https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:32:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2147606 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:06:29 +0000 Lieselotte Kander 2147606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Though I have&nbsp;<i>Can You Keep a Secret?</i> in the collection but just need to read some old novel like novels of Sidney Sheldon&nbsp;<i>If Tomorrow Comes </i>etc.<i></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2146820 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:47:48 +0000 Neelie 2146820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry" by Fredrik Backman (He wrote "A Man Called Ove") - It took about 50 pages to get into and then so so good!&nbsp; Highly recommend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2146578 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:14:23 +0000 JAileen 2146578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m reading Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen. &nbsp;It takes place in Palm Beach, Florida. &nbsp;It’s similar to other books by Hiaasen, in that it’s about low lifes interacting with the law, and in this case, with one percenters, too. &nbsp; If you need to be cheered up, I recommend it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2146456 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:12:50 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2146456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished the first in a YA urban fantasy series - The Name of the Blade by Zoe Marriott. An ancient katana, creatures from the underworld, Japanese kitsune, and a London schoolgirl just trying to make it to graduation. Sadly, my library doesn't have the rest of the series so I'll have to wait a bit to read the next one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2145032 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:20:58 +0000 nuancedream 2145032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am reading Isabel Allende's A Long Petal of the Sea, which takes place during the Spanish Civil War 1936-39. Her characters are fully realized and captivating. As always, Allende's prose is extraordinary.&nbsp; Today, refugees are fleeing danger in their own countries and are trying to find safety and a new life.&nbsp; This book is heartbreaking, shocking, and ultimately miraculous.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144776 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:47:29 +0000 Laurie 2144776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;Nice piles! 2 great ones that I've read, Janet - West With the Night, and All the Light We Cannot See. Look forward to your reviews on the others. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144772 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:35:38 +0000 MsMary 2144772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great picks, Janet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144724 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:21:00 +0000 Janet 2144724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm tearing through The Institute and will finish it today. Classic Stephen King -- not gory but a good supernatural thriller. </p> <p>I had a little too much fun in a local used book store (supporting local business while social distancing, yay!). Came home with a stack to choose from to take with me on our Airstream adventure, if the $%&amp;# dealership ever finishes the repairs. </p> <p>It's easier to show the stacks -- not all of these were from the other day. Some I had already bought and are ones I'm choosing from to take on the trip. </p> <p>First pic is fiction. Second pic nonfiction.  </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144426 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:13:26 +0000 MsMary 2144426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay I'm giving you all a heads up: There's an HBO miniseries coming out in a few months with Nicole Kidman called The Undoing, and it's based on a book called You Should Have Known, which I just read. Very entertaining page turner, highly recommend.</p> <p>In a totally different direction, I also just finished a novel called A Man by&nbsp;</p> <p>Keiichiro Hirano, translated from Japanese. About a man who dies and is found to have adopted somebody else's identify. I really enjoyed it. Very literary but in a good way.</p> <p>Next up: Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train for book club. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144424 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:10:49 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2144424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, some interesting items to add to my TBR...</p> <p>The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs - kind of a romance plus, in that there's a bit more going on plotwise than the relationship, and it's set in San Francisco with a lot of local history stuff. I enjoyed it.</p> <p>I've got an e-loan again of A Gentleman in Moscow so I'll try to finish it this time before the loan expires. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144381 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:29:14 +0000 Helena 2144381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a bit of a reading pinball at the moment; I have about 10 on the go because I can't concentrate on anything *sigh* ... besides my usual mish-mash of spiritual stuff, I'm working on:</p> <p>- A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Fowler, which I am honestly not too sure about but it was a loan so I feel I owe it to my friend to power though ...<br />- Educated, as mentioned above - fascinating ...<br />- Jodi Wilson Raybould's From Where I Stand, a collection of her writing and speeches about Indigenous communities in Canada</p> <p>On deck:<br />- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi</p> <p>Working through them at a painfully slow pace ... thanks for the butt-kick; I'll carve out some reading time later today!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144322 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 03:50:42 +0000 karen13 2144322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Staysfit - I read Alexander Hamilton earlier this year and loved it! I can definitely see re-reading it. Now I need to read the George Washington and John Adams biographies</p> <p>Speaking of books that are good to read on a Kindle because you just can click to look up the ten dollar words, I just started Moby Dick and it is soooo good. I some how avoided it for decades - who knew? I was looking for something that is not dystopian, political or current. And it is free! I may finally get to more of the classics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144107 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:49:09 +0000 The Cat 2144107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"The Watchtower" No. 3 2020, on "Lasting Blessings From a Loving God." Really encouraging. Here is the link: <a href="https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no3-2020-sep-oct/" rel="nofollow">https://www.jw.org/en/library/.....0-sep-oct/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2144099 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:03:50 +0000 Laurie 2144099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@bonnie, @lisap re Michael Connelly - his brother is the chief information security officer for HCA, which was an account I called on for many years. They look alike. Paul always had the latest books scattered around! I've read several while traveling - perfect for a long flight.</p> <p>Almost through&nbsp;<u>The Weight of Ink</u>. Really good. I would like to go back and read the first several chapters again, as it was pretty dense with information that later becomes important detail, but Libby will be whisking it away tomorrow. I think I'll get back on the hold list. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143675 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:13:46 +0000 kkards 2143675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>loved "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien. What i know about modern China is from high school history classes, so that's to say, really not much but dates and events etc....this book really made a lot what has happened in the last 100 years 'real". Well written, compelling story, that really made me thnk.<br />Also liked "Fleishman Is in Trouble" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. a modern story about a marriage, career, upward mobility, class and the balance between them.<br />&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143663 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:50:01 +0000 Staysfit 2143663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m re-reading Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143646 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:09:15 +0000 DonnaF 2143646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman, a memoir by a young woman who left an ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community in New York. I was led to it by the Netflix series of the same name. It turns out that the two diverged so greatly as to be almost unrecognizable. It goes without saying that the book is more nuanced and universal which is ultimately more satisfying than the sensationalized Netflix series. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143643 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:50:43 +0000 Jenn 2143643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished&nbsp;<i>Peace Talks,&nbsp;</i>the new Harry Dresden novel by Jim Butcher. </p> <p>I'm also slowly working my way through&nbsp;<i>The Art of Simple Living</i>, by Shunmyo Masuno. It's slim and not a difficult read, but so lovely that I'm taking my time and savoring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143568 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:02:19 +0000 Anonymous 2143568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bonnie - I’m a big fan of Michael Connelly too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143531 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:35:36 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2143531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished Igniting Darkness, the second in a duology, or fifth in a series by Robin LeFevers. It’s YA fantasy with a strong grounding in French history and poli sci. I have enjoyed and recommend. </p> <p>I am also reading The Book of Disappearance, by Ibtisam Azem. It’s about what would happen if all the Palestinians in Israel suddenly weren’t there anymore. A bit of an alternate history thing about remembering loss, and then losing memories of what happened. </p> <p>Also I forgot if I recommended Rebecca Roanhorse last month. Also alt-history, dystopia well realizes from the outsider, Native American perspective. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143498 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:23:22 +0000 MsMaven 2143498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like this is going to be a mostly political month.&nbsp;</p> <p>I did read Tara Westover's <i>Educated</i> (at last.) Mr. M took a Writing you Memoir class this summer and a friend recommended this. He read it and loved it. So I dug in. Wow. My problem is, I knew some of these kind of people growing up. In fact, my BIL lived on the other side of the mountain, 10 miles as the crow flies. His family wasn't like Tara's though.</p> <p>I've started on Michael Cohen's Disloyal. And Bob Woodward's book is scheduled to arrive next Tuesday. I read Mary Trump's book and it looks like more are coming. I was a poly sci major undergrad, back in the days when there were 3 other female students in the whole department, and no female professors. Don't know what that has to do with it, but just so you know. </p> <p>I just ordered Peter Strzok's book as well.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143467 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:01:55 +0000 Bonnie 2143467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm almost through with Early Warning by Jane Smiley, the second novel in her 100 year trliogy. I'm really enjoying it. On my nightstand for September are The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow which I'm rereading after many years. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly, one of my favorite detective series, and Some Tame Gazelles by Barbara Pym. I plan to read one of Pym's 14 novels once a month. She was a favorite author of mine in the 80's/90's when I discovered her on the Sale table in the college bookstore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143460 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:30:34 +0000 Laurie 2143460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><u>The Weight of Ink</u>, as highly recommended on the forum. It's a little slower going than I expected, but excellent. First, as an English major, and also having proficiency in Portuguese, the scholarly/academic part is just wonderful. Plus, I loved the part about Israel, having been there last year and gone to some places that figure prominently into the story. I've had to push off a couple of other books that were on my hold list.&nbsp;<u>Everything is Illuminated&nbsp;</u>just showed up.&nbsp; </p> <p></p> <p><u>Killers of the Flower Moon</u> will make an excellent movie!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143446 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:41:37 +0000 Anonymous 2143446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished Stephen King's The Institute. It's a big book - more than 500 pages, so it took me a week, but it was a terrific book.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143376 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 01:07:59 +0000 cjh 2143376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Frederick Douglass. Prophet of Freedom, by David W. Blight. It’s interesting, wordy and detailed. Very thick book and happy the last 20% or so is just the notes and acknowledgments so I don’t need to read that part.</p> <p>Next is The Origins of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt.(1950) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143373 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 01:00:23 +0000 anne 2143373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Les miserables. That took 3 weeks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143372 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:31:59 +0000 Janet 2143372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished the Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents series, which I quite liked. Next up, Stephen King's The Institute. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143349 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 20:32:45 +0000 Anonymous 2143349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,&nbsp;</i>by David Gann. It's the.fascinating true story of the mysterious murders of members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma. &nbsp;David Gann is a fantastic writer, and really knows how to tell a story.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;If you want to wait for the movie, it's coming out next year, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143319 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:32:23 +0000 MsMary 2143319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished&nbsp;<i>The Vanishing Half</i> by Brit Bennett and really enjoyed it. Also the latest Inspector Gamache mystery by Louise Penny. Maybe not the best of the series (it's set in Paris rather than Three Pines) but I'll take it. Still working on <i>The City We Became</i> by N.K. Jemison and it's drawing me in.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-you-reading-september#post-2143279 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:56:11 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2143279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I finished both <i>Oona Out of Order </i>and <i>Mrs. Everything</i>. Both I'd recommend, well-plotted, engaging and emotionally affecting. Oona felt like it trailed off at the end but that might be because I stopped reading for a bit and returned to it after a week or so.</p> <p>Otherwise I've been reading romances through Kindle Unlimited if I'm reading at all. It's been a busy time for me between work and my new school stuff and the usual pandemic shenanigans, so I haven't had a ton of brainpower for challenging reads. (Plus, there's been hockey playoffs to watch.)</p> <p>Oh, and I bought the newest C.S. Harris mystery on Audible and have been listening to it in the car.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our local library branch finally extended their curbside service to five days a week, which is better than the three they were doing. What's everybody else been reading? </p>