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Post by leftylou on Dec 19, 2016 16:59:01 GMT -5
I just started the new Liane Moriarity book, Truly, Madly, Guilty. (Not sure I said that right!) Anyway, so far, so much like her other books that I have thoroughly enjoyed. Strong women friendships, betrayal, mother issues, lots of stuff going on in what seems a rather idyllic setting. I read Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty this weekend; oh my gosh I could not put it down. It was cold and icy, I was working on getting sick, so I spent the entire weekend on my couch in front of the fireplace reading. I recommend this one highly and need to request Truly Madly next.
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Post by bernelli on Jan 3, 2017 16:27:57 GMT -5
I'm reading Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich.
I still love the Stephanie Plum series, and have had some good LOL moments with this one. I do wonder when she'll end the series... it might be time for that. But I love the characters so much.
After this book is finished I'm starting In the Skin of a Jihadist for the bookclub chat!
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Post by Emily.Postal on Jan 9, 2017 9:23:14 GMT -5
Hello,
I read the Good Girl by Mary Kubica over Christmas because my friend encouraged me to. She loved it and so did I.
"I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will."
One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.
When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers, Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them. But no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.
An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a propulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
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Post by bernelli on Jan 9, 2017 9:33:40 GMT -5
I just finished the bookclub book, In the Skin of a Jihadist, and I am really looking forward to the bookclub conversation (no spoilers!)
I'm going to stay on the "cult" genre and read Troublemaker by Leah Remini. I've really been glued to her A&E series, and am looking forward to reading her book.
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Post by leftylou on Jan 10, 2017 16:43:05 GMT -5
Good Girl is on my hold list. I had a tough time reading Jihadist, so will also be interested in the discussion.
I'm trying to get into The Crimson Petal and the White, but it's a struggle. I'm about 125 pages in and I keep hoping it will get better but so far it's icky. But man is it high on a lot of people's lists.
Maybe it's just not my cup of tea.
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Post by bumblebuzz21 on Jan 13, 2017 13:40:00 GMT -5
I just finished the Hummingbird's Daughter. www.goodreads.com/book/show/91289.The_Hummingbird_s_DaughterI really liked it. I keep track of all my books on goodreads. I read a lot of fantasy crap that people probably are not interested in, but I do read some adult books too if anyone wants to be friends!
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Post by Emily.Postal on Jan 13, 2017 14:05:40 GMT -5
OK this is one from a few years ago but if you'd like a quick read of some good people --
The Day The World Came To Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede (Aug 7 2003)
"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the basic goodness of man at a time when it was easy to doubt such humanity still existed."
When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community were called upon to come to the aid of more than six thousand displaced travelers.
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Post by sal on Jan 15, 2017 18:30:01 GMT -5
I love fantasy! I'll discuss with you, bumblebuzz
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Post by edesia on Jan 15, 2017 18:52:43 GMT -5
The title, The Lost Girls, reminded me of another book, "The Shining Girls", by Lauren Beukes. It is the story of a time traveling serial killer and a victim who survived and eluded him. Haunting and an unusual story line.
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Post by bernelli on Jan 18, 2017 9:04:18 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading A Dog's Purpose
I picked it up because it's going to be released as a movie next week or so.
It's great. It's making me look at my dogs so differently.... kind of making me feel guilty a little that I'm not giving them enough reciprocation.
I'm not sure I can handle this book in movie version, though. No spoilers, but when I went to see Marley and Me sat in the movie and did the ugly-gasping-can't-catch-my-breath cry, and that was so totally embarrassing when the lights came back on!
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Post by lessismore on Mar 8, 2017 22:23:33 GMT -5
Reread this thread to see if I can figure out why the heck I read the book I just finished. Not here. I need to start writing down where I find recommendations. I get my books from the library so depending on how many holds are ahead of me, it can be a while and...my memory...so poor. Might as well post about the book.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles is post-Civil War novel set firmly in TX. 71 year old man travels to small towns and reads newspapers aloud for a living. Is asked to deliver a 10 year old girl to relatives in some far flung place in TX. She had been captured by Native Americans--living with them for about 4 years. My complaint is the book jacket had a big old spoiler on it. Sheesh! Idiot publicists. No idea why it showed up at my library with my name on it but it was a good escape at a time a good escape was appreciated. Author is anti-quotation marks.
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Post by smithie on Apr 5, 2017 20:26:01 GMT -5
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
Stunning. With immigration being one of the defining topics of our day, everyone should read this book. A incredibly inventive writer. There are passages in this book that are so beautifully crafted they made me weep. Please read this.
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Post by bumblebuzz21 on May 24, 2017 10:30:08 GMT -5
I just finished The Good at Heart by Ursula Werner. I really liked it!
When World War II breaks out, Edith and Oskar Eberhardt move their family—their daughter, Marina; son-in-law, Franz; and their granddaughters—out of Berlin and into a small house in the quiet town of Blumental, near Switzerland. A member of Hitler’s cabinet, Oskar is gone most of the time, and Franz begins fighting in the war, so the women of the house are left to their quiet lives in the picturesque village.
But life in Blumental isn’t as idyllic as it appears. An egotistical Nazi captain terrorizes the citizens he’s assigned to protect. Neighbors spy on each other. Some mysteriously disappear. Marina has a lover who also has close ties to her family and the government. Thinking none of them share her hatred of the Reich, she joins a Protestant priest smuggling Jewish refugees over the nearby Swiss border. The latest “package” is two Polish girls who’ve lost the rest of their family, and against her better judgment, Marina finds she must hide them in the Eberhardt’s cellar. Everything is set to go smoothly until Oskar comes home with the news that the Führer will be visiting the area for a concert, and he will be making a house call on the Eberhardts.
Based on the author’s discoveries about her great-grandfather, this extraordinary debut, full of love, tragedy, and suspense, is a sensitive portrait of a family torn between doing their duty for their country and doing what’s right for their country, and especially for those they love.
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Post by lessismore on Jun 24, 2017 23:13:56 GMT -5
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Stunning. With immigration being one of the defining topics of our day, everyone should read this book. A incredibly inventive writer. There are passages in this book that are so beautifully crafted they made me weep. Please read this. smithie: I thought someone had written about this book on GDT! It was you. Just finished it. I agree. I don't think calling it a love story--as some reviews do--does it justice. Makes me wish the GDT bookclub had chosen this one because it's the kind of book that begs to be discussed. “We are all migrants through time."
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Post by justjan22 on Jun 27, 2017 10:43:47 GMT -5
I just finished The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena.
It was recommended by Sarah Michelle Gellar via a friend who follows her on Twitter. I read it in one day.
A couple leaves their 6 month old daughter at home, while having dinner with their neighbors in the next door townhouse. With the baby monitor and half hour checks, what could go wrong? When they go home at 1:30AM, the front door is ajar and the baby is gone. The ensuing investigation reveals all kinds of issues in the marriage, extended family, etc. Lots of twists and turns. Some you see coming, some you don't. Not the best book I've read, but a fun read.
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Post by bernelli on Aug 6, 2017 23:12:53 GMT -5
I just finished this Molasses Over Boston book. I stayed up to slog through it for the bookclub discussion tomorrow.
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Post by oxocube on Jan 19, 2018 18:23:24 GMT -5
I'm trying to get into The Crimson Petal and the White, but it's a struggle. I'm about 125 pages in and I keep hoping it will get better but so far it's icky. But man is it high on a lot of people's lists. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea. It won't and when you get to the end you will want to throw it across the room. And I don't say this lightly but this book winds me up like no other. Send me a PM if you want to know why. I don't want to spoil it for the three people who will read it and like it.
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Post by oxocube on Jan 19, 2018 18:25:15 GMT -5
I think Luis Urrea is one of the best writers today. His new book is due out in March and it is fantastic. He will be touring for it and if you get a chance to hear him speak, DO NOT MISS IT.
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Post by lilybbb on Oct 5, 2018 9:16:49 GMT -5
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Stunning. With immigration being one of the defining topics of our day, everyone should read this book. A incredibly inventive writer. There are passages in this book that are so beautifully crafted they made me weep. Please read this. I just found this thread! I read Exit West on Barack Obama's recommendation and loved it! In a reading dry spell and want to remedy that...
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Post by sparkles on Aug 31, 2020 22:48:24 GMT -5
I just finished Never Let Go, I can’t remember where I saw it mentioned last week. Not my usual genre but interesting read all the same. Has anyone here read it?
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Post by ccToast on Sept 1, 2020 8:35:00 GMT -5
sparkles, Do you mean Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro? If so, there was a recent book club discussion about it, and the thread for that should be just a few discussions below this one.
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Post by bumblebuzz21 on Nov 6, 2020 12:25:06 GMT -5
I just finished two books that I really liked:
Tangerine by Christin Mangan. Takes place in Tangiers in the 1950s. Light psychological thriller.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley. The second in a series, but I literally remembered zero info from the first book. Mostly takes place in Japan in the late 1880s. Her books are light fantasy/magical realism.
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Post by sal on Nov 22, 2021 16:32:35 GMT -5
We just picked books for my church group for next year. Since we are down to 4 members (1 of whom goes to a different church!) we decided 10 meetings was a bit much and we each got 1 book. I've read 2 already and the other 2 have been on my list.
The Lost Apothecary The Midnight Library The Book of Lost Friends State of Terror
And I just read a book who's ending had me seriously WTFing. Anyone ever read anything by George Sand / Amantine Aurore Dupin? I picked up Indiana by her as I needed a book published anonymously (I figure pseudonym is good enough for that) for a book challenge. I hated everyone! But I couldn't stop reading it anyway, and then the last two chapters were seriously out there.
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Post by colang on Jul 31, 2022 15:26:33 GMT -5
Just read “The Personal Librarian”. Historical fiction, really liked it - I’ve been recommending it to everyone.
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Post by beepozitive on Oct 5, 2022 16:42:28 GMT -5
how did i just stumble on to this thread six years late?
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