https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:59:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading/page/2#post-1659777 Thu, 12 May 2016 21:11:55 +0000 JAileen 1659777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in the middle of Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in Cincinnati. I'm really enjoying it. It's very funny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading/page/2#post-1658500 Wed, 11 May 2016 04:53:18 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1658500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm one disc in on McCall Smith's Emma in audiobook thanks to this thread - so far a bit slow going but he is great at skewering upper-class British pretensions.</p> <p>If anyone's interested in the topic of depression, I just finished The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic, by Jonathan Rottenberg. Really thoughtful yet accessible, and I bought his argument for replacing the deficit model with a mood science approach. </p> <p>I will definitely put A Little Life on my list based on the great praise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading/page/2#post-1658466 Wed, 11 May 2016 02:07:52 +0000 MsMary 1658466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was riveted by Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Addiction by Sam Quinones. On a wildly different note, I also loved Station Eleven, a post-flu-apocalypse novel by Emily St. John Mandel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading/page/2#post-1655552 Thu, 05 May 2016 17:48:11 +0000 viva 1655552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children and H is for Hawk (which I loved: my secret self is a falconer and T.H. White's Once and Future King was a favorite of my preteen years). Now, I'm about halfway through a memoir called Lab Girl about a scientist (the subject matter is better than the writing but it's still quite compelling). I've got my eyes open for the next novel though, so I'm reading this list with interest. Maybe A Little Life?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading/page/2#post-1654743 Wed, 04 May 2016 09:32:15 +0000 Deb 1654743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second Choucette22 having just finished A Little Life. I found it a fully absorbing, multi emotion, at times quite confronting, eye opening and beautifully written masterpiece. A story that travels the complex lives of a group of four male friends and all of their trials and tribulations through the decades. I didn't want it to end! A favourite read of 2016, and one of my top five for this decade, five stars. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1654232 Tue, 03 May 2016 09:34:56 +0000 heather.enhui 1654232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh some great ideas for books to add to my list, particularly interested in Uprooted!</p> <p>This is what I'm reading right now/recently<br />Non-fiction:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010MHA7C6/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1">The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts</a>&nbsp;by Joshua Hammer</p> <p>Fiction:</p> <p><div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004477WN8/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o03_?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1">The Witch's Daughter</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;Paula Brackston</p> <p><div>A Death in Sweden by Kevin&nbsp;Wignall</p> <p>The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin<br /></div></p> <p></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653553 Sun, 01 May 2016 22:10:08 +0000 Sal 1653553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cried after reading Gone with the Wind for a whole day (I was 17). &nbsp;I loved it and my DH just read it and found it fascinating. &nbsp;We then rewatched the film.</p> <p>In 2016 I have read</p> <ul> <li>Atonement&nbsp;</li> <li>Girl on a train</li> <li>The Girl you left behind (Jo Jo Moyes - easy read)</li> </ul> <br />I would definitely recommend all three although not new releases. &nbsp;All different genres with &nbsp;Atonement being the most literary and beautifully written (and poignant).</p> <p>I am about to start a new book after finishing Atonement yesterday. &nbsp;Yet to decide which one:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653518 Sun, 01 May 2016 21:22:06 +0000 Aquamarine 1653518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to add that Gone With the Wind really brought the Civil War alive for me as a teen, unlike any history class ever could. Highly recommend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653452 Sun, 01 May 2016 16:53:43 +0000 Laurinda 1653452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One caution about Gone With The Wind is that it represents the era of slavery in the US and can be disturbing reading. The characters and circumstances are better explained than in the movie (but the movie is worth watching too!). </p> <p>@ Rabbit: Thank you for the audiobook recommendation. Maybe we need an audiobook thread? With a good narrator, an audiobook can be a different experience than reading silently, and can be shared rather than solitary, i.e. on a long car trip.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653436 Sun, 01 May 2016 15:13:50 +0000 retailgirl 1653436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura...you wouldn't be disappointed in Gone with the Wind! My favorite, all time. (And I love to read...former English Major) And if you've seen the movie, the actors were perfect for their parts. (Although they left some of the book out of the movie.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653317 Sun, 01 May 2016 10:54:43 +0000 Style Fan 1653317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Alexander McCall Smith.&nbsp; I am slowly working my way through the #1 Ladies series.&nbsp; <br />Other books I am reading or have read recently:<br />The Reason You Walk - A Memoir&nbsp; by Wab Kinew<br />All the Light We Cannot See&nbsp; by Anthony&nbsp; Doerr<br />Gillian Flynn's novels </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653248 Sun, 01 May 2016 01:37:03 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1653248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i recently read In Other Words and Ember in the Ashes as well. </p> <p>Liked the Italy aspect but found both somewhat unfininished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653181 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:40:15 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1653181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laurinda, I've never gotten around to reading Gone with the Wind either. So often I am disappointed when I finally read well-known classics; it's a bummer. </p> <p>Chouette, I got partway through The Nightingale myself, and something really overwrought happened - it's set in WWII France so it's not like horrible things didn't happen all the time, but it just felt like it was included for pathos rather than to move the plot along - and I stopped reading. I might go back, but I doubt it.</p> <p>A couple more I've read this year that I thought of: Hold Still, by Sally Mann - she's a photographer and it's half memoir, half family history. Very singular. McCullough's The Wright Brothers, excellent. An Ember in the Ashes, another of those dystopian YA fantasies but really engaging. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653071 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:29:39 +0000 Laurinda 1653071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Really) late to the party: "Gone With The Wind" <br />It's a good read! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1653026 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:55:55 +0000 Jane 1653026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely to read what everyone is reading. I'm on The Perfect Affair by Claire Dyer.</p> <p>Claire is coming to our book group at work, as we all know her husband well as he does a lot of work for us.</p> <p>It is slightly strange knowing Claire's husband well and then reading about the intimate aspects. And I do also find the title slightly off putting! </p> <p>But story line is good and there is a poignancy to the writing which makes it soothing to read, and indeed entirely understandable as to how the affair has arisen.</p> <p>Claire's lead character is a male author and it's quite interesting to hear about she describes the loneliness of being a writer.</p> <p>I've enjoyed Nick Hornby books and also Alexander McCall smith. The no 1 ladies detective agency series I found had a charm and sweetness to them. I was amazed at how the writer managed to write from the perspective of such a different character to himself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652985 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:02:30 +0000 chouette22 1652985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these threads, huge reader here.&nbsp;<div>Deb, I also enjoyed The Thirteenth Tale a lot.&nbsp;</div><div>Marble, I had some expectations for Fates and Furies as well, but ended up giving it only 2 stars (on Goodreads, where I record all the books I read and want to read).</div><div>Lisap: I have a hold on The Nest at my library.&nbsp;</p> <p>Recent standouts for me:</div><div>-A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara. This book really blew me away for about 500 pages (it's 720 pages long). The writing is absolutely brilliant and I thought for sure, that I would give it 5 stars. However, in the end, it did lose one star for me. It is devastating and harrowing, but also oddly uplifting and beautiful. Definitely not a light book for the beach! Who else has read this book?</div><div>-When Breath Becomes Air. 5*</div><div>-Being Immortal. 5* Everybody should read this book in my opinion.&nbsp;<br />-I just finished My Name Is Lucy Barton. I love everything by Elizabeth Strout. 4*</div><div>-Blackout, by Sarah Hepola. 4*</div><div>-I also just finished In Other Words, by Jhumpa Lahiri. This is more an essay on writing and languages. I did find it interesting because of my profession, but it definitely is not everyone's cup of tea.<br />I could go on and on...</p> <p>Oh, a quick final word: I am in the middle of The Nightingale, which has an incredibly high rating on Goodreads, thus my expectations were up there. I will finish it, but with difficulty, as I don't like it at all. I find the writing and story terribly clichéd, melodramatic and trite.&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652911 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 02:47:44 +0000 ma 1652911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I literally just picked up Fates and Furies last night from the library...haven't started it yet, but I am bummed to hear its not good... I also borrowed The Friends You Keep...I feel like I've heard things or read things about it but not sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652746 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 21:03:56 +0000 ClaraT 1652746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elon Musk. Fascinating (but just started it). Super interesting guy.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652702 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:11:45 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1652702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really liked Uprooted too - I am impatiently awaiting the next/last in her Temeraire series which is coming out next month. I hadn't heard about the McCall Smith Emma; I got tired of the repetitiveness of his series(es?) but I'd be interested in his take on Emma. </p> <p>AviaMariah, I tried to read Fates &amp; Furies too and gave up - the characters were so unlikeable and unpleasant. Not that unpleasant people can't be interesting to read about, but the text didn't manage that for me at all. </p> <p>I recently finished the Captive Prince trilogy - uneven but fun if you like fantasy adventure and/or gay romance. And I just devoured Alan Cumming's memoir in audiobook (read by himself) - his father was abusive to him and his brother as children, but it's much more than a typical 'recovering from an abusive childhood' story. </p> <p>I've got a bunch of books out from the library right now; not sure what I'll tackle next. Armada, the next in the Ready Player One series. Simon Winchester's new book Pacific. Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire, which has gotten a lot of good recs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652581 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:49:37 +0000 AviaMariah 1652581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My reading stays light these days as I only ready in about 10 minute increments so can't keep too much straight in my head! &nbsp;I'm currently reading The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney which was a kindle deal last week. &nbsp;It's pretty good. &nbsp;I just read Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter which was also a deal and was just okay. &nbsp;Awhile back I got on a Jojo Moyes kick and really enjoyed most of her books. &nbsp;I believe "Me Before You" is currently being made into a movie. &nbsp;Another book I read recently that got a lot of positive buzz was Fates and Furies and I really didn't like it. &nbsp;Great writing but I didn't care for the characters at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652578 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:41:44 +0000 Jenn 1652578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like rabbit and I have similar tastes in books! A lot of my reading is just the next book in one of the million series I'm invested in, but I did just recently finish up Borderline, by Mishell Baker, which I thought was groundbreaking. It's an urban fantasy novel set in LA, but the main character is a double-amputee who suffers from borderline personality disorder. She's a fascinating character who elevates the book beyond the genre standard (and this is coming from someone who really likes UF, in general).</p> <p>On a completely different note, I also just finished Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby. As a soccer fan and a Hornby fan, I found it hilarious and wound up reading many passages out loud to my husband each night. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652540 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:19:17 +0000 Peri 1652540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for your recommendations! I will Kindle sample these as soon as I finish my third reading of I'll Give You the Sun. Happy reading, keep them coming! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652490 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:33:22 +0000 pil 1652490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>UmmLila, I listened to Iain Pears 'Instance of the Fingerpost' years ago and enjoyed it. </p> <p>I also recently read 'Unbecoming' by Amy Scherm and enjoyed that. An unlikeable main character but I still wanted to find out what happened in the end! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652449 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:33:05 +0000 rachylou 1652449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right now I'm reading self published dystopian short stories. Just finished one that was rather poetic and profound about how one can't keep to one's own little life, as much as one might like. The workings of the world, the doings of governments and leaders, they do involve and effect us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652432 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:07:52 +0000 rabbit 1652432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm constantly listening to audiobooks while I work, and tend to go for escapist stuff (because half my mind is doing something else), so there is a lot of historical romance, sci-fi, and fantasy of all kinds of mixed quality. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />One of the best genre books I've read in a very long time (and great narration) is Uprooted by Naomi Novik - it's got world-building, intelligent magic, non-traditional romance and the creepiest forest I've ever run across in print. &nbsp;Very Grimm's folklore, Baba Yaga come to life.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652336 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:18:49 +0000 Anonymous 1652336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found Nora entirely unlikable, and flakey, which turned me off. But I agree with the elegant , quiet writing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652333 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:16:39 +0000 JAileen 1652333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm reading Emma by Alexander McCall Smith, a modern version of Jane Austen's Emma. He wrote the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. It's delightful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652311 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:52:19 +0000 Anonymous 1652311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ummlila, maybe we can swap <i>The Blue Hour </i>and <i>The Turkish Letters </i>at some point.&nbsp; </p> <p>Lisap, sorry <i>Nora Webster</i> wasn't your cuppa.&nbsp; I'm pretty well seduced by the elegant writing and the low-key story.&nbsp; Kind of soothing, I guess.&nbsp; We'll see if I make it to the end (I'm about halfway through it).</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652292 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:18:58 +0000 ma 1652292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Currently reading Notorious RBG which is full of photos and timelines, so feels more like a coffee table book but her life is very interesting. Just finished Her by Christa Parravani which was an excellent memior and Random Family (old, published 2004) was a quite shocking to read. Newer books of fiction I've recently read were Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. Both were okay historical fiction, i enjoyed Hoffman better, mostly because I'm a bit burnt out on France during WWII fiction. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-time-againwhat-are-you-reading#post-1652290 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:17:32 +0000 Anonymous 1652290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Xtabay - I gave up on Nora Webster about 2/3 of the way through. I like his books a lot, but this one was going nowhere ....I think my patience with certain novels is less than it used to be.&nbsp; </p>