what are you reading for july?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been slowly making my way through The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.

This is my book club book for the summer. Having a hard time picking it up. What do you think so far?

Np. I tried it before and couldn't get into it. My book club picked it, so I tried again. I'm about 60 percent through. I do really like it.

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I just read Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta. It is the sequel to Election. Tracy Flick is in her mid-40s and working as an assistant principal. I really enjoyed it—sharp and funny and humane. Very readable.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta. It is the sequel to Election. Tracy Flick is in her mid-40s and working as an assistant principal. I really enjoyed it—sharp and funny and humane. Very readable.

Do you think it’s worth reading Election? I always heard it was one of the few books where the movie was better. I saw the movie years ago and thought it was great; never read the book.

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I just finished "Started Early, Took My Dog" by Kate Adkinson.
It is about a female retired cop who sees a toddler being abused and impulsively decides to buy the child from the abuser. She happened to have about $5,000 cash on hand because she needed to pay the contractor who was doing some remodeling on her house. Then she realizes she has just become a criminal and goes on the run with the child.

I thought the book was good . . . but incredibly complicated. I did not realize when I checked the book out from the library website that it was book #4 in a series. There were easily 80 characters introduced in the course of the book. A murder and child kidnappings from 35 years earlier were part of the story.

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Thanks for the rec of “Bright Young Women”. I started yesterday and I am enjoying it.

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I am excited for Long Island Compromise. I love Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Well, I didn’t love Fleischman, but I love her journalism and hopefully I will like the new book too.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta. It is the sequel to Election. Tracy Flick is in her mid-40s and working as an assistant principal. I really enjoyed it—sharp and funny and humane. Very readable.

Do you think it’s worth reading Election? I always heard it was one of the few books where the movie was better. I saw the movie years ago and thought it was great; never read the book.

PP here. I am embarrassed to say I am not 100 percent sure whether I have read Election or not. I think so? But I am uncertain. I think I did and it was very similar to the movie. In any case, you can enjoy the sequel whether or not you (are certain you) have read Election.

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I’m reading If I am Missing or Dead. It’s a memoir. I don’t know where I came across it but it’s very well written and I can’t put it down. It’s about domestic violence. I usually only borrow from the library but they didn’t have it and the sample reeled me in so I purchased it. I recommend!

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Finished “Great Circle.” Someone here had recommended it. I absolutely loved it.

It also made me feel so wistful….My life has had some parallels to both Marian and Hadley’s stories (theme and people-wise— I was not actually an aviator or an actor!), and I began to think about people and places and events that I haven’t thought of in a decade. I can’t really explain it but I feel like my head has been in the clouds since I finished the book. It made me feel quite a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished "Started Early, Took My Dog" by Kate Adkinson.
It is about a female retired cop who sees a toddler being abused and impulsively decides to buy the child from the abuser. She happened to have about $5,000 cash on hand because she needed to pay the contractor who was doing some remodeling on her house. Then she realizes she has just become a criminal and goes on the run with the child.

I thought the book was good . . . but incredibly complicated. I did not realize when I checked the book out from the library website that it was book #4 in a series. There were easily 80 characters introduced in the course of the book. A murder and child kidnappings from 35 years earlier were part of the story.

You need to read the series, starting with Case Histories. The series features Jackson Brodie, a former police officer now working as private investigator. They are SO GOOD.

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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Ratlines by Stuart Neville

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To the poster who mentioned Brooklyn by Colm Tobin. Be sure to read the sequel called Long Island.

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The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante. Picked it up after reading the NYTimes list of best books of 21st century.

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I'm limping through Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone. It's just not grabbing me, but it is clever so I'll stick with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished "Started Early, Took My Dog" by Kate Adkinson.
It is about a female retired cop who sees a toddler being abused and impulsively decides to buy the child from the abuser. She happened to have about $5,000 cash on hand because she needed to pay the contractor who was doing some remodeling on her house. Then she realizes she has just become a criminal and goes on the run with the child.

I thought the book was good . . . but incredibly complicated. I did not realize when I checked the book out from the library website that it was book #4 in a series. There were easily 80 characters introduced in the course of the book. A murder and child kidnappings from 35 years earlier were part of the story.

You need to read the series, starting with Case Histories. The series features Jackson Brodie, a former police officer now working as private investigator. They are SO GOOD.

Yes, I got the feeling that if I had read the previous books in the series that I would probably be really into the book. Once I got through the first 25 percent or so and started figuring out who was who, Then I finally settled into enjoying the book more.