The Whole Town Is Talking by Fannie Flagg.

A Gentleman in Moscow. I'm simultaneously listening to it and reading it. The only reason being is that I bought it on audible and also bought a copy of it and mailed it to my son in Berlin. The box was not delivered to the right apartment and was sent back to us, so I opened it to throw away the baked goods and decided to read the book when I wasn't listening to while walking. Tacky to read his book, but oh well. Need to get through it because I have too many audible credits lined up.

I have about three books I'm reading right now. Lol! They are all related to my family history interests in some way. I read as I have time and a particular interest. I just started "White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America" by Nancy Isenberg. I'm just at the first chapter. Hope it is good.

I'm reading The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. I never read it when it first was published, even though I usually love her books and seek them out. It is a story about Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo (historical fiction) and their relationship with Trotsky when he was exiled in Mexico. I am NOT a student of history but I am finding this completely fascinating and am learning a great deal. She is such a fabulous author, it's very entertaining and I can hardly put it down.

I'm reading The Midwife of Hope River, by Patricia Harman, who was a midwife for many years. I believe this is her first novel. She's a good writer, and I'm enjoying the book a great deal.

I started the White Trash book but stopped after about one third. I believe in the premise of the book (the underecognized influence of "white trash" on America from history until and including the present day). But as far as this author is concerned, everything and everyone fell into the net she cast. It was a bit too overreaching and lost credibility for me.

I just finished reading The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown for my book club. I liked it

I just started The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It's an older book, I found it when browsing a list of books that everyone should read. I'm only a few pages in.

I just finished Mortal Prey by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport is one of my favorite characters.

Next up is the book for our library discussion group: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.

I usually get through two books each week. When cruising, I average one every other day if we are at sea. It takes a bit longer if we are in port.

I just finished Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante and just started A Life Everlasting. Turn of Mind was a fiction book about a woman with early onset Alzheimer's, but I didn't really care for the ending. A Life Everlasting is a nonfiction book about a mother and her choice to donate her newborn's organs and her story of trying to find the recipients.

Just finished JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy. Loved it. Have checked out the first Robert Galbraith book (Rowling) from the library, haven't started it. Working on "The Attorney" as I work my way thru the Steve Martini books, which are all good.

Elmer, I haven't gotten very far in the White Trash book. I'm already thinking, I may the author's story to be a bit much. We'll see.

On my Kindle I am reading SGT. Reckless: America's War Horse. I am also reading a paper book, Little (Grrrl) Lost. Just finished a biker romance "trashy" book. Don't recall the title. I read all sorts of things. Reading is one of the best small pleasures in life. IMO

Whisper Hollow by Chris Cander, a new author, is a really good read about several families in a coal mining area in West Virginia.

I have read all three of Khaled Hosseini's books and they are wonderful. As a lifelong reader, I have always considered reading one of life's greatest pleasures.

I am reading two books right now, A Man Called Ove and Red Notice by Bill Browder. I was told about Red Notice when several friends were discussing the fact that several people in Russia, around Putin, have been killed or died in a mysterious way.

I usually find a particular author that has been recommended, go to the beginning of their writing career and buy as many of their used books I can locate using various online sources. Right now, I am plowing through the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben. I also picked up several of his stand-alone novels to read when I get bogged down in the series. :-) So far, so good.

Prior to Harlan Coben, I was locked into anything written by Dennis Lehane. Love good, well-written mystery novels. :-)

I just finished "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy. Light, feel good reading.

Kindred by Octavia Butler. I'm not a sci-fi fan but thought this one would be worth reading. So far, so good.

Just finished Three sisters-Three Queens, by Philippa Gregory. Very good writing. It's written in first person, by queen Margaret of Scotland. She is the sister of Henry the VIII. It's historical fiction, but I learned a lot about the times and the family. At the end, the author gives her explanation of how she researched, etc. Good book.

Just finished Patrick Taylor's "An Irish Country Doctor" and found it a delightful read with bits of humor throughout.

I've read some of that series, dandyrandylou, and enjoyed it as well.

One of my interests is memoirs written by ordinary people, especially in the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Such an era of change!

Lately I've been enjoying Ralph Moody's autobiographies. He came of age in the West, loved horses, father died early, worked as a cowboy at a young age, etc. I'm on the 3rd book. In this one, Ralph is 15 and just moved to his grandfather's farm in Maine instead of running away back home to Colorado. I vaguely know he became famous for acting or something at some point. Funny thing -- whoever checked out the first book, "Little Britches," apparently was reading it aloud to a young and tender audience. All the "curse" words are penciled out, and some whole passages spoken by the rougher cowboys ("By d - - m, lookit that devil horse go!") are annotated to "skip this"!

I ordered a book from Amazon to download on the free "Kindle Cloud Reader". It's my first experience reading a book on my computer and although I'm enjoying the book, I'm not liking reading it on my computer all that much. Something to get used to.

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin and If She Only Knew by Lisa Jackson, a book I grabbed before work the other day because I forgot the other. Very slow at work especially since I'm on orientation and have no codes yet. Mostly listening in on calls to learn how to handle them right now. I've only been reading right before I fall asleep at night, but I think I'll be going through many more books at work now.

Just started The Dry by Jane Harper. It's a bit of a murder mystery set in Australia and came recommended by others on another forum. So far so good, it really drew me in.

A Gentleman in Moscow, was one of my favorite reads of the past year. I recently finished Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, which started out a little slow to me, but I ended up liking it. There were a couple of hers I didn't care for so much. Then I read some light fare - Sophia Kinsella's My (not so) Perfect Life, and Elin Hildebrand's Perfect Day.

Outsideplaying, I have Truly Madly Guilty downloaded from the library but it didn't get very good reviews so I started reading The Obsession by Nora Roberts instead. May need to start it next. I finished We Were Liars yesterday and would recommend it. Still thinking about it and that means to me, it was a good book.

I'm reading A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny. Her books are enormously popular, but I've never been able to get into them, this one included. So back it goes to the library!

Currently reading "American Assassin" by Vince Flynn. This is my first book by Flynn, and will likely be the last.

Just finished My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. A waste of my time. Loved A Man Called Ove and The Kite Runner. Also loved all of Vince Flynn's books but don't think I read American Assassin. Wanda, try reading his books starting with book #1. Vince Flynn died at a very young age and I'm sorry there will be no more books by him.

socks - thank you for responding. Usually feel as if I'm talking to myself on this thread.

In the Kingdom of Ice, the grand and terrible polar voyage of the USS Jeanette, by Hampton Sides.

TulsaRose - I just finished the latest Harlen Coben (Myron Bolitar) and it's very good. Since you like his others, you'll like this as well. I also like his stand alones.

skibby, Home is in the stack of "to be read" but there are several ahead of it as I'm trying to read the series in sequence. Looking forward to starting all the stand alones next. :-)

Harlan Coben in a big favorite of mine also. Back quite a number of years ago before anybody and everybody had a website and internet chit chat was quite so prevalent, I was inspired to email him one spur of the moment when I was reading my first book of his and I told him how much I was enjoying the book. He happened to be on line at that very moment and immediately responded with a nice thank you and wrote "now get off your computer and finish my book!". Was just a cute thing and I always remember how nice he was.

Tulsa Rose and Janie, I have never read any Harlan Coben books but see my library has 17 of his books. All but one is on waiting lists. I put Home and Fool me Once on my wish list. Thanks for the suggestions.

Just finished the new C. J. Box, Vicious Circle, this morning. Immediately started the new Maisie Dobbs, In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear. Nothing much getting done around here today---too many good books waiting to be read.

This past week, I read Man Overboard by J.A. Jance, This Life I live by Rory Feek and Fannie Flagg's I Still Dream About You. Don't know what I'll read this week. I have a huge stack to be read.

Just started The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney over the weekend and am reading it fast. It is already optioned for a movie by Ron Howard. J.P. Delaney, according to the book jacket, is a pen name for a best-selling author of other novels. Interesting plot.

Over the weekend I finished The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, it was excellent. Last night I started A Man Called Ove, I think I am going to like it very much.

A Room of One's Own -- Virginia Woolf. Third attempt -- think I'll make it to the end this time.

I finished Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption. It's about a young woman that moved to Uganda after high school to do missionary work. Very good book. (audible book)

I'm now listening lol to The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron. I like the subject of the book but the book itself kind of drags. Even just listening to it seems to be taking forever.

There's a book after this that I want to read called Living With a Seal. It's basically about a rich guy that's bored and asks a navy seal to live with and train him for a month. Sounds entertaining.

I've been reading series books a lot for the past couple of years......just reading the 11th in the Maisie Dobbs books, and have Peter Robinson's 23rd, When the Music's Over, waiting for me. I never used to do the series type of reading, but got hooked on Robinson's Alan Banks. Last year I read the Deborah Crombie's Kinkaid/James series and was happy to have a friend that was excited to get them all!

I am almost finished reading O Pioneers by Willa Cather. I think I spelled it correctly, the book is up in my bedroom. I am enjoying it. I have had it and most of my books for quite sometime.

Sue

"The Light Between Oceans" is the first novel of M.L. Stedman. Please don't miss it.

For a delightful change, read Janet Evanovich's "Curious Minds' and enjoy the humor.

Thanks, Dandyrandylou. I'll be going to the library today, I'll see if they have it. I read a number of her books several years ago, and enjoyed them.

Rusty

Rusty, please let me know if you enjoy it - we all have different senses of humor. Now reading "Everything Everything" by Nicola Yoon - a story of a girl who lived in a bubble due to illness.

I am reading "Everything I Never Told You" by by Celeste Ng. I have not been able to put the book down since it is very good.

I just found a listing for a book in the library where I work titled: "Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games" and decided I simply had to pick it up. So far I'm somewhat disappointed, it is an alphabetical listing of various things people did for "fun", but many of them are gruesome acts of violence and torment and torture of various animals, that are best forgotten.

I suppose I could have guessed that from the title, but I expected something more light-hearted.