Your Book Activity 2025

[Hayley]

23 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

Have parked the Dennis Lehane for another time because my Hallie Rubenhold, Story of a Murder has arrived and I’m more interested in that, just now

That one does sound interesting! 

[lunababymoonchild]

21 minutes ago, Hayley said:

That one does sound interesting! 

I’m thoroughly enjoying it

[lunababymoonchild]

Reading Mysterious and Unexplained Scottish Urban Legends, 50 Myths and True Stories by Aaron Mullins. 

[lunababymoonchild]

The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck

[briber]

On 1/13/2025 at 9:53 PM, poppy said:

More vintage stuff ... Most Secret by Nevil Shute

big fan of Shute, A Town Like Alice. Round The Bend,  On The Beach. Haven't come across Most Secret, must check.

[briber]

On 7/8/2025 at 7:08 AM, itsmeagain said:

Gai Jin by James Clavell. Used it to distract myself from the length, and the more annoying bits, of Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave. Wish I had a quid for every page of these two....

Enjoyed the series, Shogun. Taipan. Noble House. Clavell also included King Rat in his series, although I enjoyed it didn't see the relevence to the others apart from the fact that some of the characters are in Noble House.

[poppy]

On 8/24/2025 at 10:04 AM, briber said:

big fan of Shute, A Town Like Alice. Round The Bend,  On The Beach. Haven't come across Most Secret, must check.

 

I didn't finish Most Secret. There were plans to use flame throwers against the Germans. No worse than many ways people are killed in war but I started to find it too disturbing.

[itsmeagain]

12 hours ago, poppy said:

 

I didn't finish Most Secret. There were plans to use flame throwers against the Germans. No worse than many ways people are killed in war but I started to find it too disturbing.

I am the same Poppy..oh darl, you are a sweetie...😃 

[lunababymoonchild]

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea 3) Ursula Le Guin

[lunababymoonchild]

A Gentle Spirit, Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[lunababymoonchild]

The Stranger, Albert Camus.

[poppy]

The Master Of the Priory by Annie Haynes.

[lunababymoonchild]

The Mansion (Snopes 3), William Faulkner.

[poppy]

Priorsford by O. Douglas

[lunababymoonchild]

Dreams of Chaos, Shauna Lawless

[lunababymoonchild]

Throwing Shade, Deborah Wilde

[lunababymoonchild]

The Strangers in the House, Georges Simenon

[poppy]

Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

[muggle not]

On 8/25/2025 at 10:59 AM, lunababymoonchild said:

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea 3) Ursula Le Guin

She is a legend. I really enjoyed her writing.

On 9/1/2025 at 3:19 PM, lunababymoonchild said:

The Mansion (Snopes 3), William Faulkner.

I see you finally got back to reading another Faulkner. 😀

[lunababymoonchild]

Yes, @muggle not I thoroughly enjoyed the Le Guin but had to put the Faulkner down as I wasn’t enjoying it at all. This has me disappointed as I usually do enjoy Faulkner. I might pick up later and see How I get on.

[muggle not]

On 8/23/2025 at 3:42 PM, lunababymoonchild said:

The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck

How did you like The Moon is Down? Steinbeck is probably my favorite author. I have read all of his books but must admit I don't remember the storyline of The Moon is Down (it has been many years since I read it).

 

2 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

Yes, @muggle not I thoroughly enjoyed the Le Guin but had to put the Faulkner down as I wasn’t enjoying it at all. This has me disappointed as I usually do enjoy Faulkner. I might pick up later and see How I get on.

I have not read The Mansion by Faulkner, guess I will wait awhile on it.

[lunababymoonchild]

8 minutes ago, muggle not said:

How did you like The Moon is Down? Steinbeck is probably my favorite author. I have read all of his books but must admit I don't remember the storyline of The Moon is Down (it has been many years since I read it).

I enjoyed it. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read by Steinbeck except for Of Mice and Men which we did at school and positively horrified me because it struck far too close to home (four of my mother’s siblings were mentally and physically disabled).

 

I am a little sad that I had to give up on Faulkner. I don’t mind not understanding him I still manage to enjoy it but this time I just couldn’t get interested. I’ll pick it up at a later date and see how I get on.

[Hayley]

On 9/22/2025 at 6:27 PM, lunababymoonchild said:

I enjoyed it. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read by Steinbeck except for Of Mice and Men which we did at school and positively horrified me because it struck far too close to home (four of my mother’s siblings were mentally and physically disabled).

 

I am a little sad that I had to give up on Faulkner. I don’t mind not understanding him I still manage to enjoy it but this time I just couldn’t get interested. I’ll pick it up at a later date and see how I get on.

I wasn't a big Faulkner fan either - I can't even remember why (but I do think Of Mice and Men was brilliant, despite the fact that I was also horrified and want to cry literally every time I have to teach the ending 😅)

[lunababymoonchild]

2 minutes ago, Hayley said:

I wasn't a big Faulkner fan either - I can't even remember why (but I do think Of Mice and Men was brilliant, despite the fact that I was also horrified and want to cry literally every time I have to teach the ending 😅)

I was totally smitten the first time I read Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury) in a group read on BGO and have been ever since. Except for The Mansion. I intend to pick it up at a later date and it won’t put be off reading him again.

 

I thought Of Mice and Men was a towering work of brilliance and still do but I’m never going to read it again. I have very much enjoyed everything else I’ve read by Steinbeck, though.

[Nataweeee]

just started Spoiled Rotten by Natalie Tautou because for some reason i need to be reading three books at once lol. looks like its gonna be some nasty horror short stories.