Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 13:37     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Oh Crossing to Safety...such an amazing book!

Have you read Invisible Bridge? Doesn't have violence against children but it is sad ...holocaust etc

I finished Cutting for Stone, but it was boring.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 13:25     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:Big Little Lies. Just finished it and was up until 3am. Starts slow but give it a chance. you wont be disappointd.


I'm almost done with it. What a book!

I'm loving these recommendations. Keep em coming.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 13:18     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King



I could ot get through Fates And Furies


Really? Thought it was fascinating!
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:51     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King



I could ot get through Fates And Furies


I posted the rec - I didn't say I LIKED F&F but it seemed up OPs alley. I hated all the characters - even when I got to the end, I STILL Hated all of the characters. Insufferable. And when I don't have someone to root for, then I don't end up liking the book - that said, it was well written, evenly paced, and interesting.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:46     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:You QUIT Cutting for Stone?

There's no help for you. Go check the book aisle at Target, they are right up your alley.


I quit it too. I tried and tried. I read almost all "serious" fiction but it just didn't click for me.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:32     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
This thread might be more of what you are looking for (no judgment from me, I also responded to it):

SH*tty fiction recs: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/559005.page
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:29     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
The 2 Family House
The Headmaster's Wife
Olive Kitteridge
Family History
Her
You
Dive At Clausen's Pier
Books by Douglas Kennedy
The 3 Mrs. Kimballs
The Condition
Prep
The Adults
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:23     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King



I could ot get through Fates And Furies
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:17     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about the Shopaholic books by Sophia Kinsella?


WAY too fluffy for me! I like bestsellers, but they need to be a bit more meaty than that.


It is adorable that you think Jodi Picoult novels are more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.

Seriously, the PP who asserted you would like books that have been made into movies with familiar actors is correct.


Have you read both? Dr. Seuss is more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.


Yes, I've read both. Jodi Picoult writes hackneyed, formulaic commercial fiction that is the literary equivalent of a Big Mac. A female Dan Brown, if you will. If you don't notice the bad writing, I can't explain it to you.

Sorry OP, but this is true & it made me laugh. You should have asked for an easy/junky book not a "good" one. Cutting For Stone, as you mentioned, isn't boring or hard but it requires an attention span like most books!

I watch Real Housewives (what a wasteland!) so I'm not having my nose up in the air just pointing it out....


Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:10     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:You QUIT Cutting for Stone?

There's no help for you. Go check the book aisle at Target, they are right up your alley.


I know. I'm the worst. :-/
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 12:03     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
You QUIT Cutting for Stone?

There's no help for you. Go check the book aisle at Target, they are right up your alley.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 11:57     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Here are some recent novels (primarily 2016) I've gotten from the library and enjoyed. Not too fluffy, but not high-brow either.

Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (updated Pride and Prejudice in Cincinnati)
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 11:48     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
^ Damn it, now I want a Big Mac!
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 11:47     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about the Shopaholic books by Sophia Kinsella?


WAY too fluffy for me! I like bestsellers, but they need to be a bit more meaty than that.


It is adorable that you think Jodi Picoult novels are more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.

Seriously, the PP who asserted you would like books that have been made into movies with familiar actors is correct.


Have you read both? Dr. Seuss is more "meaty" than the Shopaholic books.


Yes, I've read both. Jodi Picoult writes hackneyed, formulaic commercial fiction that is the literary equivalent of a Big Mac. A female Dan Brown, if you will. If you don't notice the bad writing, I can't explain it to you.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 11:35     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.
The Gargoyle Andrew Davidson