Book Lovers Club

Dedicated to Patience, Fortitude, and VR.

Finished book #6 in the Outlander series and decided to wait a while for the last two. They're good books but lengthy and better saved for Winter.

Then read three just-OK books, the newer one on loan from mom and the others from the bargain bin at Half-Price Books. The Wolf (2014) by Lorenzo Carcaterra (organized crime versus terrorists), State of Fear (2004) by Michael Crichton (the environmental movement is co-opted and used to increase public fear and corporate profit), and Cemetery Dance (2009) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (voodoo and zombies in NYC).

Now finishing an excellent book: The Women in the Castle (2017) by Jessica Shattuck (three widows of German resisters, killed after the failed plot to assassinate Hitler, come together in a crumbling Bavarian castle at the end of WWII).

Ruth - LOVE the T-shirt.

Reading Sara Paretsky's Breakdown (2012). I haven't read one of her books in awhile. Easy reading & I like her sarcastic sense of humor. Plus I enjoy all the detail about Chicago.

Happy National Book Lover'sDay!

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." - B.F. Skinner

Ruthbru, a shrine to books! Makes me drool...

Just completed How To Stop Time, by Matt Haig. To be honest, I had not been emotionally engaged with the main protagonist, even up to the last page. It's gotten rave reviews ,clearly, I'm not 5* wowed, the dialog seemed wooden and a clunky whirlwind ending that I'd expect from a novice novelist. Will be a film with Benedict Cumberbatchi to star as the film rights have been acquired by Cumberbatch's production company.

Lazily behind on my reading, have two more summer reads to reach for (yup, it's nearly autumn) Tin Man by Sarah Winman and The Lightkeeper's Daughters, by Jean E. Pendziwol.

MJ, does your library do inter-library loans? Mine here in Podunk does so maybe yours does, too.

A recent example is Born Bright. The southwest library system had just one book, in large-print, which I can't abide. I called and they'll search in the neighboring south central library system that includes Madison, which is sure to have it, and e-mail me when it's in. LOVE my library! ♥

Tappermom...Lucky you to have such wide access to books although even in the libraries I have access to it is rare that I cannot get what I'm looking for. It is usually a surprise when one of my requested books is available after I've been in the queue for some time. A nice surprise I must add.

I've just started Lab girl by Hope Jahren. It is science memoir and Hope is a scientist specializing in fossilized plants. I'm only a few pages in and I already like Hope as she begins by giving a vivid account of growing up in Minnesota in a Scandinavian family where sharing anything personal is frowned upon. My ex is from MN, of Norwegian descent, so I have a bit of a window on that non-communication style.

Hello Book Lovers, this is my first post to this thread. I'm a retired librarian. I worked in both public and academic libraries.

Tessu, yes, I enjoyed Snow Falling on Cedars. My book club discussed American Gods a couple of months ago.

My all time go to favorite authors for a good page turning read are:

John Grisham

Lee Child

Daniel Silva

Tony Hillerman and continued by his daughter, Anne Hillerman

Some of my favorite titles are: A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss and A Land More Kind than True my Wiley Cash.

When I want to read something challenging I try William Faulkner (better for me in a group discussion.)

For laugh-out-loud funny, I go back to Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love or Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons.

For my overnight stay in the hospital I brought a book of poetry.

Happy reading, everyone

Welcome, Marilyn!

Born Bright came in from inter-library loan. Set aside Jason Bourne and dove right in. Here's the foreword:

We are all born bright. The difference between you and me is small. From the start, we all have the same potential for greatness and reach for the same things. However, our experiences and interactions with the world and the denial of humanity in very subtle but meaningful ways threaten the light. And then it is gone.

After going dark, some of us learn to reignite ourselves.

- Dr. C. Nicole Mason

LOVE Kent Haruf.

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