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Subject:	📚 📚 📚Whatcha Reading, SZ? May 2026 Edition 📚 📚 📚
From:	senorbrightside
Date:	Sun, 10-May-2026 8:20:28 AM PDT
Where:	SoapZone Community Message Board

SZ is back!

It's already May 10th! (It's already May! It's already 2026!)

Have you read anything good recently? Or something horrible? Or something so bad it was good? (Like a Showgirls novelization? :P)

Whether it's traditional format, ebook, graphic novel, audio, etc....it's time to discuss books!

44 replies, 116 views

Just started (like maybe one page, lol) The Bullet That Missed - Kris - 14-May-2026 9:56 AM
- I hope 3, 4 and 5 are just as enjoyable as the first two! It's a really popular - senorbrightside - 15-May-2026 4:28 PM
  - Fingers crossed! I will probably take my time with this one, I need to make - Kris - 17-May-2026 4:20 AM
- \I've been reading those as well. Hoping Netflix - Monkeyonthelam - 15-May-2026 2:30 PM
  - I hope so too! I did like the movie, but the book was better (as per usual) - Kris - 17-May-2026 4:21 AM
A few since I last posted - Monkeyonthelam - 13-May-2026 7:53 AM
- Out-of-state library cards sound like a great thing :D But a dangerous - senorbrightside - 13-May-2026 10:13 AM
I’m currently doing a quick reread of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. - Kitchop - 11-May-2026 10:10 PM
- I haven't seen Yellowjackets yet--is it similar to Lord of the Flies? Like a - senorbrightside - 13-May-2026 10:11 AM
  - Yellowjackets is not a literal retelling of LOTF like the new Netflix miniseries - Kitchop - 13-May-2026 2:01 PM
I’m often reading two books at a time: one fiction and one nonfiction. But - Kitchop - 11-May-2026 10:01 PM
- I think if I were to read two books at once, it'd be best if one were fiction - Wahoo - 12-May-2026 3:36 PM
I have a generic question about reading for everyone (actually it's a - Wahoo - 11-May-2026 3:52 PM
- Mostly one at a time - Monkeyonthelam - 13-May-2026 7:04 AM
  - While I'm absolutely not opposed to e-reads, I tend not to avail myself - Wahoo - 13-May-2026 8:09 AM
- I read one at a time, and I pick up the next one immediately. - AmberRedux - 12-May-2026 3:57 AM
  - That's one of the many perks of audiobooks 😊 EOM - Wahoo - 12-May-2026 3:34 PM
- I'm a one-book-at-a-timer and very strict about it. 😂 - The_Cat_Did_It - 11-May-2026 5:40 PM
  - I'm with you on both the one-book rule and the one-movie rule - Wahoo - 11-May-2026 6:18 PM
    - Yep.... - The_Cat_Did_It - 11-May-2026 7:53 PM
- Usually one book at a time, but then I do start the new one right after - senorbrightside - 11-May-2026 4:31 PM
  - 😊 Dad's pretty similar to you. He reads every day, for hours, and - Wahoo - 11-May-2026 5:26 PM
My April reads...one of which took me MONTHS to finish - Wahoo - 10-May-2026 2:27 PM
- I've read two of your books and - Monkeyonthelam - 13-May-2026 7:16 AM
  - The ending of 7 and 1/2 Deaths was brilliant... spoiler - Wahoo - 13-May-2026 8:07 AM
- I liked FFTMC, and the 2015 movie with Carey Mulligan and … - AmberRedux - 12-May-2026 4:03 AM
  - Maybe I'll make Tess of the D'Urbanvilles my next classic read... - Wahoo - 12-May-2026 3:33 PM
- I sorta love Thomas Hardy for his wordiness, even if it is a slog and I can't - senorbrightside - 11-May-2026 5:36 PM
  - He certainly can turn a phrase! But for ME, he takes a bit too long to - Wahoo - 11-May-2026 6:30 PM
    - So, my theory on why animal cruelty can be so upsetting is - senorbrightside - 13-May-2026 10:08 AM
      - It makes sense to me! EOM - Wahoo - 13-May-2026 11:10 AM
- I know that I read FFTMC years ago but I can't recall much about the - The_Cat_Did_It - 10-May-2026 5:33 PM
  - The entire time I was reading FFTMC, I was thinking "I wish - Wahoo - 10-May-2026 5:44 PM
    - I genuinely enjoyed the movie, it was very "Pride & Prejudice" like. EOM - The_Cat_Did_It - 10-May-2026 6:29 PM
Yay,we’re back! - Bunky - 10-May-2026 11:47 AM
- Me, too. I had surgery some weeks ago and I just can't - The_Cat_Did_It - 10-May-2026 5:25 PM
  - Speedy recovery from the surgery and hope you're feeling 100% soon. EOM - senorbrightside - 11-May-2026 5:21 PM
- Aww I get it. I'm on a streak of books that just aren't grabbing my attention - senorbrightside - 10-May-2026 2:03 PM
My latest... spoiler - senorbrightside - 10-May-2026 8:21 AM
- Did you like What We Can Know? I’m about halfway through and … - AmberRedux - 12-May-2026 3:51 AM
  - So what I liked about it was the speculation spoiler - senorbrightside - 12-May-2026 3:51 PM
    - Skim? *recoils in horror* - AmberRedux - 13-May-2026 3:42 AM
      - I hope it starts to pick up for you, but if you start the second part and still - senorbrightside - 13-May-2026 10:09 AM
        
        I’ll let you know, but no feeling guilty either way. Some reads are just - AmberRedux - 14-May-2026 4:09 AM

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