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January 2025 - what are you reading?
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Anonymous
Georgette Heyer is so good! The Grand Sophy is my favorite. |
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I cried so much during The Berry Pickers. I didn't expect it - I am not a cryer but found this so so so sad.
I am now on The Lion Women of Tehran. I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned on DCUM before. It's really good. |
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So far I have finished 3 books in January:
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling Loved this. Well written and offering a different perspective on the world of migrants. I've read a lot of books about migration but none that focused on the smugglers themselves. Tom Lake I started this ages ago but it was just really slow for me and so it took me several rounds to get it finished. I liked it okay overall but it was not compelling. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop Again I had started this before but came back to it this week. Also a slow read, very cozy. I enjoyed spending time in the bookshop world and fantasizing about opening my own bookstore. Also just started: Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What it Means for America And partway through: Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal |
Anonymous
I read the Lion Women of Tehran a few months ago. Really good! The Berry Pickers was a compelling read as well. |
Anonymous
Some that I've enjoyed: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin Don't Forget To Write by Sara Goodman Confino |
Anonymous
I was only "meh" about the Stationary Shop, but people seem to really the Lion Women of Tehran so maybe I'll give another book by marjan kamali a shot. |
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I just finished "Mrs. Nash's Ashes".
It is about a man and a woman in their 20's who are acquaintances because he used to be a college classmate with her ex boyfriend. They go on a road trip together and fall in love. It was good. It was written for a younger audience than me, but I still enjoyed it. Downloaded it from Libby. |
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I just finished All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood and it was gross but definitely compelling once the story actually took off about halfway through. It gets rave reviews, I wouldn’t rave about it personally, but it was above average.
Has anyone read/started Shari Franke’s book? Debating if I want to pick it up with some of my Amazon credits. |
Anonymous
Starting the Lion Women of Tehran net. Just finished The Wedding People, which has been light and good. |
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey - Booker Prize Winner
its beautiful, poetically written. |
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1/2 way through The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara. It's bizarre, but I like it so far. Vara is a former WSJ technology reporter and this is her first novel. The writing is excellent (on par with what I would expect from a WSJ reporter) and the premise of the book is really interesting: a child (King Rao) born into the Dalit caste in India becomes the world's most powerful tech tycoon and ushers in a one-world government run by a corporate board, where citizens' lives are ruled by social credit scores. The book alternates between the POV of King Rao and his daughter Athena, who is coming to terms with her father's legacy and actions during his life.
Like so many novels nowadays, this one uses alternating POVs and time shifts (chapter 1 - present day, chapter 2 - flashback from 80 years ago, chapter 3 - back to present). I've said many times on these threads that I generally don't like this tactic, mostly because a lot of authors don't do it well and it's overused to the point of being a gimmick. But Vara is an example of an author who does it skillfully, and I don't find it to be a distraction. |
Anonymous
My mom just read Lion Women - she LOVED it. |
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Just finished Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey. I loved it. It's a brief memoir of a woman who gets an obscure infection that leaves her unable to get out of bed. A friend brings her a snail and the book is her observations about the snail weaved in with her health journey. Very calming book.
Now I'm reading Mademoiselle Chanel, historical fiction about Coco Chanel. Very readable and fun. |
Anonymous
| So many schlocky books people! Where is the lit? |
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Finished Long island, first Colm Toibon book I have ready, it was ok, enjoyed it, middle aged woman finds out about her DH affair and baby on the way, goes back to mother Ireland and reconnects with an ex from long ago.
reading The cliffs now-just started |