Comments on: April Preview

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:33:15 +0000

In reply to Catherine. Hi Catherine. Yeah Tara Westover's book sounds unreal. So glad she escaped from her family's radical beliefs. I will get to that book. I wonder if Only Child will be too bleak for me. It is sad that it seems this whole new area of fiction: school shootings, yikes. I might check out the novel How to Be Safe on the same topic. As for Kirby and Foy -- they were so good! Bummed to see them go. Argh!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 22:05:15 +0000

I’m with you- no more Foy and Kirby?! Waah. I loved every single outfit Kirby wore. She was so sleek and glamorous and yet, she made the difficulties of Margaret’s life come across.

Well, we’re almost halfway through April and it’s not the newest releases that have been wows for me- it’s previous months. If you want your head to explode, along the lines of the #MeToo movement, read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Unbelievable. The insanity to be found at the intersection of rabid religiosity and survivalism. Then I read Only Child and it’s 5 stars. A novel written from the POV of a 6-year-old who survives a school shooting but his brother does not. How sick and sad is it that I live in a country where school shootings are the latest fodder for compelling fiction?

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 20:54:00 +0000

In reply to Naomi. Hi Naomi, we got snow again yesterday, oh well! Yeah I thought the Julian Barnes had a crazy premise too. The age differences are just too dramatic. Hmm. I'm going to see if others like Varina first; I too was a fan of Cold Mountain. Enjoy your month!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:11:05 +0000

19 and 48?! I’ll be interested to know if he can pull that off and make it believable. Maybe he thought making the age gap any narrower wouldn’t be alluring enough to readers?
I would love to read the new Wolitzer but still have her last one sitting on my shelf.
How To Be Safe sounds thought-provoking but terrifying. I think I’ll wait and see what others think of it…
I didn’t know about Varina… I loved Cold Mountain, so I think I’ll add it to my list automatically. (Then I’ll take it off if no one likes it!)
It’s not quite spring here yet, either. But we can feel it coming. Fingers crossed for both ends of the country! 🙂

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:12:06 +0000

In reply to JoAnn @ Lakeside Musing. Hi JoAnn: you are lucky to be away from the North. It's been a late & prolonged winter! Sounds like your library hold list is similar to mine, as usual. We have good tastes, LOL. Enjoy your reading.

By: JoAnn @ Lakeside Musing

JoAnn @ Lakeside Musing — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:22:03 +0000

Meg Wolitzer and Julian Barnes are both excellent writers… their new books are at the top of my wish list this month. I’m next on the library hold list for Anna Quindlen’s Alternate Side. With a little luck I’ll have it by the end of the week.

I talked to my mother in upstate NY this morning and the weather folks are describing a new season – sprinter! Starting to wonder if it will ever stop snowing up there… so glad to be in Florida 😉

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 14:35:49 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow. Hi Laurel: You might get to The Female Persuasion before me, which would be fine -- then you can tell me if it's worth the hype! I'll be interested to hear what you think of the Chappaquiddick movie. I think you might like The Looming Tower. Cheers.

By: Laurel-Rain Snow

Laurel-Rain Snow — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:59:26 +0000

I’m trying a new thing lately: borrowing e-books from the library. But I might not be able to get some of them fast enough to satisfy my bookish greed! I want The Female Persuasion sooner rather than later. But then again, sometimes I don’t get around to the ones I buy that quickly…seeing as I have hundreds just waiting! LOL

I hope to see Chappaquiddick tomorrow…but tonight I should check out The Looming Tower.

Enjoy your week…and thanks for visiting my blog.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:37:14 +0000

In reply to Angela.

Hi Angela, thanks for stopping by. In the first Season of The Crown there were times when I thought it was too slow a show but yet — eventually Princess Margaret’s story drew me in. And Season 2’s pacing I thought was a bit better than Season 1. All in all an interesting historical drama — and well done! Apparently I think it was $7 million per episode to shoot — so give it a shot if you like historical dramas. Hmm

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:08:56 +0000

My sister keeps telling me that I should watch The Crown. She’s really enjoying that show. So far, I’ve been too busy binge-watching extremely low brow shows to have time to watch it!
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