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I am reading The Great Alone - and I believe someone here recommended it. I really, really like it, and then, it's so crazy but a friend of mine, who I had not told what I was reading, gave me another book by the same author to read when I'm done, and she said "Have you read The Great Alone?" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...he-great-alone
The same woman who gave me The Nightingale also mentioned The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, which I've fiddled around with thinking I needed to read it but I just haven't, so I ordered it and it just came in. We'll see how that one is! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ig9tane&rank=1
The book The Great Alone reminds me a lot of the memoir by Jeannette Halls - The Glass Castle. I loved that book though I believe it is non fiction and The Great Alone is fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...e_Glass_Castle
Kristin Hannah is a skilled writer and The Nightingale is one of her best. They are making that book into a movie that comes out next year. Elle and Dakota Fanning will be the actresses for the two sisters, featured in the book. I actually didn't care for The Great Alone, didn't like the plot.
I read the Great Alone a few months ago for book club. I thought it was very worthwhile and well done, but it really depressed the he-- out of me and most in my book club agreed. I think I had read a few books at that time that were less than uplifting. The only other book I read by KH was The Winter Garden which was quite good, but I think several people more familiar with her said it was not a really good one.
I have not read The Nightingale but do mean to. Everyone raves about that one.
Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek was great. It's absolutely a great read.
I read the Great Alone a few months ago for book club. I thought it was very worthwhile and well done, but it really depressed the he-- out of me and most in my book club agreed.
Yes. I still think about that one. Not a book for the faint of heart.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is one of my favorite books. I read it several years ago and I thought it was a total delight. Glad you thought so too Firehorse.
I just finished The Golem and the Jinni. It's a lot longer book than I usually would read, but it came highly recommended. I thought it was quite good- very detailed, great intricate plot, and all. It really grabbed me and I was happily absorbed. I think I might have just been a bit tired of it towards the end but it really was a good one. I find this happens often with me so I think it's me and not the book. Still very outstanding book.
Hi Mayvenne,
Even before I read your recommendation on "The Golem and the Jinni" I had put it on my next library order (soon to be picked up). Now I am doubly excited to read it! I believe the next book in the series is "The Hidden Palace" ? (in case you didn't know)
I was ALSO a great fan of "The Great Alone" really loved that one!
The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady
I just finished reading The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady.This book was a fantastic page-turner. A solid Goodreads "five stars." Colin O'Brady is best described as a professional adventurer. A Yale graduate and obviously extremely bright, he was immolated in a fire at a Thai beach resort, dancing with burning ropes. After an amazing recovery, he proceeded to win a triathlon in Chicago. After accomplishing a bunch of other milestones, he scaled the Seven Peaks (link).
After that, in the austral summer of 2018-19 (actually he finished December 26, 2018) he set about crossing Antarctica, "solo, unsupported and unassisted" as defined by Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions (ALE), which provides life-preserving monitoring and potential rescue for those attempting an Antarctic crossing. The book alternates between real-time description of the adventure and flashbacks echoing back most of his life. These ranged from descriptions of a family "Ohana" (Hawaiian for blended family gatherings), his meeting his wife Jenna in Samoa, his travel to Thailand and the fateful "burning ropes" conflagration and his recovery, his victory in a triathlon he was unlikely to even complete because of his injuries, his climb up Everest and Mt. McKinley, his temporary split with Jenna to devote his life to triathloning, his reunion with Jenna during a testy trip to Joshua Tree National Monument and drive back to his home in Portland, and his romantic proposal to Jenna atop a mountain in Ecuador. Basically, it's a literary world-travel and Antarctic hiking adventure rolled into one.
Overall, book is a masterful weaving of the story of the epic travel across the ice and flashbacks they transfer the book into a sort of autobiography. You among others have criticized the author for the excessive use of flashbacks; I think a pure and unbroken description of ice travel would be dreadfully boring.
I am reading The People We Meet on Vacation I am not sure where it was recommended but I reserved it at the library for my kindle and it became available. It's a very nice, easy read which is quite a change from a lot of the books I have been reading lately. They were all really good books and even if they drew me in, they required a lot more focus.
I will update when I am finished but it did get very good rankhing on Goodreads.
Firehorse, I am curious to see what you think of [BThe Golem and the Jinni.[/b]. As I think of it, just about everyone I know who read it really liked it. (but yeah, this is one that required a lot of focus for me).
Kristin Hannah is a skilled writer and The Nightingale is one of her best. They are making that book into a movie that comes out next year. Elle and Dakota Fanning will be the actresses for the two sisters, featured in the book. I actually didn't care for The Great Alone, didn't like the plot.
The Great Alone was interesting to me (I finished it last night). I am not a big fan of cold weather and I was cold the entire time I was reading it! LOL It was sad to me, and emotional, but overall I liked it more than disliked it.
I am reading The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek now but it seems like a quick read and then I will start on The Nightingale. Good to know about the movie coming out.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is one of my favorite books. I read it several years ago and I thought it was a total delight. Glad you thought so too Firehorse.
I just finished The Golem and the Jinni. It's a lot longer book than I usually would read, but it came highly recommended. I thought it was quite good- very detailed, great intricate plot, and all. It really grabbed me and I was happily absorbed. I think I might have just been a bit tired of it towards the end but it really was a good one. I find this happens often with me so I think it's me and not the book. Still very outstanding book.
I also liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. At first I found thepretty confusing and had to retrace who was writing to whom but in the end it was a really great book!
Thank you for your recommendation. Just put The Golem and the Jinni on my TBR list
I am reading The People We Meet on Vacation I am not sure where it was recommended but I reserved it at the library for my kindle and it became available. It's a very nice, easy read which is quite a change from a lot of the books I have been reading lately. They were all really good books and even if they drew me in, they required a lot more focus.
I will update when I am finished but it did get very good rankhing on Goodreads.
Firehorse, I am curious to see what you think of [BThe Golem and the Jinni.[/b]. As I think of it, just about everyone I know who read it really liked it. (but yeah, this is one that required a lot of focus for me).
I will for sure report back when I'm finished! But it sounds like it will be right up my alley! I'm reading one now that required a ton of focus (so I know what you mean) It is "The Accursed" by Carol Joyce Oates and I'm at page 550!
I also have "The People We Meet on Vacation" on my TBR list! Looking forward to an easy read (for a change!)
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The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady
