mimima
Drama Llama
Stay Gold, Ponyboy
Posts: 5,019
Jun 25, 2014 19:25:50 GMT
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Post by mimima on Mar 5, 2024 17:55:27 GMT
I want to read this one, thanks for the reminder
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scrapngranny
Pearl Clutcher
Only slightly senile
Posts: 4,763
Jun 25, 2014 23:21:30 GMT
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Post by scrapngranny on Mar 6, 2024 1:26:21 GMT
[/b] haven’t kept up for the last couple of weeks, so I’ll add a quick run down on what I’ve read.
First, I read [/b]We Are Not Like Them[/b], by Jo Piazza. It was about two life long friends, one black, the other white. The story follows how their relationship changes after the white women’s cop husband shoots and kills a black kid, while on duty. It brings up a lot of unexplored feelings in their relationship. I gave it 3 stars. It gave the reader something to think about.
Next was the [/b]The Amazing Grace Adams[/b], by Fran Littlewood. If found nothing amazing about Grace at all. She was one of the most annoying protagonists I have run across in a long time. She didn’t have any redeeming qualities at all in my opinion. This one got a big fat zero in my book. I did stick with it until the bitter end though.
[/b] Tom Lake,[/b] by Ann Patchett came next. It was okay, but seem to drag in several places. I wouldn’t recommend it to a friend as a must read, but it wasn’t awful.
[/b]Demon Copperhead[/b], by Barbara Kingsolver, is what I’m currently reading, for book club. It is a page turner, filled with lots of rough lives, struggling to get by. I’m about 80% finished and am afraid to see how it ends. Definitely, a book worth reading.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Mar 6, 2024 1:38:50 GMT
4 Stars for The Women by Kristin Hannah. Everyone is giving this book 5 stars, but this book just did not quite hit the 5 Star mark for me. Naive and privlidged Frankie McGrath signs up to serve in the Army upon the death of her brother at the start of the Vietnam War. As a nurse, she faces all the horrors of war, especially this war, but yet, when she returns home, she is not seen as "a veteran" or "someone who saw combat." She comes home, exhausted and not welcomed by her country. She is not only spit on and gaslighted (she is told repeatedly "there were no women in Vietnam", and when she said she was a nurse, she is told that she didn't "see combat"), but there are no services for her to help deal with the trauma. Her own family treats her horrifically, which is probably the worst thing I can imagine. Frankie stumbles through a survival she wasn't expecting at home, but thankfuly has two best friends who she can lean on, also nurses that she served along side by in Vietnam. I live in a military community, and it is so hard to imagine veterans returning from war and not revered, so it is unsettling and shocking and sad to know that what Frankie went thru, so many also did when they returned home.
I LOVED the frequently mentioned “music/soundtrack”, which captured the 60’s & 70’s so well. But I didnt love some of the "soap opera/cliche" storylines with Frankie, but maybe that is because I so badly wanted her to be recognized as a hero, and feel love and appreciation.
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Post by mnmloveli on Mar 6, 2024 17:20:19 GMT
Good reading week for me…………….. THE ASCENT (‘24 - 5 STARS) BY ADAM PLANTINGADESCRIPTION : Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can’t let injustice go and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he’s brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the prison. But when a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, a fierce struggle for survival ensues.
Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, including Julie and her two state trooper handlers, make their way from the bottom floor to the roof to safety. All that stands in their way are six floors of the most dangerous convicts in Missouri. REVIEW : Debut Fiction book for this author. Feb ‘24 2Peas cadoodlebug WOW 5 Stars & a friend of hers knows the author and said he is the kindest man and still on the SF police force; gottapeanow thought it was amazing. The writing pulled me in right away and I was feeling for the main character Kurt immediately. Since the author is a police officer, I’m sure a lot of his experience and knowledge went into making this book feel so horrifyingly real. The tension of not knowing what was behind the next door or curtain at one point, remained high til the end. Action-packed from beginning to end. I’m hoping they make this into a movie. If anyone liked the Prison Break series, you should try this book. OTHER BIRDS (‘22 - READ MAR ‘24 - 4 STARS) BY SARAH ADDISON ALLENDESCRIPTION : Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it's named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn't yet written. When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she's thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. To find their way they have to learn how to trust each other, confront their deepest fears, and let go of what haunts them. Delightful and atmospheric, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. REVIEW : First book by this author for me. quietgirl said it was her “favorite book of ‘23 - absolutely stunning”. The description alone pulled me towards this book. After my last book, a prison thriller reviewed above, I needed something totally different. Right away, I’m introduced to a group of quirky characters that I feel I’m going to come to love. The writing is soooo visual I feel like I’m right there at the Dellawisp Condos. What an eclectic group of neighbors. I felt this book really showed how we can all, no matter where are roots began, can pick ourselves up and find family when least expected. I have a connection with both my parents and birds so this book really touched my heart. This book warmed my heart. Happy Reading !
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Post by cadoodlebug on Mar 6, 2024 17:50:38 GMT
I’m hoping they make this into a movie. I've heard that they are!
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The Birdhouse Lady
Drama Llama
Moose. It's what's for dinner.
Posts: 7,171
Location: Alaska -The Last Frontier
Jun 30, 2014 17:15:19 GMT
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Mar 6, 2024 20:06:05 GMT
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Next was the The Amazing Grace Adams, by Fran Littlewood. If found nothing amazing about Grace at all. She was one of the most annoying protagonists I have run across in a long time. She didn’t have any redeeming qualities at all in my opinion. This one got a big fat zero in my book. I did stick with it until the bitter end though. [/b][/b] I am 17th on a waitlist for this at the library! I'm glad I didn't purchase this book if it sucks so bad!!
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Post by monklady123 on Mar 7, 2024 0:07:57 GMT
I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid I know I am late to the party on this. My daughter also just read this. I enjoyed it. I will give it 4 stars. I am halfway through another Freida McFadden book. Do You Remember it's okay, not my favorite of hers. I am thinking about reading The Push Any thoughts on this book? Not that late to the game. T7HoEH is on my bedside table and I am slowly working my way through it. I just finished Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas this morning. My YDS has been wanting me to read some of the books he's into. That way he has someone to discuss it with. He said his friends are such slow readers. I can't decide if I will tackle The Assassin's Blade again, by Sarah J Maas next or a book club book Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto. I LOVED Sutanto's Vera Wong book! So much fun.
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Post by quietgirl on Mar 7, 2024 3:09:08 GMT
Good reading week for me…………….. THE ASCENT (‘24 - 5 STARS) BY ADAM PLANTINGADESCRIPTION : Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can’t let injustice go and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he’s brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the prison. But when a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, a fierce struggle for survival ensues.
Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, including Julie and her two state trooper handlers, make their way from the bottom floor to the roof to safety. All that stands in their way are six floors of the most dangerous convicts in Missouri. REVIEW : Debut Fiction book for this author. Feb ‘24 2Peas cadoodlebug WOW 5 Stars & a friend of hers knows the author and said he is the kindest man and still on the SF police force; gottapeanow thought it was amazing. The writing pulled me in right away and I was feeling for the main character Kurt immediately. Since the author is a police officer, I’m sure a lot of his experience and knowledge went into making this book feel so horrifyingly real. The tension of not knowing what was behind the next door or curtain at one point, remained high til the end. Action-packed from beginning to end. I’m hoping they make this into a movie. If anyone liked the Prison Break series, you should try this book. OTHER BIRDS (‘22 - READ MAR ‘24 - 4 STARS) BY SARAH ADDISON ALLENDESCRIPTION : Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it's named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn't yet written. When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she's thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. To find their way they have to learn how to trust each other, confront their deepest fears, and let go of what haunts them. Delightful and atmospheric, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. REVIEW : First book by this author for me. quietgirl said it was her “favorite book of ‘23 - absolutely stunning”. The description alone pulled me towards this book. After my last book, a prison thriller reviewed above, I needed something totally different. Right away, I’m introduced to a group of quirky characters that I feel I’m going to come to love. The writing is soooo visual I feel like I’m right there at the Dellawisp Condos. What an eclectic group of neighbors. I felt this book really showed how we can all, no matter where are roots began, can pick ourselves up and find family when least expected. I have a connection with both my parents and birds so this book really touched my heart. This book warmed my heart. Happy Reading ! I am really glad you liked it! Definitely one that stays with me.
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scrapngranny
Pearl Clutcher
Only slightly senile
Posts: 4,763
Jun 25, 2014 23:21:30 GMT
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Post by scrapngranny on Mar 7, 2024 5:38:29 GMT
I just finished Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver. It was certainly 5/5. It’s a heartbreaking story about a group of kids that are all dealt pretty crappy hands in life and how they choose to handle growing up.
I’ve gotten nothing done since I started it, so now maybe there is some home for laundry and vacuuming. 🤣
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