What are you currently reading?

[Anonymous]

Ocean Vuong's new collection, Time Is A Mother

and

Emily St. John Mandel's The Sea of Tranquility

[Anonymous]

The Magician by Colm Toibin. I am bemused by it. I find the writing so strange, and yet oddly compelling. Not sure I’d recommend it.
I am about to go on a trip and have a bunch of fun British mysteries on my iPad for fun, take my mind off a long flight kind of reads. Looking forward to them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ocean Vuong's new collection, Time Is A Mother

and

Emily St. John Mandel's The Sea of Tranquility

Is the first ever by the guy who wrote On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous? That was a tough book. I am glad I read it, but I can’t say I enjoyed my time with it. How is this one?

[Anonymous]

Go Back to where you came from by Wajahat Ali.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Aeneid by Virgil.

OP here, I looooove The Aeneid. Hope you are enjoying it as well!

Me too. I hated that we read, and spent so much time on, The Odyssey in high school. The Aeneid is so much more interesting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Unsinkable Gretta James - fun, light-but-not-empty read.

I’m always in the market for one of those — added to my wishlist!

[Anonymous]

I just revisited King Coal and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. So much food for thought.

[Anonymous]

Currently reading Ann Patchett’s “These Precious Days.” It’s a collection of short stories. I’m generally not a huge fan of short stories but I will read anything she writes.

[Anonymous]

I just read the summary of Station Eleven - some of you guys might like "The Brief History of the Dead" by Kevin Brockmeier.

[Anonymous]

I’m listening to The Magpie Murders and am really enjoying it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m listening to The Magpie Murders and am really enjoying it!

That author's mystery books featuring Hawthorne are really fun reads too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:House of Sky and Breathe

I like the characters but it is waaaaaay too long.

Yes it's way too long. Plus I forgot everything in the prior book so I have to keep googling who everyone is- and I don't want to reread that one either as it's over 1000 pages too.

On a happier note, The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcourt is great. It's an Agatha Christie locked room mystery mixed with Groundhog's Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House of Sky and Breathe

I like the characters but it is waaaaaay too long.

Yes it's way too long. Plus I forgot everything in the prior book so I have to keep googling who everyone is- and I don't want to reread that one either as it's over 1000 pages too.

On a happier note, The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcourt is great. It's an Agatha Christie locked room mystery mixed with Groundhog's Day.

PP- it's 7 and 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading the first book of the "Kristin Lavransdatter" trilogy. My adult DS picked it up in a used book store, read it, and recommended it to me.

How funny, I’m reading that, too! I’m coming to the end of the second part. I’ve owned it as a large, single volume for years, but just started it this spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Unsinkable Gretta James - fun, light-but-not-empty read.

I’m always in the market for one of those — added to my wishlist!

Me too - I added it to my Libby holds list - thanks PP!