Friday 7/17: What are you reading?

[charlatti]

What have you been reading this week? Any raves or rants?

QOTW: What’s your best at-home stress relief activity or technique?

[travella]

I'm still reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

QOTW: Exercise, even if it means only going for a walk around the neighborhood.

[meowmaps]

I read When Time Stopped: A Memoir of my Father's War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann. I highly recommend it!

Now I'm reading These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card. This is another great read. I'll probably finish it up later today.

QOTW: Ditto travella. If it's not a walk or hike outside then I'm on the elliptical to release those endorphins. I also find that escaping into a book helps.

[litskispeciality]

I'm slowly chipping away at "Ghosted" I'm hoping it picks up.

QOTW: I like to take baths. We have a temp above ground pool, on sunny days it really helps.

[rainbowchip]

I finished The Girl With the Louding Voice. It was good. A little drawn out for my taste.

I'm still chipping away at Good Morning, Monster.

I started Red at the Bone this morning.

QOTW: I watch TV.

[Vespasia]

I finished Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth. I know she is popular but I hadn't actually read anything else by this author. This book went in a different direction than I expected but I really enjoyed it. 

Now I am reading China Rich Girlfriend. I'm not sure that I would say it was good exactly but I needed something really light. It's been a long week. 


QOTW: I was reading outside every evening but now it is too hot to do so. I am hoping to redo our yard to create a nice spot with shade but doing the work sounds annoying. 

[CrazyLucky]

I'm almost done reading Between The World and Me. It's a hard book to read, at least for me.
Next up is Camino Winds.
And I'm reading Accidental Saints with my church.

I need some kind of stress relief. I walk the dog every night and that probably helps, but I feel really stressed right now. And drinking of course, lol.

[charlatti]

I have sort of started two: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams. Neither has hooked me so far, but to be fair I haven’t given either much time.

QOTW: I normally walk, but right now it’s so hot and I’m just tired of walking. I’ve seen every street in my neighborhood a hundred billion times already. I’ve been enjoying playing old Wii sports games.

[dontlook]

I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver. I’m still reading Hamilton.

QOTW: drinking?! Not a great answer but I love nothing more than a drink and book on my porch.

[mrspez07]

I started the Second Empress by Michelle Moran and downloaded the audio of Bury your Dead by Louise Penny. I’ve had a bit of an off week on getting into the books.



QOTW: exercise and deep breathing help. I also spent some time in my yard/garden weeding by myself and that was perfect at that point.

[Vespasia]

Jul 17, 2020 18:22:04 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Bury your Dead by Louise Penny.

I think this is my favorite of the series so far. It also made me really, really want to go to Quebec City. Just probably not in winter!

[minzy]

Since I last checked in I read Flight by Olga Tokarczuk, Greta Thunberg’s No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference (a short and repetitive collection of her speeches), and we finished These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have about four other books open right now, so am all over the place.

QOTW: Exercise is key for me to feel even keeled. Reading of course. I’ve been a little more serious about gardening this year. We are a very far cry from any form of self sufficiency, but I still love being able to eat my own food. And just today I started a paint kit which will take me awhile, but I am really liking so far. paintplot.com/products/ten-peaks-kit?_pos=3&_sid=3aa6daeb4&_ss=r

[tacokick]

All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson (the sequel to Ice Cream Girls, not as good)

Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume (the main character is so creepy in this!)

With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt (I always like her books but this one was a little flat)

Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor (really enjoyed this, it was about a ghostwriter writing a feminist’s memoir about motherhood)

Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand (she really needs to stick to writing about rich white people only)

QOTW:

I guess reading lol

[abs]

I'm reading The Heir Affair--the follow up to The Royal We. It took me a few chapters to get into it but now I'm enjoying it. It's been a fun escape.

QOTW: exercise and driving around by myself listening to the music that I like.

[krystee]

I finished The Kiss Quotient and Beach Read. I didn’t realize The Kiss Quotient was a steamy read, so that was a surprise. Both were enjoyable light reads.

QOTW: My stress relief is swimming in our pool in the summer.

[dutchgirl678]

I recently read The Fountains of Silence. This was such a great book, I couldn't put it down. Very moving and an eye opener about what happened in Spain under General Franco in the 1950s. 5*

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. I recently watched the movie and then had to read the book. Besides the story of Walter McMillian it also talks about lots of other cases he has worked on in his long career including his plight to get children to not be sentenced to life without parole or tried as an adult and to get relief for people with mental disabilities. 5*

For a lighter read, I recently read all six books in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. The premise is a bit odd but the back stories of where these sisters came from is interesting. 3.5*