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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Finishing The Golem and the Jinn[/b], which I’m loving. 
Just started Hamnet for my book club. Only a dozen pages in, but Inreally like O’Farrell’s writing so far. [/quote]

This is one of my fave books.[/quote]

It's one of my next in line reads 😍

I read The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. About magical children and rules around how magical people live, being true to yourself, accepting yourself, etc. LOVED both. Had them in my shelves for a while and really enjoyed both!! Can't wait for a possible third.

Also just finished Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. A little meh. About generational wealth, privilege etc. Was supposed to be funny but didn't land it. At first thought I might dnf, then ended up enjoying it a bit, (mostly just Sasha) then the ending/last few sentences kind of ruined any positive feelings I had about the book, just seemed so unnecessary and didn't belong.[/quote]

Agree on Pineapple Street. Had higher hopes for it and it fell flat. A pretty cover I guess?

I'm just starting Whale Fall about a small island of the coast of great britain and set in 1938 when times are changing for multiple reasons. [/quote]

I absolutely loved Whale Fall. Nice and short too. I just finished Heartwood (Amity Gaige) about a woman who gets lost while hiking the AT and the search for her in Maine. Fantastic portrait of hard boiled searchers and warden life, people who hike etc. Next up is Liars by Sarah Manguso. [b]I tried to get into 1929 but just couldn’t. Can someone convince me to try again? [/b][/quote]

It's been a slog for me. I'm going to finish it, because I've only got like 80 pages left.

How far did you get into it? For me it's been really slow going for two reasons -- first, I think the book presupposes some knowledge of the markets and investment banking that I don't have, which means I'm either looking things up or rereading things to figure it out from the context, and second, there are just a lot of players and I'm constantly forgetting who is who (the charts of names in the beginning should help with this, but I keep forgetting to check them) and whether they one of the bankers or a speculator or what. It's very interesting though, and I didn't realize how little I understood about the stock market and how it works and the fed reserve and how that works until I read this book. So I'm very glad I read it, and it has given me some insight into some things that are playing out in the news now that I didn't understand before. But yeah ... it's a slog.   [/quote]

I am still in the run up to the crash. I think it’s interesting stuff but I’m finding the characters a little confusing. I am listening so perhaps that is why, since as you say the charts are supposed to help keep the players straight.  Normally I don’t have any issues with that and audiobooks. But I think I was listening with half a brain and need to focus a bit more. I want to finish it too. Maybe I’ll try paper.

I also read [b]The Thirteenth Tale[/b] which came out about 10 years ago. It’s a phenomenal thriller in the vein of Rebecca. Super satisfying. [/quote]

Setterfield's Once Upon a River was basically the first and last gothic tale I have ever really enjoyed. Purchased The Thirteenth Tale shortly thereafter but it has just sit on my TBR shelf.  Perhaps time to dust it off![/quote]

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