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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: What are we reading? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:09:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php judy on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2283416 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:55:21 +0000 judy 2283416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I loved the novel Tin Man by Sarah Winman as much as I Ioved Still Life.  Looking forward now to her other two, though the library doesn't have them!  April on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2282242 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:39:59 +0000 April 2282242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ We are currently reading The Patient, which drops on Tuesdays via Hulu.  Authors are Steve Carrell and Domnhall Gleeson. Er...   ;) MsMary on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2282220 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:11:50 +0000 MsMary 2282220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, speaking of references to one's home town, my husband and I devoured Bad City by Paul Pringle. It's about various scandals involving very high-placed faculty at the University of Southern California, and a lot of the action takes place in my home town, and one of the most notorious incidents takes place in a local hotel suite in which we actually stayed! Very riveting, if infuriating. Janet on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2282179 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:53:32 +0000 Janet 2282179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ms Mary, I have the new Stephen King on my list! Hubs is listening to it now. Can’t wait! Fun that he name-checks our friends’ band in a recent book (not sure if it’s this one) — a character is wearing one of their tee shirts. :-D Current read: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker. I was reading along and was pleasantly surprised to see references to my hometown, including a band I used to go see decades ago…and then found out she lives in the area and we have mutual friends! I’m not too far in but am really enjoying it so far. Echo on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2282118 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:19:00 +0000 Echo 2282118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Does PD count? I am currently reading Fostering Resilient Learners. I have a hard time with a lot of psychology (it's a personal problem, not an issue necessarily with psychology), but the idea that 1/4 of students could be dealing with trauma is  illuminating. And, indeed, when translated to the wider population, that means that 1/4 or so of adults are also dealing with trauma, so when two trauma impacted individuals are encountering one another, the results can be less than stellar if the adult cannot keep their own emotions in check. MsMary on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2282096 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:46:08 +0000 MsMary 2282096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Mr. Mary also read Lessons in Chemistry and loved it, and we recommended it to the people we were on vacation with and a couple of them downloaded it on their Kindles and were loving it! I just finished the new Stephen King book, Fairy Tale. I gave up on him years ago because I found his books too scary/sad/painful, but I really enjoyed this one and highly recommend it. Also am into a fun new sci fi series that starts with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. Very entertaining vacation reading. Oh, and Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, about a group of female professional assassins whose retirement doesn't go exactly as planned. Very fun and unusual. AJ on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2281610 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 05:52:43 +0000 AJ 2281610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Conner Currently reading Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham judy on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2281083 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:54:16 +0000 judy 2281083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Loved this novel I just read:  Still Life by Sarah Winman.  Waiting for her other one, The Tin Man, to come in to the library!   JAileen on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280990 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:18:03 +0000 JAileen 2280990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <div>A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear.  It’s the latest Maisie Dobbs novel.  It takes place in 1942 and highlights women pilots.  I’m really enjoying it!</div> Laurie on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280977 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:04:19 +0000 Laurie 2280977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am listening to the audio version of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. I borrowed the audio by accident, and I usually dislike audio books, but this one is read by 4 actors and it is beautiful. It's very long, I'm afraid I will have to return it long before I'm done! Bonnie on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280746 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:17:52 +0000 Bonnie 2280746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm reading CROSSROADS by Jonathan Franzen and really enjoying it. rachylou on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280395 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:34:42 +0000 rachylou 2280395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sweet! I’ll check it out! Sara L. on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280391 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:50:56 +0000 Sara L. 2280391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ rachylou - If you're interested in learning more about Jeannie Lin, Fated Mates Podcast interviewed her a few months ago. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/3/15/s0426-jeannie-lin-a-trailblazer-episode">https://fatedmates.net/episode.....er-episode</a> Anonymous on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading/page/2#post-2280225 Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:28:23 +0000 Anonymous 2280225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Mostly reading stuff from my writers group, and I'm Finally inspired to write again. Unfortunately the book I was inspired by is #4 (or higher) in the series...and I have other books I need to finish writing first :/ bella on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2280169 Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:58:51 +0000 bella 2280169@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro was the best book I read this year! High five Bijou!  I read a few drama/crime thrillers: How Lucky, Will Leitch: The main character is totally endearing and the story is captivating. Recommended!  Razorblade Tears, S.A.Cosby: Sad but also good and ultimately satisfying. Recommended!  The Nowhere Child, Christian White: Apparently this book is not new but this Australian author is new-to-me. I really liked the pace and the atmosphere, I am thinking of reading a few more of his books.  Another new-to-me, international author is Sally Rooney, who hails from Ireland. I read Normal People and Beautiful World, Where are you? Moody books, driven by character development rather than events. I liked them both.  I also read Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I found the message a bit too obvious.  I am currently reading The Trees, by Percival Everett and it's gruesome but a page-turner!  rachylou on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2280079 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 07:59:26 +0000 rachylou 2280079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Actually, Sara, yes they are! Indigoprint on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2280070 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 04:14:24 +0000 Indigoprint 2280070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am up late reading. Two nights in Lisbon... DonnaF on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279913 Sat, 03 Sep 2022 01:13:31 +0000 DonnaF 2279913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race by Dr. Yaba Blay. Nuanced exploration of racial identity with personal narratives accompanied by gorgeous photographic portraits. Most are mixed folks; lot of food for thought. Fairly quick read on glossy paper. Sara L. on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279899 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:04:31 +0000 Sara L. 2279899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ rachylou - Are your romantic mysteries by Jeannie Lin?  If so, I quite enjoy her writing. I just read Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White which is YA and Horror, two genres I generally don't enjoy but this book is excellent.  Plus, it has a great cover and I'm easily seduced by covers (sometimes to my detriment - pretty covers frequently hide bad books).  The main character is a trans boy and the author is also trans. judy on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279892 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:17:33 +0000 judy 2279892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Janet, that's very cool...she's lead a wild life!  I very much enjoyed her writing.  Read some current articles by her on the internet too.   Suz on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279890 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:46:10 +0000 Suz 2279890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Loving the suggestions and the variation I see here! It's encouraging for a writer to see that (yes!) some people still DO read!  Ms. Mary -- Mr. Suz adored Lessons in Chemistry. I've put it on hold too because he liked it so much and found it so funny.  I will have to try The School for Good Mothers again...I started (the audio version) and it was upsetting me so much yet not gripping me in terms of its style -- but maybe it was just the narrator's voice. I'll try the book version.  I just read Florida, by Lauren Groff -- she is so good. Spooky and disturbing psychogeography -- it stays with you like Florida humidity.  Right now I'm reading When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill. It is one weird book. It's a kind of me-too allegory but set in 19th C Montreal and while the idea is interesting, the style is cartoonish (on purpose? I don't know) and over the top, not to mention anachronistic -- but since it's an allegory maybe that's okay. I am surprised I have persisted with it but every now and again a new character appears who keeps in interested.  I'm also reading some poetry.  April on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279873 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 10:37:00 +0000 April 2279873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ MM - The School for Good Mothers is something, isn't it?  I won't give anything away.  (For anyone with a connection to Philadelphia, it's also great fun to be able to picture every place described in the book.) My next up is Emi Yagi's Diary of a Void. I adored Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day but found Klara and the Sun and most of all Never Let Me Go too upsetting and abandoned both. Right now I'm re-reading Katherine Heiny's Standard Deviation.  If you enjoy a mash-up of hilarious and extremely poignant, run, don't walk...   Bijou on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279862 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 05:39:44 +0000 Bijou 2279862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I recently read Never by Ken Fowlett, a sobering tale of how nuclear war could start - a book picked by a friend for book club. A more uplifting book is Love Stories by Trent Dalton, an author who sat on a street corner in the city and had a sign requesting strangers to come up to him and tell him their own love stories - it was an interesting mix of tales. My favourite read over the last 12 months was Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - I love his writing and The Remains of the Day is one of my favourite books. Janet on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279851 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 23:38:09 +0000 Janet 2279851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Judy, Sarah Hepola is great — she is a friend of a friend of ours! I’m currently reading: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz Just finished: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (audiobook during walks) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro I love these threads! I always get new ideas to add to my list. kkards on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279850 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 23:32:01 +0000 kkards 2279850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love reading about what others are reading MsMary, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is on my must read list, especially as my mother has a STEM degree from an engineering school. And she was basically told that she would not be able to continue working after she got pregnant with me. Had to train her replacement, a man that they told her they would be paying more than she was making. anyway, I’ve read 2 books that on the surface seem very similar , but were sooo different. I liked them both. Well honestly, i loved “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev” by Dawnie Walton. I’m not sure where i read about this book, maybe here. Anyway, its about rock and roll, race,  fame and fortune, and the intersection of all of that and what we will and won’t do and what we owe ourselves and others. This is one that i will definitely re read at some point. The other book which also is about rock and roll in the 70s, was “Daisy Jones & the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I liked this book, probably would have liked it more if I hadn’t read it back to back with “Opal & Nev”, its lighter and more of a sex, drugs and rock and roll book. Also read “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray. Based on the true story of the women who put together the Pierpoint Morgan Library and how she, and her remarkable family moved from civil rights leaders to passing as whites. I suspect that her real store is much more interesting then this book was. But i do recommend the book On audio I’m reading/listening to the Slough House series, bu Mick Herron. This was made into a series for Apple TV (which is how i heard of it) but I haven’t watched any of it. So far I’ve finished book 1 “Slow Horses” and book 2 “Dead Lions”. It’s about the cast offs from MI 5. Entertaining and fun, perfect for car rides, walks and chores  judy on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279813 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:31:39 +0000 judy 2279813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I've been reading a lot lately.  I also read Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett about her friendship with another author, Lucy Grealy.  Then read Grealy's Autobiography of a Face.   Also read Blackout: Remembering What I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola...very good memoir on this subject.  Right up there with Drinking a Love Story by Carolyn Knapp (and if you read Carolyn Knapp, do read Gail Caldwell's book Let's Take the Long Way Home about her friendship with Carolyn...and dogs).   I've just started The Midnight Disease about a neurologist's struggle with hypergraphia during post partum depression.  It's a little technical, wish me luck :).   Laurie on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279805 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:56:07 +0000 Laurie 2279805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I truly love the diverse interests of our community! I get so many great book ideas from these threads. I have not read most of what has been mentioned so far. Keep them coming! Echo on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279748 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:34:52 +0000 Echo 2279748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm reading Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern by  Adam Rogers. He's a great and entertaining writer, and it is a great read so far. judy on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279747 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:34:38 +0000 judy 2279747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ So many good suggestions here.  I've been on a memoir kick this last month with three Abigail Thomas books: Three Dog Life, What Comes Next and How to Like It, and Safekeeping.  Her writing, and her life, I found fascinating, including her husband's traumatic brain injury and a very unusual friendship. RoseandJoan, I loved On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous!  Helena on "What are we reading?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-we-reading#post-2279725 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:41:06 +0000 Helena 2279725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I've just started Dopamine Nation, which is basically a pyschiatrist explaining about how we live in a dopamine-based economy and thus are all at peril for addictive tendencies (and what we can do to mitigate) - and I can tell you it's not uplifting but it is quite fascinating! ETA - meh. The conclusion seemed to be we should all follow the 12 steps? She also made a few comments throughout that didn't sit well with me at all; e.g. about how religious dress codes for women represent a sort of barrier against men's bad habits?!?  Maybe I didn't understand it - but I didn't really take anything useful from this in the end; I think my initial interest was more anticipating insights rather than actually finding any ...