What book are you reading at the moment? Are you reading on paper or on an e-reader?

"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" on paper. I do own a Kindle, but lately have been drawn back to reading paper books. For one thing, you can pass them on to someone else after you're done. I resent the fact that you can't do that with the Kindle books.
 

I'm now reading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's latest book" Leadership in Turbulent Times'
She writes about 4 Presidents,Abe Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson,fascinating Sue
 
I just started The Leisure Seeker, about an 80-something couple taking a last trip in their old RV. I can hardly put it down; it's touching and funny and real. I feel like I know these characters well.

A movie made from this book starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland is on Amazon Prime Video, so I'll be watching the movie when I finish the book.
 

I love actual books but reading on a Kindle is better for the arthritis in my hands. Currently reading "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver
 
Just finished Michael Korda's book - -"With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain"

"Michael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force-often no more than nine hundred on any given day-stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp.."
 
A couple days ago finished reading'Uncommon Type: Some Stories' by Tom Hanks
Each chapter shows a different model of a typewriter which is used in the stories.Tom is a talented writer
I'm about to start "The Library Book' by Susan Orlean,about the 1986 public library fire in Los Angeles,spotlight on libraries.
I've read good reviews of the book,the topic interests me since I love to read Sue
 
This is the first time something like this has happened to me. I've recently finished a book, and I liked it so much that I can't get into any other book. It's ruined me. I know it's silly, but it's true. I read her first two books, and I liked them, too.

It was An Unwanted Guest, by Shari Lapena. In fiction I mostly like mysteries.
 
I recently read the autobiography, Married To A Bedouin, by New Zealander, Marguerite Van Geldermalsen. A very unusual story of an unusual relationship, and extremely strong woman.

Next, I read Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, and Becoming, by Michelle Obama. Both good reads which really delve into their individual backgrounds which say a lot about what shaped them into who they've become.
 
I finished a book by Bryce Courtney. normally I don`t like reading his books because of some of his not so nice language but
this one callec "Jessica " I just couldn`t put it down and was so sorry it finished even though it had sad finishing .. was written so good ..
not sure now what I`ll read next maybe some of Maeve Binchy books something light for a change.
 
Hi, I'm new - and I love to read books.

Currently reading: The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah. It is almost TOO suspenseful, but very well-written.

It is about two sisters in France, struggling to survive during German occupation in World War 2.

I'm about 2/3 through it.
 
I've just started reading"Code Girls,The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of WWll" by Liza Mundy
These young college women were recruited from around the country by Navy,Army trained to break the German and Japanese military codes.
They were sworn to secrecy couldn't tell family,friends what they were doing
What I've read so far is interesting,reminds me of the book 'Hidden Figures' Sue
 
Currently reading: People of the Book, by Geraldine Brook - about an ancient manuscript

Just finished: The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah - I gave it five stars at Goodreads. It is about two sisters in France during World War 2.

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Josiah said:
I'm currently reading "A Family Romance" by Anitia Brookner. I haven't figured why I'm so compelled to read and reread Brookner (I've read all her novels). They're all very much the same with very little plot but endless explorations of feelings and motivations. Typically her novels depict intellectual, middle-class women, who suffer isolation and disappointments in love. I experience a lingering mood change whenever I read Brookner and for a while I really feel like someone who is not me. I actually find the experience somewhat unsettling and vow not to finish the book, but them of course I do.
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Josiah said:
I'm currently reading "A Family Romance" by Anitia Brookner. I haven't figured why I'm so compelled to read and reread Brookner (I've read all her novels). They're all very much the same with very little plot but endless explorations of feelings and motivations. Typically her novels depict intellectual, middle-class women, who suffer isolation and disappointments in love. I experience a lingering mood change whenever I read Brookner and for a while I really feel like someone who is not me. I actually find the experience somewhat unsettling and vow not to finish the book, but them of course I do.
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Oh my, I didn't know anyone was as enthralled with Brookner as myself. I too read everything she wrote, and basked in her lovely vocabulary and beautiful sentences. The plot was secondary. I was very upset when she died a few years back--I want more novels!
 
I have three paperback books and one e-reader tome going right now:

"An Unsung Hero" is about Tom Cream. An Irishman who played an important role in both the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic explorations. On my recent visit to Ireland, I saw Tom's statue which led me to want to know more about him.

"The Anglo Saxons". Never can learn too much about your ancestors.

"Murder on Christmas Eve". Every year, I buy a new anthology of Christmas related mystery stories. I am getting quite a collection of this genre with this being the latest. Not actually one I am currently reading as i am saving it to read during the week before the big day. But I want to be reading it....discipline 007 ;)

On my reader, I'm nearly finished with "Raising the Hunley" Discovery and recovery of the Confederate Navy's submarine.
 
I’m enjoying Philippa Gregory’s books right now I just finished reading The White Queen and I’m next going to be reading The Red Queen.
 
"National Geographic Traveler Dominican Republic." Nothing surprising since 95% of my reading is non fiction & most of this are travel guides.
 
I've been reading Tana French mysteries. She's an American-Irish writer who lives in Dublin. Just
finished a couple of mysteries by other authors. Normally, I prefer non-fiction, but these were
passed on to me by my sister, who is a voracious reader.
 
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