What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[VoraciousValue]

I started a book last night and put it aside after page 9. On page 7, it had her age and that of her sister. It went on to talk of her age 4 years later, but didn't change the sister's age. The next, on page 9, said she was the mistress of a home that had been in her mother's family for hundreds of years...but, the previous pages has her father taking her and sister away from home when her mother died and leaving them. I'm confused.

How could this be a National Best Seller? How could an editor miss this? I felt like I was reading some amateur Lit author who chose to not to use an editor. Right now, I'm not sure if I should continue. I don't want to be further disappointed.

Not nearly as bad as the stuff James Joyce came up with, especially Finnegan's Wake.

 

[Orchidea73]

I started a book last night and put it aside after page 9. On page 7, it had her age and that of her sister. It went on to talk of her age 4 years later, but didn't change the sister's age. The next, on page 9, said she was the mistress of a home that had been in her mother's family for hundreds of years...but, the previous pages has her father taking her and sister away from home when her mother died and leaving them. I'm confused.

How could this be a National Best Seller? How could an editor miss this? I felt like I was reading some amateur Lit author who chose to not to use an editor. Right now, I'm not sure if I should continue. I don't want to be further disappointed.

I hate that too. It might seem a small thing but it puts me off.

Not nearly as bad as the stuff James Joyce came up with, especially Finnegan's Wake.

I love James Joyce. I haven't read Finnegan's Wake but I love Ulisse.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

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[MKvDeepSea]

I am currently re-reading: An Indigenous People's History of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

 

[drobert44]

I am currently re-reading: An Indigenous People's History of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

The British are Coming, excellent account of our revolution, well researched and written.

 

[Btq97]

The Evolution of God by Robert Wright

 

[MKvDeepSea]

The British are Coming, excellent account of our revolution, well researched and written.

It also included the Spanish colonization.

 

[barefootgirl69]

You know it's true!


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[BaldAndHorny]

Nine Lives - Peter Swanson

 

[pantyboidoe]

Crying in H-Mart - Michelle Zauner

 

[barefootgirl69]

I'm reading two right now.

The first is In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

The second is Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Little by Edward Carey

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

You 2 above me both need to update your GoodReads.

I haven’t been keeping up with it.

 

[BaldAndHorny]

The Nowhere Child - Christian White (per recommendation)

 

[pantyboidoe]

"The Candy House" - Jennifer Egan

 

[BaldAndHorny]

The Missing Piece - John Lescroat

 

[curvyjae]

Farewell to Manzanar (for work)

 

[aussiegeekygal]

This is How Your Marriage Ends - Matthew Fray


(Holy crap! This one is pretty fucking incredible)

 

[aussiegeekygal]

On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down https://g.co/kgs/uUVqJ3

I love James Fell!

 

[Orchidea73]

Humanitarian Imperialism by Jean Bricmont

 

[drobert44]

Humanitarian Imperialism by Jean Bricmont

The British Are Coming, by Atkinson.

 

[NC_Coastal]

The British Are Coming, by Atkinson.

I read that last year. Waiting for the second of the trilogy.

 

[Scareltt]

“Ariadne’s Diary” By Giselle Renarde (she’s awesome!)

It’s short but very intense.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Just finished "I am not who you think I am" by Eric Richstand.

Next in line - "Every last secret" by A.R. Torre

 

[mickyp123]

Just finished "I am not who you think I am" by Eric Richstand.

Next in line - "Every last secret" by A.R. Torre

How to train your Dragon pffffft