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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 15, 2021 23:16:36 GMT -5
Ds and I finished the 2nd Maze Runner book (The Scorch Trials). Taking a break on those and started Inhuman. Dd and I finished the first Land of Stories book, and I couldn't get the next one to load on my kindle app so we started The Never ending Story. My copy of it has such small print! And its long. I don't know if she'll be able to stick with it.
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Post by susana1954 on Sept 16, 2021 17:31:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the review. I have been waffling on it for a while now - but somehow it did not appeal to me Don’t get me wrong, fans of romance would love it. I’ve only ever liked one romance, Jane Eyre, and that’s because it had a crazy bitch trying to burn the house down. 😉 Then have you read The Wife Upstairs? I would call it more domestic suspense or whatever, but it is loosely (and I mean very loosely) based on Jane Eyre. It is set in Alabama, which I found distracting, but the plot and writing weren't bad.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 17, 2021 15:32:05 GMT -5
Finished The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own Making.
I really enjoyed it but it is DARK. Very adult themes for what is marketed as a YA book. It's a lot like I felt after watching Pan's Labyrinth. The ending is "happy" but incredibly tragic. Lots of conflicting emotions.
I bought the second book in the series off of Thrift Books. I am glad I decided to impulse buy the first book. It's not one I've seen in stores or would have sought out on my own in the library. Yay for happy accidents.
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Post by steph08 on Sept 17, 2021 16:45:22 GMT -5
Don’t get me wrong, fans of romance would love it. I’ve only ever liked one romance, Jane Eyre, and that’s because it had a crazy bitch trying to burn the house down. 😉 Then have you read The Wife Upstairs? I would call it more domestic suspense or whatever, but it is loosely (and I mean very loosely) based on Jane Eyre. It is set in Alabama, which I found distracting, but the plot and writing weren't bad. I just read about this book and passed because I figured it was too much like Jane Eyre!
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Post by susana1954 on Sept 17, 2021 18:17:30 GMT -5
Then have you read The Wife Upstairs? I would call it more domestic suspense or whatever, but it is loosely (and I mean very loosely) based on Jane Eyre. It is set in Alabama, which I found distracting, but the plot and writing weren't bad. I just read about this book and passed because I figured it was too much like Jane Eyre! Lol. About the only thing it had in common were the names and the fire at the end. The portrayal of Jane as basically a criminal bothered me, but then she really wasn't Jane, was she? That's not a spoiler because she tells you that in the first chapter. It is a little like how everyone kept exclaiming the movie Clueless was a retelling of Jane Austen's Emma. "As if" (said in my best Cher voice)!
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Post by azucena on Sept 23, 2021 9:24:46 GMT -5
Today's morning fit was brought to my house by a stupid website called 'Epic'. Told my 3rd grader to ask her teacher if her preference was to read books online using this website or to read physical books. I'm the meanest mommy in the whole world because I won't let her read books online. Meanwhile her bookshelf is stocked with 10-20 library books each week. And she tested at a 5th grade reading level so we must be doing okay. Geez!
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 24, 2021 9:08:27 GMT -5
Today's morning fit was brought to my house by a stupid website called 'Epic'. Told my 3rd grader to ask her teacher if her preference was to read books online using this website or to read physical books. I'm the meanest mommy in the whole world because I won't let her read books online. Meanwhile her bookshelf is stocked with 10-20 library books each week. And she tested at a 5th grade reading level so we must be doing okay. Geez! I know you have stricter screen time limits, but online reading hasn't impacted my kids reading scores. They're still well over grade level and they did all of their independent reading last year online. (I'm not sure why, but that was all they wanted to do for independent reading. They did a lot of it, but all online and dd a lot of audio books).
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 25, 2021 23:15:05 GMT -5
Today's morning fit was brought to my house by a stupid website called 'Epic'. Told my 3rd grader to ask her teacher if her preference was to read books online using this website or to read physical books. I'm the meanest mommy in the whole world because I won't let her read books online. Meanwhile her bookshelf is stocked with 10-20 library books each week. And she tested at a 5th grade reading level so we must be doing okay. Geez! I know you have stricter screen time limits, but online reading hasn't impacted my kids reading scores. They're still well over grade level and they did all of their independent reading last year online. (I'm not sure why, but that was all they wanted to do for independent reading. They did a lot of it, but all online and dd a lot of audio books). Similar boat with my 4th grader. He reads a ton of physical books as we also visit the library weekly, but I also sometimes download books from the library’s Kindle selection, and he reads those as well. He teacher last year also heavily used a reading app - I think it was Epic or something like that. We’re fairly strict with screen time, but as long as he’s actually reading, I don’t typically count that towards his screen time.
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 25, 2021 23:17:28 GMT -5
I just finished The Gown by Jennifer Robson and really enjoyed. It was a historical fiction book about embroiderers who helped creat Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth’s wedding gown. Thanks t goes back and forth between a few viewpoints, including a modern day one of one of the ladies’ granddaughters, but I thought it was well done. www.goodreads.com/book/show/39893613
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2021 16:00:53 GMT -5
I am reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette? My book club is a "books to movie" club. We read the book, watch the movie, and discuss.
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Post by bean29 on Sept 28, 2021 9:42:11 GMT -5
The Audible selection I just started is a book about Florence Nightingale. I just started it today, but it is very interesting. It is first person, it is called Wild Swan by Patti Callahan and is "Only From Audible". I like to listen to books while walking my dogs and on my commute, which is why I usually have both Audible Books and Kindle Books in progress at the same time.
My normal thing is Romances . I am reading Bomb Shell by Sarah MacLean, and Just finished Miss Delightful by Grace Burrowes.
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Post by snapdragon on Oct 6, 2021 11:29:52 GMT -5
Just finished Cast in Conflict by Michelle Sagara. Still really enjoying this series.
Started reading the latest Krewe of Hunters by Heather Graham titled The Forbidden. About 25% into it and it's sorta a campy read for me. I enjoy them but they are pretty formulamatic. Thank goodness for my library.
Looking forward to the latest Nalini Singh Guild Hunters book coming out at the end of the month along with RJ Blain's latest around the same time too.
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Post by steph08 on Oct 6, 2021 11:35:52 GMT -5
Just finished The Ickabog by JK Rowling. I liked it, though maybe a bit heavy-handed tying into today's times.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 6, 2021 11:50:21 GMT -5
Finished Part of Your World which is the Twisted fairy tale version of The Little Mermaid. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Re-reading The Southern Bookclubs Guide to Slaying Vampires. It's not the best book I ever read but I enjoyed it enough to purchase it. It's a fun read and the social commentary is appropriate right now. If you replaced the vampire with COVID you get about the same effect. People doing everything and anything to keep up appearances even if it means dying.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Oct 8, 2021 20:47:39 GMT -5
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams.
It's about a chief justice that goes into a coma and names his law clerk his POA and guardian instead of his estranged wife and son.
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Post by tcu2003 on Oct 8, 2021 23:17:56 GMT -5
I just finished Sprinting Through No Man’s Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France by Adin Dobkin. I wanted to like it, but it was dry and disjointed and I forced myself to power through to finish. That said, it was interesting to read about some of the insane rules about the Tour from those easy rules and the middle of the night start times they had. The 11 cyclists who finished the grueling race were incredible, persevering athletes who accomplished a near inhuman feat.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2021 15:00:51 GMT -5
Last night I started Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I loved A Gentleman in Moscow by the same author. I am hoping this one will not disappoint.
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Post by snapdragon on Oct 12, 2021 10:09:41 GMT -5
Just read 'A Terrible Fall of Angels' by Laurell K. Hamilton. I actually really enjoyed the storyline and appreciate the whole idea she has going the this new series.
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Post by happyhoix on Oct 12, 2021 13:56:25 GMT -5
Just started The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. It’s an alternative history story where Charles Lindbergh won the GOP nod and ultimately the 1940 election. He forms an agreement with Hitler to not go to war, and the US becomes anti Semitic.
This was written in 2004 but Ive heard people comparing it to Trump winning the 2016 election. So far so good.
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Post by snapdragon on Oct 22, 2021 10:36:45 GMT -5
Started re-reading the Lost Fleet - Dauntless by Jack Campbell. I Actually have it on audiobook and that has been my in car entertainment since yesterday morning. The narrator is decent and I do enjoy the series.
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Post by tcu2003 on Oct 22, 2021 12:04:03 GMT -5
Last week I started and finished People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. It definitely had a predictable ending, but it was a cute, lighthearted read that I still enjoyed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2021 15:03:33 GMT -5
I just finished The Noise by James Patterson and J.D. Barker. It's fast paced with plenty of twists and turns. I really dislike predictable endings and this one totally caught me by surprise so I was very happy. It is pretty gory and graphic so not for the weak of stomach
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2021 21:04:36 GMT -5
Just getting ready to start The Sixth Man by David Baldacci.
I think it's #5 in the King and Maxwell series that I've been reading.
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Post by steph08 on Oct 27, 2021 7:35:37 GMT -5
Currently reading "Something in the Water" by Catherine Steadman. It's OK so far.
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 27, 2021 7:51:06 GMT -5
Just started The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. It’s an alternative history story where Charles Lindbergh won the GOP nod and ultimately the 1940 election. He forms an agreement with Hitler to not go to war, and the US becomes anti Semitic. This was written in 2004 but Ive heard people comparing it to Trump winning the 2016 election. So far so good. definitely report back once you're done with it. that comparison sounds like the comparison to the Handmaid's Tale with the recent chips and hacks against Roe v Wade. I'm going to look this one up, thanks!
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 27, 2021 7:52:28 GMT -5
Just getting ready to start The Sixth Man by David Baldacci. I think it's #5 in the King and Maxwell series that I've been reading. if you like Baldacci, look up another series of his - Will Robie. there's five of those as well. the first one is "The Innocent". if we lived closer, I'd just lend you the set.
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 27, 2021 7:57:12 GMT -5
I picked up two more books recently that will jump the line in my to be read pile - The Tattooist of Auschwitz and another Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two. these will be coming with me on my cruises next week. the first half of the trip has a bunch of down time, so I'll tackle the heavy first one then. the Sparks book will be great for easier reading in the quiet mornings before the party starts on the second half. there's also a tie to that second half, Sparks asked an alumni artist from that trip to write an original song for this book - Two By Two, by JD Eicher
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Post by happyhoix on Oct 27, 2021 9:59:07 GMT -5
Just started The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. It’s an alternative history story where Charles Lindbergh won the GOP nod and ultimately the 1940 election. He forms an agreement with Hitler to not go to war, and the US becomes anti Semitic. This was written in 2004 but Ive heard people comparing it to Trump winning the 2016 election. So far so good. definitely report back once you're done with it. that comparison sounds like the comparison to the Handmaid's Tale with the recent chips and hacks against Roe v Wade. I'm going to look this one up, thanks! About halfway through. Roth had nailed exactly how this kind of thing might happen- very scary.
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Post by saveinla on Oct 27, 2021 10:00:02 GMT -5
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - was not very impressive. I was hoping it would be a great read, but I did not like it. Maybe it has to grow on you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 13:06:28 GMT -5
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - was not very impressive. I was hoping it would be a great read, but I did not like it. Maybe it has to grow on you. I was not impressed with The Tattooist of Auschwitz either. It seemed too fake and fluffy for a concentration camp. It was a bestseller and friend's recommended it but I was disappointed.
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