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The library furnished me with a copy, which I read on March 28 and 29, and then again last night, April 8.

Just finished. Second read. Read it out loud with my husband during dinner. Worth reading every word.
A phrase I remembered never cropped up. Could the narrator have read a different edition?

Just finished, in the wee hours. :)

...or thereabouts. I finally got the paperback. With only the audiobook, I've been a little lost!

Read the intro and 1st 10 chapters with my local group, so approximately half done. 😃
It's a good one. The author rightly calls it a literary biography, since he integrates Philip Roth's life with what he's writing.
Will complete it by early in April.

Rereading

Just finished tonight.

Finished 3 or 4 weeks ago.

Finished rereading going on two months ago.
Would like to add to the review if I get the chance. 🙂

Abandoned after 99 pages, out of 135 pages of text, the remainder being notes. We had been reading out loud, and the book did not hold up to having every word read: seemed to be becoming more and more abstract. Maybe if I get the chance, will breeze through to the end....

I began around a week or so ago and finished three or four days ago.

Well, now I just read a 2nd story from this story collection: "I Am Seventy-five." I was looking up the book and found it on Literary Hub. Even better than the one I read yesterday. Quite a writer; how come I never heard of her before? I laughed out loud even though I hate to read sitting at the computer (a desktop).
I'll read this book when I get the chance. Meanwhile--a gift for my sister! She'll love it.

I read the first (title) story, excerpted in The Atlantic, after being referred to it by a friend. It was great! Might get hold of the whole book.

rereading with book study group 🙂

Forgot to put this one up earlier. Finished last night, that is, this morning. A fun romp!

Finished a week+ ago, reviewed Part 3, and book study book met & discussed the final part on Nov. 5, 2025.

Genre: Defense against the Dark Political Arts; Secular Theology

Having finished Chapter 5, the first chapter in Part 2, I'm going to stop for now. Will say "Here I Halted Unfinished So Far" rather than "changed my mind," as a more positive spin. Have reached as far as the early/mid 1630s in the reign of Charles 1, & the arguments over religion and of parliament vs absolutism. I started reading as a trial & stopgap, & am just not that committed & desirous of finishing at present.

Saw this reviewed. My library just got it, and I've been checking it out. It is written experimentally: no paragraphs or chapters, just full steam ahead. May have some good writing. I'm not sure where it's going, and this isn't the time to find out.
If you read this and it's good, I'd like to know, and maybe later I can handle it.

Studying with a small group, and now we're going on to Part 3, the last part. (Lots of notes etc at end, which accounts for high page count.) This is very good. I had heard about the book but its significance and depth didn't hit me until I read an excerpt/adaptation. Not a fast read but worth it. Another one I probably wouldn't have undertaken without a group.

Well, it's fun. A series of short stories and novellas based on or inspired by real spies -- or spy stories. Well narrated on audio. Naturally, after some fast-moving details, I ordered a used copy for less than the price of a greeting card, i.e., very cheap. Yes, I know I could just use kindle. 👎

Not sure if I'll finish right now but very interesting. In Chap 1, learned the whole Guy Fawkes story. Who knew it involved religious conflict? and a plot to blow up king and parliament as well so as to permit the return to Catholicism by those who resented being forced to accept a new religion. This book was readily available in the library after I read about it in a review of the author's new one.

Finished on the 28th. ☺️

Finished yesterday. :)

Yay -- finished in the wee hours last night, or, actually, this morning.

Reading this in fits and starts.
Hope to go on and finish soon.

Finished yesterday.

Finished a few days ago.
This is a novella, 64 pages long. Although it was released as a stand-alone book along with the movie of the same name, I read it in the collection of 4 novellas published under the title of "If It Bleeds." Thanks, Library! :)

Finished a while ago! Let's say June 22. That's when I added, very likely upon finishing.

I finished today.
Have two people I'm going to be giving it to.