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Post by KelleeM on May 26, 2015 8:54:37 GMT
I read Girl Underwater by Claire Kells today. I couldn't put it down. It's a debut novel and I really enjoyed it. You read it in one day? Wow! I'm almost done and it's ending the way I wanted it to. Very interesting story although I've been having plane crash dreams lately which are awful. Yes! My sister gave it to me Saturday night and I started reading it around 11:00 am. I had nothing else I really needed to do all day so I just kept reading! I finished it after dinner...two sittings and it was done!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 11:19:49 GMT
The Bullet. Mary Louise Kelly. It's her first book....very good. almost a could not put downer!
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Post by roundtwo on May 26, 2015 13:08:34 GMT
I just finished two books this week. The first was All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews which was alright - the subject matter was a little heavy for me right now.
The second was The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown and I really enjoyed this one. Even though I knew how it ended, I was still captivated by the story.
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Post by freecharlie on May 26, 2015 14:01:58 GMT
I read a Kathy Reich book and the new woman's murder club from James patterson.
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Post by auntkelly on May 26, 2015 14:17:21 GMT
I'm about to finish Bringing Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. it is the sequel to Wolf Hall which is the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. I really enjoyed both books.
I took a road trip and listened to Killing Kennedy by Martin Dugard and Bill O'Reilly. It helped pass the time on the trip, but I didn't really learn anything new about the assassination.
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Post by powderhorngreen on May 26, 2015 14:45:35 GMT
Wolf In White Van by John Darnielle - OK, I can't really explain why or even really explain the book - but I loved it. It is the story of a man who is disfigured and supports himself by writing/running a fantasy game via the mail. It is weird because the story bounces forwards and backwards in time. The main character's fantasy game "causes" the death of one teenager and ruins the life on anther. How he deals with these charges and hw he became disfigured are, in one sense, the plot of this book. Just so yu know - there is never a real wolf and never a white van. It leaves more questions than answers at the end of the book. It starts our weird and slow, then I became hooked, and then the ending is like a free fall. The book iso loaded with analogies, symbolism and philosophical machinations. I rarely reread a book, but am gong to do so the next week or two as this is one of those rare books where a re-reading will actually enhance the experience and I will pick-up new things and insights along the way.
I Am Potential by Patrick Henry Hughes - this is the story of the blind/severely handicapped student who plays in a marching band and his father acts as his legs during his performances. I remember seeing this story on the news a few years ago. I was "assigned" this book for an on-line book club I am involved in, otherwise I would have never picked it. It is a very one dimensional story that wanders into Christian non-fiction from time to time. Overall, not one I would recommend. However, because the club is largely comprised of blind people, it was interesting to hear about how Mr. Hughes perceives the world having been blind since birth (he was born without eyes). I am looking forward to the discussion as one of the view sighted people in the group.
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Post by Fidget on May 26, 2015 16:35:36 GMT
Thanks for the thread!! The last book I read was The House Girl by Tara Conklin, which I thought was only ok. I'm in need of a real page turner / engaging story for an airplane ride later this week. I've read The Girl On The Train, but I'd like something like that. I hate flying so I need to be already into a good book by then! Will look here for recs!! Paige. Try Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes, I found it to be quite gripping.
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Post by sues on May 26, 2015 18:12:29 GMT
I'm reading Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - the sequel to Wolf Hall. I'm enjoying it, but I'm not getting as much concentrated reading time with it as I did with Wolf Hall. It definitely affects the story... so I need to step it up.
I'm also reading The Grove by John Rector and it's disturbing/interesting/aggravating, all at the same time. It's a pretty fast read though and I'm interested to see how it will end. It's about an alcoholic who finds a body in a grove behind his farm. He doesn't report it because of a troubled past and concern he will be accused. The story gets all kinds of crazy from there.
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Post by GamGam on May 26, 2015 18:14:34 GMT
I just finished two books this week. The first was All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews which was alright - the subject matter was a little heavy for me right now. The second was The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown and I really enjoyed this one. Even though I knew how it ended, I was still captivated by the story. Such a good description of the experience of reading Boys . It is a special book to read.
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Post by finaledition on May 26, 2015 19:52:21 GMT
I am dragging myself through The Fiery Cross. It is the 5th book of the Outlander series and I am really struggling with this one. I've been reading it for a few weeks. . I'm about 2/3 of the way through this one and feeling the same way about it. On the one hand, I'm glad for the Frasers that they are getting a bit monotonous in their lives, but on the other I'm feeling like I need more than another description of jemmy's need for another diaper change.
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Post by mimima on May 26, 2015 20:19:23 GMT
The last book I read was The House Girl by Tara Conklin, which I thought was only ok. I also read this a few days ago, and was also underwhelmed. I couldn't really put into words what the issue was - it just never clicked. Other recent reads: Grace and Grit by Lilly Ledbetter. The story of her fight for equal pay, it is my Book Club book for June. The story was good, the writing was not. I reread a favorite, Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood. I first read this when I was in early high school, and it has been one I've returned to again and again. Even though I can objectively look at it with critical eyes, every time I read it I discover another layer or thread that I enjoy more. I don't know why it's been such a touchstone book. I read the second in the YA series "The Looking Glass Wars" by Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd. They are a twist on Alice in Wonderland, nothing amazingly intellectual but fun reads. I read a Nancy Drew, The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk. According to Goodreads, it received a complete rewrite and new plot somewhere along the way, but my copy is old enough to be the original. I also read another Ann Hood (which is why I picked up the above) The Red Thread, about adopting from China. Pleasant read, probably shouldn't think about it too deeply as there were some weird plot points.
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Post by birukitty on May 26, 2015 23:26:43 GMT
I read 4 books last week which was a record for me, due to being sick in bed with a stomach virus. The first two I'd read before, but it been a few years so I'd forgotten the story lines completely. (I was stuck at home and the only library books I had left were non-fiction and I was in the mood for novels-no I don't have an e-reader, I'm a traditionalist and prefer my books to be the old fashioned variety, although in this case I can see the advantage of the e-readers).
So first up was Kristen Hannah's "Firefly Lane" a wonderful story about two girls growing up in the 1970's which just happened to be the era I grew up-I was a teen then too, 15 years old in 1975 just like Tully and Kate. A wonderful novel from a wonderful writer. Sweet and touching, a nice quick read that left me entertained.
Next up was Kristen Hannah's "Winter Garden". This novel was about an older woman who was originally from Russia and her two grown up daughters. I won't say much more because I don't want to spoil the story but this novel was very powerful and heartbreaking as it moved between the present time and WW2. I recommend it highly!
As I said these two were on my bookshelf and I've been waiting and very much wanting to read "The Nightingale"-but alas, at my library there is only one copy and there are 254 holds on it! I think I am going to break down and just buy a copy this week. I'm tired of waiting.
Next up after was another paperback I pulled off my shelf that I'd never read and I have no idea why. It was called, "Summer Secrets" by Barbara Freethy. It was about 3 sisters who together with their father 8 years previously had won an around the world sailboat race as teenagers. But something happened out there during a fierce storm that they could never forget. A around the world sailboat race! That was right up my alley! Why I'd waited so long to read this I had no clue. So I settled right down and started reading. It was very good, part mystery, part really good story. And it was about sailing-one of my favorite things in the world. Finished that one up pretty quick.
The last one was when my dear DH stopped by the library and picked up two books that had come in for me that were on hold. The one I read first was "On the Island" by Tracey Garvis Graves. I know this book has been mentioned here before, but it's been awhile. I almost didn't read it because I think it's been discredited as being all about sex, sex, and only sex. I'm really glad I did. I didn't find that to be the case At All. I really liked this book. I was so caught up in their very real story of survival and adventure that I literally could not put this book down. I read on and on and on. I grew to really love the characters and felt as though they were real people. I thought the writer wrote extremely well and I loved that she wrote from both perspectives of the characters so that you could envision how they both felt.
I did find one plot hole that has been bugging me ever since. The things (human made) that wash up on islands are known as flotsam-literally floating wreckage of a ship or plane, or sometimes trash from other places. In the book Anna's suitcase washes ashore on the island and pretty much saves them because it contains a first aid kit, and all sorts of things that they use. But the thing is unless her suitcase had a floating device on it-like a life jacket (and that was never mentioned so I doubt it) it would have sunk straight to the bottom. Suitcases are heavy-they don't float. If it can't float it would never have washed up on shore of the island.
Other than that I really, really liked this book very much.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by chrissypie on May 27, 2015 10:21:52 GMT
I finished Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret on the weekend. That's the quickest I've read a book in a long time - 5 days. It helped that I was sick, so gave myself permission to slack off on the housework.
I enjoyed it a lot, as I do all of her books. In short, husband writes letter, to be opened only in the event of his death, but wife finds letter while he's still very much alive. Should she open it? What I liked about this one was that Moriarty gave us answers much sooner than she and other writers usually do - the central mystery of the book was answered about half way through. Because I'm such a slow reader I hate it when nothing is revealed until the end.
I borrowed The Fault in our Stars from the library today and I can't wait to start it! I haven't seen the movie, but I'm pretty sure I'll love it. Just my sort of thing (I think). Will start tonight!
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Post by paigepea on May 27, 2015 13:52:48 GMT
Thanks for the thread!! The last book I read was The House Girl by Tara Conklin, which I thought was only ok. I'm in need of a real page turner / engaging story for an airplane ride later this week. I've read The Girl On The Train, but I'd like something like that. I hate flying so I need to be already into a good book by then! Will look here for recs!! Paige. Try Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes, I found it to be quite gripping. Thanks for the rec! I've read it and loved it!!
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