What are you reading for June?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty? I'm just starting it. There's so much hype around it that I'm excited!

I have read and enjoyed everything that Shannon Chakraborty has written. Jealous that you get to read it for the first time!

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Lessons in Chemistry, but read it before all the hype blew it up.

I think hype sometimes ruins a book (I'm going to wait a few months to read Fourth Wing) for me because I set my expectations too high.

I would recommend waiting to read the Fourth Wing until closer to November when the sequel is released. Although the Fourth Wing is definitely worth the hype.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finish Wool (the first in the Silo series) by Hugh Howey. I am currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison, and listening to A Feast for Crow (the fourth in the series).

Are you watching Silo? Or waiting until you finished the Silo series?

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Quietly Hostile - funny, quick read
The Case of the Missing Servant - cozyish mystery
Don’t Think Dear - memoir about elite ballet

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Lessons in Chemistry, but read it before all the hype blew it up.

I think hype sometimes ruins a book (I'm going to wait a few months to read Fourth Wing) for me because I set my expectations too high.

I get what you’re saying about hype. Remarkably bright creatures lived up to the hype for me. Not sure why some do and some don’t for me!

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I read Babel and liked it a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished The Guest by Emma Cline. Read it in a few hours which is unusual for me. Kind of depressing but well written. I really liked The Girls

This is next on my list. Bummed that it's depressing. I'm trying to avoid that right now.
Any detective series that starts with a murdered teen nope nope nope. Is it me or are there so many dead kid themes right now? It's bad enough IRL.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, and I see why it is a modern classic. Very novelistic and compelling. Now I am reading I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. It is more of a page turner than I expected. I also didn’t know going in it was a story about a murder of a teenage girl—so more odd resonance with In Cold Blood than I expected.

I'll like to hear how you like it. I liked in Cold Blood and the Great Believers (by Makkai) but haven't read her latest one yet.

PP here. I finished I Have Some Questions for You last night. It definitely drew me in and I enjoyed reading it. I am not sure that I would say all the threads were resolved in a satisfying way, but I nevertheless recommend it as a book that has a lot of interesting things going on even if perhaps ultimately there was a little lack of control over all those interesting questions. It is also very good at building a sense of place and mood that propelled me forward. It was worth my time.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading The Mill on the Floss. About halfway through, but it's really dragging so I'm thinking about DNFing it.

Anyone read it? Worth it to keep going?

I would push through. I remember having the same reaction years ago but I had to read it for a class. It's worth persevering.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finish Wool (the first in the Silo series) by Hugh Howey. I am currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison, and listening to A Feast for Crow (the fourth in the series).

Have you read any other Toni Morrison? If not I recommend Sula and The Bluest Eye.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading The Mill on the Floss. About halfway through, but it's really dragging so I'm thinking about DNFing it.

Anyone read it? Worth it to keep going?

I would push through. I remember having the same reaction years ago but I had to read it for a class. It's worth persevering.

DP. Hahah. That book was the bane of HS English!

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I just finished Victory City by Rushdie yesterday. I loved it. I’m starting a book on the history of gender, but not sure how much I’ll read-it’s pretty dense and due back to the library in about a week. After that is Demon Copperhead, I think.

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I'm now reading Big Friendship (Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman). Ok, but not super engaging. I recently read Solito: a Memoir by Javier Zamora. That one I couldn’t put down. I’m in a phase where I’m having trouble finding fiction that truly captures me. Have the Chita Rivera memoir on hold on Libby.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, and I see why it is a modern classic. Very novelistic and compelling. Now I am reading I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. It is more of a page turner than I expected. I also didn’t know going in it was a story about a murder of a teenage girl—so more odd resonance with In Cold Blood than I expected.

I'll like to hear how you like it. I liked in Cold Blood and the Great Believers (by Makkai) but haven't read her latest one yet.

PP here. I finished I Have Some Questions for You last night. It definitely drew me in and I enjoyed reading it. I am not sure that I would say all the threads were resolved in a satisfying way, but I nevertheless recommend it as a book that has a lot of interesting things going on even if perhaps ultimately there was a little lack of control over all those interesting questions. It is also very good at building a sense of place and mood that propelled me forward. It was worth my time.

Thanks for the update!

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I’m thrilled, my hold for The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher is ready! It’s by E.M. Anderson. I have been waiting so long for this.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61175640

“You're never too old for adventure.

When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer from wiping out an entire dragon-fighting organization is a tall order. No one understands why 83-year-old Edna Fisher is the Chosen One, destined to save the Knights from a dragon-riding sorcerer bent on their destruction. After all, Edna has never handled a magical weapon, faced down a dragon, or cast a spell. And everyone knows the Council of Wizards always chooses a teenager—like the vengeful girl ready to snatch Edna’s destiny from under her nose.

Still, Edna leaps at the chance to leave the nursing home. With her son long dead in the Knights’ service, she’s determined to save dragon-fighters like him and to ensure other mothers don’t suffer the same loss she did. But as Edna learns about the abuse in the ranks and the sorcerer’s history as a Knight, she questions if it’s really the sorcerer that needs stopping—or the Knights she’s trying to save.“