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 :/

rachylou - If you're interested in learning more about Jeannie Lin, Fated Mates Podcast interviewed her a few months ago.
https://fatedmates.net/episode.....er-episode

Sweet! I’ll check it out!

I'm reading CROSSROADS by Jonathan Franzen and really enjoying it.

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!

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!

Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Conner
Currently reading Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We are currently reading The Patient, which drops on Tuesdays via Hulu. Authors are Steve Carrell and Domnhall Gleeson.

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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!