What are you reading 2019?

[Tammy]

I’m reading Wild Seed by Octavia Butler. Pretty good so far, but I’m still deciding whether I’ll read the whole series (5 books) or just this one.

[Rogar]

Most of the way through "Grinnell" by John Taliaffero. It's a biography of George Bird Grinnell, founder of the Audubon Society, instrumental in getting Glacier declared a national park, and ethnographer of several Native American tribes near the end of their traditional lifestyles. An outstanding example of how much a person can do with a life.

[JaneV2.0]

Yes, Chef--a Memoir, by Marcus Samuelsson.

[iris lilies]

The Problem With Everything by Megan Dahm.

i’m skimming it. It’s a series of essays about contemporary culture, victimologies the outrage community, the cancel culture, and etc. written by someone who is a feminist and who considered herself pretty much a leftie in politics. But many of today’s current issues snd actions of the progressive movement are bugging her. She is a political writer.

[JaneV2.0]

Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott.
Hugely boring. I got through about a third of it.

[iris lilies]

Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott.
Hugely boring. I got through about a third of it.

jane we are too old to plod thru boring stuff. Just toss that book to the curb.

[rosarugosa]

jane we are too old to plod thru boring stuff. Just toss that book to the curb.

I'm going to have to remember this the next time I'm reading a boring book!

[catherine]

Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott.
Hugely boring. I got through about a third of it.

I've tried reading LaMott and there's something about her that feels insincere. Maybe its the earnestness behind her constant self-revelations. Or her co-opted hairdo.

[JaneV2.0]

I downloaded it from the library; I will definitely throw it back.

Her barely-veiled contempt for her parents seems pretty sincere. I've liked some of her writing, but I may be through.

[Tybee]

I can't stand Anne Lamott-- so irritating, so pretentious. The kicker for me was when I read that she said God had told her to buy a VW new beetle in that light green color. Or maybe it was that the universe told her that deserved a VW new beetle. One or the other.