Books on the Nightstand discussion

I'm reading The Golden Tresses of the Dead, Middlemarch and The Pillars of the Earth and I'm listening to Educated and The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy

I will finish Park Avenue Summer and I plan to read...

The Color Purple
The Air You Breathe


( if my hold ever comes in!)

DNF

Finished The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Reading The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.

I am reading Winter Garden and this The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks currently

Listening to ANANSI BOYS by Gaiman. The follow up to American Gods.

Finishing The Song of Achilles

Holds on there way:

The Widows

The Kiss Quotient

The Heart's Invisible Furies

Love Story for book club read

Right now I am working my way through Soul Fallen and The Ancient Nine. I also grabbed a ton of books from the library that I am hoping to get through along with some I own. Just haven't decided which to read yet.

Hi there, impressive lists everyone. Here is my ambitious list of titles, fingered crossed I succeed :)
Completed last night: The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler.
Have to finish by Friday: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Missed the book club deadline but enjoying still: What are you looking at?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye by Will Gompertz

Finished The Golden Tresses of the Dead and Educated. I gave both 5 big stars.

I see your reading Flavia. I am pretty sure I heard of her on BOTNS podcast.

Gerald wrote: "I see your reading Flavia. I am pretty sure I heard of her on BOTNS podcast."

Yes, you did, Gerald. The very first book had a thank you to Ann and Michael in the acknowledgements.

I make sure I'm first to get hr at the library for each new volume.

I just finished “Where the crawdads sing” by Delia Owens and “Educated” by Tara Westover. 5 stars! Please keep the recommendations coming!😊

Here We Lie

Recent 5 star reads:
Peace Like a River
The Year of the Runaways

4 stars:
An American Marriage
The Mars Room
Love is Blind
The Wonder
The Obituary Writer
Sanctuary Line
Where Angels Fear to Tread
A Whole Life

3 stars:
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

2 stars:
Artemis
The High Mountains of Portugal
Ghosted

I didn’t know there where fifteen Maize DOBBS books. Well I listened to one.

I just finished ‘I Could not ask for more’ by Cindy Morgan. A great read during a depressing grey winter day!

Just finished The Five Times I Met Myself by. James L. Rubart 4/5 stars

Currently reading:
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind by Scott Stossel

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor


Once finished with these, before February is over, i also plan to read:
Impostor Syndrome by Mishell Baker

The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

Finished The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Enjoying Scrublands by Chris Hammer

Hi, I just finished listening to . A remarkable book!

Finished To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Compulsively readable, and brought me back to HS (in a good way).

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine


My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Tear Me Apart

Reading The House of Broken Angels andThe Lost Man.

Robin wrote: "Reading The House of Broken Angels andThe Lost Man."

I want to get to both of those. I am determined to finish Middlemarch

Have yours pegged for this summer Chunkster Challenge.

I'm currently reading "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. I finished reading Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, and lastly a book of short stories [book:How Long 'til Black Future Month?|40855636 if I have the time or will certainly read it for March

I'm finally reading and I'm really enjoying it!

The Surrogate

FINISHED MIDDLEMARCH! (I'm yelling because I'm excited.) It's a great book.

Linda wrote: "FINISHED MIDDLEMARCH! (I'm yelling because I'm excited.) It's a great book."

Yay!!!! I loved that book.

I am now listening to Where the Crawdads Sing. Exceptional coming of age story about a girl living alone in a cabin who might end up being implicated in a murder.

Started The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers. I saw this author last fall at the Hachette brunch and have been waiting impatiently for its publication ever since. So far, I'm enjoying.

Finished The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Longbourn by Jo Baker

I wanted this to be so much better...

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Reading There There b bt Tommy Orange.

Britany wrote: "Finished Longbourn by Jo Baker


I wanted this to be so much better...

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Same here.

Started listening to Merchants of Truth: The Business of Facts and The Future of News

Good to know it wasn't just me Robin! ;)

I am fully into, almost finished: and it is revelatory and amazing. The author is not even 40 (young in my estimate).

Also just beginning; . I read a review on BookPage which made me reserve it at the library. Also on Carol's review.

Started reading There There by Tommy Orange

Five Days Left

Reading The Lost Man by Jane Harper. Listening to Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade.

Finished Descent by Tim Johnston

Finally checked this one off my list!

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...