Book Snails Book Group discussion

Reading something really good this month? Or really awful? Let us know...

Pien and I will be finishing Fall of Giants, which is sooo good!

Then I’ll be reading Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania since it’s been on my TBR list for awhile and also pertains to WWI.

I’ll still be working my way through 1Q84, which I’m finding is best read in small doses due to its repetition.

I plan to reread 1984 because I don’t really remember it and it’s somewhat related to 1Q84.

And I’ll be reading a book TBD for the March meeting of the book club I launched in February.

My plan is:
The Child Thief (started)
L'Étranger (started)
Hide and Seek
Zorba the Greek
Between Terror and Democracy: Algeria Since 1989
Broken Soul
And I'll finally start the yearly read
A Game of Thrones

But the reality might be different. Some of those are rather heavy or, at least, not my usual light hearted UF, so I might have to intersperse some more UF in between. The Child Thief I have is a hard back and they annoy me, so that will be a slow read, like 30 pages a day at most. L'Étranger will be a slow read too, cos I'm reading it in french, not my native language. And the Algeria book might make me cry, so that too might take half the month. My plan is to finish the Algerian based fiction and then move on to the non-fiction. And throw the other books in somewhere.

Erin wrote: "Pien and I will be finishing Fall of Giants, which is sooo good!

Then I’ll be reading Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania since it’s been on my TBR list fo..."

Good reading plans this month, Erin! These titles are on my TBR as well. 1984 is one of the most haunting books I've ever read. Good luck ;-)

Keli wrote: "My plan is:
The Child Thief (started)
L'Étranger (started)
Hide and Seek
Zorba the Greek
[book:Between Terror and Democracy: Algeria Since..."

Good luck to you, Keli!

readage 📚☕️ wrote: "Keli wrote: "My plan is:
The Child Thief (started)
L'Étranger (started)
Hide and Seek
Zorba the Greek
[book:Between Terror and Democracy: ..."

Thanks.

And I totally agree with you about 1984. It's very haunting and the tension is superb. Sadly, in today's political climate I find it too realistic. Regardless of one's political persuasion, the rewriting of facts, actual verifiable, observable facts being called into question is scary. "Alternative facts" are double think, plain and simple.

Plan? 😳
I’m reading A Confederacy of Dunces, a hilarious, witty, insightful novel set in New Orleans. The author killed himself when he was in his early 30s, in despair because no one was interested in his book. His mother started bugging a well-known professor to read her son’s MS. She was met with polite refusals until at last the man read the book. He was so impressed that he helped her get it published, after which it won the Pulitzer Prize.

Also reading Wholly Unraveled: A Memoir. It was one of the six free choices on Amazon’s monthly offerings. Boy, I’m so glad I chose this one. The author was raised by religious fanatics called the Diciples of Light, of which her deranged father was a regional leader. Her childhood was harrowing. Very well paced and written. Can hardly wait to see what happens.

Some of mine are carry-overs from February, UGH, just been so busy. :-(

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Solving the Autoimmune Puzzle: The Woman's Guide to Reclaiming Emotional Freedom and Vibrant Health
The Passage
Last Days
Skitter
Zero Day

Candace wrote: "Plan? 😳
I’m reading A Confederacy of Dunces, a hilarious, witty, insightful novel set in New Orleans. The author killed himself when he was in his early 30s, in despair because no one..."

Have you finished Confederacy yet? I found the book challenging. I mean it was laugh out loud funny but the absurdity never let up. I had so many questions at the end. I'd kind of wished I read it as a buddy read.

Vickie - The Passage is big but it moves very quickly. If you need a break from heavier reading, you couldn't really do better.

Keli wrote: "Candace wrote: "Plan? 😳
I’m reading A Confederacy of Dunces, a hilarious, witty, insightful novel set in New Orleans. The author killed himself when he was in his early 30s, in despai..."

Good to know because it's been SUPER slow for me so far. Hoping it picks up soon!!!

Vickie wrote: "Keli wrote: "Candace wrote: "Plan? 😳
I’m reading A Confederacy of Dunces, a hilarious, witty, insightful novel set in New Orleans. The author killed himself when he was in his early 3..."

I enjoyed the Passage. I found book 2 a chore and 3 a dnf. I hope it gets better for you.

I am reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette for my in person book club I run with my cousin. :)

City of Endless Night

I'm reading Little Fires Everywhere, The Muse of Nightmares, and hopefully starting The Slow Regard of Silent Things.

Haha, I managed to read one on my list. I started all of them except Broken Soul (but that's only cos I just picked it up on Saturday).

The Child Thief - pg 100
L'Étranger - pg 15
Hide and Seek
Zorba the Greek - pg 35
Between Terror and Democracy: Algeria Since 1989 - pg 30
Broken Soul
A Game of Thrones-pg 10

I have read 5 other books, though. I'll hopefully get the Algeria book done this month.

I’m currently reading A History of Film and Vitamin D:New Perspectives in Drawing