Currently reading "The Quiet Room" by Lori Schiller. I absolutely *love* to read, but I also have ADHD (inattentive type) so reading is a challenge for me. I also can't tell you how many times I have started and stopped a LibraryThing or GoodReads page, LOL. Speaking of, I think I'll start one again
Anyone using the Litsy app? It's like Instagram, but for books. You tag the book and either give a little description or review. It's a lot of fun and I've found a lot of great suggestions and recommendations.
I'm reading -The Luckiest Girl in the World .... I love a good thriller.....Just saw on the news this week they were comparing it to Gone Girl and -The Girl On The Train... both of which I have read
I generally read long classics, think Anna Karenina, Of Human Bondage, The Count of Monte Cristo and other great works not as well known. but I try to get back once in awhile to more current fiction and non-fiction. I loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I also love history books written in this century [I]The Hemingses of Monticello, The Mayflower/I], etc.
I just finished The Paris Wife and really enjoyed it. It's fiction based on facts of Hemingway's first marriage and life in Paris when his career was in its infancy. My friend that recommended it also recommended Hemingway's Girl (by a different author) as my next read.
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I'm reading -The Luckiest Girl in the World .... I love a good thriller.....Just saw on the news this week they were comparing it to Gone Girl and -The Girl On The Train... both of which I have read
Was it Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, by any chance? I just finished it today and I thought it was great. I liked Gone Girl, and I thought Girl on the Train was just ok (it bogged down in the middle for me). Luckiest was so good. It covered a lot of Big Topics without being cheesy or schmaltzy or preachy.
I'm currently reading The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. I'm only about 60 pages in but am finding it a fascinating read particularly as I apply it to my weight loss efforts and/or struggles.
Currently reading Brotherhood in Death (#42 in the series) by JD Robb. This series is a guilty pleasure of mine and I had fallen bit behind on it so I've been trying to catch up to the latest book.
Just read "The Orphans Tale". If I belonged to a book club I would definitely chose this book. It just seems like this book could have a lot of discussion points brought out.
I recently read "The Martian" (the book the movie with Matt Damon is based on). And, yes, the book is immeasurably better than the movie, and I think that's saying something because the movie was good. But I read the book a week before I watched the movie for the first time and they essentially cut out 1/3 of the book and some plot points that I felt were really important. If you enjoyed the movie, or just like good sci-fi, read the book. It's excellent.
I also recently read a book that might appeal to any Catholic Christians here- "He Leadeth Me" by Fr. Walter Ciszek. I had previously read his book "With God In Russia". The two books sort of go together, "He Leadeth Me" is much more about his spiritual battle when he was a prisoner-of-conscience in the USSR. Both are excellent books.
I`m reading several books at the same time as usual.
Rereading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I love this book. Give it a try!
Working through the Successful Selfmotivation by Frances Coombes. As I´m not happy where life has taken me so I´m working out the plan to get where I want to be. Like Lewis Carroll said: If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. I just don´t like it here.
And an eye-opening book about sugar addiction Sweet Blood by Ann Fernholm
Oh and a history book State and Society in Middle and Late Silla, it´s about Korean history.
I got some good ideas from your suggestions, keep posting your good finds.
