December: what are you reading?
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December: what are you reading?
I just finished The Testaments. So good.
Next is Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White.
Next is Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White.
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I'm reading The Grace Year by Kim Liggett. Chatter has it as The Handmaids Tale meets The Hunger Games. I'm not into it enough to get a real feel for it.
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Finished A Time to Kill. Loved it. There was a lot of backstory on several characters, but I enjoyed all of it. I also watched the movie over the weekend and I don't think I'd seen it before
Now I'm reading what they call its sequel, Sycamore Row. It's not really a sequel, it's just set in the same town, with the same lawyer.
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Now I'm reading what they call its sequel, Sycamore Row. It's not really a sequel, it's just set in the same town, with the same lawyer.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
I finished A Perfect Wife. It became clear that it was the second in a series but was ok as a standalone.
Then I skimmed Girl Wash Your Face. Ugh. Drivel.
Now I have a collection of short stories by Maeve Binchy, published after her death. I don't expect they will be as good as the books published while she was alive, but still ok. I hope.
Then I skimmed Girl Wash Your Face. Ugh. Drivel.
Now I have a collection of short stories by Maeve Binchy, published after her death. I don't expect they will be as good as the books published while she was alive, but still ok. I hope.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
The Maeve Binchy stories were pretty good. Some of them seemed unfinished, but a lot of short stories seem that way to me.
Then I read a short novel called The Student, by Cary Fagan. He wrote the female protagonist well, I thought.
I have three beach reads packed for the trip. I can trade them in at the book cart. Hopefully there will be other English books there, the resort attracts mainly Germans, it seems!
Then I read a short novel called The Student, by Cary Fagan. He wrote the female protagonist well, I thought.
I have three beach reads packed for the trip. I can trade them in at the book cart. Hopefully there will be other English books there, the resort attracts mainly Germans, it seems!
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Finished Sycamore Row. Loved it too! I'd forgotten how engrossing John Grisham can be.
Today I'm going to have a look at the sample of Where the Crawdads Sing. I think the blurb sounds super boring, but I'm tired of seeing this book pop up in my goodreads feed with EVERYONE saying it's the best book of the decade. I wanna find out for myself.
Today I'm going to have a look at the sample of Where the Crawdads Sing. I think the blurb sounds super boring, but I'm tired of seeing this book pop up in my goodreads feed with EVERYONE saying it's the best book of the decade. I wanna find out for myself.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
I have that on my list, too.
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I’m listening to Ronan Farrow “catch and kill” and reading a trivia study guide
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I finished Three Bags Full and would recommend it. It was very cute.
Now I'm reading Arkwright. My brother recommended it to me. We'll see. It's a sci-fi.
Now I'm reading Arkwright. My brother recommended it to me. We'll see. It's a sci-fi.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
I have started Folly Beach by Dorothy Benton Frank. I don't really have high hopes based on reviews, but we will see.
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I returned Where the Crawdads Sing at the 45% mark. Found it painfully boring. At first I intended to finish it even though I wasn't enjoying it because everyone said the second half is completely different, but I decided life's too short and I could just read spoilers on goodreads if I wanted to know how it would end. Ugh. Never mind me, though, it has a 4.5 average rating on goodreads.
Not sure what's next.
Not sure what's next.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
Folly Beach was BAD. Now I have Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano.
I checked out the resort library and 97% of the books are German, the rest a smattering of French and English.
I checked out the resort library and 97% of the books are German, the rest a smattering of French and English.
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I received my copy of the new Isabel Allende yesterday so I started it. I hate the fact that her books don't have an electronic version in Portuguese, so I have to buy them in paper. The print is so tiny! Ah, it's called A Long Petal of the Sea.
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I finished Five Days in Skye. There was nothing on the jacket to indicate it was Christian fiction but it was. Just had that slightly cheesy feeling reading it, and confirmed when I went to rate it.
Now I have One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan. It's also a bit corny but at least the plot is more bearable.
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Now I have One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan. It's also a bit corny but at least the plot is more bearable.
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Blush, you haven't been lucky with your resort books, uh?
Finished A Long Petal of the Sea. Loved it. Almost as much as The House of the Spirits, her first and still my favorite.
Not sure what's next. I'm in the mood for something very light and chick-lit-y.
Finished A Long Petal of the Sea. Loved it. Almost as much as The House of the Spirits, her first and still my favorite.
Not sure what's next. I'm in the mood for something very light and chick-lit-y.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
One Summer in Paris was ok.
Then I found Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. I have a feeling it will actually be good!
Then I found Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. I have a feeling it will actually be good!
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I thought Everything I Never Told You was well-written but slow. Let us know.
I'm reading The House of New Beginnings by Lucy Diamond. It's a very easy, predictable, relaxing read, but I'm more absorbed in the character's lives than I thought I'd be.
I'm reading The House of New Beginnings by Lucy Diamond. It's a very easy, predictable, relaxing read, but I'm more absorbed in the character's lives than I thought I'd be.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
I just finished Everything I Never Told you and it certainly was better than the last few books I have read. Now I have In Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
I just finished Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen, and I loved it. I like novels in which people's lives intertwine.
I don't know what's next, but I beat my goal of 70 books, with 72.![Bunny :bunny](./images/smilies/animal26.gif)
I don't know what's next, but I beat my goal of 70 books, with 72.
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Re: December: what are you reading?
The House of New Beginnings ended up way too sugary and predictable.
Now I have A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand. I hope it fits my criteria of "light, but not stupid". I've read 6 of her books, loved 3, didn't love 3.
Now I have A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand. I hope it fits my criteria of "light, but not stupid". I've read 6 of her books, loved 3, didn't love 3.