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WHAT ARE YOU READING? APRIL 2020

sunala — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:31:41 GMT

Happy APRIL to all our readers. Because of the virus pandemic, if you are socially distancing and staying home as is advised, you've got plenty of time to read and explore new books you've been meaning to read. I have a friend who is rereading her entire collection of Nancy Drew books.

Please share what you're currently reading, what you liked and what you didn't, and share them with us so we can enjoy them too.

Sending prayers to everyone here for good health. Take good care of yourselves and read a lot of wonderful books.

Happy Reading and a happy and HEALTHY month to all.

Hugs, Sunny

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:46:33 GMT

@sunala I’d love to have the whole Nancy Drew series to read again after almost sixty years. Just loved it.

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mrssims — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 05:53:06 GMT

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward. Light read in crazy time. Woman takes adult children on cruise she won.

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SWEET — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:03:36 GMT

@mrssims wrote:
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward. Light read in crazy time. Woman takes adult children on cruise she won.

@mrssims

I thought that was just an ok book. If you want a better one to read with sort of the same plot, Elyssa Friedland's The Floating Feldmans is my choice. Just a suggestion.

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Lilysmom — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:33:16 GMT

@sunala , happy April to you!

I just Finished House of Salt and Sorrows (Craig). It is a bit like a ghost story, gothic, surreal. Goodreads rates it 3.96. It was different and kept my interest to the end.

I just downloaded The Silent Patient from my library. LM

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qualitygal — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:48:09 GMT

I have a couple of books set aside, if I get tired of the other 2 hobbies I have going on. But, for our book sales at the Library for the rest of the year, I intend to get a supply of paperbacks of authors I know and some I don't in case we are house-bound again. If we get stuck in the house for bad weather, the same applies.

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Travone — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:19:14 GMT

I just finished Shadows on the Porch by Beverly DeAngelis. This is a memoir. I want to warn you she is not a professional writer, more like a blogger. Some things are a bit disjointed but it is easy enough to follow.

Shadows on the Porch opens with a searing inside look into the unpredictable disruptions of growing up with a schizophrenic parent, builds to the heartbreak of institutionalizing a schizophrenic child, and closes with the reconnection with a distant father. There are calm, normal periods, unpredictable explosions, abrupt trips to the hospital, frequent and jarring moves, shame dealing with neighbors, and shifting periods of despair. This incredible story also includes her grandparents' immigration to Ohio, decades of hard work, murder, suicide, family disruption, and Beverly's first marriage to an abusive alcoholic. As she relates one gut-wrenching event after another, how Beverly finds a way to survive is often what seems most amazing.

I am recommending this book. I did enjoy reading. You will not agree with everything she did in her life.....in fact many times while reading the book I said aloud "What a dumb a$$", but it was good. Despite its' subject matter the book does not get too clinical to understand. Beverly is just a normal woman and it is written by her about her vantage point and experiences.

Currently I am reading Maude by Donna Mabry. So far I am enjoying it. I picked it up based on recommendations from this board.

Happy Reading.

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LindaSal — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:27:54 GMT

@sunala I am currently reading "Killing Reagan". Part of the "Killing series by Bill O'Reilly. I'm on my 4th one, they are extremely well written. My favorite was "Killing Lincoln"..........I actually felt like I was in the balcony with him, intense writing, goose bumps!

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CareBears — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:28:05 GMT

I just finished Before I Let You in by Jenny Blackhurst what a book! So much going on in this book, up until the last page I was in the dark, and the ending was epic!

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Judaline — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:54:51 GMT

@Travone As I read your review, I kept thinking, how awful, then omgosh, then good grief! Then when you said you "enjoyed" it I couldn't believe it. lol, no offense, I don't mean that, I just mean how did you ever continue to read it?

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Travone — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:37:04 GMT

@Judaline wrote:
@Travone As I read your review, I kept thinking, how awful, then omgosh, then good grief! Then when you said you "enjoyed" it I couldn't believe it. lol, no offense, I don't mean that, I just mean how did you ever continue to read it?

It is a heavy topic but it isn't written that way. The author is not lamenting her woes. In fact she is accepting them. I think that made it easier to read. My best friend's mother suffered from the disease when I was growing up, that may have made my interest more than that of the average person.

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dawg lover — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:43:58 GMT

Stuck at home, and I've finished all my library books. Luckily, I did have a new ebook come through from the library: "THE K TEAM" by David Rosenfelt. It is very helpful to have read the previous book which introduces the main character, "DACHSHUND THROUGH THE SNOW." I always enjoy the David Rosenfelt books, and I think I'll re-read the series. The first book was published in 2002, so it's been quite a while since I read the earliest books. If you haven't read his books, they are humorous legal procedurals, with a dog lover twist.

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coconut1818 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:55:35 GMT

My neighbor left some books on my front porch for me. She loves Janet Evanovich so she brought 5 of her books. I'm on my second one and I'm really enjoying them. I read Nine and now Ten Big Ones. A few weeks ago I read a John Sutherland book, can't remember the first word in the title, second word was Prey. About a group of gypsy like young people with a Charles Manson like leader. It was really good! I already gave the book back to the owner otherwise I would just look at the book!

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Alison Wonderland — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:55:45 GMT

I'm working from home, so I only gained 40 minutes of commute time, which I used to listen to audiobooks, so it was already my designated reading time.

I'm currently listening to Hillbilly Elegy on Scribd. (They're giving everyone a one-month free trial, no credit card needed.)

I'm reading The Bermondsey Poisoner, by Emily Organ. This is available as a Kindle Unlimited book and is number 6 in the Penny Green series. Penny is a London newspaper reporter in Victorian England. The mysteries are good and each book ends with Emily Organ's historical notes about things mentioned in the book.

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coconut1818 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:00:58 GMT

Sorry everyone, it was John Sandford not John Sutherland!

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ALRATIBA — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:03:09 GMT

I've downloaded a bunch of books to my two Kindles. Some that I'm alternating reading - depending on time of day and my mood. Wide variety of genres.

Some of them you can just sit and read .... others you have to read/ponder, read some more/ponder some more

I have lots of time to read these days:

The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and Their Muses)
CliffsNotes on Aristotle's Ethics
On the Edge of Infinity: A Biography of Michael O'Brien
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (by Michael O'Brien)
Four Last Things Death, Judgment, Hell Heaven (Martin von Cochem)
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Chesterton)
The Dream of Gerontius (poem by Cardinal Newman)
In Sinu Jesu: When Hart Speaks to Heart
The Gift of Correspondence in Classical Rome
The Secret of Spring

Lots of others (and lots of samples of other books) downloaded.

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Grammycakes — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:31:10 GMT

Oh my goodness Alison Wonderland! When I started reading your post I thought it said, I've gained 40 lbs not 40 minutes. Blame it on the Facebook posts with the before and afters of the stay-at-home orders with people gaining weight!

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Grammycakes — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:33:52 GMT

I'm currently reading This Much I Know is True by Wally Lamb in preparation for the mini series starring Mark Ruffalo. It's his voice I hear as the title character as I'm reading it.

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3blackdogs — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:11:21 GMT

Good book!!

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coconut1818 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:19:19 GMT

Ok, for all of you John Stanford lovers, the book I couldn't put down was "Gathering Prey".