Comments on: Reading Lately: April 2021

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 03 May 2021 14:59:06 +0000

In reply to Ann. I know exactly what you mean by being swayed by celebrity book club picks. You assume they must be amazing since they were hand selected, but they are generally a little more hit or miss than I'd like. Hope your second vaccination went well!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 03 May 2021 14:56:50 +0000

In reply to Terra W. I love that you are switching out categories from the Reading Challenge!

By: Deborah Austin

Deborah Austin — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 05:41:11 +0000

“Broke” by Jenny Lawson
“Migrations” by Charlotte McConaghy
“Echoes of Home” by M. L. Rayner

By: Terra W

Terra W — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:57:26 +0000

April for me was…
– ReRead a fav… I changed this one to be a “book about Sports” as its the theme I missed last year and read “Lift: Fitness Culture, From Naked Greeks and Acrobats to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors” By Daniel Kunitz
– Own Voices Story : “Six Of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo
– Published in the 1800s : “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson
– Local Author.. Changed this one. I was looking at another book theme list and I came across one that said “Passes the Bechdel test”.. Omg what the heck is that?!? lmao… So I googled it, read the description and found a book list of said books – on that list was “Case Histories” by Kate Atkinson and I have that book so that’s what I chose to do – I’m about halfway done 🙂 (still on track! LOL)

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:53:34 +0000

In April I read, “The Winemaker’s Daughter” by Timothy Egan. He’s a local author from Seattle. Next I read, “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires” by Grady Hendrix”, which was a fun read with a friend. Now I just started Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds”

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:20:18 +0000

I read What’s Mine And Yours by Naima Coster. It was my March BOTM, but I have been slower reading because my daughter had flown home from Brazil to get vaccinated. We have been doing some “running around.” I just realized I had not reviewed it yet on my bookshelf ratings and when I went to do so, I almost could not remember what it was about. That’s never a good sign! Quite frankly, that title kept eluding me. I liked it okay, but haven’t been really enthusiastic about a book in a while. Currently reading Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and feeling about the same. Will read Home by Marilynne Robinson soon. That is part of the Gilead series that Oprah’s Book Club is reading. Gilead was the best thing I’d read in a while. I like that the books are about the same characters from different perspectives. Oprah poses the question: Can we go home again? That is a whopper. So you see a trend in my reading. Maybe I am being a little too influenced by recent releases and book club reads & need to just branch out. Although I do enjoy a good book club recommendation. I have People We Meet On Vacation and Fire Keeper’s Daughter (which was supposed to be for my 19 year old) sitting in the wings. About to go for my second vaccine today. Scared! Hope I’ll feel up to reading.