Friday 3/27 reading thread

[meowmaps]

What did you read this week?

QOTW: Spring is in the air - what's your favorite part about the season?  

[meowmaps]

I read Call Me American. It was a wonderful memoir. It really put some things into perspective for me. Things are scary right now and I'm anxious but I'm still really fortunate and privileged in so many ways.

I started Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead yesterday.  It has a fairy tale kind of feel to it.  I'm going to delve into that right after I eat some lunch.  

QOTW: I love the cherry blossoms and all spring flowers actually. I also love seeing new life. We have two goose nests out back. I can't wait for the goslings!

[sassypants]

I started reading Blood of Elves from the Witcher series and quickly discovered that my library was confused. They called this book 1, but it's really book 2. Thankfully, with the National Archives making so many books available to people during the quarantine, I was able to find the actual first book, The Last Wish, so I started that last night.

QOTW: I like the better produce. The hothouse options just aren't nearly as good.

[wesleycrusher]

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh- .5
Wishful Drinking (audio) by Carrie Fisher- 4
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens (audio) by Eddie Izzard- 4
Granny's Got a Gun (audio) by Lin Harper- 3

QOTW: Baseball season in our neighborhood

[travella]

I finished Nickel Boys and Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center, 3*. While Things you Save in a Fire is not a book I would typically like, it was a good book for right now. I started This Tender Land by William Krueger. So far it's similar to Nickel Boys so I'm hoping I can actually make it through this book.

QOTW: I enjoy the warmer weather and opening the pool.

[charlatti]

I finished 142 Ostriches by April Davila and Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande. I was not thrilled by either one. Mountains was better — it had a lot of great things about it but they didn’t quite come together well enough.

Qotw: sunshine and flowers! Spring is such a tease here — we get a bunch of gorgeous days followed by snow. But the sun is wonderful when it’s here.

[mrspez07]

I just started Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah, the next book in my stack is Summer Wives. It’s also appropriate, because it’s currently snowing here (Denver metro).

Spring = tulips

[Nonny]

I'm reading High Lonesome Sound by Jaye Wells - I follow her on Twitter and she gave it away for free the other day since everyone is trapped at home right now. I'm also reading the follow up short story to The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, called The Bookish Holidays of Nina (I'll be done with this shortly, it's only 36 double spaced pages).


QOTW: I like Easter Candy. I normally like the weather, but it's been kind of dreary and rainy where I am, but also ridiculously polleny, and I'm over all of my allergy problems (I'm a broken record about this issue lately). 

[abs]

I finally finished Big Lies in a Small Town. It took me forever to get into it but that was 100% me and not the book. Once I hit the 50% mark I couldn't put it down. One of her better books I think.

QOTW: Spring? It was 90 degrees here all week. We skipped straight to summer. My favorite part of THAT season is staying up late, playing with neighbors, and going to the pool but that obviously isn't happening...

[rootbeerfloat]

I read Roomies by Christina Lauren (3*) and The Island is Sea Women by Lisa See (4*).

QOTW: March Madness (not this year obv 😥)

[sassypants]

Mar 27, 2020 12:42:48 GMT -5 wesleycrusher said:

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh- .5
Wishful Drinking (audio) by Carrie Fisher- 4
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens (audio) by Eddie Izzard- 4
Granny's Got a Gun (audio) by Lin Harper- 3

QOTW: Baseball season in our neighborhood

Am I reading this correctly that you gave it half a star? That's awesome! Do tell...

[wesleycrusher]

Mar 28, 2020 23:52:39 GMT -5 sassypants said:

Mar 27, 2020 12:42:48 GMT -5 wesleycrusher said:

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh- .5
Wishful Drinking (audio) by Carrie Fisher- 4
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens (audio) by Eddie Izzard- 4
Granny's Got a Gun (audio) by Lin Harper- 3

QOTW: Baseball season in our neighborhood

Am I reading this correctly that you gave it half a star? That's awesome! Do tell...

No sorry, that's supposed to be 3.5, the 3 button on my computer sticks most of the time and I didn't catch it.

But here's my review:  Having gone through Christian youth group in the early 2000s, I am definitely familiar with this culture.  I felt like the author did do a good job remaining impartial (he is Jewish) and I think what helped him remain so its that most of the people he interviewed didn't seem to buy into what they were hocking- jewelry, books, music, etc- that stood out to me.   I would be interested to see this updated because I feel like a lot has changed in Christianity and Christian pop culture in the last 12 years since it was written.

[tacokick]

We Met in December by Rosie Curtis

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic Michael McCreary

What You Wish For by Katherine Center

The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren

The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor

The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett

Father's Arcane Daughter by E.L. Konigsberg

Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant

Nothing really stood out TBH

QOTW: flowers blooming, the promise of fresh local produce eventually making an appearance