Friday 11/22 - What have you been reading?

[ufcasey]

Happy Friday everyone! What have you been reading this week?

QOTW: In the US next week is Thanksgiving. So, what is your favorite holiday food? (Doesn't have to be for Thanksgiving, any holiday food will do)

[travella]

I finished Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger, 3*. I started reading Nine Perfect Strangers, December's book.

QOTW: There is nothing that I love, but I do like stuffing, mostly because Thanksgiving is the only time I might make it. Even then, I don't usually make it because I usually only want a few bites of it and the rest of my family doesn't like it.

[meowmaps]

I finished Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. It was fascinating and enlightening for me because I was mostly ignorant of the history of the Troubles.

This morning I finished Olive, Again. Loved it. I teared up toward the end. It was also book 70 for me. I'm officially ten ahead of my goal. I think it's possible I could reach 80 books by the end of the year.

The Dutch House is next.

QOTW: My favorite is also stuffing. I'm trying to eat healthier this year but another guilty pleasure is corn pudding. SO good and SO bad at the same time.

[dontlook]

I finished The Wedding Party. It was all eating and sex which was just the fluff I needed.

I’m currently reading The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney. It’s nothing like what I thought it would be. I also started Friend Zone but I’m not sure I’ll finish it.

QOTW: I have a serious sweet tooth so I love l the desserts: sweet potato pie, cheesecake, and apple pie.

[tacokick]

Last week I read:

Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao (I liked her first book better)

Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson (not good)

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (very cute children’s book)

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede (The backstory to Come From Away)

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (very good)

I’m in-between books today.

QOTW: stuffing! I also like sauerkraut and jellied cranberry sauce together.

[minzy]

I read The Bride Test by Helen Hoang. It was ok. Like her first book The Kiss Quotient, it also featured a main character on the autism spectrum and was pretty steamy. I’m currently working on The Library Book by Susan Orlean, which is quite interesting.

QOTW: We only have crabs legs once a year on Christmas Eve, but they’re awesome. I make seven layer bars at Christmas and love those, most things with chocolate and peppermint, etc.

[Vespasia]

I have been reading the Bone Season by Samantha Shannon for two weeks now. It's good, I'm just not terribly interested and feel like I have to force myself to read it. This is really unfortunately since another book by the author, The Priory of the Orange Tree, is so amazing. 

I just received The Starless Sea off my hold shelf so I may start reading that instead.

QOTW: I love all the holiday foods! My favorite is really just a nice cheese platter. Hell, that's my favorite thing in general. 

[rainbowchip]

This week I finished Troublemaker by Leah Remini. I thought it was going to be like her show but it was so much more. Her story is great and she spills a lot about Tom Cruise and other famous people.

I also finished Ayesha at Last. I always really enjoy Pride and Prejudice retellings and this one was about Indian Muslim families which I've not read about much.

I'm currently reading Red, White & Royal Blue.

QOTW: pie! And stuffing. Really all the sides. I usually only eat a tiny bite of turkey and fill my plate with sides.

[Gato]

I finished the very exhausting The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. I mean, the book contains important and fascinating information, but it’s SO strident that I ended up not taking the author very seriously.

I’m now reading The Fifth Risk; after this I will definitely need something fluffy fiction!

QOTW: Give me all the holiday foods! But especially my mom’s stuffing and her chocolate pie.

[aurora]

I'm reading the Tattooist of Auschwitz. It's somewhat different from my expectations, but I'll wait until I finish to describe how in the book club thread.

I just tonight finished my audiobook of The Dragon Reborn. Next up is the next Louise Penny.

QOTW: I am another stuffing-lover. But really I love all of the Thanksgiving food.

[Nonny]

I'm about halfway through The Godfather. It's actually been a great book to read while recovering from surgery because I'm vaguely aware of the plot from the movie, but it's been so long and they left enough out that it's still new.

QOTW: I love stuffing, but I also love German custard cake that my family eats for Christmas breakfast. I don't think I'll get any this year. My mom is not well enough to make it, and I'm not sure my sister and I will take the time to do it ourselves.

[sassypants]

I just finished City of Girls. It was pretty good. The narrator asides got tedious but the overall story was charming. I'm about to start Mrs. Everything.

QOTW: I love my grandma's herb onion bread. I make it now and it tastes just like I remembered it. DH loves it, too, which makes my heart happy.

[krystee]

I read The Favorite Daughter by Patti Callahan Henry (it was fine) and I am reading Roar, which I am really enjoying. I don’t usually get into short stories.

QOTW: My mom’s mashed potatoes. She puts cream cheese in them, and they are amazing.

[mrspez07]

I finished listening to Paragon Hotel, excellent!
I finished reading the Bookstore of Yesterday’s, just ok

I started listening to the Hearts Invisible Furies and started reading Recursion.
Weirdly, the HIF audio is 4 chapters, and the first chapter is 10 hours long!

Food: I like the appetizers/ snacks. I always come back to them. And pumpkin pie.

[abs]

I finished The Family Upstairs earlier this week. I don't know if I liked it exactly but it kept my attention the whole time and was a crazy read. Thrillers are always a good way to get out of a reading slump. I'm not sure what is next.

QOTW: Sweet potato casserole. I only make it for Thanksgiving/Christmas and it's so yummy. I love appetizers, too.

[darnkatz]

I just finished rereading Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy again (YA).

QOTW: It's a tie between pumpkin pie and dressing.