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Post by rosemary3 on Mar 28, 2024 20:44:26 GMT
What was your top read this month? Whet our appetites here.
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Post by adelynechan on Mar 29, 2024 23:22:31 GMT
I loved The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery, a book about the consequences of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Beautifully written as a dual-timeline (one prose, the other verse), I thought this concept worked brilliantly and the collaboration with an illustrator added what felt like a local touch. But, judging from the reaction to my showing this on Zoom if not anything else, it won't be for everyone. |
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Post by geminii on Mar 29, 2024 23:38:27 GMT
I loved The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery, a book about the consequences of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Beautifully written as a dual-timeline (one prose, the other verse), I thought this concept worked brilliantly and the collaboration with an illustrator added what felt like a local touch. But, judging from the reaction to my showing this on Zoom if not anything else, it won't be for everyone. I liked the idea of prose & verse, but sometimes poems in books are a bit Meh / Pretentious .. My reaction was more to do with the topic .. not a fan of War stories |
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Post by rosemary3 on Mar 30, 2024 21:04:49 GMT
My cracker would be Call It Sleep by Henry Roth. It's a semi-autobiographical story of a boy from age about 4 to 12, from an immigrant Jewish family in New York in the early 20th century. The father can be violent so it's not an easy read, but I was completely caught up in the boy's world.
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Post by natsplatt on Apr 1, 2024 15:44:12 GMT
No brainer House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas!
Nat
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Post by geminii on Apr 1, 2024 19:34:26 GMT
I can't decide so going to pick two of my 5 star reads ..
The Night Circus by Erin Mortgensen
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan
Two completely different books, both brilliant !!
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Post by windysisters on Apr 3, 2024 10:36:29 GMT
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
It's a prize winner which would usually put me off.
It's also a re-telling of David Copperfield and I don't get on with Dickens.
It took three weeks to read - not many books can keep my interest that long.
This blew me away - tough subject matter, compelling narration, couldn't stop talking to OH about it and thinking about it after I finished.
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Post by sony08 on Apr 3, 2024 14:12:54 GMT
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
and The Day The Earth Turned: Spring = last one in the series and I thoroughly enjoyed all four books.
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