What are you reading for August?

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The only book I have read this month was called "Inheriting Edith" by Zoe Fishman. I liked it.

It was about a woman in her late 30's who is a single mom to a two year old. She is a cleaning lady who inherits a house on Long Island from one of her clients. The proviso is that she also needs to take care of the client's mother who lives in the house and has early stage Alzheimers.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh tried Pineapple Street. I finished it but what an unsatisfying book.

I am reading a lot of Elin Hilderbrand and cozy mysteries

Elin Hilderbrand and cozy mysteries are some of my favorites!

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Just finished the Song of Achilles. What a great summer read.

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Anonymous wrote:DICKS not ducks! 😂😂😂😂😂

Brand new sentence. Maybe I’ll use this at the title of my own book.

Haha - I am the one reading Suburban Dicks (still reading it, I am slow, still loving it!) and I would also absolutely read Dicks Not Ducks, as well as its sequel Ducks Not Dicks.

Judging by how the sequel to Suburban Dicks ended, I hope there is one more book!! I hope it's "Dicks Not Ducks"

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I spent the spring reading stories about middle aged womanhood so took a sharp left turn early summer into escapism and have been making my way through Sarah J Maas's entire catalogue. Currently finishing up the Throne of Glass series, onto Crescent City when I'm done I suppose!

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Just finished Hedge. Was good— a quick read but interesting.
About to start Covenant of Water, which looks likely to be an August- September read. Been some time since I’ve read a book this big.

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Trying to read Crook Manifesto and absolutely can’t get into it.

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk - this is funnier and more engaging than I expected.

This is nice to hear. I have had bad experiences with Nobel winners but maybe I will try this one.

NP - I really enjoyed this book. I’d love to read more by the author if anyone has a particular recommendation.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh tried Pineapple Street. I finished it but what an unsatisfying book.

I am reading a lot of Elin Hilderbrand and cozy mysteries

We warned you about Pineapple Street, lol!

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I have occasionally posted about Nordic Noir in the book forum in the past… now reading book 3 of the Koerner and Werner mysteries, “The Harbor” by Katrine Engberg. They are set in Copenhagen and translated from Danish. This series is well written and the mystery part is gripping, but overall the tone is less bleak than other Nordic Noir (a la Wallander and Arnaldur Indridason’s Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries). With Engberg, I find myself actually laughing once in a while.

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Anonymous wrote:I have occasionally posted about Nordic Noir in the book forum in the past… now reading book 3 of the Koerner and Werner mysteries, “The Harbor” by Katrine Engberg. They are set in Copenhagen and translated from Danish. This series is well written and the mystery part is gripping, but overall the tone is less bleak than other Nordic Noir (a la Wallander and Arnaldur Indridason’s Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries). With Engberg, I find myself actually laughing once in a while.

I've been interested in getting into Nordic Noir. Any favorites you'd recommend?

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I’ve just finished The Dry Audiobook at the recommendation of someone on this board and I thoroughly enjoyed both the work and the narration— started the next Falk book immediately!

Also reading “The Heat Will Kill You First” which isn’t exactly light but is supremely engaging.

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Anonymous wrote:I have occasionally posted about Nordic Noir in the book forum in the past… now reading book 3 of the Koerner and Werner mysteries, “The Harbor” by Katrine Engberg. They are set in Copenhagen and translated from Danish. This series is well written and the mystery part is gripping, but overall the tone is less bleak than other Nordic Noir (a la Wallander and Arnaldur Indridason’s Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries). With Engberg, I find myself actually laughing once in a while.

I've been interested in getting into Nordic Noir. Any favorites you'd recommend?

Start with the Wallander series by Henning Mankell, which is considered one of the classics of the genre. The series is based in Sweden and is translated from Swedish. The actual crimes Wallander works on solving aren't hard to figure out - sometimes the perp is readily apparent from the start of the book. The emphasis is equally on Wallander himself, his thought process and character development, and his place (as well as the role of the police force) in a rapidly changing Sweden.

After Wallander, I got into Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Iceland), Karin Fossum (Norway), Engberg (Denmark) and Arnaldur Indridason (also Iceland). I liked these series for different reasons. Engberg is the most accessible IMO and her characters are the most relatable. Indridason in particular is relentlessly bleak (seriously, no one cracks a smile in his novels, ever) and the crimes are quite graphic, so if that's not your cup of tea, I'd skip over him.

Jo Nesbø (Norway) is also considered one of the foremost writers in the genre, but I couldn't get into his stuff... others have raved about him though, so definitely worth a try.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh tried Pineapple Street. I finished it but what an unsatisfying book.

I am reading a lot of Elin Hilderbrand and cozy mysteries

We warned you about Pineapple Street, lol!

YOU DID!

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Has anyone read "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay?" I read it long ago and loved it. I'm thinking of reading it again with my sons (6 and 4) but I wonder if it's age appropriate. I know it's long, but I'm not worried about that. I just don't want it to be too scary or have profanity.