Anonymous
Post 09/19/2022 00:17     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:front desk
ya bout a young girl whose immigrant fam manages a motel near disneyland

lectures on literature
nabokov on austen, flaubert
the prof i wish i had



Where is this available please?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 23:40     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:front desk
ya bout a young girl whose immigrant fam manages a motel near disneyland


Thanks! DD read it a few years ago and liked it. And I just saw that it’s part of the 6th grade ELA curriculum at DS’s school. Glad to hear it’s good enough to recommend to a group of adult readers! 👍
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 23:37     Subject: Re:Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. We read it for my book club and every single member loved it.


Yes! I’m listening to the audiobook now and really like it! I’m 25% in, and there’s A LOT going on (back-stories & present story, plus the whole exploration of design) yet it’s not at all overwhelming. I’m eager to find the time to keep listening!
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 23:36     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
front desk
ya bout a young girl whose immigrant fam manages a motel near disneyland

lectures on literature
nabokov on austen, flaubert
the prof i wish i had
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:30     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Jennette McCurdys memoir is well written. I couldn’t put it down.
I’m happy my mom died
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:29     Subject: Re:Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. We read it for my book club and every single member loved it.

For those that liked Guncle, try Red, White and Royal Blue. Similarly funny but sweet, and the protagonist is a young gay man. I listened to the audiobook and it’s great. It’s also coming out as a movie.

The Thursday Murder Club books (there are two) are really enjoyable, too. Lighter (despite the murder plot line), but amusing and engaging. Also did the audibooks for those.


Oh gosh I hate disagreeing with anyone on this absolutely wonderful thread - but I HATED Red, White and Royal Blue. First two chaps, I was all in - I thought it was funny and unusual. Then it just turned into this weird book that seemed like porny YA fanfic. I couldn't wait to be done with that book. I guess I'm in a minority there because it was a huge, massive hit, and the author's next book was also a bestseller. So maybe I am the problem here.

But I loved Guncle. Guncle was - to me - a much more mature book.

But I have been eyeing Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and may pick it up based on your rec.


Agree with you 100% on both books
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:28     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Notes on an Execution (Danya Kukafka)
Girl in Snow (Danya Kukafka)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel)
More Than You’ll Ever Know (Katie Gutierrez)
Billy Summers (Stephen King)

I really liked all of these, in varying degrees. I also recently read Bewilderness (Karen Tucker) and The Violence (Delilah Dawson). I didn’t dislike either, but weren’t as great as the others.

Judging only from these book titles, I’m already feeling stressed out.


LOL - so recommend books that don’t stress you out. Different people enjoy different things, PP.


Notes on an execution was very good. Not a warm feel good story, but interesting nonetheless
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:27     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Corruptible by Brian Klaas.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:26     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Wow is she good at the slow burn and tension!
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 14:24     Subject: Re:Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
The Last King of America is so freaking good!
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 09:21     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Notes on an Execution (Danya Kukafka)
Girl in Snow (Danya Kukafka)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel)
More Than You’ll Ever Know (Katie Gutierrez)
Billy Summers (Stephen King)

I really liked all of these, in varying degrees. I also recently read Bewilderness (Karen Tucker) and The Violence (Delilah Dawson). I didn’t dislike either, but weren’t as great as the others.

Judging only from these book titles, I’m already feeling stressed out.


LOL - so recommend books that don’t stress you out. Different people enjoy different things, PP.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 08:59     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Killers of a Certain Age
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 08:57     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:Notes on an Execution (Danya Kukafka)
Girl in Snow (Danya Kukafka)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel)
More Than You’ll Ever Know (Katie Gutierrez)
Billy Summers (Stephen King)

I really liked all of these, in varying degrees. I also recently read Bewilderness (Karen Tucker) and The Violence (Delilah Dawson). I didn’t dislike either, but weren’t as great as the others.

Judging only from these book titles, I’m already feeling stressed out.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 08:53     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Notes on an Execution (Danya Kukafka)
Girl in Snow (Danya Kukafka)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel)
More Than You’ll Ever Know (Katie Gutierrez)
Billy Summers (Stephen King)

I really liked all of these, in varying degrees. I also recently read Bewilderness (Karen Tucker) and The Violence (Delilah Dawson). I didn’t dislike either, but weren’t as great as the others.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2022 08:04     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
I didn’t read this recently but it you have never read Judy Bloom’s Summer Sisters, it’s worth a read. I remember also liking Wifey.