AlexandriaLibraryVA discussion

It's Friday again! Let me know what you've been reading this week.

I'm slowly working my way through Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin, listening to Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong and just started reading Holes by Louis Sachar with my almost 10-year-old. My 6-year-old and I are enjoying Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories about Jenny Linsky by Esther Averill. The illustrations in this are so charming!

I'd love to hear what's been keeping you up at night (or not) this week!

I read Dear Girls and loved it! I'm finishing up Whiskers in the Dark by Rita Mae Brown and next up is Anne Tyler's Redhead by the Side of the Road and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - chosen for the title alone.

Holes was a favorite with my two "boys" when they were in elementary school!

Athena wrote: "Holes was a favorite with my two "boys" when they were in elementary school!"

I remember loving it when I read it but I don't really remember the details. We were reading Charmed Life as a post-Harry Potter pick but neither of us were really into it.

I just finished listening to Notes of a Native Son which I had started and put down, but the second half was very thought provoking. On the lighter side the Nebula Awards Showcase for 2014 which had stories from several of my favorite authors and some to explore further, and Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown. That one has an old 1940 cookbook as a frame and includes recipes. Some of those old recipes sound awful but a few I may try.

I finished the audio of The Testaments for my on-line book club. It was good, though I didn't like it as well as the first, or maybe just not the right mood?
Still reading on Kindle: The Patron Saint of Liars, a contender for top five of the year.

Elaine Cook wrote: "I finished the audio of The Testaments for my on-line book club. It was good, though I didn't like it as well as the first, or maybe just not the right mood?
Still reading on Kindl..."
That was my first Ann Patchett and one of my favorites. I also liked The Testaments but I agree it didn't have the same impact as The Handmaid's Tale.

Alas I haven't had a chance to read a whole book in weeks, only news and twitter feed articles. I hope to finish reading Kate Chopin's novel "The Awakening" for my book club discussion this Friday though. Wish me luck!

Caroline wrote: "Alas I haven't had a chance to read a whole book in weeks, only news and twitter feed articles. I hope to finish reading Kate Chopin's novel "The Awakening" for my book club discussion this Friday ..."
I remember that one from high school - it really was an "awakening"! Hope you have a good discussion!