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I finished Oona Out of Order. Loved it! Thanks for the recommendation, Blush. Which John Boyne are you reading?

Hello...? Echo....! Where are all the readers? I read Are We Having Fun Yet? by Lucy Mangan. It's a novel about a working mother of 2 chronicling her days. It's hilarious, maybe even if you don't have kids, but it doesn't have much of a plot, which made it not super compelling. It might have worked ...

I read Reading Upside Down, a rom com by Jo Platt. It was cute, but forgettable.

Not sure what's next.

I used to read depressing stuff more regularly, but I'm getting soft in old age! (plus the real world is horrible enough)

Finished Kindred and thouroughly enjoyed it. What an interesting concept! I've never read anything similar. But I tried Parable of the Sower and couldn't get into it. Too depressing, and the religious talk put me off.

Now I need something a lot lighter.

I just came here to tell you I'm at 24% and completely hooked!! I already wanna buy Parable of the Sower and the other one because they're at a discount in Portuguese and Leo might be interested, too. He could probably understand them well enough in English, but he'd be lazy.

Bugsy, I've heard that Dr. Zhivago is super boring. I didn't wanna say anything before because I didn't wanna discourage you! Spudd, I LOVED The Last Letter from Your Lover! I think it's my favorite book by Jojo after Me Before You. You have to watch the Netflix adaptation afterwards and tell me how...

I gave up on City of Mist. I love Zafón, but I'm really, really not a short story reader.

Then I read The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth. Liked it a lot.

Now I'm reading a middle grade one called Starfish.

Blush, I read an 80-page one and a 14-page one in the last 24 hours But it was a coincidence, I don't care about the goal. I just sign up because I'm curious to see how many I've read. It's easier that way.

Finished A Fall of Marigolds. 2 stars. Bah. Then I read The Donor, a novella by Clare Mackintosh. Also 2 stars. It felt super rushed, like the summary of a novel. It's obvious the author's not used to the novella format. Now I have The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It's a book of short stories ...

Korie, I'm gonna go with the same author as Blush, Beth O'Leary, and recommend her other book, The Switch, which I found delicious. But if I'm remembering correctly, there's some back story about a character who died young, so I'm not sure how light you'd find it. That's not the main part of the sto...

I gave up on the Sophie Hannah, it was utter crap.

Now I'm reading A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner.

Gave up on American Dirt. Up to the point I read (30%), I found it predictable and kind of boring. Plus I was annoyed that the 8-year-old kid sounded like a 50-year-old.

Then I read Every Last Secret by A. R. Torre, which was lots of fun.

Now I'm reading Why Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah.

Well, I'm glad you think you liked it

Spudd, did you finish Good Luck with That?

I'm at 27% of American Dirt, but I'm not feeling it. I'll give it a few more pages.

Glad you loved 28 summers, Blush!

Finished the Kristan Higgins, it was just ok.

Then I read You Love Me (You - book 3) and quite enjoyed it. It was as implausible as ever, but fun.

Now I might read American Dirt. Have read the first 5 pages or so.

I loved 28 summers! I'm with you, Rowan, EH is VERY hit-and-miss for me, but that one was great! I also loved One Plus One, Spudd. Still reading the Kristan Higgins. Feeling a little orphaned by the end of season 3 of You and I found out there's a third book?? How come I didn't know that?? I mean, I...

Blush, I read that Mexicans were pissed about that book, right? But the story does sound compelling!

I'm reading an old Kristan Higgins, My One and Only (I think). It's ok, but not as good as her more recent books. At least not yet.

Blush, I loved Don't You Forget About Me, but was unimpressed with It's Not Me, It's You. Have you read any others? I gotta say her British references every other page make her books a bit tiring for me, even when I like them. Many things go right over my head, and that's annoying.

I'm reading Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane and was sucked right in! I'm at about 40% and thoroughly enjoying it.