what are you reading for july?

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Anonymous wrote:To the poster who mentioned Brooklyn by Colm Tobin. Be sure to read the sequel called Long Island.

That's actually why I decided to read Brooklyn which I just finished. I was disappointed in the ending, didn't think it rang true to the character, but I do want to read Long Island which I've heard lots of good things about.

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I finished the book "Lost Lake" by Sarah Addison Allen a few days ago.
It is about a woman with an 8 year old daughter who was widowed a year earlier. She is in the process of packing up the contents of her house and planning to move in with her MIL, when she comes across an old letter from a great aunt. The great aunt runs a small resort -- 13 cabins and a main house around a lake -- in south Georgia, and the letter says to come visit sometime. So the woman and her daughter decide to go visit the great aunt. The resort has become run down, the aunt is thinking about selling it now that she is older. The newly widowed woman decides to use the proceeds from the sale of her house to fix up the resort and live there forever.

I thought it was a fun read. It is a book I picked up at the thrift shop a few years back. I find it really fun to tell myself I am "tidying up" by sitting on my butt for ten hours reading a book so I can donate it and get it off my bookshelf.

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I just finished Lucky by Jane Smiley. I love Jane Smiley but hated this book. It’s slow and meandering.

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I listened to an audiobook called "Dead End in Norvelt". It is a kids book, and I am not a kid, but every now and then I see a kids book available on overdrive that sounds appealing so I decide to read it / listen to it.
It was about a 12 year old boy who is hired by the elderly neighbor lady to help her write obituaries for the local newspaper. The old lady has really bad arthritis in her hands and can't write well anymore. She dictates what to write down for the obituary, her writes it down and then delivers it to the newspaper.

I enjoyed it. thought it was a fun book.

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I’m working on

The Clockmaker’s Daughter - Kate Morton - this is one of the most annoying books I’ve ever read. There is a huge cast of characters, a lot of coinciding storylines, and the pace is very slow. I’ve been skipping over 10-20 pages at a time hoping the author will get to the point. I am interested in finding out what happens in the end, but otherwise this would be a DNF.


Beartown - Fredrik Backman - I love Backman’s writing style, so while the topics aren’t my favorite, I am enjoying his take on them.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m working on

The Clockmaker’s Daughter - Kate Morton - this is one of the most annoying books I’ve ever read. There is a huge cast of characters, a lot of coinciding storylines, and the pace is very slow. I’ve been skipping over 10-20 pages at a time hoping the author will get to the point. I am interested in finding out what happens in the end, but otherwise this would be a DNF.


Beartown - Fredrik Backman - I love Backman’s writing style, so while the topics aren’t my favorite, I am enjoying his take on them.

Regarding your take on the Clockmaker's daughter -- I have not read it, but agree on the annoyances you are mentioned. Those are things I get annoyed with too. Too many characters / coinciding storylines. Another thing I get annoyed with in books is jumping back and forth in time.

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"One True Loves" by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
It is about a 31 year old woman whose husband died in a helicopter crash over the Pacific ocean. She mourns him for two years, then starts dating again and eventually gets engaged. After her husband has been dead for close to four years, he reappears. He had been on an island all this time.
So basically, if you ever saw the movie "cast away", this book is about the point of view of Helen Hunt's character in the movie.

I thought the book was very good. I even cried a little. Downloaded it from my library website.

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Anonymous wrote:At the beach, I read couple of detective mysteries written by MC Beaton.. on recommendation from DCUM. A cozy British Murder Mystery Series; one is about a police constable, Hamish MacBeth and another about a middle age busy body named, Agatha Raisin. I thoroughly enjoyed both.

Love love love Agatha Raisin.

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Currently Listening to "the best strangers in the world" by Ari Shapiro

I am thoroughly enjoying it. He's reading the book so it's his voice, which I'm already familiar with from NPR.

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Could not put down God of the Woods, about 2 children from the same family, owners of the camp, having gone missing two decades apart, 1960s and 1970s, fiction, mystery, multiple perspectives

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“Half of a Yellow Sun.” Enjoying it a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker & I am dying to talk about why people rated this book almost 5 stars on Goodreads! I don’t get it & at almost 600 pages, I think it could have been so much shorter. I was really into it in the beginning & then just had to finish it out of spite.

But I loved the book One’s Company & highly recommend it!! Especially if you watched Three’s Company growing up!

Can you please tell me the ending? I didn't finish it before my libby account automatically returned it for me and really don't feel like waiting 20 weeks to learn the ending of a book that I was disliking more and more, but every review seems to talk about this great ending and I'm just not buying it.

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The Storied Life of A.J. Fickery by Gabrielle Zevin.
It is about a guy who runs a bookstore. Someone abandons a toddler in the store and he decides to raise it.
I finished it a couple days ago. I thought it was good.

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Am almost done reading “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham and must say this is the first time in awhile that I have thoroughly enjoyed a John Grisham novel in awhile.

This book has me completely hooked!
Also I just read the newest Frieda McFadden Housemaid novel & it was seriously good suspenseful fluff.
A perfect summer read.

I love HGTV but think Tarek El Moussa’s book about “Flipping Your Life” was a huge flop!

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Just finished Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger. Fascinating autobiography from a celebrated Southern pastry chef. Fast read and an interesting window into today's culinary world from the lens of a woman.