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I'm reading The Round House by Louise Erdach. The author doesn't use quotation marks which drives me insane.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading The Round House by Louise Erdach. The author doesn't use quotation marks which drives me insane.

I read "Normal People" by Sally Rooney (based on a DCUM recommendation) and had the same issue with it! I didn't like the book anyway but the lack of quotation marks was the kicker. --OP.

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I picked up Blood, Bones and Butter at a used book store, and I’m finding it fascinating and really well-written, but I find the author Gabrielle Hamilton so increasingly unlikeable as I get to the end, I really wish I had someone to discuss it with.

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Anonymous wrote:Just started The Long Game, by Rachel Reid. Sequel to Heated Rivalry.

I just read this too! Stayed up too late to finish it. I liked it because it was good to revisit the characters and it set them up for a more stable HEA, but I didn’t think it was nearly as good as Heated Rivalry. I do recommend the series, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Led Zeppelin - The Biography by Bob Spitz

That's an interesting combo! I loved, loved, loved Pachinko. And, spinning off from the comments above regarding Ann Patchett, everything I have read about Min Jin Lee makes me impressed with her as a human being. She is kind and forthright and a person of great humility and faith.

Maybe I'll pick up the Led Zeppelin book!

I'm about halfway through Pachinko and really like it so far. It's very readable and all the characters are beautifully written. I think someone on here recommended it in a past post--thanks DCUM.

The Led Zep book is fascinating. The author really gets into the weeds of music theory and analysis of Led Zep's catalog, rather than personal backstory of the group members. I remember a Beatles biography I recently read that detailed every bit of bad behavior by the Fab 4, but only glossed over their actual songs. As a musician myself, I like Spitz's approach better. So far (1/3 of the way through) it's pretty much the Jimmy Page show, and the other three are supporting characters. That might change, or it might not; sometimes it's a case of how much the biographer was able to talk to the other members, or how much material s/he was able to obtain.

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Anonymous wrote:I picked up Blood, Bones and Butter at a used book store, and I’m finding it fascinating and really well-written, but I find the author Gabrielle Hamilton so increasingly unlikeable as I get to the end, I really wish I had someone to discuss it with.

Agree, great book and great story. But the narrator's "I'm not like other girls" shtick was getting very old by the end...

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Anonymous wrote:I picked up Blood, Bones and Butter at a used book store, and I’m finding it fascinating and really well-written, but I find the author Gabrielle Hamilton so increasingly unlikeable as I get to the end, I really wish I had someone to discuss it with.

I had the same reaction!

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading Ann Patchett’s “These Precious Days.” It’s a collection of short stories. I’m generally not a huge fan of short stories but I will read anything she writes.

I'm a big Patchett fan and loved this book. Did you know the title comes from Charlotte's Web? I learned that from hearing Kirsta Tippett interview Kate Di Camillo.

I loved this book, too. Patchett was both very different and very similar to how I would have pictured her all at the same time.

Her earlier essay collection (This is the Story of a Happy Marriage) is truly fantastic. I listened to the audio version, which she narrated. Each essay is a total gem, but I couldn’t decide if I liked her as a person or not. She definitely has an edge, which makes her a sharp, incisive writer. But maybe not the best company? (Clearly, I found my own fluctuating feelings about her to be a fun sub-plot when listening to the book. 😂)

Yes -- me too. Patchett is about my age and for that reason -- and maybe something else as well that I can't quite put my finger on -- I wonder about whether I'd like her or be friends with her if we were to meet. I'm not sure I feel that way about any other writer, and I definitely don't feel that way about celebrities in general. Hmmm . . . .

Did you read Truth & Beauty? It’s Patchett’s account of her friendship with Lucy Grealy. It is intense.

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Anonymous wrote:Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Led Zeppelin - The Biography by Bob Spitz

That's an interesting combo! I loved, loved, loved Pachinko. And, spinning off from the comments above regarding Ann Patchett, everything I have read about Min Jin Lee makes me impressed with her as a human being. She is kind and forthright and a person of great humility and faith.

Maybe I'll pick up the Led Zeppelin book!

I'm about halfway through Pachinko and really like it so far. It's very readable and all the characters are beautifully written. I think someone on here recommended it in a past post--thanks DCUM.

The Led Zep book is fascinating. The author really gets into the weeds of music theory and analysis of Led Zep's catalog, rather than personal backstory of the group members. I remember a Beatles biography I recently read that detailed every bit of bad behavior by the Fab 4, but only glossed over their actual songs. As a musician myself, I like Spitz's approach better. So far (1/3 of the way through) it's pretty much the Jimmy Page show, and the other three are supporting characters. That might change, or it might not; sometimes it's a case of how much the biographer was able to talk to the other members, or how much material s/he was able to obtain.

Funny. I listened a few summers ago to the audio version of Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page (by Brad Tolinsky). I liked it a lot.

[Anonymous]

Cicely Tyson's autobiography.

[Anonymous]

What am I currently reading? This blog on my tablet. Do I recommend it? No, not really.

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Anonymous wrote:Making my way through Dune. It was a slow start. Even now that I'm more than 50% in, I still find it a struggle to continue. but I will b/c it's an important book and I want to watch the movie after.

It picks up towards the end—keep going! I enjoyed it, though not enough to read the sequels. The movie is very faithful to the book.

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Just started Zora Neal Hurston's Dust Tracks on a Road. It's her autobiography. Very good start on her childhood and she goes through a bunch of her favorite books at a child. Nice reference to things to look up and read again (jungle book for example or some Greek and Roman mythology).

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I just started The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek this morning. It's been on my list for a while, ever since I finished Before We Were Yours.

[Anonymous]

book 1 of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series-- it's exactly what I needed -- engaging fantasy with a great main character