Books on the Nightstand discussion

This year is certainly flying by and we're running shorter on time to complete our reading challenges.

I'm reading an ARC that I strongly recommend to all Pachinko. Also Glory and the Lightning which is fantastic and continuing (very slowly) with War and Peace.
I'm listening to The Hopefuls in the car and American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst on my iPad.
I'll have some time off around Thanksgiving, so maybe then I'll catch up with tying up loose books that I have started but found something more pressing to read.

I'm listening to A Gentleman in Moscow, which I was complaining about this morning but am now enjoying, having passed Book 1, which I found rather tedious.

In print, I just started reading The Sellout.

Lots I'm hoping to get to this month, as usual. The teetering pile beckons.

Reading by Mary Roach. Eye opening. Next time I hear someone talk about sending boots on the ground (I hate that expression) I may shove this book into their face. We have no idea what those young men and women endure.

Right now I'm reading The Rare Earth Exchange. It's from LibraryThing in exchange for a review.

Today I'm starting Updraft on Audible. I've been wanting to get around to it for a couple of months. So today is the day.

Then I've got Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Serafina and the Black Cloak going on slowly in the background. I read them in snippets here and there but I'm not trying to get through them by a certain date.

Two books carried over from last month


After that not sure, though I will likely continue with the Perry Rhodans.

I'm getting ready to start three books that I hope to finish in November:

Audible: All the Light We Cannot See
Kindle: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Paper: The Shadow of the Wind

Finished by Jennifer Niven-- 4.5 Stars.

Heartbreakingly amazing! Go read this book if you're into broken, YA characters.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished by Colson Whitehead-- 4 Stars.

Gorgeous writing, historical fiction plus SO MUCH MORE, had trouble connecting with Cora (the main character), but this one was so good.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am reading for my bookclub The Dust That Falls from Dreams

For my other bookclub Above All Things

And listening to Stories of Your Life and Others

Finished by Thrity Umrigar- 4 Stars.

India: Bhima (Servant) & Sera (Wealthy widow) become friends under the least likely circumstances. Until heartbreak after heartbreak finally test this relationship.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished by Kevin Kwan- 3 Stars.

The book title perfectly sums up this book! Narrator was excellent.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This month, our book club is reading Our Souls at Night, which I read last year, but will re-read for Nov. Also just finished Homegoing (AMAZING!) and am 1/3 of the way through Before the Fall. Next up: A Man Called Ove and Colson Whitehead's book: The Underground Railroad. Lots of reading this month!

Ooh- all goodies Julie!

I'm listening to White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Finished by Brian Selznick-- 4 Stars.

Gorgeous, Magical, and all the feels. Young Adult-ish and part novel part graphic novel. Go read this one!

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Read Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History early this morning. Now onto finishing The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded

Finished by Joshilyn Jackson-- 4 Stars.

This may have been my favorite book to listen to on audio. What a great surprise of a book.

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finishing off the first of John Creasey's Gideon series . After that we shall see, though I have been thinking of reading a Blackie Ryan mystery seeing as the Cubs won the World Series.

Just started reading Blind Sight and listening to LaRose and Slade House

Reading another mystery now . Thinking of digging out some seasonal books for next month,

Finished by Eowyn Ivey-- 3 Stars.

Loved the layout, didn't love how sluggish it felt...

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Linda wrote: "Read Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History early this morning. Now onto finishing [bookcover:The Imi..."

Do you recommend Maus? I've been curious about it.

Reading Versailles because I'm obsessed with the French Revolution. And I'm trying to lighten up my library by reading some of my many, many books. ; )

April wrote: "Linda wrote: "Read Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History early this morning. Now onto finishing [boo..."

Most definitely.