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Tina, Thank you for that suggestion FALL OF MARIGOLDS. It sounds like a great story. On my To-Read list.
Finished
by Kate Jacobs 3 Stars!!Perfect sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club :)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
@Britany. It's one of the very few chick-lit books that I have read and I really enjoyed it. I felt I was member of the club.
Read The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. A tad slow & it left me hanging. Unless there's a sequel in the works, which I can't see happening because there's not that much more to tell, I hate it when that happens...
Starting Big Little Lies. Really looking forward to this one!
Just finished The Origin Mystery TrilogyThe Atlantis Gene
The Atlantis Plague
The Atlantis World
by A.G. Riddle
I finished The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 4★My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Gracelin O'Malley, historical, Irish family saga. 4 stars - my review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Just started Our Lady of the Nile: A Novel
Okay! Count me in for the Trilogy! Thank you, Angela, for the enticing review.
@May , you'll like it I think . The new Follett book is out tomorrow !
. Saw Follett interviewed in CBS this morning. So, really ready to dig in!!
I missed it this morning but I think he's on Morning Joe tomorrow .
Better BookAddict wrote: "@Britany. It's one of the very few chick-lit books that I have read and I really enjoyed it. I felt I was member of the club."Me too!! So glad to see that you agreed :)
Cathy wrote: "Starting Big Little Lies. Really looking forward to this one!"I'm on the waiting list for this one--- Heard really good things so far!
I just finished Our Lady of the Nile: A Novel, a story about Rwanda before the genocide - 4 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm about to start There Must Be Some Mistake: A Novel
Finished
by Deborah Harkness- 2 Stars!2nd in the All Souls Trilogy. While I'm enjoying the basic storyline, it's getting lost in the muck of the length.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Halfway thru "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. Don't know how I missed this award-winning, banned book 15 yrs ago! Very, very well-written; painful but entertaining story.
I've just finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. 4.5★My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a book I wish would appear on one of Oprah's Book Club reads; it's a timeless classic; relevant not matter your age or where you grew up.
I am currently reading Debbie Doesn't do it Anymore by Walter Mosley and Lolita by Vlamdimir Nabokov.
I just finished There Must Be Some Mistake: A Novel. I gave it 3 stars, probably more like 3.5, but I feel like there is more to this book than I was able to articulate in my review. I need to think about it more, but here's my review for what it's worth:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting Her First American
Just finished The Silent Wife. 3 stars. A quick read, but I can't help but feel something was missing. I interrupted myself reading Big Little Lies to finish this for a book club. Continuing the interruption now with Howard's End for another book club.
Just finished Monkey Beach. 3.5 stars - my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Starting Sleep in Peace Tonight.
Abandoned Her First American - just couldn't get into it.
Finished
by Robert Galbraith- 3.5 Stars!Supermodel plummets to her death, murder or suicide? PI Cormoran Strike gets a job of lifetime to uncover what really happened. Can't wait to read the next one.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bette BookAddict wrote: "I've just finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. 4.5★My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a book I wish would app..."
I agree! Really surprising she hasn't featured this book.
I just finished Sleep in Peace Tonight - 4 stars for me . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Will start today on The Banks of Certain Rivers.
Working through Ulysses in a group read.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "I've just finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. 4.5★My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a book I wish would app..."
I really enjoyed this book. And you are right, it is a classic.
I just finished Mudbound and I loved it. Did not want to put the book down and I loved that it did not have a predictable ending.
Bette. I felt the same way about Mudbound as you did . What a story !
I just finished https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., a contemporary family story - 4 stars.Started The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
Finished
by Liane Moriarty- 5 Stars!!!Australia, Kindergartners, Gossip, and a sudden death forms the basis for this masterful novel. I laughed, felt sadness, and couldn't put this book down!
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently readA Modern Witch
A Hidden Witch
A Reckless Witch
A Witch Central Wedding
by Debora Geary
Sorry... I was a bit behind posting what I've been reading.
I just finished The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. It was heartbreaking and moving. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Started The Secret History. I love Tartt's writing so even though I felt put off by how the book begins, I have to give it a try.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society- 5 stars
Hi everyone what I am reading this week is How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and The Future Has a Past: Stories
Angela,I have tried twice to read Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY. Just cannot get into it. Decided last night to return the book unread...
May wrote: "Angela,I have tried twice to read Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY. Just cannot get into it. Decided last night to return the book unread..."
Oh no, this makes me sad! I loved this book!
Sara wrote: "The Valley of AmazementThe Newlyweds & The Colour of Milk"I bought Valley of Amazement but haven't read it yet - let me know what you think of it.
I'm currently reading The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared which I wish I would finish already (I took a break from it to read The Dinner)
@May,I loved The Goldfinch but I'm having a hard time with The Secret History too .
Angela wrote: "@May,I loved The Goldfinch but I'm having a hard time with The Secret History too ."
(covering my ears/eyes and humming and pretending I did not read that)
:)
Beth - haha! I can't help it -the storyline is turning me off as I had the feeing it would . I'm going to keep with it for a while longer .
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