1AbigailAdams26
It's Friday again, and time for Friday Reads!
This week, LibraryThing staff are reading:
Tim / @timspalding: The Little Book of Exoplanets by Joshua N. Winn
Abby / @ablachly: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill
Kate / @katemcangus: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Kristi / @kristilabrie: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
Lucy / @knerd.knitter: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Abigail / @AbigailAdams26: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Zeph / @ZephCraven : The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
What about all of you? What are you reading this Friday?
This week, LibraryThing staff are reading:
Tim / @timspalding: The Little Book of Exoplanets by Joshua N. Winn
Abby / @ablachly: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill
Kate / @katemcangus: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Kristi / @kristilabrie: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
Lucy / @knerd.knitter: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Abigail / @AbigailAdams26: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Zeph / @ZephCraven : The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
What about all of you? What are you reading this Friday?
2keristars
I have started the 4th and final book in the colonial America series from 1900. The first three were about the English, Dutch, and French, so I'm pretty sure Margarita, a Legend of the Fight for the Great River will be about the Spanish. The title kind of suggests it, too.
It's been an interesting journey, and I've learned a lot so far - so many wikipedia pages to find the current understanding of events and further context.
I'm also reading Three Successful Lives, a direct sequel to the 1882 Mary Harriott Norris, Boys and Girls that I was reading last week. And Eyebright, too - I got really into the Huguenot book and neglected it this week.
At some point I'll read something from this century again, perhaps.
It's been an interesting journey, and I've learned a lot so far - so many wikipedia pages to find the current understanding of events and further context.
I'm also reading Three Successful Lives, a direct sequel to the 1882 Mary Harriott Norris, Boys and Girls that I was reading last week. And Eyebright, too - I got really into the Huguenot book and neglected it this week.
At some point I'll read something from this century again, perhaps.
3featherbear
Via Kindle:
The Red and the Black Pt 2, p261- / Stendahl, translation Burton Raffel
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Ch XIV, p103- / Alexandre Dumas, translation, notes, & introduction Robin Buss
Via Kindle app:
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World Pt 2, Ch 12, p300- / Tom Holland
The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI . p100- / Will & Ariel Durant
Used hardcover 1954 ed.
Memoirs of Hadrian p81- / Marguerite Yourcenar; translation Grace Frick w/the author
Bedtime reading:
Hardcover:
The Romany Rye. Everyman's Library No. 120 Ch XII- p79- / George Borrow
Trade paperback:
Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Bk 2, "The Wife" / Sigrid Undset; translation & notes Tina Nunnally)
Finished Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time) & The Obscene Bird of Night earlier this week, so, to "power down" a bit, I'm hoping Dumas & Durant will be less challenging, although D&D are both notably lengthy, so they'll be recurring for many weekends. Napoleon is such an imposing background figure in 19th century French fiction -- notably Stendahl -- I've been meaning to pick up some background, though I'm still in the French Revolution section of the Durant history -- but even so learning about the "Girdondists" in that section has been helpful background for the Dumas, which so far has taken care of Napoleon returning from Elba, then Waterloo, in a paragraph or two. My copy of the Yourcenar is very much used w/some curious stains; it's been sitting in my TBRs for decades; whoever first possessed it certainly gave it a good working out! Hope to follow it by taking up another book in my collection, The Abyss by the same author (not the James Cameron film which was the 1st thing touchstones pulled up), & maybe a dip into some Plutarch (in my Kindle tbr). Bumped up Monte Cristo because I had the opportunity to download the Penguin translation for 1.99 the day after finishing the Proust sequence. The Buss introduction, including a second one on translations & abridgements was marvelous; I had an Oxford World's Classics paperback sitting around in the bedroom but this version sounds better; the novel, I've heard from other sources, is very popular on TikTok for some reason, perhaps the reason for the Amazon deep discount on daily deals..
The Red and the Black Pt 2, p261- / Stendahl, translation Burton Raffel
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Ch XIV, p103- / Alexandre Dumas, translation, notes, & introduction Robin Buss
Via Kindle app:
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World Pt 2, Ch 12, p300- / Tom Holland
The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI . p100- / Will & Ariel Durant
Used hardcover 1954 ed.
Memoirs of Hadrian p81- / Marguerite Yourcenar; translation Grace Frick w/the author
Bedtime reading:
Hardcover:
The Romany Rye. Everyman's Library No. 120 Ch XII- p79- / George Borrow
Trade paperback:
Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Bk 2, "The Wife" / Sigrid Undset; translation & notes Tina Nunnally)
Finished Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time) & The Obscene Bird of Night earlier this week, so, to "power down" a bit, I'm hoping Dumas & Durant will be less challenging, although D&D are both notably lengthy, so they'll be recurring for many weekends. Napoleon is such an imposing background figure in 19th century French fiction -- notably Stendahl -- I've been meaning to pick up some background, though I'm still in the French Revolution section of the Durant history -- but even so learning about the "Girdondists" in that section has been helpful background for the Dumas, which so far has taken care of Napoleon returning from Elba, then Waterloo, in a paragraph or two. My copy of the Yourcenar is very much used w/some curious stains; it's been sitting in my TBRs for decades; whoever first possessed it certainly gave it a good working out! Hope to follow it by taking up another book in my collection, The Abyss by the same author (not the James Cameron film which was the 1st thing touchstones pulled up), & maybe a dip into some Plutarch (in my Kindle tbr). Bumped up Monte Cristo because I had the opportunity to download the Penguin translation for 1.99 the day after finishing the Proust sequence. The Buss introduction, including a second one on translations & abridgements was marvelous; I had an Oxford World's Classics paperback sitting around in the bedroom but this version sounds better; the novel, I've heard from other sources, is very popular on TikTok for some reason, perhaps the reason for the Amazon deep discount on daily deals..
5norabelle414
I just finished Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe and I'm almost done with Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. This morning I started When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy by Beronda L. Montgomery, an LTER book. It's good so far.
7GrammyTammyM
Currently reading Amanda by Kay Hooper and will start reading Vice and Virtue by Libby Klein
9GrammyTammyM
yes those are the books that I am reading thank you
10keristars
My turn with the ebook finally came, and I read Don't Trust Fish today. Oh my gosh, it's so much fun!
I'm attaching some teaser images, since they had me laughing out loud, especially the way they build up to the 4th one. They're pages 16-17, 20-21, and
30-33. I'm definitely not including some other very good pages so as not to spoil the story. :) But this should give you a taste to decide if you want to get a copy yourself or for children you know.
This is one I think I need my own copy of, and it's probably time to install a picture ledge to show off my favorite picture books like they're art.
I'm attaching some teaser images, since they had me laughing out loud, especially the way they build up to the 4th one. They're pages 16-17, 20-21, and
30-33. I'm definitely not including some other very good pages so as not to spoil the story. :) But this should give you a taste to decide if you want to get a copy yourself or for children you know.
This is one I think I need my own copy of, and it's probably time to install a picture ledge to show off my favorite picture books like they're art.
11AbigailAdams26
>10 keristars: As someone who reads a ton of picture books, this sounds fun. I've just requested it from my library—thank you!
12keristars
>11 AbigailAdams26: Very welcome! I read it again this morning and had another laugh. The pair have another book coming out this year that I'm looking forward to - "Help! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear! (A true story, except for the parts I made up)"
13featherbear
>10 keristars: >12 keristars: I saw an announcement of a new LT feature to ease addition of images to posting, so I presume these are 2 examples of the fruits of the update.
14DebiCates
>10 keristars: This looks great, Keri. Some of my very best times have been reading humorous kids books with my granddaughters. They are growing fast (now ages 8 and 10) and moved to another state last summer. But darn it, I am still going to pick up this one for us to read together on my next visit.
it's probably time to install a picture ledge to show off my favorite picture books like they're art. ha! Absolutely.
it's probably time to install a picture ledge to show off my favorite picture books like they're art. ha! Absolutely.
15keristars
>13 featherbear: Yes, I used the new image uploading system to add the pictures. :)
I wouldn't normally add a whole bunch of pics like that, but the "peek inside" on the publisher's site cuts off before the really good stuff! That and the "No! This is the worst fish!" had me laughing so hard, but it needs the build up to land. XD
>14 DebiCates: You should borrow a copy from the library just for yourself! even if your grandaughters think they're too grown-up for picture books. (But I'm pretty sure they will like it, too. The pacing and visual jokes are very good.)
I've had a cookbook stand on my coffee table for a few years with a picture book on it, but it only fits one. I just need to decide where to put my picture ledges for maximum enjoyment.
I wouldn't normally add a whole bunch of pics like that, but the "peek inside" on the publisher's site cuts off before the really good stuff! That and the "No! This is the worst fish!" had me laughing so hard, but it needs the build up to land. XD
>14 DebiCates: You should borrow a copy from the library just for yourself! even if your grandaughters think they're too grown-up for picture books. (But I'm pretty sure they will like it, too. The pacing and visual jokes are very good.)
I've had a cookbook stand on my coffee table for a few years with a picture book on it, but it only fits one. I just need to decide where to put my picture ledges for maximum enjoyment.
16DebiCates
>15 keristars: The last time I saw the girls was just in January, and I brought two picture books with me. The experience was over the moon. You won't believe what happened https://www.librarything.com/topic/377168#9056541
Your cookbook stand to display a book on the coffee table is clever. I know when I'm not actively using a cookbook to cook from in its stand, I always leave one with a good cover, closed so the cover shows, just for the pleasure of it. Food on the counter that doesn't spoil, ha!
Your cookbook stand to display a book on the coffee table is clever. I know when I'm not actively using a cookbook to cook from in its stand, I always leave one with a good cover, closed so the cover shows, just for the pleasure of it. Food on the counter that doesn't spoil, ha!
17keristars
>16 DebiCates: That is such a cute story! Your granddaughters sound amazing. ❤️
