June 2025 - What are you reading?

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Never Flinch, Stephen King's newest

Featuring Holly Gibney, following a murderer. I read everything of his.

Great so far, about 1/10th of the way in. One thing I love about his books is that they suck me in instantly.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished "Remarkably Bright Creatures".
It is about a friendship between and octopus and an old woman. Tova is a 70 year old woman who works as a night janitor at an aquarium in Puget Sound. Marcellus is the name of the octopus at the aquarium.
I loved it.

I adored this book!

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Anonymous wrote:I stayed up late to finish The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I couldn't put it down, started it Saturday and finished yesterday. I enjoyed it more than The Nightingale.

That was by far my favorite of her books. I love some and I hate some. I never know what I'm going to get with her!

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Anonymous wrote:I stayed up late to finish The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I couldn't put it down, started it Saturday and finished yesterday. I enjoyed it more than The Nightingale.

That is my favorite of her books.

Just finished this as well. Great story and couldn’t put it down. Any other recs for those that enjoyed this book?

I liked The Nightingale although I agree with PP that it wasn't as good as The Great Alone.

Have you read anything by Chris Bohjalian? His books are all over the place (kind of like Kristin Hannah's, I find), but the best ones are Midwives, The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast, Before You Know Kindness, The Law of Similars, The Light in the Ruins, Close Your Eyes Hold Hands, and the Double Bind. I also enjoyed The Jackal's Mistress (his latest), Trans-Sister Radio, Secrets of Eden, and The Sleepwalker.

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished Lessons in Chemistry, which was kind of a letdown after the hype. Now reading Wild Dark Shores. Just started, good so far.

I loved this book. I seem to be in the minority!

I loved it as well, and so did all my friends who read it!

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished Whistle by Linwood Barclay.

If you like Stephen King, you will enjoy this. It's a departure from his usual writing.

Huge King fan here, thanks for the recommendation!

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Anonymous wrote:I just started Black Cake. It was a Hulu limited series so I know the story but I’m still enjoying it.

I loved Black Cake and I didn't know it was a series so I'll have to check it out!

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished "Good Girl, Bad Blood" which is the sequel to "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder." It's YA fiction, so a quick read. Not the greatest thing I've ever read, but I liked it enough that I'll read the third book in the series.

Currently reading "All the Colors of the Dark" which I'm mainly just finding really sad at the moment.

(Just added half a dozen books to my library hold list based on this thread.)

I did not enjoy that book and don't understand the hype.

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Anonymous wrote:I read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and absolutely loved it. I can see myself reading it again before the end of the year and I rarely reread books.

I just started The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh. It's part of the Eddie Flynn series. If you enjoy crime/legal fiction, I high recommend this series! Eddie Flynn is a con man turned defense attorney.

I'm also listening to Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez.

I thought this was a fun book! (I also listened to it).

She has a lot more, some of which I got for free with my Audible membership and some of which I got for free with my Kindle membership. Personally I don't like Julia Whelan so I wouldn't listen to those ones but the other narrators are good. She has a couple of books that have loose sequels (main character is different but certain characters come back) so it's good to do those in order.

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Anonymous wrote:I read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and absolutely loved it. I can see myself reading it again before the end of the year and I rarely reread books.

I just started The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh. It's part of the Eddie Flynn series. If you enjoy crime/legal fiction, I high recommend this series! Eddie Flynn is a con man turned defense attorney.

I'm also listening to Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez.

I thought this was a fun book! (I also listened to it).

She has a lot more, some of which I got for free with my Audible membership and some of which I got for free with my Kindle membership. Personally I don't like Julia Whelan so I wouldn't listen to those ones but the other narrators are good. She has a couple of books that have loose sequels (main character is different but certain characters come back) so it's good to do those in order.

I'm glad to hear you liked it! I have read all of her other books so I'll be familiar with the characters!

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Anonymous wrote:The Doorman. It’s about residents of a building on Central Park West in NYC, and their doorman. So far I am really liking it. The writing is great.

Yes! It's brilliant. Echoes of Bonfire of the Vanities in its style, but brought into 2025 NYC. What a tour de force. For once, the glowing blurbs from the illustrious authors on the cover should be trusted.
I pride myself on my deep knowledge of NYC and its neighborhoods and inhabitants but this author astounds me with his insights. Pavone has done cultural historians a huge service with this novel. And the writing is freewheeling and fun to read! Enjoy!

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Anonymous wrote:Broken country by Clare Leslie hall!

Finished this. It was really good. Reminds me of god of the woods, the frozen river, style of writing.

Loved Broken Country and Frozen River! They do have a similar vibe. I didn’t like God of the Woods very much. Three star read for me.

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Reading The Astronaut by Taylor J Reid and enjoying it so far. Makes me want to re watch Space Camp

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Anonymous wrote:About 20% into The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

I'm jealous of people who get to read this book for the first time. It's one of my all time favorites.

Me too, pp, me too! Such a special read.

Now heading into the last portions. I had to take a break after my sob fest 3/4 of the way through.

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Anonymous wrote:The Doorman. It’s about residents of a building on Central Park West in NYC, and their doorman. So far I am really liking it. The writing is great.

Yes! It's brilliant. Echoes of Bonfire of the Vanities in its style, but brought into 2025 NYC. What a tour de force. For once, the glowing blurbs from the illustrious authors on the cover should be trusted.
I pride myself on my deep knowledge of NYC and its neighborhoods and inhabitants but this author astounds me with his insights. Pavone has done cultural historians a huge service with this novel. And the writing is freewheeling and fun to read! Enjoy!

I'm really looking forward to The Doorman! My boyfriend and I often spin out books we wish existed, and that was one of mine: a really well-written view on NYC from the perspective of the doormen. Delighted to see that my manifesting was effective.