Anonymous
03/01/2026 21:42
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Just starting Big Swiss. Love her writing so far.
Also listening to Severance by Ling Ma, after another reader posted they didn’t like it annd didn’t understand why she got an MacArthur …and I’m liking it so far and can totally see why she got a MacArthur. There really is a reader for every book.
Also listening to Severance by Ling Ma, after another reader posted they didn’t like it annd didn’t understand why she got an MacArthur …and I’m liking it so far and can totally see why she got a MacArthur. There really is a reader for every book.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 21:39
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It's very, very good. A spy novel, but also an account of the end and aftermath of the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 20:16
Subject: Re:March 2026 - What are you reading?
I'm about halfway through "Buckeye" and am finding it very good. Reminds me of John Irving's books.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 20:05
Subject: Re:March 2026 - What are you reading?
The Briar Club and the Four Tendencies. I like both. I’m an upholder 
Anonymous
03/01/2026 19:50
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Currently about halfway through Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden. I paused reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver to read it as soon as it became available from the library.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 18:33
Subject: Re:March 2026 - What are you reading?
Just finished The Mad Wife by Meagan Church—a chilling portrayal of a housewife expected to be perfect in the 1950s. I really don’t want to say more without spoilers, but I could not put this one down.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 17:32
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
+1. I am enjoying it, but why is it so long?!
Not PP, but it is worth it. It was easily my favorite book of 2025.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 15:13
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
+1. I am enjoying it, but why is it so long?!
Anonymous
03/01/2026 15:11
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
I am reading Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 14:51
Subject: Re:March 2026 - What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:I just finished “Shark House” by Sara Ackerman (book club pick), about a shark researches working to solve a series of mysterious shark incidents on the Big Island, set in the 1990s. The writing was very basic/YA, the characters were flat, pacing a bit slow, and the MC was either immature or willfully naive at times. I did enjoy learning about sharks and the setting.
After a few duds, I want something well written and engaging next—thinking either O’Farell’s “Marriage Portrait” or Osman’s “The Impossible Fortune” (most recent Thursday Murder Club book).
Marriage Portrait is quite good!
Anonymous
03/01/2026 12:48
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Just finished Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup, now starting The Anarchy by William Dalrymple and Heart Lamp (for a book group).
Anonymous
03/01/2026 12:38
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Anonymous
03/01/2026 12:37
Subject: Re:March 2026 - What are you reading?
I just finished “Shark House” by Sara Ackerman (book club pick), about a shark researches working to solve a series of mysterious shark incidents on the Big Island, set in the 1990s. The writing was very basic/YA, the characters were flat, pacing a bit slow, and the MC was either immature or willfully naive at times. I did enjoy learning about sharks and the setting.
After a few duds, I want something well written and engaging next—thinking either O’Farell’s “Marriage Portrait” or Osman’s “The Impossible Fortune” (most recent Thursday Murder Club book).
After a few duds, I want something well written and engaging next—thinking either O’Farell’s “Marriage Portrait” or Osman’s “The Impossible Fortune” (most recent Thursday Murder Club book).
Anonymous
03/01/2026 12:09
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
Reading The Story of a New Name, the second Neapolitan novel by Elena Ferrante. Like I posted in last month’s thread I recently finished My Brilliant Friend, after seeing it is #1 on the NYT list of 21st century fiction. I don’t really agree with that placement but it was good enough for me to commit to the whole series.
Anonymous
03/01/2026 09:19
Subject: March 2026 - What are you reading?
I’m currently in the middle of My Dark Vanessa and I am enjoying it, with a sense of dread.