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message 1: by Linda (new)
Mar 01, 2023 01:29PM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
I'm reading Replay by Ken Grimwood Replay and listening to In the Mouth of the Wolf A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press by Katherine Corcoran In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press

I'm also reading two intermittent books. I read a chapter a day of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote and I read an occasional page of Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine.


message 3: by Becky (new)
Mar 01, 2023 06:14PM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Last book of February was Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and my first book of March is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin


message 5: by Linda (new)
Mar 04, 2023 12:50PM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Finished Replay by Ken Grimwood Replay. Now reading The Critic's Daughter A Memoir by Priscilla Gilman The Critic's Daughter: A Memoir


message 10: by Linda (last edited Mar 31, 2023 07:46PM) (new)
Mar 31, 2023 07:44PM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Well! I've certainly been MIA. I have been reading, though. Since I last reported, I have accepted a challenge to read all of the Time Magazine 100 Best Children's books (even those I've read before, so I've read:
Where the Wild Things Are
The Snowy Day
Goodnight Moon
Blueberries for Sal
Little Bear
Owl Moon
The Giving TreeThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (one of my all time favorites)
and because of some other challenges, I also read:
Firebird
Hair Love
Imani's Moon
P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever.
Other than children's books, I've read In the Mouth of the Wolf A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press by Katherine Corcoran In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press, Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner Three Girls from Bronzeville The Widows (Kinship #1) by Jess Montgomery The Widows, and Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett Unlikely Animals.
I've listened to Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto Chorus of Mushrooms and We Should Not Be Friends The Story of a Friendship by Will Schwalbe We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship.
Presently, I'm reading The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson The Love Scribe and listening to Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Murder Your Employer.
Lastly, I've been reading a chapter a day of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote since the start of the year and have only about 200 pages to go.


message 11: by Carol (new)
Apr 01, 2023 07:13AM

Carol (ckubala) | 569 comments Mod
I'm exhausted just reading the list of what you've read. Lots of good books in The Times Magazine 100 Best Children's Books and general reading that you are doing. Fantastic!


message 13: by Becky (new)
Apr 02, 2023 04:28AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished out March with 6 books, currently reading, The Magic Kingdom The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks by Russell Banks, released just before he died, it is quite good!!


message 14: by Linda (last edited Apr 02, 2023 09:18AM) (new)
Apr 02, 2023 09:11AM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Finished and didn't like The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson The Love Scribe. Read #9 on the Time Magazine 100 Best Children's Books Tuesday A Caldecott Award Winner by David Wiesner Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner and I listened to the brief Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'Farrell Where Snow Angels Go.
This morning I started Numb to This Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting and the next audio loaded on my iPad is Oscar Wars A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears


message 15: by Becky (new)
Apr 03, 2023 11:08AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks -loved it & just starting It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2) by Colleen Hoover


message 20: by Julie (new)
Apr 11, 2023 03:24PM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments I finished two in April: Laura Zigman's "Small World" and Jussi-Olsen's "The Keeper of Lost Causes".


message 22: by Becky (new)
Apr 12, 2023 03:59AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Every Summer After & currently reading The Perfect Couple The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand


message 23: by Britany (last edited Apr 16, 2023 09:18AM) (new)
Apr 16, 2023 09:18AM

Britany | 837 comments Finished Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin by Gabrielle Zevin

My (unpopular) opinion:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 24: by Linda (new)
Apr 16, 2023 09:33AM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Finished my 4th Booktopia book this morning In Our Shoes On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So "Post-Racial" America by Brianna Holt In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So "Post-Racial" America. Also finished listening to Oscar Wars A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears on a trip to Toledo.
Now on to my book discussion book for Tuesday evening Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Tell the Wolves I'm Home. New listen: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Hello Beautiful


message 25: by Becky (new)
Apr 16, 2023 03:32PM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand The Perfect Couple & also read The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel The Winemaker's Wife
I am now reading Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls Hang the Moon


message 27: by Linda (new)
Apr 19, 2023 08:00PM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Tell the Wolves I'm Home was great! Now reading We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer We Love to Entertain


message 28: by Becky (new)
Apr 20, 2023 05:18AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Hang the Moon & now reading The Light Pirate The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton


message 29: by Julie (new)
Apr 20, 2023 04:50PM

Julie M (woolyjooly) | 315 comments Delia Ephron's 'Left on Tenth' was a wonderful memoir of her journey thru cancer treatment/survival and late-in-life love!


message 30: by Linda (new)
Apr 20, 2023 07:01PM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Just finished my 6th Booktopia read We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer We Love to Entertain.
Moving on to #7 The East Indian by Brinda Charry The East Indian
Only 2 more Booktopia books to go after that.


message 31: by Karen (new)
Apr 21, 2023 02:34AM

Karen | 298 comments I'm reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano


message 32: by Carol (new)
Apr 21, 2023 06:31AM

Carol (ckubala) | 569 comments Mod
You all are doing better than me for Booktopia reads. That's not unusual. There will be time after to delve into these.

Waiting to hear what Karen has to say about Hello Beautiful.


message 33: by Becky (new)
Apr 21, 2023 11:33AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Karen wrote: "I'm reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano"

Loved it


message 36: by Becky (new)
Apr 24, 2023 01:31PM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished The Light Pirate The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton LOVED it! & currently reading Surviving Savannah Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry


message 39: by Linda (last edited Apr 30, 2023 10:13AM) (new)
Apr 30, 2023 10:09AM

Linda | 3115 comments Mod
Finished my penultimate Booktopia book Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith Glassworks and moving on with great anticipation to the last (and hopefully the best) The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan The Glass Chateau
Listening to The Presidents Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives by Brian Lamb The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives


message 40: by Becky (new)
Apr 30, 2023 11:45AM

Becky (beckymurr) | 558 comments Finished Surviving Savannah Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry , listened to Lucinda Williams memoir, Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You A Memoir by Lucinda Williams & then read a short story by Kristin Harmel, The Road Home The Road Home by Kristin Harmel & now finishing out April with another short story- Deluge Deluge by Charmaine Wilkerson by Charmaine Wilkerson, the author of Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson


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