Anonymous
11/20/2020 13:25
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:I read about a book a week, so I don’t know that I could go back 10 years, but some of the most engaging, thought provoking reads that come to mind are quirky ones:
Mary Toft, or The Rabbit Queen
Hollow Kingdom
World War Z
the Deep (Alma Katsu, also The Hunger by the same author. Historical fiction, a little scary, and both allegories about something bigger than their main plots)
Others that are more mainstream:
Ask Again, Yes
Song of Achilles (preferred over Circe)
News of the World
Mrs. Everything
Circling the Sun
I loved Homegoing, but it’s intense. I HATED Where the Crawdada Sing
This Is How it Always Is
+1 I agree with this. And if you liked both, check out Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin
Anonymous
11/20/2020 13:23
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies!
Hated that book!
Me too!!!
Me three.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 13:19
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Ulysses Grant’s biography “Grant” by Ron Chernow
Anonymous
11/20/2020 08:10
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
The Night Circus
The Night Circus
Anonymous
11/20/2020 08:09
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Another vote for A Gentleman in Moscow.
Anonymous
11/19/2020 22:53
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When breath becomes air
Life changing
Really? Why? I felt so conflicted about that book. His passing is sad, but to be honest, the only good part was the epilogue written by his wife. Also, him going back to work and butchering a surgery felt wrong. He risked someone’s life because he wanted to live fully. Anyway, as I said, I felt uneasy about the book (and bored).
Anonymous
11/19/2020 20:48
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous
11/16/2020 22:06
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:When breath becomes air
+1 - I was going to list this. It is an outstanding book and the author was an amazing writer. Such a tragic loss.
Anonymous
11/16/2020 22:03
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Also, re the Herman Wouk books, I just saw this and I'm excited about it:
https://deadline.com/2020/08/seth-macfarlane-developing-the-winds-of-war-limited-series-ucp-1203011207/
Loved those books so many years ago as well as the miniseries. Surprised that they are remaking it but will watch. Read a lot of Herman Work’s books when I was younger - Marjorie Morningstar was a tween classic (I’m old).
Anonymous
11/16/2020 22:01
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Pachinko.
Anonymous
11/16/2020 21:53
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies!
Hated that book!
Me too!!!
Me three!
What I loved: Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel and book 1 of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgard.
Anonymous
11/16/2020 21:45
Subject: Re:Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
Amen sister (or brother)
Thank you, yes it was a sister!
Anonymous
11/16/2020 21:31
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Oops. This is How It Always Is should be in the list of recommendations! It’s lovely.
Anonymous
11/16/2020 21:30
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
I read about a book a week, so I don’t know that I could go back 10 years, but some of the most engaging, thought provoking reads that come to mind are quirky ones:
Mary Toft, or The Rabbit Queen
Hollow Kingdom
World War Z
the Deep (Alma Katsu, also The Hunger by the same author. Historical fiction, a little scary, and both allegories about something bigger than their main plots)
Others that are more mainstream:
Ask Again, Yes
Song of Achilles (preferred over Circe)
News of the World
Mrs. Everything
Circling the Sun
I loved Homegoing, but it’s intense. I HATED Where the Crawdada Sing
This Is How it Always Is
Mary Toft, or The Rabbit Queen
Hollow Kingdom
World War Z
the Deep (Alma Katsu, also The Hunger by the same author. Historical fiction, a little scary, and both allegories about something bigger than their main plots)
Others that are more mainstream:
Ask Again, Yes
Song of Achilles (preferred over Circe)
News of the World
Mrs. Everything
Circling the Sun
I loved Homegoing, but it’s intense. I HATED Where the Crawdada Sing
This Is How it Always Is
Anonymous
11/16/2020 20:48
Subject: Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies!
Hated that book!
Me too!!!