What are you reading for June?

[Anonymous]

I read the City of Girls last summer and loved it (but it did drag a bit in the middle - in my opinion)

Loved Counterfeit

Reading the Boys' Club right now and really enjoying it. I think it came up as a "suggested book" in Libby.

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Anonymous wrote:Quietly Hostile - funny, quick read
The Case of the Missing Servant - cozyish mystery
Don’t Think Dear - memoir about elite ballet

I read the entire series and just loved it. although the last book dragged a bit.

Genuinely curious what makes a mystery “cozyish”????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quietly Hostile - funny, quick read
The Case of the Missing Servant - cozyish mystery
Don’t Think Dear - memoir about elite ballet

I read the entire series and just loved it. although the last book dragged a bit.

Genuinely curious what makes a mystery “cozyish”????

No explicit descriptions of violence. Not a police procedural. Often they are the books with puns in titles. They are mysteries, but they are gentle and light hearted.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, which was fun. Before that read Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. Was disappointed. I kept waiting for it to go deep, but it never did.

I finished listening to "Apples Never Fall last night. I thought it was awesome. Very long, but still awesome.

It is about a couple who are recently retired and snapping at each other. One day the wife disappears. Maybe the husband murdered her. Maybe not.

I also listened to another book by Liane Moriarty this month. That book was called, "Three Wishes." It is about triplet sisters. The book covers their lives from their 33rd birthday to their 34th birthday. It was okay. Ehh.

On another thread, another poster and I mentioned books that needed an editor. Apples Never Fall was in that category for me. If someone tightened it up by 100-150 pages it would have been a much stronger book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quietly Hostile - funny, quick read
The Case of the Missing Servant - cozyish mystery
Don’t Think Dear - memoir about elite ballet

I read the entire series and just loved it. although the last book dragged a bit.

Genuinely curious what makes a mystery “cozyish”????

No explicit descriptions of violence. Not a police procedural. Often they are the books with puns in titles. They are mysteries, but they are gentle and light hearted.

A Cozy is set in a community like a village, lots of domestic scenes. The phrase was coined by Julia Crouch in the UK

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished Counterfeit about luxury bag knockoffs, which was light and fun and above average for something in that “class” of book.

The Covenant of Water was worthwhile but it could have been 1/3 to 1/2 shorter. There’s no comparison to Cutting for Stone, but if judged on its own it’s somewhere between ok and good.

I am in line for Lone Women, Yellowface, and a new book about hackers.

What's the new book about hackers?

Sorry for the late response! The new hacker book is “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing.” If you like dark tech narrative nonfiction, I highly recommend “Tracers in the Dark” on cryptocurrency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm going to the UK later this month and wanted to take in some historical fiction before going. I tried to get into Wolf Hall (ten years exactly after trying the first time lol) but I guess it's just not for me so I'm now into The Last Tudor and liking it!

Bring up the Bodies is much, much better than Wolf Hall! and you can read it cold without Wolf Hall! I hope you give Mantel another chance because she’s amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Reading Weyward by Emilia Hart--I am really enjoying it. It's easy to get into, which is important to me since work has been stressful and busy.

This came across my bookTok. Is it heavy on motherhood, though? I’m going through some issues and don’t want yo read a lot about babies, pregnancy, mothering, etc.

[Anonymous]

Currently reading The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty. Enjoying it.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, which was fun. Before that read Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. Was disappointed. I kept waiting for it to go deep, but it never did.

I finished listening to "Apples Never Fall last night. I thought it was awesome. Very long, but still awesome.

It is about a couple who are recently retired and snapping at each other. One day the wife disappears. Maybe the husband murdered her. Maybe not.

I also listened to another book by Liane Moriarty this month. That book was called, "Three Wishes." It is about triplet sisters. The book covers their lives from their 33rd birthday to their 34th birthday. It was okay. Ehh.

On another thread, another poster and I mentioned books that needed an editor. Apples Never Fall was in that category for me. If someone tightened it up by 100-150 pages it would have been a much stronger book.

I am the person who said Apples Never Fall was awesome but long.
I totally agree with you that it needed to be tightened up. There was so much detail about refrigerator magnets. And meals. And wedding details for the police woman. And tennis. So much tennis. It made me wonder if tennis is maybe super duper popular in Australia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quietly Hostile - funny, quick read
The Case of the Missing Servant - cozyish mystery
Don’t Think Dear - memoir about elite ballet

I read the entire series and just loved it. although the last book dragged a bit.

Genuinely curious what makes a mystery “cozyish”????

No explicit descriptions of violence. Not a police procedural. Often they are the books with puns in titles. They are mysteries, but they are gentle and light hearted.

A Cozy is set in a community like a village, lots of domestic scenes. The phrase was coined by Julia Crouch in the UK

Thanks for the definition of a Cozy mystery. I too have wondered when a book should be called a cozy mystery vs. just a mystery.

[Anonymous]

I’m reading Carrie Soto is Back at the beach. It’s a pretty good beach read - more about tennis than I was expecting, but I like it. I’m 80% through it and unless I dislike the ending, will likely give it 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

[Anonymous]

Just finished Hello, Beautiful - different than I thought it would be but enjoyed it.

On my to read list:
The Light Pirate - book club pick
Class - looked interesting when I saw it at library
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - recommended by others

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, which was fun. Before that read Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. Was disappointed. I kept waiting for it to go deep, but it never did.

I finished listening to "Apples Never Fall last night. I thought it was awesome. Very long, but still awesome.

It is about a couple who are recently retired and snapping at each other. One day the wife disappears. Maybe the husband murdered her. Maybe not.

I also listened to another book by Liane Moriarty this month. That book was called, "Three Wishes." It is about triplet sisters. The book covers their lives from their 33rd birthday to their 34th birthday. It was okay. Ehh.

On another thread, another poster and I mentioned books that needed an editor. Apples Never Fall was in that category for me. If someone tightened it up by 100-150 pages it would have been a much stronger book.

I gave up on that book partway through because it felt so interminable - ended up just reading spoilers to give myself the narrative closure!

[Anonymous]

I'm reading The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandal (who wrote Station Eleven).

So far it's excellent and I cannot put it down. What is has that Station 11 didn't is a driving plot line from the start, a minor mystery. We get the story in different chronological orders but it works very well, not like a bad flashback in a movie.