Friday 10/16

[ufcasey]

Happy Friday! What have you been reading this week?

QOTW: Would you rather spend your whole life only living in the confines of one small town or would you rather spend your whole life not being able to live in the same place for longer than a year?

[tacokick]

Slow week! The Searcher was long! Then my new Kindle Oasis arrived and I had to wait to charge it. I actually read the last two books in the middle of the night last night when I couldn’t sleep so I would have only read three! Now I’m reading some British book I can’t remember the name of.

The Searcher by Tana French

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson

The End of Her by Shari Lapena

The Wife Staker by Liv Constantine

QOTW: both of those sound like horrible choices!! I hate moving but I also would hate to live in a small town. I guess the small town and hope it’s near a city and that the cost of living is so low I can travel a lot?

[dontlook]

I read Virgin River #1 and #2. I’ll probably read most of the series. Quick easy reads.

QOTW: one small town for sure. I hate moving. I would hate to move that frequently.

[meowmaps]

I finished Winter Counts on Sunday. Really good, quick read. Then I read Mother Land and really enjoyed that. Then I did something I haven't done for a while, I started and stopped reading four different books. I finally settled on Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture.

tacokick - What did you think of Leave the World Behind? I got 10% into it and just couldn't continue. The writing style just wasn't working for me.

QOTW: Definitely small town. I'd love to experience that kind of community. I moved around as a kid and because of that I've always wondered what it would be like to live one place and make lifelong friendships. My mom had that kind of upbringing, but not in a small town. She's still friends with someone she's known since kindergarten.

[travella]

I finished Guest List. It was disappointing.
I'm currently reading Home Before Dark.

Qotw: We move every couple years and it seems like too much at times. I miss knowing everyone and feeling a true sense of belonging to a community, but I also love all the experiences we've had that we wouldn't have had otherwise. If I had to pick then I guess I'd pick to move every year.

[tacokick]

Oct 16, 2020 12:48:25 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

I finished Winter Counts on Sunday. Really good, quick read. Then I read Mother Land and really enjoyed that. Then I did something I haven't done for a while, I started and stopped reading four different books. I finally settled on Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture.

tacokick - What did you think of Leave the World Behind? I got 10% into it and just couldn't continue. The writing style just wasn't working for me.

QOTW: Definitely small town. I'd love to experience that kind of community. I moved around as a kid and because of that I've always wondered what it would be like to live one place and make lifelong friendships. My mom had that kind of upbringing, but not in a small town. She's still friends with someone she's known since kindergarten.

I didn’t not love it. The language was very stilted to me—almost overly formal? It just read as clunky.

It was very short so I finished it but I’m not quite sure what the hype is about. The ending was anticlimactic too.

[meowmaps]

Oct 16, 2020 16:33:30 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Oct 16, 2020 12:48:25 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

I finished Winter Counts on Sunday. Really good, quick read. Then I read Mother Land and really enjoyed that. Then I did something I haven't done for a while, I started and stopped reading four different books. I finally settled on Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture.

tacokick - What did you think of Leave the World Behind? I got 10% into it and just couldn't continue. The writing style just wasn't working for me.

QOTW: Definitely small town. I'd love to experience that kind of community. I moved around as a kid and because of that I've always wondered what it would be like to live one place and make lifelong friendships. My mom had that kind of upbringing, but not in a small town. She's still friends with someone she's known since kindergarten.

I didn’t not love it. The language was very stilted to me—almost overly formal? It just read as clunky.

It was very short so I finished it but I’m not quite sure what the hype is about. The ending was anticlimactic too.

Thanks! That makes me feel better about passing on it.

[mrspez07]

I’m Listening to Far from the Tree and reading Mercy House. Liking both so far.

QOTW: I have lived my whole life in the same area, except for college which was 1.5 hours away. My parents live in the same house I grew up in. I am very comfortable this way, but I also love to travel. I’m in a weird frame of mind right now and not really feeling close to any friends locally or otherwise these days, so I’ll go with moving around every year, as long as I could do it anywhere in the world and it was my choice.

[charlatti]

I’m reading The Searcher by Tana French — I like it a lot so far. I couldn’t get into The Witch Elm, so I’m glad this one is more up my alley.

QOTW: I hate moving, so definitely small town. It helps that we just finished watching the Gilmore Girls series, so I have a fun and quirky small town in mind. Maybe my response would be different if we had watched something with an insufferable close-minded small town.

[Nonny]

I'm a few chapters away from finishing Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick - it's more sciencey and less self-helpy. I've also been reading snippets here and there of other non-fiction I've put down for months (or years).

QOTW: I'm taking this to mean "spending your whole life" that you couldn't travel? If so, absolutely not. But really, the answer is no to the small town anyway. I didn't grow up in a town that was that small, but the gossip and people being up in your business is just too much for me. I want privacy and for people to leave me alone.

My ideal situation would be a "home base" somewhere that I could return to for say 6-9 months of the year, while spending the other months living and experiencing other places. 

Basically I hate both of these options. LOL! I hate moving, but I also hate small towns.

[minzy]

I finished Know My Name by Chanel Miller for book club, which I thought was excellent, though the subject matter was tough. Then I read A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran. I am reading Stuart Little with my kids, and nephew via FaceTime. I have a few others started.

QOTW: I guess I’d rather be in one town, as long as it was one I liked!