Sacramento Public Library discussion

Spring is nearly here, making it the perfect time to read!
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I just started Ill Will by Dan Chaon. Other than being a long book and trying to get comfortable with the frequently switching narrators, I am enjoying it.

I am reading "Bridge Across the Ocean" right now. It is about some War Brides but even more so about a woman in current times and her psychic ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Nothing in the description of the book mentions this part of the plot line and I wonder why. It doesn't make sense to hide major components of the story and it just irritates me as a reader! What if I didn't like those types of books? And how will people who do like those types of books find it if there is no mention? This seems to be a recurring issue. Anyone know why publishers do this?

I just finished by Emery Loard - the names that they gave us. It wasn't a cancer book nor was it was religious book. It was another book by my favorite author.

Susan - I hate when publishers do that too. Its like they left something out for the reader to be aware of . Its like publishers change a series cover mid series . No one likes the change because the 1st book won't look like the 3rd book with covers. I get trying to get new readers , but the covers don't match.

Julie wrote:

Susan - I hate when publishers do t..."

I think it is more reprehensible when they "forget" to mention a book will include human trafficking or pedophilia. Some people have real issues with those topics. This just annoyed me. It was not the book it was represented to be!

Alas, this month I've been sick so I haven't gotten to do the reading I've wanted. Still, I've managed some reading like the latest Mercy Thompson book from Patricia Briggs, Silence Fallen and My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella. Both were lovely escapes from the confines of my home, where I ended up spending most of my time.

Now that I'm feeling better, I cracked open A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab, the conclusion to The Shades of Magic trilogy. I'm halfway through and can't wait to finish at the same time I hope it never ends.

Brendle wrote: "Alas, this month I've been sick so I haven't gotten to do the reading I've wanted."

I am so sorry!! The worst is being so sick you can't even read!

"History is all you left me" Adam Silvera and "The girl who drank the moon" Kelly Barnhill. I seem to be on a youth oriented reading run lately. Excellent and different writing from the authors.

I started reading Etched in bone by Anne Bishop. I don't want to see this series end. I have heard that its okay. I'm reading it for my fave slow burn couple Simon and Meg. :)

Currently listening to: Magic Slays
Almost finished reading The Leaving
Will soon start Glitter
It has been a busy reading month for me!

I am currently reading The Husband Project, The Notebook and Homegoing. The Notebook started off pretty slow for me, but i'm starting to enjoy it now.

I am currently reading The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance. It is very interesting and I am learning a lot about WWII, German humanities, and found the funniest quote ever! Wolfgang Hermann called libraries "literary brothels." I'm still laughing at that!

I read "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick and am currently working on "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity" by Steve Silberman.

The Marvels was intimidating as it was over 600 pages, despite being a children's book, but the first half was all pictures.

NeuroTribes is a bit slow of a read as its history, but interesting learning about Autism and why it seems to have been diagnosed all these years.

I normally read mysteries but broke pattern with a recommendation taken from someone with my same taste in reading. I just finished Queen of the Tearling , a futuristic tale of a land ruled by the incompetent and cruel until the return of the True Queen can make things right. I was surprised at how the story turned into a real page-turner for me. I just put the second book in the trilogy on hold. Can't wait to continue the adventure!

I've also been listening to a couple of books. Hillbilly Elegy which if you haven't read it, do so right now! It's that good and that pertinent. I'm now listening to Karen Slaughter's The Kept Woman because I need some basic mystery at all times.

For work I've been reading up on a lot of immigration stories which have been wonderful, revealing and so inspiring. First is Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas and now I'm working on finishing up The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande. Her story is remarkable and I took the opportunity to go listen to her talk at the Davis Public Library. She's local so I know I'll bump into her again! Happy Reading :).

After reading books more than I care to name earlier this month I am finishing the month off with what has turned into an old standby, even if it really isn't all that old, and re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book 5

Loved those books! I've worn out compact disks listening to that wonderful narrator.

Just starting How to talk so little kids will listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King. Babysitting a tiny one is taking a lot of time from reading so naturally I'm using a book to figure out what to do about it.

I've just had the pleasure of reading News of the World by Paulette Jiles and I would highly recommend it to just about anyone. Set in 1871 Texas this book is short but intense. You feel the mud, see the swollen rivers, experience the tension of a virtually lawless land and all at the same time you care deeply for our main characters, Captain Kidd and Johanna, who are trekking to San Antonio so she can be "reunited" with her relatives after nearly 5 years as a captive of the Kiowa. Paulette Jiles wrote poetry before fiction and it shows. There is so much in so few words.

Currently holding my (audio) bookmark is something completely different, Dare Me by Megan Abbot, which is both a glorious and horrifying look into the world of high school cheerleader mean girls with a dash of mystery.