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Anonymous wrote:Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash. I really love the humor, at least in the 75 pages I’ve read so far.

I’m also in the middle of listening to the third book in the Finlay Donovan series about a Fairfax County romance/crime author and mom who gets mixed up in crazy murder for hire and other ridiculous schemes. But they’re a fun, easy listen while driving or doing stuff around the house.

I DNF on Finlay Donovan after the 2nd book. The plots are thin and repetitive and are bloated with goofy characters and dialogs. A joke.

I am not the OP but I find this type of response disrespectful and unnecessary. Fine for you to have an opinion on a given book but it’s no more or less valid than anyone else’s. The OP quite clearly said that this book falls into the category of a fun, easy listen so the PP’s comments don’t even seem to fit the discussion. Pp, why not tell us your suggestions in the fun, easy listen category? Or ask the OP to expand on the things she likes about the books (assuming you’re open minded enough to reconsider your opinion)

Girl, she’s insulting the book, not the pp. I think there’s an implicit understanding that people can have wildly different views on the same book without meaning anything about the people who like them. For example my very best friend just adores the Poisonwood Bible and I have tried and tried and just can’t with that book.

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Anonymous wrote:Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash. I really love the humor, at least in the 75 pages I’ve read so far.

I’m also in the middle of listening to the third book in the Finlay Donovan series about a Fairfax County romance/crime author and mom who gets mixed up in crazy murder for hire and other ridiculous schemes. But they’re a fun, easy listen while driving or doing stuff around the house.

I DNF on Finlay Donovan after the 2nd book. The plots are thin and repetitive and are bloated with goofy characters and dialogs. A joke.

I am not the OP but I find this type of response disrespectful and unnecessary. Fine for you to have an opinion on a given book but it’s no more or less valid than anyone else’s. The OP quite clearly said that this book falls into the category of a fun, easy listen so the PP’s comments don’t even seem to fit the discussion. Pp, why not tell us your suggestions in the fun, easy listen category? Or ask the OP to expand on the things she likes about the books (assuming you’re open minded enough to reconsider your opinion)

Anonymous wrote:I'm re-reading Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot books-- the first is A Psalm for the Wild-Built. These are comfort reads, because they take place on a world that saved itself from rampant industrialization that nearly killed it, and the current moment is a century after the "factory age" ended. People live in harmony with nature and love their world and use technology thoughtfully and sustainably. The characters are lovable, the story is well-paced and low-conflict, and there's gentle humor throughout. It's just a warm fuzzy book.

Becky Chambers also writes some excellent sci-fi, starting with The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading The Sea Wife by Amity Gaige about a married couple who ditch their suburban life and take their young kids on a year long sailing voyage in an effort to save their marriage.

For nonfiction I'm reading Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis. It's about the summer of 1776 and how the military campaign and the political ideas in the Continental Congress played off each other to bring about the American Revolution. Part of my 250 reading.

PP, I hope you see this—how are you enjoying The Sea Wife? I’m looking for a breezy beachy read, and the premise of this actually sounds intriguing!

I'm only about a third in to The Sea Wife, but I'm liking it. It's told through the wife's POV alternating with the husband's ship log. It's one of those where you know something bad has happened but you aren't sure quite what yet. A mix of a study of a marriage and the telling of the actual voyage. I think it would be a good beach read, but it's a little sadder than a "breezy beachy read". At least I think it's headed that direction.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm reading The Sea Wife by Amity Gaige about a married couple who ditch their suburban life and take their young kids on a year long sailing voyage in an effort to save their marriage.

For nonfiction I'm reading Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis. It's about the summer of 1776 and how the military campaign and the political ideas in the Continental Congress played off each other to bring about the American Revolution. Part of my 250 reading.

PP, I hope you see this—how are you enjoying The Sea Wife? I’m looking for a breezy beachy read, and the premise of this actually sounds intriguing!

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Anonymous wrote:Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash. I really love the humor, at least in the 75 pages I’ve read so far.

I’m also in the middle of listening to the third book in the Finlay Donovan series about a Fairfax County romance/crime author and mom who gets mixed up in crazy murder for hire and other ridiculous schemes. But they’re a fun, easy listen while driving or doing stuff around the house.

I DNF on Finlay Donovan after the 2nd book. The plots are thin and repetitive and are bloated with goofy characters and dialogs. A joke.

I am not the OP but I find this type of response disrespectful and unnecessary. Fine for you to have an opinion on a given book but it’s no more or less valid than anyone else’s. The OP quite clearly said that this book falls into the category of a fun, easy listen so the PP’s comments don’t even seem to fit the discussion. Pp, why not tell us your suggestions in the fun, easy listen category? Or ask the OP to expand on the things she likes about the books (assuming you’re open minded enough to reconsider your opinion)

Anonymous wrote:Just finished The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout, and it was a real turner for me, even if it did feel like a personal diatribe of sorts at times, and even though I agree with her. That said, I was fully engaged and couldn't put it down. Like most of Strout’s characters and books, this wasn’t a happy, sunshiny read.

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Anonymous wrote:The Long Ships, by Frans Bengtsson. It's about a Viking and his adventures (originally written in Sweden in the 1940s) and it's a fun page-turner, but based on real history.

This is one of my favorite books! And it got me hooked on buying and reading books published by NYRB.

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading The Sea Wife by Amity Gaige about a married couple who ditch their suburban life and take their young kids on a year long sailing voyage in an effort to save their marriage.

For nonfiction I'm reading Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis. It's about the summer of 1776 and how the military campaign and the political ideas in the Continental Congress played off each other to bring about the American Revolution. Part of my 250 reading.

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Anonymous wrote:Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash. I really love the humor, at least in the 75 pages I’ve read so far.

I’m also in the middle of listening to the third book in the Finlay Donovan series about a Fairfax County romance/crime author and mom who gets mixed up in crazy murder for hire and other ridiculous schemes. But they’re a fun, easy listen while driving or doing stuff around the house.

I DNF on Finlay Donovan after the 2nd book. The plots are thin and repetitive and are bloated with goofy characters and dialogs. A joke.