I used to be an avid reader. Since I became a mum, that went out the window. I miss it very much. I’ve been working from home lately as I need to be home with little guy. That meant making up extra time working evenings & weekends for what I missed during day but now I’m back in office and I picked up a book from the library. One of the recommendations from a lovely sober friend on here. Hoping I can have time on break at work to read 
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I am avid reader. I just finished The Return and also Sea Wife…both I enjoyed.
Also reading…
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Great idea for a thread! I’m an avid reader when I’m sober…another reason I’m glad I quit drinking. Right now I’m re-reading The Sea Hunters and The Sea Hunters 2, by Clive Cussler.
I just finished Signing Their Lives Away which is about the founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. Before that I read Fortitude by Dan Crenshaw.
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I don’t know if I would say I’m an “avid” reader but I am taking advantage of COVID shutdowns to read as much as I can.
So far for 2020 I’ve been making my way through two book series (I go back and forth between the two so I don’t get bored with them).
- Louise Penny - Inspector Gamache series
- Ian Hamilton - Ava Lee series
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All The Light We Cannot See is currently on my Kobo waiting for me to get to.
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This book is awesome, thanks for recommending
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I don’t read much because of the type of job I do , but I do listen to a lot of audio books , here are a few … Death World by Harry Harrison ( sci- fi ) space prison ( sci-fi ) the colors of space ( sci-fi ) dimension X & X-1 ( both old time radio classics from the 1940s& 1950s )… Detective Richard diamond ( old time radio classic show from the 40s & 50s) those are just a few … If you are interested in free audio books ( some books you have to buy ) download the LibriVox audio book app … That’s where I get all my audio books from
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Reading is something I just can’t enjoy. 45 years old and probably can count on one hand how many books I actually read cover to cover. Recently tried Podcasts and signed up for audiobooks but haven’t tried yet.
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i just finished these two:
- where the crawdads sing by delia owens: young girl cast out of society and her family, fends for herself in the swap and falls in love with fishing boy, but pushes him away. now young woman, she gets publishing deal for her illustrations of wildlife and plants. young man goes missing and they try to pin it on her because the two briefly dated. court room drama ensues. i thought it was an incredible book and eventual film or mini series as reese witherspoon picked it up.
- the bluest eye by toni morrison: stories unfold of various people interconnected in ohio and the south. all around tragedy with sexual abuse and alcoholism throughout. there is not a shred of happiness in the entire book. i felt like i needed a heavy dose of therapy afterwards. i did not like it.
just started last night:
- the water dancer by ta-nehisi coates: so far, its beautifully written. but only about 5% in.
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You will surly enjoy audio books … Greg margarite & mark Nelson are 2 of my favorite audio book narrators … They have both narrated a lot of audio books , also check out OLD TIME RADIO classics from the 40s & 50s , lots of good radio shows from that era
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Somehow the last ten years the number of books I read have gone down steeply. Use to read books, both fiction and non fiction, all the time. Internet has taken a lot of my book reading away. Reading more books than one at the same time is my normal mode. Right now I’m reading The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie which is a nice playful introduction to that branch of Buddhism. And Navajo wear nikes which is an interesting account by (white) journalist/writer Jim Kristofic about growing up in the Navajo nation (which I travelled two years ago).
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I read about one book a day right now. A lot of just-published novels this year (kinda a work thing). A couple of recent good ones by writers whom I hadn’t read before: Sam Lloyd, Memory Wood (thriller about child abduction, implausible but total page turner); Douglas Stewart, Shuggie (childhood in Glasgow with alcoholic mom, really vivid); Such a Fun Age (such a fun skewering of white privilege); This mournable body (great novel about class and social mobility in Africa); your house will pay (Rodney king riots, really well done); Rodham (so fun, alternate history); and a bunch more. Water Dancer I found disappointing; too much an essay not fully built as a world.
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Wait… You read a book a day for work? 
I would absolutely love that!!! How do I sign up? 
I think that’s awesome.
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Very good so far
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Looks like we have a lot of readers in here. Glad to see. I’m not usually an Audiobook person, but I was gifted a book today to help with some of the things going on in my life:
This Naked Mind
(Control Alcohol: Find Freedom, Discover Happiness, and Change Your Life)
By: Annie Grace
So this will be my first foray into Audiobooks. Hope it helps.
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For audiobook listeners with literary/ historical tastes: the Hilary Mantel audiobooks are really well read. Reader does great voices. I like to “read” when I walk and I’m almost done with the mirror and the light. It’s too long, the research shows, but she’s fabulous anyway, great scene setting, vivid characters, convincing historically in voice and mood (which is sooo hard, most historical fiction fails instantly on that), and you gotta love a 40 hour epic in praise of a boring old bureaucrat.
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This is a great thread! Thanks so much for starting it.
I am a big reader and have been catching up big time during the quarantine, finishing up book #10 this week!
I am currently finishing Quiet for kids by Susan Cain. I read the version written for adults last week. Both were great, in my opinion. I also read a few of Adam Grant’s books. Give and Take, Originals, and Option B were very interesting.
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Jordan Peterson is brilliant. I think I could listen to him lecture for hours. 12 Rules for Life is on my ‘to read’ list along with Maps of Meaning.
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I just finished the autobiography of Robert Clary called “From Holocaust to Hogan’s Heros” it was very interesting.
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I’m reading The Happiness Trap, Walking on Eggshells, and working a DBT work book. One day I’ll read something more exciting.
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