Penn Area Library Book Discussion Group discussion

Welcome to our Book Discussion Group! This will be an open forum to discuss what we are currently reading. Please feel free to share your books and opinions with us. While it is not a traditional book club and we are not all reading the same book, we can talk about books we have read or what we are currently reading.

What are you reading while stuck inside these days? Comment and let us know!

I am currently reading The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. I am not that far into it yet, but it's a mystery and I anticipate a few twists coming. Anyone else read this one?

I haven't read The Family Upstairs, but if you end up liking it, I'll put it on my list of "Want to Read." That's my favorite thing on Goodreads! If I don't add books onto that list, I may forget about them.

Hi Dana,
It does make it so much easier to keep track of titles to read! I will let you know about this one.

I haven't read any of Lisa Jewell's books yet, although I have a few in my audio library...interested to hear what you think when you finish. I am working through 3 books at present, one of which was our scheduled book for the group: The Teagirl of Hummingbird Lane. It is picking up in pace now (slightly) and I'm beginning to go at it in earnest--having put off reading it when the library closed. Eventually it will be due back! :-) But my other listen that I started and am enjoying so far is The Murmur of Bees, by Sofía Segovia. Interestingly, this is taking place during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic--in Mexico. I got very interested in it when the flu came to town!
My 3rd book (eyeballs...not audio) is one I LOVE--a non-fiction book I picked up on a lark when I saw it on sale on Kindle, although it is back to full price now. Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny, by Witold Szablowski. I'm almost done with it, and will report back. That one spends the first part all about the dancing bears (of Bulgaria), their keepers, and the animal rights people who take on a huge campaign to free them. The second part goes from country to country (communist and former communist) talking to people and the author is a delightful writer. Very funny and very interesting--a worthy and enjoyable read!