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It is September, what are you reading?
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Anonymous
| On Tuesday I'll be reading the next in the In Death series, Passions in Death. |
Anonymous
I was sure we were going to get another Donna Tartt last year since it had been ten years since The Goldfinch— all the other books were in nearly perfect ten year intervals. But I’m still waiting… |
Anonymous
| For those who read James, is it worth rereading Huck Finn first? It’s been many many decades since I read Huck Finn! Or just read the wiki summary so I remember it? (Something with a cave…..) |
Anonymous
I just finished James and cannot recall if I ever read Huck Finn or just know the gist of the story. I think James stands on its own, but am interested to hear what someone who has recently read both thinks. I just started Wild Houses — one of the other Booker long list nominees. So far so good. |
Anonymous
| All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler. Wow, she’s impressive! |
Anonymous
| Just finished Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo. Not the type of book I normally read but I enjoyed it. |
Anonymous
I read Huck Finn about a decade ago and just finished James. I was considering rereading it, but I really disliked Huck Finn so I didn't. I read the wikipedia summary to remind myself. I'd guess you get a bit more out of James if you know Huck Finn well, but I enjoyed James very much without the reread. |
Anonymous
| Prep -- just returned from dropping the youngest DC off at college. I needed a somewhat breezy read to start the "school year" now that we are empty nesters. Oh...the drama... |
Anonymous
I started that book and just couldn’t handle the abject poverty it described. I would love to try again. |
Anonymous
One bleak and depressing book. I almost DNF. |
Anonymous
| I started The House of Eve. I love it so far and one of the locations is Howard University. |
Anonymous
| Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski |
Anonymous
I also almost DNF. In fact I would have, but I figured since it was written by a Nobel laureate that I would give it a chance. It wasn’t so much that it was “bleak and depressing” (that’s kind of the point of the book IMO), but the fact that it wasn’t very interesting. Not much happened, and the characters spent so much time setting up the supposed important points, and then you get there and it’s like - that was the big deal they spent five pages setting up? The concept itself was interesting, but the execution and the exploration of said concept was lacking. |
Anonymous
| I’m back to reading ARCs, and I have a few I’m excited about. Just finished “Absolution” by Jeff Vandermeer. Now onto “The Pretender” by Jo Harkin, which was marketed as in the same vein as Hilary Mantel and Maggie O’Farrell. |
Anonymous
I read that about six months ago, what a crazy, quirky book! I really liked it. I have liked books about kids in boarding schools for a long time though so there's that. |