What are you reading in 2026?

okay----i am not reading ANY books, since books tend to clutter everything up. Yup. Instead, i spend all my time tidying up and getting rid of ANYTHING i am not using. So yeah---my place looks as if no one lives here, and is move-in ready. How do you kids like that? Ha.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

Rosa have you read “ A Little Life” by Hanya H…..?

I’m dipping into a bit of it and it’s holding my attention, but I keep wondering if the abuse the character Jude experienced in his childhood is going to be too much.

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I have not, and it isn't on my TBR list based on the reviews I've read. I've seen it referred to as "suffering porn" or "abuse porn" - I forget which, but it didn't entice me.

Iris: Please do let us know what you think when you're done. I'll admit that I have Wally Lamb's latest on my TBR list, and I've heard consistently that it is relentlessly depressing, and no happy ending.

I read The River Is Waiting, and though it isn't rainbows and unicorns, I didn't find it unreadable. I wouldn't use the word "enjoyable" but perhaps " thoughtful." I had no problem getting through it and I have put down plenty of books.

Thanks, Kay. That is reassuring and Wally will stay on my list.