Book Club

[smoky22]

I finished Twice The Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Alan Bradley).  The last book left me a little disappointed as it was in a different setting.  I was glad to see that Flavia is now back at Buckshaw.  The book leaves me with mixed feelings.  Some parts of the plot were downright disturbing and I thought there was a lot of filler by quoting passages from other works.  But the reason to read this series is for Flavia herself and she does not disappoint.  I love her inner musings.  I'm looking forward to where Bradley takes Flavia after this.

[smoky22]

I read The Man in The Brown Suit (Agatha Christie), very enjoyable.

Also finished The Passage (Justin Cronin), finally, after getting it from the library for the 2nd time.  I'm not sure if I'll continue with the Trilogy but I really needed to know how this one ended.  The characters were very compelling.

I had both The Widow (Fiona Barton) and Sweetbitter (Stephanie Danler) on my kindle, and after reading a few chapters I decided they weren't for me.  

Next up is Commonwealth (Ann Patchett) and maybe Dark Matter (Blake Crouch).

[BornToShop]

Since I have been on such a LILAC GIRLS kick & THE NATZI TITANIC; I just finished MISCHLING by AFFINITY KONAR.  Wow, loved it & a must read for any/all interested in Holocaust books.  @LoriLori, I was thinking of you after I finished this book!  

[Tishalish]

Hi there!

My book club just finished PRETTY GIRLS by Karin Slaughter which was fantastic!!!  We are now reading FIND HER by Lisa Gardner. Both were/are mystery thrillers and I'm hooked.  I am, however, hoping our next selection is a little more friendly and fun and not about abductions and scary sh*t.  LOL.

[AuntG]

@Tishalish, your club picked authors I enjoy.  

[MoJoV]

I'm reading The Rainbow comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt  I'm about halfway through it and am kind of disappointed.  Dull reading about all Gloria's affairs and angst. I'm an Anderson fan,though.

[Alter Ego]

I just finished listening to "The Wonder" by Emma Donaghue. The year is 1859, and a Btitish nurse (a Nightengale) has been hired to watch over an 11 year old girl who claims she hasn't eaten for 4 months in rural Ireland. As one can expect from the author of "Room", this is a difficult book to get through as it covers issues of blinding faith and you are basically watching a child starve herself. Well written, one feels stifled by the times. Not the book for everyone.

As far as audio quality, because the narrator needs to do hard to understand Irish accents or imitate a sometimes whispering child, it is sometimes hard to understand. But otherwise she does an excellent job with the main narration and nurse's character.

[Judaline]

@BornToShop I'm reading The Lilac Girls right now and am on a WWll kick. This book is at least not gruesome. I'm enjoying it the more I read and am going to read A Meal in Winter next-then I guess I'll get one of the two you mentioned.

On second thought, I think I'll skip the two you mentioned-don't think I could take it.

[beckyb1012]

The After Party, by Anton DiSclafani

[LoriLori]

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@BornToShop wrote:

Since I have been on such a LILAC GIRLS kick & THE NATZI TITANIC; I just finished MISCHLING by AFFINITY KONAR.  Wow, loved it & a must read for any/all interested in Holocaust books.  @LoriLori, I was thinking of you after I finished this book!  

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@BornToShop, thanks, much appreciated!