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Good morning readers!

It feels like one of those dreary days where we should be able to stay in bed with a book!!

What have you finished? What are you reading? What is next?

Just waiting on a couple more BINGO square suggestions from last year’s finishers and hoping to get the 2022 game out for planning. There is a new thread below!

If you are participating this year, how is your card filling up? Any squares that you are finding a stretch? Or particularly enjoyed?

Wishing everyone a great day! TGIF

I am ridiculously excited about bingo planning. I love scoping out new books to read! I am just about done with this year's bingo. I think I have just two squares to go.

This week I am reading The Son of the House, but I have to be honest, it has yet to grab me.

My audiobook this week is The Book of Magic, which is a perfect read for October.

Happy Friday! I have only one square to go on this year's bingo. It's been fun, as always, and I'm looking forward to planning for next year.

This week I finished Wendy, Master of Art, which I enjoyed. I also read A Boring Wife Settles the Score (quick, humorous read), Hell of a Book (a bit too weird for me, but it had important things to say about being black in the USA), and Assembly (an interesting novella that also deals with race).

I'm currently reading Small Pleasures, which I won in a ŷ������ giveaway, and Dust Tracks on a Road, which is going slowly so far.

Happy Friday!

I am afraid I still have most of my squares to go for Bingo. I need to look and see what's left.

This week I am reading The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. I don't think I would have started it had I known it was 1200 pp long. I am about a quarter of the way in and so far it is really interesting. A little creepy, but nothing too scary yet.

in audio, I am listening to A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson. I don't remember why I had put it on hold at the library, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it is set in a town in Northern Ontario near New Liskeard so not too far away and I can relate to it. I am not too far in, but enjoying it. It has made me laugh out loud a few times, but is heavy subject so far.

Good morning everyone!

I read this thread religiously but haven't contributed lately. Today I had to change that. Finished three great books this week including the best book I have read in a long time. What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad. I am usually reticent to label a book the best of the year but this is definitely it. Short listed for the Giller prize it is a thought provoking, thrilling, emotional read that I highly recommend.

The other Giller nominated read was Glorious Frazzled Beings by Angelique Lalonde. Short stories are not my preferred reading but I really enjoyed many of these while others were not my cup of tea.

Lastly I listened to Isabel Allande's Daughter of Fortune, an enjoyable listen.

I have four squares left for Bingo, 2 of them are self-improvement ones that I have been putting off-guess I am not in the frame of mind to improve myself!

No Canadian Books this week, I am 1/3 into A God in Ruins which I am having trouble getting into.

Hello all, Cold here in MB today. Brrr, good excuse to curl in a blanket and read. I finished The Strangers by Katherena Vermette. A sad and tragic story. I found it less engaging than The Break, but no less impactful. In non Canadian books I re-read 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Haff. I listened to the audio which is delightful. This is our non fiction book club read this month. The movie is on Netflix and I'm enjoying it as well. I'm continuing with Fight Night by Miriam Toews, slow going for me. As well, Life In The City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller, again slow going. I feel in hibernation mode lol. take care everyone

Hi! I haven't posted on these Spine Crackers threads in a very long time, although they used to be a major highlight in my week!

However, I feel compelled to say that I found in a book store today Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit! I didn't know about it, but I'll read anything Wagamese. Very exciting - I picked it up (along with Nothing But the Truth which I'm nervous about but I think will be an enriching read).

In the spirit of this thread, I finished this week Once Upon a River and I absolutely loved it!! Still working on A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches From The Front Lines Of Philanthropy and The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism but both are sort of "here and there" books. Excited to start a new book this weekend. So many to choose from! With work so crazy busy, maybe this new Wagamese is the answer for now.

Ha - I just realized it's Thursday night. I should have just waited til tomorrow to post this. :)

Great to hear from you Allison! I have to say anything by Richard Wagamese is top of list for me with much room in my heart for his writings. Enjoy!

Allison, sounds like you found two great books. Like Wanda, I will gladly read anything that Richard Wagamese wrote. I don't recall hearing about the book Nothing But The Truth. But I looked it up here on ŷ������ and it does sound like an enriching book. Please share your thoughts on the book after you read it.
Enjoy the weekend with your new books.