Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 21:19     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Just finished The Women, which I really liked - 4 stars. I want to go visit the nurse statue at the Vietnam Memorial now.

Also just finished Going Zero, by Anthony McCarten, about a Facebook-like company that partners with the CIA to run a competition where normal citizens try to "disappear" for 30 days without being found, and the book follows both the hunters and the hunted. It was a fun adventure novel, but I thought the writing was kind of so-so.

Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 21:06     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Anonymous wrote:Nonfiction called The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin. It's about a diary that was discovered that contained 1000s of fabric swatches from that a 19th woman collected and notated. They are swatches that she and her friends/relatives used to make dresses and it's notated with snippets about where and when the dress was worn. I've only started it, but expect to find it fascinating!


Oh fascinating! I’m going to see if my library has this.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 21:03     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
Trying to decide between Lincoln Highway or Song of Achilles
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 21:00     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
I just finished The Night Watchman and am trying to decide what to read next.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 20:32     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
Anonymous wrote:I’m about a third into Tom Lake. This will be a DNF for me. I just don’t find the story or the characters interesting.


I loved it! Sorry you did not have the same experience.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 19:36     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
I’m still plugging through Spare. I am listening to it (I don’t do audiobooks often - but I occasionally do it when it’s a famous person reading their autobio). Anyway, I’m going to plow through it to get it over with but I’m not sure how much more of his whining I can take!

I want to read The Women when I finish this.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 19:24     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
Anonymous wrote:I’m about a third into Tom Lake. This will be a DNF for me. I just don’t find the story or the characters interesting.


And I was coming in here to say I loved Tom Lake! Maybe it’s the references to Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ or just the mother/daughter’s theme I enjoyed. I understand that Meryl Streep narrates it on the audiobook but I’ve just read it .
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 19:14     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Nonfiction called The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin. It's about a diary that was discovered that contained 1000s of fabric swatches from that a 19th woman collected and notated. They are swatches that she and her friends/relatives used to make dresses and it's notated with snippets about where and when the dress was worn. I've only started it, but expect to find it fascinating!
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 18:48     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
I’m about a third into Tom Lake. This will be a DNF for me. I just don’t find the story or the characters interesting.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 18:23     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.




I know some people won't want spoilers but does she confess work crimes in Can You Keep a Secret? That sounds potentially hilarious.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 17:46     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
Airframe, by Michael Crichton. It’s not new, but it’s been on my list for a long time.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 17:10     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.




Have you read her book, “I’ve Got Your Number”? I really like “Can You Keep a Secret?” and “The Undomestic Goddess”, but “I’ve Got Your Number is my favorite by her. I don’t think I’ve read “I Owe You One”, so I’ll have to look for it.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 16:48     Subject: Re:What is everyone reading for April?
Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.


Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 16:42     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
I am hoping to read the new Anthony Horowitz murder mystery. It's about a detective who is clever and hilarious. I've read every other one by the same author and most of them have been great, with a couple of exceptions. It is not yet here from Amazon.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2024 16:27     Subject: What is everyone reading for April?
What is everyone reading this month?
What is it about?
What do you think of it?
Why did you pick that particular book to read?
How did you acquire the book?