Comments on: January Reading Wrap-Up

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:48:52 +0000

In reply to Cynthia.

Sounds like you had a great January!

We’ve got snow now and it’s supposed to drop into the 20s, but hey, it’s winter, right?!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:43:43 +0000

In reply to Susan.

And the hits just keep coming. I’m glad to hear you all are riled up because aside from wringing their hands and asking me for $$$ the Dems aren’t doing shit.

The video is awesome!

By: Deborah Moore

Deborah Moore — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:36:54 +0000

In reply to Catherine. It is a story within a story within a story and magical realism but there is one constant narrator so that helps.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:36:04 +0000

In reply to Lisa’s Yarns.

Oh no!Chronic diseases are the worst. Hopefully, you at least had a good outcome?

I feel like I need to read Cutting for Stone again, but I’m almost afraid I won’t love it as much as I did. Covenant was so evocative, about a part of India I didn’t know about.

Summer Friday sounds great- I need light reading!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:31:54 +0000

In reply to Margaret Minneman. I completely agree! I found the writing very basic and the plot went too far over the edge.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:30:46 +0000

In reply to Debbie Moore. I've wondered about that book. Are you a Murakami fan? I tried one of his books and while I thought his writing was extraordinary I had trouble following the story. Maybe I should try this one.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:40:53 +0000

Loved what happened to the McCrays? By Tracey Lange. It was so good!! Marrying the ketchups by Jennifer close was a favourite backlist thus far for 2025 🙂 stay warm!!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:48:03 +0000

Hello. It’s been a brutal week on the news front. The new admin is surely making life hell for so many. And now he’s after Canada, what a scourge he is. Well to hell with that. I’d rather starve than have Canada cave into his threats. Do I sound revved up? I am and so is this country. Earlier in the week, my husband sent me this Insta video and it made me laugh — so I’m forwarding it onto you (link below). You got listen to it with the volume on and make it to the very end of the video. It still makes me laugh every time. Keep up your reading!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEvBn6_REvK/

By: Lisa's Yarns

Lisa's Yarns — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:17:07 +0000

I hope the weather warms up for you. I fear that means more cold weather is heading our way in MN. We had some horrifically cold weather earlier this month and now it’s unseasonably warm (4os). I am enjoying the reprieve from bitterly cold temps.

I plan to read The Favorites next but will keep in mind that it’s melodramatic! I had a really great reading month in January as I was recovering from hand surgery (which I needed because of my gd RA… but was more extensive than hoped). Since I had more downtime, I read The Covenant of Water which I ended up really enjoying. I didn’t like it as much as Cutting for Stone, but I still liked it. I really liked The Story of a Heart (non-fiction about a pediatric heart transplant so a very sad but interesting read as there was a lot of info about the history/science of organ transplants) and Sipsworth. For light reading, I liked Summer Friday because it was set in NYC in the late 1990s/early 2000s. There was a very strong sense of place so I loved the book as NYC is one of my fave cities.

By: Margaret Minneman

Margaret Minneman — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:01:40 +0000

I was so excited for The Favorites as I love figure skating, but I have to say I’m really struggling with finishing it. The characters are boring and the writing, imho, is very so so. I know this was a hugely anticipated book but I don’t think it’s for me – at least not right now.

Thanks for your review. I always appreciate your insights.