StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on May 19, 2018 4:57:58 GMT
filling my kindle and hoping to find some great books to entertain myself with.
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Post by leannec on May 19, 2018 5:14:44 GMT
I recommend a couple of easy reads:
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah ... a story about a teen who moves to Alaska with her dysfunctional parents in the 1970's
The Woman In the Window by A.J. Finn ... a thriller that features a woman who has agoraphobia
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Post by prapea on May 19, 2018 5:22:20 GMT
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
Big Little Lies
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Post by trixiecat on May 19, 2018 10:48:27 GMT
Far From the Tree, by Robin Benway. It is about 3 adopted siblings who find each other. It won an award and is a YA book. I loved it.
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Post by neffijer on May 19, 2018 11:21:36 GMT
I stayed up late last night to finish Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. It was a difficult read, as it involves the death of an infant, but it was *so* hard to put down.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on May 19, 2018 12:58:48 GMT
stellar. 3 of these were books I foumd last night. eager to dig in!
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Post by busy on May 19, 2018 13:08:40 GMT
The Dry by Jane Harper
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Post by maryannscraps on May 19, 2018 13:10:01 GMT
I loved the last Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly, Two Kinds of Truth. If you like the show Bosch, on Prime, this is the series of books it's based on.
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Post by ~summer~ on May 19, 2018 13:31:43 GMT
The last one was Before We Were Yours.
I also really liked Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
Everything I Never Told You
The Couple Next Door.
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Post by candygurl on May 19, 2018 13:32:36 GMT
Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell. I half listened on audio and then read the rest. The audio was great because the narrator was British and this was set in London.
About a girl who goes missing and her family looks for her for years never giving up but trying to survive. Many years later, the mom meets a man in a cafe and meets his daughter, who looks exactly like her missing daughter.
It was really good! I’m currently reading another book by the same author.
Also liked The Baker’s Secret about a girl during the war who would bake bread for her village and then for the invading army.
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Post by gar on May 19, 2018 13:44:01 GMT
Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell. I half listened on audio and then read the rest. The audio was great because the narrator was British and this was set in London. About a girl who goes missing and her family looks for her for years never giving up but trying to survive. Many years later, the mom meets a man in a cafe and meets his daughter, who looks exactly like her missing daughter. It was really good! I’m currently reading another book by the same author. Also liked The Baker’s Secret about a girl during the war who would bake bread for her village and then for the invading army. I loved that book too 🙂 |
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Post by kitkath on May 19, 2018 14:15:14 GMT
A Man Called Ove. Just read it in 2 days for book club.
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on May 19, 2018 14:38:18 GMT
I teach junior high so consider the source.....
The Girl Who Was Supposed To Die by April Henry
Spelled by Betsy Schow
Wanted by Betsy Schow
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Currently reading, just started, Banished by Betsy Schow
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Post by YooHoot on May 19, 2018 14:58:33 GMT
Just wanted to say thanks! I added 6 of the above books to my amazon cart so I wouldn't forget to order them!
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Post by GiantsFan on May 19, 2018 15:04:08 GMT
The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin.
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tanya2
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Post by tanya2 on May 19, 2018 15:18:05 GMT
The Year We Turned Forty by Liz Fenton
Forgotten by Catherine McKenzie
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Post by misadventurous on May 19, 2018 15:59:41 GMT
I, Zombie by Hugh Howie. If you enjoy The Walking Dead you might like this. It's told from the point of view of the undead, whose minds are still intact inside their zombie bodies. Pretty gory, but tragic and riveting. I think he's a great writer. Another one by him is the Wool omnibus.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on May 19, 2018 16:26:15 GMT
thank you! adding a couple on audible too  |
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Post by Hayjaker on May 19, 2018 16:29:39 GMT
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Post by shannoots on May 19, 2018 16:46:53 GMT
The Great Alone
The Heart's Invisible Furies
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Post by scrapmaven on May 19, 2018 16:51:17 GMT
Steph, if you're looking for beachy reads I enjoyed the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. They're fluffy, but fun.
If you want a serious read, I couldn't pull myself away from Memoirs of a Geisha. It's mesmerizing.
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Post by kels99 on May 19, 2018 17:44:54 GMT
I haven't ready it yet, but I've been hearing great things about I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Oswald Patton's wife who passed away a couple of years ago). It's about the Golden State Killer crimes and by all accounts, she was "obsessed" with the case and all the details of it.
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Post by ~summer~ on May 19, 2018 18:13:04 GMT
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on May 19, 2018 18:38:33 GMT
I was going to suggest the same thing lol. You really can't go wrong with s CoHo book. |
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Post by lisae on May 19, 2018 21:19:43 GMT
All You Could Ask For by Mike Greenberg
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 19, 2018 21:31:30 GMT
If you haven't read Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris, it is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. Had me gasping at several things in it.
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Post by peabay on May 19, 2018 22:46:41 GMT
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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Post by birukitty on May 20, 2018 0:40:07 GMT
A last book I read cover to cover in one night was "Salt To The Sea" by Ruta Sepetys.
Other books I've read and rated 5 stars are "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah
"Before We Were Yours" Lisa Wingate
"Flight of the Sparrow" Amy Belding Brown
"The Alice Network" Kate Quinn
"The Hate U Give" Angie Thomas
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Post by gottapeanow on May 20, 2018 2:36:37 GMT
So many of these mentioned here are amazing.
Before We Were Yours and The Alice Network were two of my top three fave reads in 2017. My other top read was an older book, A Fine Balance. Simply stunning.
I will also mention four others that I have read and loved this year.
Beartown
Girls Burn Brighter - this has really stuck with me!
The Home for Unwanted Girls, which is based on horrifying and tragic historical facts.
White Chrysanthemum - so incredibly well written.
Lisa
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Post by femalebusiness on May 20, 2018 2:37:22 GMT
I recommend a couple of easy reads: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah ... a story about a teen who moves to Alaska with her dysfunctional parents in the 1970's The Woman In the Window by A.J. Finn ... a thriller that features a woman who has agoraphobia I am reading The Woman in the Window right now. It got good reviews but I am about 160 pages in and am tired of her getting drunk and popping pills and explaining her depressing family situation and agoraphobia. I am very close to stopping the book. Does it get any better! |
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