Short & Sweet Treats discussion

LOL Lisa! Some fun quotes!

I've just finished All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy - a challenging read owing to his lack of using quotation marks but excellent landscape description which made me really feel that I knew exactly how the Texan/Mexican landscape looked and smelled.

I'm now reading Bottle Banished: Dreaming of Genie as part of a read and review for Lovers of Paranormal. I don't think it will go down in history as one of my favourite books but I'm not disliking it.

Members of another group play a game called Pick It For Me to help people choose their next book to read. Their May choice for me is No Time for Goodbye which I can't wait to get started on!

I just completed The House on Mango Street, thanks to Jen's wonderful suggestion.

Along with many other readers, I very much enjoyed the concise yet vivid vignettes within this short story. For anyone seeking a quick read that has some substance but isn't too heavy or disturbing in subject matter, I highly recommend this book.

♥ Lisa ☯ wrote: "I just completed The House on Mango Street, thanks to Jen's wonderful suggestion.

Along with many other readers, I very much enjoyed the concise yet vivid vignettes within this shor..."

I'm glad you enjoyed the story, Lisa :)

♥ Lisa ☯ wrote: "I just completed The House on Mango Street, thanks to Jen's wonderful suggestion.

Along with many other readers, I very much enjoyed the concise yet vivid vignettes within this shor..."

I like your description Lisa, "concise yet vivid vignettes." Very true. I should re-read it someday. I remember really enjoying it.

Finished The Nightingale, wasn't overly impressed with the story. (view spoiler)[Great historical facts,yet they came across as facts and less a part of the story. The characters could have been placed in any Nazi occupied country during WWII. The author lacked developing a distinct French culture to the novel, in fact, the author frequently used British terms for the French characters. (hide spoiler)] 3/5 stars

Currently reading:
The Silver Witch
Dragonfly in Amber

Currently reading . It's the first book in a series. I read the second book first because I didn't know it was part of a series. Now, I am off to complete the series.

Finished Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (review here) and A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (review here) over the past couple weeks. Both around 4 stars and worth reading!

While I'm waiting for A Place Called Winter to arrive in the mail, I'm reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Wow, I am really enjoying this - quirky, some fascinating mysteries already. This is my first Murakami; if everything ties together in a denouement as satisfying as the beginning, I'll definitely be reading more!

I'm also reading:
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania because I love Erik Larson's writing and research, such attention to detail, he really does make the reader feel engaged in the era.

For school:
Ethics Applied

Looking through the above posts for May, it sounds as though there are some good book choices to ponder reading in the future.

During the end of May I am reading Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. It started off as a quite engaging and unique story but currently I am experiencing a midbook slump, as I find my interest waning a bit. Hopefully the action within the story will pick up soon.

My bookclub just read The Nightingale and we all loved it, which doesn't happen with most books. I've heard people say there are too many WW2 novels out there. I don't think so. Such a rich time in history with an infinite number of stories to be told. As a writer, I'm a rather critical reader, so when I find a book that is well-written, fast paced, and holds my interest from beginning to end, I am delighted! The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah was one of those books. Yay!

I am reading Angels & Demons

Reading The Miseducation of Cameron Post and rereading The Strain I'm doing audio with the ladder one narrated by Ron Pearlman.

After reading A Study in Scarlet, I decided to take on The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, I'm about half way through and finding many of the short stories redundant.

Holly wrote: "After reading A Study in Scarlet, I decided to take on The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, I'm about half way through and finding many of the short stories red..."

I really enjoy the stories, but I prefer not to read them in a big mass because I agree with you - they do begin to feel similar. I tend to read the individual collections, and I give myself a good chunk of time inbetween.

I'm rereading To Kill a Mockingbird and plan to start Voyager as well as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. At the gym, I listen to Wolf Hall.

I'm reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler with my daughter.

Holly wrote: "I'm reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler with my daughter."

I remember reading that in the 6th grade! I hope you are having fun :)

I did! I especially liked the end when you learn more about Saxonberg. Very Dickens-esque.

Makes me want to do a reread!

My aunt loved Baldacci. :)