what are you reading for july?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading the bee sting per a previous dcum Rec. I’m cutting my losses and giving up. About 15% in to this very long book and don’t like it. Don’t like the characters and don’t like the plot centering around the Great Recession. I have enjoyed books that seem similar and are about family drama, but not this one. Goodbye book! On to the next.

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Currently reading The most fun we ever had by Claire Lombardo- halfway through and really enjoying it!

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Anonymous wrote:I just read All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker & I am dying to talk about why people rated this book almost 5 stars on Goodreads! I don’t get it & at almost 600 pages, I think it could have been so much shorter. I was really into it in the beginning & then just had to finish it out of spite.

But I loved the book One’s Company & highly recommend it!! Especially if you watched Three’s Company growing up!

I had such high hopes for All the colors of the Dark and by the end was really disappointed. Way too long in the middle, pacing very off. And I couldn’t figure out the ending!

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Loving Same as it ever was. Also read Berry Pickers and the Storied life of AJ Finkry, both were great.

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Started the Familiar by Leigh Bardugo based on recs here. Very good so far.

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Anonymous wrote:Started the Familiar by Leigh Bardugo based on recs here. Very good so far.

Oh snap it wasn't recs here-- it was The Week. It's a highly researched book about a Jewess who can perform magic during Madrid Inquisition era.

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Anonymous wrote:Working through T. Kingfisher's backlist. She's an incredible and prolific writer.

I think you have mentioned her before and I started the Paladin book. It's amazing. What else do you recommend? Any order?

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I'm reading Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. I loved Angle of Repose, so I have high hopes for this one.
I'm also starting Challenger, new nonfiction about the space shuttle disaster. The author's Chernobyl was really excellent so I'm looking forward to this as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading The most fun we ever had by Claire Lombardo- halfway through and really enjoying it!

I'm so glad. I really liked it, too. And her newest book, Same As It Ever Was, is even better! I just finished it - my favorite book of the year so far.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m reading the bee sting per a previous dcum Rec. I’m cutting my losses and giving up. About 15% in to this very long book and don’t like it. Don’t like the characters and don’t like the plot centering around the Great Recession. I have enjoyed books that seem similar and are about family drama, but not this one. Goodbye book! On to the next.

Same. Tried it based on reviews here and quit! Alas.

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I’m reading Judge David Tatel’s memoir, “Vision.” Although I usually don’t like memoir, this one is great! It’s written as a crowd pleaser, basically it’s “answers to everything you’ve wanted to ask a federal judge or a blind person”. He is a fascinating person.

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Just finished Capotes Women. Enjoyed it, and now watching The Feud.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. I loved Angle of Repose, so I have high hopes for this one.
I'm also starting Challenger, new nonfiction about the space shuttle disaster. The author's Chernobyl was really excellent so I'm looking forward to this as well.

I hope you enjoy Crossing to Safety - one of my favorites

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Just finished House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, loved it.

Currently reading Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, really liking it.

On deck, James By Percival Everett, Forever by Pete Hamill, Gone So Long by Andre DuBus III and Prom Mom by Laura Lippman.

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I just finished "The Glassblower's Apprentice" by Peter Pezzelli. Published in 2013.
It is about a young man living in Italy who had big plans to become a famous dancer. But there was a car crash and his girlfriend and best buddy both died. He barely survived. Four years of rehab and many surgeries later, his mom sends him to Rhode Island to live with his uncle, who owns a glass shop and makes custom made bowls, vases, figurines. The young man starts coming out of his funk and finding a new path for his life.
I liked it. It was a bit predictable, but that was fine.
I picked up the book at the thrift shop a few years ago and decided it was high time to actually read it.