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Post by RichardF on Apr 11, 2020 5:11:37 GMT -5
The Plague-Albert Camus. Have been meaning to read some of his stuff for ages and this seemed topical.
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Post by Riene on Apr 20, 2020 10:27:35 GMT -5
The Summer Before the War, Helen Simonson. The events in a small town in southern England before WWI. Fairly realistic, depressing in places with the cultural opinions and treatments of others at the time, small romance, humorous. A good read.
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Post by Riene on May 7, 2020 9:36:59 GMT -5
Nearly finished with The Astronaut Wives Club, the true stories of the women behind the men of the early space program. They were expected to be silent, perfect, and supportive...no matter what their men did, and a lot of the men did. Good read and interesting social commentary. Even though the womens' rights movement was taking off in the late sixties and early seventies, the women were locked into the June Cleaver model. Always have perfect hair, nails, makeup and outfit, provide steak-and-eggs for breakfast, ignore your husband's affairs, smile as he drives off in his gift Camaro to be gone a week while you struggle to deal with the kids and house and bills and constant Media presence. They were followed in stores and at the pool, had reporters in their yards and houses almost 24-7.
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Post by RichardF on May 7, 2020 12:07:22 GMT -5
Just finishing of reading Ursula Le Guins Earthsea books, yet again.
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Post by Riene on May 25, 2020 10:26:13 GMT -5
This month I've read seven Patricia Wentworth mysteries--I find familiar books to be soothing, and this has been a rotten stressful month.
New read--Mystic Lake, by Kristin Hannah, a current popular best seller, essentially a Hallmark Christmas movie romance. Good read, and again, soothing and distracting.
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Post by πͺ·aestasπͺ· on May 25, 2020 15:00:24 GMT -5
This month I've read seven Patricia Wentworth mysteries--I find familiar books to be soothing, and this has been a rotten stressful month. New read--Mystic Lake, by Kristin Hannah, a current popular best seller, essentially a Hallmark Christmas movie romance. Good read, and again, soothing and distracting. I'm glad you find them soothing, I too like to re-read favourites because they soothe.
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Post by Riene on May 28, 2020 14:14:20 GMT -5
Hid From Our Eyes, the latest mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Good read. Got it from the library yesterday and couldn't put it down.
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Post by Carl on Jun 6, 2020 2:38:22 GMT -5
Starting Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamont, a book about writers and writing. Maybe it will motivate me! I've read that one very recently. I honestly expected more of it. Not so much tips and tricks on writing, more a playful biography of a struggling writer. What did you think of it, Riene?
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Post by Suvi on Jun 6, 2020 6:29:46 GMT -5
Using my Woolenberry knitting shawl pattern book again, this time trying to complete "Wild Cherries"...
Suvi
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Post by Riene on Jun 6, 2020 10:14:27 GMT -5
Currently reading The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner, about a group of very diverse people who come together in a small town in rural England after WWII for mutual support, a love of the books, and a desire to set up a museum in the author's honor.
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Post by Riene on Jun 8, 2020 9:45:22 GMT -5
I hope to finish The German Girl today, by Armando Lucas. It's parallel stories of a German-Jewish girl named Hannah who escapes Berlin as the Nazis are coming to power, but loses her father. They settle in Cuba, after being denied entry by various American and European countries. The other girl is Anna, her great-niece, who loses her father in the 9-11 attacks.
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Post by Riene on Jun 14, 2020 13:58:43 GMT -5
Finished Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House, by Stephanie Barron, last night. Mystery #6 in the series featuring Jane Austen the writer as a sleuth.
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Post by Riene on Jun 15, 2020 11:25:52 GMT -5
Read Paris is Always a Good Idea, by Nicolas Barreau, yesterday. Good story, modern fiction, slight mystery and romance.
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Post by Riene on Jun 16, 2020 11:32:21 GMT -5
And another new book, yesterday: The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden. A fantasy tale set in Russia, with lots of folklore elements. Very good.
I have misplace a book I was in the middle of and have no idea where it is. :S
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Post by Riene on Jun 19, 2020 10:33:04 GMT -5
The Family Vault, by Charlotte MacLeod, a re-read. The first mystery in the Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn series and an old favorite.
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