July 2025 -- What are you reading?

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I’m reading Andy Weir’s book “The Martian” - it’s about an astronaut stranded on Mars as he tries to survive. It’s really interesting and I am enjoying it a lot! I don’t plan on watching the movie because I don’t want to ruin the image I have of the main character.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading Andy Weir’s book “The Martian” - it’s about an astronaut stranded on Mars as he tries to survive. It’s really interesting and I am enjoying it a lot! I don’t plan on watching the movie because I don’t want to ruin the image I have of the main character.

It’s a great movie.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading The Best American Short Stories of 2024, edited by Lauren Groff. It was a gift and not normally something I’d buy. I only read short stories in the New Yorker and don’t really seek them out. But I’m really enjoying it! It’s a great mix of stories, including one by a favorite author, Jhumpa Lahiri. Some are funny, some sad, some bizarre or otherworldly, some emotional or charming, and some are classic, written in prose from another era.

I’ve also been introduced to great new authors (to me), like Madeline ffitch, Marie Helene-Bertino, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Shastri Akella.

I read BASS every year. It's fascinating to see how who is doing the editing effects what is chosen.

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I'm reading Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. It's relationships and personalities in small town Maine done perfectly and beloved Olive Kitteridge is there. Olive Kitteridge might be my fave book, so yeah, it's the usual cast of characters from Strout, and I'm loving it. It's hard to put down.

[Anonymous]

Finished The Doorman after learning about it here. Thought it was a good, relatively quick read. Just started Wild Dark Shore. Felt it started a bit slow but it seems to be ramping up about 80 pages in

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Planning vacation in Hilton Head/Charleston/Savannah area and reading "The Demon of Unrest" by Erik Larson. It's narrative nonfiction about the start of the Civil War. I love Erik Larson as an author and this book is no disappointment- truly excellent writing and research.

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Anonymous wrote:Remarkably Bright Creatures. Liking very much thus far . . .

That is a lovely book. And it gets really good at the end!

[Anonymous]

I'm reading Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty.

It's about a woman on a plane who predicts everyone's cause of death and age of death. I like her writing.

So far I'm really enjoying it. It's not "literature" but she writes well and there is always some underlying humor that I appreciate.

Oddly enough my "up next" book is Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb, so I am excited to see some good reviews in this thread!

[Anonymous]

I just finished Pachinko about Koreans in Japan up to, during, and after WWII. I know many love it but it really fell flat for me.

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Anonymous wrote:For previous posters, don’t just rattle off the name of the book. Include what it’s about.

No.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished Pachinko about Koreans in Japan up to, during, and after WWII. I know many love it but it really fell flat for me.

I didn't love it, either. I did enjoy the series, though.

[Anonymous]

I finished The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett and it's one of my favorites of the year.

PJ is a drunk who won a million dollars in the lottery a few years ago but his life is a mess. He discovers his high school crush is recently widowed and decides to go on a cross country road trip to win her over. Before he can leave, a social worker contacts him to say he was named guardian of his estranged brother's grandchildren.

It is darkly funny but heartwarming. There are some heavy subjects in the first part of the book so if you're a sensitive reader, you may want to check out content warnings.

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I am flying through audio books this month. All recommended by DCUM.
- the women: finally got it and read it. I liked it
- code name Helene - I couldn’t put this one down at all. Amazing writing and story. Can’t wait to read the authors other books. Highly recommend the audio book because the narrators are fantastic and add so much to the story.

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Anonymous wrote:Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino. It takes place in the 1960s, about local Maryland politics and battling the gender barriers. I’m liking it a lot so far!

She lives in MoCo and used to be an mcps teacher. I loved don’t forget to write more, she has a new one coming in August!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m reading Andy Weir’s book “The Martian” - it’s about an astronaut stranded on Mars as he tries to survive. It’s really interesting and I am enjoying it a lot! I don’t plan on watching the movie because I don’t want to ruin the image I have of the main character.

It’s a great movie.

Project Hail Mary (also by Andy weir) comes out as a movie next year with Ryan Reynolds. That’s in my TBR list too!