July 5--what did you read this week?

[sassypants]

I can't believe no one has posted yet! Anyhow, what did you read this past week? Was it for any challenges, etc? 

QOTW: In light of yesterday's US holiday, what is a myth about the founding of the United States of America that you believed for too long but later discovered to be fake?

[sassypants]

I'm still plodding through The Princes in the Tower. It's good, I'm just unmotivated. I just bought the new Katherine Howe book, The Daughters of Temperance Hobb, and I'm excited to read that but am making myself finish the Princes book first, so that's my motivation.

QOTW: I guess the myth of the 4th being "Independence" Day in that the colonies technically declared independence from Great Britain on the 2nd. The 4th should really be "Declaration Day" or we should celebrate Independence Day on July 2.

[meowmaps]

I finished The Great Believers this week. It took me 100 pages or so to get invested but the more I read, the more I didn’t want it to end.

I started The Five by Hallie Rubenhold yesterday. I’m liking it a lot so far.

QOTW: I have no good answer for this but I love the question!

[mrspez07]

I’m reading Circe and listening to How Will You Measure your Life. Not super in to either one unfortunately, but I see potential. I’ll keep going.

QOTW: when reading John Adams by David McCullough a few years ago I found myself surprised at the length of time and the stops/starts and different locations that the founding fathers went through and had to navigate to get anything accomplished. It’s easy to forget travel and communication were not quick. They didn’t just sit down and bang things out, lots of debating and thinking when not together, etc. The way things are taught makes everything feel so much more decisive and compacted (time wise).

I also think that book was the first time I saw where it was described for the July 2 versus 4th.

[charlatti]

I finished Miracle Creek. I liked it, but I don’t really get all the glowing reviews for it. Just started Washington Black. Seems good but I haven’t had enough time to get into it.

I’ll have to think on the qotw!

[travella]

I'm still reading The Girl With Seven Names. I'm about 70% of the way through the book.

QOTW: I don't have an immediate answer. I'd have to think about it.

[rainbowchip]

I finished On The Come Up. I liked it.

I started Home Front by Kristin Hannah.

QOTW: I honestly have no idea. I probably need to learn more about the founding of our country. The only things I know are what I was taught in school so there are probably a lot of things I believe that are false.

[dontlook]

I read Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks: 3 stars
Station Eleven: 4.5 stars

I’m currently reading the first Harry Potter book with DD so it will likely take a while.

QOTW: great question but I have no answer. I assume everything I know is a lie lol.

[Vespasia]

I finished:
Moloka'i - pretty good but not a favorite
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton - very disappointing. The story could have been really good but there were too many narrators and two plot points I hated.
Recursion by Blake Crouch - definitely my favorite of the week. I devoured it yesterday during the first half of my 24 hours of flying

Started:
A Place for Us - I think this is probably a great novel but necessarily what I am in the mood for. Going to give it more time.

QOTW: I will come back to this when my brain is working again.

[krystee]

I read City of Girls and loved it!

QOTW: I was pretty horrified as a teenager when I learned Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. It blew me away that someone could write the Declaration of Independence, saying liberty was an inalienable right, and then own slaves. It still does, to be honest.

[Gato]

I forget what I finished last week. I guess it was forgettable!

Now I'm reading Friday Black, short stories by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, which are so good.

QOTW: So many to chose from. I guess all they myths about the Pilgrims and the Indians coming together in brotherhood on "The First Thanksgiving," which may not even have been a thing.