What are you reading for September?

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I just finished If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery and plan to start Happiness Falls by by Angie Kim tonight.

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New Zadie Smith, new James Ellroy, new Knausgaard.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery and plan to start Happiness Falls by by Angie Kim tonight.

What did you think? I've just got my copy here now, to start.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery and plan to start Happiness Falls by by Angie Kim tonight.

What did you think? I've just got my copy here now, to start.

I went in Knowing nothing about the book other than it is on the Booker long list. It took me a bit to realize it was a book of short, but interconnected stories. Overall I liked it, but would have preferred one continuous story b/c I wanted to know what I was “missing” between the stories and the characters. 4/5 stars

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery and plan to start Happiness Falls by by Angie Kim tonight.

What did you think? I've just got my copy here now, to start.

I went in Knowing nothing about the book other than it is on the Booker long list. It took me a bit to realize it was a book of short, but interconnected stories. Overall I liked it, but would have preferred one continuous story b/c I wanted to know what I was “missing” between the stories and the characters. 4/5 stars

Thanks that's helpful. I also thought it was one complete novel but the fly cover hints at the fact they are stories, without quite addressing it directly (I wonder why they avoided the obvious but no matter). I'll read it tonight. Thanks for the rating too - helpful!

[Anonymous]

Finally getting to The Overstory. I have two work trips and will definitely finish it on the plane.

[Anonymous]

Just finished Lady Tan’s Circle of Women and started The Lost Man by Jane Harper

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Lady Tan’s Circle of Women and started The Lost Man by Jane Harper

I just bought Lady Tan's, did you like it?

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Lady Tan’s Circle of Women and started The Lost Man by Jane Harper

I just bought Lady Tan's, did you like it?

I loved it. I was worried the author would struggle to create a satisfactory ending— difficult always with historical fiction around a real individual— but it was excellent.

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Anonymous wrote:I have literally never heard of any of these books, other than the one I mentioned. I don't know how or why that is the case. Any ideas?

I am the Floating Feldmans person. I get almost all my books from my library overdrive /libby website. I never ask to be put on a wait list for a book. I haven't been to my local library in person in years. There are thousands of books that are available to download and seem interesting to me, so I just keep paging through what is available on the library website until I find something that appeals to me at the moment.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished Lady Tan’s Circle of Women and started The Lost Man by Jane Harper

I just bought Lady Tan's, did you like it?

I loved it. I was worried the author would struggle to create a satisfactory ending— difficult always with historical fiction around a real individual— but it was excellent.

Excellent, thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished Lady Tan’s Circle of Women and started The Lost Man by Jane Harper

I just bought Lady Tan's, did you like it?

I loved it. I was worried the author would struggle to create a satisfactory ending— difficult always with historical fiction around a real individual— but it was excellent.

I liked it as well. I've been a bit disappointed with Lisa See books since Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, but really enjoyed this one.

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Anonymous wrote:Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

I enjoyed Tom Lake. I love Ann Patchett.

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Finished Tom Lake this week, it was good. I am from a farming family and got nostalgic and guilt about not carrying on my family farm, though.

I grew up and bought a new farm 3 states away, and have sworn not to make my kids feel an obligation to keep it going. We are going to sell it when we retire and travel the world for months at a time, then get a small place near our grown kids.

I honestly cried a few times from the guilt. Our family farm has been with us for 4 generations but I can’t make a living there. I love it so much, but there is no future in it.

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Anonymous wrote:Finished Tom Lake this week, it was good. I am from a farming family and got nostalgic and guilt about not carrying on my family farm, though.

I grew up and bought a new farm 3 states away, and have sworn not to make my kids feel an obligation to keep it going. We are going to sell it when we retire and travel the world for months at a time, then get a small place near our grown kids.

I honestly cried a few times from the guilt. Our family farm has been with us for 4 generations but I can’t make a living there. I love it so much, but there is no future in it.

Meh. Books forum. Take the farm story to therapy.