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Anonymous wrote:Anxious People is a delightful book.

Ooof, I really dislike this book so far. I've put it aside several times ... just not into it.

I liked Bachman's a Man Called Ove - I would describe that book as delightful. But I really disliked Anxious People - the structure just didn't work for me. He was trying to do too much in a very artificial structure. I definitely plan to red several of his other books, though.

I really like most of Alexander McCall Smith when I was to feel good about people/the world. His characters are fundamentally decent people. I LOVE the Portuguese Irregular verb series, the Isabel Dalhousie series is very good to just get you thinking about ethics, and the Detective Varg Series is just...just about a decent person who encounters slightly weird situations. I haven't even read the #1 ladies detective agency books, but they are so well regarded I bet they are good.

I just read my first book by Jenny Colgan (the Christmas bookshop) and it was gentle and sweet.

Anonymous wrote:Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes was absolutely joyful - but I listened to it as an audiobook. Not for prudes.

Anxious People was fun and enjoyable to read.

My libby loan expired for Anxious People audiobook after only about 1/4 of the book. So I started the Netflix Anxious People. The two seem very different so far but I was much more enjoying the audio book. I keep nodding off watching the Netflix version.

Anonymous wrote:The Scottish writer
Books set in Africa and Scotland mystery cozies do good

Alexander McCall Smith? These have been recommended and I can’t seem to stick with one very long.

I loved this when it came out, though I wonder if I'd feel the same way re-reading it 20 years later:
https://smile.amazon.com/Having-Our-Say-Delany-Sisters/dp/0440220424/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2RSQVDKVPR05M&keywords=having+their+say&qid=1639412051&s=books&sprefix=having+their%2Caps%2C161&sr=1-6

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Anonymous wrote:Sh*t Actually by Lindy West made me laugh very, very hard. It’s about blockbuster movies from the 1990s/early 2000s and it is really funny.

Ohh this is a good one.

And I second romance novels, both the OG ones PP mentioned like pride and prejudice and modern day sexier and less thought-provoking ones, like Tessa Dare’s stuff. Tessa Dare is hilarious.

Tessa Dare is bodice-ripping historical, not modern day, correct?

Correct. And yet, the humor is top-notch.

Oh, sorry, I didn't understand your question. When I meant "modern-day," I meant written in modern times, not in the 1800s.

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Anonymous wrote:Sh*t Actually by Lindy West made me laugh very, very hard. It’s about blockbuster movies from the 1990s/early 2000s and it is really funny.

Ohh this is a good one.

And I second romance novels, both the OG ones PP mentioned like pride and prejudice and modern day sexier and less thought-provoking ones, like Tessa Dare’s stuff. Tessa Dare is hilarious.

Tessa Dare is bodice-ripping historical, not modern day, correct?

Correct. And yet, the humor is top-notch.

Anonymous wrote:Anxious People is a delightful book.

Ooof, I really dislike this book so far. I've put it aside several times ... just not into it.

Anxious People had me crying tears of happiness. Backman is a delightful writer and I think this is his best book.

And, it’s not happy read through and through, but The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes had a terrific ending that also made me so happy.

Anxious People is a delightful book.

The Scottish writer
Books set in Africa and Scotland mystery cozies do good

Anonymous wrote:The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune.

I second this.

Fredrik Backman’s books.

The Rosie Project

Paris in Love is delightful, funny, sweet collection of nonfiction bits about a mom's time in Paris with her family.

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Anonymous wrote:Sh*t Actually by Lindy West made me laugh very, very hard. It’s about blockbuster movies from the 1990s/early 2000s and it is really funny.

Ohh this is a good one.

And I second romance novels, both the OG ones PP mentioned like pride and prejudice and modern day sexier and less thought-provoking ones, like Tessa Dare’s stuff. Tessa Dare is hilarious.

Tessa Dare is bodice-ripping historical, not modern day, correct?