All Thing Books And Reading Thread 2020

[rubysmama]

That sounds really good!!!

I figured that blurb would catch your attention.

 

[Mia6]

I figured that blurb would catch your attention.

You did it on purpose, naughty girl!! Now I'll have to read it!!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Reading a VERY old favorite, "Ariel," by Steven Boyette. And it has the "new" afterword. I first read it way back in 1983, and have enjoyed it several times since. It's about a boy and his unicorn, and what happens when the boy, inevitably, becomes a man.

 

[Tobermory]

Reading a VERY old favorite, "Ariel," by Steven Boyette. And it has the "new" afterword. I first read it way back in 1983, and have enjoyed it several times since. It's about a boy and his unicorn, and what happens when the boy, inevitably, becomes a man.

I don’t think I’ve read it. I’ll check it out! I read “The Last Unicorn” by Peter Beagle many, many years ago...and more than once.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I don’t think I’ve read it. I’ll check it out! I read “The Last Unicorn” by Peter Beagle many, many years ago...and more than once.

I love Beagle. My favorite is "The Folk of the Air." There's a man searching for himself in his old college town, his best friend, an old ex flame who becomes a new...something, a fictionalized version of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a cowardly dog who is more than she seems, and a Goddess. In California, of course, where such things are perfectly normal and expected

 

[Mia6]

I found a book to read.

Was looking for something seasonal, but not a Hallmark-y romance one, LOL, and came across this one on Hoopla.

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

I have the hard copy coming from another library.

 

[rubysmama]

I have the hard copy coming from another library.

Oh, good. Now I'll have someone to "talk" about it with.

 

[pearl99]

Well, heck. Did you ever read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows? Wonderful book.

I loved this book!

 

[pearl99]

Finished Barack Obama's book - A Promised Land. It was really interesting, but some parts could have been edited a lot, imo.

Now onto our December 2020 book of the month club - A Christmas Carol.

I got halfway through it before it was due back at the library, so waiting again- am on the waiting list.
I felt the same, kind of wordy but I am finding it very interesting.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I finished "Ariel" and am reading "Christmas Cats, a Literary Companion," edited by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, of "Joe Grey" fame.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

"Christmas Cats" was an utterly charming and quick read! Perfect for curling up with on a cold winter's night! I've now moved on to "Origin," by Dan Brown. I love the Brown books. Robert Langdon is such an interesting character, and the books themselves are thought-provoking. LOL, I remember all the uproar over The Da Vinci Code, with people screaming that some of the landmarks were in the wrong place or facing the wrong direction, or that this, that or the other wasn't correct...and my answer to all of that was, "HEY...IT IS FICTION! It is meant to entertain, which it does quite well, not to educate! Get over yourselves!"

 

[rubysmama]

I finished The Hunting Party. It was a really quick read, with short chapters to keep you interested.

Now I've started another one from Hoopla - The Christmas Joy Ride. It looks like a short, fun Christmas book.

 

[Mia6]

Oh, good. Now I'll have someone to "talk" about it with.

I have the book and also the DVD of the same name but not the same story but it looked good so I got both, ha!!!

 

[aliceneko]

Now reading the original Handmaid's Tale after having read the new edition earlier this year.

 

[rubysmama]

Now I've started another one from Hoopla - The Christmas Joy Ride. It looks like a short, fun Christmas book.

Yes, I quoted myself, LOL. Couldn't get into that book. And now Christmas is over, no interest at all.

After searching my library site for something interesting, I finally borrowed Someone We Know. It's pretty good, so far.

 

[jcat]

The holidays are a good time to reread
Homer's Odyssey
and
Homer: The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat
by Gwen Cooper

 

[Mia6]

Yes, I quoted myself, LOL. Couldn't get into that book. And now Christmas is over, no interest at all.

After searching my library site for something interesting, I finally borrowed Someone We Know. It's pretty good, so far.

I love her books!

 

[rubysmama]

I love her books!

I think this is the first one I've read by her, but I'm really enjoying it, so can see myself reading her other ones too.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

SO...Hekitty got me books for Christmas, the first of the Alfie books, as well as two more of the Bob books, and three Jennifer Crusie books. I'm saving the cat books to read one after the other, and started on "Agnes and the Hitman," by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. I've been resistant to getting the collaboration books, because Crusie, but OH BOY was that a fun book! Stayed up much too late in order to finish it, and immediately dove into "Don't Look Down" in the wee hours of this morning. So far, so very good!

 

[BellaGooch]

I've been procrastinating, but I started Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I'm only about 10 pages in, but so far, so good! I do love Agatha!