What are you reading for September?

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Anonymous wrote:So far this month I’ve read Trust, Tom Lake, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.


Each one better than the next. I’m on a roll. What should I read next?

I didn’t love Tomorrow. Found it too quiet and boring.

My favorite books so far this year is Notes on an Execution. It is dark but excellent

Found it slow, boring and laborious. Sorry!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far this month I’ve read Trust, Tom Lake, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.


Each one better than the next. I’m on a roll. What should I read next?

I didn’t love Tomorrow. Found it too quiet and boring.

My favorite books so far this year is Notes on an Execution. It is dark but excellent

Found it slow, boring and laborious. Sorry!!

I didn’t love Notes on an Execution. The graphic and sexual scenes actually detract from the underlying purpose of the novel. It’s a misguided premise of fascination with crime stories. It’s a disappointing read.

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I am on a reading the author kick - was Emily St. John Mandel and now it's Marcel Theroux - yes, of that family of Therouxs.

The Sorcerer of Pyongyang - an ordinary boy in North Korea comes by a copy of an English language Dungeons and Dragons guide. Hijinks ensue. I found this well-written and the main character to be engaging and empathetic. The ending went a little comedic and then felt a little like he just needed to wrap it up. But it really drew men in and I had to check at the end if it was totally fiction.

Far North - an account of life after catastrophic climate change set in the Arctic, where groups of Quakers migrated from the US and established settlements before disaster hit. I had a few stylistic and reality-based quibbles, but really liked it. It takes place in several different settings, and has a good deal of plot reveals that are really well done. The climate commentary is more observed than explained. Very satisfying at the end.

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Anonymous wrote:I read Lucy by the Sea this weekend. As Lucy Barton goes to Maine she is just one degree of separation from Olive Kitteridge. When the two actually cross paths the Elizabeth Strout cinematic universe arc will be complete. Anyway, I always enjoy Elizabeth Strout, and this was no exception.

I loved Olive, More Olive and all the Lucy Barton's!

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All Thirteen: nonfiction story about the cafe rescue of the Thai soccer team about a decade ago. I remember the news when it happened and listened to a podcast about it last year that focused on the rescue divers. This book was a really interesting recounting focused more on Thai culture and the tons of support volunteers who did so many other things as well as the actual rescue itself. Really heartwarming read.

Devil’s Food: Murder mystery by the same author as the Miss Fisher books. Cozy. Good mystery; not the stressful kind where you genuinely suspect the heroine or her friends of having done anything really bad. Mouthwatering descriptions of food (main character is a baker). Not something I want to reread but I think I saw at least one more from the series at the library so I’ll probably read that too.

Devil Bones: murder mystery, the series the tv show Bones was based on. Good plotty mystery but I’m fairly worried that some of the main character’s acquaintances will end up being evil. Relationship with the show is pretty much restricted to the name of the main character and having good puzzle mysteries (but I did know that going in).

Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel: queer regency romance; absolutely delightful (I knew it would be — KJ Charles never disappoints). This made me immediately go back and read the first in the series which I think I like slightly better but Nobleman’s Guide had really wonderful secondary characters.

Something Wild and Wonderful: queer romance, modern era. Just started it and it’s growing on me but I’m not sure I’d pay for it (I have it out from the library).

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Finished The Keeper of Hidden Books. It was alright, but I found it lacked emotion.

Read The Giver quartet, hadn't read The Giver as an adult and had never read the other three, loved them all.

Read tinkers by Paul Harding. Some parts were really good, well, expectedly good, but some so dull and out of place feeling that I started skimming towards the end and usually never do that.

Read Evvie Drake Starts Over, it was excellent. So relatable & I cried quite a bit.

Now reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, really enjoying it so far.