What are ya reading?

[honeychile]

A little bit of a curve ball here, but are many of y'all in a book club? What do you do if you have absolutely no interest in the selected book? I have so little quality time to read, the thought of wasting time on something that doesn't thrill me is frustrating!

[KatieKate1244]

Technically it's an audiobook but I'm finishing up The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger. Here's what Amazon says about it:

Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost.

It's very well done; the kids speak and think like kids, the dialogue feels authentic. One one hand it feels like a juicy beach read, but on the other it also feels very realistic.

[Jen]

I just finished "My Sister The Serial Killer" by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It's set in Lagos, and is about a woman who is always cleaning up after her sister - literally. It was long listed for the Booker Prize this year.

[flirt5721]

Just finished 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

And started You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

[Tom Earp]

The Aztec Heresy by Paul Christopher.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

The Aztec Heresy by Paul Christopher.

Enjoyed the read, but in the end left me up in the air of what just happened?

New read.

Popped by Carol Higgins Clark.

So far so good and interesting!

[honeychile]

Just started "My Name Is Eva." It's got to get better very quickly!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Just started "My Name Is Eva." It's got to get better very quickly!

I see that NinjaPoodle included a link with her book, and I think that's a great idea. Here's the one for "My Name Is Eva".

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Just started "My Name Is Eva." It's got to get better very quickly!

The book did improve, and now I can recommend it.

Now reading "Long Road to Mercy" by David Baldacci. It's in the Atlee Pine series.

[NinjaPoodle]

Dad's Camera
https://www.amazon.com/Dads-Camera-R.../dp/1536201383

[DaffyKD]

Reading Schindler's Listed by Mark Biederman. Mark is the son of two holocaust survivors. His father talked about gold coins he had hidden before being shipped off to a concentration camp. Mark started learning all he could about the holocaust at a very young age, and after his dad died, he started a long journey to try to find his father's gold. In the process, he discovered his father was the 3rd name of Schindler's List, thus the title.

Very easy read. Reads more like a mystery than a non-fictional historical book.

DaffyKD

[Jen]

I'm doing the Shakespeare 2020 Challenge this year - https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/ so first up is Twelfth Night which I started today.


I'm also reading Brendan Reichs YA book Nemesis, the first in a three book series. So far it's really good - he writes great teenagers.


I'm also reading Osprey Publishing's F-16 Fighting Falcon Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom because I have an obsession with the Viper.

[Sciencewoman]

I saw the newest/annual Daniel Silva thriller on the "new books" shelf at the library and grabbed it. Then I realized I had probably missed last year's, too. Then I realized I am 4 books behind and checked out all 4 of the 2016-2019 books. So I'm set with books for a bit!

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I saw the newest/annual Daniel Silva thriller on the "new books" shelf at the library and grabbed it. Then I realized I had probably missed last year's, too. Then I realized I am 4 books behind and checked out all 4 of the 2016-2019 books. So I'm set with books for a bit!

I'm a die hard Daniel Silva fan. His last book, The New Girl, was fantastic.

DaffyKD

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

I'm a die hard Daniel Silva fan. His last book, The New Girl, was fantastic.

DaffyKD

Thank you! I'm stocking up on a few good books as I prepare for some surgery, and I love Daniel Silva!

With that in mind, is there a writer on the line of Maeve Binchy? I've read and reread all of her books, and would love something on that line. Gentle, folksy, yet not vapid.