July 2025 -- What are you reading?

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Anonymous wrote:I am listening to "The Wedding People" but I don't know if I will be able to finish it before my Libby library time runs out.

A couple weeks ago I decided to get in line on the Libby website for my library for this book, since many on here have mentioned that they enjoyed it. Libby said I was number 168 in line to be able to access the book and it would be a 14 week wait. Then, 4 days ago Libby said I could skip to the front of the line right away, but only if I keep the book for one week only. Of course I downloaded it, but I am pretty busy this week and I am almost resenting this 12 hour long book just because it feels like yet another obligation on my list of things that need to get done.

So far I have listened to about 2 hours of it. I am at the part where they are waiting for room service to bring them some dental floss.

The book is about a woman who checks into a hotel and finds that she is the only guest at the hotel who is not part of a wedding party.

I really enjoyed this, but my main question is what library system do you use where they say you can skip to the front of the line on Libby? I’ve never encountered that.

I just finished Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a quick, kind of quirky read. Anyone else read it?

I am the person who got the skip to the front of the line copy of the Wedding People. The answer to your question is Department of Defense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new Wally Lamb book!

Title?

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Because of the hilarious back and forth between Veronica Roth and Sarah Maclean, I'm reading the Lorraine Health "gorilla twins" book, The Early Takes All.

It's second in a series, so I read the first one yesterday and it was a good, fast read. Basically, a woman who is considered "on the shelf" in the regency era decides to have a one night stand at a club where everyone wears masks (because breaking societal rules would ruin you). She doesn't go through with it initially, but winds up meeting someone who has a bad reputation that is somewhat unwarranted (the impact of his dyslexia is a subplot). The female main character is smart, strong, and self-confident. Not the typical lonely, single female character.

I understand the appeal of older historical romances. They're entertaining while also having some good social commentary, especially about gender roles.

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Anonymous wrote:Fleishman Is in Trouble

I loved this one. It got better and better for me as it went on.

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Anonymous wrote:Nevermoor series. Yes, it's middle-grade fantasy and I'm an adult. Do I care? No. It has a similar appeal to Harry Potter but isn't quite as dark.

I read these along with my son and we both thoroughly enjoyed them.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. It's relationships and personalities in small town Maine done perfectly and beloved Olive Kitteridge is there. Olive Kitteridge might be my fave book, so yeah, it's the usual cast of characters from Strout, and I'm loving it. It's hard to put down.

God, she captures human beings so well.

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So far, I’ve read The Doorman and Murder in the Dollhouse, which is about the Jennifer Doulas murder. Next book is These Summer Storms.

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Anonymous wrote:So far, I’ve read The Doorman and Murder in the Dollhouse, which is about the Jennifer Doulas murder. Next book is These Summer Storms.

Please report back on These Summer Storms! It’s up next for me too!

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Just finished Wild Dark Shore last night…really enjoyed it!

I’m early on in the Endurance (Lansing), which is NF about the Shackleton Antarctic expedition in 1914. I’ve read a few other seafaring books this year, which take place between 1600 through the 1800s. It’s been interesting to see how much both the tech and social structure of the ship evolved over that time frame.

Essentialism is also in queue. I may also start The Overstory as my next fiction option.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The new Wally Lamb book!

Title?

The River is Waiting

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219319489-the-river-is-waiting

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I’m reading the Murderbot Diaries. It’s a series of novellas and books about a SecUnit, who is constructed from cloned human organs, robot parts, and an AI. It frees itself from its governor’s module that controlled it completely, and becomes a delightfully awkward entity trying to figure out what it is and what it wants to do. My description is not the best, but if you like sci-fi at all, I highly recommend.

I also just finished The Retired Assassins’s Guide to Country Gardening. A retired MI6 assassin retires to a quiet country village in New Zealand and gets roped into investigating a murder. The assassin is socially awkward and, literally, trying to escape the ghosts from his career. There are paranormal elements to the story, which is not something I usually like, but didn’t bother me in the story. I enjoyed it, kind of reminded of the Thursday Night Murder club books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am listening to "The Wedding People" but I don't know if I will be able to finish it before my Libby library time runs out.

A couple weeks ago I decided to get in line on the Libby website for my library for this book, since many on here have mentioned that they enjoyed it. Libby said I was number 168 in line to be able to access the book and it would be a 14 week wait. Then, 4 days ago Libby said I could skip to the front of the line right away, but only if I keep the book for one week only. Of course I downloaded it, but I am pretty busy this week and I am almost resenting this 12 hour long book just because it feels like yet another obligation on my list of things that need to get done.

So far I have listened to about 2 hours of it. I am at the part where they are waiting for room service to bring them some dental floss.

The book is about a woman who checks into a hotel and finds that she is the only guest at the hotel who is not part of a wedding party.

I really enjoyed this, but my main question is what library system do you use where they say you can skip to the front of the line on Libby? I’ve never encountered that.

I just finished Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a quick, kind of quirky read. Anyone else read it?

I am the person who got the skip to the front of the line copy of the Wedding People. The answer to your question is Department of Defense.

And many others. But IME it’s just occasional.

[Anonymous]

I read Broken Country last month but it was so good and up DCUM alley.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214151202-broken-country

A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.

“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.

As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

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I was reading The Witch Elm by Tana French but after book club meeting last night I think I'm giving it up 1/2 way through - it's very long and I appreciate all the character development and setting details it doesn't seem worth it and it's making me paranoid. Clever twisty turny Psych thriller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just finished Wild Dark Shore last night…really enjoyed it!

I’m early on in the Endurance (Lansing), which is NF about the Shackleton Antarctic expedition in 1914. I’ve read a few other seafaring books this year, which take place between 1600 through the 1800s. It’s been interesting to see how much both the tech and social structure of the ship evolved over that time frame.

Essentialism is also in queue. I may also start The Overstory as my next fiction option.

I recently read The Overstory. It was excellent.