The Great Carpezio
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 25, 2014 21:50:33 GMT
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jul 4, 2016 0:39:46 GMT
Hi readers!
I'm in the midst of family stuff, so I don't have time to post right now.
I'll be back. Feel free to post the books you read this week.
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Post by Neisey on Jul 4, 2016 2:50:02 GMT
JoJo Moyes "Last Letter From Your Lover" is 2 love stories in one, told through characters in 2 time frames. I enjoyed this enough to read it in 2 days but thought a couple of plot twists were fairly predictable, like hmmm, I've read this before. All in all, a decent summer read for me.
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gottapeanow
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Jun 25, 2014 20:56:09 GMT
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Post by gottapeanow on Jul 4, 2016 3:00:12 GMT
I didn't finish anything this week. Crazy busy with work, including working today and tomorrow. I am reading Ender's Game and enjoying it. It has been on my TBR list for quite a while. I found it recently at the thrift store, which was nice.
Lisa
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2016 3:29:13 GMT
I finished Last Words by Michael Koryta and I think I have one more of his and I'm all caught up with his books. After all the murder mysteries I've read lately, I decided to switch gears and I started a Kristin Hannah book Summer Island, the perfect summer book.
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my3freaks
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Location: NH girl living in Colorado
Jun 26, 2014 4:10:56 GMT
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Post by my3freaks on Jul 4, 2016 3:43:52 GMT
I'm on a kick reading Susanna Kearsley books. I finished A Desperate Fortune, read Mariana and now I'm reading The Shadowy Horses. This one is my least favorite. I'm disappointed so far because I've loved the other ones. The Great Carpezio I hope everything is ok!
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Post by RobbyKay on Jul 4, 2016 3:52:04 GMT
Hey readers,
I'm currently trudging through Joe Hill's latest, The Fireman. It's good enough, and I want to finish it, but at 725 pages, I'm taking breaks to read other stuff in between. It's a dystopian novel about a virus that causes its victims to burst into flame. Some infected band together to weather the illness, and form a new society - which naturally leads to trouble. It's good - just long.
I read The Leaving by Tara Altebrando. After school on their first day of kindergarten, six kids vanish. Eleven years later, five of them return with no memory of where they've been or what happened to the sixth kid. The story is devoted to them trying to reclaim their memories and re-establish their identities, and solve the mystery of their disappearance. It's a YA title, and a decent read, but I found I identified more with the parents in the story, and this wasn't about them.
My book club read Southland by Nina Revoyr. It's a story about Los Angeles immigrant neighborhoods in post WWII. It was enjoyable, and it was an interesting look into that time period.
Happy reading!
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Post by peano on Jul 4, 2016 3:54:25 GMT
I'm still slogging through Dietland but I'm in the home stretch and looking forward to reading something different. I'm also reading a nonfiction book The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma which is a fascinating and deceptively easy read about the biology and the history of treatment of PTSD.
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Mystie
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Jun 25, 2014 19:53:37 GMT
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Post by Mystie on Jul 4, 2016 4:23:58 GMT
Oh man, I'm in that thing where I have like four books going and I can't seem to finish any of them. Still embroiled in the Chernow Washington biography, and this week I started the Hamilton biography, too. I'm not going to mention either one again till I'm finished with them...which should be in 2019 or thereabouts. I'm also in the middle of a Georgette Heyer book called The Grand Sophy. I have been wanting to read Heyer for a long time because I'm a Jane Austen fan, and Heyer writes about that same era. It's a cute story so far. The book was available through Kindle Unlimited, so I signed up for a free trial. I may just keep the service, it's just ten bucks a month. I know I've got at least one more book in progress, but I can't think what it is. I'm hoping to get in to see my eye dr shortly--my vision/prescription is not what it needs to be and I'm hoping some new glasses will get my reading mojo back where it was, and I'll be able to actually finish a book! Save
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Post by NicL on Jul 4, 2016 4:45:19 GMT
I read The Dry by Jane Harper -
WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then himself. The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily. If one of their own broke under the strain, well ... When Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to Kiewarra for the funerals, he is loath to confront the people who rejected him twenty years earlier. But when his investigative skills are called on, the facts of the Hadler case start to make him doubt this murder-suicide charge. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, old wounds are reopened. For Falk and his childhood friend Luke shared a secret ... A secret Falk thought long-buried ... A secret which Luke's death starts to bring to the surface ...
If you like a good mystery/thriller I highly recommend this book. I spent too many nights reading way past my bedtime, just one more page turned into another 10, a great story, very easy to read. 5/5 from me.
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tuesdaysgone
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Jun 26, 2014 18:26:03 GMT
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Jul 4, 2016 11:59:09 GMT
I read a really fascinating non fiction book, Tangled Vines (Dinkelspiel) about an arson fire at a Vallejo wine storage facility in 2005. The author also recounts the history of the wine industry in California. I grew up in the Napa Valley during the 1960s-80s and so I loved reading about how the wine business grew. I recognized a lot of the names & wineries. On a personal note, one of my first jobs as a teenager was cleaning offices and tasting rooms in the valley. Mystie, this is one you might enjoy. The next two books were just ok...not terrific. Relic Master (Buckley) is set in 16th century Europe and tells the story of a man who buys and sells religious relics. He's sent to steal the Shroud of Turin (before it was housed in Turin) and gets himself involved in many scrapes and adventures along the way. It's really a buddy road trip and entertaining. The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins (Hodgson) is set in 1728 London. A gentleman, fallen on hard times, must prove his innocence against a murder charge before he is sent to the gallows. He's drawn into the gritty London criminal underworld and intrigue at the royal court. Like the previous book, it was light and entertaining.
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Post by pjaye on Jul 4, 2016 13:05:48 GMT
I had a disappointing reading week.
I was really looking forward to the book about the American painter Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe by Dawn Tripp. I love books about art and artists but I hated this. So much so that at half way through I knew I couldn't finish it and returned it to Audible for a refund. I wanted to read about her general life and her painting and instead I got a blow by blow description of her sex life with photographer Alfred Stieglitz. The book and narration also managed to make her sound like a weak old lady with low self esteem. There was nothing I liked about it at all and it ended up on the "did not finish" shelf at Goodreads.
Then because Life After Life by Kate Atkinson was a 5 star read for me, I got her 'Jackson Brodie' detective series from the library. I started with Case Histories and moved on to the next one One Good Turn which I am half way through. There's also 2 more books in the series...but I won't be reading them. The first book was just OK so I decided to continue on to the second one but after the description of how to kill a dog and then something equally horrible involving kittens...I'm out. I don't understand why authors have to randomly insert descriptions of people harming animals for no real reason except for the shock value. I like her style of writing, but the stories and mysteries in these books are weak and mostly unbelievable.
So it wasn't a good reading week for me and I don't recommend any of these books...I hope next week improves!
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purplebee
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Jun 27, 2014 20:37:34 GMT
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Post by purplebee on Jul 4, 2016 14:41:34 GMT
Read Major Pettigrew's Last Stand this week. It was a pea-recommended book a while back and I finally got around to it. Liked it a lot. Now about 100 pages into The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomon, also recommended on one of these threads. It's good and the more I read the more I am enjoying it.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 4, 2016 14:45:47 GMT
I'm reading The Stand by King. I think I would have put it down had I not already seen the miniseries.
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Post by pjaye on Jul 4, 2016 14:55:40 GMT
Read Major Pettigrew's Last Stand this week. It was a pea-recommended book a while back and I finally got around to it. Liked it a lot. Now about 100 pages into The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomon, also recommended on one of these threads. It's good and the more I read the more I am enjoying it. I'm one of the ones who loved both of these.
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Post by leannec on Jul 4, 2016 15:39:46 GMT
I'm still slogging through Dietland but I'm in the home stretch and looking forward to reading something different. I'm also reading a nonfiction book The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma which is a fascinating and deceptively easy read about the biology and the history of treatment of PTSD. I've given up on Dietland ... it had great reviews but it just didn't live up to them in my opinion
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Post by leannec on Jul 4, 2016 15:46:48 GMT
I haven't read this much this week because Dietland has failed to hold my interest ... I've bought a few books in anticipation of my upcoming vacation, which I leave for on July 15th, and decided to start one last night ... It's Longbourn by Jo Baker ... a book I've been meaning to read forever I'm a fan of all things Jane Austen so I'm looking forward to it
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janeliz
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I'm the Wiz and nobody beats me.
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Jun 26, 2014 14:35:07 GMT
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Post by janeliz on Jul 4, 2016 18:05:59 GMT
When I'm Gone by Emily Bleeker. This was a Kindle Unlimited title that I came across about a man dealing with the death of his wife. He keeps finding letters that she wrote to him before she passed, and a few little mysteries come into play. It was good, but not great.
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell. Not at all what I expected, but I enjoyed it very much. A great, quick, summer read.
I'm now reading First Comes Love by Emily Giffin.
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Jul 4, 2016 18:23:58 GMT
I'm reading The Stand by King. I think I would have put it down had I not already seen the miniseries. The Stand is my favorite SK book and definitely in my top ten of all time! Really liked the TV mini series with Molly Ringwald and Gary Sinise!
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Post by littlebee0408 on Jul 4, 2016 18:24:27 GMT
Yay! I am finally reading again, so I can contribute. I read four books in the last week, and 3 of them were great reads, and one was just ok.
The book that was just ok was The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews. I read her new "summer fluff" book every year, and this one was just meh.
Then I read 3 other books, all new authors for me, and all were great reads:
The Things we Keep by Sally Hepworth, a love story centered around a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's. Very unique premise.
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell. A light mystery.
And most recently I finished One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I could not put this one down, I loved it! It was centered around a woman whose high school sweetheart's, (now husband's) helicopter goes down and he is presumed dead. 2 years pass and she reconnects with a man who becomes her fiancee. And then, you guessed it, her husband was not really dead. A very quick but excellent read. I'm going to search out this author's other books, I really enjoyed the writing style.
Now I'm trying The Girls by Emma Cline. It has a lot of buzz surrounding it, as its loosely based on the Manson family horrors of the late 60's. I am about 50 pages in, I'm not sure about this one yet.
Have a great week, everyone!
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Post by annabella on Jul 4, 2016 19:22:01 GMT
I don't seem to have much time to read this summer. Right now I'm reading Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline. It's a fascinating look at the clothing industry, how much it costs to make clothes, how cheap clothing stores do it, and how consumers buy them. Just being aware of your impact is when you buy cheap clothing.
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Mystie
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Jun 25, 2014 19:53:37 GMT
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Post by Mystie on Jul 4, 2016 20:03:54 GMT
I read a really fascinating non fiction book, Tangled Vines (Dinkelspiel) about an arson fire at a Vallejo wine storage facility in 2005. The author also recounts the history of the wine industry in California. I grew up in the Napa Valley during the 1960s-80s and so I loved reading about how the wine business grew. I recognized a lot of the names & wineries. On a personal note, one of my first jobs as a teenager was cleaning offices and tasting rooms in the valley. Mystie , this is one you might enjoy. Thanks! I'll check it out. Wine is a topic I would like to learn more about. Save
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janeliz
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Jun 26, 2014 14:35:07 GMT
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Post by janeliz on Jul 4, 2016 22:14:12 GMT
Yay! I am finally reading again, so I can contribute. I read four books in the last week, and 3 of them were great reads, and one was just ok. The book that was just ok was The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews. I read her new "summer fluff" book every year, and this one was just meh. Then I read 3 other books, all new authors for me, and all were great reads: The Things we Keep by Sally Hepworth, a love story centered around a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's. Very unique premise. The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell. A light mystery. And most recently I finished One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I could not put this one down, I loved it! It was centered around a woman whose high school sweetheart's, (now husband's) helicopter goes down and he is presumed dead. 2 years pass and she reconnects with a man who becomes her fiancee. And then, you guessed it, her husband was not really dead. A very quick but excellent read. I'm going to search out this author's other books, I really enjoyed the writing style. Now I'm trying The Girls by Emma Cline. It has a lot of buzz surrounding it, as its loosely based on the Manson family horrors of the late 60's. I am about 50 pages in, I'm not sure about this one yet. Have a great week, everyone! I loved both "Forever, Interrupted" and "Maybe in Another Life" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I highly recommend both! I have "After I Do" on my Kindle, and you've convinced me to pick up "One True Loves"!
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QueenoftheSloths
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Jun 26, 2014 0:29:24 GMT
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jul 4, 2016 22:16:22 GMT
I am reading the Anne of Green Gables series for the umpteenth time.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 4, 2016 23:31:40 GMT
I had never read them, so I just read Ruth Reichl's Tender At the Bone: Growing Up at the Table and Comfort Me With Apples. Interesting memoirs that include recipes.
Next up is maybe The Nest or... ? Haven't quite decided.
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Post by nicole2112 on Jul 6, 2016 16:17:51 GMT
I just started Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers this morning. About 9 of my GoodReads friends have rated it 5/5 starts so I'm hoping for something that's going to knock my socks off!
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Post by littlefish on Jul 6, 2016 16:47:32 GMT
Just finished the kid lit book Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat. It was on one of the awards list a few years ago and had been on my bookshelf. It was quirky and cute, not something I'd typically read.
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Post by Zee on Jul 6, 2016 16:50:25 GMT
I just put down What Alice Forgot and I really liked it. Most interest I've shown in a book in a while.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 6, 2016 17:27:26 GMT
I just went through some autobiographies in the past few days.
"Out of Black" by Cleary Wolters. For OINTB fans, Cleary is the Alex Vause character. It's interesting to get her perspective on the events that Piper Kerman writes about in her book.
"Turning the Tables" by Teresa Guidice. I was curious. It's definitely not deep reading.
"High on Arrival" by Mackenzie Phillips. I must say that the book was very compelling and so sad. Throughout the book I just wanted to reach out and rescue her. It's not light reading like the other books.
"Here's the Story" by Maureen Mcckormick is my current read. I read in tangents. Another week It'll be thrillers or mystery, etc.
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breetheflea
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Jul 20, 2014 21:57:23 GMT
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Post by breetheflea on Jul 6, 2016 19:35:02 GMT
Recent reads, yes I am on a YA streak.
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. This is the 2nd of her books I've read and it was pretty good even the ending. It is about two weird high schoolers and the evolution of their friendship.
Armada by Ernest Cline. I think I liked Ready, Player One better but this one was not too bad, plus it takes place in an area I'm familiar with. It's kind of like Emder's Game plus some 80's computer movie I can't think of the name of. Tons of 80's and 90's geek references.
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. It was OK but not my favorite book ever. It's about 3 unsolved murder cases and the people involved.
Faking Normal by Courtney Stevens. I really liked this one. Two teenagers with huge problems become friends/ deal with their issues. I wish the author had written more books, I'd read them asap.
Non-fiction: Organzing from the Inside Out by Julia Morgenstern. This was recommended in a very short organizing class I took. It is a little dated (Windows 95, Palm Pilots, some Palm Pilots can even receive email!) but the basics really are speaking to me. If stuff piles up in one area, instead of moving the piles across the house, maybe put the organizing thing where the piles are and don't buy a bunch of containers BEFORE you organize which I can't seem to get DH to follow. Anyway besides the dated parts, there is some really good stuff for a disorganized person like me.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 6, 2016 22:33:24 GMT
I went with Neil Gaiman's American Gods. I'd never read it and heard they were making a TV show out of it. The audible narration is outstanding. I've been flipping back and forth between that and the Kindle.
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