Reminder: Please recommend your fiction, non-fiction, and 'best-of' book lists for book club! I will be setting up separate voting polls early next week, broken down by book genre, to choose our 12 books for next year. So please recommend as many as you like, the more genres the better!
So back to our normal programming - what have you read this week?
QOTW If you had to choose only one format of reading (physical book, ebook, audiobook) that you would have to stick to for the rest of your life, which format would you choose?
I'm still reading Ready Player Two. I'm having a hard time making time to read, mostly because I have been spending a lot of time playing a video game. How appropriate!
I also got my loan of the new Obama book back on audio so trying to make progress there.
QOTW: eBook, no question. I rarely listen to audiobooks and struggle to find time to do so when I have them. Paper books aren't convenient enough, especially for travel.
I read A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett. It was an excellent read in the same vein as Just Mercy.
Now I'm reading What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez. I've not read her work previously. Her voice, at least in this book, makes for a kind of monotone read. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing but I'm still figuring out if I like it or not.
QOTW: I don't do audiobooks because I'm a visual person. That said, it's kind of a toss-up between physical books and ebooks. I like the feel of a physical book but it's hard to beat the convenience of an ebook. Ebook it is!
I read: Playing Nice by Delaney - 3.5 stars, mystery/thriller: really good concept of what you would do when children are swapped at birth but only discovered years later. Didn't care for the ending.
Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Chase - 2.5 stars, historical romance: omg I was bored out of my mind for most of this. Figures that this was a book I won from Goodreads Giveaways - typical 2020.
QOTW: Even though I find myself mainly listening to audiobooks lately, I would pick ebooks. Because I enjoy the experience of sitting and reading instead of what I am doing with an audiobook: listening while doing chores and other mindless things. Physical books are my favorite but the convenience of an ebook just can't be beat.
It was a week of solid books, everything I read was good. I finished:
The Henna Artist, 4* Number The Stars (read with my kids,) 4* In a Holidaze, 3.5* (good for a Christmas book- my expectations are lower for them because I have read so many bad Christmas books, but I still read one every year). Tonight I'm going to start All the Devils are Here.
QOTW: It took me a long time to agree to try an E-book and then to get used to it, but if I had to choose I would chose the ebook. I can take it anywhere easily - it's small and fits in the side pocket of my purse. I can read it while on the elliptical at the gym and not have to worry about keeping the book open. Also, I can read garbage books and not get judged by those around me. I still love the feel and smell of a real book every so often though.
Started Slay on audio last night. When I end up listening to books while working on a quilting project, I have a hard time listening to them any other time, so it may take awhile. Reading The Searcher by Tana French. I got some of the”lucky day” books at the library last week in addition to an already big stack, so I’ve got a lot of physical books to read!
QOTW: Physical books all the way. I added an e-reader to my options with a gift on mothers day this year, but still prefer physical books.
QOTW: I love actual books. I have a kindle I never use, and have never really done audiobooks either. What I’m doing works (for me) so I don’t see the need to change it right now.
I'll work on recommending some books this weekend. I am paralyzed by the prospect for some reason.
I am reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. I am only about 1/3 of the way through, and I usually dont like multiple narrators, but this book is both heartbreaking and beautiful. One of those that you savor rather than rush through.
QOTW:that is a tough one! I'd have to say Kindle, but only because it makes reading in bed in the middle of the night and reading 500+ page books so much easier. But I would be so sad never to read an actual book again! I dont like audio books at all, so no issue there.
I'm listening to Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. It's generally not my genre (memoir) or my preferred subject, but it has really changed my mind about my assumptions of McConaughey. He reads the audio book and I think that makes it 1000% more engaging. The only downside is if I'm even the tiniest bit sleepy, his mellow, Texas drawl puts me right to sleep. lol!
QOTW-- This is a tough question but it would probably have to be traditional hard copy books.
Post by rainbowchip on Dec 14, 2020 14:20:35 GMT -5
I finished A Warm Heart In Winter by J.R. Ward and Craigslist Confessional by Helena Dea Bala.
Craigslist Confessional was a goodreads win and it took me forever to finish it. The author quit her corporate job to allow people to tell her their stories. She then put them all in a book. I'm not really a fan of short stories and this one was extra bad for me because there wasn't even really a thread to tie all the stories together. It was just random people I don't know and don't feel enough about to connect with and their random stories.
QOTW: eReader hands down. I don't buy books. I love being able to get books without leaving my house. And I read in bed so it makes it a lot more comfortable to read.
Post by wanderingback on Dec 17, 2020 5:47:41 GMT -5
I think I’m going to start participating over here more, although I’m a slower reader because I’m busy.
I started Ali Wong’s audio book, hilarious. Still working on A Promised Land.
I read both physical books and then audio books for my subway commute. But if I had to pick just one because I can’t imagine not buying another book again, I enjoy building my collection for special books.