What are ya reading?

[chi-o_cat]

I haven't been posting in this thread even though I've been reading a lot this year. I ended up reading a book over the weekend that contained a sorority recruitment as part of one character's story. The book is called So Much a Part of You by Polly Dugan. The book is made up of connected stories, so each story could be read on its own, but if you read them all, the characters, plotlines and themes intersect in a cool way to tell a larger story.

The story that is sorority-related is called "Blackball," which yes, the title is pretty much a spoiler, but it's worth reading, either as a stand-alone story, or, preferably, part of the whole book.

[honeychile]

I'm about halfway through The New Girl, by Daniel Silva. It's another book of his Gabriel Allon series.

Silva explains that the concept is loosely based on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

chi-o_cat, that's one of the genres I love - stories that connect to each other. Maeve Binchy had that perfected!

[honeychile]

Finished The New Girl, and really enjoyed it.

Moved on to Alex Trebek's The Answer Is... Reflections on My Life

The Answer Is... was an easy but fun short read. DH read it first (as he finished his book before I did), and we both liked it. Each chapter has an Answer, then he expounds on that topic. Examples include topics such as Ken Jennings, Marriage, Will Ferrall. Because of the format, Alex jumps around, instead of a "I was born, I went to school, I got my first job" type of book. It is very recently written, which is obvious as he mentioned COVID.

There was one major exclusion, which has both mr. honeychile & I wondering why it was excluded, but I won't mention it at this point. Enjoy!

Now I have to decide on the next book - a happy dilemma!