Audrey’s Comments (group member since Jul 15, 2024)

Audrey’s comments from the Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2024 group.

I am reading "Still Life" by Sarah Winman. Down to the wire!

Suzan wrote: "Audrey wrote: "I finished "Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James. So much melodrama for so little reason. It was kind of the author to inform me of the intelligence of his main character for otherwise..."

He isn't my favorite. :)

I finished "Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James. So much melodrama for so little reason. It was kind of the author to inform me of the intelligence of his main character for otherwise I might very well have missed it.

Eric wrote: "[bookcover:Fourth Wing|61..."

I just read The Idiot a couple of months ago. What did you think?

I am halfway through "Portrait of a Lady". I am enjoying it but my brain is pushing to be done and move on to all of the other possibilities on my TBR.

Patricia wrote: "Finished Grand Conspiracy by Janny Wurts. Number 5 in the series and 614 pages! Love this series. A Fantasy series filled with love, compassion, betrayal and good v. evil. Everything I love about a..."

I need to look into this. It sounds great.

Tita wrote: "I'm currently reading: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (643 pgs.), Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (581 pgs.), Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (1059 pgs.), 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (1318 pgs.) and Th..."

Holy smokes! And I need to gear myself up for one at a time!

Mindy'sBookJourney wrote: "I have finished big book number 4 which was Gone with the Wind by Margaret Michell. It was an epic tale and so so sad. Could have been a favorite if it wasn't for all the racism, because it was so ..."

I read that with my nieces. However, it was sooo slow and I didn't find the main characters likable or heroic.

Jayne wrote: "I finished a new release that clocks in at a bit over 400 pages - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. It's set in the 50s in Washington DC with a background of the Red Scare/McCarthyism."

This one sounded really good.

Theresa wrote: "Just started listening to The Mysterious Benedict Society. It is middle grade but over 400 pages."

It is so fun! I hope you enjoy it! I read it with my eldest niece and we really had a good time.

I finished an essay collection called Horizontal vertigo: a city called Mexico.

Suzan wrote: "Hi, all - I got COVID 10 days ago and am still very, very sick, only able to sit up for a few minutes at a time. COVID is dangerous with my immune disorder often causing long-term worsening (6 mont..."

Nasty stuff. I hope you recuperate fully and quickly.

Suzan wrote: "Audrey wrote: "Starting with trepidation but some sense of hope. I don't usually like big books but I have a few on my TBR."

Welcome, Audrey!"

Thank you! This is just the push I need to tackle a few of the big books on my TBR

Tama wrote: "Just finished Still Life by Sarah Winman. Beautifully written with wonderful scenes of life in Italy. For me it was a slow read, but I loved the characters and found family."

This is on my list so I hope to get to it. Have heard only good things.

I will be buddy reading "The portrait of a lady" by Henry James next week. Have mercy.

Allen wrote: "Audrey wrote: "Well, I read "Long Bright River" and it was incredibly bleak. I think I need something light after that." I didn’t like it either . Drove me crazy that there were no quotation marks ..."

I don't understand why the dashes are supposed to be better than the standard punctuation of quotation marks. It didn't inhibit my reading but it seems pointless.

Well, I read "Long Bright River" and it was incredibly bleak. I think I need something light after that.

I am starting "Long Bright River" by Liz Moore with some trepidation.

Kate wrote: "Finished my second Big Book, The God of the Woods, 476 pages. THE book of the summer, I was totally immersed when I had time and read the second 1/2 in a day! 4 1/2 stars!!"

I just started "Long Bright River" by the same author.

Marjorie wrote: "Audrey wrote: "Marjorie wrote: "Are you from North Carolina? I'm a writer who recently moved to NC from NY. I felt like it was important I read Thomas Wolfe. I love the vivid characters and scene. ..."
It sounds lovely.