I finished Homer’s The Odyssey (Emily Wilson Translation). I was surprised about the amount of emotion showed by the warrior king. Lots of weeping and joy. Maybe not such an unmanly thing to cry at sad things and laugh at happy things.
I listened to The Running Grave, Robert Galbraith; in the Cormoran Strike series. It was a good story but far too long. Nobody seems brave enough to effectively edit famous authors these days !
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. What a great read! The movie was wonderful but the book was much more complex and quite an indictment of the high society folks during the Gilded Age.
Land by Maggie O'Farrell. Absolutely gorgeous. Astronaut!: A Novel by Oana Aristide was also very good.
My 9 year old has read and loved the first 4 Spy x Family manga, but we also read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle and he loved it! I read it as a kid, but didn't realise there were 3 more books in the series.
Read the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K Le Guin this past August, and would have say 2nd book, The Tombs of Atuan is the best among those and the other books read last month.
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Broer. Also I just finished reading The final Score by Don Winslow which lived up to it for .9 rating on Audible.
After seeing an art exhibit on New Deal era art, my interest was piqued. One of the docents told me about this book, which was not an exhibition book but did tell the story of how art flourished in the 1930s as a result of New Deal funding (think all the alphabet programs trying to get Americans back to work due the Great Depression). The book is highly engaging from both an artistic as well as historical perspective and chock full of art by diverse artists from the time period.
I also really enjoyed "The Correspondent". However, I think I will have to read it again to refresh my memory if I am to discuss it with a book group. My group "Great Reads" selected it as the August read but they were unable to get the books, so they switched to another book. Maybe next year.
For August my favorite book is "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach. It is interesting to see the main character evolve from being depressed due to her marriage falling apart to new opportunities as she accidentally ends up at a week-long wedding. Most likely this would not happen in real life, but it is fun to see Phoebe blossoming as she makes new life decisions.
Another person who reviewed this book said, "Trigger warnings galore". One example is a suicide attempt by the main character.
I finished Homer’s The Odyssey (Emily Wilson Translation). I was surprised about the amount of emotion showed by the warrior king. Lots of weeping and joy. Maybe not such an unmanly thing to cry at sad things and laugh at happy things.
I've still only read the YA graphic adaptation by Gareth Hinds. Someday.. perhaps.. haha.
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. She’s one of my favorite authors. With this one she really captured the angst of the times.
I've not read her, but she's high on my list!
I listened to The Running Grave, Robert Galbraith; in the Cormoran Strike series. It was a good story but far too long. Nobody seems brave enough to effectively edit famous authors these days !
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter van Tilburg Clark
Such a great one! I don’t hear about it nearly as much as I should.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. What a great read! The movie was wonderful but the book was much more complex and quite an indictment of the high society folks during the Gilded Age.
William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism by Robert D. Richardson.
Richardson has been on my list for a loooong time thanks to Kate. I'll get to him someday.
The Calamity Club. Straight-up masterpiece.
I’ve heard a lot of good things!
True Grit by Charles Portis.
Great book!
This rates (to me) up there with Lonesome Dove as the great American novel
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared https://app.thestorygraph.com/authors/078cb52c-e41a-4e95-90f3-91c91968452c
Such a hilarious book. It was a much needed meandering romp during the hectic back to school season.
My mom just told me about this one recently. I’ll have to check it out!
Such a fantastic book!
I read it for a book club and was pleasantly surprised! I wouldn’t have picked it up otherwise!
Land by Maggie O'Farrell. Absolutely gorgeous. Astronaut!: A Novel by Oana Aristide was also very good.
My 9 year old has read and loved the first 4 Spy x Family manga, but we also read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle and he loved it! I read it as a kid, but didn't realise there were 3 more books in the series.
I just finished Land and enjoyed it very much.
Great picks! Wrinkle in Time series is pretty good, but the first one is definitely the best.
Read the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K Le Guin this past August, and would have say 2nd book, The Tombs of Atuan is the best among those and the other books read last month.
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Broer. Also I just finished reading The final Score by Don Winslow which lived up to it for .9 rating on Audible.
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck. One volume including: Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row, The Pearl.
I decided to read them all consecutively. The Moon is Down is the only one I hadn't previously read.
Some of these lived in my imagination as being much longer than they are. Especially Of Mice And Men.
New Deal Art by Joseph P Murphy.
After seeing an art exhibit on New Deal era art, my interest was piqued. One of the docents told me about this book, which was not an exhibition book but did tell the story of how art flourished in the 1930s as a result of New Deal funding (think all the alphabet programs trying to get Americans back to work due the Great Depression). The book is highly engaging from both an artistic as well as historical perspective and chock full of art by diverse artists from the time period.
I also really enjoyed "The Correspondent". However, I think I will have to read it again to refresh my memory if I am to discuss it with a book group. My group "Great Reads" selected it as the August read but they were unable to get the books, so they switched to another book. Maybe next year.
For August my favorite book is "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach. It is interesting to see the main character evolve from being depressed due to her marriage falling apart to new opportunities as she accidentally ends up at a week-long wedding. Most likely this would not happen in real life, but it is fun to see Phoebe blossoming as she makes new life decisions.
Another person who reviewed this book said, "Trigger warnings galore". One example is a suicide attempt by the main character.
Finished Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter today, really well done and took a lot away from it