What is everyone reading for June?

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Anonymous wrote:"I've got your number" by Sophie Kinsella.
It is about a woman whose cell phone was stolen. An hour later, she happens to see a different cell phone in a trash can and decides to keep it. Then she learns from incoming calls and texts that her found phone is a company phone that used to belong to the personal assistant to the boss of a company. She begs the boss to please let her keep it for a few days and promises to forward all messages related to the company to him. Next thing you know, they are both heavily involved in each other's lives.

I thought the book was fun and sweet.
I downloaded it from my library website. This is the fifth book by Sophie Kinsella I have read this year.

Sounds sweet and clever. Putting in on my list - did you know she’s very ill with a brain tumor? Makes me so sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading berry pickers, recommended by a friend. On audiobook, via Libby.

That's at the top of my list so let me know what you think! Especially with the audiobook - I always have a book on my Kindle and an audiobook based on whether or not I like the narrator.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading berry pickers, recommended by a friend. On audiobook, via Libby.

That's at the top of my list so let me know what you think! Especially with the audiobook - I always have a book on my Kindle and an audiobook based on whether or not I like the narrator.

NP - I just read this book and really enjoyed it. A perspective I haven’t seen much about before. Really solid read. Hope you enjoy it!

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Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

What is it about?
Louisa takes a job as companion to Will, an active, successful man who becomes a quadriplegic after an accident. Will wants to end his life but agrees to his mother's request to give it six months. She hires Louisa to try to change Will's mind.

What did you think about it?
Excellent, well written book about a sensitive topic

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
I read Someone Else's Shoes by Moyes and enjoyed it.

How did you acquire the book?
library and Libby for simultaneous audio book listen

I loved that book too along with her other book "Giver Of The Stars" so this month decided to read "Someone Else's Shoes" which I was totally disappointed in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

What is it about?
Louisa takes a job as companion to Will, an active, successful man who becomes a quadriplegic after an accident. Will wants to end his life but agrees to his mother's request to give it six months. She hires Louisa to try to change Will's mind.

What did you think about it?
Excellent, well written book about a sensitive topic

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
I read Someone Else's Shoes by Moyes and enjoyed it.

How did you acquire the book?
library and Libby for simultaneous audio book listen

I loved that book too along with her other book "Giver Of The Stars" so this month decided to read "Someone Else's Shoes" which I was totally disappointed in

Yes shoes was disappointing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I've got your number" by Sophie Kinsella.
It is about a woman whose cell phone was stolen. An hour later, she happens to see a different cell phone in a trash can and decides to keep it. Then she learns from incoming calls and texts that her found phone is a company phone that used to belong to the personal assistant to the boss of a company. She begs the boss to please let her keep it for a few days and promises to forward all messages related to the company to him. Next thing you know, they are both heavily involved in each other's lives.

I thought the book was fun and sweet.
I downloaded it from my library website. This is the fifth book by Sophie Kinsella I have read this year.

Sounds sweet and clever. Putting in on my list - did you know she’s very ill with a brain tumor? Makes me so sad.

Yes, I knew about her brain tumor. Learned about it when someone posted on here recently. So very sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading berry pickers, recommended by a friend. On audiobook, via Libby.

That's at the top of my list so let me know what you think! Especially with the audiobook - I always have a book on my Kindle and an audiobook based on whether or not I like the narrator.

NP - I just read this book and really enjoyed it. A perspective I haven’t seen much about before. Really solid read. Hope you enjoy it!

I also read this book. Earlier this year my library had about 50 copies of the book available on Libby and I downloaded it then. Now my library has 2 copies with 33 people on the waiting list. I thought it was excellent. And I am glad I downloaded it when I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

What is it about?
Louisa takes a job as companion to Will, an active, successful man who becomes a quadriplegic after an accident. Will wants to end his life but agrees to his mother's request to give it six months. She hires Louisa to try to change Will's mind.

What did you think about it?
Excellent, well written book about a sensitive topic

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
I read Someone Else's Shoes by Moyes and enjoyed it.

How did you acquire the book?
library and Libby for simultaneous audio book listen

I loved that book too along with her other book "Giver Of The Stars" so this month decided to read "Someone Else's Shoes" which I was totally disappointed in

Yes shoes was disappointing

Oh, for me, I liked "Someone Else's Shoes" way more than "Giver of the Stars".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
What is it about?
What did you think about it?
Why did you pick that particular book to read?
How did you acquire the book?

I just finished listening to "Crazy Rich Asians".
It is about a woman who finds out her boyfriend of 2 years comes from a very wealthy family. She is Asian, but has always lived in America. He grew up in Singapore. She accompanies him on a trip back to his home country where he is the best man in a wedding for his childhood buddy.

I thought the basic story was good. However, easily one third of the book was descriptions of clothes / jewelry / furnishings / decor / purses / shoes, etc. I would have much preferred a condensed version of the book instead of all that. There are 2 sequels but I don't plan to read them.
I picked that book to read because it sounded fun.
Downloaded it from my library website.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, the intertwined narratives of Sarah Grimke (of the Grimke sisters) and "Handful" one of the Grimke family slaves. I hadn't read the author before was surprised by how good it was--both compelling subject matter and well-written. I am not sure why I had such minimal expectations, perhaps because the little I heard of the Secret Life of Bees movie seemed a little "Hallmark"-ish? Anyway, I def recommend, and will probably go off to read other Kidd books in the next months.

This is my favorite book ever. The Four Winds was a good follow up

I'm reading What Alice Forgot now. Alice hits her head and forgets 10 years of her life. The story is good, now that I'm 75% done with it. I felt very lost the first few chapters (I hate those kinds of books where you learn more about characters after reading for an hour.) I also don't like how long the chapters are. It's much easier to read 2-3 five minute chapters than a 15 minute long one. I got the book through the Libby/Kindle.

I read "What Alice Forgot" a year or two ago. I liked it. I mentioned that I had read it in one of the previous monthly "what are you reading" threads here and a bunch of people chimed in that they too had enjoyed that book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

What is it about?
Louisa takes a job as companion to Will, an active, successful man who becomes a quadriplegic after an accident. Will wants to end his life but agrees to his mother's request to give it six months. She hires Louisa to try to change Will's mind.

What did you think about it?
Excellent, well written book about a sensitive topic

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
I read Someone Else's Shoes by Moyes and enjoyed it.

How did you acquire the book?
library and Libby for simultaneous audio book listen

I loved that book too along with her other book "Giver Of The Stars" so this month decided to read "Someone Else's Shoes" which I was totally disappointed in

Yes shoes was disappointing

It was a DNF for me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, the intertwined narratives of Sarah Grimke (of the Grimke sisters) and "Handful" one of the Grimke family slaves. I hadn't read the author before was surprised by how good it was--both compelling subject matter and well-written. I am not sure why I had such minimal expectations, perhaps because the little I heard of the Secret Life of Bees movie seemed a little "Hallmark"-ish? Anyway, I def recommend, and will probably go off to read other Kidd books in the next months.

I LOVED this book. I also loved The Secret Life of Bees. I’ve never seen the movie. I am having a hard time getting into The Book of Longings for some reason.

Absolutely loved Invention of Wings as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you reading this month?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

What is it about?
Louisa takes a job as companion to Will, an active, successful man who becomes a quadriplegic after an accident. Will wants to end his life but agrees to his mother's request to give it six months. She hires Louisa to try to change Will's mind.

What did you think about it?
Excellent, well written book about a sensitive topic

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
I read Someone Else's Shoes by Moyes and enjoyed it.

How did you acquire the book?
library and Libby for simultaneous audio book listen

I loved that book too along with her other book "Giver Of The Stars" so this month decided to read "Someone Else's Shoes" which I was totally disappointed in

Yes shoes was disappointing

Oh, for me, I liked "Someone Else's Shoes" way more than "Giver of the Stars".

Ha, me too! Although that may have been because I read Someone Else's Shoes and I listened to Giver of the Stars and I thought the narrator was boring as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading berry pickers, recommended by a friend. On audiobook, via Libby.

That's at the top of my list so let me know what you think! Especially with the audiobook - I always have a book on my Kindle and an audiobook based on whether or not I like the narrator.

NP - I just read this book and really enjoyed it. A perspective I haven’t seen much about before. Really solid read. Hope you enjoy it!

Another NP and I really liked it too. Good writing and the perspectives were interesting.

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Table for Two by Amor Towles

I picked it because I love his writing and it really shines in this book which is a series of short stories.

So far I am really enjoying it. But, I should note that a lot of the characters are very familiar to me and it turns out he is a friend of friends so I know the world he inhabits.

Bought it on Kindle.