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Pat, I enjoy learning things from my fiction reading too! I try to space out the heavy reads with lighter fare.
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05-19-21, 10:19 AM | |
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Just finished You by Caroline Kepnes and while it's a page turner, it's very disturbing, about a dangerously obsessive stalker told from his point of view, in the second person as if he is speaking directly to the target of his obsession. Kind of a cautionary tale too because of how easily he is able to find out so much information via social media.
As a kind of palate cleanser when that got too disturbing and I had to put it down for a bit, I also read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, coincidentally also a "unreliable narrator" novel. The writing is outstanding, but the story is quite sad. I never did see the movie, but have been rewatching Downton Abbey and kept picturing Carson. Poking through my TBR to choose the next read, but it will definitely be lighter
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I'm almost done with The Paris Library. This is a book I wish I never started because I don't like it, but it's hard for me to stop reading a book once I've gotten to a certain point in the book. Reviews for this book are great, so it must be me. It's almost painful for me to read because I dislike it so much. Plus I'm cranky so that's making it worse. Erica |
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05-23-21, 05:46 PM | |
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I'm reading Fifty Words for Rain, the first book by Asha Lemmie. It's a really good book and the story is really different. I'm also reading The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis. It's pretty good although it's more typical these days with a story of two women during different time periods and the secrets that are revealed in a family.
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05-23-21, 05:49 PM | |
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I finished A Woman's Courage. Very satisfying conclusion. Anyone who watched the Home Fires series should read all three novels that follow. I am now reading Elizabeth Is Missing. There was a movie adaptation on Masterpiece earlier this year, which I enjoyed, but I felt like there were things left out. I'm hoping the book will fill in the blanks.
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I agree, it's quite disturbing to see how he gathers all this info about Beck just through her social media postings!
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