momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Jan 30, 2017 23:27:52 GMT
A few books came in all at once at the library for me recently so I've been reading a bit. What is the latest book you read that you really loved. Mine is a A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I don't want to give away too much so i'll just say it's about a grumpy old man and the people he meets. I really enjoyed it. |
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Jan 30, 2017 23:29:10 GMT
I bought that book but I haven't read it yet.
I read Jodi Picoults latest book and I like it okay. It was called Small Great Things |
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Post by KikiPea on Jan 30, 2017 23:30:27 GMT
Currently reading Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham. She's pretty funny.  |
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 30, 2017 23:30:28 GMT
I read a book called Keeper by Mal Peet. It is maybe 6th-high school, but I really liked it (I teach it this semester, so I read it first).
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jan 30, 2017 23:30:34 GMT
Isn't the movie up for an Oscar?
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 30, 2017 23:32:38 GMT
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr.
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Post by leannec on Jan 30, 2017 23:32:48 GMT
The last great book I read was Behind Closed Doors ... the characters were well developed (one is super creepy) and the last page is the best!  |
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momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Jan 30, 2017 23:36:56 GMT
I bought that book but I haven't read it yet.
I read Jodi Picoults latest book and I like it okay. It was called Small Great Things Read it! lol seriously I got it from the library then ended up buying it because I needed to own it  Currently reading Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham. She's pretty funny. I've seen that in stores, I should check it out further. I like Lauren Graham. The last great book I read was Behind Closed Doors ... the characters were well developed (one is super creepy) and the last page is the best! I read that one too this month. It was awesome and omg was he the creepiest! |
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Post by casii on Jan 30, 2017 23:44:26 GMT
I was going to say the latest Jodi Picoult book too, but see you've read it.
I also enjoyed News Of The World. I forget who the author is, but it was a good, quick read about a Captain returning a girl to her family who was captured by native Americans. Quite an adventure and ends quite nicely.
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Post by tracym1 on Jan 30, 2017 23:46:18 GMT
Best this year so far: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Definitely not a light read though. Last year's best: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Nest by Cynthia d'Aprix Sweeney Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (YA book - amazing) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Dreamland by Sam Quinones |
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Post by just PEAchy on Jan 30, 2017 23:47:11 GMT
When I read your post title, I immediately thought of A Man Called Ove . Definitely one of my favorite books ever. I also love the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. |
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jan 30, 2017 23:50:28 GMT
The Language of Sparrows. I could not put it down and it stayed with me for a while.
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 30, 2017 23:57:10 GMT
I just finished reading If I Forget You by Thomas Christopher Greene and enjoyed it even though there was a few holes in the premise that would normally bother me, I let them slide because this book is really well written. I picked this up off our librarians' recommend shelf and will look for other books by Greene. |
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Post by scrapnatya on Jan 30, 2017 23:57:34 GMT
I just read 2 of a series of 3 that I really enjoyed by Beatriz Williams
The Secret Life of Violet Grant and
Tiny Little Thing
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Post by gramasue on Jan 30, 2017 23:59:25 GMT
Just finished The Daughter by Jane Shemilt. I really enjoyed it and her writing style is captivating. This is her first novel.
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Jan 31, 2017 0:04:16 GMT
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 31, 2017 0:07:22 GMT
The Language of Sparrows. I could not put it down and it stayed with me for a while. This looks really interesting and I'm disappointed my library doesn't have it in their catalog. |
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Post by maryland on Jan 31, 2017 0:09:51 GMT
Just finished The Daughter by Jane Shemilt. I really enjoyed it and her writing style is captivating. This is her first novel. Looks good! |
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Post by mimima on Jan 31, 2017 0:13:22 GMT
Ove and I took a long time to warm up to each other.
The last really great book that I read (non-religious) was probably, hmmmm, Doctor Sleep by Stephen King or The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner.
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Post by birukitty on Jan 31, 2017 0:13:55 GMT
I read constantly-there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not reading so this question is difficult for me. I'll qualify by picking a book that was so great I bought a copy for myself to keep. That book is "The Snow Child" by Eowyn Ivey. Loved everything about it!
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jan 31, 2017 0:17:15 GMT
The Language of Sparrows. I could not put it down and it stayed with me for a while. This looks really interesting and I'm disappointed my library doesn't have it in their catalog. I have it on my Kindle, if I could share it with you I would. I bought it a while ago. |
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jan 31, 2017 0:59:21 GMT
I have a strong love/hate relationship with this book. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover. I love the story but was bothered by a choice that was made by the main character.
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Post by lesley on Jan 31, 2017 1:07:46 GMT
I have just finished Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon which was excellent. It's a memoir of how she developed and then dealt with depression and OCD. Despite its subject matter, it is amusing and intelligent, and just a really good read.
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Post by colleen on Jan 31, 2017 1:08:01 GMT
The Dry by Jane Harper. It's a mystery set in Australia. And spoiler alert -- there's a Huntsman spider in it!
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Post by llinin on Jan 31, 2017 1:18:16 GMT
I was late to the game, it has been out for a minute, but I just read it a few months ago. Five Nights at Memorial is the best book I have read in a long time, I loved it. I am an RN, so not sure if that influenced me, but I thought it was great.
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Post by GamGam on Jan 31, 2017 1:29:01 GMT
I just finished reading The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. It is a historical fiction about Thomas Edison, his patents on the light bulb, and George Westinghouse and the attorney he hired to fight the patents. This book is beautifully crafted, and reads like a mystery. I can't recommend it highly enough. I learned a lot from reading it, and I truly could not put it down.
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Post by angieh1996 on Jan 31, 2017 1:37:26 GMT
The Language of Sparrows. I could not put it down and it stayed with me for a while. This looks really interesting and I'm disappointed my library doesn't have it in their catalog. My library doesn't have it either and that just bums me out. It looks like a good read. |
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Post by Goldynn on Jan 31, 2017 1:39:14 GMT
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr. I loved that book! I also liked A Man Called Ove. I recently read When Breath Becomes Air, which is so beautifully written although sad. |
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Post by 61redhead on Jan 31, 2017 1:42:59 GMT
I just read Palm Trees in the Snow, which was one of the Kindle first books for Jan 2017. It was long, a saga spanning 3 generations. It was a well-researched historical fiction with deeply developed characters. Due to the time period and geographic area, some parts were are to read, but I think they were necessary to keep the story historically accurate. I was sad when it ended.
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Post by scrappintoee on Jan 31, 2017 2:07:01 GMT
After seeing it mentioned in a reading thread here a while ago; I checked out A Man Called Ove recently. I gave it several chapters, waiting for it to get better, then gave up. Maybe I need to give it another chance! We just finished "The Crown", which made me want to read more. I've never been very interested in the royal family until now. I got "The Royals" by Kitty Kelley at the library, and it's sooo gossippy and detailed; I love it!  I also checked out 2 cookbooks by Alton Brown. I am getting SO SO tired of following a recipe on my phone, and either ads pop up,  , or something else annoying happens and the recipe disappears. I wanna go old school and go back to using actual cook BOOKS. |
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