Book Club

[icezeus]

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@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:

Just finished Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, it was very good. This was my 3rd book that I have read by her, and I really enjoy her writing.

My co-worker gave me a book by Judy Blume to read called Forever, so I just started that one......I remember reading Wifey by her years ago.....

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@CANDLEQUEEN 

I read "Forever" by Judy Blume when I was in H.S. It was ohh so scandalous.  LOL

[icezeus]

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@abbalulu wrote:

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@icezeus wrote:

@nwbabs 

I enjoy J.A. Janice books as well. My one quirk is that I must read books in order. I enjoy Sheriff Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds. I have not tried the J.P Beaumont series yet. 

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@icezeus  I agree. I have to read the books in a series in order too. I once won a book from Goodreads that was maybe tenth in the series but I had to go read all the proceeding books before I could actually read the book I won. Sometimes if I see a book that looks interesting I will pass it up if it's part of a series in order not to get myself entangled in an additional series. Silly, I know, but it seems you lose continuity if you skip around in a series-at least to me.

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@abbalulu 

I have done the same thing. I have now gotten into the habit of going to Goodreads to check out if a book I might want to read is part of a series. If so, I must start from Number 1. 

[JanetsGirl]

Determined:  A Science of Life Without Free Will by Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky.  Fascinating discussion that there is no such thing as free will, and the personal and societal implications of that.

Lucky by Jane Smiley.  Just picked it up at the library.  I mostly enjoy Smiley's novels, so I am looking forward to it.

[Lilysmom1]

I finished A Calamity of Souks by David Baldacci.  It is the story I described as like John Grisham's style.  Legal problem, poor defendant takes on establishment.  I find this kind storyline so overused.  I rated it 3/5.  Goodreads highly rated it at 4.5/5.

[SWEET]

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@JanetsGirl wrote:

Determined:  A Science of Life Without Free Will by Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky.  Fascinating discussion that there is no such thing as free will, and the personal and societal implications of that.

Lucky by Jane Smiley.  Just picked it up at the library.  I mostly enjoy Smiley's novels, so I am looking forward to it.

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@JanetsGirl 

I really liked Lucky.  Let me know how you like it. I read one book of her series Some Luck (Last Hundred Years series) and I need to read the other two. 

[dmod nj]

Thank you, @icezeus , for this month's thread.  

Thank you to all who posted. You gave me some more books to check out for my reading list.  

Joanne DeMaio is a favorite author of mine. I just finished book #20, The Liars,  of the series, The Seaside Saga. As always, I loved it, the characters and the cliff hanger.  I tried to listen to it. Not a fan of the narrator, so I bought the book and read it.  Lesson learned for this series.   I'm ready to read the next one! 

I am currently listening to Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg. I've been a fan for YEARS!  I am loving it and her laugh! It's about her life with her mom and brother. 

I listened to Kristin Higgins, Pack Up The Moon.  It was recommended by a friend. I had no idea what it was about, until I started to listen to it.   This is a copied and pasted summary. "Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find happiness again in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins." 

It was heavier and more dramatic than I usually read or listen to. I did enjoy it, though.  At times, it made me tear up, other times, I smiled.

I listened to One Wrong Turn, by Deanna Lynn Sletten. Again, this was recommended to me by a friend.  I enjoyed it.  This is a copied and pasted summary. "Tragedy brought him home, but love made him stay. When his estranged wife, Jess, has a terrible accident leaving her lying in a coma, Clay Connors returns to his family to care for his two daughters. He has been separated from his family for nearly two years and his eldest daughter, Maddie, is resentful over his being absent. Sadly, his youngest daughter, Jilly, barely remembers him. Clay’s reasons for staying away now seem self-serving in the light of their family’s tragedy. The past washes over Clay as the memories of what led up to their separation envelope him and his future hangs in the balance over whether or not his wife will wake up. Can they be a family again, or is he too late? One Wrong Turn is a story of time lost and redemption as Clay and his daughters struggle to reconnect and learn to trust again in the wake of a tragedy."

I listened to How to Walk Away by Katherine Center.   This is a copied and pasted summary. " Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in one tumultuous moment.

In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Margaret must figure out how to move forward on her own terms while facing long-held family secrets, devastating heartbreak, and the idea that love might find her in the last place she would ever expect."

I listened to this quickly. I really enjoyed this book.  It kept me thinking....what would I do if I were in her shoes?  

I listened to Hope Holloway's Amelia Island books, #3, The Bookstore on Amelia Island and #4, The Florist on Amelia Island. They are light romance stories about sisters in a family. After the heavier books I mentioned earlier, I was happy to go back to lighter stories. lol 

I read, Kerk Murray's Since The Day We Danced. 

I was drawn to the cover because it involved a dog. lol It was a sweet story. Once again a light story to just enjoy. I don't think I'd read the rest of the books in that series. 

[nwbabs]

Finished Ghosted: An American Story by Nancy French last evening and it is still haunting me today. Pun intended.

The book is a memoir following French's life through poverty to political circles to ostracism. Some readers may find some of the material covered triggering.

Interesting note: Nancy French is a ghost writer with a QVC connection, Kim Gravel's book Collecting Confidence.

[Judaline]

What happened to Robert Crais? I kind of remember him having trouble writing the last book by his deadline. Maybe Elvis Cole and sidekick are history? Hope not!