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July 2016 Moms
PinkLady2015
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So whatcha readin?
PinkLady2015
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I'm in between books right now and trying to decide what's next... I'm rereading The Goldfinch by Donna Tarte for like the fifth time because it's my go to when I'm picking something else out...
So anything good that you've read recently or have been wanting to try?
Here are some other books I've read that were really great:
Wherever There is Light-Peter Golden
In A Dark Dark Wood- Ruth Ware
The Martian- Andy Weir
All The Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr
You- Caroline Kepnes
Night Film- Marisha Pessl
At the Water's Edge- Sara Gruen
Station Eleven- Emily St. John Mandel
The Nightingale- Kristin Hanna
Everything I Never Told You- Celeste Ng
The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins
Sharp Objects- Gillian Flynn
Luckiest Girl Alive- Jessica Knoll
So anything good that you've read recently or have been wanting to try?
Here are some other books I've read that were really great:
Wherever There is Light-Peter Golden
In A Dark Dark Wood- Ruth Ware
The Martian- Andy Weir
All The Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr
You- Caroline Kepnes
Night Film- Marisha Pessl
At the Water's Edge- Sara Gruen
Station Eleven- Emily St. John Mandel
The Nightingale- Kristin Hanna
Everything I Never Told You- Celeste Ng
The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins
Sharp Objects- Gillian Flynn
Luckiest Girl Alive- Jessica Knoll
Re: So whatcha readin?
Have you read other Outlander series books? I've had a few people tell me to get started with them...
I just started a book called Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake. I can't say much about it as I only just started, but Peake published a trilogy of fantasy/gothic books in the 1940s and 50s (entitled Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone) and they are three of my favourite books. There's no magic in them, but for anyone who likes the gothic style and a rather dark (and at times absurd) story, I highly recommend them.
I also recently finished 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. He is one of the only contemporary writers that I truly love. His novels are always surreal and usually involve some fascinating information about Japanese history (one of the major themes of his works is the way that historical trauma reverberates throughout a nation's unconscious). I can't recommend his books enough, especially The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.
Some of my other favourite books:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (if you've ever read Jane Eyre you MUST read Wide Sargasso Sea!)
Mr Ma and Son by Lao She
Macroscope by Piers Anthony
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
1984 by George Orwell (on obvious choice, but such a wonderful book for anyone who hasn't read it)
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
ETA: I've been meaning to read The Goldfinch so I might pick it up once I'm done Mr Pye!
It just sits on my coffee table and looks pretty.
I'm reading The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman and also I Once Was A Nice Guy by Juddy Ferguson
I just reread the Walking Dead Rise of the Governor. Love it.
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood (last in the series, so incredible)
Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (Dark Tower series)
The Clash of Kings by George RR Martin (Song of Ice and fire series)
Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice (Vampire Chronicles)
I love books. I'm always reading at least three at a time because I get so excited haha.
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and loved it.
Dark places and Sharp Object by Gillian Flynn as you mentioned.
All of Lisa Genovas books were great--Inside the Obriens, Love Anthony and of course Still Alice.
Before that I got caught up on all the Game of Thrones books. I can't remember before that because it took a VERY long time to read those, but they were very good.
Also, goodreads is amazing. If anyone wants to be buddies on that I think the risk of stranger danger is pretty low.
Married: May 16th 2015
I need to finish All the light you cannot see.
Before that I had just read the Art of asking (nonfiction).
I think the queasiness made it hard for me to focus on a book, but maybe I can start up again....
Harry Potter is my all-time favourite. I re-read it every couple of years. My last re-read was while pregnant with DD, big mistake. The hormones! I was sobbing inconsolably during the sadder parts.
Last January I started a "Reading Challenge" with BIL (this one: https://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2015-36071458?crlt.pid=camp.RTlcdYOWNcmE ). One of my resolutions this year is to try to read a bit every night before bed, like I used to, because I had pretty abysmal progress this past year compared to how much I used to read before DD.
I'm currently reading "Fiela's Child" by Dalene Mattee (for "a book originally written in a different language"), I'm really enjoying it.
Recently finished: The Light Between Two Oceans by M.L. Stedman (liked it, but found the characters frustrating); The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared by Allan Karlsson (enjoyed it, it was weird and funny); and gave up on Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (will go back to it later, just wasn't in the mood and couldn't connect to the characters which is really important to me).
I hear on the Potter tears!!! There are times I've been such a mess (and the rest have been planning a hogwarts nursery or trying to convince the DH that Albus is an awesome name).