What are you reading in June 2020?
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Comments (150)Vee - I remember when I read Life of Pi and thoroughly enjoyed it, although I do remember that you have to be in the right kind of mood... :-) After searching my stacks of TBR for a new NF to read, came across "We are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times" by Simon Garfield. More along the lines of "Nella Last's War" in that this book follows the diary excerpts from five ordinary people during the beginning of WWII. And they weren't kidding when they describe the people as "ordinary" - it is teetering on "rather boring in places" which, I suppose, is to be expected when you consider the "ordinary" people who play a starring role. Not as entertaining as the Nella diaries, I will give this a few more chapters and then see if things improve. This book is more about the Mass Observation Project during WWII......See MoreWhat are you reading in June?
Comments (93)I'm reading "City of Thieves" with my book club. I really like the writing style thus far. It's a historical fiction book about the siege of Leningrad WWII told from the Russian side. I read "A Little Life", but only one other person in my book club made it through the book. It was a devastatingly powerful book, but so sad. I can understand why some people didn't like it. I like books that lend new insight into life, so this book, although very hard and depressing, fit the bill. After reading through these posts, I see not one science fiction book! I just finished "Red Rising" another one of those dystopian Mars novels. It was a quick read, and very action packed, but I had to use a large suspension of disbelief to get through it. A sci fi book that I did love, however, was "Ready Player One" which is currently being made into a movie by Spielburg. I think it's coming out 2017. That was entertaining. I'm glad to see so many liked "Glass Castle" as I have had it on my to read list for years. I need to move it into my currently reading list. And I loved "Boys in the Boat". I had to read several passages out loud to my family. I thought it was fascinating reading what that era had to go through. "Unbroken" was the same time period and full of courage and bravery as well. I did not like "A Man Called Ove". Entirely treacly and predictable and so boring for me. Thank you for who ever mentioned "Secret Life of Bats". I've put that on my reading list!...See MoreJune: What are you reading?
Comments (113)I had a link at the top of the comments 'See more comments' and all the missing comments from the 28-17 day gap showed up. I picked up T. Kingfisher's Halcyon Fairy Book mentioned by (I think) Sheri above - Kingfisher's comments had me in stitches several times, and I really liked her own adaptations at the end, especially the Snow White and Bluebeard adaptations. I then tried Margaret Atwood's Good Bones and Simple Murders, a collection of essays and other short fiction published in the 90's. If it were today, it would have been a blog - mostly experimental writing and mostly satire, and worth the effort if you like Atwood. Also several laugh-out-loud moments, and the sort of writing that rewards a re-read. Finally, a bit of a dud - a nonfiction by a father-daughter team of historians titled The War Queens, about women who have been military leaders, or least led their nations during a war. Covered a number of interesting women (e.g. Boudicca, Cleopatra, Njinga of Angola, Artemisia of Caria, Elizabeth I...) and ending with 3 modern leaders such as Golda Meir, but the style was chatty and not very insightful. I borrowed R.H. Blyth's monumental work Haiku, but discovered I have Vol III, so will be taking it back to the library and getting Vol I instead, for a better introduction. I'm getting rather lost in Vol III....See MoreWhat are you reading? June 2023 Edition
Comments (67)I just read Dear Mrs. Bird, by AJ Pearce, a little bit of an older book for our book group. We'd done some heavy topics the last few months so wanted something a little lighter. It was quite charming and while not 'fluff' it did have a bit of humor along with some interesting info about what it was like to live in London during the WWII blitz by the Germans. It wasn't as light as we'd hoped but we all really enjoyed it. Now onto Exiles by Jane Harper. I've enjoyed her other books so hope this one is the same....See More- 4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
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