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I just wanted to give a mod to the Count of a Monte Cristo. I read that on a vacation a few years back and loved it. I used to watch the movie on every summer vacation, now I try to reread that book as often as possible. I'm not a vengeful guy but that's the ultimate story of vengeance. I just love it. And it's a book that I can get free.

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I will occasionally get a recommendation for something that's tangential to what I've been reading (I remember reading the Adventures of Kavalier and Clay which was a fiction book about comic book writers and it was such a great book.

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School for Good Mothers—incredibly heartbreaking, but one of the best books I’ve read in years.

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Anonymous wrote:School for Good Mothers—incredibly heartbreaking, but one of the best books I’ve read in years.

I thought this was a super interesting book but I couldn’t stand the main character and found it totally unrealistic how understanding and supportive her family was about the situation.

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I just re-read The Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis. It’s been a decade. This book gave me a huge hangover after I read it the first time.

The protagonist is a woman. We are in the future, in Britain. Time travel to the past is a thing that happens. There was an error in the travel plans and our protag was sent to the wrong year, to the black plague. The story follows both her experience as well as those in her current time trying to get her back. I thought it was incredible. It also made me cry. The first time and this time.

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Anonymous wrote:Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (OP mentioned The Power so I thought sci fi may be ok)
In case you haven't read it yet, The Matrix by Lauren Groff (no relation to the movie- I recommend this book to everyone)
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende (this is older but I just read it and she is so good)
In the Quick by Kate Hope Day
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Searle
Agree with above recommendations, Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen (just keep going, it gets better. -it's fast)

OP here - thank you!

I loved Space Between Worlds!! Not always a sci-fi girl, not I thought that book was multi-faceted and terrific!! I liked The Verifiers, too, but not nearly as much. The main character just didn’t move me - I had a hard time caring for some reason.

Can’t wait to check out the others you recommended! Thanks so much for taking the time!!

DP - I just finished Space Between Worlds an absolutely loved it! It's scifi but not so hardcore, really more about the characters than anything. So beautifully written, too. Thanks for the recc!

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Anonymous wrote:Circe

So VERY good! I've been meaning to read Achilles.

My book recommendation is Purple Hibiscus. I don't really read a whole lot of meaningful books anymore, but this was incredibly powerful, easy and difficult to read at the same time.

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I’m going to re-read some of the books by Batya Gur — one of my favorite writers. I’ll probably do them in order, so, I’ll start with Saturday Morning Murder — a Psychoanalytic Case. I like the way that each of her books provides deep dives into very specific sub-cultures that outsiders don’t often get to see.

I also might do some lighter reading as we head into winter, so, maybe some of Angela Thirkell’s books.

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Anonymous wrote:Is tommorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow a romance? The blurb makes it sound like it’s about a “not like other romances” romance from the beginning as childhood friends and how they navigate career success.

Also, if you are an “oregon trail” generation who wasn’t and isn’t into video games, would you still like it?

I fit that description - born in the 70s and not the least bit into video games - and I loved it. (I didn’t even know Oregon trail was a game IRL. I assumed it was made up for this book.)

Same here. Absolutely loved this book. Gabrielle Zevin is such a smart, empathetic writer.

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Anonymous wrote:Is tommorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow a romance? The blurb makes it sound like it’s about a “not like other romances” romance from the beginning as childhood friends and how they navigate career success.

Also, if you are an “oregon trail” generation who wasn’t and isn’t into video games, would you still like it?

I fit that description - born in the 70s and not the least bit into video games - and I loved it. (I didn’t even know Oregon trail was a game IRL. I assumed it was made up for this book.)

Same here. Absolutely loved this book. Gabrielle Zevin is such a smart, empathetic writer.

I’m on the reserves list for this and really look forward to it!

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Anonymous wrote:School for Good Mothers—incredibly heartbreaking, but one of the best books I’ve read in years.

I thought this was a super interesting book but I couldn’t stand the main character and found it totally unrealistic how understanding and supportive her family was about the situation.

DP, I agree that it was in interesting premise and definitely heartbreaking in theory but the book just didn't land for me either. I hated the writing style (was it the constant present tense?) and felt like this book that was meant to be very deep was barely skimming the surface.

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Anonymous wrote:School for Good Mothers—incredibly heartbreaking, but one of the best books I’ve read in years.

I thought this was a super interesting book but I couldn’t stand the main character and found it totally unrealistic how understanding and supportive her family was about the situation.

DP, I agree that it was in interesting premise and definitely heartbreaking in theory but the book just didn't land for me either. I hated the writing style (was it the constant present tense?) and felt like this book that was meant to be very deep was barely skimming the surface.

School for Good Mothers was my least favorite book this year so far. I think it's either love it or hate it.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite books this year was Erotic Stories by Punjabi Widows-- woman centered with a mystery and I guess you can read it and figure out the title! Loved the book.

I really enjoyed that, too!

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Anonymous wrote:Circe

So VERY good! I've been meaning to read Achilles.

My book recommendation is Purple Hibiscus. I don't really read a whole lot of meaningful books anymore, but this was incredibly powerful, easy and difficult to read at the same time.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche is a very powerful thinker, writer, and speaker. That book is great, but I think my favorite of hers is Half of a Yellow Sun.