https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:23:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2178920 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:29:46 +0000 Janet 2178920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been such a slacker on reading. I’m halfway through Tommy Orange’s There There, and it’s quite good. I’m actually glad I’m not speeding through it so I can absorb each character’s story a bit.</p> <p>You all are contributing to my ever-growing list! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2178673 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:37:46 +0000 RoseandJoan 2178673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm currently chewing my way through Doctor Zhivago, it rambles quite a bit and lacks the structure I love but the characters are great.</p> <p>I am also rereading the Carlos Ruiz Zafon Cemetery of Forgotten Books series which I absolutely love.</p> <p>Since the New Year, I have finished and enjoyed;<br /> The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.<br /> The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.<br /> Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones.<br /> Changeling by Matt Wesolowski.<br /> The Stationary Shop of Tehran by Nathan Kamali.<br /> Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton.<br /> The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis.<br /> The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante.<br /> Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan.<br /> Ayurveda by Geeta Vara.<br /> More time for reading is definitely an advantage of the UK lockdown and dark evenings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2177648 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:47:15 +0000 Laurie 2177648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@rachylou - hadn't read any of the reviews/interviews. Just skimmed through this one from NYT - it points out that the intro is tough. Stick with it.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/books/review-caste-isabel-wilkerson-origins-of-our-discontents.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0.....ontents.ht</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2177506 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:39:29 +0000 rachylou 2177506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I downloaded Caste. I’m stuck in the introduction. I need to learn to skip intros in non-fiction books. I wanted to read more about the anthropological study back in the day the author talks about - black professor from the East goes to do field work under cover in the South in the 30s(?). I listened to all the interviews when Caste came out though. Segregation was an ‘interesting’ ‘PR problem’ in world politics. Russia got points off of us on that one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2177447 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:46:06 +0000 Laurie 2177447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK,&nbsp;<b>Caste&nbsp;</b>(by the way, I've decided that bolding the titles is my favorite style, after trying all the others including term paper style of underlining) - who has read it?</p> <p>&nbsp;Halfway through and I think it's so interesting, really horrifying, extremely well-written, and a must-read in America in our times. I've sent copies to both of my sons.</p> <p>I'm still processing that in the early 1930's the Nazis studied, and were inspired by, the US model of legal racism...this was definitely not taught in the American History curriculum of the 1970's and 80's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2177353 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:51:38 +0000 Sara L. 2177353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Neelie - I have had that book on my Kindle for months now and I really need to find time to read it.&nbsp; Everyone raves about it and I generally love TJ Klune's books.&nbsp; He has a huge backlist that I'm working my way through.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2177277 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:09:41 +0000 Neelie 2177277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>The House In The Cerulean Sea</b> by TJ Klune is amazing.&nbsp; It's genre is fantasy but the messaging is so timely.&nbsp; I highly recommend it for anyone who has a teen or young adult in their life who is "different" from the majority in any way.&nbsp; I read it and then passed it on to my 17 year old daughter who is loving it.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2176770 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 15:45:42 +0000 Anonymous 2176770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am enjoying “ What It’s Like To Be A Bird”. by David Allen Sibley who wrote the best birders’ guide . My copy was a Christmas gift. It works well with watching birds in our yard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2175632 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:23:46 +0000 Laurie 2175632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@bella - great list, thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2175599 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:40:25 +0000 catherine 2175599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve been sticking with sci-fi and fantasy. Reality is not the place for me right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2175471 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:22:16 +0000 pil 2175471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished <b>The New Wilderness</b> by Diane Cook. My son recommended it as he knows the author. My first dystopian novel - took me a while to get through it - would be good for book club discussion!<div><b>The Power Couple</b> - easy read finished quickly as I wanted to know how it ended.<br />Just brought home <b>Mr. Rogers a Visual History </b>on the recommendation of one of my library patrons.</p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2175458 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:52:13 +0000 Laurie 2175458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished&nbsp;<b>You Should Have Known&nbsp;</b>by Jean Hanff Korelitz. It was a bit of a page turner. (I don't have HBO so have not seen The Undoing.)</p> <p><b>Caste&nbsp;</b>finally showed up. I start it tonight. Been waiting a while. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2173355 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:35:20 +0000 bella 2173355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I downloaded some of the recommendations in this compilation. Looking forward to reading them all:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fivebooks.com/books/best-books-of-2020/">https://fivebooks.com/books/best-books-of-2020/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2172418 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:28:59 +0000 MsMary 2172418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, all you fantasy lovers: I am 2/3 of the way through The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox and it's blowing my mind. Two BIG thumbs up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2171439 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:37:12 +0000 olive12 2171439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve read<br /> a book called "Little<br /> Women" by Louise May Alcott. The novel is about four sisters, their life,<br /> friendship, growing up. In short, for me it’s a one-time book. Of course, today<br /> the book will seem very boring for modern young girls. There is not even a<br /> storyline here. Description of their boring measured life, their worries,<br /> children's desires. Although it would be useful for them to read, because<br /> children's selfishness is still relevant today. This book is also suitable for<br /> a more adult female audience, there is something to think about child-rearing.<br /> The story is not modern at all, and the book is not very exciting, but I do not<br /> regret having read it. A recommendation only for lovers of women's classics.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169705 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:34:19 +0000 Aquamarine 2169705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I gifted my daughter “Anxious People” for Christmas, so it’s next on my list (we both loved “A Man Named Ove”).</p> <p>I recently finished “Rachel to the Rescue” by Elinor Lipman, and have started another one of her books, “On Turpentine Lane.” I love Lipman, she’s so funny.</p> <p>Also doing a lot of Twitter reading here. 2020 killed my concentration and it hasn’t fully recovered.<br /><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169665 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:04:21 +0000 Laurie 2169665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Mary, I did not like <u>My Dark Vanessa</u>. Disturbing.</p> <p>Am reading Mary Trump's book - it's pretty fascinating.&nbsp; Also just started&nbsp; <u>Homegoing</u> by Yaa Gyasi.&nbsp;<u></u></p> <p>I don't recommend this book,&nbsp;J<u>une Bug Vs Hurricane</u> by Erin Chandler, as great literature, but I had a chance to sit in on my sister's book club with the author last night, after reading a signed copy that my sister gave me for my birthday. It's quite a story. The Chandlers are a prominent Kentucky family - Gov. Happy Chandler was her grandfather - and it's a memoir about a crazy childhood and young adulthood, and dealing with her brother's addiction and suicide. Additionally, she was an accomplished actress for many years after the time period of this memoir, and listed close to a dozen interesting projects she'd been in with famous people! She now lives back in Versailles, KY and is a full time writer and publisher. If you are interested in Kentucky, memoirs, survivors of loved ones with alcoholism and addictions it is worth a look. She's overcome a lot of adversity and childhood neglect. It was pretty interesting to listen to this group of women discuss her personal story - women local to her, who have known her family all their lives. I think it's very brave to write a memoir.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169609 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:52:23 +0000 Anonymous 2169609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second&nbsp;<i>American Dirt</i>. &nbsp;Big thumbs up! &nbsp;It was so suspenseful that I couldn't read it at bedtime, though. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169475 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:56:31 +0000 lisaflex 2169475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>American dirt. very good read. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169442 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:50:58 +0000 MsMary 2169442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Read My Dark Vanessa over the weekend. Compelling but disturbing story about a girl who was seduced by her middle aged teacher at age 15. Now I'm reading Deacon King Kong and enjoying it a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2169112 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:42:46 +0000 Anonymous 2169112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now started reading The Queen's Gambit and am really enjoying it! I read half it one night already and will probably finish tonight.<br /> Also in process of: Ready Player 2, and Sustainable Minimalism.<br /> In the last month or so I read:<br /> Many Waters, the first 2 books of the Soul Seer series, the Sidekick Squad series, F*/% No, and Joy at Work. </p> <p>In winter all I want to do is sleep and read! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168943 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:40:07 +0000 delurked 2168943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to read a mystery series next. I just read Your House Will pay by Steph Ch, which is about racial tensions in LA. The book is fiction, but loosely based on an actual event.I think it is a worthwhile read.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168781 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:24:11 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2168781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ooh, Ima look for Bride of the Sea.<br />I love immigrant stories, and grew up in Saudi Arabia :-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168705 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:06:52 +0000 Sal 2168705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I read On Beauty by Zadie Smith too. I enjoyed it too!</p> <p>I am reading The Diary of Jane Somers by Doris Lessing. It is an older book about a magazine editor confronting her life through an elderly woman she befriends.</p> <p>I also read 1927 by Bill Bryson which is an interesting read about all the events and people of the summer of 1927 in the USA. Lindbergh, Coolidge, Al Capone!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168465 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:59:13 +0000 Bonnie 2168465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MsMary: I read News of the World last year, too. It was great and I'm also looking forward to the movie.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168289 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:48:51 +0000 MsMary 2168289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I read News of the World by Paulette Jiles last year and loved it. Looking forward to watching the new Tom Hanks movie as soon as I get a minute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year/page/2#post-2168129 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:22:17 +0000 greycat6 2168129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved "A Gentleman in Moscow"!&nbsp; One of my all time favorites and will read again soon.</p> <p>Disclaimer - I read to escape and enjoy light hearted, happy ending stories with strong female characters and interesting family dynamics.&nbsp; This is what I've enjoyed recently.</p> <p>Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonia. Reality TV, Midwest small town, sister/family dynamics.&nbsp; FUN read!</p> <p>Outlawed by Anna North. Set in 1800's in wild west.&nbsp; Women cast out by society band together to become outlaws.</p> <p>Shuggie Bain by Stuart Douglas. Heart warmingly sad.&nbsp; Set in Glasgow in 1980's and alcoholic mother raising/being raised by her children.</p> <p>Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. Female detective series based in India.</p> <p>You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz.&nbsp; Basis for TV show the 'Undoing'.&nbsp; Soooo good!</p> <p>I love everyone's recommendations!&nbsp; Will be adding Anxious People plus others to my list.&nbsp; Thank you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year#post-2168094 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:11:13 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 2168094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a bit of a cheat, but I looooooved Amor Towles' novel, "A Gentleman In Moscow" so much when I read it this past summer, that I'm planning to re-read it again, before I return it to my best friend.&nbsp; If you've felt trapped having to stay at home during the pandemic, this story might give you a fresh and optimistic perspective.</p> <p>"The Idea of You", by Robinne Lee, was amazing.&nbsp; &nbsp;I generally find romance novels to be cringe-worthy, but I saw it had great reviews, so I downloaded a sample on Kindle, and wound up devouring the entire book in about three days, like it was a big box of Mike-and-Ikes.</p> <p>I'm currently reading "All Creatures Great and Small".&nbsp; &nbsp;My great-grandfather loved James Herriot's books, and now I understand why.&nbsp; &nbsp;I keep trying to put it down, only to pick it right back up again.</p> <p>Books I am reading/studying concurrently with "All Creatures" include:</p> <p>A re-read of The Miracle Morning, by Hal Elrod</p> <p>Tribe of Mentors, by Tim Ferriss</p> <p>Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.</p> <p>And a couple of acting industry books. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year#post-2167774 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:02:58 +0000 Anonymous 2167774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My attention span is really not where it should be these days . Same with tv shows and movies : if it doesn’t stick within the first few minutes , I’m out . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-in-the-new-year#post-2167772 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:01:52 +0000 Anonymous 2167772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In January : If I Knew Then ( Jann Arden ) , If It Bleeds ( Stephen King ) , Troubles in Paradise ( Elin Hilderbrand ; abandoned 1/4 of the way in ) : The Searcher ( Tana French ; also abandoned 1/4 way in ) ; now starting The Push ( Ashley Audrain) . Why does this list feel too short ? I’m sure I’ve read more this month . I wasted FAR too much time trying to make The Searcher and the Elin H books work though . Oh - also started The Tender Bar ( JR Hoeringer) but it wasn’t what I thought it was , and same with Philip Kerr’s Metropolis. That one was too dense - again not what I thought it would be . </p>