I haven’t read it yet, but my daughters loved Braiding Sweetgrass.
I have and really enjoyed the discussions! This year I missed quite a few books. I’m slowly catching up on those and will read the discussions after I finish each book.
Currently reading:
North Woods by Daniel Mason just became available from my library as an ebook. I have been waiting for more than 3 months for this book!
I’m also reading a British Police Procedural series. Mindless fun when things get too heavy.
I have The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg and You Are Here by David Nicholls ready to pick up from the library. Those will be next.
I also missed the chance to read with the book club A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. I own this book but unfortunately all my books (including all the Austen and Heyer books 
) were boxed and put into storage accidentally. Luckily the Open Library has most of these books available. I don’t enjoy reading books from Gutenberg on the iPad.
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Penelope Lively is indeed one of my favorite authors. She started off writing for children and that’s how I found her books first. Moon Tiger is the one that won the Booker Prize, but I don’t think it’s my favorite of hers, but it’s worth reading. I think her last few novels aren’t quite as good as the earlier ones and she hasn’t come out with anything in the last few years (she’s 91!) I recently reread A Stitch in Time which is actually one of her children’s books because it is set in Lyme Regis which we visited the last time we were in England. (My son is currently stationed in England.) I liked its depiction of the grownups!
Currently reading Assassin’s Quest. Robin Hobbs has been around for ever, but our library owns very few of them, and I forgot about her altogether until very recently when one of my friends was reading her latest trilogy and posting about it on Goodreads. It’s excellent, but so many words! She has a mostly likable protagonist, but he’s always doing the wrong thing.
Concurrently reading Esperanza Rising/Esperanze Renace about a young girl who migrates to the US in the 1930s when her father dies and her mother loses the family farm to the evil uncles. I am learning a lot about migrant farmworking. The book was written in English, but because it’s about a Mexican family it feels more correct to read it in Spanish. It’s part of my learning Spanish routine which I’ve been doing for about two years now.
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I’m finishing of The Lost Bookshop. I’m really enjoying it. FYI, there is an Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights connection in the book.
I have The Women by Kristin Hannah waiting in the wings to be read.
I liked the Assassin’s Quest books when I read them a couple of years back. I didn’t like the later ones as much as the first few but it was an enjoyable journey. Her characters are always engaging although unpredictable.
I’m going to take a look at Penelope Lively based on your recommendation — I’ve enjoyed reading some of the books you have recommended in the past.
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I’m currently reading “Creation Lake: A Novel” by Rachel Kushner for my RL Book Club. I’m at 29% on my Kindle and still undecided how I feel about the book. Our book for March is “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney.
Since our library system only seems to have ONE copy of “A Civil Contract” by Georgette Heyer, I bought one on ebay, so I can read it instead of an electronic version. Free shipping is always nice.
They have many copies and versions of Persuasion by Austen, so I think I will borrow and read one of those.
If you find Part1 of Braiding Sweetgrass going slowly, hang in there. The book is a collection of essays, and I just finished the one that I really liked about making maple syrup - some of our friends in upstate NY had that March hobby.
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I’m currently reading The Secret Book of Flora Lee for my RL book club. I’m not far enough into it to say anything about it.
I’m also meandering through Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters (originally published in 1915) which plays its own part in How to Read a Book. Some of my friends mentioned reading parts of it in high school. Me … nope, hadn’t heard of it till now. Different but I like it.
From SuperSummary:
Spoon River Anthology contains 246 epitaphs. Unlike the usual epitaph, which is composed before death by the subject or by the deceased individual’s close ones, the poems are written posthumously, as if the deceased people are suspended in an indefinite temporality, looking back on the events of their lives .
Evidently it was a big deal in 1915; I can see why.
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I have Spoon River Anthology – always thought it was a very cool book. I think Lincoln in the Bardo is a nod to that work. The similarities are strong.
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I just found this book that popped up in my Facebook feed. It just came out, but I am sure that I will purchase it sometime after we finish our discussion of Persuasion.
I’ve thought the same about Lincoln in the Bardo.
Lol! The Lost Bookshop is now discussing Persuasion Our book club choices are haunting the book I am reading.
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And on that note: Persuasion and A Civil Contract - April CC Book Club Selection
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As always, many thanks for continuing the CC Book Club. No other book club can compare, in my experience.
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I agree! Thanks, @Mary13 .
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Always, thanks to the awesome Mary13 
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I’m not really on CC anymore but I did see y’all decided to read Wuthering Heights after all - while I don’t plan to read it ever again for reasons expressed months ago I did enjoy the conversation here which I read through. And then saw this from McSweeny’s which isn’t the funniest thing ever but its timing is perfect. Meanwhile Persuasion is far and away my favorite Austen novel and I listened to it again recently (and have probably read and/or listened to it 1/2 dozen times over the past 40 years). So assuming I get through the Heyer will join the book club in April.
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Welcome! Hope to see you for Persuasion! I think you’ll find the Heyer a fast read, it’s not your typical romance novel.
@Juno16 that link was great ! Enjoyed it ! Thanks, and come hang around for the next discussion- 
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