Friday 8/26 reading thread

[charlatti]

What have you been reading this week?

QOTW: What classic books have you enjoyed that you read for fun (rather than as a student)?

[litskispeciality]

I'm still chipping away at 7 Husband's of Evelyn Hugo (would love to finally finish this weekend) and I'm about 60 pages in to Where the Crawdad's Sing. I really hope it picks up.

QOTW: I love Little Women. I'd love to read the adult version of Great Expectations, but I've only done Dicken's as an abridged children's version.

[charlatti]

I finished a reread of Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers and am looking forward to the sequel coming out this fall. Now reading a mystery, Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron. It has been an exhausting week and I don’t have brain space for anything heavy.

QOTW: I have enjoyed Jane Austen books — Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice were both fun to read. I liked Rebecca also. I don’t pick classics very often; I should try more of them.

[Vespasia]

I finished Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore. I enjoyed this a lot and found the format to be fun and unique. I struggled with whether to rate it 4 or 5 stars before finally deciding on 4 because I liked but didn't love the ending. I haven't ready Oona Out of Order yet but placed a hold right after finishing. 

QOTW:
I don't read classics often. I do remember reading and liking a few Thomas Hardy books in high school. They weren't assigned, I picked them up after Kate Winslet was in an movie adaptation of Jude the Obscure. 

[travella]

I finished Burying Water by K.A. Tucker (3.5*) and The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by a Matt Cain (3*). I'm starting All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers tonight.

Qotw: I have liked everything I've read by Dickens and Steinbeck.

[mrspez07]

I’m listening to Diamond Eye and visually reading Lilac Girls.
I’ve ended up back in the WWII historical fiction cycle after taking a break. I enjoy them, but it can be a lot sometimes. I need to diversify my goodreads list (although I have 300+ books on there!), as those seem to be the top rated books on my list.

QOTW:
I have not had a great success rate of reading classics for fun. Jane Eyre?, but that was decades ago!
I recently gave up on listening to theCount of Monte Christo

[dearprudence]

Finished The Paid Bridesmaid and The Hacienda. Started The Spanish Love Deception and Black Cake.

QOTW: What classic books have you enjoyed that you read for fun (rather than as a student)? Turn of the Screw is one of my all time favorite books, and Austen's Northanger Abbey is my favorite of hers.

[tacokick]

All pretty good!

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

High School by Tegan and Sara Quin

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

QOTW:

I don’t know if I’ve read a lot of classics TBH. I liked Little Women when I was a kid.

[tacokick]

Aug 26, 2022 15:48:21 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I finished Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore. I enjoyed this a lot and found the format to be fun and unique. I struggled with whether to rate it 4 or 5 stars before finally deciding on 4 because I liked but didn't love the ending. I haven't ready Oona Out of Order yet but placed a hold right after finishing. 

I’m reading this now and it’s cute! I didn’t realize at first it was the the author of Oona. I sort of feel like I started that as an ARC and didn’t finish it so maybe I should try again.

[estrellita]

Recently finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. I gave it 3.5 stars. I liked most of it, but there were some things I didn't like. I felt no emotion really from Ari (which I know is a tiny bit the point, he's a introverted teenage boy, but still). I also would have gone a different direction with a few things. It was good, but I admit I was a bit disappointed.

Currently reading Under the Whispering Door. Not too far in yet!

QOTW: The Hobbit