It’s March, what are you reading?

[Jalapeñomel]

I finally finished The Bee Sting. I loved it and didn’t want it to end.

I’m an hour out of finishing All the Light We Cannot See. Looking for my next read!

[TR]

I finished A Love Song For Ricki Wilde and The Other Valley this weekend. I’m in the minority on Ricki Wilde, I think. I loved the Black Harlem history, but hated the writing style and didn’t love the way the magical realism part was done. I liked The Other Valley, although I struggle big time with the lack of quotation marks so maybe audio would be better for that one. But I’d love to read other stories from that same world.

[skidunks]

I’m reading The Magic Hour and I like it but don’t love it. I also have Interesting Facts About Science on my kindle and I started it but then stopped it to read The Magic Hour. Thoughts on that one?

[turkletsmom]

I just finished the second book in The Crescent City series which I'm loving but I'm #20 in line for the third book on Libby so looking for a few books while I wait for that. I'm almost halfway in The Enigma of Room 622 which I think was recommended here and I'm liking it so far.

[krystee]

I finished All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle and loved it, and now reading Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame. I’m looking forward to finally reading Tress of the Emerald Sea this month.

[VillainV]

I just finished listening to The Boys in the Boat, and now I’m listening to A Wing and a Prayer (written by Harry Crosby, the navigator in Masters of the Air), which is his true account of many of the events in Masters of the Air, so it’s a good accompaniment to the series.

[scm1011]

Yesterday I read Darius the Great is Not Okay, which was an awesome YA novel. There is a sequel that I’m waiting to get from the library.

I finished listening to Young Jane Young this morning and really enjoyed it.

I found an old Kristin Hannah paperback in a free little library (Distant Shores). It’s decent. I’ll keep reading because I have nothing else at the moment.

[mcppalmbeach]

I am 3/4 of the way through Cutting Teeth (preschoolers develop an unusual taste for blood). It is odd AF, but for some reason I’m enjoying it. I finished Before We Were Innocent and liked that one too. I’m still trying to get through The Covenant of Water and o really do like it, but I keep putting it down for these faster reads.

[redheadbaker]

I just read Kristin Hannah's new book, The Women. It's heavy, but good.

[underwaterrhymes]

I’m reading Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci and so far I’m really liking it.

[redheadbaker]

Oh, and I also recently read The Measure by Nikki Erlick. It was thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating (as in, the characters' actions), and heartwarming. I'm still thinking about what I would do if it really happened.

[nsl]

I'm almost finished with A Fragile Enchantment, a new YA romantasy. It's okay. I also just finished the Rosewood Hunt (pretty good treasure hunting adventure) and my "adult" read at the moment is Game Changer. I've fallen behind on my nonfiction reading this year, so I'm taking notes on what everyone else is reading and enjoying.

[underwaterrhymes]

Mar 3, 2024 18:14:17 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Oh, and I also recently read The Measure by Nikki Erlick. It was thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating (as in, the characters' actions), and heartwarming. I'm still thinking about what I would do if it really happened.

I loved this book, but it was so thought provoking in a way that didn’t feel entirely comfortable.

[sproctopus]

I just finished All the Light We Cannot See and A Bakery in Paris. I loved it. Berry Pickers just became available to me, so that's next up.

On my March list:

Harlem Shuffle
Goodnight, Irene
The Women
A Storm We Made
The Wishing Game

[redheadbaker]

Mar 3, 2024 19:04:33 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

I just finished All the Light We Cannot See and A Bakery in Paris. I loved it. Berry Pickers just became available to me, so that's next up.

On my March list:

Harlem Shuffle
Goodnight, Irene
The Women
A Storm We Made
The Wishing Game

I loved The Wishing Game

[spinnaker5]

A few recent reads that I liked:
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
I Have Some Questions For You
The Alibi
A woman of No Importance

[underwaterrhymes]

I also loved The Wishing Game, sproctopus.

[macmars45]

Speak Up! By Rebecca Burgess (written for middle age kids)

I Will Die On This Hill by Meghan Ashburn & Jules Edwards

These books were recommended by an autistic parent of autistic kids. They were really good.

[isabel]

Mar 3, 2024 18:14:17 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Oh, and I also recently read The Measure by Nikki Erlick. It was thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating (as in, the characters' actions), and heartwarming. I'm still thinking about what I would do if it really happened.

There is no way I wouldn't look, even if I didn't really want to. I really enjoyed that book.

[gummybear]

I haven’t participated in this in a while!

This past month I read:

Lady Tans Circle of Women which I LOVED! 5 stars

None of This is True which was slightly better than OK. I was annoyed by most of the characters. 3.5 stars

Whisper Network which I disliked and DNF

[mcmel]

Just finished The Housemaid. I didn’t care for it. About to start Weyward as soon as the audiobook is available.

[verycontrary247]

I just finished my binge of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and am lamenting that I'll have to wait a year for the final book to come out.



I also read Starter Villain and the Kaiju Preservation Society in Feb and really enjoyed both

[sju]

I just finished The Women by Kristin Hannah. It was very good. 

Now I’m starting The Rachel Incident.

[rupertpenny]

I'm reading Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman. It is interesting but looong. Around 500 pages, which was more than I bargained for.

[tacokick]

Mar 4, 2024 7:35:47 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I'm reading Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman. It is interesting but looong. Around 500 pages, which was more than I bargained for.

I read that, the later chapters are really bad. I think he ran out of steam after the content heavy early chapters.

[rupertpenny]

Mar 4, 2024 7:39:20 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Mar 4, 2024 7:35:47 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I'm reading Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman. It is interesting but looong. Around 500 pages, which was more than I bargained for.

I read that, the later chapters are really bad. I think he ran out of steam after the content heavy early chapters.

That is annoying. I hoped the later chapters might go more quickly because I'm more familiar with more recent movies. 

[DotAndBuzz]

The Henna Artist, by Alka Joshi.

LOVED it, tore through it, and the follow up book, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, last week. Am now halfway through the third one of the trilogy, the Perfumist of Paris.

Next up may be The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride.

[isabel]

Finished A Day In the Life of Abed Salama last night. The story is heartbreaking, but the writing was incredibly dry. It was a struggle to maintain interest at various points. Not sure I’d recommend it, but given the current situation in Palestine, I think it provides a good history in an easy to digest format.

Starting Heaven and Earth Grocery Store today. I’ve been looking forward to this one so I hope it’s good.

[justemily]

I'm listening to the "Together We Read" book that I saw when I opened the Libby app. It's called One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris. So far, I like it - EXCEPT - the narrator is ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. So many weird pauses and inflections. It's distracting. Not sure I'll be able to finish it.

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 3, 2024 16:39:03 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Yesterday I read Darius the Great is Not Okay, which was an awesome YA novel. There is a sequel that I’m waiting to get from the library.

I just picked this one up...it seems good so far!