I’m #6 on the waiting list at my library. For any of you Lynley and Havers fans, I just finished Elizabeth George’s latest DI Lynley book, A Slowly Dying Cause. It was very good.
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I started a new book. I read when I take Sunshine to the doctor (once she goes back).
“Eleanor & Park” by rainbow rowell
So far… so good.
Sunshine has already read this book and enjoyed it, so we’ll have our own little book club discussion when I finish it.
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Any plan to read Huck Finn after?
Percival Everett is very talented.
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I’m A little more than halfway through James by Percival Everett. A retelling of Huckleberry Finn (which I haven’t read) from Jim’s perspective
I really enjoyed that! I think I have enjoyed all of his books, but didn’t like that remake about the artful dodger. Or maybe it was Oliver. Couldn’t finish it.
BTW, using Hoopla more than Libby these days!
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Maybe. I kind of feel like my days of “reading this because I should” are behind me 
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I was thinking of this one; should I keep trying? I see @tcamp and @ChristinaM have mentioned it.
ETA looks like I’ve already asked @ChristinaM about it.
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I read those books long ago but they started getting really dark (at least for wimpy me). She’s been writing that series for many decades.
Not worth it IMO.
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After James I read The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett) and Boelyn Traitor (Philippa Gregory). Now I’m almost through Palaver by Bryan Washington. All have been good but James is a tough act to follow.
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I have a stack of comics hardcovers I need to read so I can move them from the spot on the bookshelf where I want to put the ceramic Christmas tree in lieu of a real (well, fake real) tree this year.
My wife is finally reading The Wheel of Time thanks to the now-canceled TV series, so I’ve been rereading along with her, but since rereading goes faster, I’m also reading Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders (I’m not a huge mystery fan, but I read a little crime fiction), David Stacton’s On a Balcony (a novel about Akhenaten and Nefertiti, which I was happy to discover; I’m not an expert on ancient Egypt, but my thesis advisor was, particularly this period), and maybe Special Topics in Calamity Physics. (I’ve started it, but really didn’t like Pessl’s Night Film, so I don’t know. The problem is I don’t remember why I didn’t like it.) Helen DeWitt has a new book, so that’s on deck—I haven’t even looked at the description, but I’ll read whatever she writes.
I have half a dozen partially started nonfiction books on the Kindle right now, mainly on consciousness, the 50th anniversary edition (eesh) of Nagel’s What Is It Like To Be a Bat, etc.
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I reserved Entitled about the ex Prince Andrew and Fergie kind as a lark and ended up really enjoying the audio. The overwhelming entitlement and grifting and criminial behavior on his part will turn you into an anti monarchist. QE2 was quite the enabler also.
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Just started “Dead Money”, LINK a murder thriller set in the SF and Silicon Valley tech sector. It’s pretty funny how they very apparently model characters after real people, things like Uber, which seems kind of corny but intentional for some chuckles. So far the portrayal of tech bro assholery doesn’t seem harsh enough compared to the reality. But we’ll see…
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I’m finally #2 on the wait list for the book at my local library.
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Andy has been de-throned and striped of his title. Has to use a last name.
Wow, I’ve never seen that!
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When I get them they are always books I was told my library didn’t have when I searched for them, and I’d asked them to “notify me” when one was available.
They usually come with frequent prompts about how lucky you are, and how many people are waiting.
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I just wrote ex because the new last name is too long 
Just got the audio version of this book through Libby. Sounds interesting. We raised our kids in Silicon Valley (Menlo Park/Portola Valley) and our oldest son has worked for a bunch of startups including Facebook and Uber. I sent him a link and he said he’s already read it!
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