Never picked up.......:|

I don't have it in my hot little hand yet but come Nov 7th I'll be reading Donna Brazile's 'Hacks' :glasses:

I am in the home stretch of the new Grisham book The Rooster Bar!

It's a very fast read, interesting premise, warm characters, and if you have or have had student loans and have had to deal with "Loan Counselors" in regards to re-payment schedules you'll definitely get a chuckle out of some of the correspondence! There are also a few other places that made me laugh out loud in the book as well.

If you've ever thought about reading a Grisham book or are already a Grisham fan you should enjoy this one.

I'm reading Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge. Jane of Austin offers readers a fresh and contemporary take on a beloved classic.

When driving I just started listening to Lincoln at the Bardo by George Saunders. I'm very excited about this one.

February 1862. The Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son is gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body.

From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a thrilling, supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory -- called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo. Within this transitional state, where ghosts mingle, gripe, and commiserate, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul.

I finished this in about a day and a half! I can't recommend it enough:hangloose:

Atwood
 

Just picked up a copy of The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood.. but I am starting with another book that I also just picked up The World Beyond Your Head by Crawford.

Eric Ambler's A Coffin for Dimitrios. It's supposed to be a great thriller. I am not feeling it. It's one of his pre-WWII novels, which people cite as classics of the genre. Oh well, I am only about a third in. Maybe I will start enjoying it soon.

people who enjoy atmospheric pre-WWII spy stories set in Europe ( and particularly Eastern Europe ) might enjoy novels by Alan Furst ( ie. "Spies of Warsaw ", etc. ) Nobody sets this murky, realistic environment better.

this is SUCH a good read!

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Just finished The Innocent by David Baldacci. It kept me guessing until the end… but the very ending got a little too perfect and sappy while wrapping things up.

Apple tree yard
 

I haven't long started this book.
Really enjoying it so far, there has been a TV series over here in the UK that's based on it too. So when I have finished the book I will see how the show compares.

I am starting The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. This book was in the juvenile section of the library. I loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when I was young. This was referenced in the last book I read so I decided to check it out.

Activities around Veterans Day got me interested in 21st century military history, so i am reading Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, by Robert M Gates (SECDEF under Bush and Obama, CIA director under the other Bush)

I figure this is a good source for the establishment version of both Iraq wars and Afghanistan. I have further reading planned giving the soldiers' version and then more that gives the anti-war version.

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Also i have to read The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse, for December's Book Club meeting. November's title is Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, which i finished on Sunday

Oh and i just got notification that my preorder of Artemis is available. This is the second novel by Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian-- which was my favorite book of 2014

Braving the wilderness : the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone / Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW.
 

"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives--experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."

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Not familiar with the author. I'm hoping this is not another self actualization or spiritual awakening rehash.

"A critique of postcolonial reason" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak :glasses:
It's not an easy one, it's related to my field and I hope to be done with it by the end of this week :seeingstars:

Secret Pond Gerri Hill


Strictly lesbian fluff................3 grieving people find each other and each helps another out of their dark lonely place.


btw I thoroughly enjoyed Donna Brazile's 'Hacks'

The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall
 

Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider & a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer & a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women.

-The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall

The Secret Pond was just what I was in the mood for!