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

Just finished the novel Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung (transl. by Joosun Lee); excellent , one of the best I've read for quite a while. Coming of age story about a Korean teenage boy who has Alexithymia which makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends due to his condition until he meets troubled teenage Gon. A wonderful, wonderful book, 5 out of 5 stars!
 

officerripley said:
Just finished the novel Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung (transl. by Joosun Lee); excellent , one of the best I've read for quite a while. Coming of age story about a Korean teenage boy who has Alexithymia which makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends due to his condition until he meets troubled teenage Gon. A wonderful, wonderful book, 5 out of 5 stars!
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Thanks for the recommendation - just put it on my library waiting list. Should have it in a few weeks.
 
officerripley said:
Just finished the novel Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung (transl. by Joosun Lee); excellent , one of the best I've read for quite a while. Coming of age story about a Korean teenage boy who has Alexithymia which makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends due to his condition until he meets troubled teenage Gon. A wonderful, wonderful book, 5 out of 5 stars!
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I tried the audio of this recently and could not get into it, however, sometimes that's an issue with the narration and not the content. After reading your post, I think I'll put this one in my TBA pile and try it that way.
 

I listen to audio books quite a lot and have some, what I think of as "comfort stories" I often keep on while sleeping at night. Those are mostly books by Christopher Moore, a few by John Scalzi and some stand alones.

Right now I'm listening to a book I bought from Audible's Daily Deal: "On Second Thought," by Kristen Higgens.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck With That, If You Only Knew and Now That You Mention It comes an irresistible look at the affection and the acrimony that bind sisters together

Pretty good so far, both narration and storyline. I'm about halfway through.
 
moviequeen1 said:
The book I finished yesterday is' The Maidens' by Alexander Michaeldis
A thriller set at Cambridge England,main character Mariana,a group therapist tries to help her niece Zoe cope with the murder of her best friend, Tara. There were twists/ turns another surprise ending I never saw coming. This is the 2nd book by this young, talented write. His debut book was' The Patient' I recommend both of these terrrific can't put down books Sue
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See, this is another one I've recently tried over audio and couldn't get into. I loved, "The Patient." Might try this one in ebook form. Another for the TBA pile.
 
I've been reading whenever I can, as usual. It helped that my shoulder/arm/neck were very painful for 2.5 months. Here are some of the books I read, which I recommend. Sadly, there were more really good books on my books read list, but I accidentally deleted it when I changed from Ubuntu to Linux Mint.

Sam, by Allegra Goodman (1,785 ratings on AMZ; 4 stars)
The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane, by Kelly Harms (1,592 ratings on AMZ; 4.5 stars)
NYPD Red 7, by Marshall Karp (before this James Patterson was co-author)
3 Days to Live, Blowback, Escape, The 23rd Midnight, and Chase by James Patterson
Three Among the Wolves, by Helen Thayer (nonfiction) (If you look up the author on Wikipedia, you will be amazed by her life!)
Christmas at the Keep, by Marcia Willett
Caught, The Stranger, Tell No One, by Harlan Coben
Mercy, by Echo Heron
Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life, by Carmen Reid
 
Three from the library recently:

“Grub” by Elise Blackwell… modern retelling of ‘New Grub Street’, about authors, writing and the publishing industry. 4 out of 5

“Bed and Breakfast” by Lois Battle. ‘Family dynamics’ abound but well rounded characters. Kind of a cross between Joanne Trollope and ‘Steel Magnolias’
5 out of 5

“The broken Teaglass” by Emily Arsenault. Promising premise: lexicographers find obscure passages to a non-existent book and try to solve a mystery. I really couldn’t get into the writing style though and I didn’t find the characters very sympathetic. Gave up 3/4 of the way through.
2 out if 10
 
Finished reading this page turner just a moment ago.

Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez, about the migrant rebels (magonistas) who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Lots of American history in this book which I believe is not taught in schools because it would be judged negative or not celebratory. Previously, I never heard of Ricardo Flores Magon who led the magonistas. His body was eventually repatriated and now lies in a national cemetery called Mexico's Rotunda of Distinguished Persons.
 
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Finished another from the library.

King Leopold's Ghost: A story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild. The atrocities under the vile King Leopold II and then the Belgium government reduced the Congolese population by fifty percent (10 million deaths). All for profit and wealth.
 
I just finished reading' The Lions of 5th Ave by Fiona Davis
Its historical fiction about NYC's Public Library,the family members who both share a mystery
It starts in 1913, Laura Lyons her husband, Jack&their 2 young kids live in an apt in the library,he is the superintendent. A few valuable manuscripts,, books begin to disappear
1993, Sadie, Laura's grand daughter now works as curator at the library. The Berg exhibit she is putting together valuable items begin to disappear, starts to investigate into her family's history to learn if there is a connection with stolen items
I enjoyed this,just a tad too long 354 pgs
 
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this was very good, along the lines and about the same quality of writing as Ellis Peters “Cadfael” mysteries. Always interesting to see into another time and place … and then thank God you live in a modern era!
 
IKE said:
I've been a Master Mason since Feb. of 1977 and a 32º Scottish Rite Mason since Nov. of 1981.
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There are many things in our own home we overlook when we are growing up. My father was a Mason but since it was a men’s club, and not something my teenage friends were into, I was always out and about and involved in other things and ignored it. I recall the huge Masonic Bible on a stand in our home and now I wish I had it but it is long gone due to the way the estate was divided and the subsequent death of some of the other heirs. What book would you recommend that explains the Masons in the greatest detail?
 
Leapfrogging 2 good books at the moment.

Sweeter Than All the World by Rudy Wiebe. 500 years of Mennonite experiences, in novel form. Normally I'd say yuck, but it's very well done.

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong. Murder mystery set in the isolated village of Rockton, where everyone is hiding from something or someone. I love the Rockton series, best read in order:

City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Watcher in the Woods
Alone in the Wild
A Stranger in Town
The Deepest of Secrets
Murder at Haven's Rock
 
Our community library in the basement, on one of the shelves,found this book:
The Dig' by John Preston, historical fiction set in 1939.A widowed owner of a farm in Suffolk,England finds mounds of dirt on her land she believes holds buried treasure. This is based on the true story of Sutton Hoo Dig
I started the book yesterday,so far its interesting
 
THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED by Claire Douglas.
This was a good mystery about trying to find the missing girls.

MURDER AT HAVEN'S ROCK by Kelly Armstrong.
Deep in the Yukon wilderness a town is being built.
A place for people to disappear to so they can get a fresh start on their lives.

One of the crew has wandered off into forest & has not came back.
Security is called in to look for them.
 
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