Keeper, a book by a caregiver’s experience with her MIL’s Alzheimer’s. I’m 85% done and I will need something light after this. My Mom has Alzheimer’s and it is like reading about my own mom.
My dad is in the same boat and that would be hard to read. Hit me up if you ever need someone to chat with ❤️
I just finished Daisy Jones and the Six, and I stared a graphic novel adaptation of The Parable of the Sower sometime last week.
I'm also reading Stamped from the Beginning, but it's a very heavy topic and not a fast read so I'm making slow progress. I really should be reading that right now instead of screwing around here, because I need to finish it for my book club next Saturday.
I just downloaded This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger to start today. I just finished The Hunting Party which was meh since I have also recently read The Guest List and they were basically the same book.
I'm going to finish Nights When Nothing Happened (Simon Han) today. I've really enjoyed it. It's not light, but it's a quick read and has me thinking about immigration and childhood in a different way.
Next week I need to finish Saint X. Which is also very good.
A couple of weeks ago I finally finished The City We Became. My favorite book (so far) of 2021.
I like stories that challenge my perceptions and preconceived notions 🙂
Florence Adler Swims Forever - prob my favorite of the month. I knew what it was about but the way the story developed was different from my expectations. This book really touched me.
Every Last Secret - meh. Another Gone Girl rip off. It started strong but I thought it ended lazily.
The Broken Girls - Really liked this. It was an easy read. Outside my usual genre but really enjoyable. After I checked out...
The Sundown Motel - I liked this but not as much as TBG. I guess because TBG had a much meatier main story outside the mystery/supernatural
Where the Forest Meets the Stars - this was just OK. It was kind of a stark opposite of the two books above as far as plot resolution. Good story
The Vanishing Half - very good - prob my second favorite of the month. I wanted more though!
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - this was a strange read for me. First I was madly googling to find out more about the blue people- was shocked that they actually exist. The story itself reminded me of the stories my AP English teacher would have us read (The Dollmaker and another I can’t remember). The one thing I didn’t like was the way the author equated the racism the blue people experienced was on par with what Black people had to endure. It was just an odd addition.
ETA: Maybe the book I’m thinking of was Gap Creek? If so way past college and high school .
I have The Yellow House and Girl With the Louding Voice sitting here and I need to read them over the next couple days before they’re due.
ETA: Just finished The Girl With the Louding Voice. I looooved. Takes this month’s #1 spot
I like your list. I'm waiting for The Vanishing Half from the library for my book club for Feb and I just requested Florence Adler.
TR, you’ve read A Promised Land, right? Is it worth the time it’s going to take to read it? This thing should be worth two books in my Goodreads count. Lol I read for 30 minutes last night and only made it to 2%.
TR, you’ve read A Promised Land, right? Is it worth the time it’s going to take to read it? This thing should be worth two books in my Goodreads count. Lol I read for 30 minutes last night and only made it to 2%.
Hahahah yes I did. I do think it’s worth the time. Especially if, like me, you didn’t pay as much attention to politics around the time he was elected and his first term. Learning about his campaign and what he faced coming into office was fascinating for me. The behind the scenes, conversations, the deal making, etc. he’s so honest about his faults, about the challenges and why he made certain decisions. I will say, around the 50% mark when he starts getting into international diplomacy he gets REAL in the weeds with Middle East history and policy. It’s good info and I’m glad I read it, but it got more challenging for sure. It SHOULD count as two books even though it’s only half his story LOL
TR, you’ve read A Promised Land, right? Is it worth the time it’s going to take to read it? This thing should be worth two books in my Goodreads count. Lol I read for 30 minutes last night and only made it to 2%.
Hahahah yes I did. I do think it’s worth the time. Especially if, like me, you didn’t pay as much attention to politics around the time he was elected and his first term. Learning about his campaign and what he faced coming into office was fascinating for me. The behind the scenes, conversations, the deal making, etc. he’s so honest about his faults, about the challenges and why he made certain decisions. I will say, around the 50% mark when he starts getting into international diplomacy he gets REAL in the weeds with Middle East history and policy. It’s good info and I’m glad I read it, but it got more challenging for sure. It SHOULD count as two books even though it’s only half his story LOL
Thanks! This is helpful. I really want to read it and so far it’s holding my attention, but I’m cringing at the amount of time it’s going to take. Ha
I was chuckling at his foreword where he says someone with more brevity could have condensed it down into one shorter book. I appreciate that he acknowledges this. Lol
Hahahah yes I did. I do think it’s worth the time. Especially if, like me, you didn’t pay as much attention to politics around the time he was elected and his first term. Learning about his campaign and what he faced coming into office was fascinating for me. The behind the scenes, conversations, the deal making, etc. he’s so honest about his faults, about the challenges and why he made certain decisions. I will say, around the 50% mark when he starts getting into international diplomacy he gets REAL in the weeds with Middle East history and policy. It’s good info and I’m glad I read it, but it got more challenging for sure. It SHOULD count as two books even though it’s only half his story LOL
Thanks! This is helpful. I really want to read it and so far it’s holding my attention, but I’m cringing at the amount of time it’s going to take. Ha
I was chuckling at his foreword where he says someone with more brevity could have condensed it down into one shorter book. I appreciate that he acknowledges this. Lol
I did the audiobook version and it was enjoyable. I’m from Illinois, so I really liked the recap of his previous state campaigns. His recount of passing the ACA was really interesting. The Deepwater Horizon section was my favorite in the book - it really shone a light on the frustrations of holding the highest office in the land, and feeling accountable to a public that wants everything but wants to pay for nothing.
I put it at a 4 star on Goodreads. He knows he’s just yapping at parts, but his knack for communicating his hope is very inspirational.
The whole Harry Potter series. I'm on Order of the Phoenix. I'm about 20 years too late to the game, but it's not like I've got a lot else going on right now.
Post by notsopicky on Jan 24, 2021 18:20:54 GMT -5
Adult: A Promised Land (Obama), The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin, in anticipation of Don Lemon's This is the Fire, coming out in March), and a book about instructional coaching by Jim McKnight.
MG/YA: Prairie Lotus (Park), Ghost (Jason Reynolds), Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Kwame Mbalia)
I’m reading Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine. It’s nonfiction (so far, it’s accounts of Rankine’s conversations with white men while standing in line for priority boarding or sitting in first class), poetry, photography, and scholarship all mixed together. It’s fascinating/enraging what these men will say when asked about their privilege; I don’t know how she manages to stay so calm.
I just finished by Transcendent Kingdom. Yaa Gyasi which was excellent.
I love Blondie but Debbie Harry's autobiography is cringe.
How so? I didn’t plan on reading it but now I want to know lol
It's all just a lot of name dropping and weird anecdotes.
She was followed home by some older men at age 12 and her parents Invited Them In and totally laughed it off. She supplied heroin to Chris Stein the whole time he was in the hospital with his life threatening illness. She loves to talk about how beautiful she is (she IS but every other page?) and how punk rock she is. She had a back injury at one point and tried different remedies. "I preferred acupuncture, partly because it's got 'punc' in it." 🙄🙄
TW TW The craziest thing TW
A man forced his way into her and Chris' apartment. He stole all their stuff and raped her on the way out. “I can’t say that I felt a lot of fear. In the end, the stolen guitars hurt me more than the rape.”
I have feelings but I'm going to finish the fucking book if it kills me.
I’m currently reading Caste. It’s a great book but it is taking me so much time to finish. I’m going to have request it from the library again bc it’s almost due and I’m not done.
I also just got The Office of Historical Corrections. I’m only 1 short story in so I don’t have thoughts yet. Other recent books:
Obama’s Promised Land. So good. I read the first 3/4 and finished with the audio book. I’m going straight audio next book. I loved hearing him.
The Vanishing Half: I have so many thoughts about this book. I loved it but the end left something to be desired.
The Guest List: meh
Anxious People: great
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: good but I was sobbing by the end.
I’m currently reading Caste. It’s a great book but it is taking me so much time to finish. I’m going to have request it from the library again bc it’s almost due and I’m not done.
I also just got The Office of Historical Corrections. I’m only 1 short story in so I don’t have thoughts yet. Other recent books:
Obama’s Promised Land. So good. I read the first 3/4 and finished with the audio book. I’m going straight audio next book. I loved hearing him.
The Vanishing Half: I have so many thoughts about this book. I loved it but the end left something to be desired.
The Guest List: meh
Anxious People: great
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: good but I was sobbing by the end.
The Cousins: meh
The End of Her: meh
Green lights: audiobook was a lot of fun.
I'm reading Caste too. I love it, but it's a slow read (and I'm a fast reader).
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
I just finished Daisy Jones and the Six, and I stared a graphic novel adaptation of The Parable of the Sower sometime last week.
I'm also reading Stamped from the Beginning, but it's a very heavy topic and not a fast read so I'm making slow progress. I really should be reading that right now instead of screwing around here, because I need to finish it for my book club next Saturday.
The YA version (Stamped) by Ibram and Jason Reynolds, is awesome (and a much easier read)
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”