Week 5: Bookchat Board

Thanks Caroline - I’ll look up The Truce . and yes, tough to name a favourite! 

I’ll name a little known but we’ll lived one that carried me from beginning to end. Written in 1999, it begins with a tornado. Another of Eliza’s novels was shortlisted for a Giller price “ What You Need”

This is a question I can never answer. What mood am I in? What is the person asking looking for? There are a few books that I can return to for various reasons. 

1) The Dog Man series: This was the first book series my son and I read together during the pandemic, the first one he saw through. It sparked his reading curiosity. 

2) Scarborough: I was in love with this book, though I want MORE. The perspective of the kids was big for me and I think it was full of compassion for the characters in the story. 

3) Son of Elsewhere: READ THIS BOOK. I learned about Elamin from a co-worker, who is a friend of his. There was a pandemic parenting article he wrote for Buzzfeed that brought me to tears. The book is amazing, gave me a perspective as someone else who hasn't been in Kingston forever, and I made my non-reading partner listen to the audiobook. A great partner book for this would be We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu (there's a Kingston/Queen's connection there as well) 

4) Kitchens of the Great Midwest: We love food in our house and the relationships that can be developed by having a meal with others. I also really feel like I should be in the Midwest in one point in my life. I loved this book for it's softness and the insight of food as a incubator for regional culture.  

5) The Tale of Desperaux. This was another Kiddo/Me pandemic read which I chose exactly when we needed it. The first "grown up" book he tackled with me. 

I don't think I answered the question, but I may have added some options for your TBR. 

Ohh great question! I also am a huge fan of the novel, Truce by Mario Benedetti. I think a book you might like is called A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf. It is a hard book to read but one that is very interesting and enjoyable to even review and pick a few pages to read as well instead of the whole thing 

I highly recommend reading Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Such a good read and it’s very interesting. I read it two years ago and it’s still my favourite Morrison book. 

Oh yes, Divergent is my favorite book ever! but only the first and the second. the 3 is... bof. so i by this book in my second language, challenge for me. 

The lord of the rings is on my list 'book to be read'  .

I have a list for rereading and a second list for the new book to be read.

my list of rereading have , the harry potter serie, twilight serie,  hunger games serie, true blood serie. 

Hmmm, Divergent and LotR are pretty far apart in time and tone. Maybe try some stuff by Robin McKinley? 

I loved Midnight Library! I loaned out my copy to EVERYONE. 

If I really enjoy a book, I'll often try something else from that author! And if it's their first novel, I'll usually keep that author in mind so I can pick up their next work. For thrillers, I really enjoy Karin Slaughter's work. Her stories are dark, emotional, and the writing is excellent. I love the strange women and the interesting perspectives in Sayaka Murata's work. I like to try new (to me) authors often too so that I'm diversifying my reading.