Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Change - read recently based on DCUM. Revenge fantasy about women who get witchy powers after menopause. A little over the top but fun.

Slightly more rooted in reality, but also a story of menopause: Wayward by Dana Spiotta -- maybe my favorite book of 2022

OP here - YES! I loved that book!! Have you read anything else she's written? I've been meaning to try her earlier books . . . .

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I just finished the Luminaries and really liked it. It is not woman focused at all.

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Viola Davis new memoir called Finding Me. Very inspiring, she is a survivor and a resilient lady.

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Anonymous wrote:Viola Davis new memoir called Finding Me. Very inspiring, she is a survivor and a resilient lady.

Sorry! I just read that you wanted fiction!

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I just finished Ann Patchett’s The Patron Saint of Liars and enjoyed that.

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I love Naomi Novik's "Spinning Silver" which is heavily influenced by Eastern European fairy tales and has 2 women as the main characters. Their stories start out separately but then become intertwined. It's beautifully written and I like the book version as much as the audio version.

I also 2nd the recommendation for Nothing to See Here.

The audio version of Daisy Jones and the Six is amazing!


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36896898-spinning-silver?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mYn66gctdA&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42519313-nothing-to-see-here?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6zidrnY35I&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40597810-daisy-jones-the-six?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4iq9dQiR8m&rank=1

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Anonymous wrote:The Cartographers

I was just going to suggest this. I’m currently reading and enjoying it.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Naomi Novik's "Spinning Silver" which is heavily influenced by Eastern European fairy tales and has 2 women as the main characters. Their stories start out separately but then become intertwined. It's beautifully written and I like the book version as much as the audio version.

I also 2nd the recommendation for Nothing to See Here.

The audio version of Daisy Jones and the Six is amazing!


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36896898-spinning-silver?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mYn66gctdA&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42519313-nothing-to-see-here?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6zidrnY35I&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40597810-daisy-jones-the-six?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4iq9dQiR8m&rank=1

+1 on spinning silver!

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Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, ahead of the forthcoming movie

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I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Watkins


Her effed up childhood reminded me of my own

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I also liked Wayward, just finished it.

Circe
Remarkably Bright Creatures
An American Marriage
The Dutch House
If You Leave Me
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Change
Homegoing

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If you haven't read them already, I'd recommend:

Sorrow and Bliss
The Great Believers

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My Brilliant Friend.

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Wow - thanks everyone!! I’ve read and enjoyed more than a few books on this thread, so we’re definitely on the same wavelength. Can’t wait to check out the others! (For those who liked Circe, did you also read Song of Achilles? My teen DD and mother both raced about it recently!)

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Raved, not raced. 😉