Weekly Reading Thread: April 25-May1

This afternoon I finished Win by Harlan Coben. I love Win and really liked the book. I loved the many references to Myron Bolitar and will be sad if Harlan doesn't write another book with both of them in it ~ soon! 4.5/5 stars Articulate!

My next book is either The Midnight Library or The Children's Blizzard. Tune in next week to see which one I chose.

I read The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather Moore; while the story is a great one, the writing was a bit sentimental for my taste.

I am now reading Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage; troubling.

I will read The Push by Ashley Audrain next.

I finished The Four Winds by Krisitn Hannah - I know a lot of peas loved this book. I woudl give it 3.5 out of 5 stars, I did round up for Good Reads and gave it 4.

I'm currently reading Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson and listening to Daisy Jones and the six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, so far so good on both!

I read The Choice by Alex Lake and liked it a lot! Can't decide what to read now. I started For All She Knows - jamie Beck on my kindle and it seems like it's going to be good. i have so much trouble starting new books.

I’m halfway through the new one by Cynthia d’Aprix Sweeney called Good Company. I’m really enjoying it, and I’d really like to just sit today and finish it. Unfortunately, I have stuff to do. Hopefully I’ll finish it over the next few days.

Time to join the reading group - I've been lurking for awhile, adding to my ever growing list of what to read next.

I read a couple this week.
The Gown by Jennifer Robson was a behind the scenes glimpse at the creation of the wedding gown for Queen Elizabeth (Princess Eliabeth at the time of course) and Prince Philip. I enjoyed learning a bit about the work involved as well as seeing a small snippet of life in London after the war, when rationing was still a way of life even though the war had been over for a couple of years.

I also read Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo. It was an easy, enjoyable read with a decently positive message which is the kind of thing I am looking to read in these somewhat heavy times.

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WELCOME ! Always like to see more recommendations. Some books I never would have tried without the Peas’ postings!

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I read The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas, a Sliding Doors-style fantasy about a women who doesn't want children and the consequences of a single decision played out in 9 parallel lives. The book's theme is really fate as the ending comes together in a surprising way. I like this style of fantasy, and enjoyed this for what it was, although the different timelines got confusing around the middle of the book.

One By One by Ruth Ware, a thriller set in a ski resort where it appears there's been a murder among a group of coworkers. I like how she cleverly obfuscates the truth in the narrative, but I thought the mystery was relatively easy to solve. Still, a bit of fun to see how it played out and I could see this one making a good movie given the cast of characters.

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz. This is the third detective novel I've read by him and I'm definitely a fan. I love his creative approach to the detective novel - in this one, the author, Anthony Horowitz, is a character in the story. Solid mystery that kept me guessing with a few twists at the end.


The Shortlist for the 2021 International Booker Prize was announced this week for those interested in translated fiction. I'm hoping to get a copy of one or two of these books over the next few weeks, though some are still very difficult to find in the US. I'm most interested in The Employees and When We Cease to Understand the World.

I’m getting ready to start this one. 

I recently started 400 Souls. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
I’m only a few essays in but it’s amazing so far.

I also finished Hunting Wives. It was a quick entertaining read.  I didn’t expect the outcome and it kept me interested, so I consider that a win. 

I also read Arsenic and Adobo.  Another quick and entertaining read.  I’m looking forward to others in this series.   

My oldest got me a Book of the Month subscription for Christmas and I receive 1-2 books a month. I’ve been enjoying reading entertaining mysteries that aren’t super heavy or intellectually hard core.  My last two books have been hardbacks from that subscription and I’m really enjoying it.  Great light reads that have been keeping my interest.