I read this pretty much in one sitting — very readable and interesting — ties together 2 different storylines, one present and one past, until the stories connect. I like stories like that. In the end, I wanted more historical details (love learning history with my fiction 😉) and it left a huge unanswered question. I assume the point is that it‘s not possible to really know *everything* that happened, but personally I felt a bit dissatisfied.

Hm. Not sure I would recommend this book even though I liked it. I tend to read for writing, and this writing is very clean & readable. I was drawn in by the cover art, and I tend to like dark stories. The main character is very likable but the story is just.. I don't know. It starts out seeming like a tragic comedy, then it gets weird, then it just gets more and more sad and way less funny. Ending was kind of satisfying, but not really.

This is a pretty quick read but there's a lot to think about in this book -- Apollo & Hermes grant human consciousness to a group of dogs and bet on whether they will be more or less happy than humans. It's told from the changing point of view of a few of the dogs and follows what happens from the time they are changed until each of their death.

Hard to even know what to say about this book.... Seriously one of the darkest most twisted books I've ever read.... You know the ones where you wonder how a person could even think of such a story?

I had this one for awhile before I picked it up -- and read it in one sitting!! Much more complicated story than it seems on the surface, got me to thinking about all the different kinds of relationships women have. The story jumps around from past to present but it's not confusing, and there's a couple surprising twists along the way.

This is just the sweetest little story about a city community garden -- each chapter is told by a different character, and reflects the different connections that come about between the gardeners. The story is short and simple but I found myself thinking about it a lot after reading.

Oh my gosh I loved this book so much! Such an original story...

Need help. What to start next?? Votes please!

I just didn't really like this book. I wanted to, the concept was interesting...it kept my attention enough that I finished it, but I can't recommend. The writing is gorgeous, I will say, and that cover! But I actually have no idea what happened in the story... A quick Google search brought up a handful of reviews saying they didn't get it either. Kinda frustrating!

Oh I LOVED this book!! A person would have to really appreciate long descriptive passages of nature (I read one review that said this book was as bleak and endless as the prairie it describes 😳)
It's slow, and it's beautiful.

I love this book! It's hard to describe because it sounds kinda dumb but it's so clever & interesting & funny... It's essentially about the extinction of mankind told from the perspective of a crow that wants to be human & his quest to fix things. His ideas about the world have been formed by the opinions of Big Jim, who raised him (he thinks people are called MoFos) + his own observations of people, TV & Big Jim's occasional Tinder dates.

I dont know what it is about David Mitchell... I don't usually enjoy magical realism but I love his books. They're so weird and complex, twisting back on themselves, stories inside stories...his language is so efficient and his characters so varied, each with their own voice... Slade House is shorter and reads in a more linear fashion than Bone Clocks or Cloud Atlas, but it's still quite the trip. Read it in one sitting, loved it.

Loved this Depression Era story about 4 young runaways -- 2 Irish brothers, a mute Native American boy and a little girl -- as they travel by canoe down the Gilead River in search of "home". They encounter shantytowns, join up w a traveling Revival show, and meet characters both kind & sketchy, all in their search for home. An excellent adventure told from the perspective of a midly weaselly, very creative and thoughtful 12 year old boy.

This is seriously one of the most twisted stories I have ever read.... If it wasn't true I'd call it gratuitous. Memories of insanely abusive mother based on interviews with her daughters. I actually couldn't sleep after reading it yesterday. Googled her earlier and oml they're letting her out of jail in 2 years, yikes!

I loved this book!! I am a big fan of historical fiction so I'd be inclined to like it regardless, but it's so good. Beautifully written and rich with details, it's a fascinating story about female spies in WWII. I actually couldn't put it down.

Compelling small town mystery story, told from the perspective of a 12 year old girl.

Found this book while thrifting with the tweens...
Litsy doesn't have it in the catalog.
Its twisted and I love it so far!
"Revenge brings together 20 stories by women writers celebrating the insight, wit and patience that women bring to acts of vengeance."

I've run out of gas in nowhere-land Utah, but I don't even mind because while I wait for AAA I am finishing this book that I LOVE! Found in a Paris bookshop, never read a Bradbury novel. Carried around for weeks. Feels appropriate to finish it while I sit in this incredibly foreign landscape. (of course this is too hot/dry to be Mars. Venus, perhaps.)

This was (for me) a great vacation read. Fast paced & compelling... Felt like a movie, you know those kinds of books? It is "another" future dystopian story, so you'd have to like the genre. It was original, if sort of gross at times. Thought provoking without being too demanding. The characters were a bit thin, but in part that kept up the pace i think.

I picked this up because I'd taken to calling ny formerly sweet yet now hormonal baby daughter Vinegar Girl. The cover announced it as a reimagined Taming of the Shrew. I like it, it entertained me. I wasnt especially challenged. Two days decently spent.

Hate the title. it was a deterrent to me for a long while. But, stuck in a place with no English books i jumped on it. Loved Goldfinch, Secret History. Creepy doll cover disconnected like the title.Completely swept away in the story despite my doubts. A bit too long? Gritty. Compelling. I miss the characters for having completed the story. How terrible innocence can be. Still thinking, a lot.

Somehow I never heard of this book (it's a movie!? Where have I been?), found @ a take one/leave one bookshelf in Spain. I loved it, in spite of intensely disliking the main female, Isabel. It was so sad, everyone suffered, from War and lost children. Learned about lighthouses, and their importance in opening Australia to the rest of the world. Beautifully written, rich story. Loved it ❤

Tumultuous love/hate relationship with this book. It was so long so long bui couldnt stop being interested even though I felt claustrophobic and antisocial. Like the main character i often wanted to quit the story, but I HAD to know how it turned out. And I'd guess a lot of people hate the ending, but i loved it (it was perfect). So-so cuz i can only think of 1 person (my sister @Jenncat1 ) who a) might plod through it & b)still like me

SistaPip on a plane. Hiding behind a book per usual 😚

Not too sure about this one.

Read these 3 books in 4 days. Couldn't put them down! MaddAddam was my favorite, but the structure was lovely. The first 2 books were parallel in that they told of the same time period from 2 different perspectives. MaddAddam tied the whole story together from a 3rd perspective.

Which one next?

I read the 3 books in this series in 4 days and now I have a book hangover. A dark and compelling story which seems creepily plausible. Took me a bit to get into it at first but once I was hooked into the story I couldn't stop reading... Lots to think about. This one will stick with me I think.

took advantage of a day in bed with a nasty cold to read this book.... wonderful! Surprisingly sweet. Just love Neil Gaiman.

Woah this book is so much cooler than I expected it to be.... Purchased as a gift but looks like I'm going to have to keep it.

Another flight, another book to hide behind. Having been born a redhead breech baby in New England, this topic is of particular interest to me.

Just finished on the last day of vacation... I really really liked this book. Thought provoking but not too demanding. Perfect for a holiday (unless you're already apt to be nervous on the flight home)

#mademecry and cry.

#uglycover . Why diarrhea/puke colored? One of my favorite and almost certainly my ugliest book.

#mademecry #somethingforsept

Lesson planning ~ love this book, chronological short stories in American History ~ from 1565 all the way to the year 2000. Compelling for learners of all ages.
(Book + drink)

From anxiety comes order 😜🤓 Wish I had more gold books.

The sweetest little story in prose; hand drawn and lettered by miss Margaret Atwood. (Soft spot because my daughter memorized this book before she could walk ❤️). Plus, hand lettered. Hand drawn. By Margaret Atwood.

A maya Angelou picture-book poem (about fearlessness) illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Well worn and the first book I bought for my baby girl EllaJane, then in the belly and now almost 13. And life does not frighten miss EllaJ. Not at all, not at all.

This book is just so lovely. Setting up the homeschool corner. 5th grade, here we go!

Not bad, decent story.... Certainly no Station Eleven though. I wonder if I would have liked this book better had I read it first...

Take the kids to the arcade on this sweltering day....? Sure! Perfect opportunity to hide in a corner & finish my book! Sometimes ADHD is helpful. Hyper focus and the beeps crashes and lights are a million miles away...

Tee hee 😳😘

Potentially taking an 8 month trip next year with the family, all around the US! So I'm thinking of my favorite books that depend somewhat on their setting for the story to work, and visit some of those settings. My first thought; Savannah. Other ideas? Best/fave libraries? Bookshops?

Reading this. Last read it in 1994, still giddy with post-grad "I can read whatever I want!" delight. I read it now, and wonder how I understood it then. Did I then? Do I now? Either way the Ruby Slippers story is killer. Book has been on my shelf so long the spine is turning white. ❤️

Meh. Good story, kept me turning pages... Definitely not impressed with the writing itself though. I guess it was good for a couple days by the pool in this 115 degree Palm Springs weather. Koontz being so popular, I suppose I had higher expectations.

Yes because people really talk like this when they think they might soon die, right!?

"His gumshoe intuition raised alarms. He didn't need a dog's superior sense of smell to know this case was rotten. His bloodhound blood called him to the hunt.." Ok. Is Koontz being campy? What is that!? Upon reading, I actually guffawed. Guffawed!