January 2026! What are you reading??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The number of people who don't like what they're reading blows me away. DNF those books! Stop reading stuff you don't like!

I read The Once and Future Queen over the long weekend. It's getting some hype on social media and there was quite a line for it with my libraries in Libby.

It's probably "new adult" - more mature than YA. 571 pages, but it flew!

I struggle with DNF, as I often will get things out of books I don't enjoy reading. I try to get through them if they're not superficial mass-market garbage.
I posted above about Strange Houses, which I thought was terrible . . . but at least the author tried to be creative, and the book is as short as it is dull and unsatisfying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The number of people who don't like what they're reading blows me away. DNF those books! Stop reading stuff you don't like!

I read The Once and Future Queen over the long weekend. It's getting some hype on social media and there was quite a line for it with my libraries in Libby.

It's probably "new adult" - more mature than YA. 571 pages, but it flew!

I struggle with DNF, as I often will get things out of books I don't enjoy reading. I try to get through them if they're not superficial mass-market garbage.
I posted above about Strange Houses, which I thought was terrible . . . but at least the author tried to be creative, and the book is as short as it is dull and unsatisfying.

Terrible, dull, and unsatisfying. What did you get out of it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The number of people who don't like what they're reading blows me away. DNF those books! Stop reading stuff you don't like!

I read The Once and Future Queen over the long weekend. It's getting some hype on social media and there was quite a line for it with my libraries in Libby.

It's probably "new adult" - more mature than YA. 571 pages, but it flew!

I struggle with DNF, as I often will get things out of books I don't enjoy reading. I try to get through them if they're not superficial mass-market garbage.
I posted above about Strange Houses, which I thought was terrible . . . but at least the author tried to be creative, and the book is as short as it is dull and unsatisfying.

Terrible, dull, and unsatisfying. What did you get out of it?

+1 What's the point? Reading is for enjoying the book not suffering through it. You don't get a metal for suffering.

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1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Anonymous wrote:1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

I’m reading this right now too. I’m learning so much about things like stock, the Federal Reserve, etc, that I didn’t know I didn’t fully understand. Really interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Daughters of Shandong, The Alice Network and now My Friends - all good but My Friends a step above, IMO

I did not like My Friends! That cutesy narrative voice drove me crazy. The friendships were also unbelievable and schmaltzy.

I’m listening to it at 1.5 speed. Not cutesy.

It was only ok for me (I listened to the audiobook). Totally unbelievable in terms of how kids that age would express their feelings and I do think it was super schmaltzy, but not the worst thing I’ve read either.

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Just got Best Offer Wins on Kindle from the library.

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I just finished the Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage. It's a barely veiled take on the Princess Diana/Prince Charles saga, except they have boy/girl twins, and tragedy strikes when they are young adults. It's fun and escapist, and was a break from the last few books I read, which were more literary.

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The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Loving it!

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Ghost Boy. Just started it and it's incredible. Who's read it?

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Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Loving it!

Is this a Macbeth thing?

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Daughters of Shandong, The Alice Network and now My Friends - all good but My Friends a step above, IMO

I did not like My Friends! That cutesy narrative voice drove me crazy. The friendships were also unbelievable and schmaltzy.

Do you mean the actual narrator? It's funny because I love her but I can't stand Julia Whelan, who is super popular. To each their own.

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Just finished "Daughters of the Bamboo Grove" by Barbara Demick, and have been recommending it to everyone.

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Just read the Strangers, Belle Burden book which was both gripping and annoying.