1ahef1963
Please feel free to name the books or go further and give the group more details about your reading January to March of 2022.
2ahef1963
Without a doubt, James Agee's A Death in the Family was the best read of the quarter - it is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, actually. Agee's use of language is sublime.
Also enjoyed
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane - another beautiful book
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The Europeans by Henry James
I'm using audiobooks to get through works of literature that I've found unreadable in book form. It's an absolutely terrific way to experience the classics. Reading Henry James for the first time has been lovely.
Also enjoyed
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane - another beautiful book
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The Europeans by Henry James
I'm using audiobooks to get through works of literature that I've found unreadable in book form. It's an absolutely terrific way to experience the classics. Reading Henry James for the first time has been lovely.
3LyndaInOregon
A mostly-whimsical list of books that helped me get through the tail-end of Winter 21/22:
The Kennedy Enterprise, David Gerrold - An alternate-history romp for the Trek-minded, in which Joseph Kennedy succumbs to the charms of his sometime mistress, Gloria Swanson, and opted for a career as a Hollywood producer instead of politics.
Hissy Fit, Mary Kay Andrews - Andrews' best, IMO, and it stood up fine in the re-read. Still a fun he-done-her-wrong revenge tale done with humor and flair.
Holy Sh*t, Melissa Mohr - Reminiscent of Mary Roach's work, this one tackles the burning question of how and why different words for precisely the same items, actions, or ideas, came to be socially acceptable ... or not.
Okay, now for some slightly more serious stuff:
The Mismeasure of Woman, Carol Tavris - Though somewhat dated, this 1992 study of social, legal, and medical perception of the differences between men and women, is informative and thought-provoking.
The Vanishing Sky, L. Annette Binder - A somber tale of a German family at the end of WWII, as one son has been returned from the Russian front a shattered man and the other attempts to flee his assignment in the Hitler Youth Corps. It's the women characters who hold this book together.
The Kennedy Enterprise, David Gerrold - An alternate-history romp for the Trek-minded, in which Joseph Kennedy succumbs to the charms of his sometime mistress, Gloria Swanson, and opted for a career as a Hollywood producer instead of politics.
Hissy Fit, Mary Kay Andrews - Andrews' best, IMO, and it stood up fine in the re-read. Still a fun he-done-her-wrong revenge tale done with humor and flair.
Holy Sh*t, Melissa Mohr - Reminiscent of Mary Roach's work, this one tackles the burning question of how and why different words for precisely the same items, actions, or ideas, came to be socially acceptable ... or not.
Okay, now for some slightly more serious stuff:
The Mismeasure of Woman, Carol Tavris - Though somewhat dated, this 1992 study of social, legal, and medical perception of the differences between men and women, is informative and thought-provoking.
The Vanishing Sky, L. Annette Binder - A somber tale of a German family at the end of WWII, as one son has been returned from the Russian front a shattered man and the other attempts to flee his assignment in the Hitler Youth Corps. It's the women characters who hold this book together.
4Molly3028
audios in order consumed ~
The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel by Ana Johns (Japanese culture/pearls of wisdom)
The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic by Shana Abe
The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
Granny's Got a Gun (Secret Agent Granny, #1) by Harper Lin (small-town New England cozy)
Run, Rose, Run: A Novel by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire Series, #1) by Sarah E. Ladd (Austen-Brontë type tale)
The first two were the best of the best.
The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel by Ana Johns (Japanese culture/pearls of wisdom)
The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic by Shana Abe
The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
Granny's Got a Gun (Secret Agent Granny, #1) by Harper Lin (small-town New England cozy)
Run, Rose, Run: A Novel by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire Series, #1) by Sarah E. Ladd (Austen-Brontë type tale)
The first two were the best of the best.
5JulieLill
Call The Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle - Mary J. MacLeod
The Country Nurse Remembers: True Stories of A Troubled Childhood, War and Becoming a Nurse - Mary J. MacLeod
Something to Hide- Elizabeth George
Things My Son Needs to Know About The World - Fredrik Backman
Forever Dobie The Many Lives of Dwayne Hickman - Dwayne Hickman
The Country Nurse Remembers: True Stories of A Troubled Childhood, War and Becoming a Nurse - Mary J. MacLeod
Something to Hide- Elizabeth George
Things My Son Needs to Know About The World - Fredrik Backman
Forever Dobie The Many Lives of Dwayne Hickman - Dwayne Hickman
6PaperbackPirate
Thank you everyone for sharing your lists!
In the order I read them:
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Outsider by Stephen King
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
In the order I read them:
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Outsider by Stephen King
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
