Red Mosquito

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

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale

blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale

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

A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

dad wrote:

blueviper wrote:The Handmaid’s Tale

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

I would.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Currently reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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