Books on the Nightstand discussion

Another month, another stack of books: Started Quicksand this morning. Listening to Refuge and Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

I just finished A Separation yesterday and it wasn't really my cup of tea, although I think Katie Kitamura is a good writer. Just started Good Morning, Midnight which I think I'm really going to enjoy.

Reading The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

Finished by Ayobami Adebayo-- 3.5 Stars

Need to think some more on this one... weirdly satisfying?

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

Am on a road trip with Husband so we're listening to Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood. So far, it's marvelous.

Reading "my brilliant friend" by Elena Ferrante .... about 90 pages from the end, really enjoying it.. friendship and family saga

Read He is a Canadian for my Library Reading Challenge. Had to read either a book of poetry or a book of short stories. Opted for the poetry, especially as the author was my great-aunt.
Also read some of which fullfilled the challenge of reading a book from the Reconciliation list. We don't have to finish a book to include it (in this case I didn't get it finished before it had to go back to the libarary).

Some of the best reads over the past while are
Pachinko
The Unseen World
The Essex Serpent
Beartown
Doc
The Amateur Marriage
I gave The Amateur Marriage 5 stars and loved it.
I am currently listening to A Thread of Grace and I wish I had a list of characters that is apparently in the written novel. So many European names that I am not keeping straight.

Finished by Willa Cather-- 4 Stars.

I think I have a new favorite female protagonist!

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

Next listen on our road trip was In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox. Finished that and went on to Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill read by Simon Vance.

Currently reading, "Surrender, NY by Caleb Carr . Not what I suspected but so far so good. I have also started "The Bone Clocks" by David Mitchell. This feels like a surreal dream that I'm having but not caring where I wind up. I like the female main character.

Finished by Pam Jenoff-- 3 Stars

WWII historical fiction and a circus-- oh my!

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

"The Bees" by Laline Paull with my work book club
"Reading People" by Anne Bogel as part of its Launch Team
"Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White" with my son

"My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante fiction on my own
"The Trust Factor" nonfiction on my own
"One Hundred a Years of Solitude" audio on my own

Reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. Highly recommend!

Elaine wrote: "Reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. Highly recommend!"

Loved, loved, loved that one. I admire him even more than I did before reading that.

Started listening to It Can't Happen Here

I have finished The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and The Dollhouse. They both received 2 lowly stars.
Next up is The Beguiled. I have been lured by the Sofia Coppola hype and want to read this before I see the movie.

Finished by Erik Larson-- 3 Stars

In the middle on this one.

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

Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family

Currently listening to by Alan Bradley. Still thanking BOTNS for recommending Flavia to readers on the podcast. This is one series that I would recommend the audible edition. These stories never get tiring because of the narrator, Jane Entwistle.

Gerald wrote: "Currently listening to by Alan Bradley. Still thanking BOTNS for recommending Flavia to readers on the podcast. This is one series that I would recomm..."

I LOVE Flavia!

Finished by Leah Weiss-- 4.5 Stars.

Oh my! A debut?? WHAT?? Such gritty goodness...

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

Just starting to read the Tess Gerriston series,,,Starting with The Surgeon,,

Listening to The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. A bit too violent for me so far. Reading Safe by Ryan Gattis. This I just started but I loved his prior book All Involved.

Me too! I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it. -mp

Linda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. Highly recommend!"

Loved, loved, loved that one. I admire him even more than I did before reading that.

Started listening to [bookcover:It Can'..."

Finished Quicksand purportedly the best mystery in Sweden in 2016. I won't refute that.
Started listening to The Essex Serpent and reading The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

Just about to start Kisscut Karen Slaughter

Finished by Cherise Wolas-- 4 Stars.

This is a slow burn of a novel...

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

If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

Debbie wrote: "Just starting to read the Tess Gerriston series,,,Starting with The Surgeon,,"
That's Rizzoli and Isles? One of my favorite shows sadly gone.

Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage

Finished by Fiona Barton - 3.5 Stars.

This was so good on audio!

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

Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions

finished Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency

Finished by Bryn Greenwood -- 4 Stars

I Really REALLY wanted to love this one so much more, but I'm conflicted.

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

God Is A WomanRereading 'God is Woman' by Michael Tavon
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomTuesdays with Morrie

Finished Lincoln in the Bardo. Wow!

Going on to Sour Heart

I am reading Killers of the Flower Moon and Y is for Yesterday. I've read the whole alphabet series and for me this is not one of the best.

Where did August go?? Yesterday I finished The Atomic Weight of Love on the 31st. Very good, but dragged a little in the middle. 330+ pp.