All About Books discussion

Started reading Her Fearful Symmetry, seems interesting so far - but I'm right at the beginning

LauraT wrote: "Started reading Her Fearful Symmetry, seems interesting so far - but I'm right at the beginning"

I need to read that one.

I finished my book called The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

I finished my book called Emergency Room by Caroline B. Cooney

Reading The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

I finished my book called Beneath Devil's Bridge by Loreth Anne White

Esther wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Started reading Her Fearful Symmetry, seems interesting so far - but I'm right at the beginning"

I need to read that one."

In the end I've liked it to a point; not as much as I had anticipated

At the moment I'm reading World of Strangers, struggling a bit, I confess

I finished my book called Brain Death by John Benedict

I finished my book called The Patient by Jane Shemilt

Reading the very bizarre and dark Korean novel City of Ash and Red. Occasionally darkly funny, more often disturbing, but never yet boring. Oh this guy, this monster, this narrator - he is something else!

Started yesterday our Lessons in Chemistry; didn't have much time to read though, and today I'm at work all day long. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon

Hell Bent, which is as good as expected. Will finish that today and already started Blood of a Gladiator.

I finished my book called Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh

I finished my book called Right Behind Her by Melinda Leigh

Reading The Chronoliths

Just started a book of one of my favourite XX Century Author: Odd Girl Out. Hope to find it as good as the orthers I've read by her

I finished my book called Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Started Roadside Picnic

I finished my book called Alive at 5 by Linda Hurtado Bond

Just started The Silence of the Girls

Alannah wrote: "Just started The Silence of the Girls"

Great Alannah! I'm looking forward to it!

Alannah wrote: "Just started The Silence of the Girls"

I read it last year and thought it was very good. I also enjoyed her The Women of Troy.

I finished my book called Her New Year Baby Secret by Jessica Gilmore

Very excited to get started with Stories of Your Life and Others

I finished my book called Telling Christina Goodbye by Lurlene McDaniel

Gavin wrote: "Very excited to get started with Stories of Your Life and Others"

That one looks good Gavin! Eager to hear what you think of it.

Currently reading Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up - think it's probably down as my worst book of 2023. Have started skipping through it already.

Magical Midlife Challenge by K.F. Breene

Reading A Man Called Ove

Greg wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Very excited to get started with Stories of Your Life and Others"

That one looks good Gavin! Eager to hear what you think of it."

Read it because of Arrival (aka Story of your Life). It was a very unique compilation of short stories.

I finished my book called The Perfect Plan by Bryan Reardon

More Than A Wish: My Life and Stories from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. by Cory Metz

Finding Perfect by Colleen Hoover

I'mactually "listening" to Good Girl, Bad Blood, the second title of the series A good Girl's Guide to Murder. Not bad, for a YA Mystery

I finished my book called The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

I finished my book called Only Fear by Anne Marie Becker

Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh

LauraT wrote: "Just started a book of one of my favourite XX Century Author: Odd Girl Out. Hope to find it as good as the orthers I've read by her"

Hi, I've had several attempts but can't get into the thread about books actually read - it just times out. Has the thread got too long for Goodreads to cope?

Hi Pam, I created a new Part 3 of the "What have you just read?" folder for new posts. I can open Part 2, but it takes forever; probably sometimes it fails to open at all - I moved part 2 to the General Archive folder.

Hope that helps! Let us know if there are any other threads that have trouble, and thanks so much for pointing it out!

Greg wrote: "Reading the very bizarre and dark Korean novel City of Ash and Red. Occasionally darkly funny, more often disturbing, but never yet boring. Oh this guy, this monster, this narrator ..."

Now you have piqued my interest!

Gavin wrote: "Started Roadside Picnic"

How is it? Do I need to push it up my TBR pile?

I finished my 2 books and they were called both called The Bodyguard by Katherine Center and Finding Perfect by Colleen Hoover

Greg wrote: "Hi Pam, I created a new Part 3 of the "What have you just read?" folder for new posts. I can open Part 2, but it takes forever; probably sometimes it fails to open at all - I moved part 2 to the Ge..."

Thanks Greg, it was never opening for me!

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

I'm reading the second of this Childhood / Youth / Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

I finished my book called Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh

I am reading 3 books from the Guardian's 1000 novels list at the moment:
Tobacco Road which I am finding somewhat hard to take (so much bleakness!) so I am reading it in small increments;
The Sea, the Sea in audiobook format;
Cryptonomicon

But I have decided to take a break from all that serious reading to dip into one of the final books in the Tommy Hambledon spy-thriller series - Search for a Sultan. My interlibrary loan of this book came in yesterday & I can't wait any longer to get to it!

Leslie wrote: "I am reading 3 books from the Guardian's 1000 novels list at the moment:
Tobacco Road which I am finding somewhat hard to take (so much bleakness!) so I am reading it in small incre..."

I applaud your fun Hambledon diversion Leslie!

I still enjoy some classics and "serious" fare as well, but I definitely mix in lighter stuff. I don't worry anymore about what I for some reason feel I should be reading and rather just enjoy what I want.

How is the Stephenson by the way? I liked Snow Crash back when I read it.