What are you reading? May 2024 Edition

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

I don't see a reading thread for this month yet, so I'll start one.

Independent People by Halldor Laxness. I am in the slump that comes after reading a wonderful book with the knowledge that it is an exceptional treat that comes only once in a while. Laxness won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. The book is set in Iceland and, as described on the back cover, "Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic." Original and beautifully written.

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anj_p

2 years ago

I took a nearly 15 year hiatus from serious books after my mother died (too young for her and me), and spent the time in my favorite escapist genre, fantasy. Read and reread a lot of great books, and they served their purpose. Before she died I was actually really into reading non-fiction, and started picking that up again recently. Now I'm reading Washington by Ron Chernow.

English was my fun major in college so I love talking books!

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faftris
2 years ago
I am reading Brotherless Night, by V.V. Ganeshananthan. It takes place during the civil war in Sri Lanka, when a girl from a Tamil family has to cope with the politics of the day and the effect on her family and career. It is very good and worth seeking out.
kculbers
2 years ago
I am starting to read “Emma” a classic by Jane Austin. She is one of my favorite English authors.
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anj_p
2 years ago
@kculbers I had an entire class on Jane Austen in college. I adore her.
Annie Deighnaugh
2 years ago
Thank you Stacey for starting this...I was remiss.
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Olychick
2 years ago
Just looking at April's and saw Annies comment about Exiles options. I love Jane Harper and really loved her Exiles! I haven't read the other mentioned.
Stacey_mb
Original Author
2 years ago
Annie - you're very welcome! I can't figure out how to get this to post on the home decorating conversations thread - can you give me a suggestion on how to do this?
lily316
2 years ago
The Housemaid.
Annie Deighnaugh
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Sorry Stacey...the only way I can do that is to start the thread on the Home Deco Convo and then I can add Kitchen Table... If I start on Kitchen Table, I can't see the other in the list. I can start a new thread and repost the existing comments there...
Annie Deighnaugh
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I've created the new thread and copied over the comments from here to there...the ones about books anyway. Stacey, if you would delete this thread, it would be good so we don't get confused by having 2. Thanks!

People, please let this thread die and use the other. Thanks!