I use Libby and Hoopla through the same library. They tend to have different books. I just put a hold on a book on Libby that I will apparently be lucky to get hold of by this time next year.

LOL I have this problem with paper books. I can find myself 10 pages in and not remember a thing that I read. But I don’t often have this problem with audiobooks. Everyone’s brain is different.

There is a possibility that your complaints will no longer be relevant when you finish the book… just saying. I read it and did not have those concerns.

I work in low-income housing. It’s horrible that most people I work with pay more than what I pay for a mortgage payment. What’s more horrible is the how money for rent assistance basically dried up during covid and has never bounced back. Part of my job is to help people find help to avoid eviction, and it’s nearly impossible now. It’s grim.

Reading more improves reading fluency and vocabulary, no matter what you’re reading. You may never read NF as quickly as fiction, but you will improve.

Middlemarch, because I’m reading along with r/ayearofmiddlemarch. Been reading it since Jan 1.

I’m not including books I like to browse through like The History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, which I have been reading for… I don’t know… 20 years or so?

Middlemarch, because I’m reading along with r/ayearofmiddlemarch. Been reading it since Jan 1.

I’m not including books I like to browse through like The History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, which I have been reading for… I don’t know… 20 years or so?

Maybe it’s not Wodehouse. It could just be that you don’t like British humor from the first half of the 20th century.

Maybe it’s not Wodehouse. It could just be that you don’t like British humor from the first half of the 20th century.

I think one of the weaknesses of some classics from this time period is that they were serialized, which means that they didn’t have the benefit of developmental editing. Some installments are brilliant and some are less so, giving an uneven feeling to the book. I read The Idiot earlier this year with r/ClassicBookClub, and I’ll speak on that rather than C&P since it’s been years since I read that. The Idiot has marvelous characters and a compelling plot. There are sections that are, indeed, quite brilliant. The opening chapters and the closing chapters in particular are memorable and beautifully crafted. In between are chapters that are delightful and chapters that were clearly the author just vamping because the muse had failed him that week. The author himself admitted that it was a failed experiment. In summary, I think there are some really good reasons why literature isn’t serialized like this anymore, and the reader benefits from that change. I would love to see what The Idiot could have become if Dostoevsky had the benefit of working through several complete drafts and then working revisions with a really talented editor.

Why not set this up in Google Forms? It would be more anonymous for us, and it would be easier for you to compile the results?

Try these two subs: r/IReadABookAndAdoredIt - people give a short review of the book that they read and loved - and r/52book where people share what they are reading.

Also, even Monday in this sub, people post what they’ve been reading in the last week. Quite a number of those people will give a short review.

I also enjoyed The Shell Collector. Quite different from the Wool series. He has another interesting one called The Hurricane. And don’t sleep on Beacon 23.

Do you need a physical copy? Because some are available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=lupin&submit\_search=Go!