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Jacob the Liar especially has a different take on things; it's set in a Jewish ghetto in Poland. And The Kitchen Front, set in England, centers around four women and a cooking contest. I'm hoping to finish both of these books this weekend because I have a new stack of library books that I just checked out of the library yesterday waiting to be read:
The Precipice by Paul Doiron
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Weigell Lindsay
The Runaway by Nick Petrie
Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts by Nancy Campbell Allen
Echoes of the Dead by Spencer Kope
The Winter Girls by Roger Stelljes
I know I said I wanted to read more books from off my own shelves this year, but library books keep coming due, and I keep putting more on hold. It's a bookish addiction. Hopefully I can work a few of my own books into the mix in February. That's the plan anyway. Wish me luck! Until then, here's something funny to make you laugh:
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Have a great weekend...and Happy Reading!
Love the WHO titles!
ReplyDeleteI've yet to properly get back to the library for browsing but still reserving and have seven on my shelf at the moment, including a Tad Williams which is so big you could use it as a house-brick. Heehee. I'm going to look up The Kitchen Front as that sounds like my find of thing. Have a good weekend, Lark!
The Kitchen Front is just a fun read; I like the four characters in it, and the food & cooking part of it is something I haven't run across in other WWII books. :)
Delete*dies laughing* that graphic! OMG, it’s golllldddddd!!!!!! You find the best graphics!!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the funniest? John Atkinson's work always makes me laugh! :D
DeleteI absolutely loved Jacob the Liar. The protagonist is such a wonderful character. Once you've done yours, you can head over to my page, see how we compare.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a chapter or two it get into the narrative voice of Jacob the Liar, but once I did I've been enjoying it. I like Jacob and little Lina, and Mischa and Rosa. It's good, but it's also sad, and I have a feeling the ending is going to get even sadder.
DeleteI won't tell you much about the ending but it is definitely a very worthy book to read.
DeleteThere's something compelling-like-no-other about World War II books, I think. My book club just can't get enough of them.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a nice stack of books awaiting you.
And thanks for the humor!
WWII books can be so interesting and fun to read. I like when they highlight an aspect of that time period that I'm not already familiar with. :)
DeleteIt teaches us to be alert and not to forget what happens, I think that's what attracts us to these books.
DeleteBoth of these sound good! Thanks for the recommendations!
ReplyDeleteThey're good reads. I hope I can still say that when I read their endings! ;D
DeleteI have the same problem. I want to read the books on my shelves, but the library due date haunts me. I have decided to do no library months. I'm not sure how often though. I'm still working it out.
ReplyDeleteA no library month is a good idea. I should try to do that at least once this year!
DeleteI have 12 checked out from the library right now and that is much less than I've been having on my shelf. I'm still loving and exploring my new library and also delighted to find little tricks to get myself on the hold list right when the book is ordered. My previous library didn't have that. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love when I'm first on the hold list for a new book! I don't always manage it, but I try. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who checks out too many library books. Libraries are the best! :)
DeleteBoth of those WWII books sound like stellar reads. And it looks like you've got a lot of great reading ahead of you with all those library books. Happy reading! Hope you have a lovely weekend, Lark! :)
ReplyDeleteI do have a lot of reading ahead of me! But having lots of good books around makes me happy. :)
DeleteI've been curious about Jacob the Liar--it will be interesting to see what you think when you finish it.
ReplyDeleteHa, and Atkinson, hilarious as usual!
Once I got used to the narrative voice of Jacob the Liar I've been enjoying it. It's a quiet, more introspective novel, and it'll probably end sad. But there are some funny moments in it, too. And I like several of the characters.
DeleteLove those alternative WHO titles. It is hard to kick our bookish addiction, isn't it? Not that we really try!
ReplyDeleteApparently it's very hard for me to kick my library book addiction! I'm always checking out too many books, and then never having time to read my own.
Deleteoh my those are funny! what a great sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteAll of John Atkinson's stuff is incredibly funny. You should check out his website! It'll have you smiling all day.
DeleteThat graphic is perfect! So funny.
ReplyDeleteIt made me laugh when I saw it, so I had to share. :D
DeleteI like books set during WWII, both historical ficton and books written during that time. Both of these sound different (which is nice) and have great covers. I will look around for them.
ReplyDeleteThe Kitchen Front was a great read! So heartwarming. And Jacob the Liar was really good, too, just much sadder.
DeleteIt's an ongoing addiction, right? I do the same, lol. Love the WHO recommendations, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt is an ongoing addiction...and one I can't seem to break! Glad I'm not the only one with that bad library habit. ;D
DeleteThe classic books reissued... 😭
ReplyDeleteAren't those funny? :D
DeleteWas Jacob the Liar turned into a movie? I seem to remember a movie with Robin Williams with the same title. Both of the WWII book sounds good. Your library books all look good too. I hope you enjoy them! I think I have Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore on my wish list, so I'll be curious to know what you think about that one especially. That last one about Alice is hilarious. :-) I hope you have a great week, Lark!
ReplyDeleteYes, that's the one. I have a link to it in my blog but you can find it easily on IMDb.
DeleteI ended up really liking both The Kitchen Front and Jacob the Liar! And I hope Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore is as good as it sounds. :)
DeleteI hope you are able to read all the library books that you want to.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really just need to learn to not check out so many. :)
DeleteLibrary books are making it hard for me to meet my 2022 goals of reading more from my own shelves...foolishly, I aimed for 50%...and reading more classic fiction than ever. Every time I walk into my library, the first thing I see is the New Books shelves - and it's all over.
ReplyDeleteHa! I know what you mean. Those displays of New Books are dangerous. I always end up checking out more books than I went in for, which then means I don't have time to read my own books. :D
DeleteLove the cartoon. 100 Days of Solitude for sure. I once had to do 4 weeks of quarantine during an early travel trip to visit my parents. Ugh. I'll have to think of a quarantine book title.
ReplyDeleteFour weeks of quarantine! That's a long time. And I wish I was clever enough to think up a quarantine title!
DeleteThat illustration cracks me up! Thanks for sharing, Lark! :)
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