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by Sílvia
Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June!
Replies: 11
Views: 725

Re: June!

I started Blackout by Connie Willis last night. It's the third in the Oxford Time Travel series. Spudd, I thought you'd read this, but it doesn't show on goodreads. Have you? I absolutely LOVED Doomsday Book (book 1), but couldn't get into To Say Nothing of the Dog (book 2), so I'm curious. I like B...
by Sílvia
Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June!
Replies: 11
Views: 725

Re: June!

That is pretty impressive, Spudd! Where was I? I tried to read Hello, Beautiful, but gave up after 80 pages or so. Not my thing. Then I read Gravity, a sci-fi thriller by Tess Gerritsen, and then The Locked Door, another thriller by Freida McFadden. I liked them both. Freida McFadden is my new guilt...
by Sílvia
Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June!
Replies: 11
Views: 725

Re: June!

I read The Retreat by Mark Edwards. His plot resolutions are ridiculously far-fetched, but they work for me. It was my third and I'll probably read more by him.

Not sure what's next.
by Sílvia
Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: June!
Replies: 11
Views: 725

Re: June!

I finished The Maid's Diary. It was ok. 3 stars. Then I read Book Lovers, which I hated. Maybe I should accept that romance is not for me. At least not without another element to add spice (a period in history or time travel, for example). I found it boring, draggy, whiny, predictable. Not sure what...
by Sílvia
Mon May 29, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: May!
Replies: 11
Views: 680

Re: May!

Yes, glad you liked Lessons in Chemistry, Spudd. And glad you liked Every Summer After, Blush. I finished Lovely Girls. It was entertaining enough, not memorable. 3 stars. Now I'm about 55% through another thriller that's just ok so far: The Maid's Diary by Loreth Ann White? I think that's her name....
by Sílvia
Wed May 24, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: May!
Replies: 11
Views: 680

Re: May!

Oh, that book is on kindle unlimited in Portuguese, Blush, and I heard someone raving about it, so I might pick it up. Also, unless it's something REALLY good, I never remember any plots :crystal I finished Just a Regular Boy. It was as mushy as expected, but still a good story, if a bit unrealistic...
by Sílvia
Mon May 15, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: May!
Replies: 11
Views: 680

Re: May!

I finished All the Broken Places. Loved it. Highly recommend. Now I'm reading Just a Regular Boy by Catherin Ryan Hyde. I'm on page 102 and so far I'm finding it very gripping. I hope it doesn't get impossibly mushy later on. This woman's the author of Pay it Forward, which became a movie with that ...
by Sílvia
Tue May 02, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: May!
Replies: 11
Views: 680

Re: May!

I gave up on Rendezvous with Rama almost right away. It wasn't holding my interest.

Then I started All the Broken Places by John Boyne, the sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I'm only on page 75, but I like it so far.
by Sílvia
Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:23 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

Re: April!

Finally finished Homecoming. OMG, it was LONG. I mean, objectively, it's not that long at 560 pages. But it FELT long. It was so, so slow. Chapters and chapters where nothing happens, it's just descriptions of places and mundane details about people's lives. At about 150-200 pages I started to scrat...
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

Re: April!

I really liked The Soulmate too, Rowan! She never disappoints. Blush, glad you liked Lessons in Chemistry! It was one of my favorites last year, too. Then I started the new Kate Morton, Homecoming. I'm thoroughly enjoying it, as usual, but it's a slow burner, also as usual for her. 560 pages, I'm ab...
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

Re: April!

I don't have Apple, sadly.

Finished the new Jojo Moyes. I agree, it was just ok, Rowan.

Now I have The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth.
by Sílvia
Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

Re: April!

What do you mean you could see him plotting? I liked Jacob. Didn't love it, but I do remember the ending, which is more than I can say about 98% of the books I read, so there's that. I haven't seen the show.
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

Re: April!

Oh, I loved Lessons in Chemistry!

Rowan, I saw that you found the new Jojo only ok. We'll see. I'm only about 50 pages in, but I'm enjoying it. I usually love her stuff. Except for the last one, the one about the horseback library. I found it boring. I also have the new William Landay on my list!
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April!
Replies: 14
Views: 1151

April!

I read the new one by Brazilian writer Martha Batalha, but didn't love it like her previous 2, sadly.

Then I started the new Jojo Moyes.
by Sílvia
Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:31 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: March!
Replies: 9
Views: 2016

Re: March!

I read A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke, which was entertaining enough if you enjoy sci-fi. It was incredibly sexist, though, which hurt my 21st century ears. I know it was written in 1960, but the man was writing sci-fi set in about 2040. He should have taken that into consideration. Then I r...
by Sílvia
Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: March!
Replies: 9
Views: 2016

Re: March!

I finished The Surrogate Mother, which was a bit more ridiculous than the other 2 I'd read by her (Freida McFadden), but still fun. Then I read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which had an interesting premise, but was way too long, with very little happening in the second half. Now I'm going to h...
by Sílvia
Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February!
Replies: 28
Views: 2389

Re: February!

Blush, if I'm remembering right, I thought 9 lives was way too many to keep track! That book didn't work for me.
by Sílvia
Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February!
Replies: 28
Views: 2389

Re: February!

I read Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry. I thought it would be a thriller, but it's a very heavy drama. I almost gave it up when I found out what it was about (teenage pedophile), but I got sucked in. Powerful story that I think I won't forget, but so devastating. It's told mostly from the point of view...
by Sílvia
Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February!
Replies: 28
Views: 2389

Re: February!

I read The Housemaid by Freida Mc...Fadden? I think that's it. I seem to be in the mood for trashy suspense, since this was my fifth in a row. This last one there were some people on goodreads saying has the exact same plot as The Other Mrs. Parrish. I don't know, but it was fun! It was terribly imp...
by Sílvia
Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:19 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February!
Replies: 28
Views: 2389

Re: February!

I read The Stepchild by Nicole Trope. Another family drama/thriller that starts with a missing child. Loved it. I mean, it was fast-paced and very entertaining. Not that I'll remember much of it next week.