Anonymous
01/12/2022 09:54
Subject: What are you reading?
Recent reads I am enjoying or really enjoyed:
The Maze at Windermere, by Gregory Blake Smith
The Bird King, by G. Willow Wilson
The Cold Millions, by Jess Walters
The Maze at Windermere, by Gregory Blake Smith
The Bird King, by G. Willow Wilson
The Cold Millions, by Jess Walters
Anonymous
01/12/2022 09:50
Subject: What are you reading?
NP here, I am enjoying reading all these suggestions but can't for the life of me find anything I am interested in! Maybe I will start a separate thread and see if anyone has ideas for a picky reader...
Anonymous
01/12/2022 09:45
Subject: What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have you read Pachinko? If not- start there. Soooooo good! (Epic family saga about Koreans in Japan)
The Secret Lives of Groceries and Gulp- two really funny and informative nonfiction books I recently enjoyed.
The Color of Water- memoir about a black man’s white, Jewish mother- race, identity, family. Loved this too.
The Cold Millions or Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Tell us some of your suggestions, too, OP! (I’d be your Goodreads friend! and I read a lot!)
I’m Constant Reader on Goodreads. Feel free to add me
Of your suggestions, I’ve only read Beautiful Ruins. Is Pachinko really sad?
Here are a few of my recent favorite novels:
The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon
Matrix by Lauren Groff
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Outlawed by Anna North
I haven’t read as much nonfiction recently. Can’t bear too much reality, I suppose.
No Pachinko isn’t sad, and thanks for your suggestions!
I’ll find you on Goodreads!
Anonymous
01/12/2022 09:34
Subject: What are you reading?
Loving these recommendations!
I’m a sci-fi and fantasy fan and loved The Ninth House (fantasy involving Yale secret societies), The Three Body Problem Trilogy, and Project Hail Mary.
Also fantasy but less “genre” and would appeal to general readers: Piranesi, Klara and the Sun, Mexican Gothic, Ariadne.
I also really enjoyed Who Is Maud Dixon?
I’m a sci-fi and fantasy fan and loved The Ninth House (fantasy involving Yale secret societies), The Three Body Problem Trilogy, and Project Hail Mary.
Also fantasy but less “genre” and would appeal to general readers: Piranesi, Klara and the Sun, Mexican Gothic, Ariadne.
I also really enjoyed Who Is Maud Dixon?
Anonymous
01/12/2022 09:16
Subject: What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:Have you read Pachinko? If not- start there. Soooooo good! (Epic family saga about Koreans in Japan)
The Secret Lives of Groceries and Gulp- two really funny and informative nonfiction books I recently enjoyed.
The Color of Water- memoir about a black man’s white, Jewish mother- race, identity, family. Loved this too.
The Cold Millions or Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Tell us some of your suggestions, too, OP! (I’d be your Goodreads friend! and I read a lot!)
I’m Constant Reader on Goodreads. Feel free to add me
Of your suggestions, I’ve only read Beautiful Ruins. Is Pachinko really sad?
Here are a few of my recent favorite novels:
The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon
Matrix by Lauren Groff
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Outlawed by Anna North
I haven’t read as much nonfiction recently. Can’t bear too much reality, I suppose.
Anonymous
01/12/2022 08:26
Subject: What are you reading?
Have you read Pachinko? If not- start there. Soooooo good! (Epic family saga about Koreans in Japan)
The Secret Lives of Groceries and Gulp- two really funny and informative nonfiction books I recently enjoyed.
The Color of Water- memoir about a black man’s white, Jewish mother- race, identity, family. Loved this too.
The Cold Millions or Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Tell us some of your suggestions, too, OP! (I’d be your Goodreads friend! and I read a lot!)
The Secret Lives of Groceries and Gulp- two really funny and informative nonfiction books I recently enjoyed.
The Color of Water- memoir about a black man’s white, Jewish mother- race, identity, family. Loved this too.
The Cold Millions or Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Tell us some of your suggestions, too, OP! (I’d be your Goodreads friend! and I read a lot!)
Anonymous
01/12/2022 07:48
Subject: What are you reading?
I am finally getting around to Anxious People and enjoying it a lot after a slow start.
Anonymous
01/12/2022 07:40
Subject: What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:OP, it sounds like we have similar reading styles (both in pace and content - I also wasn’t taken with Sally Rooney).
Currently reading/finished:
Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982
Thousand Doors of January
Crying In H Mart
Personal Librarian
Northern Spy
Also from my last year read list, highly recommend Shuggie Bain if you haven’t read it; Five Little Indians (which might be YA?); Klara and the Sun; and Convenience Store Woman. Happy reading!
Thanks, PP! A few of these are new to me! Always a pleasure to connect with other readers
Anonymous
01/12/2022 00:23
Subject: What are you reading?
PP again - forgot to say, currently reading Invisible Child and it is good!
Anonymous
01/12/2022 00:22
Subject: What are you reading?
OP, it sounds like we have similar reading styles (both in pace and content - I also wasn’t taken with Sally Rooney).
Currently reading/finished:
Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982
Thousand Doors of January
Crying In H Mart
Personal Librarian
Northern Spy
Also from my last year read list, highly recommend Shuggie Bain if you haven’t read it; Five Little Indians (which might be YA?); Klara and the Sun; and Convenience Store Woman. Happy reading!
Currently reading/finished:
Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982
Thousand Doors of January
Crying In H Mart
Personal Librarian
Northern Spy
Also from my last year read list, highly recommend Shuggie Bain if you haven’t read it; Five Little Indians (which might be YA?); Klara and the Sun; and Convenience Store Woman. Happy reading!
Anonymous
01/11/2022 22:02
Subject: What are you reading?
My favorite books so far this year have been Invisible Child and Without You, There is No Us.
Invisible Child is an extension of this: https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/index.html
Without You... is from someone who went undercover as a journalist in North Korea. Fascinating, both of these.
Currently reading The Seventh Day by Yu Hua which is quite different than most fiction I have read. It is from a Chinese author and gives quite a commentary on modern life in China.
Invisible Child is an extension of this: https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/index.html
Without You... is from someone who went undercover as a journalist in North Korea. Fascinating, both of these.
Currently reading The Seventh Day by Yu Hua which is quite different than most fiction I have read. It is from a Chinese author and gives quite a commentary on modern life in China.
Anonymous
01/11/2022 21:57
Subject: What are you reading?
Just read The Night Swim…very good. Then there’s the very cerebral Midnight Library. Also good.
Anonymous
01/11/2022 21:51
Subject: What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:Lost In The Forest , By Sue Millet.
Very good so far!
Correction: Sue Miller (not Millet)
Also. Would like to recommend “Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” (memoir written by a therapist)
And, “The Paper Palace.” Both great!
Anonymous
01/11/2022 21:42
Subject: What are you reading?
Lost In The Forest , By Sue Millet.
Very good so far!
Very good so far!
Anonymous
01/11/2022 21:35
Subject: What are you reading?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Mysterious Benedict Society
Yes, I raided my tween's stack!
Some Kids and YA novels are so good!
Op here, I agree! Adding this one.
It's really good! Great characters, with mysteries and puzzles to solve along the way. A little dark, but thoughtfully so.