Only one? Far too many to choose from. I’ll list five I’ve read (for the first time) in the last six months.
Lady Hyegyong’s Memoirs (1805 memoir)
Duchess of Malfi
The Revenger’s Tragedy
Zhuangzi
Donne’s Songs and Sonnets
Edit: I’m not a parent though.
Just finished Defending Jacob. Whaaaatttt??? Humph. I guess it was like Gone Girl. I really, really liked it - until I didn’t.
^^ Ha! My feelings exactly about both books…
I’ve learned I am surprisingly forgiving of a bad ending. I did not like the ending of Defending Jacob, Gone Girl, or The Other Typist, but I loved all three books well enough while I was reading them that I was okay with conveniently forgetting about the ending!
Though, the ending of The Other Typist was particularly crummy. I’m not even 100% sure what they are suggesting, much less what actually happened.
Too late to edit.. I’ve read Beautiful Ruins, liked it but didn’t love it. I hadn’t read Rules of Civility and it was on my goodreads want-to-read list, so I think I will pick that one up. I am thinking maybe I’ll get Case Histories, A Hundred Summers, Rules of Civility, The Invention of Wings, and the first Flavia De Luce book. Then I’ll browse them and choose the most intriguing 3 to bring with me on the honeymoon and read the rest when I get back. I will probably only get through one or two books in a week, but I’d hate to not bring enough and end up not liking what I chose!
Choosing books is SO hard!
Isn’t it!!! I started reading Defending Jacob a few months ago and didn’t like it. I read Gone Girl and loved it but thought Defending Jacob was a little flat. don’t know if that’s the word. Right now I’m just starting Blaze: A Novel by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). I was getting so frustrated trying to find something that would grab me that I looked to see if Stephen King had written anything that I had missed. This one I had. Can’t decide yet if i like it. Too early but usually King doesn’t disappoint me too badly.
Did you read that 11/22/63 or whatever book? I was curious what a regular King fan thinks of it. I’ve never read any of his other books because they don’t seem like they would appeal to me, but I read that one and I loved it. My dad really likes Stephen King and read this book and liked it, but he said it was a far departure from his usual writing. I liked it so much I almost thought to take it on my trip with me to read again, but that one is quite the tome.. probably wouldnt like hauling that through the airport.
Stephen King is a good writer but I prefer his short stories to his door stop horror novels generally.
I do like time travel books though including 11/23/63.
I’m trying to decide if I want to read The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Marmon Silko but I don’t have a lot of patience for that style of writing( it’s for book group).
I haven’t read 11/22/63, Ema but you may have convinced me to give it a try. I love good horror which is very difficult to find and I love Stephen King’s writing. Agree, emerald about his short stories. I don’t know if you have read either of these: Full Dark, No Stars or Everything’s Eventual. Both of those collections are wonderful!
Ema, those might be fun to bring since short stories are a small commitment! The stories in them are not all in the horror/supernatural genre.
Will finish A Man Came out of Door in the Mountain on a trip today and will start the first in the Flavia De Luce series.
^^^ I also loved The Beautiful Mystery! 
I used to read Stephen King all the time (…the early stuff…) but then quit for a while; even though the writing was engrossing, all the books started to blur together in my mind.
But I DID read 11/22/63 and liked it very much. It’s long, but it reads very quickly.
Finished The Martian in 2 days. I am not a SF guy but I really enjoyed this book
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Excellent!
I’m enjoying the first Flavia De Luce book. Thanks to those who suggested it.
VaBluebird, the CC book club is reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry this month. The discussion starts June 1.
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So, where do y’all find reliable recommendations for books to read (besides this forum, of course?)
I’m currently unemployed, and there are only so many hours in a day that I can work on networking and job applications! I’ve been checking out tons of books from the library and swallowing them whole. I’ve gotten some good ideas from the NY Times Book Review and the “Lariat List,” but I’m always looking for reliable suggestions.
I just finished The Book Thief. My DS saw the movie and then bought me the book for my birthday. I just got around to reading it. Very good. I haven’t seen the movie. I much prefer reading the book first.
I like using Goodreads to get ideas!
I use goodreads as well! I look at their top books for the year, whichever year, and I just open up the links to any title that looks interesting in my favorite genres and see if the summaries catch my eye. They have a very wide variety of books, usually the books I see in this thread make an appearance there, too. You can also type in what you like and members of the community can message you custom suggestions, which is helpful to find more obscure picks.
I mostly stick to fiction and historical fiction… that site has actually really helped me refine my tastes. As it turns out I seem to really like books with female protagonists that take place from the early 1900’s through 1960, and particularly if they are set in England! haha. I did not know that before… but now it should not surprise me, my favorite custom netflix catagory is “19th and early 20th century british period pieces with strong female leads.”
Goodreads and this forum is the only place I’ve managed to get good suggestions, I have always had a really hard time finding books I want to read. My fiance gets me ebooks from the NYT list but I don’t know if it’s just the ones he’s picking for me or what, but they are almost insultingly bad. Like really, you think I am ignorant enough to enjoy this drivel? And I don’t think I am a book snob.. I enjoyed Twilight, for heaven’s sake. My impression is that “best of” lists outside the reading community seem to be catered more toward the average casual reader, so I get better luck with Goodreads.