Comments on: Reading Lately: August 2021

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:48:32 +0000

In reply to Charlotte. Oh, Long Bright River is a great book! I rather enjoy a character-study mystery. You should try Tana French's The Searcher, it has a similar feel.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:51:26 +0000

First off, I have been following a lot of your 5 star recommendations and others and now completely trust you with your reviews. Which leads me to recommend to you Long Bright River by Liz Moore. I think you’re going to find it a 5 star book! It’s really amazing, try to put it on your monthly read soon.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:35:42 +0000

In reply to Marcy. Yay! That's exactly what I wanted from the reading challenge: inspiration not perfection.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:27:34 +0000

In reply to Terra W. Oh, "a book with a bird on the cover" is a great category! I think I'm going to use that on future reading challenges!

By: Terra W

Terra W — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:13:11 +0000

August for me…
-By a Nobel Peace Prize Winner – “As I lay Dying” by William Faulkner – pretty sure I still had this one kicking around since high school? College? So I thought I would give it another go. None of it seemed familiar to me tho – so maybe I hadn’t originally read it at all?? Lol
– About an Immigrant – “The Devils Highway” by Luis Alberto Urrea
– Time Travel Novel – “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells (I have the whole scholastic classics collection that we had bought for my stepdaughter when she was in junior high. She had never read them so I am glad to put them to use with this challenge – as I had never read any of them!)
– An Author you Love – I had changed this one to be “A Book with a Bird on the Cover” to read “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
– Childhood Favorite – I had changed this one to me “50 states List” as I had acquired “Marley & Me” by John Grogan

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:38:29 +0000

My August reads:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (finally! I had this book on hold for over 6 months.)
A Promised Land by Barack Obama (long book, so only three books finished this month so far.)
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

I have read 56 books this year so far, but they don’t all fit the neat categories of the challenge. But I thank you, Rachael, for inspiring me to accomplish my goal of reading 26 books this year (!) and to read outside my comfort zone.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:17:05 +0000

Love your recommendations and reviews.
My August reads, in order of my favorites
Unfinished Business, Jance
Miracle Creek, Kim
A Psalm for the Wild Built, Chambers
The House in Cerulean Sea, Kline
Passing, Larsen
The Time Machine, Wells
Come Fly The World, DNF

By: CimmieS

CimmieS — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:41:00 +0000

DNF Moonwalking with Einstein, & that’s DNF more than once! Least I remember that fact.
I was disturbed by the ethics of the medicos & scientists after reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Frightful to contemplate lack of medical care for this woman.
Thank you for your summaries especially for non-fiction reading.

By: Kris VanEarwage

Kris VanEarwage — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:56:29 +0000

I read the extraordinary life of Sam hell when it first came out and absolutely loved. I never understood why it didn’t get more notice. Im starting to see it everywhere now and that makes to happy. Glad you enjoyed it!! Happy reading.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:32:41 +0000

I love your short honest reviews. Very helpful when choosing books.