Weekly reading thread: Dec 25-31

I finished the Krakatoa (Winchester) book and really enjoyed it. While it is the history of the great 1883 volcanic explosion, it's also packed with science, natural history and colonial history. Very good read if you enjoy non-fiction.
I'm almost finished with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Eggers) which is supposedly fiction based on real life. The central character is a young college student who loses both parents within a couple months. He now has to raise his young brother, so he moves across the country and tries to find his way in life. He is a young man trying to figure out his own place in the world while being a brother/parent to a 9 year old boy. It's a book people would love or hate and I'm loving it. The writing style is difficult to pin down. It's part autobiography, part interview, part traditional novel. It certainly keeps the reader on his/her toes. This is my first experience with this author, but I'd like to read more.

I hope everyone finds time to read this week!

Duh, me! How could I not know there's a book? I was hoping to see the movie with my kids and the movie gift card we got. Looks amazing! 

Lots of other things to do this week besides read, but I am thoroughly enjoying Wool by Hugh Howey. So well done!
There is a movie trailer for this as well but it's nearly five years old, so I have no idea if it will happen. 

Lisa 

I finished Death in the Devil's Acre; I enjoyed it but was a little surprised at the abrupt ending, a little unusual for Perry. Anyway, that's it for Anne Perry this year... I'll do more catching up next year.

I'm about half-way through The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain. About a family full of secrets, it's somewhat suspenseful and gripping. I'm enjoying trying to untangle the web of mystery.

Christmas is a very busy time for me so I'm still reading Blood Vow by J.R. Ward ... love the Black Dagger Brotherhood and this one is fast paced like the rest   

I have so many unread books on my e-reader right now ... I don't even know where I'm going next   

No, I haven't, but am thinking I will after reading this one. I'll watch for recommendations too.

I've read all Diane Chamberlin's  books and they are all good. I watch for her new books eagerly!

Apparently, I've been feeling that my brain is too full of information, because I'm currently reading non-fiction fluff in the form of "Lucky Charming" by Kate Chastaine. Gee, yachting gossip. How low can you go?

I also loved The Escape Artist by Diane Chamberlain!  I read it this summer at the beach.  It takes place in Annapolis, near where I am from and where we were this summer.

I also liked I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman.  For some reason she reminds me of Diane Chamberlain, but others may not agree! Maybe it was just that book and I read it after reading a Diane Chamberlain book and I really liked them both.  Maybe that was the only thing they have in common!

Thanks for the recommendations - being a fellow Marylander, this one sounds interesting.

I started a book called Underground Airlines early last week, brought it with me on my Christmas travels, and haven't looked at it. I'm looking forward to getting into it when I get home tomorrow. It takes place in a dystopia modern America where slavery is still legal in four southern states. The main character is a free black man who is a bounty hunter, finding runaways and returning them to bondage. The author is Ben Winters, who wrote the Last Policeman trilogy that some of us have read. I enjoyed those books, so I'm hoping this will be good, too.

I just finished Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh and I'm currently reading Carrie Brownstein's memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl. I'm shocked at how well it's written and it's a must for anyone who's had their life saved by music.

If anyone wants to read Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty it's $3 in the kindle store right now.
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I'm struggling through A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas and I'm almost certain I won't make it to the end!

I read two this week. The first was a book that I bought for a summer vacation that I didn't get to and it got buried on my kindle. It was called A Life Intended and I liked it more than I expected. A light read, would recommend for a vacation read.

The second book was an audio and I've been waiting quite some time for it on OVerdrive- The Nix. I loved this. First, the narrator was fantastic ( and I noticed he also is one of the narrator of Small Great Things which I'm waitlisted for-yay!). This is not my typical read, but I liked the tangents-like Laura, his student. I'd say at about 75%, I was less enthusiastic, but I thought the ending was great. It was a 4.5 stars and probably was my favorite book of the year.