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What are You Reading? May 2019

Happy May to our Book Club!

 

What are you reading today? Please share your favorite books, your worst books, or any reading experience you've had. We'd love to hear from you.

 

Welcome to our new members!

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

I am reading Victoria Thompson's newest book, Murder At Trinity Place, book 22 in the Gaslight series.  This story involves the murder of a dairy owner on NYE as the country goes into the next century.  

 

I am always amazed at the amount of research that Victoria Thompson does for her books.  If you like history with your mystery (apparently, I am rhyming today), you will enjoy this series.

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

@sunala : Lovely thread!

 

I'm reading the classic "The Arabian Nights" [1001 Nights].

 

The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, and South Asia and North Africa. The tales are built around the frame story of Scheherazde, a young woman telling tales to a murderous king each night to save her life.

 

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Also reading "Not one Damsel in Dostress: World Folktales for Strong Girls," collected by Jane Yolen. Fabulous tales told for centuries.

 

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I am reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson.

 

It's a fascinating yet horribly frightening account of how hitler rose to power in Berlin in the 1930s.

 

Erik Larson is an excellent author.

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

Marilla Of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy;

The Palm Beach Wife, by Susannah Marren.

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

Just finished “When Breath Becomes Air” by Dr. Paul Kalanithi.  It is a short read written an neurosurgeon who dies of cancer while still in training.  His thoughts about what is life and meaning.  It stays with you.  

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A fabulous Series. 

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

A Good American, Alex George.

 

Heartbreakingly poignant saga of an immigrant family.

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019

I just finished The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard what an action packed book from beginning to end, very good, and thank you to the person who highlighted this book, highly recommend it!

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Re: What are You Reading? May 2019


@Chicagosuburbangirl wrote:

A Good American, Alex George.

 

Heartbreakingly poignant saga of an immigrant family.


hi @Chicagosuburbangirl  - you made this book sound good so I looked it up on my library website. I read about it and decided I really want to read it. I was going to put it on my list when I discovered I'd already put it on my list a while ago lol

 

So, I'm going to read it! Thanks for the heads up.

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