February Book Log - open to all!

[Anonymous]

So Im' just about 2/3 of the way through Real Tigers by Mick Herron (Slow Horses series).
I am thinking I'd like to read more, but what surprises me about the book version (rather than the Gary Oldman tv version) is there's some ablism, homophobia and sexism in the writing - and I don't mean in the writing of certain characters, this is narrative stuff. And that's off putting.

[Anonymous]

Readi bc Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Very good! Hard to describe - mystery, time Travel, mother-son, father-daughter, husband-wife. It’s all there.

[Anonymous]

I just started the unsinkable Greta James which was a DCuM recommendation months ago, because we had our own boom board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Readi bc Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Very good! Hard to describe - mystery, time Travel, mother-son, father-daughter, husband-wife. It’s all there.

I started a thread on this a couple weeks ago - LOVED IT.

For nonfiction, I just finished Wildland: The making of America's Fury by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos. It was really good and weaves a lot of people's stories into the narrative so it's just not another rehash of the making of the modern far right.

I'm reading Madam by Phoebe Wynne - about an eerie girls boarding school. It hasn't hooked me yet but I'm still going.

[Anonymous]

Just finished Shrines of Gaiety, which I enjoyed, and Mercury Pictures Present, which I loved. Currently reading Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie, and starting C.S. Harris's Sebastian St. Cyr historical mystery series.

[Anonymous]

Please don't forget to rate your books (1-10 scale)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Readi bc Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Very good! Hard to describe - mystery, time Travel, mother-son, father-daughter, husband-wife. It’s all there.

Fun book! I listened to it and I listen to a lot of mysteries/thrillers because they're generally pretty engaging and this one was my favorite of the last 9 months or so.

[Anonymous]

Just finished both Lessons in Chemistry and Remarkably Bright Creatures. I'd give them both 9/10, with a slight edge for Lessons in Chemistry but they were both truly enjoyable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Please don't forget to rate your books (1-10 scale)

You know if the book isn't finished yet, it's hard to do that.

[Anonymous]

I just finished The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys which is a lovely short novel that takes place during WWII when a group of women go to the countryside to grow food for the war effort. Humphreys draws fantastic characters. 7/10 stars

[Anonymous]

I read My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. While unlike the narrator I am not a recreational prescription drug user, the idea of sleeping for a year really spoke to me and some of my own pathologies, I guess. The main character is also exactly the age in 2000 in NYC as I was in 2000 in NYC, though frankly I think that the author, who I believe is younger, has some small errors in capturing that moment. But she wasn’t bad at it. And overall I found it a smart and surprisingly funny and entertaining exploration of depression/grief/disaffection. 9/10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just finished both Lessons in Chemistry and Remarkably Bright Creatures. I'd give them both 9/10, with a slight edge for Lessons in Chemistry but they were both truly enjoyable.

I also just finished both of these and agree with your ratings!

Also recently finished:

These Impossible Things: 9.5/10
Anxious People: 6/10

I'm 2/3 of the way through The Mothers and am enjoying it so far. I will post a rating when I'm done.

We have been housebound with Covid and I have had more time to read than in at least a decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. While unlike the narrator I am not a recreational prescription drug user, the idea of sleeping for a year really spoke to me and some of my own pathologies, I guess. The main character is also exactly the age in 2000 in NYC as I was in 2000 in NYC, though frankly I think that the author, who I believe is younger, has some small errors in capturing that moment. But she wasn’t bad at it. And overall I found it a smart and surprisingly funny and entertaining exploration of depression/grief/disaffection. 9/10.

I also LOVED My Year of Rest and Relaxation, despite the fact that I didn't read it with a lot of hesitation. I really liked Eileen as well.

[Anonymous]

The Latecomer 8/10 - very well drawn wealthy New York Jewish family - I felt deeply for these lost characters even though they might come off as difficult. The ending is a little too neat, but still satisfying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Latecomer 8/10 - very well drawn wealthy New York Jewish family - I felt deeply for these lost characters even though they might come off as difficult. The ending is a little too neat, but still satisfying.

Who is this written by?