My goal was to read 12 books this year, all by Black people. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it, but I should be close. This will be the most non-school related books I've read probably since high school!
Any you've read so far that you really loved? My goal is to read 1/3 of my books by non-white authors, and I think I'm on track but might need another 1-2 to meet the goal (my goal is 45 books).
I just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, which was for my book club. I really enjoyed it. Next up is Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, and then my library hold for The Water Dancer also came available so that will be next. It feels like a lot of pressure when several library holds become available at once, but it makes it easy to decide what to read next!
This week I read My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capo Crucet and Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha which were both good and rather quick reads.
Other books I’ve read recently (all from the library!) that would work:
Color Me In by Natasha Díaz
I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying by Bassey Ikpi
Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillipe
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
I’m almost done with Juniper. I grabbed it randomly from the library and I read almost all of it on the plane today. I also finished Is Fred in the Refrigerator this week and that was excellent as well.
I'm a big fantasy fan and I've been tearing through a lot of new books lately. I've been reading Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse books. They're well-written and fun, and she writes great dialogue. I got intrigued because I guess there's a TV show in the works (Shadow and Bone, Netflix ordered it). The books are the Grisha trilogy (Shadow and Bone is the first one) and the Six of Crows duology.
I recently finished The Changeling by Victor LaValle and that was really good. A bit sci-fi/fantasy, a bit horror. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow was a lovely read -- that's one that will stick with me.
I love Leigh Bardugo as well. I read the Grisha trilogy a while ago. I finished Six of Crows on Friday and have started on Crooked Kingdom. I also have King of Scars on my bookshelf just waiting. I am excited about that one because I just love Nikolai. Have you read Language of Thorns? It is a collection of short stories/fairy tales from the Grisha world. I read that a week or so ago. Such a good read for Halloween time.
I just finished reading Testaments, which I enjoyed. And I just listened to the new Jacqueline Woodson - Red at the Bone - and it was easily the best book I've read this year. I think it might be the rare book that is even better on audio than in print. And it's short - less than 4 hours on audio - so it must be a tiny book.
I just started listening to the new Ronan Farrow book, and I'm reading the Gone World for book club. It's sci fi and not my normal thing but I'll give it a shot!
I just finished The Bride Test. It was really good, but I ended up emailing the author bc of huge typo in the book and she wrote back, which was awesome, but she basically said to let amazon know. Except this was an ebook from the library, so I’m wondering how many files have the same issue.
Post by doctoranda on Oct 20, 2019 11:53:01 GMT -5
Just started Less by Andrew Sean Greer for pleasure, and I am working on Status Anxiety, Custer Died for Our Sins, The Confidence Gap and Hold Me Tight. Less so far is very entertaining. The rest is good but takes more effort.
I just finished The Bride Test. It was really good, but I ended up emailing the author bc of huge typo in the book and she wrote back, which was awesome, but she basically said to let amazon know. Except this was an ebook from the library, so I’m wondering how many files have the same issue.
I would think all of them. Libraries and Amazon all have the same copies of the book. It’s an odd response. Unless it is an Amazon publication they can’t do anything about it—it comes from the publisher and only they can fix it.
I just finished The Bride Test. It was really good, but I ended up emailing the author bc of huge typo in the book and she wrote back, which was awesome, but she basically said to let amazon know. Except this was an ebook from the library, so I’m wondering how many files have the same issue.
I would think all of them. Libraries and Amazon all have the same copies of the book. It’s an odd response. Unless it is an Amazon publication they can’t do anything about it—it comes from the publisher and only they can fix it.
Yeah and it’s not a insignificant thing. In the same chapter one character says it’s Sunday and a couple pages later another character says it’s Saturday. And then two chapters later the first character says it’s Sunday, again.
Chronology in books is a pet peeve of mine, admittedly.
Post by lostlenore on Oct 20, 2019 14:50:00 GMT -5
I’m currently reading What Happens In Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand. It’s the sequel to Winter In Paradise. A friend lent me her copy because the library wait list for me to get it on kindle was too long and she’s dying to discuss it. I haven’t read a non-kindle book in forever though, so it feels weird reading an actual book. I swear I almost tried to tap the first page to turn it. lol.
Any you've read so far that you really loved? My goal is to read 1/3 of my books by non-white authors, and I think I'm on track but might need another 1-2 to meet the goal (my goal is 45 books).
I just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, which was for my book club. I really enjoyed it. Next up is Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, and then my library hold for The Water Dancer also came available so that will be next. It feels like a lot of pressure when several library holds become available at once, but it makes it easy to decide what to read next!
Well I see you've already read Americanah. I love non-fiction and to ease myself in to more reading I read some "easy" books. So my favs were Becoming by Michelle Obama and We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union. I now love both of them even more and fantasize about hanging out with them. So I'd recommend those.
And then I think Roots is an American classic that everyone should read, so that's definitely on my list of favorites from the year. Definitely hard to read, but necessary.
Thanks! I have not read Roots yet, but have always thought I would someday. I should make a point of reading it soon then!
I finished the Sue Grafton series, which made me sad. I read Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner and loved it. Reading a cozy mystery now. I want to re-read Drowning Ruth.
I need to go and add up what i have read, I am going to try and figure this out by my ebook library loans. I like Good Reads, but I hate having to put when you start and finish the book. I would love just a tally that I keep period. I mean, i know I could do this in a notebook or something similar lol, but i don't. lol
wanderingback and wildrice, have you read My Sister The Serial Killer? That was a good book and a fairly quick read. After reading an article I really want read Red At The Bone by Jaqueline Woodson.
I would think all of them. Libraries and Amazon all have the same copies of the book. It’s an odd response. Unless it is an Amazon publication they can’t do anything about it—it comes from the publisher and only they can fix it.
Yeah and it’s not a insignificant thing. In the same chapter one character says it’s Sunday and a couple pages later another character says it’s Saturday. And then two chapters later the first character says it’s Sunday, again.
Chronology in books is a pet peeve of mine, admittedly.
That would be super annoying and take me right out the story.
This was amazing. One of the best books I've ever read. Like top 20 of my life. Poetic, but story driven, heart breaking in it's story of addiction, eating disorders, race, family and the messy intersectionality of it all. I so so loved this and wish more people were talking about it (in my circles - it was obviously critically acclaimed).
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
I need to go and add up what i have read, I am going to try and figure this out by my ebook library loans. I like Good Reads, but I hate having to put when you start and finish the book. I would love just a tally that I keep period. I mean, i know I could do this in a notebook or something similar lol, but i don't. lol
You don’t add start and end dates. I create a “shelf” for every calendar year and mark books as read and then add them to the yearly shelf.
Post by rupertpenny on Oct 20, 2019 17:54:51 GMT -5
I tried to read Heavy but I don’t do well with second person. I think I was also in a weird reading mood at the time and couldn’t get into anything. I should try it again sometime.
I tried to read Heavy but I don’t do well with second person. I think I was also in a weird reading mood at the time and couldn’t get into anything. I should try it again sometime.
wanderingback and wildrice, have you read My Sister The Serial Killer? That was a good book and a fairly quick read. After reading an article I really want read Red At The Bone by Jaqueline Woodson.
I was going to recommend this one, too. A very quick read and fun.
I tried to read Heavy but I don’t do well with second person. I think I was also in a weird reading mood at the time and couldn’t get into anything. I should try it again sometime.
I agree. I only gave it like a chapter and then quit.
I would think all of them. Libraries and Amazon all have the same copies of the book. It’s an odd response. Unless it is an Amazon publication they can’t do anything about it—it comes from the publisher and only they can fix it.
Yeah and it’s not a insignificant thing. In the same chapter one character says it’s Sunday and a couple pages later another character says it’s Saturday. And then two chapters later the first character says it’s Sunday, again.
Chronology in books is a pet peeve of mine, admittedly.
Nope. That’s totally the kind of thing where I would spend several minutes confirming that I’m not crazy and that I did, in fact, previously read that it was Sunday. That’s an awful mistake.
I finished the Sue Grafton series, which made me sad. I read Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner and loved it. Reading a cozy mystery now. I want to re-read Drowning Ruth.
I need to go and add up what i have read, I am going to try and figure this out by my ebook library loans. I like Good Reads, but I hate having to put when you start and finish the book. I would love just a tally that I keep period. I mean, i know I could do this in a notebook or something similar lol, but i don't. lol
You don’t have to manually do that. Just mark the book as “reading” and then tell it you finished it. It automatically adds the dates for you.
Any you've read so far that you really loved? My goal is to read 1/3 of my books by non-white authors, and I think I'm on track but might need another 1-2 to meet the goal (my goal is 45 books).
I just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, which was for my book club. I really enjoyed it. Next up is Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, and then my library hold for The Water Dancer also came available so that will be next. It feels like a lot of pressure when several library holds become available at once, but it makes it easy to decide what to read next!
Well I see you've already read Americanah. I love non-fiction and to ease myself in to more reading I read some "easy" books. So my favs were Becoming by Michelle Obama and We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union. I now love both of them even more and fantasize about hanging out with them. So I'd recommend those.
And then I think Roots is an American classic that everyone should read, so that's definitely on my list of favorites from the year. Definitely hard to read, but necessary.
I really agree with this! Roots is a great book. I first read it as a teenager and I read it again about 10 years later.
I would also highly recommend The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I love that book. It's another one I have read more than once.
Oh and another good book and a very quick read is Sons For The Return Home (which if anyone follows rugby, is very much relevant to what is going on now). I think it was one of the first books published by a Samoan author.