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Post by katiescarlett on Jan 31, 2022 22:30:14 GMT
Speaking of Colleen Hoover... for weeks now I've been wondering why she is dominating the NYT Bestseller Lists. Last week I decided to do some googling and it turns out that it's all thanks to Booktok. The pandemic drove up book sales to younger female adults and they in turn flocked to TikTok to share their opinions. Apparently they love CoHo. I'm a wee bit gobsmacked at the effect on the NYT's lists.
I'm going to have to give her another try based on reviews. The only book I've read of hers is Verity which I hated with a passion.
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Post by mnmloveli on Jan 31, 2022 22:55:47 GMT
Speaking of Colleen Hoover... for weeks now I've been wondering why she is dominating the NYT Bestseller Lists. Last week I decided to do some googling and it turns out that it's all thanks to Booktok. The pandemic drove up book sales to younger female adults and they in turn flocked to TikTok to share their opinions. Apparently they love CoHo. I'm a wee bit gobsmacked at the effect on the NYT's lists.
I'm going to have to give her another try based on reviews. The only book I've read of hers is Verity which I hated with a passion. I’m all over with Colleen Hoover. Verity was a 5-star read for me; Regretting You 4 stars and Never Never 3 stars. Never sure about attempting another one.
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Post by SabrinaP on Feb 1, 2022 0:12:50 GMT
Speaking of Colleen Hoover... for weeks now I've been wondering why she is dominating the NYT Bestseller Lists. Last week I decided to do some googling and it turns out that it's all thanks to Booktok. The pandemic drove up book sales to younger female adults and they in turn flocked to TikTok to share their opinions. Apparently they love CoHo. I'm a wee bit gobsmacked at the effect on the NYT's lists.
I'm going to have to give her another try based on reviews. The only book I've read of hers is Verity which I hated with a passion. Verity is different from her normal. Try another. I’ve been a CoHo fan since 2012. I like Maybe Someday. The book is about a deaf musician. She actually hired one of the contestants from a season of American Idol to perform music that goes with each chapter so you can listen to the music before you read the chapter.
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Post by sawwhet on Feb 1, 2022 1:49:26 GMT
This past week I read The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. I gave it a 3/5. I don't know how many times I said "oh for gawd sakes" while I read this book.
Prior to that I read The Push by Ashley Audrain. I gave it 5/5. Loved it!!
Lastly, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. I gave it 4/5. I love her style of writing. The story takes place in my province and I did notice one error in the story. The mention of Premier King giving a speech to Canadians. It should have read Prime Minister King.
I just downloaded The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. I'll be heading to the bathtub in a few minutes with my Kobo for some quiet "me" time LOL.
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Post by paigepea on Feb 1, 2022 2:36:50 GMT
I'm going to have to give her another try based on reviews. The only book I've read of hers is Verity which I hated with a passion. I’m all over with Colleen Hoover. Verity was a 5-star read for me; Regretting You 4 stars and Never Never 3 stars. Never sure about attempting another one. Me too. Verity was good. I didn’t like It Ends With Us. It was quick and easy to read but very predictable. It really lacked a lot for me.
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Post by paigepea on Feb 1, 2022 2:38:00 GMT
This past week I read The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. I gave it a 3/5. I don't know how many times I said "oh for gawd sakes" while I read this book. Prior to that I read The Push by Ashley Audrain. I gave it 5/5. Loved it!! Lastly, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. I gave it 4/5. I love her style of writing. The story takes place in my province and I did notice one error in the story. The mention of Premier King giving a speech to Canadians. It should have read Prime Minister King.  I just downloaded The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. I'll be heading to the bathtub in a few minutes with my Kobo for some quiet "me" time LOL. The Push is so well reviewed here. I’m looking forward to it.
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Post by edie3 on Feb 1, 2022 2:38:10 GMT
The Only Plane in the Sky This book should be required reading for everyone. An incredible book.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Feb 1, 2022 2:52:04 GMT
Last week I finished These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant. Several Peas rated it 5 stars and I concur. It was beautifully written and I loved the connection between Cooper and Finch. A vast range of emotions as I feared for the conclusion while reading the book. DH is now reading it and enjoying it. I've just gotten into James Patterson's newest Alex Cross Thriller, Fear No Evil. I love reading them because of short chapters, easy to read and generally not predictable. At least to me.
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Post by gina on Feb 1, 2022 15:39:09 GMT
The Only Plane in the Sky This book should be required reading for everyone. An incredible book. Absolutely. 5 star read for me. Even better on audio!
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Post by gottapeanow on Feb 1, 2022 19:02:09 GMT
The Only Plane in the Sky This book should be required reading for everyone. An incredible book. It's fascinating so far. Lisa
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Post by merry27 on Feb 1, 2022 19:04:45 GMT
The Only Plane in the Sky This book should be required reading for everyone. An incredible book. I HIGHLY recommend listening to the audio version of this.
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Post by birukitty on Feb 1, 2022 19:45:10 GMT
This week I am in the middle of the Outlander novel Written In My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. I'm very much enjoying it (it's a second read for me) and looking forward to getting to the end so I can start on the newest edition in the series.
At the same time I took a few days off to read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. I really enjoyed this book too and gave it 4 stars. Three years ago I read another book by Lisa See called The Island of Sea Women, and that one I liked better. Both are very good though and well worth reading.
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Post by freecharlie on Feb 2, 2022 16:08:44 GMT
I'm halfway throughKelly Rimmer’s The Things We Cannot Say It flips back and forth between the present day and a mom with a son who is autistic and a grandma who has had a stoke and can't communicate until she uses the device the son uses and Poland during WWII.
I really want to know what happens in the WWII storyline, but we only read half each month for book club and I don't want to get ahead.
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Post by emelle64 on Feb 2, 2022 17:47:20 GMT
I finished two books lately—both my daughter gave me for Christmas. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr was really good. Unfortunately it was very long… More than 600 pages and it probably took me 300 to feel that I was really into the book. But I absolutely loved the 2nd half: Three stories in three different times in history linked by the Greek story of Aethon . The interconnectedness of the characters across time was wonderful.
The other book, The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa fell a bit flat for me. I’m not a huge fan of fantasy and this was a book about a talking cat but again I wanted to be able to tell my daughter I’d finished it.
I’ve also been listening to a couple books: The Black Swan of Paris about the French resistance and The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. I liked The Four Winds better and really feel I learned a lot about the drought in Texas in the 1930s.
Emelle
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Post by mnmloveli on Feb 3, 2022 18:57:23 GMT
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