February 2025 - What are you reading?

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Anonymous wrote:My book club read The Wedding People for this month's selection. In my opinion, it's a bit of a beach read but I LOVED IT! As did many members in our group. We needed it after two months of Vietnam selections - one was TERRIFIC and one was not but both were heavy.

Haha, I got criticized last month for saying the same (that it was a light read). I loved it too.

I’m finishing up “The Ship Beneath the Ice” about the discovery of the Endurance by the Director of Exploration. It’s fascinating.

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The Physician based on a recommendation from this forum (I think it was a thread about historical fiction). It's about a boy who can sense when someone is about to die. Good so far but long. I'm not a fast reader so will probably still be reading it in March too.

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I’m about 1/3 into “Here One Moment”, the newest Liane Moriarty. I got it after a 4 month wait at the library and so far I’m sorry to say it hasn’t been worth the wait. I’d really enjoyed What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies but her recent stuff hasn’t impressed me much.

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Anonymous wrote:We All Want Impossible Things. I liked Sandwich and this is the same author. Not great literature, but a quick read and good (but sad) story.

I couldn’t get into Sandwich but read We All Want Impossible Things last month and liked it.

A few of my friends have been dealing with grief lately (death of parents following long illness/hospice), and I found that part of the story quite touching. Including that it was drawn out rather than wrapped up quickly and neatly. Helped me sit with the emotions longer than I would otherwise.

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I just finished Sky Full of Elephants, by Cebo Campbell. Substantive and thought-provoking but not heavy. Full of beautiful imagery and poetic language. (Audio version was excellent!)

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Anonymous wrote:I’m about 1/3 into “Here One Moment”, the newest Liane Moriarty. I got it after a 4 month wait at the library and so far I’m sorry to say it hasn’t been worth the wait. I’d really enjoyed What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies but her recent stuff hasn’t impressed me much.

It’s so long. I think if you don’t like it in the beginning, you’re not going to like it. Why not DNF it?

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Just finished: the Three Body Problem…sci-fi about alien contact. It built a bit of intrigue and was a fast read for me (though I definitely skimmed through some of the science/physics pieces). We are definitely in a Chaotic Era! I don’t know if I’ll read the rest of the series, maybe later this year.

Continuing:
- Stoned: NF about how gems and jewelry have shaped history, I’m enjoying it and glad to have both the ebook and audio versions.
- Demon Copperhead: Loving this, though had to put it down for a few days when the character was about to make bad choices (I am very invested in them!).

Starting: The Light We Carry (hardcover that’s been on my TBR for awhile, plus just got the audio too…)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My book club read The Wedding People for this month's selection. In my opinion, it's a bit of a beach read but I LOVED IT! As did many members in our group. We needed it after two months of Vietnam selections - one was TERRIFIC and one was not but both were heavy.

What was the terrific one?

Not this poster but "The Women" was amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My book club read The Wedding People for this month's selection. In my opinion, it's a bit of a beach read but I LOVED IT! As did many members in our group. We needed it after two months of Vietnam selections - one was TERRIFIC and one was not but both were heavy.

What was the terrific one?

Not this poster but "The Women" was amazing.

I also liked The Women, but admit that I'm a millennial. I really want my MIL, who is from that generation, to read it and let me know what she thinks.

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Anonymous wrote:My book club read The Wedding People for this month's selection. In my opinion, it's a bit of a beach read but I LOVED IT! As did many members in our group. We needed it after two months of Vietnam selections - one was TERRIFIC and one was not but both were heavy.

I'm one who disliked The Wedding People. It really bothered me that the main character seemed to think it was okay to be into the groom and to seek his attentions. It gave me an icky feeling. Yuck.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My book club read The Wedding People for this month's selection. In my opinion, it's a bit of a beach read but I LOVED IT! As did many members in our group. We needed it after two months of Vietnam selections - one was TERRIFIC and one was not but both were heavy.

What was the terrific one?

The Women!

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished: the Three Body Problem…sci-fi about alien contact. It built a bit of intrigue and was a fast read for me (though I definitely skimmed through some of the science/physics pieces). We are definitely in a Chaotic Era! I don’t know if I’ll read the rest of the series, maybe later this year.

Continuing:
- Stoned: NF about how gems and jewelry have shaped history, I’m enjoying it and glad to have both the ebook and audio versions.
- Demon Copperhead: Loving this, though had to put it down for a few days when the character was about to make bad choices (I am very invested in them!).

Starting: The Light We Carry (hardcover that’s been on my TBR for awhile, plus just got the audio too…)

I think there's a show streaming as well. I'm always a bit intrigued by the blurb but then it's never pulled me in.
Was the book worth it?

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I’m reading Bright Young Women, a novel based on a true event where several sorority sisters were murdered in the 1970s by a serial killer. I can already tell it’s going to be a page turner

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I just finished "The Littlest Library" by Poppy Alexander.
It is about a young woman who loses her job as a librarian and decides to use her inheritance to buy a cottage in the country. It was a very British book. There is an old phone booth on the property and she decides to use it as a tiny library for the community to use. By the end of the book, everyone in the whole town lives happily ever after because of her little library.
I liked it. But sometimes there were too many details, in my opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished "The Littlest Library" by Poppy Alexander.
It is about a young woman who loses her job as a librarian and decides to use her inheritance to buy a cottage in the country. It was a very British book. There is an old phone booth on the property and she decides to use it as a tiny library for the community to use. By the end of the book, everyone in the whole town lives happily ever after because of her little library.
I liked it. But sometimes there were too many details, in my opinion.

That sounds sweet. You might enjoy The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, which has some similarities except a van becomes a mobile bookshop in a sleepy village.