Hi @scout59. Nice to see you here again.
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I didnāt think Arkady Martine could top her first book, the sequel, An Empire called Desolation, might be even better. She isnāt just a wonderful builder of worlds, with the best aliens since C. J. Cherryh, but she has really appealing characters, flaws and all.
Horse, Geraldine Brooks
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Just finished Lessons in Chemistry andā¦meh. It was honestly bored through most of it. Wasnāt a great read for me.
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I am listening to it on audiobook (or was - it was automatically returned and I wonāt get to finish it for months now) and Iāve been wondering what all the hype is about. On the other hand I kept listening and even missed an exit on the highway so I think Iām more into it than I think. I often just stop listening to audiobooks after a few chapters and I kept on with LIC. So Iād say so far I have a mixed review. We will see how I feel when I get it back a few months from now (600 people on the waitlist but they have 100 copies across the system). I just started the audiobook of Now is Not the Time to Panic. I loved the audiobook of Nothing to See Here but itās a different narrator. But hopefully the book itself is just as good.
I have been wanting to read Lessons in Chemistry for several months, but after reading several āmehā comments here, will wait for it to be on sale for a song before I download. Thanks for the opinions.
Apparently Iām 297 posts behind on this thread but thought Iād strongly recommend āHow Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Themā by Barbara F Walter (before I begin catching up on the backlog). Itās very readable and clarified for me many of conflicts that I knew something about but lacked adequate historical, social and political context for them. Towards the middle of the book I felt rather despondent but then the second part kicked in - overall, an excellent book.
I just finished Will Schwalbe, We Should Not be Friends and highly recommend it. Itās a true story of an unlikely friendship. I have also read one of Schwalbeās earlier books, The End of Your Life Book Club Both are nonfiction, well written, and relatable.
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I loved The End of Your Life Book Club and I hope to get to We Should Not Be Friends at some point. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
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I havenāt read it yet, @ignatius. Iām on the waiting list for it at my library, but Iām thinking about buying it to add to my S.A. Cosby library!
And thanks for the Lariat List - I appreciate that! Iāve only read two of the books on this yearās list (Sea of Tranquility and What Moves the Dead.) Both were good, but not as good as Razorblade Tears.
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Thanks, @ChoatieMom! I didnāt think anyone noticed I was gone!
Itās been a crazy 18 months: Retirement. Selling our old house (after 35 years in the same place) and buying a new house. Moving 700 miles to a COLDER CLIMATE to be closer to D and her family. And then, on top of that - my D and SILās house was hit by a tornado last May! They (and their three-year-old and their 3 cats) moved in with H and me for the past 10 months. They just moved back into their renovated home last week.
All this to say - I havenāt had much time to breathe (or read) over the past 18 months. Just now getting back to a new normal. Maybe I should write a book!
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I had read nine on Lariat List. My favorite of those I read: The Hacienda
And ā¦ no wonder you havenāt been around the last 18 months. A sincere Welcome Back!
Have you read City on Fire? Iāve heard good things about it.
Iāve had that book on my kindle for a long time but I just canāt bring myself to read it. I know itās going to be upsetting. But Iām feeler braver after seeing several posts about it here. Did you read Jon Krakauerās book about college rape? I think it was called Missoula.
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I did. As always, he did a good job of making a very readable book as he told a true story and brought in a lot of information around the topic.
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I havenāt heard anything about City on Fire. Author: Don Winslow?
No, I didnāt.
Yes, itās Don Winslow. Itās been well-reviewed, but Iāve never read a Winslow book that I loved. Probably just me, since heās very popular.
I think itās first in a series (the second book comes out later this year)
It is more about her recovery than graphic details. It is incredibly well written.
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Good to know. Iāll move it back to the top of my list. Thanks!