Friday reading June 10th

[Vespasia]

What are you reading this week?


QOTW: What is your favorite summer food?

[charlatti]

I finished an ARC of Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark — took me a couple of tries to get into it, but I liked it a lot once I did. One of the characters really annoyed me but ended up growing on me, and the things that annoyed me made sense with her character, so definitely strong character development.

Now reading Under Lock and Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian, which is fun so far — fairly light mystery.

QOTW: corn on the cob! Also fresh garden tomatoes — those are delicious.

[meowmaps]

I'm reading Remarkably Bright Creatures. Like it so far but haven't been able to give it the time it deserves. I was reading The Violin Conspiracy but could not get into it and quit.

QOTW: watermelon

[tacokick]

It’s summer reading time in the city! I’ve been knocking the books out.

The Foundling by Ann Leary (good idea, bad writing)

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz (love messy family drama)

Under Her Care by Lucinda Berry (bad)

Are You Awake? by Claire McGowan (fun)

Controlled Explosions by Claire McGowan (more of an novella but good)


The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick (eh)

More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez (liked it a lot!)

QOTW:

Steamed crabs! Soft Crabs! Tomatoes! This keeps me going all year

[travella]

I finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 5*. I'm starting The Winemakers Wife by Kristin Harmel tonight.

Qotw: Watermelon and peaches

[Vespasia]

I just realized that I started this and then never actually answered.

I've been reading Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel but struggling to make progress. There's nothing wrong with the book, it's just not really grabbing my attention.

QOTW: It's hard to choose but probably corn on the cob.

[dearprudence]

Finished Lessons in Chemistry and Shit Cassandra Saw. Started Mary Jane.


QOTW: What is your favorite summer food? Probably watermelon, but it's hard to beat a ripe summer tomato drizzled with a little balsamic.

[litskispeciality]

I finished "Hooked" by Sutton Foster.

QOTW: Probably corn on the cob, or fried sea food.

[Gato]

I just finished “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner (who is also heads up Japanese Breakfast). It was great, 4 out of 5 stars. It’s about her mom’s death, and I so identified with her description of that process.

Starting two new ones from the library: Beneficence by Meredith Hall and Clark and Division by Naomi Hirihana.

My favorite summer food is a packed lobster roll.