What are you currently reading?

dad · Post by **dad** » Tue October 13, 2020 7:49 pm

might be the first book I've started this year where I've gotten more than halfway through.

dad · Post by **dad** » Fri October 16, 2020 3:45 pm

dad wrote:

might be the first book I've started this year where I've gotten more than halfway through.

Finished it. Not even sure I want to read the next book in the series. This one was kinda meh.

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Fri October 16, 2020 7:20 pm

The Handmaid’s Tale

dad · Post by **dad** » Fri October 16, 2020 7:29 pm

blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale

it's good. I wouldn't recommend the follow-up she wrote though.

dad · Post by **dad** » Fri October 16, 2020 7:30 pm

A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

Post by **epilogue** » Fri October 16, 2020 8:06 pm

dad wrote:
blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale
it's good. I wouldn't recommend the follow-up she wrote though.

I would.

dad · Post by **dad** » Fri October 16, 2020 8:11 pm

epilogue wrote:
dad wrote:
blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale
it's good. I wouldn't recommend the follow-up she wrote though.
I would.

to each their own. it just didn't do it for me.

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Fri October 16, 2020 10:41 pm

dad wrote:
dad wrote:

might be the first book I've started this year where I've gotten more than halfway through.
Finished it. Not even sure I want to read the next book in the series. This one was kinda meh.

I enjoyed this but I'm not gonna pretend I understood it. I didn't continue with the series either.

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Sat October 17, 2020 2:27 pm

dad wrote:
epilogue wrote:
dad wrote:
blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale
it's good. I wouldn't recommend the follow-up she wrote though.
I would.
to each their own. it just didn't do it for me.

Ah! Decisions, decisions...

Would it be like going from To Kill A Mochingbird to Go Set A Watchman? A so-so sequel with a few flashes of what made the classic so good.

dad · Post by **dad** » Sat October 17, 2020 4:56 pm

Honestly, I haven’t read the follow-up to To Kill A Mockingbird, and the last time I read that book was in middle school, which was so long ago.

I usually try to read about fifty pages of a book. If it hasn’t peaked my interest by then I move on. I will say I did push through the sequel to Handmaid’s Tale just because I wanted to see it through.

Post by **The Argonaut** » Mon October 19, 2020 7:10 am

Here are ten favorite novels:

White Noise - Don DeLillo
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop - Robert Coover
The Professional - W.C. Heinz
Blindness - José Saramago
The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game - William Kennedy
1984 - George Orwell
Fever Dreams - Samanta Schweblin

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Mon October 19, 2020 10:53 am

dad · Post by **dad** » Mon October 19, 2020 1:19 pm

Post by B » Thu October 22, 2020 1:07 pm

Are folks that use GoodReads part of the Red Mosquito group?
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/20206-red-mosquito

Orpheus · Post by **Orpheus** » Thu October 22, 2020 1:45 pm

ghost wrote:
dad wrote:
dad wrote:

might be the first book I've started this year where I've gotten more than halfway through.
Finished it. Not even sure I want to read the next book in the series. This one was kinda meh.
I enjoyed this but I'm not gonna pretend I understood it. I didn't continue with the series either.

Really? I loved the whole series. Found them really compelling.

dad · Post by **dad** » Thu October 22, 2020 1:59 pm

What compelled you to move beyond the first book?

Honestly, I didn't hate it, but it didn't pique my interest enough to move to the next installment.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 22, 2020 5:40 pm

Guys, i want to dive into Mailer...any suggestions were to start?

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Thu October 22, 2020 9:41 pm

B wrote:Are folks that use GoodReads part of the Red Mosquito group?
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/20206-red-mosquito

I'm on GoodReads but didn't know this group existed. I'll take a look

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Thu October 22, 2020 9:41 pm

Currently reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Thu October 22, 2020 9:43 pm

blueviper wrote:
B wrote:Are folks that use GoodReads part of the Red Mosquito group?
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/20206-red-mosquito
I'm on GoodReads but didn't know this group existed. I'll take a look

I'm in the same scenario - added myself

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