Book Lovers Club

kathindc

Love Fredrick Backman's books: A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie was Here, Beartown and his novella, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer.

Tappermom383

I loved A Man Called Ove; I'm on the wait list for Beartown.

MJ

M0mmyof3

Still pushing through one of the books my father in law gave me. Very fascinating stories

ruthbru

I am reading a bunch of books written by authors in the post-the Civil War time frame; interesting for me to see the world through Victorian eyes (or through the eyes of authors who wanted to sell books to a Victorian minded audience).

pat01

Finished "Missing You" by Harlan Coben. It was a pretty good read. I grew up in NYC and like that the book was set there. Now reading "The Lake House" by Kate Morton. I like the plot a lot, but find the book to be a little too longwinded at times. Still need to finish zookeepers wife, but lake house is due first so I will finish it after I finish lake house.

Jelson

Rutbru - I recommend the author Miriam Michelson. here is something about her from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Michelson I read In The Bishop's Carriage but will probably try to get copies of her books about growing up in a California mining town - 1870's... Also - probably closer to the timeframe you are focusing on, Ella Cheever Thayer's Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Cheever_Thayer The book is about a couple falling in love while working for the telegraph company and it recounts the doings of a group of young working men and women living in a boarding house. I was blown away by how contemporary/universal yet period appropriate everything was.

MTwoman

Living in Montana, I've loved everything by Ivan Doig.

magiclight

I just ordered Lisa See's Tea girl of hummingbird lane as a possible book club selection. Has anyone read it? Thoughts about this work.

ruthbru

Thanks, Jelson!

voraciousreader

minus...what noble work!❤️

Hope everyone here doesn't mind me crowing..but I know some of you will enjoy hearing the news that today, I found out that one of my literacy students just moved up 2 1/2 grade levels in her reading! I suspected she did well because she called me after the test crying tears of joy because she thought she did well. Well...she didn't just do well, she did spectacularly well! I am delighted! 💕💕💕💕💕

MTwoman

Wow! that's awesome voraciousreader! job well done

ruthbru

MinusTwo

VR - great news. MT - I like Ivan Doig. Jelson - I'm going to follow up on Michelson. MagicLight - Interesting coincidence. I just added Lisa See's book to my 'buy' list today. Please report back if you read it.

badger

VR, Brava to you and your student!

Sped through Extreme Prey (2016) then Golden Prey (2017) so am all caught up with Lucas Davenport. A new Prey book comes out every April and sorry to say I think Sandford is on autopilot.

200 pages to go for A Breath of Snow and Ashes, book #6 in the Outlander series. Being tempted by Wolf, the new-ish (2014) Lorenzo Carcaterra lent to me by mom, but the Gabaldon is a library book due back next week so must finish!

tessu

So glad I can finally join this group! CEF gave me chemo brain so bad, I couldn't read a whole paragraph --- when I got to the last sentence, I couldn't remember anything from the first line. So books were impossible. Finally last winter my memory improved enough to read magazines with only a little looking back. But it's taken until this month to be able to enjoy books again. Started with one I've read before, A Dog's Purpose by Cameron (wonderful story) then a new one The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall (fairly good sort of mystery). Had to look back a lot if characters were not mentioned for awhile, but got through. So I'm taking the plunge now and hitting harder stuff again: Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning.

Losing the ability to enjoy fiction was one of the worst parts of bc treatment for me. So I'm thrilled that my brain is still recovering enough to read again! Hoping to get great ideas here and share my own reads :

ruthbru

Welcome, Tessu!

voraciousreader

welcome aboard

LilacBlue

VR, you are awesome and love reading hearing that you are deservedly delighted.

voraciousreader

Thanks dear book lovers....

Just finished reading...

https://www.amazon.com/Smear-Shady-Political-Opera...

A real page turner! Doesn't matter if you are on the right, left or in between. If like me, you don't know the new meaning of the word "astroturf"....then this book is a must read...

Sobering and enlightening...

LilacBlue

VR, just read the Amazon bio on author Sharyl Attkisson (whom I have not heard of) - WoW, I do want to read The Smear.

badger

welcome tessu! I had the same frustrating experience from TC chemo.

Neil Gaiman? You ARE hitting the hard stuff LOL.

VR, thx for the rec. Just put The Smear on my TBR list.

Butterfly1234

Just starting Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

MinusTwo

Several of our local Indie book stores have authors speaking & answering questions & doing readings almost every week - usually in their stores. When Murder By The Book hosted Paula Hawkins, it was at one of the local junior colleges. They are hosting Louise Penny in September at a large down town church and tickets are almost sold out. Next week is Michael Connelly. The event is scheduled for 6:30, but if you're not there by 4pm, there will absolutely be no parking & probably not even standing room inside. I got there an hour early to see C.J. Box and had to stand.

Valstim52

Ah Minus I am so jealous! When I lived in South Florida we had the same offerings. Here in NC not so much. When we do have an author it seems to be at the smallest bookstores. Not a chance of getting in.

Jelson

a few books:

Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me - by Bill Hayes. 50 something year old author and budding photographer comes to NYC to start fresh having suffered the sudden and devastating loss of his lover. One of his few acquaintances in NYC is Oliver Sacks and the book is about his deepening relationship/love affair with NYC and with Dr Sacks- 30 years his senior. Beautiful descriptions of NYC, its sights, sounds and people and of a marvelous relationship between an emotional, affectionate extrovert and a cerebral and reserved genius. I have reserved Hayes's The Anatomist - the book through which he and Dr. Sacks became acquainted in anticipation of reading the book on which they collaborated and Dr. Sacks' autobiography.

The Antiques: a Novel by Kris D'Agostino - the book takes place in Hudson, NY during Hurricane Sandy. Similar in plot to Jonathan Tropper's This is Where I Leave You - but BETTER!!

The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick - a 40 year old who never worked and lived with his mother has to find his way in the world. He has as his guides, the local parish priest who has his own crisis of faith and his young grief counselor who convinces him to attend a grief support group. Many odd/quirkly characters - perhaps the types of people you wouldn't normally engage with. I really enjoyed the book.

The Secrets of Wishtide : a Laetitia Rodd Mystery by Kate Saunders - 1840's England - the widow of a cleric in reduced circumstances helps her younger brother, a lawyer solve crimes. This is the first in what will be a series - I thought it was great - strong women characters and humor - and a convoluted mystery that kept me guessing.

voraciousreader

jelson...i read Bill Hayes book too and loved it! The book resonated with me on so many levels...painful coincidence...one of my dearest friends recently lost her beloved sister (also a friend of mine) to ocular melanoma. The fact that Dr. Sacks also had it and survived a decade was not only a gift to his loved ones, but a gift to all who knew him and those like myself who took such pleasure in reading his books..

pat01

Finished The Lake House by Kate Morton - nice little story set over two generations in England. A clever who done it! Now to finish the Zookeepers Wife before it's due.

MinusTwo

Reading Val Mc Dermid's The Grave Tattoo. Interesting combination of the mystery & myth of whether Fletcher Christian (the Bounty) came back to the English lake district and told his story to William Wordsworth, and the search for a possible manuscript by scholar Jane Gresham. Is the ancient body found in the bog related? Who's killing the oldest generation in a particular family tree who might have a clue to the 200 year old mystery?

Jelson

VR- yes, glad we had Dr. Sacks for as long as we did - I should check how many books he wrote in those last 10 years. Having read Uncle Tungsten I especially loved how he truly loved the periodic table throughout his life - giving Bill samples of the appropriately numbered element from the periodic table for his birthday

. rats, You didn't take the bait on my comparison of The Antiques with Jonathan Tropper's book!!!

voraciousreader

jelson...i did note Tropper...funny..though...i checked him out last week to see if he has anything upcoming...unfortunately not....as you can see from my few posts, I really haven't kept my word on TRYING to read more fiction...I guess that is why I looked up Tropper...trying to get into the groove of attempting to read more fiction...my bad....too much non fiction on my plate now and loving every minute of reading it. Right now, my coffee and night tables are brimming with books...it is so bad that I had to hide some in my car..lest anyone get the idea I am a rabid bookworm... I am pretty lucky though...the DH is consumed in reading three books now, including Daniel Silva's latest thriller, so I am not getting any blow back from him about how much time I am spending on reading....amen.