Oh, I have an online subscription as well. I just prefer the physical magazine 
And I spend enough time online as it is…
Revisiting Rules of Civility (having recently watched the TV adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow, which I read a while back).
Thinking about giving My Brilliant Friend another shot.
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I’m slowly working my way through Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Dept.Q books.
I just finished Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness and am moving on to Miranda July’s All Fours. I enjoy Vuong’s writing, even if I’m a bit unclear on the ending of this one. Gorgeous.
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I love Tony Hillerman! Leaphorn and Chee are such great characters but sometimes it seems like the Diné are the lead character and the tribal lands are the supporting characters. You can almost hear the Blessing Way chant and taste dust on the wind.
I like that.
I think another aspect that makes his books even better is that the antagonists are so fully developed.
He was truly gifted and his daughter is as well.
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Well said! Maybe I will give daughter Anne a chance. 
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You won’t be sorry you did.
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I actually like Anne Hillerman’s books better.
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I impulsively borrowed this on Hoopla, then when I tried to borrow the first Anne Hillerman book was told I had reached my limit, so I’m listening to it.
It’s good story telling, I like the narrator but a bit traumatizing.
Loved George Guidall for previous “Dark Winds” books but don’t like the narrator for Anne Hillerman’s " Lost Birds",
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I just finished this, elements of London Punk scene.
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I just realized that I have failed to post my favorite novel/series that I have been reading over the past 2 years. Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London (Midnight Riot in the USA) is always funny and the worldbuilding is outstanding. Imagine the London of today but with a secret police section that deals with all the magical crimes and the magical beings who live amongst us. I love this series and the first book sets the tone right away. Peter Grant is a rookie (probationary constable if you want to be a stickler) Metropolitan London police officer guarding a murder scene late one night and is startled to receive a tip on the case from a ghost who was lurking nearby. Not your typical night out for a rookie.
Then the last of the WWII war time wizards takes an interest in the very same case. And when Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale is about, you know it is time to be elsewhere. And there is a reason there is still a wizard loose in London who was born in the 1920’s.
I loved the way they fleshed out both Peter’s family life, his initial shortcomings as a police officer, his quirky sense of humor and even more so, the beginnings of the Nightingale legend.
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Currently on the nightstand are the books, ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ (Fuller) and ‘The Secret Life of Groceries’ (Lorr), a rec from an HOer, Thank you! Those two are next, right after I finish ‘Under the Chinook Arch’ (Gustafson, CVM). I just revisited the children’s book, ’ The Two Bobbies’. I try to read it every year at this time.
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The meetup organizer of my film club has highly recommended this book and he says the movie is really good too. I’m normally reluctant to see a movie based on a book but our meetup organizer is pretty critical.
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You’ll miss a lot of good stuff!
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There’s a movie out? The book has been on my ‘to read’ list for a long time. I’ll see after I get throughthe book about seeing the film.
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I’m always worried the filmmakers will ruin the story if the turn it into a movie. Mind you I liked the movie version of The Shining as much as the book.
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Good one!
It’s a South African film that was produced by Embeth Davitz and it was released last year. I’m not familiar with the filmmaker but the film has been getting good reviews.
The book and the movie are both excellent (different scenes):
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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