M. N. Reading - 2025

[poppy]

I've heard of this too, sounds so painful, like having something in your eyes all the time 😢

[muggle not]

Definition of Entropion from the Mayo Clinic:

 

Entropion (en-TROH-pee-on) is a condition in which your eyelid turns inward so that your eyelashes and skin rub against the eye surface. This causes irritation and discomfort.

When you have entropion, your eyelid may be turned in all the time or only when you blink hard or squeeze your eyelids shut. Entropion is more common in older adults, and it generally affects only the lower eyelid.

 

Artificial tears and lubricating ointments can help relieve symptoms of entropion. But usually surgery is needed to fully correct the condition. Left untreated, entropion can cause damage to the transparent covering in the front part of your eye (cornea), eye infections and vision loss.

[muggle not]

I have started to read again, and it is with a good book, Stephen King's "Never Flinch". It is King's latest book and features Holly Gibney. I am only about 22% into the book but am loving it.

[lunababymoonchild]

5 minutes ago, muggle not said:

I have started to read again, and it is with a good book, Stephen King's "Never Flinch". It is King's latest book and features Holly Gibney. I am only about 22% into the book but am loving it.

Hooray!

[poppy]

15 hours ago, muggle not said:

I have started to read again, and it is with a good book, Stephen King's "Never Flinch". It is King's latest book and features Holly Gibney. I am only about 22% into the book but am loving it.

 

Fantastic news, Muggle! So pleased for you and great you've found a book you're really enjoying to celebrate with 💕

[France]

On 8/30/2025 at 4:07 PM, muggle not said:

I have started to read again, and it is with a good book, Stephen King's "Never Flinch". It is King's latest book and features Holly Gibney. I am only about 22% into the book but am loving it.

Oh brilliant!  That's terrific news.

[muggle not]

10. Never Flinch - Stephen King - 4/5 - my rating is probably higher than Stephen King's rating of his book. The book consists of 3 or 4 different stories that start to converge until it all comes together. Holly Gibney, Jerome, Barbara and a host of others are featured.. 

This is a snippet from the "Afterword" of the book:

 

This was a difficult book to write, partially because I had surgery to repair a damaged hip in late September 2023. Never Flinch has gone through multiple rewrites and three title changes. I'm finally happy with it. Or - let us be truthful - happy enough. It's never all I'd hope for, but there comes a point when you must let it go.

Thanks to my wife, who read the first draft of the book and said, "You can do better." That was hard news to get, but eventually I heeded it because she was right (she usually is).

 

 

[muggle not]

I just started to read "Slow Horses" by Mick Herron. i thought I would start with book 1 of the 9-book series (so far).

[France]

3 hours ago, muggle not said:

I just started to read "Slow Horses" by Mick Herron. i thought I would start with book 1 of the 9-book series (so far).

If you enjoy them (not everyone does, but I did), they're addictive.

 

The TV series is excellent too, it doesn't stick that closely to the books but near enough and the pacing is wonderful.

[muggle not]

11. Slow Horses - Mick Herron - 4/5 - Good read. I was a little confused at the book's beginning but then it started to come together for me. I believe that I will continue, over time, with the remaining 8 books in the series

[muggle not]

12. Return to Sender (Longmire Series) - Craig Johnson - 3.5 /5 - Ok read but maybe I am getting a little tired of the Longmire Series. I have read every book of Craig Johnson's, but it may be time to let it go.

 

Just started reading Apostles Cove by William Kent Krueger. Krueger is a good writer with good stories, I like his books as evidenced by the fact that I have read all of them, mostly the Cork O'Connor series.

[muggle not]

13. apostles Cove - William Kent Krueger - 4/5 - The book is what you would expect from William Kent Krueger, a good read.

 

[muggle not]

14. The Painted Veil - Somerset Maugham - 4.5/5 -Same as what luna said about this book. 😀  I really, really enjoyed the writing.

[France]

12 hours ago, muggle not said:

14. The Painted Veil - Somerset Maugham - 4.5/5 -Same as what luna said about this book. 😀  I really, really enjoyed the writing.

I read this about 15 years ago and remember it as being superb.  I don't know why I always have to be prodded to read Maugham because I love his writing when I do.

[lunababymoonchild]

12 hours ago, muggle not said:

14. The Painted Veil - Somerset Maugham - 4.5/5 -Same as what luna said about this book. 😀  I really, really enjoyed the writing.

I read this year and loved it.

[muggle not]

8 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

I read this year and loved it.

I know. That is where I got the info for me to read it. 😀

[poppy]

On 11/6/2025 at 4:05 PM, muggle not said:

14. The Painted Veil - Somerset Maugham - 4.5/5 -Same as what luna said about this book. 😀  I really, really enjoyed the writing.

 

I loved his book The Moon and Sixpence, loosely based on the artist Paul Gaugin and his life in Tahiti. 

[muggle not]

15. The Widow - John Grisham - 4/5 - I thoroughly enjoyed this book by John Grisham. A legal thriller. The last third of the book was hard to put down.

 

Edited November 23, 2025 by muggle not

[muggle not]

16. Strangers in Time - A World War II Novel - David Baldacci - 4/5 - Well written book about two kids, 15 yr old Charlie Matters and 16 yr old Molly Wakefield, in London during the war and how they survive. It is an excellent and realistic telling of the war and of the people living in London. I recommend the book.

[poppy]

7 hours ago, muggle not said:

16. Strangers in Time - A World War II Novel - David Baldacci - 4/5 - Well written book about two kids, 15 yr old Charlie Matters and 16 yr old Molly Wakefield, in London during the war and how they survive. It is an excellent and realistic telling of the war and of the people living in London. I recommend the book.

 

Like the sound of this one, Muggle 😊

[muggle not]

23 hours ago, poppy said:

 

Like the sound of this one, Muggle 😊

I think that you would enjoy it. From Amazon:

 

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci’s newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

 

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life. 

 

Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there. 

 

Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost. 

But Charlie’s escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone’s been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them. 

As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive. 

Edited December 15, 2025 by muggle not

[poppy]

On 12/15/2025 at 3:33 PM, muggle not said:

I think that you would enjoy it. From Amazon:

 

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci’s newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

 

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life. 

 

Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there. 

 

Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost. 

But Charlie’s escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone’s been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them. 

As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive. 

 

I'll put it on the waiting list at the library, thanks Muggle 😊