All About Books discussion

Leslie wrote: "Tumbleweed Words wrote: "I'm reading Alice Munro right now, a short collection titled: the view from castle rock. My word - what a stylist, and how Alice manages mood and passages of time, stunning..."

Honestly, cannot believe it took me until now to read her work. Her pacing and characters alone deserve the Nobel Prize, let alone the plots and weaving of time and subtle observations of person - amazing !

I'm currently reading Carrie Soto is back, which I am enjoying more than I thought I would. although I'm not sure how I feel about how Soto is being portrayed.

I'm also reading Winter People which I'm also really getting into.

Veronica wrote: "I'm currently reading Carrie Soto is back, which I am enjoying more than I thought I would. although I'm not sure how I feel about how Soto is being portrayed.

I'm also reading Winter People whic..."

Sounds cool, I like the odd blockbuster book, Winter People sounds cool :)

I finished my book called Lie To Her by Melinda Leigh

Veronica wrote: "I'm currently reading Carrie Soto is back, which I am enjoying more than I thought I would. although I'm not sure how I feel about how Soto is being portrayed.

I'm also reading Winter People whic..."

I also enjoyed Carrie Soto Is Back more than I expected. I am not a sports fan so I thought I'd be bored with all the tennis stuff but I wasn't. No spoiler but Carrie evolves during the course of the book so keep an open mind about how she is portrayed!

I am reading the French classic Madame Bovary. I have tried reading this before but never finished. I am over halfway through so fingers crossed that I can complete it this time!

When that book gets too boring, I switch to something lighter, which right now means my reread of Asimov's Foundation series. I am currently on the 4th book, Foundation's Edge.

Leslie wrote: "I am reading the French classic Madame Bovary. I have tried reading this before but never finished. I am over halfway through so fingers crossed that I can complete it this time!

When ..."

In Italian we say, of characters or persons like Emma, "I'd buy her only to slap her"!!! As with Anna Karenina: beautiful books, but really I can't stand the main character!

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am reading the French classic Madame Bovary. I have tried reading this before but never finished. I am over halfway through so fingers crossed that I can complete it th..."

I feel this sentiment!

Leslie, thank you for the commentary on Soto. I think I'll reach the end today. in looking forward to her change. I do see she's learning a lot after each match.

Veronica wrote: "Leslie, thank you for the commentary on Soto. I think I'll reach the end today. in looking forward to her change. I do see she's learning a lot after each match."

Learning is always good

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am reading the French classic Madame Bovary. I have tried reading this before but never finished. I am over halfway through so fingers crossed that I can complete it th..."

I was thinking just the other day that there's a lot of commonality between Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina! But I find Tolstoy's prose easier to read than Flaubert's which in turn makes me dislike Emma more than Anna (even if it is unfair).

LauraT wrote: "In Italian we say, of characters or persons like Emma, "I'd buy her only to slap her"!!! As with Anna Karenina: beautiful books, but really I can't stand the main character!"

Ha ha, too funny Laura! :)

Greg wrote: "LauraT wrote: "In Italian we say, of characters or persons like Emma, "I'd buy her only to slap her"!!! As with Anna Karenina: beautiful books, but really I can't stand the main character!"

Ha ha,..."

So funny! i love this expression!

Christine wrote: "
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oh yes!

I recently finished a novel, a novella, and a short story that I enjoyed:
Ymir (Rich Larson) ★★★★ (4.0),
Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov) ★★★★ (4.0), and
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel García Márquez) ★★★★★ (4.5)

Now, I'm reading:
Brick Lane (Monica Ali),
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Michael Moorcock), and
Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) (Charles Baudelaire).

Deep Tide by Laura Griffin

Lol your funny Tumbleweed Words lol

I finished my book called My Wife is Missing by D.J. Palmer

Leslie wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am reading the French classic Madame Bovary. I have tried reading this before but never finished. I am over halfway through so fingers crossed that I can..."

Yes, I do agree in this as well!

The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer

I finished my book called Adrenaline by John Benedict

I'm half way through A World of Curiosities and I'm literally loving it!!!

LauraT wrote: "I'm half way through A World of Curiosities and I'm literally loving it!!!"

Yay! And how about Crocodile on the Sandbank? I saw in my update feed that you have started it...

I have still never yet read Louise Penny. I need to rectify that!

Reading Different Seasons

Leslie wrote: "LauraT wrote: "I'm half way through A World of Curiosities and I'm literally loving it!!!"

Yay! And how about Crocodile on the Sandbank? I saw in my update feed that ..."

Finished yesterday. Liked it quite - funny Peabody! I'm going on with the series, but in a while: it's on Storytel - audiobook - and now I want to go on with the Poldark saga!!! I've started listening to Demelza this morning! And it's almost 15 hours listening!

I finished my book called The Edge of Death by John Benedict

I finished my book called The Holiday Home: She thought she was alone, but he never left. by Ashley Beegan

I'm half way through with Point of Balance by Juan Gómez-Jurado.
Really gripping!!!

I finished my book called The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer

I finished my book called The Finalists by David Bell

I just opened The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen. I'll give it a try.

I'm also reading The Skyscrapers of Triton Street, book 8 in Danielle Stewart's "Missing Pieces" series.

I finished my book called Vanishing Hour by Laura Griffin

I'm now reading The Perfect Staging for Murder. It's the 7th book in Kathleen Bridge's Hamptons Home and Garden Mystery series.

Finished The Library at Mount Char (★★★★ (4.0)) and quite enjoyed it, though the climax of my interest happened a little while before the book ended. I liked the resolution, even though the pace slowed down for me in the last quarter.

Also finished The Moon Is Down (★★★★ (3.5)) by John Steinbeck, and I quite enjoyed it. It's an unusual take on foreign occupation, much less hard edged than I'm used to for books on that topic, but it was compelling nevertheless. I loved its unrelenting humanity, its stubborn assumption of core humaneness within the human being.

I'm reading Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) slowly with another group . . . and I've also begun both The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead) and Exhalation (Ted Chiang). I'm enjoying all three in very different ways.

I've just started our Group read Sea of Tranquility and at the same time a novel for a Group read of my local library: The Round House: we'll discuss it next Tuesday, right the day of my 55th birthday!
After the chat we'll go drinking!!!

LauraT wrote: "I've just started our Group read Sea of Tranquility and at the same time a novel for a Group read of my local library: The Round House: we'll discuss it next Tuesday..."

How fun Laura, hope you have a wonderful birthday next week! And I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Sea of Tranquility!

I finished my book called The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

I finished my book called House on Fire: A Novel by Joseph Finder

I finished my book called The Trouble with Love and Hate by Cat Schield

I'm reading Poaching Is Puzzling by Daryl Wood Gerber. It's the latest in Gerber's Cookbook Nook cozy mystery series.

I also opened The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood.

I finished my book called Lost Rider by Harper Sloan

I finished my book called My Father's Son: A Memoir by John Davis

I finished my book called Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese by Daleen Berry

I'm reading this La leggenda della PeregrinaSpanish novel - actually the writer is from Montevideo - because I've been asked to present it with the author present for Encuentro https://www.facebook.com/encuentropg/

I finished my book called A Merciful Truth by Kendra Elliot

I finished my book called A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

Today, I opened my Big Summer Read. It's the classic Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.