Books! How do you read and what do you read?

[Pepper]

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Hundreds of pages, for my book club. Takes place 20th century Korea & Japan about a family of immigrants. Beautifully written, I'm so in love with this author's style. I found out this morning there is a TV series made from this book on Apple. Will watch it as soon as I finish book.

 

[StarSong]

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Hundreds of pages, for my book club. Takes place 20th century Korea & Japan about a family of immigrants. Beautifully written, I'm so in love with this author's style. I found out this morning there is a TV series made from this book on Apple. Will watch it as soon as I finish book.

I liked Pachinko. Long, but good.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Saw the TV series Pachinko, it streamed on hulu I think.

 

[Twostep]

Herve This-Beckhard Les secrets de la casserole. Basically a kitchen chemistry book including formulas.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Reading Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picault. About a woman who goes to Galapagos just as the pandemic hits. Very readable.

 

[StarSong]

Reading Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picault. About a woman who goes to Galapagos just as the pandemic hits. Very readable.

I usually quite like Jodi Picoult's works but didn't care for this book's ending. Will be interested to learn your opinion.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

@StarSong, I've only read one other book by her which I liked, don't remember the name but it was about a black nurse with a Nazi patient. This one isn't quite as good, but as I said it's not at all difficult to breeze thru, which is also IMO a weakness. I now wonder how it ends, will let you know what I think when I get there.

 

[HermitHogan]

I'm currently reading Dylan Goes Electric, which the recent biopic was based on. It's okay, but you don't really get a feel for who Dylan actually was; you just have to kind of guess.

My guess is that he was completely driven by writing and performing music, and everything else was secondary and there was a big gap between music and everything else. Nothing else really mattered to him, including civil rights or the antiwar effort. They were just events and causes that he could write about.

 

[MarkD]

HI MarkD, I've kept a book journal since 2000 of all the books I've read over the yrs. I make notations in the margins if I like or didn't like the book. My mom did this as well,so I'm just following her lead Sue

I wish I had but it feels like those horses have already left the pen and I'll never round them all up now. I'm just letting it go. Fortunately I was commenting on what I was reading for a while on another forums so I can find some of them there, some with transcribed passages even. I'll just be glad for those.

 

[MarkD]

That clip put me in the mood for watching Steel Magnolias again very soon. Thanks for the morning giggle.

I've read "Tell Me Everything" and "The Night We Lost Him" - found both very enjoyable.

Of the Strout books I've read I know The Burgess Boys was one because I found it among Lia's books during the pandemic before the library became accessible again. I notice that Tell Me Everything includes the names of many of her characters but I am finding myself too distracted to sink into it. Its almost like I have to choose between sharing thoughts and reading.

One I thought might have been by her was A Spool of Blue Thread but that was by Anne Tyler whose work I've also liked. But my favorite contemporary author might be John Irving. Loved his Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp, and A Prayer For Owen Meany.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I loved A Spool of Blue Thread. An even better Tyler book was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. I got so invested in those characters I dreamt of them and was upset when one did something I didn't like.

Also love John Irving.

 

[moviequeen1]

@StarSong, I've only read one other book by her which I liked, don't remember the name but it was about a black nurse with a Nazi patient. This one isn't quite as good, but as I said it's not at all difficult to breeze thru, which is also IMO a weakness. I now wonder how it ends, will let you know what I think when I get there.

HI Marcy, the book you are referring to is 'Small Great Things" about a black nurse in Boston,Mass who takes care of a baby. The parents are white Supremacists It was a terrific book ,read it in 2018 Sue

 

[Esther]

With Amazon Prime you get a free kindle book every month. The ratings/reviews can be checked on Goodreads to increase the chance of making a good choice. A friend said that she preferred a book in hand. I do too, but I won’t refuse a freebie. In kindle I can click on a word and pull-up its meaning too.

 

[Sliverfox]

THE HIDDEN GIRL by Lucinda Riley

When I picked this book up & saw it's author ,,,,, hoped it was the last book of the Seven Sisters series.

It wasn't, but it was every bit as good .

Poor girl gets talked into a modeling job.

 

[MarkD]

I loved A Spool of Blue Thread. An even better Tyler book was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. I got so invested in those characters I dreamt of them and was upset when one did something I didn't like.

Also love John Irving.

Will put a hold on it.

 

[MarkD]

Will put a hold on it.

Meanwhile I’m speeding up now into the second half of Tell Me Everything. Good thing as I’m a few days late returning it already.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I just finished reading All Fours by Miranda July. It is terrific. Especially recommended for women.

 

[StarSong]

I just finished reading All Fours by Miranda July. It is terrific. Especially recommended for women.

Good to know. Thanks!

 

[Sliverfox]

PERFECT STORM by Paige Shelton

Takes place in Alaska.

Young women has moved there to hide from the man who beat her.

First time I've read this author's novels,, will be looking for other novels by her.

Once into the story,, I didn't want to put the book down..

 

[moviequeen1]

PERFECT STORM by Paige Shelton

Takes place in Alaska.

Young women has moved there to hide from the man who beat her.

First time I've read this author's novels,, will be looking for other novels by her.

Once into the story,, I didn't want to put the book down..

HI Sliverfox, I've read 3 of her books from the' Scottish Mystery' series:
The Crack'd Spine, Of Books&Bagpipes, Lost Books&Old Bones', the main character is Delaney Nichols,who is amateur sleuth set in Scotland, enjoyed them Sue

 

[Sliverfox]

Thanks , Sue,
Will check our library for them

 

[HermitHogan]

I'm currently reading Nightfly — a book about Walter Becker from Steely Dan. I like to learn how my musical heroes rose to greatness.

 

[KSav]

I just came across the short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury (https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/163728/The%20Veldt%20-%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf) and am interested in reading more of his work. I'm going to see if our local library has Fahrenheit 451 or any of his other works.

I'm currently reading The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style. It's a disappointment. I had been hoping to learn more about the food served to the second- and third-class passengers, but so far it's focused exclusively on first class. Also, the author reels off a lot of pieces of misinformation, most of which are based on survivor accounts that have since been disproven or brought into serious question (e.g., that Captain Smith swam over to a lifeboat and handed an infant over to be saved). She doesn't seem to have done her research.

It doesn't hold a candle to the 1997 book Last Dinner on the Titanic.

 

[Krystal]

I'm currently re-reading a book by, Bret Lott, titled Jewel that I had ran across on Kindle Unlimited. I read it maybe 10-15 years ago. It's a nice story and I'm enjoying it again. I am reading it on my KIndle.

Next up, Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout. I have had it on hold from the library and I should be next in line pretty soon to be able to dowload it.

 

[KSav]

I just picked up two copies of this Little Golden Book for my twin grandchildren. Of course, they're only 4 months old, but you can never start too early, right?