Under 200 Pages! discussion

Share with the group, what you are current read?

I am currently reading Single & Single by John le Carré

I'm currently reading the strength in our scars by Bianca Sparacino ✨

I’m currently reading an ARC

I just finished which is just over your page number limit.

A beautiful, thought provoking read.

About to wrap up Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
and
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

then will start

Mockingbird Summer by Lynda Rutledge

The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

Hollow Beasts by Alisa Lynn Valdes

Stealing by Margaret Verble

Just finished this novella by Christna Mcdonld

Publishing on 19th March 2024

Check out my review here https://chapterchatswithcaroline.word...

I am currently reading No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan

i just started the third book of a good girl's guide to murder series

Currently reading by Kathy Lette

Currently I'm reading Ramayana , almost half is done

Currently reading by Lucy Foley

Tell me what are you currently reading?

I read several at a time, so right now...

Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson

La Disparition de Stephanie Mailer by Joel Dicker

What is everyone currently reading?

I just finished an historical fiction book The Ibbur’s tale by Lenny Cavallaro and had the pleasure to interview him.

Interview coming soon on my blog.

by Lenny Cavallaro

I am still working on the short stories in Ford County by John Grisham, but I finished last month ~~
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P.D. James
Reading the Ceiling. Dayo Forster by Dayo Forster
Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen
The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman
Coming Home by Brittney Griner
The Devil's Claw by Lara Dearman
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Burn by Peter Heller
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

and for this month, so far, I am on to ~~

Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath
The Undertaker's Assistant by Amanda Skenandore
Triple Tragedy in Alcolu: The execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., accused of the murders of Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames. by Kendall Bell
Exposure by Ramona Emerson
Swift River by Essie J. Chambers

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "I am still working on the short stories in Ford County by John Grisham, but I finished last month ~~
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by [author:P.D. J..."

Ohhh wow, that’s an amazing huge list. I’m so behind on my reading🫣

Believe it or not so I am Caroline. I read around 6 books at a time, but it doesn't seem to put me any closer to being caught up.

Happy Thanksgiving to all...

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving to all...
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Hey Sandi just saw your post, hope you had an amazing Thankgiving!

Thanks Caroline. It was nice. Hope yours was too.

I just started reading the famous book " A Christmas Carol "by Charles Dickens ,so apt for the season .This is my first time I m reading it

Mansi wrote: "I just started reading the famous book " A Christmas Carol "by Charles Dickens ,so apt for the season .This is my first time I m reading it"

I m sure Mansi this will not be the last time you will be reading it. There will sure be a rereads.😃

Fingers crossed .but is it a children's novel, I'm feeling it that way

Mansi wrote: "Fingers crossed .but is it a children's novel, I'm feeling it that way"

Yes..it’s more for children but read by adults 😉

Happy Holidays everyone...

Merry Christmas everyone

Merry Christmas everyone

Happy New Year to all...

Happy new year everyone

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "Happy New Year to all...

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Happy New Year 2025

Mansi wrote: "Happy new year everyone"

Happy New Year 2025

I did finish up before 2024 ended
Holy City by Henry Wise
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
No Exit by Taylor Adams
The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

I am now on to
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
The Invisable Man. by H.G. Wells
The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman
Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik

I have been in a reading slump for the past 10 days or so...but hopefully coming out of it...

Those I did complete ~~
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman
The Invisable Man. by H.G. Wells

Those I am still reading ~
Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik
The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder by Leah Carroll
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... by Jason Reynolds
Who to Believe by Edwin Hill
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "I have been in a reading slump for the past 10 days or so...but hopefully coming out of it...

Those I did complete ~~
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
[book:The Bullet Swall..."

WOW! How do you manage to read so much. I have been so distracted these days that I can’t get through one full chapter.

I see some good books in your list.

I just finished Murder Under the Mistletoe.
I may start The Handmaid's tale as it is very popular book.

Caroline wrote: "♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "I have been in a reading slump for the past 10 days or so...but hopefully coming out of it...

Those I did complete ~~
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
[bo..."


Being retired helps...lol! But between a hard backed book, Libby, audio CD's, and my book clubs it just all falls together. I am not a fast reader either - if I could read a book a day like a lot of people do, I would not have so many books going at one time.

I put a few books to the side that just didn't quite interest me right now, but still in line to read from my last post is ~~
Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder by Leah Carroll
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... by Jason Reynolds

Those I have finished are ~~
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Code of the Hills by Chris Offutt
Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank by Elle Cosimano
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

And I am on to ~~
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
We, the Jury by Robert Rotstein
The Amature by Robert Littell

and the two books that remain above

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "I put a few books to the side that just didn't quite interest me right now, but still in line to read from my last post is ~~
[book:Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder|3084243..."

How was Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank?

It was good Caroline. Talked about Vero and that body shop cousin of hers - I can't remember his name - Ramon? - and how she met Finlay. Short, but background story.

Halfway through The Handmaid's Tale. Very regressive ,disgusting . Making me feel uneasy . No proper plot

Mansi wrote: "Halfway through The Handmaid's Tale. Very regressive ,disgusting . Making me feel uneasy . No proper plot"

I am sure the book must be more brutal then what they have shown in the web series

Recently finished and reread an Indian book(it's in English)

I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Austin wrote: "I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky."

I am also reading Fyodor Dostoevsky- short story Bobok. It is inside the book White nights
All russian names are weird and hard to remember .

Mansi wrote: "Austin wrote: "I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky."

I am also reading Fyodor Dostoevsky- short story Bobok. It is inside the book White nights
All russian names ar..."

I have read the White Nights, which is a short novella. I gave it a 4-star. Now I am reading his longest novel. It's better than White Nights.

Russian names can be tricky for Indians. But I am familiar with Russian names, and I don't find them difficult. I have been following tennis since childhood, and there are many tennis players from Russia with Russian names.

loving this one

@Austin ,so you liked White Nights .I too hope I will like it as was thinking of dismissing it . Bobok didn't had much story in it .Just a message.
Good luck with your book

Seems I did not post my set of books to this group. But I have not gotten very far recently - having been in a reading slump that has lasted more than a month. I have many books started - looking for that one book that would snap me out of it - but not many books completed. Hoping that I am slowly coming out of it...sigh!

So here is where I stand right now...Still reading...
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Added to that currently reading list...
Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa
Flush by Virginia Woolf
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The books I have finished, in about a 7 week period, are...
The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez
The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Earth by John Boyne
Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
The Lamplighter’s Bookshop by Sophie Austin
Death Row by Freida McFadden

I have finished Death in the CloudsAgatha Christie.

Currently I'm reading BOTM-June for this group The Housekeeper and the Professor.I have almost started it and it's lovely .
Second book I'm reading is an Indian book by the very famous 'Gulzar' .It is in Hindi though English versions are also available दो लोग Do Log

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "Seems I did not post my set of books to this group. But I have not gotten very far recently - having been in a reading slump that has lasted more than a month. I have many books started - looking f..."

I just admire you for reading so much🙌