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Elizabeth A is 35% done with Threshing Day (The Empyrean, #3.5)

Really short stories and per usual I want less people and more dragon action.

— Oct 03, 2026 07:58AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 50% done with All Fours

Cannot seem to look away and yet am not totally bought in. Am in a fever dream?

— Aug 06, 2026 07:30AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 13% done with In Cold Blood

Capote is a master wordsmith.

— Jun 01, 2026 06:38AM 5 comments

Elizabeth A is 65% done with Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)

You know things are not going to end well, but the magic lies in how King sweeps you along, hoping all the while that it won't go as badly as you fear.

— May 18, 2026 01:57PM 2 comments

Elizabeth A is 10% done with Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)

Walks with King are a way of life.

— May 14, 2026 08:12AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 30% done with Blue Skinned Gods

— Feb 04, 2026 09:37AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 30% done with Blue Skinned Gods

This reminds me of how much kids are at the mercy of their parents.

— Jan 25, 2026 08:58AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 47% done with The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

These stories are so good on audio.

— Aug 08, 2025 10:09AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 55% done with The Secrets She Keeps

A horrifyingly compelling read. I can't look away ...

— Feb 20, 2025 01:32PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 45% done with Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

New book release moved this to the top of my TBR. I might be one of the few that didn't get to it. So, so good.

— May 03, 2024 12:49PM Add a comment

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Elizabeth A is 20% done with Yellowface

Oh, but it's hard to look away from this level of delusion.

— Jan 08, 2024 01:10PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 50% done with Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)

"Thank God for life, ... and thank life for death."

There's underlined sentences on every page.

— Dec 31, 2023 04:19AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 14% done with The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The death toll is staggering, and we haven't even got to the shipwreck yet.

— Nov 24, 2023 06:36PM Add a comment

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Elizabeth A is 30% done with Under Heaven (Under Heaven, #1)

Ah, the magic combo of GGK and Simon Vance.

— Mar 17, 2023 10:45AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is on page 533 of 739 of Tomb of Sand

Wow, just wow. Glad I'm doing a group read - there's so much to digest and discuss.

— Aug 21, 2022 10:00AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 60% done with Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Both heartbreaking and inspiring in so many ways. Didn't read the blurb, so don't know how this will end - and I'm getting anxious ...

— Aug 21, 2022 09:59AM Add a comment

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Elizabeth A is 60% done with Gai-Jin (Asian Saga, #3)

Am fully immersed in this yarn - ah joss.

— Apr 10, 2022 02:10PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 82% done with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

This book is a long strange trip indeed.

— Mar 26, 2022 07:58PM 2 comments

Elizabeth A is 18% done with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Highly entertaining so far.

— Mar 20, 2022 06:29PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is starting A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)

— Mar 09, 2022 10:02AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 42% done with Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

Why do I save books I think I'll love? Who knows, but am delighted to be reading Clavell again.

— Feb 04, 2022 05:15PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 4% done with Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

Already loving this one. Settling in with this chunkster while a blizzard storms outside.

— Jan 29, 2022 09:48AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is on page 155 of 320 of These Precious Days: Essays

The essay titled There Are No Children Here is my fave so far, and worth the price of admission.

— Jan 25, 2022 06:15PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 40% done with To Paradise

It pains me, but this might be my first DNF of the year ....

— Jan 23, 2022 09:48AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 40% done with To Paradise

I pains me, but this might be my first DNF of the year ....

— Jan 23, 2022 09:19AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 77% done with Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

— Dec 22, 2021 11:18AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 7% done with Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

Dune is so dang good that I've put my annual Dickens in December project on hold. Sorry Charles.

— Dec 06, 2021 06:50PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 37% done with Hamnet

This is wonderful on audio.

— Aug 28, 2021 06:24AM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 27% done with The Sword of Kaigen

I'm all in - can't think of the last time I read a fantasy tale that alternated between mother and son POVs.

— Aug 10, 2021 03:18PM Add a comment

Elizabeth A is 57% done with Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

Am absolutely loving this one too, and am so glad I finally moved the original Dune trilogy up my TBR.

— Jul 05, 2021 04:11PM Add a comment

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