Flint Public Library Reads! discussion

Tell us about the books you are reading or have read to fulfill the Winter Reading Challenge missions and challenges.

The Winter Reading Challenge runs from February 15th to March 30th. Sign up online: http://fpl.readsquared.com/

I just read the "Hunger" by Alma Katsu. It’s a fictional account of the Donner party, wagon train pioneers who made some pretty tough choices in order to stay alive! This retelling has a supernatural twist!
I think readers who enjoy historical fiction would like this book, even though the author takes liberty with the actual events. It is fiction, after all! I think it gives a good glimpse into wagon and pioneer life. And also how adversity and disasters can divide people.

Reading 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Farrante, the first novel in quartet. I am in about 60 pages and hooked. It is the story of two girls growing up in post WWII Naples, poor but intelligent in a society that is still rooted in a culture that function as if it were 1850.

Michael wrote: "Reading 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Farrante, the first novel in quartet. I am in about 60 pages and hooked. It is the story of two girls growing up in post WWII Naples, poor but intelligent in ..."
Thanks for your input, Michael! I've heard great things about Farrante's books. I wonder how the television show compares to the book?!