personally.
|
|
haapai
Junior Associate
Character
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 20:40:06 GMT -5
Posts: 5,898
|
Post by haapai on May 19, 2021 14:52:04 GMT -5
I picked up Michael Lewis's The Premonition yesterday and finished it this morning. I can't say that it's a good book because I read it too fast. It seemed a bit rushed to print and formulaic and you definitely could detect his hobbyhorses and themes from other books.
On the other hand, I feel better this morning than I have in weeks. Reading something other than covid news from news organizations was a good change of pace. (The book really isn't about this epidemic.) I was particularly impressed by how anytime any of the many epidemiologists encountered scary hints of a bad disease, the immediately drew an exponential growth curve for their own benefit. It's a good reminder of how badly the human mind handles exponential growth and that the folks who are really good at dealing with it never attempt to do the math in their heads.
|
|
happyhoix
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Oct 7, 2011 7:22:42 GMT -5
Posts: 20,931
|
Post by happyhoix on May 19, 2021 20:10:32 GMT -5
I read Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead recently. It made me really sad and angry. Haven’t read that, but the Underground Railroad was at turns infuriating and sad. Anyone who thinks blacks were happy being slaves should have to read it.
|
|
haapai
Junior Associate
Character
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 20:40:06 GMT -5
Posts: 5,898
|
Post by haapai on May 19, 2021 21:15:23 GMT -5
I read Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead recently. It made me really sad and angry. I'm afraid to read that book. Can I contact you if I read it and need to type with someone? I've read reviews and all sorts of folks saying that this institution has been excavated and dredged to the point where nothing of any interest remains to be discovered and that there is nothing new or reliable to be added to the story.
A whole lot of folks seem to be arguing that nothing interred in ground that wet, warm, acidic, or poorly documented, could possibly come up telling a story that needs to be listened to.
Isn't it odd how every time someone sinks a spade into that ground, they find two or three times what they feared that they might find or absolutely nothing?
|
|
saveinla
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 2:00:29 GMT -5
Posts: 5,233
|
Post by saveinla on May 19, 2021 21:26:14 GMT -5
I read Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead recently. It made me really sad and angry. I'm afraid to read that book. Can I contact you if I read it and need to type with someone? I've read reviews and all sorts of folks saying that this institution has been excavated and dredged to the point where nothing of any interest remains to be discovered and that there is nothing new or reliable to be added to the story.
A whole lot of folks seem to be arguing that nothing interred in ground that wet, warm, acidic, or poorly documented, could possibly come up telling a story that needs to be listened to.
Isn't it odd how every time someone sinks a spade into that ground, they find two or three times what they feared that they might find or absolutely nothing?
Sure. I read about the real school even before reading this book and it is very sad.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 47,331
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 19, 2021 21:29:30 GMT -5
I forgot a female hero series.
Children of Blood and Bone which is African mythology.
It's a BIG book if you're looking for a quick bedtime read this isn't it.
I'm struggling to get into it. I'm a bit disappointed given the hype. Reading some other books then going to revisit. This would be a good one to take on the car ride to Estes.
|
|