I recently finished Chinese Groove and really liked it. Right now I’m reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow which I’m loving, and Olga Dies Dreaming which seems really long.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Jun 8, 2023 9:11:57 GMT -5
My daughter (who is almost 12) just told me her friends are all reading the Good Girls Guide to Murder books and she wants to too. I'm all for kids reading whatever they are interested in, but my dd is SO sensitive and sheltered. My book club read the 1st book, and I recently read the 2nd and currently have the 3rd on my kindle from the library to read (I think it's about 3rd in my que currently) because I enjoyed it enough, but it has some MATURE themes (date rape drugs, etc). I brought up some of them to dd, and she looked at me like I was from another planet because she had no idea what I was talking about, and even had to have me explain to her what rape actually was. She asked if she could read it and talk to me about it when she was confused and I said sure, but now I feel like maybe I should mention it to her friends' parents as a head's up that their girls might have some questions about what they are reading too. But maybe they are much less sheltered than dd so who knows. I also don't want to come off as like I'm suggesting they shouldn't read it or I'm suggesting censoring so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.
I'm currently reading The Hating Game, and I'm laughing at myself because it's such drivel and fluff, but I love reading books like this when I'm overwhelmed by life and can't focus on anything more serious. And I'm amazed at how I can find books like this so engaging and fun. I find myself smiling like an idiot at times or feeling bad when the main character's heart is breaking.
My daughter (who is almost 12) just told me her friends are all reading the Good Girls Guide to Murder books and she wants to too. I'm all for kids reading whatever they are interested in, but my dd is SO sensitive and sheltered. My book club read the 1st book, and I recently read the 2nd and currently have the 3rd on my kindle from the library to read (I think it's about 3rd in my que currently) because I enjoyed it enough, but it has some MATURE themes (date rape drugs, etc). I brought up some of them to dd, and she looked at me like I was from another planet because she had no idea what I was talking about, and even had to have me explain to her what rape actually was. She asked if she could read it and talk to me about it when she was confused and I said sure, but now I feel like maybe I should mention it to her friends' parents as a head's up that their girls might have some questions about what they are reading too. But maybe they are much less sheltered than dd so who knows. I also don't want to come off as like I'm suggesting they shouldn't read it or I'm suggesting censoring so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.
I'm currently reading The Hating Game, and I'm laughing at myself because it's such drivel and fluff, but I love reading books like this when I'm overwhelmed by life and can't focus on anything more serious. And I'm amazed at how I can find books like this so engaging and fun. I find myself smiling like an idiot at times or feeling bad when the main character's heart is breaking.
I was reading Christopher pike which was a lot of stuff like teens getting murdered haha. My parents never cared what I read and encouraged my love of reading by buying anything I wanted.
Personally I think good girl’s guide would be fine if she’s interested in it. Especially since she asked if she can bring stuff up to you. I think that’s great. And while the themes are mature - I don’t remember anything too graphic. It’s possible that being sheltered some stuff will go over her head. I’m sure there were things like that when I was reading that I didn’t truly understand. And if things are upsetting - she can just stop reading. But this could be a great jumping off point for you guys to discuss these more mature things.
I would not say anything to other parents. I mean maybe if it was a terribly graphic book and I was really good friends I might (even then I probably wouldn’t). But I don’t think this book warrants that.
I will warn if she continues on in the series and you haven’t read book 3 yet. I found book 3 to be very emotional for me. Don’t want to spoil anything for you. But definitely read that one before her reading it if it gets to that point.
I just started reading Drowning and am already 1/3 of the way through. Definitely feels like a summer blockbuster movie. A quick read for sure. Definitely not a good book to read if you have any air travel planned though!
My daughter (who is almost 12) just told me her friends are all reading the Good Girls Guide to Murder books and she wants to too. I'm all for kids reading whatever they are interested in, but my dd is SO sensitive and sheltered. My book club read the 1st book, and I recently read the 2nd and currently have the 3rd on my kindle from the library to read (I think it's about 3rd in my que currently) because I enjoyed it enough, but it has some MATURE themes (date rape drugs, etc). I brought up some of them to dd, and she looked at me like I was from another planet because she had no idea what I was talking about, and even had to have me explain to her what rape actually was. She asked if she could read it and talk to me about it when she was confused and I said sure, but now I feel like maybe I should mention it to her friends' parents as a head's up that their girls might have some questions about what they are reading too. But maybe they are much less sheltered than dd so who knows. I also don't want to come off as like I'm suggesting they shouldn't read it or I'm suggesting censoring so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.
I'm currently reading The Hating Game, and I'm laughing at myself because it's such drivel and fluff, but I love reading books like this when I'm overwhelmed by life and can't focus on anything more serious. And I'm amazed at how I can find books like this so engaging and fun. I find myself smiling like an idiot at times or feeling bad when the main character's heart is breaking.
I was reading Christopher pike which was a lot of stuff like teens getting murdered haha. My parents never cared what I read and encouraged my love of reading by buying anything I wanted.
Personally I think good girl’s guide would be fine if she’s interested in it. Especially since she asked if she can bring stuff up to you. I think that’s great. And while the themes are mature - I don’t remember anything too graphic. It’s possible that being sheltered some stuff will go over her head. I’m sure there were things like that when I was reading that I didn’t truly understand. And if things are upsetting - she can just stop reading. But this could be a great jumping off point for you guys to discuss these more mature things.
I would not say anything to other parents. I mean maybe if it was a terribly graphic book and I was really good friends I might (even then I probably wouldn’t). But I don’t think this book warrants that.
I will warn if she continues on in the series and you haven’t read book 3 yet. I found book 3 to be very emotional for me. Don’t want to spoil anything for you. But definitely read that one before her reading it if it gets to that point.
I was reading Christopher pike which was a lot of stuff like teens getting murdered haha. My parents never cared what I read and encouraged my love of reading by buying anything I wanted.
Personally I think good girl’s guide would be fine if she’s interested in it. Especially since she asked if she can bring stuff up to you. I think that’s great. And while the themes are mature - I don’t remember anything too graphic. It’s possible that being sheltered some stuff will go over her head. I’m sure there were things like that when I was reading that I didn’t truly understand. And if things are upsetting - she can just stop reading. But this could be a great jumping off point for you guys to discuss these more mature things.
I would not say anything to other parents. I mean maybe if it was a terribly graphic book and I was really good friends I might (even then I probably wouldn’t). But I don’t think this book warrants that.
I will warn if she continues on in the series and you haven’t read book 3 yet. I found book 3 to be very emotional for me. Don’t want to spoil anything for you. But definitely read that one before her reading it if it gets to that point.
I was reading Christopher pike which was a lot of stuff like teens getting murdered haha. My parents never cared what I read and encouraged my love of reading by buying anything I wanted.
Personally I think good girl’s guide would be fine if she’s interested in it. Especially since she asked if she can bring stuff up to you. I think that’s great. And while the themes are mature - I don’t remember anything too graphic. It’s possible that being sheltered some stuff will go over her head. I’m sure there were things like that when I was reading that I didn’t truly understand. And if things are upsetting - she can just stop reading. But this could be a great jumping off point for you guys to discuss these more mature things.
I would not say anything to other parents. I mean maybe if it was a terribly graphic book and I was really good friends I might (even then I probably wouldn’t). But I don’t think this book warrants that.
I will warn if she continues on in the series and you haven’t read book 3 yet. I found book 3 to be very emotional for me. Don’t want to spoil anything for you. But definitely read that one before her reading it if it gets to that point.
I loved Christopher Pike. Remember Me forever.
Remember me was my favorite too! I grabbed these from my parents house last time we were there hoping maybe dd would want to read them. No such luck!
The leader of my book club (SUCH a hardcore reader) is doing a challenge to read a non-fiction book from every country in the world. Impressive!
I love this idea! I prefer non-fiction and I’ve been looking to branch out from my typical subjects of history, politics, and biographies. I don’t think I’ll set a goal quite that lofty, but looking for books about other countries is a great idea. Maybe I’ll start with one from each continent and go from there.
ETA: I’d love to her list so far if she has shared it anywhere!
I have a few country based recs:
The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Colombia)
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim (Hong Kong)
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (Belgium and Congo)
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe (Northern Ireland)
Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler (China)
The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim (China)
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler (Egypt)
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston (Italy)
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder (Russia)
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen (Russia)
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar (Libya)
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim (North Korea)
The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland - 3 and a half stars. Based on the fire at a theatre in Virginia in 1811 the book follows 4 fictionalized or composite individuals. Pretty interested if a little heave handed in places
Yellow Face by R.F. Kuang - 4 stars. Pretty interesting, nicely written. A real anti-hero main character.
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
Post by RoxMonster on Jun 12, 2023 15:29:25 GMT -5
Just finished Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon and give it 4 stars. It was a bit far-fetched but a unique and interesting plot that I haven’t read before 100 times.
I just started a part true crime/part memoir Don’t Say A Thing.
I am finally reading Cutting for Stone. It's so beautiful.
I'm listening to the audiobook and wondering if I made a good choice versus reading the hard copy. It's a very long book to begin with and the narrator (who is WONDERFUL) has a very lyrical but slow pace. I'm going to be listening to this until September, lol.
I am almost done with Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace Cho. It's about her mother coming to the US as a Korean immigrant and then dealing with mental illness. I am enjoying it for the most part although I agree with some negative comments that say she's focusing on herself the whole time and comes off a bit selfish. But I've now seen that her brother and other family members vehemently disagree with a lot of the book, calling it a work of fiction and say that they were never contacted to read a draft or confirm information. I've gone down a bigger rabbit hole reading the brother's dissent.
I am almost done with Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace Cho. It's about her mother coming to the US as a Korean immigrant and then dealing with mental illness. I am enjoying it for the most part although I agree with some negative comments that say she's focusing on herself the whole time and comes off a bit selfish. But I've now seen that her brother and other family members vehemently disagree with a lot of the book, calling it a work of fiction and say that they were never contacted to read a draft or confirm information. I've gone down a bigger rabbit hole reading the brother's dissent.
Has anyone else read this book?
I read this and thought it was good. It was explicitly a memoir, so IDK why people are surprised that she focuses on herself. It's all about her experience. What I remember about the brother was more that he just had lots of other stuff going on, nothing particularly negative.
I am finally reading Cutting for Stone. It's so beautiful.
I'm listening to the audiobook and wondering if I made a good choice versus reading the hard copy. It's a very long book to begin with and the narrator (who is WONDERFUL) has a very lyrical but slow pace. I'm going to be listening to this until September, lol.
Speed it up! I’m always at a minimum 1.5x, 1.75x for a slow reader.
Just finished The Club and it was just meh. Now listening to Luckiest Girl Alive and the main character is so unlikable. I'm only on chapter 2 so hopefully she has some redeeming qualities soon
dexteroni, I often prefer non-fiction, too. I recently enjoyed Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin and really enjoyed it.
I've been working on a new project recently, so haven't been reading much...or the books have been new business related. I just finished "All In Startup: Launching a New Idea When Everything is on the Line." It was super interesting because it was full of strategies/tips for a new startup business, but written like a novel and related everything to poker. Definitely memorable and easy to consume.
I don't know if I shared in May, but Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism and Homegoing were both excellent reads. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was an older kids/young adult book that I really enjoyed (even thought it was enraging) because I had absolutely no clue it ever happened until @sharonsaysso talked about it on Instagram.
My receipt at the library yesterday said our family has checked out over $11,000 in books since I opened my account. (And I get all of my audiobooks and ebooks on Hoopla and Libby, so those aren't in the total!) Add in all of the events we've attended and prizes we have received, and I guess it's easy to see why I'm a huge fan of libraries!
I am finally reading Cutting for Stone. It's so beautiful.
I'm listening to the audiobook and wondering if I made a good choice versus reading the hard copy. It's a very long book to begin with and the narrator (who is WONDERFUL) has a very lyrical but slow pace. I'm going to be listening to this until September, lol.
Speed it up! I’m always at a minimum 1.5x, 1.75x for a slow reader.
Post by litskispeciality on Jun 13, 2023 9:08:31 GMT -5
I finally finished Mad Honey...and I"m kind of mad. Might start a thread.
I picked up "The Other Mrs" by Mary Kubrica, but I put it down after a few pages. I don't like ghost stuff, and the reviews (no spoilers) aren't that great. Wasn't super happy with "Local Woman Missing" by the same author.
After all that I picked up "The Last Housewife" and I'm hopeful it'll be good. I need a good murder mystery right now.
Post by litskispeciality on Jun 13, 2023 9:09:11 GMT -5
I typically listen to audio books at 1.25 or higher because I don't like the pauses and the slowness if I follow along with text. Def worth trying to adjust speeds to your liking.
Post by Jalapeñomel on Jun 13, 2023 18:48:55 GMT -5
Finished listening to Dave Grohl’s book. I like the beginning more than the end, and I wanted more of his adventures on the road and less fawning over musicians. But generally, I liked it!
I also finished The Last Thing He Told Me…it was fine, a beach read thriller.
I need beach reads for this year…last year I read a whole bunch of the goofy chic-lit books, but I’m not sure if I want that route or the thriller route.
I’ll take any lighthearted, quick read suggestions!
I am starting Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan.
I just got that one from the library! Did you read Nora goes off script (her other book)? I loved Nora but have seen some reviews saying not as good (though still good).
Post by luckystar2 on Jun 13, 2023 18:55:39 GMT -5
I finished Drowning. It was totally a summer blockbuster movie type book…and it’s being turned into a movie lol! I read her first book Falling but prefer Drowning. Super fast paced easy read (but definitely not what you want to read if you’re flying anytime soon!). I love that she was a flight attendant!
I am starting Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan.
I just got that one from the library! Did you read Nora goes off script (her other book)? I loved Nora but have seen some reviews saying not as good (though still good).
I was gonna pick this up, but the GoodRead reviews aren’t promising.