Friday March 6 - Reading Recap

[ufcasey]

What books have you been reading this week?

QOTW:
If you had a time machine that would let you go back in time and definitively solve one mystery (you can only view history, not change it) what would you want to solve/know? 

[meowmaps]

I finished Uncanny Valley earlier this week. Now I'm reading Saint X and hoping to finish it today. I'm really enjoying it.

QOTW: The first thing that came to mind is Amelia Earhart and wanting to know what happened/where she went.

[wesleycrusher]

-Find Me by André Aciman
-Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
-The Two Towers (audio) by J.R.R. Tolkein

QOTW:
Off the top of my head I can only think of Jack the Ripper. ETA: ok after thinking about it more, I'd like to know if George Mallory reached the summit of Everest and what happened to his camera.

[litskispeciality]

I started "Luckiest Girl Alive" and "Daisy Jones and the Six", however the latter isn't catching me as much as I thought it would.

QOTW: There was a local murder in my area that was never solved. Her parents did a LOT of work to help other families of missing kids, I'd love for them to get closure, and justice.

[rainbowchip]

I'm almost done with Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan.

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone with my kids!

QOTW: I feel like I should have something a little more significant but I've always wanted to know who killed Jon Benet Ramsay.

[ufcasey]

I read The Huntress by Katie Quinn - 4 stars.
I also re-read books 3 and 5 in Lisa Kleypas's Hathaways series.

QOTW: I would want to go back in time and figure out definitively why all the dinosaurs went extinct.

[dontlook]

- All The Lost Things by Michelle Sacks: 4.75 stars
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth: 1.5 stars
I’m currently reading Life will be the death of me by Chelsea Handler.

QOTW: I like the dinosaur answers. That would be cool.

[minzy]

I’m slogging through Less by Andrew Sean Greer. I’m not in the mood for it and probably would give up, but it won the Pulitzer and I have “less” than 100 pages to go, so I will keep on. I need a page turner next to get back on track.

QOTW: It wouldn’t matter to anybody else, but I’d want to know the source of my mom’s cancer, which was discovered when she was only about two years older than I am now. Was it years of secondhand smoke inhalation? Radon? That she could have taken better care of herself? Something genetic or a random mutation? I’ll never know.

[meowmaps]

Mar 6, 2020 17:13:35 GMT -5 minzy said:

I’m slogging through Less by Andrew Sean Greer. I’m not in the mood for it and probably would give up, but it won the Pulitzer and I have “less” than 100 pages to go, so I will keep on. I need a page turner next to get back on track.

QOTW: It wouldn’t matter to anybody else, but I’d want to know the source of my mom’s cancer, which was discovered when she was only about two years older than I am now. Was it years of secondhand smoke inhalation? Radon? That she could have taken better care of herself? Something genetic or a random mutation? I’ll never know.

I had a hard time with Less too. It just didn’t grab me.

[mrspez07]

I just finished listening to Magic for Liars. Very good, and narrators time and inflections were excellent.

QOTW:
I originally immediately thought of Amelia Earhart, then a local unsolved murder of a boy, now I can’t decide or come up with another!

[tacokick]

The Sun Down Hotel by Simone St James (very good!)

Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (good)

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate (editor) (okay)

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little (eh)

You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by Patricia Marx & Roz Chast (blah)

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (good but a downer)

Roomies by Christina Lauren (fluff)

QOTW: Agatha Christie’s disappearance!

[krystee]

I am reading Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo right now. Too early to know what I think so far.

QOTW: I would determine what happened to Madeleine McCann so the person could be brought to justice. I can’t imagine anything worse than not knowing what happened to your child and wondering if they are alive or dead.

[meowmaps]

Mar 6, 2020 22:15:34 GMT -5 tacokick said:

The Sun Down Hotel by Simone St James (very good!)

Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (good)

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate (editor) (okay)

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little (eh)

You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by Patricia Marx & Roz Chast (blah)

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (good but a downer)

Roomies by Christina Lauren (fluff)

QOTW: Agatha Christie’s disappearance!

I’m glad you liked The Sun Down Motel! I’m picking it up from the library tomorrow.

[travella]

I finished A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, 2*. I'm currently reading The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys.

QOTW: I cannot think of anything at the moment, but I do think it would be neat to see what happened to Amelia Earhart.

[charlatti]

I just finished Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester. I loved it at first but it seemed to drag in the second half.

QOTW: I’m blanking on anything historical, but there are a couple of minor family mysteries I’d love to solve.

[tacokick]

Mar 7, 2020 0:21:42 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

Mar 6, 2020 22:15:34 GMT -5 tacokick said:

The Sun Down Hotel by Simone St James (very good!)

Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (good)

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate (editor) (okay)

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little (eh)

You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by Patricia Marx & Roz Chast (blah)

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (good but a downer)

Roomies by Christina Lauren (fluff)

QOTW: Agatha Christie’s disappearance!

I’m glad you liked The Sun Down Motel! I’m picking it up from the library tomorrow.

It was fun! It easily could have slid into cheesy territory with the ghost aspect but it really didn’t.

[Vespasia]

Read:
In the Clearing by Robert Dugoni
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

I actually went to library and checked out a physical book for the first time in probably 15 years for the second one. I have been wanting to read that and the next in the series for ages but didn't want to pay $10 for a < 200 page book.

QOTW: Jack the Ripper's identity was the first thing that came to mind.

[sassypants]

I'm almost done with The Starless Sea and Origin.

QOTW: I'd love to know about Jesus' life from age 13-30ish since there is nothing written about it. On a personal note I'd love to know exactly how many times my Granny was actually married.