Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King

I could ot get through Fates And Furies

I posted the rec - I didn't say I LIKED F&F but it seemed up OPs alley. I hated all the characters - even when I got to the end, I STILL Hated all of the characters. Insufferable. And when I don't have someone to root for, then I don't end up liking the book - that said, it was well written, evenly paced, and interesting.

I feel like I hate read this until the end, and then I felt like I got something from it. It does make you think a lot about marriage and life!

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert, but Poisonwood Bible has at least one of the things on the OP's "no go" list. I am having a hard time thinking of adult books that have no violence or deaths of children.

If OP reallly wants books with no violence at all, she probably should just stick with fluflfy books like Shopaholic.

I didn't say no violence at all. I said no violence to children.

Such as a nonfiction book about children in African who become soldiers. That's a no go for me.

Are you referring to What is the What? That book made me cry and scream - literally.

What is the What is one my favorite books ever! I was just looking at it longingly on my bookshelf (i'm weird)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new Ann Tyler, "Vinegar Girl", based on The Taming of the Shrew sounds good.
Of course I love anything Ann Tyler, though never read her last book, "The Blue Spool"

The new Laura Lippman also sounds good, "Wilde Lake", set in Columbia, MD

I've read several of her books (but not the ones that are the "series"), and I've enjoyed them all. They are actually all set locally, because she's from Baltimore, and many of them are based very loosely on local mysteries (like one that starts out somewhat like the disappearance of the Lyon sisters, which is one that the OP should avoid, but they do not all involve children).

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Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King

I could ot get through Fates And Furies

I posted the rec - I didn't say I LIKED F&F but it seemed up OPs alley. I hated all the characters - even when I got to the end, I STILL Hated all of the characters. Insufferable. And when I don't have someone to root for, then I don't end up liking the book - that said, it was well written, evenly paced, and interesting.

I feel like I hate read this until the end, and then I felt like I got something from it. It does make you think a lot about marriage and life!

Not PP. OP doesn't seem like she enjoys literary fiction. I read Fates & Furies through the end and I never enjoyed it. I heard it got better so I preserved, but it never did for me. Author tried to achieve something higher/more profound but most readers like good old fashion story telling and she forgot that!

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Anonymous wrote:Since you like John Irving, try Hotel New Hampshire and A Prayer for Owen Meany

another vote for Prayer for Owen Meany.
Also like Widow for a Year.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the Shopaholic books by Sophia Kinsella?

WAY too fluffy for me! I like bestsellers, but they need to be a bit more meaty than that.

It is adorable that you think Jodi Picoult novels are more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.

Seriously, the PP who asserted you would like books that have been made into movies with familiar actors is correct.

Have you read both? Dr. Seuss is more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.

Yes, I've read both. Jodi Picoult writes hackneyed, formulaic commercial fiction that is the literary equivalent of a Big Mac. A female Dan Brown, if you will. If you don't notice the bad writing, I can't explain it to you.

I'm not saying I disagree with your criticism of the books, but could you try to be less of a pompous ass? If OP has different taste than you, don't respond to her thread. Don't both to make recommendations and keep your insults to your snobby self. Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King

I could ot get through Fates And Furies

I posted the rec - I didn't say I LIKED F&F but it seemed up OPs alley. I hated all the characters - even when I got to the end, I STILL Hated all of the characters. Insufferable. And when I don't have someone to root for, then I don't end up liking the book - that said, it was well written, evenly paced, and interesting.

I feel like I hate read this until the end, and then I felt like I got something from it. It does make you think a lot about marriage and life!

Good summaries. Described how I felt about it too.

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I'm reading Ann Tyler 'A spool of Blue Thread" and absolutely love it. She has such a subtle humor and understanding of family life. Reading one of her books is like wearing your favorite pair of comfy slippers! Yet it is not boring at all, plenty of twists and turns.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert, but Poisonwood Bible has at least one of the things on the OP's "no go" list. I am having a hard time thinking of adult books that have no violence or deaths of children.

If OP reallly wants books with no violence at all, she probably should just stick with fluflfy books like Shopaholic.

I didn't say no violence at all. I said no violence to children.

Such as a nonfiction book about children in African who become soldiers. That's a no go for me.

Are you referring to What is the What? That book made me cry and scream - literally.

What is the What is one my favorite books ever! I was just looking at it longingly on my bookshelf (i'm weird)

I loved that book, too!!!

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Has anyone read Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder?

https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Quest-Farmer-Would/dp/0812973011

It's non-fiction that tells a terrific story about an amazing person. Excellent writing, too. I loved it and have been meaning to read more by the author.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the most basic bitch reading list I have ever seen.

Just go on Amazon and buy whatever is the top seller.

Derp.

[Anonymous]

When I found you by Catherine Ryan Hyde

[Anonymous]

Anyone have good sci fi book recs?

[Anonymous]

Middlesex
The Story Hour
The Nightingale
The Invention of Wings
Circling the Sun
Bel Canto
Orphan Train
Wonder ( a young adult novel everyone over the age of 11 should read)

[Anonymous]

• What She Knew
• Orphan #8
• The Widow
• Into the deep deep woods
• The Bones of You