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#Post#: 17761--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: NoLongerAubergine Date: September 18, 2021, 6:41 pm
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[quote author=Lady_Lessa link=topic=68.msg17746#msg17746
date=1632004991]
One book that I am in the middle of, and really enjoying it is
"Death comes for the Archbishop" by Willa Cather. Doesn't have
much plot, bur reads almost like a biography.
Liked it so much, that I fell for Amazon giving me a discount on
a book that I probably wouldn't have bought otherwise.
[/quote]
You reminded me that I had intended to read My Antonia (and I
now see David S Pumpkins is enjoying it.) Took a detour over to
Kindle and picked up the entire trilogy for .99. Great timing!
Thx.
#Post#: 24493--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Lady_Lessa Date: October 3, 2021, 5:51 pm
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For a thoughtful/thought provoking read, may I recommend "A
surgeon in the Village" by Tony Bartelme. It is a true story
about how a neurosurgeon went to Africa, initially planning a
short trip, saw the needs, taught one of the clinical workers to
do brain surgery, and realized that is what needed to be done.
Not short term trips, but to teach those who live there.
He founded a NGO and got others on board to teach and heal both.
I found it both an easy read, and one I couldn't put down.
#Post#: 24541--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Heron Date: October 3, 2021, 7:41 pm
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I checked this out from the library, then ordered myself a copy.
#Post#: 24591--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Aardtacha Date: October 3, 2021, 9:45 pm
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For my birthday my husband bought me the sequel to The Thursday
Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice. I've just dipped into it
and it's very good so far. If you've not read it, I recommend
The Thursday Murder Club. Just as far as I've gotten this
weekend, I also recommend The Man Who Died Twice.
#Post#: 24713--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: badpoodle Date: October 4, 2021, 8:34 am
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[quote author=Lady_Lessa link=topic=68.msg17745#msg17745
date=1632004829]
[quote author=badpoodle link=topic=68.msg13289#msg13289
date=1631194640]
I just got these in the mail, not sure which to start on:
Educated by Tara Westover
[/quote]
That's my recommendation. I found it very good, but rough
reading at times. Parents left much to be desired.
[/quote]
You were right! I finished it in just a few days. SUCH a good
read! I highly recommend.
I have moved on to Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi which is so good but
so painfully sad. Sometimes I don't want to be sad so I may need
to intermingle it with a lighter read.
ETA: If you have not read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah and
would like more reading about paranoid, mentally ill dads who
want to live off the grid, it was also very interesting. Set in
Alaska.
#Post#: 24996--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: VanGoghSunflowers Date: October 4, 2021, 2:11 pm
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[quote author=NoLongerAubergine link=topic=68.msg17761#msg17761
date=1632008498]
[quote author=Lady_Lessa link=topic=68.msg17746#msg17746
date=1632004991]
One book that I am in the middle of, and really enjoying it is
"Death comes for the Archbishop" by Willa Cather. Doesn't have
much plot, bur reads almost like a biography.
Liked it so much, that I fell for Amazon giving me a discount on
a book that I probably wouldn't have bought otherwise.
[/quote]
You reminded me that I had intended to read My Antonia (and I
now see David S Pumpkins is enjoying it.) Took a detour over to
Kindle and picked up the entire trilogy for .99. Great timing!
Thx.
[/quote]
I like My Antonia a lot, but Song of the Lark is my favorite by
Cather. It's been years since I read it, and I'm almost hesitant
to reread it because I'm afraid it will have lost some of its
magic in the intervening years. I remember being completely
enthralled by the way she wrote about music and art. It was
almost a religious experience for me.
#Post#: 25080--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: northbayteky Date: October 4, 2021, 5:02 pm
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I admit, I'm a lazy reader. If a book doesn't pull me in and
keep me turning pages, any effort on my part makes me return it
to the library. So of course Nicholas Sparks gets read a lot. It
all started a while after I started working at the library and
realized I could read anything I wanted. For. Free! I started
out with murder mysteries, until I ran out of Patricia Cornwell
books. I hadn't read Nicholas Sparks book ever, but I knew that
several of his books were turned into movies. The ones I had
seen, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, all
ended with someone dying, so I was hesitant to pick up one of
his novels. The first couple of books of his I read did not
feature a death in the end, much to my surprise, so I keep
reading his stuff. At one point I signed up for his newsletter.
He had a book tour one year that brought him to the west coast,
so I secured tickets and got to see him talk and get a picture
with him.
So one day last week his newsletter dropped and it said his
latest book was hitting the bookstores today (that day, last
week.) So I looked up the title and to my surprise, copies were
available so I put it on hold. It's called "The Wish." I think
someone is going to die at the end.
I rad all of Clive Cussler's "The Oregon Files" series. My
brother got me in to those. I tried reading one of his other
series books, but I couldn't get into it. He's not as easy to
read as Sparks, but it's a different genre all together. I still
will miss the crew of The Oregon.
#Post#: 25116--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: muskrat Date: October 4, 2021, 6:13 pm
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I just finished reading this: written by our very own
[member=157]mousewoman[/member]!
It's absolutely fabulous. Trust me .... 🐭
HTML http://www.annelwatson.com/books/MiceNight.pdf
#Post#: 25164--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: guest157 Date: October 4, 2021, 8:13 pm
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[quote author=muskrat link=topic=68.msg25116#msg25116
date=1633389188]
I just finished reading this: written by our very own
[member=157]mousewoman[/member]!
It's absolutely fabulous. Trust me .... 🐭
HTML http://www.annelwatson.com/books/MiceNight.pdf
[/quote]
Thanks, Muskrat! If you could, it would help me a lot if you'd
write an Amazon review. I don't think most readers know this,
but you have to have about ten reviews before they'll let you
advertise it. It's sort of a vicious circle, if you can't
advertise, you don't get reviews. And if you don't have reviews,
you can't advertise.
Anyway, regardless, thanks for your kind words!
#Post#: 25191--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Heron Date: October 4, 2021, 9:59 pm
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[quote author=Lady_Lessa link=topic=68.msg24493#msg24493
date=1633301471]
For a thoughtful/thought provoking read, may I recommend "A
surgeon in the Village" by Tony Bartelme. It is a true story
about how a neurosurgeon went to Africa, initially planning a
short trip, saw the needs, taught one of the clinical workers to
do brain surgery, and realized that is what needed to be done.
Not short term trips, but to teach those who live there.
He founded a NGO and got others on board to teach and heal both.
I found it both an easy read, and one I couldn't put down.
[/quote]
I put this on hold at the library. Thanks for the rec!
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