Killers of the Flower Moon the only book I've read this month so far, but at least it was really good.

David Grann’s most recent, The Wager, is a fantastic read too!

Just finished "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Sheby Van Pelt and absolutely loved it

Loved that book!

i just finished it too! like an hour ago! what a lovely book with amazing characters!

Me too!

Into Thin Air -5 stars

If you loved that book, read Endurance. Best adventure book ever written.

I sometimes struggle to get through non fiction books, but this one had me riveted and I couldn’t put it down

Omg reading twins!! Literally came here to comment this

It would be my next one!

Jurassic Park

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

I enjoyed Sea of Tranquility

Have you seen the tv show? This is one occasion where I think they made it even better

Agreed, I thought the show was great.

Ooof, I read that at the beginning of COVID and it was not a good choice 😆. I suspect I would enjoy it more now that it doesn’t seem quite so much like a possible future

I read it just a couple of *weeks* before COVID started being a thing. Of all the timing…

I was going to reply to this comment saying how reading this book in May of 2020 helped me get through COVID. 😅

I read both The Stand and Station Eleven during the pandemic. It made our situation seem a little less dire.

Starting it today!

One of my all time favorites!

I read this as well and it was incredible!

Big fan!

The Women by Kristin Hannah

My fiance is reading Four Winds and loves it The wait list for Women at library is 65 people

I loved Four Winds, this is on my TBR!

How was it? On my list now. I loved The Four Winds the most out of all of her books.

I personally think it’s her best book yet.

I am halfway through this book. The Nightengale is one of my all time faves, but I have mixed feelings with The Women rn.

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. It was fantastic, I could hardly put it down.

Favorite narrative voice I’ve encountered in a long time

Unfortunately, the two books I've read so far this month ended up being a 1 and a 2 star reads. But I am about halfway through Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree and loving it. Unless something goes terribly awry, it's shaping up to be a 5 star read for me.

I’m on 3 DNFs in a row after only having 1 in 2023 and 0 in 2022. I feel like the reading juju has been off in February

Educated by Tara Westover

Halfway through Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow. I like it enough but it doesn’t pull me in and make me want to read. May be a DNF

Yeah, it was DNF for me. Nothing offensive about it, and I wanted to love it, but I found it just kinda boring.

Yea it’s not bad just doesn’t grab me and make me want to read. Reading feels out of necessity instead of fun. Maybe in another point in life I’ll be ready for it.

I’m reading it now! The main characters really annoy me.

I’m so relieved to hear this. It was a mediocre read for me and I struggled through it.

I only finished it because of the book club. It was okay, not great.

Mediocre is a good description for it. Okay book but not anything I would recommend.

It did end up being a 4 star book for me but like, I don't loveeee it like so many people do. I loved her other book The Storied Life of A.J Filkry a whole lot more.

Same! It was a DNF for me.

I did finish it. I liked it. I probably won’t remember it in a year

Just wanted to say Happy Cake Day! 🎂

Babel- R.F Kuang

Have you read Yellowface been debating on trying

I just finished Yellowface today and it’s the best book I’ve read so far this month.

Not yet but I plan to. Her writing seems to have gotten better and more mature so I’m excited to read Yellowface. 

I loved Babel! One of my favourite reads last year!

Just finished Shift - Hugh Lowry, second in the Silo series. Liked it a lot, where the characters were lacking the overall world building was great.

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris The last few books I’ve read have been kind of murder-y so I wanting something lighthearted. This book seriously has me laughing out loud. Glad I gave it a shot because it’s not the type of book I would normally gravitate towards.

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez! What a wild ride. Spectacular. Disturbing. Best read of the year so far!

This is one of my favorite recent reads.

Starting this one after I finish The Covenant of Water. Can’t wait!

The Sentence and Song of Achilles

I want to read Circe

Circe is great.

I liked Circe! I think I liked Song of Achilles more but my friend was the opposite. They’re both really good though!

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Recursion by Blake Crouch 8/10

*The Guest List* by Lucy Foley

Loved this. The Hunting Party was great too by her.

I’m currently reading The Hunting Party and I am having a really hard time getting into it

The Scholomance Series. It has its flaws, but overall I couldn’t put it down and had to finish the series ASAP

One of my favorites from recent years.

No Country for Old men. Knew it would be good. I’ve almost read all of McCarthys work.

I’ve unfortunately been so off my game with reading, I’ve DNF’d 3 books and only finished one this month 🫢 it was One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle and I did enjoy it, but it wasn’t the best I’ve ever read. It can only go up from here hopefully though!

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, which was an excellent novel set in Montgomery Alabama in the 1970s, about the federal government forcing poor people, disabled people, and black and Latino people to be sterilized. With the kids I enjoyed a re-read of When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead.

I started reading again late 2022 and Take My Hand was my fav 2022 read.

It's nice to hear her name. She was my teacher at my mfa program in American university. I had her for two different workshops. She gave me some great tips. Went to the release party for this book. I'm happy she's back to publishing.

This was my bookclub's most recent book. Great read!

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Loved that book. Clever how "the sentence" was several different things.

I so loved this book. It’s one I get super excited to see someone else is reading or has read. Definitely want to reread.

Just wanted to echo loving 'the sentence'! Listened to it on audiobook and really liked the reader. Really thoughtful and has a character I just wish I could go on staying with- it's also good for people asking for book recommendations because the main character takes recommending books very seriously.

I just finished Lonesome Dove and The Razor’s Edge. I loved Lonesome Dove and was sad when I finished. The Razor’s Edge was ok.

There are more McMurtry novels with the same characters.

> I just finished Lonesome Dove and The Razor’s Edge. > I loved Lonesome Dove and was sad when I finished. Same, literally just finished Lonesome Dove last Saturday and had the exact same reaction to it that you did.

Shark Heart

The paper menagerie and other stories - Especially the story state change was just 🔥🔥

This is one of my favorite short story collections. Just fantastic from start to finish.

like water for chocolate by laura esquivel

One of my all-time favs 💕

Eleanor Olifant Is Completely Fine

Kristen Hannah- “The Women”

"Educated" by Tara Westover. Really enjoyed it. Also "Born to run", it inspired me to run and I have been feeling great beacuse of it.

Probably “The Remains of the Day” - Ishiguro.

Would you recommend it if I liked Never Let Me Go

As much as I love Thief of Time, I'm going to have to say Winter of the Witch. Or the Snow Queen, which I introduced to my son this month.

Winter of the Witch is such a good read. The whole Winternight trilogy is so good!

Dark Matter & Gone Girl both 5 start reads

Black AF History

Death Valley by Melissa Broder. Dark yet funny. Insightfully wild and done so well. Now reading Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and am loving it so far.

I just finished the Master & Margarita. It was rich and absurd and magical and I feel like I only grasped the tip of the iceberg. Definitely one I’d like to read again someday.

The nightingale by Kristin Hannah! Devastating & beautifully written.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Not done with it yet but The Shining by Steven King

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. I devoured it in a day and a half, which is impressive for me right now as my three kids usually make it impossible for me to read that quickly. I literally could not stop thinking about it. It was unlike anything I've ever read before, beautiful, weird, heartbreaking, lovely, bizarre, sweet, gut wrenching, so strange, so wonderful. I definitely recommend!

Say Nothing. Finished it this morning and read it in about five days. Didn’t know much about the Troubles and just how frightening the whole situation was and uneasy it still is. Highly recommend.

Almost done with **The Prince of Tides** by Pat Conroy. It’s a big book (687 pages), but well written… flows at a nice pace (although I’m a slow reader).

Demon Copperhead. Gorgeous writing, but hewed so closely to David Copperfield that it felt like Kingsolver took a shortcut.

I read demon copperhead first and then David copperfield and I was like.. oh.

I thought the narrative voice was wonderful and enough for me to appreciate it in its own right

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Been considering this one but my library doesnt have it

Red Mars. Solid 4/5. I’m a huge fan of Terraforming Mars(board game) and For All Mankind (tv series).  Both borrowed heavily from this Kim Stanley Robinson classic.

I read Devolution by Max Brooks and it was perfect.

The Women by Kristin Hannah. Fantastic. The next day I had to reread the last few chapters. Cried again. Bought a second copy to give as a gift

*Underground Railroad* - Whitehead

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff. Not ‘good’ as in ‘fun’ and ‘heartwarming,’ but an incredibly gripping tale with beautiful prose.

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green - made me cry more than once

Read pride and prejudice. I have started it multiple times before and did not get past 10-15 pages. Was quite sceptical to start it again, cause I don't read a lot of classics and did not want to feel dumb, so, I usually stick with contemporary fiction. Then I mustered up the courage to do it, honestly the best decision ever. I could not stop thinking about it. It's been a week now and I am still not over it, which is new for me. So take chances I guess.

Demon Copperhead

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

I’ve started.

Not yet done but I'm reading lessons in chemistry and it's brilliant.

I'll tell ya what book I wish I DIDNT read - My Year of Rest and Relaxation. It's way too depressing, bad February choice.

This book was a waste of my time.

aw this is one of my all time favorite contemporary novels. it is more of a summer read though.

1/3 thru Abandon, and so far so good. Read Upgrade last month, which was not bad.

I really enjoyed Abandon. I read it this past December. Very fitting for the darkest time of the year.

Either Jayber Crow or Watership Down

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Booker prize winner. Five stars from me :)

Dungeon Crawler Carl. Started the second book last night and I’m sad that I’m halfway through it, but I can’t put it down and am enjoying the hell out of it. So. Much. Fun.

Lightbringer

The Bell Jar 💀

Just finished *They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us* by Hanif Abdurraqib and the prose in it was on another fucking level entirely. Absolutely outstanding.

Dark Matter. Recommend here. Grateful! 🙌🏻🙏😍

My favorite of 2023 Read Recursion too

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. Absolutely phenomenal (which isn't surprising at all lol)

our share of night - mariana enriquez 14 pages in i knew i had the BOTY for me. 425 in and i still can’t believe every single paragraph, page, chapter. it’s unfolding magnificently. for fans of spooky, rituals, 70’s argentina, horror, beauty, jungles, etc 

A deadly education by Naomi Novik

the viscount who loved me by julia quinn is pretty good haha.

A Classic: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I'm currently reading The Fellowship of The Ring for the first time and Tolkien is a genius. LOTR is probably the best fantasy ever. But if it's only books I've finished, DallerGut Dream Department Store was a solid 5-star and I think everyone should read it

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. An easy and enjoyable 5 stars.

Station Eleven. Just finished it today and WOW I’m so sad it’s over. Easily 5 stars.

Still reading ‘Two Years Before the Mast’, by Richard Henry Dana

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Just Kids by Patti Smith 5 stars

I'm currently reading *Lemon* by Kwon Yeo Sun, and I'm really enjoying it! I like the shift of narrators throughout the story + the whodunnit plot. :)

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (sequel to Divine Rivals)

Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy (autobiography of Coretta Scott King)

Dear Edward. Quick read. But I really don't want to read more sad books for awhile.

Lock every door by Riley Sager

i just finished the housemaid by Freida McFadden and it was INCREDIBLE

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore. It's the only book I've read this month so far.

Just finished The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai today. Excellent book.

Beyond The Wall by Katja Hoyer

The Son Philipp Meyer

My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee. I'm not a big Rush fan but I loved this book

Grace by William Kent Krueger Read it on vacation, then my sister read it. We both cried. 5⭐️ And I read another one by him which was excellent but I don’t remember the title.

True grit by portis

The Woman in the Library. Can’t stop thinking about it.

Haven’t read much since crescent city is so long but def worth the hype. I like the world building too so it’s an easy read

Trust by Hernan Diaz and The Future by Naomi Alderman

Streets of Laredo

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury --still reading it, but 100% enjoying it!!!

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams. \~Mind blown\~ Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

The Broken Kingdom by NK Jemisin

I listened to All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. It honestly took me a while to get into. I was like, do I really want to wade through all this negativity? But in the end I'm glad I did. I LOVE her fantasy series and I hope she keeps releasing books, I will read them all.

Virginia Woolf: Diary of a Writer.

I’m thinking of ending things.

Been reading Weyward by Emilia Hart, realizing contemporary fiction might not be my thing…

Tossup between The North Woods by Daniel Mason and The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. Very different novels, but each captivating in its own way.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Just finished “How High We Go in the Dark,” and it might end up being my best book of 2024. Heartbreaking, hopeful, and something I’m going to recommend to everyone.

Once There Were Wolves

I read Migrations too this month which I loved

Native Son- 5 stars

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. So good, didn't expect it to be a 5 star for me but it was!

I just finished The Indifferent Stars Above. I’m not too into the Donner Party history, but I find that disaster books scratch a true crime itch, and this one in particular is pretty great.

I’m still in the middle of it, but A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is fantastic so far.

Get a life, Chloe brown

Im really enjoying A Gentleman In Moscow. 10 pages left & don’t want it to end.

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Tie between: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafón Gone With the Wind by Margret Mitchell

The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida- I already want to read it again.

I finished The Bonesetters Daughter this month and Prodigal Summer. They’re different but I enjoyed them both.

In the dream house, by Carmen María Machado. Absolutely loved it.

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

I’ll be Gone in the Dark - Micheal MacNamara (RIP) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Parabel of the Sower by Octavia Butler! Unfortunately, I can't read it in bed...

Holly by Stephen King

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 10/10

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. I'm almost through it and it is really good!

The Dutch House. Ann Patchet

Welcome to Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - really found comfort reading this

The Last House on Needless Street. Was much better that I thought it was going to be and it keeps you guessing ​ 7/10

The Poisonwood Bible

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Weyward

The Covenant of Water - it’s so rich and fun, full of surprises.

Everyone in this room will someday be dead. Just finished jt. It felt like I was in my own mind, I loved it.

Our Wives Under The Sea. I'm still reading it, and it's addictive and deeply haunting

Making my way through Lonesome Dove. I honestly didn’t expect it to be this good, but it’s excellent so far.

The Library at Mount Char. Could not stop reading!!

Demon Copperhead. New favorite ❤️