Anonymous
Post 06/20/2022 10:44     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Has anyone read Two Nights in Lisbon? Would you recommend?
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2022 10:42     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, can you recommend any of those light weight thrillers you read recently?


Sure! Some of these were lighter than others, but I enjoyed them all (again, to differing degrees):

Domestic/Family/Suburban thrillers:

The Last Flight (Julie Clark)
The Power Couple (Alex Berenson)
Imperfect Women (Araminta Hall)
Three Perfect Liars (Heidi Perks)
Not a Happy Family (Shari Lapena)
The Marriage Pact (Michelle Richmond)
The Gifted School (Bruce Holsinger)

Contemporary Spy Thrillers:

Damascus Station (David McCloskey)
The Cover Wife (Dan Fesperman)
The Paris Diversion (Chris Pavone)
Never (Ken Follett)
Pretty Things (Janelle Brown) (crime, not spy)


I absolutely loved The Gifted School and the Last Flight. I just put Three Perfect Liars in my care - looks good!

If you liked Last Flight, you might like The Golden Couple. Also, the author of the Flight Attendant has a new one coming out June 21 called The Lies I Tell which looks good.


Thank you! NP, I loved the last flight.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2022 09:40     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anxious People.


I didn’t like this book. I disliked it so much I considered quitting after I stared but read to the end thinking it must get better since everyone seems to love it. Nope, it didn’t get any better.


Also HATED it. And I usually like that author!

I love the types of books on this thread. One that I'll throw out to you all is "The Heart's Invisible Furies." It's modern Irish history through the eyes of a quirky kid growing up gay.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 13:18     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:Definitely The Other Black Girl


+1
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 09:37     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:Anxious People.


I didn’t like this book. I disliked it so much I considered quitting after I stared but read to the end thinking it must get better since everyone seems to love it. Nope, it didn’t get any better.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 09:36     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Guest List by Lucy Foley was a good little thriller. It’s about a murder at a weekend wedding reception. Set in Ireland.


I didn't think it was very good.



+1 Also not a fan.


I really liked it and all of Lucy Foley’s books.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 01:34     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Definitely The Other Black Girl
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 01:32     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Nothing to See Here (hilarious, light, but touching)
Circe (woman centered story, beautifully written)
Pachinko (generations of mostly women in Korea)
Homegoing (this one is very heavy, but thought provoking)
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2022 01:05     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Some of my recent reads include

The Lost Apothecary
Hamnet
The Other Black Girl
The Great Circle
Project Hail Mary
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 22:34     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
I loved The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. She has another book, The Huntress, that is in my queue but haven’t read yet.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 18:27     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, can you recommend any of those light weight thrillers you read recently?


Sure! Some of these were lighter than others, but I enjoyed them all (again, to differing degrees):

Domestic/Family/Suburban thrillers:

The Last Flight (Julie Clark)
The Power Couple (Alex Berenson)
Imperfect Women (Araminta Hall)
Three Perfect Liars (Heidi Perks)
Not a Happy Family (Shari Lapena)
The Marriage Pact (Michelle Richmond)
The Gifted School (Bruce Holsinger)

Contemporary Spy Thrillers:

Damascus Station (David McCloskey)
The Cover Wife (Dan Fesperman)
The Paris Diversion (Chris Pavone)
Never (Ken Follett)
Pretty Things (Janelle Brown) (crime, not spy)


I absolutely loved The Gifted School and the Last Flight. I just put Three Perfect Liars in my care - looks good!

If you liked Last Flight, you might like The Golden Couple. Also, the author of the Flight Attendant has a new one coming out June 21 called The Lies I Tell which looks good.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 17:09     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Enjoyed Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway. Also having fun reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who writes Mexican versions of various genres. Velvet Was the Night is kind of noir, Mexican Gothic is, well, gothic, Gods of Jade and Stone is fantasy.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 17:06     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anxious People.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 13:43     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Guest List by Lucy Foley was a good little thriller. It’s about a murder at a weekend wedding reception. Set in Ireland.


I didn't think it was very good.



+1 Also not a fan.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2022 12:01     Subject: Recommend a Book You've Read Recently and Enjoyed
Anonymous wrote:The Guest List by Lucy Foley was a good little thriller. It’s about a murder at a weekend wedding reception. Set in Ireland.


I didn't think it was very good.