What Are You Reading Now?

[bluegoose]

Amazon doesn't seem to recognize either Jot Talbot or The Life We Bury. How does one get this book?

Its on there. Author is Allen Eskens.

[Scott R Nelson]

Its on there. Author is Allen Eskens.

Well, that helps. So Joe Talbot is a character in the book then. Got it.
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Talbert. Apparently I'm not the only one mistyping stuff on this thread.

[clackamascoug]

I've got 11 credit on Audible - and 8 unheard books in my library. The pandemic has killed my book listening - but in the meantime - I've built an empire.

[SteelBlue]

Just finished The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. I loved his novel A Gentleman in Moscow and was looking forward to this one perhaps more than any other new book this year. To top it off, it has a very high rating on goodreads with thousands of reviews. I hated it. It read like YA fiction with every character one dimensional. I cannot believe this is the same guy who gave us the Count, one of the great literary characters of this century. When I read people's 5 star reviews I feel like we must've read different books. 2 stars.

[BigPiney]

Just finished The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. I loved his novel A Gentleman in Moscow and was looking forward to this one perhaps more than any other new book this year. To top it off, it has a very high rating on goodreads with thousands of reviews. I hated it. It read like YA fiction with every character one dimensional. I cannot believe this is the same guy who gave us the Count, one of the great literary characters of this century. When I read people's 5 star reviews I feel like we must've read different books. 2 stars.

It was not good. So disappointing. I also was really looking forward to it, but it ended up being really dumb.

[Clark Addison]

Maybe this is a sign of my maturity as a consumer of literature, but I started and never finished "A Gentleman in Moscow". I kept thinking "Here is where something will finally happen!", and it never did, so I finally gave up.

In my partial defense, one of my favorite authors is Willa Cather, so I can read character-driven books where not a whole lot happens, but AGIM never really did it for me.

[Pelado]

Maybe this is a sign of my maturity as a consumer of literature, but I started and never finished "A Gentleman in Moscow". I kept thinking "Here is where something will finally happen!", and it never did, so I finally gave up.

In my partial defense, one of my favorite authors is Willa Cather, so I can read character-driven books where not a whole lot happens, but AGIM never really did it for me.

I think "A Tramp in Budapest" might be a more entertaining read for you.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Maybe this is a sign of my maturity as a consumer of literature, but I started and never finished "A Gentleman in Moscow". I kept thinking "Here is where something will finally happen!", and it never did, so I finally gave up.

In my partial defense, one of my favorite authors is Willa Cather, so I can read character-driven books where not a whole lot happens, but AGIM never really did it for me.

I struggled to finish it. But I did, because .... you know ... I am not a quitter.

[BigPiney]

I struggled to finish it. But I did, because .... you know ... I am not a quitter.

I really liked it.

But I also really liked the The Man who Died Twice by Richard Osman that I just finished. Really fun. I am all over the place when it comes to books.

[Donuthole]

Maybe this is a sign of my maturity as a consumer of literature, but I started and never finished "A Gentleman in Moscow". I kept thinking "Here is where something will finally happen!", and it never did, so I finally gave up.

In my partial defense, one of my favorite authors is Willa Cather, so I can read character-driven books where not a whole lot happens, but AGIM never really did it for me.

I was in this same boat. But then a friend told me it was his favorite book of the last 10 years. And I generally agree with his reading suggestions. So I dove back in and finished. And I didn't regret it. It was very good. FWIW, the same friend told me the Lincoln Highway sucked, and not to bother. And I haven't!

[Clark Addison]

I was in this same boat. But then a friend told me it was his favorite book of the last 10 years. And I generally agree with his reading suggestions. So I dove back in and finished. And I didn't regret it. It was very good. FWIW, the same friend told me the Lincoln Highway sucked, and not to bother. And I haven't!

Maybe I will get it for my kindle. When I "read" it I was listening to the audiobook, which sometimes doesn't work as well for slower-paced books.

[BigPiney]

Maybe I will get it for my kindle. When I "read" it I was listening to the audiobook, which sometimes doesn't work as well for slower-paced books.

increase the reading speed

[SeattleUte]

In my opinion, this list is a big meh. Awful. Don't rely on me to tell you why. Read the readers' favorites comments in response to the article. Here the Times didn't have any Times favorites. Right now I'm more worried about illiberalism in my own country than China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/b...ooks-2021.html

[SeattleUte]

I can highly recommend this book, even though I'm not crazy about the title, probably added by an editor or publisher. Really enjoyed it. McWhorter is a professor at Columbia and brilliant. I'm really happy about the widespread success of this book. Even the NY Times gave it a good review. It should have made the 10 best! The title is at odds with the intellectual heft and superb writing of the text.

https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Racism-R.../dp/0593423062

[Jeff Lebowski]

In my opinion, this list is a big meh. Awful. Don't rely on me to tell you why. Read the readers' favorites comments in response to the article. Here the Times didn't have any Times favorites. Right now I'm more worried about illiberalism in my own country than China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/b...ooks-2021.html

Ha. That is a very woke list.