# What are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Movies/TV/Book/Music/Etc\ **Tags:** Book\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398 "2020-09-28T18:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1087 "2022-08-07T12:38:17Z")
1. I don’t remember the movie well enough to enumerate the changes, (other than the ending) 2. Definitely NOT Woman’s Literature, really just Literary Fiction written by a woman. The narration was 60-75% a female perspective. Anyway, still counting it as I will have a literary fiction or historical fiction that covers the category. 3. The topic is fascinating. Including the designer birth, the harvesting and the ultimate twist, of wanting to die, 4. But I didn’t like her writing. The multiple perspectives is not new and added nothing as nothing was revealed or truly perceived differently by doing this, I just had to remember who the pronoun was referring to. And she really didn’t change the voice of the text enough to make it interesting The brother was an unnecessary distraction. and I saw his end story as annoyingly happy. His voice was a bunch of stupid clichés of someone from the 1980’s, if not earlier. Hated the obsession of a HS love affair gone wrong and the non-communication stupidity. Her story telling was choppy, not just the multiple voices, but little anecdotes, that didn’t truly fit. Almost like she interviewed people and tried to fit in these stories, or one liners or old jokes, that felt like padding. Even things like Anna could go on sleep overs because she might have to be picked up in the middle of the night (why???), but she baby sat six year olds. Realistically, there should have been more real arguments, money issues… families break up over this, Considering the whole plot, it was relatively drama free compared to real life, other than medical issues. Hated the dog thing. Every single person saying you’re not blind. Even then people knew there were other service dogs. and him ignoring the dog as well .. and the ending. Contrived and coincidental. The day of the trial, the father on call. Felt like amateur plot writing. and it worked, and Kate lived, despite the kidney actually not having anything to do with the disease, just the nee caused by the disease. one last thing, my own issue probably, but when I hear polishing knobs, I think of a euphemism for oral sex ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1088 "2022-08-07T19:35:09Z")
Recently finished: _Stolen Focus_ (non-fiction). Would recommend. _Love Lives Here_. Non-fiction/autobiography. _My Sister’s Keeper_. Meh. Agree with several of PZ’s comments above. Hated the ending. _The Girl in His Shadow_. The historical perspective was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1089 "2022-08-07T20:17:18Z")
> [@JFG](#): > > Hated the ending. It’s been a long time since I read the book or saw the movie, but did you think the movie ending was better? I preferred the book ending. ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1090 "2022-08-07T20:57:32Z")
I haven’t seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1091 "2022-08-07T23:37:24Z")
I remember my middle school daughter and I being really mad about the movie ending. Also I remember the movie changed things it didn’t need to—like the aunt’s name. I remember the book name was unusual and to me that was part of her character. It’s been too long for me to remember other details. I didn’t even remember that there was a brother or a dog. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1092 "2022-08-08T00:39:01Z")
i felt the movie was more honest and believable ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1093 "2022-08-08T01:46:19Z")
How did the movie end? ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1094 "2022-08-08T01:56:27Z")
kate dies ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1095 "2022-08-08T01:59:30Z")
That was the logical conclusion vs the left field ending in the book. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1096 "2022-08-08T13:06:46Z")
so, next genre is True Crime and as far as I am aware I don’t have any. So I signed up for a library card (always had so many books to choose from at home, I haven’t had on in 30 years. And also now live in a new town, can take three days); so skipped over and choose a smaller read, to get back to where I should be. Action Adventure - Captains Courageous - Kipling For the True Crime I am leaning towards Helter Skelter or The Executioner’s Song from the library ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1097 "2022-08-09T03:20:11Z")
I finished Murder Must Advertise, a Peter Wimsey mystery, by Dorothy L Sayers. I was disappointed. The start itself was annoying, as she threw a dozen or more characters at you right from the start. The book seemed to alternate between descriptive story-telling and sections where it would just throw names at you rapidly. The alibi timeline for everyone was thrown at you in a single paragraph. And where she took time to describe didn’t really seem to make sense a good part of the time. About 10% of the book is devoted to a description of a cricket game, for instance, that didn’t really have anything to do with the story. I"m not sure if she really meant it to be a surprise, but about 30% of the book goes by focused on a character, Bredon, before she makes it clear what you already knew from the start - that Bredon is really Wimsey undercover. She also in several places goes on descriptions of how advertising is evil, but then always seems to justify with “but it is necessary and without advertising nobody would buy anything” She also makes the statement that advertising is only for the lower classes and upper class is immune, which is clearly ludicrous when you consider advertising today. The book wasn’t bad, just very uneven in the ways described above. Next in the queue is Bullet Train, just in time for the movie adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Gormenghast](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Gormenghast](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Gormenghast)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1098 "2022-08-12T04:10:30Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > Quite enjoyed “How the World Really Works” by Vaclav Smil I found the book depressing as he is not optimistic and his arguments and facts are persuasive. However I learned a lot from it and recommend it to folks who want a realistic assessment of our challenges. The NYTimes review is better than Bill Gates’ review: [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/books/review/how-the-world-really-works-vaclev-smil.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/books/review/how-the-world-really-works-vaclev-smil.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1099 "2022-08-12T16:58:51Z")
Have enjoyed many of his books over the years so was particularly saddened, but not surprised, by this attack on Salman Rushdie. Hoping for a full recovery. > **[Salman Rushdie is on ventilator and may lose an eye after attack, agent says...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/aug/12/salman-rushdie-attack-stabbed-onstage-new-york-latest-updates)** > > Author has surgery after he was stabbed in the neck as he prepared to give speech in Chautauqua, in upstate New York ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1100 "2022-08-13T18:37:11Z")
for anyone interested in **fantasy stories,** I have invitation to ARCs (advance reader copies) for anyone willing to read and give an honest Amazon review. One of my stories will be published in this volume, so I’m obviously biased and interested in getting more attention to this publisher and their work. If you’re looking for something new and willing to look past a not-so-pretty-formatted ARC, please DM me or look for **Cloaked Press** on Facebook, Twitter, or send an email to fall[at][cloakedpress.com](http://cloakedpress.com) ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1101 "2022-08-14T10:43:25Z")
In Praise of Folly, Erasmus The Well of Lost Plots, Fforde ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1102 "2022-08-16T02:13:37Z")
Next up: Path Lit by Lighting - The Life of Jim Thorpe. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1103 "2022-08-17T16:04:15Z")
I finished Bullet Train. It was pretty entertaining, although I expected a little more at the end. It’ll be interesting to see the movie now. The movie trailer doesn’t really match my vision of how the movie would be, but I guess that’s to be expected. Despite the body count, the book really wasn’t much of a shoot-em-up. And most of the book was “in the head” of the characters. That is, there was a lot of internal dialog - especially with the kid - and I’m not sure how that would translate into the movie. The part I liked the most was how Lemon, the guy who was definitely not the sharpest, still had the presence of mind while dying to try two methods to ID his killer to Tangerine (asking the kid to pass on info to Tangerine and, even better, attaching the Diesel sticker to the kid). I’ll probably read Murderbot #4 next, then maybe Peach Blossom Spring. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1104 "2022-08-17T17:28:53Z")
On track to finish Sanderson’s _The Way of Kings_ this month. It has been an interesting ride. Also listening to _French Braid_ by Anne Tyler because I thought it was pretty and I bought the hard cover with a gift card I got for my birthday. But then I was afraid I’d never read it so I checked out the audio from the library. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1105 "2022-08-20T09:58:44Z")
Helter Skelter - Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/1106 "2022-08-21T04:27:26Z")
I read that a long time ago. Sick stuff. I’m still reading People’s history of the USA. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398.md?page=54) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398.md?page=56)