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I finished that Irish mystery novel - "Himself", by Jess Kidd. I wouldn't really recommend it. It was just OK. Now I'm reading "The Rice Mother" by Rani Manicka. It's about a Sri Lankan girl who gets an arranged marriage to a Malaysian dude and has to move to Malaysia with this g...

I finished The Morning and the Evening the other day but forgot to report it here. It was a nice summer read.

Now I'm reading "Himself" by Jess Kidd which is set in Ireland and the Irish slang is a tough slog so far. Hopefully it will get better.

I finished The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, and I strongly recommend it. It keeps coming back to my mind, it's really stayed with me. It's been probably a week or so since I finished it and am still thinking about it. Now I am reading "The Morning and the Evening" by Ken Follett. So ...

I finished Careless People. Frightening and none of us should be on Facebook. That company really should be broken up. Then I read Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Read the whole thing (it is a novella) with Frankie on my lap, sitting outside in the sun. Now I have Fight Night by Miriam To...

I read all of "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells on the plane. It's just a novella so it was a quick read. Very entertaining if you like science fiction. Now I'm reading "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai. So far it's really good plot-wise. I felt like the editing needed a li...

Just finished Frozen River and I really enjoyed it. Thumbs up!

Blush wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:05 pm I finished All the Broken Places by John Boyne. So good.

I really liked that one too. Kind of haunting.

I finished Deconstructing Amelia. I really enjoyed it, would recommend.

Then I started The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Pretty good so far, but I'm only like 2 chapters in (and they're short chapters).

I finished "People Like Her". I thought it was pretty good.

Now started "Reconstructing Amelia". So far it's a bit mysterious and I like it.

I finished "New York Dead" by Stuart Woods the other day. It was pretty mid. Would not really recommend, but it passed the time pleasantly enough. Now I'm reading "People Like Her" by Ellery Lloyd. It's about an instagram influencer. I haven't gotten far enough into it to really ...

Blush wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:43 pm I just finished Is She Really Going Out With Him by Sophie Cousens. It was cuter than the title would imply.

Was it a reference to the song? I love that song.

I finished The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, did I already report on this? It was OK. I started feeling like the intent of the book was to educate me about the Great Depression, which was a bit of a turnoff. I don't mind learning stuff from historical fiction but I don't want to feel like it's the m...

I finished The Bluest Eye a while ago, forgot to post about it. I wouldn't say it was a great book. It was just OK.

Now I'm reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. It's pretty good, but not great. I seem to be in a bit of a book rut lately.

I forget if I posted this in the December thread or not, but my new read is The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. So far I'm enjoying it.

I just finished "The Last Animal" by Ramona Ausubel last night. It was well written but unsatisfying. I enjoyed the ride for the most part. It's amazing though that Random House let a major editing mistake slip through. There was one part, fairly near the beginning, where it was obvious th...

I finished Kindred by Octavia Butler and really enjoyed it. Would recommend. Now I'm reading a non-fiction book about how to manage your time so you don't feel overwhelmed. I don't know why, I rarely feel that way. I should probably ditch it and start something else. It is good for falling asleep to...

That sounds entertaining! I'll await the final review. I'm still reading the same time travel book by Octavia Butler. I've forgotten the title but I'm pretty sure it starts with M. That's the trouble with e-books, you don't see the title every time you pick it up to start reading so you forget what ...

Spudd, one of my friends included the Stone Angel in her note in my OAC yearbook. I finished I Hope This Finds You Well. It was an interesting concept, the dialogue was good. Some of the plot points could have been subtler, but it was still good. I have books to pick up at the library but I don't k...

I finished The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence and I really liked it. I don't know why it's required reading for high-schoolers, though, it's about an elderly lady. It's from the elderly lady's viewpoint so maybe they wanted teens to be able to identify with their elders?? Now I am reading Kindred ...

I finished Erasure by Percival ... someone. I can't remember his last name. Everett maybe? It was OK. I wouldn't really recommend it. I thought the premise was interesting but it was just a slow burn that never really caught fire. I just started The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence. This was require...