Iceblossom

Sorry if this posts twice.

Toogie -- the last thread introduced me to Kristin Hannah. I've enjoyed what I've read before even though it isn't really light reading... I usually avoid war subjects because my father was in Viet Nam (twice) and it rather marked me as a young girl. My Aunt Barbara was a "China Beach" nurse and I was riveted by The Women.

I put Kitchen House on hold -- it will take months to get to me which is fine I now have a bunch of books that will be coming in the next couple of weeks. Oh, and I like the narrator, Orlagh Cassidy (she did the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear among others). When I searched for that, up came Kitchen Privileges, a biography by Mary Higgins Clark, I put that on my "wish list" that reminds me of books not on hold that I am interested in.

JanieW

I have always stayed away from audiobooks mostly because I have never liked being read to. I read more quickly than the average person and even tho I can speed up the narrators on Libby it never sounds right to me. I made an exception this week to listen to Jenette McCurdy narrate her book I'm Glad My Mother Died. So far it's going ok as the subject matter really resonates with me.

@Iceblossom thanks for mentioning the Kingsolver non fiction book. I will check it out as I am interested in the premise. I don't think I could adopt that lifestyle given where I live but I'm sure it would be a very interesting read. Realizing that my insomnia is not ever going to resolve I am always on the lookout for a good read that keeps my attention.

toogie

We had to go pick Lia up from school this afternoon, as her play practice was canceled and my daughter and them weren’t back, from the doctor. I hurried up and called the library to see if they had 5 or 6 books I wanted, all suggestions from this thread. Of course, they had some of them at the main branch library but not here. My husband had said I needed to get plenty while I was there. I came home with ten so I should be okay till sometime next week- lol
I started one tonight after supper called The Lady on Esplanade, by Karen White. So many characters were introduced in the beginning, it was hard to keep track and I almost lost interest. I’m deep into it now about half way and can follow it better. It’s set in New Orleans.

Iceblossom

Go go Toogie! Too many characters is a problem I face with audio. I was able to read the first several Game of Thrones books manually and listened to the last couple. It is much easier sometimes when you have a list of players! It is one of the problems I have with fantasy books that want to build up the entire history of a planet, I don't know what I have to keep active in my mind. I am happier with books that just put me in the action without a lot of backstory.

Beckyboo, I missed saying it earlier but I have T. Kingfisher book on hold, it hasn't come off yet...

PTQuilts, I only have the first of the Neely books at my library, but it is ebook.

LAF2019, I really enjoyed Dreamfall. I am tired of YA fantasy books where the lead has hitherto unknown powers. This shows me I can enjoy a story of teen-aged protagonists. It was the perfect book for my insomnia. Sigh, although I'm still spending too much time awake, at my worst I only got roughly 2 hours (total) of sleep in 24 hours. Now I'm up to a solid 4 hours and working towards six. Before I couldn't nap, now I can sometimes and get another period of sleep in. Still, mostly I have a period in the afternoon of 2-4 hours where I'm not good for much on most days. Yes, I have been in sleep studies and seen sleep doctors, but as my last one told me there are still about 10% of us they don't know how to help yet. Trust me, I was thinking Michael Jackson was on to something and I would have signed up for a experiment like set up in the book if I could have!

And just now the second book of the Keeper series, The Letter Keeper, just came off hold.

Thank you all so much for your suggestions.

Stitchnripper

Has anyone read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy? It is complicated to me. I"m listening and have about a quarter of the book left.

toogie

Do you have them listed in order? If so I was only able to get #4 The Keeper

Iceblossom

I have only read book one of the Keeper books, The Water Keeper, so don't know how well the other books are as stand-alone. There is a lot of back story on who the main character is, why he is/what his motivations are, and how does he have the money to do what he does.

I know with the Joe Picket books, one of the early books was important to understanding the overall story arc and although I tried to skip a book, I gave up and waited until I could get the one I was missing.

Other books/characters I'm able to pick up mid-series (like the Reacher books by Lee Child) but some authors/series I just need to go through in order.

JanieW

I started reading The Water Keeper but couldn't handle the subject matter so returned it to the library early. I was disappointed as I was looking forward to reading the series. I read for escapism these days and for me this book was not it. Oh well back to the drawing board.

ptquilts

I just finished "Carnegie's Maid", it was a good read.

Iceblossom

JanieW, the Keeper series is right out of the Epstein Files... it is not easy reading at all and is rather triggering. I have now read the second book and while there was some recap, I think it is best read in order.

For a lighter read that I enjoyed, The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs was fun. I thought it was going to be a simpler romance but I enjoyed it quite a bit! it is perhaps more Legally Blonde/Private Benjamin than The Princess Bride or The Apprentice to the Villain, but if you appreciate any of those you might check it out.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...rincess-knight

ptquilts -- I put Carnegie's Maid on my list. I've read the Other Einstein by the same author, and also in my read someday list is Andrew Carnegie's autobiography. When I lived in Idaho my senior year, the town library was still in it's stone Carnegie Library building, lol it's taken me a few decades to circle those memories.