Anonymous wrote:For those that mentioned Olga Dies Dreaming earlier, curious what you thought of it. The story was OK but I found it overly preachy by the end.

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Anonymous wrote:Trying to decide between Lincoln Highway or Song of Achilles

If you end up liking this, let me know. I tried listening to it and it was SO slow (and I sped it up!) and eventually I just gave up. I kept wanting to care about the characters and I just didn't.

I'm a DP but I love, love, loved The Lincoln Highway. Then I lent it to a friend and she could not get into it at all. If you don't like the quirky characters, I don't think that will change because I adored them from the beginning. My friend was driven crazy by all of their poor decisions, meanwhile I cared about the characters so much that their decisions made me invested. It is a slow book though, so maybe that doesn't translate well to audio.

Anonymous wrote:Sophie Kinsella has been dealing with a glioblastoma for a year or so, just revealed.

The Women - not a Hannah fan but I'm a librarian so must read.
Station Eleven
North Woods (may be in my top 5 of all time)
East of Eden (more of a slog than I thought)
Anne Lamott's new book of essays
Go As a River

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is reminding me that I put down Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad after getting about halfway, and apparently have not picked it up for two weeks. The writing itself is reasonably compelling, but the story/stories circle around the music industry/ musicians, which, in perhaps an unpopular opinion, I just find incredibly tiresome as a subject for fiction. The characters are predictably eff'd up and self-regarding. 50-50 on whether I continue.

But put me in the pro-Tom Lake camp, 8/10, though probably at least 1 point is due to Meryl Streep since (I did it on audiobook).

Also about halfway through Haidt's Anxious Generation (why online childhood is so bad for mental health). It's fine, and I think the minor political controversy around the book is basically all beside the point (of the book). It is just that Hari's Stolen Focus already did the subject and did it (much) better...

Goodness- A Visit from the Goon Squad is one of my all-time favorites. If you like that, I recommend Modern Lovers. Also Jennifer Egans other books are good but not as good as goon squad.

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Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.

I am the same poster who read "Can You Keep A Secret" and "I Owe You One" earlier this month. I read two more books also by Sophie Kinsella this month.
I read "Twenties Girl" And I just finished listening to "Wedding Night".
Twenties Girl was about a young woman who is haunted by the ghost of her great aunt.
Wedding Night was about a woman who breaks up with her boyfriend of 4 years, then happens to run into a guy with whom she had a teenage summer romance 15 years earlier. They impulsively decide to get married even though they had not seen each other in 15 years. The bride's sister pulls all kinds of stunts to prevent them from consummating the marriage so that it can be annulled.
I enjoyed them both. There was this one part in Wedding night that I literally laughed out loud about.

I picked up Sophie Kinsella based your recommendation and am really enjoying it. Thank you!

Oh how cool! Which one did you start with?

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Anonymous wrote:I finished “Grendel” and think I may need to take a philosophy class to fully appreciate it.

I’ve started “How High We Go in the Dark” and am feeling skeptical.

I read “How High” about a year ago. Curious to hear your thoughts after you’re done reading.

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Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.

I am the same poster who read "Can You Keep A Secret" and "I Owe You One" earlier this month. I read two more books also by Sophie Kinsella this month.
I read "Twenties Girl" And I just finished listening to "Wedding Night".
Twenties Girl was about a young woman who is haunted by the ghost of her great aunt.
Wedding Night was about a woman who breaks up with her boyfriend of 4 years, then happens to run into a guy with whom she had a teenage summer romance 15 years earlier. They impulsively decide to get married even though they had not seen each other in 15 years. The bride's sister pulls all kinds of stunts to prevent them from consummating the marriage so that it can be annulled.
I enjoyed them both. There was this one part in Wedding night that I literally laughed out loud about.

I picked up Sophie Kinsella based your recommendation and am really enjoying it. Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yes! Everyone loved it but I couldn't get into it at all.

Agree, another NOPE for Tom Lake. I simply did not care about the story. Also what grown children want to hear about their parent’s past?

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Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.

I am the same poster who read "Can You Keep A Secret" and "I Owe You One" earlier this month. I read two more books also by Sophie Kinsella this month.
I read "Twenties Girl" And I just finished listening to "Wedding Night".
Twenties Girl was about a young woman who is haunted by the ghost of her great aunt.
Wedding Night was about a woman who breaks up with her boyfriend of 4 years, then happens to run into a guy with whom she had a teenage summer romance 15 years earlier. They impulsively decide to get married even though they had not seen each other in 15 years. The bride's sister pulls all kinds of stunts to prevent them from consummating the marriage so that it can be annulled.
I enjoyed them both. There was this one part in Wedding night that I literally laughed out loud about.

Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.

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Anonymous wrote:Two books by Sophie Kinsella.
She is a British author who writes romcoms set in or around London.

The first book was called "Can You Keep A Secret". It was about a young woman who sits on a plane and freaks out when the plane hits turbulence. She ends up confessing lots of stuff to a nearby plane passenger. The next day when she arrives at work she discovers that the fellow plane passenger is actually the CEO and founder of the company she works for.

The next book was called "I owe you one". A woman is in a coffee shop and the guy at the table next to hers asks her to watch his laptop for a few minutes while he takes a phone call outside. The ceiling happens to cave in from a water leak while the guy is outside . She saves his laptop. They strike up a relationship.

I liked both books. They were both fun. I thought the characters and the story were well developed.

I picked up those particular books because I have read a few other books by the same author and always enjoy her books.

I downloaded the books from my library Libby / Overdrive website.

I too read “secret”. It was fun and silly and predictable but light. I liked the audio version.

I mostly read “light/fluffy” books as well since reading is a big escape for me. I have read all of Sophie Kinsella’s books and the only ones I don’t really like are the later shopaholic books (first one is fine). I just finished “you deserve each other “ by Sarah Hogle and can’t believe how much I enjoyed it.