I wish he’d write a little faster they (Rothfuss books) were soooo good.
I just finished Wise Man’s Fear and will have to check out Jo Walton. Thought the Rothfuss books were great and look forward to the next one (and he will hopefully not make us wait as long as George RR Martin!).
Above someone mentioned Nothing to Envy which is a fascinating book.
This fall I listened to “How to Be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran, read by the author, after hearing her interviewed by Terri Gross on Fresh Air. I laughed aloud more than once. It was funny, irreverent, feminist.
I’m loading up my queue on the Audible app with suggestions from this thread. Thank you!
This is why I love CC… I’ve never heard of the Rothfuss books. Another item for the library hold list…
Advice on the Rothfuss book…the first 50 pages are slow as dirt…I almost gave up before my friend AND her mom begged me to hang in there…
This is premature, because I’m only halfway through, but I doubt I’ll change my mind about loving Michael Chabon’s latest, “Moonglow”. I’ve adored some of his stuff, been more wishy-washy about others, but this is a winner.
I’m reading Lauren Graham’s Talking as Fast as I Can (a Christmas present). So enjoyable and fun. Easy, quick read that I’m trying to force myself to stretch out a little longer.
@MommaJ Glad to hear it about Moonglow! I got it for Christmas and am looking forward to reading it. Chabon is one of my favorite authors.
One of my Ds got me a book-a-month gift from Loganberry Books. This is a repeat gift that she gave me for my birthday a few years ago. I loved it so much that she decided to do it again this year. Each month, I’ll receive a gift-wrapped book that fits within loose parameters that she set with them. Last time, I loved the books that arrived, had not even a single double, and a few were books that I likely would never have read. It’s a great gift for a booklover.
I just finished “Rage Against the Dying” by Becky Masterman (recommended on this thread), on audio. Not my typical choice in genre. Enjoyed it thoroughly. And, the dog was very, very happy (I listen while I walk the dog).
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Rage Against the Dying is the first Brigid Quinn book. Fear the Darkness follows it and A Twist of the Knife comes out in March 2017. So if you liked Rage Against the Dying you can keep reading.
I am reading the Judy Blume novel about the three plane crashes in Elizabeth, NJ (true story) in 1951. I had it once before from the library and never got to it. It is a good and easy read and interesting in that she intersperses names of actual businesses, streets and names of institutions along with the fictional story. She grew up there and the premise of how the crashes affect bystanders and so on is intriguing.
[Susan Howe - Souls of the Labadie Tract](Jacket 39 - Early 2010 - Susan Howe: «Souls of the Labadie Tract», reviewed by Robert J. Bertholf)
“You Will Know Me” by Megan Abbott is a very, very good book -definitely one of the best I’ve read over the past six months. Intense and compelling, it’s about the secrets families keep and the inability to really know another person. It’s also about parenthood, secrets, and competitive gymnastics.
Abbott has a distinctive voice and a way with words. Her YA novel “The Fever” is also worth reading.
The Butterfly and the Violin: A Hidden Masterpiece Novel by Kristy Cambron.
I actually just finished this historical fiction last night and it gave me a completely new view towards what happened during the Auschwitz camp (even though it is fiction the author graudated with an Art History degree and did her research). The story revolves around two lives that somehow connect in the end; a young art gallery owner (present time), Sera, whom upon encountering a Holocaust-era painting of a woman with shaved hair and striking eyes in Paris when she was a small girl, has dedicated her time to find this long-lost portrait and “Austria’s Sweetheart” (1940s), Adele, the subject of the painting and violin prodigy whom was sent to Auschwitz as a prisoner and played in the women’s orchestra during her time there.
There is romance throughout the book and a Christian outlook to everything but it is truly an amazing read if you like history, art, music, and bittersweet endings.
The Unreal and The Real - the selected short stories of Ursula LeGuin. I’d read a bunch of these before and it was fun t revisit them. But there were also a few that weren’t in any previous collection. I particularly liked the story “Solitude” which makes one think about what makes us human, what makes us family and what we need from life. It’s an amazing, moving story.
Just, or should I say finally, finished A Little Life and I’m conflicted about it. Definitely not on my list of bests.
Just starting The Underground Girls of Kabul. It is non-fiction. My D1 gave it to he to read. I am In the early pages of the book, but it seems very good. Anyone else read it?
It may have been mentioned by others here but “The Boys in The Boat” is hands down the best of the 100 books I read in 2016.
I know many here read We Need to Talk About Kevin. I didn’t read it but saw the movie - on Netflix - over the weekend. It is disturbing, of course, but Tilda Swinton’s performance is riveting.
@cartera45 “Conflicted” is definitely a word to apply to reactions to A Little Life. I found it extremely powerful, but equally difficult to process.
I am currently reading the last of Jane Smiley’s 100 years trilogy, and have been almost forcing myself to go on. Not because the writing has diminished. But because of the lives and nature(s) of the characters.
I took a few days off to read The Nightingale, which I found quite disappointing. Much more of a “best-selling romance” than I expected, with too many sloppy plot points.