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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m about a third into Tom Lake. This will be a DNF for me. I just don’t find the story or the characters interesting. [/quote]

And I was coming in here to say I loved Tom Lake! Maybe it’s the references to Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ or just the mother/daughter’s theme I enjoyed. I understand that Meryl Streep narrates it on the audiobook but I’ve just read it . [/quote]

I enjoyed Tom Lake and also think it coasted on the writer being really good and that masking a pretty meh story! But the funny thing is that the whole time, I pictured the main character AS Meryl Streep - even though she's not the right age for it. I read that one, didn't listen to the audiobook, so I had no idea that MS narrated.

I feel like it you're not charmed to bits by the writing/setting, then Tom Lake is going to be a miss.

I just finished a book I LOVED - Piglet, about a woman who learns her fiance has betrayed her and then can't stop eating. It's very lit fic - little plot, lots of beautiful food writing, with the suspense of a horror movie.

Then got a Kindle Unlimited of Crazy To Leave You - another book about a woman betrayed by her fiance. This one is very much women's lit - a lot lighter and breezier, more of a perfect man steps in to help the main character heal, etc. I've read other books by this author, and I enjoy that she's funny, wry, and the main characters/families are always very Jewish, which I appreciate (you don't get a lot of Jewish romcoms, do you?). The MCs are always really struggling with their weight and their mothers, and in both cases you can feel like it's too much. But, it's overall fun.[/quote]

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