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by Beverly
Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: July! What are you reading?
Replies: 18
Views: 11040

Re: July! What are you reading?

I'm reading Hunger by Roxane Gay. It's good so far. I seem to have completely lost most of my reading mojo and have at least five books sitting around in half-read states.
by Beverly
Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:40 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Happy July! What are you reading?
Replies: 31
Views: 21440

Re: Happy July! What are you reading?

I'm about halfway through Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall. Loving it.
by Beverly
Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:59 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: October! What are you reading?
Replies: 27
Views: 18910

Re: October! What are you reading?

I recently finished Pale Fire by Nabokov. It was exquisite. I really loved it, though it is kind of strange.

Now I'm sort of reading Dissolution by C.J. Sansom. It's the first of a series of murder mysteries set in Henry VIII's England. Have you read them, Mellen?
by Beverly
Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:53 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June! What are you reading?
Replies: 32
Views: 20743

Re: June! What are you reading?

Finished reading Serena, and it was sort of meh ... I mean, it was all right, but it was very predictable after the first third or so, and kind of tiresome. Not sure what's up next.
by Beverly
Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:48 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June! What are you reading?
Replies: 32
Views: 20743

Re: June! What are you reading?

I'm reading Serena by Ron Rash. It's pretty good so far, but you can tell that it's setting up for some bad (as in upsetting) stuff, and I'm not sure I'm in the mood for that. Ah, well ... Blush, I ordered the new Joshua Ferris book the other day. I loved his first two, so I've been looking forward ...
by Beverly
Sat May 24, 2014 6:12 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: May! What are you reading?
Replies: 32
Views: 21029

Re: May! What are you reading?

I loved Life After Life. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after reading it.

I just finished The Silent Wife, and it was okay. Better than Gone Girl.

Right now I'm working on the third book of a Swedish detective trilogy. As far as I know it's not available in English.
by Beverly
Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:28 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February! What are you reading?
Replies: 23
Views: 16198

Re: February! What are you reading?

I caved and started reading Gone Girl, and wow, such a page-turner! I'm just over halfway and will probably finish in the next day or two.
by Beverly
Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:34 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February! What are you reading?
Replies: 23
Views: 16198

Re: February! What are you reading?

I'm deep into research at the moment, but I'm mighty tempted to sneak in a novel. I have Gone Girl and Serena in a pile near my desk, and they're both more appealing than The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. :lol
by Beverly
Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:45 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February! What are you reading?
Replies: 23
Views: 16198

Re: February! What are you reading?

I'm nearing the end of Life after Life -- LOVE this book!

Don't know what's up next ... I really, really, really need to work on my thesis so I should probably take a break from pleasure reading. :angrywife
by Beverly
Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:26 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: January 2014! What are you reading?
Replies: 34
Views: 21159

Re: January 2014! What are you reading?

Beverly, in Portuguese. But the translation from Spanish to Portuguese is smooth, you barely notice you're reading a translation. From Spanish to English, not so much, hence my question. Glad it's good! Which Time and Again is that? There are several books by that name, apparently. That's why I won...
by Beverly
Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:27 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: January 2014! What are you reading?
Replies: 34
Views: 21159

Re: January 2014! What are you reading?

Sílvia, the translation seems pretty good. Did you read it in Spanish or Portuguese?

Spudd, I really hope you enjoy Time and Again -- it is seriously one of my favorite books EVER, and I've lost track of how many times I've read it.
by Beverly
Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:20 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: January 2014! What are you reading?
Replies: 34
Views: 21159

Re: January 2014! What are you reading?

I'm reading The Time in Between by María Dueñas. It's a book that Sílvia recommended a couple of years ago, and I was finally able to get it in English at a good price. I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it.
by Beverly
Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:41 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: December! What are you reading?
Replies: 26
Views: 17191

Re: December! What are you reading?

I'm reading Perfect by Rachel Joyce. I'm about a hundred pages in, and it's so good!
by Beverly
Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:45 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: December! What are you reading?
Replies: 26
Views: 17191

Re: December! What are you reading?

Rowan -- The Long Winter is my favorite, too. :) I just read A Discovery of Witches and was a little disappointed, only because I didn't realize before starting that it was about vampires. Still, the writing was pretty good, and I've ordered the second book, so obviously it wasn't all bad. A couple ...
by Beverly
Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:55 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June - what are you reading?
Replies: 37
Views: 25390

Re: June - what are you reading?

I'm taking a break from school stuff and reading a novel! I'm working on The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld. It's a mystery set in New York in 1909. Freud and Jung are two of the main characters, and there's a lot about psychoanalysis, obviously. It has the potential to be really good, bu...
by Beverly
Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:39 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's October...what are you reading?
Replies: 53
Views: 35690

Re: It's October...what are you reading?

Between school reading, I'm working on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and March by Geraldine Brooks.
by Beverly
Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:01 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's September...what are you reading?
Replies: 37
Views: 26278

Re: It's September...what are you reading?

Then I finally started 11/22/63! I'm only on page 29, but so far Mr. King has kept his standards of grippingness. May I add that I always have to stop and think before I type the title of this book, since here the dates are day/month/year. I bought this book a couple of weeks ago and when Olof saw ...
by Beverly
Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:56 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's September...what are you reading?
Replies: 37
Views: 26278

Re: It's September...what are you reading?

Mostly I'm reading school stuff (early modern European history), but when I take a break from that I'm working on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
by Beverly
Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:40 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's August - what are you reading?
Replies: 74
Views: 48398

Re: It's August - what are you reading?

I really, really must finish up Freedom ... classes are starting next week, and I won't have any time for pleasure reading.
by Beverly
Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:35 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: It's August - what are you reading?
Replies: 74
Views: 48398

Re: It's August - what are you reading?

Rowan wrote:Syl,

11/22/63 is in paperback now....I know you were waiting.
Oh, thanks for the tip, Rowan! I've been waiting, too!