Comments on: May Reading

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:05:09 +0000

In reply to Debbie Moore. How wild- my library hold for this book came in this afternoon! I'm so excited!

By: Debbie Moore

Debbie Moore — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:21:51 +0000

In reply to Catherine. I loved it. It is different because of the puppet aspect but like all Khune’s books it is about love, kindness and family and that being different is a good thing.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:16:08 +0000

In reply to Susan. Thank you! I need to review I Have Some Questions, but it's a tough one. I'll be curious to know what you think!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:12:02 +0000

In reply to Belle. It's been a rough year. Most of the readers I know have struggled. Hopefully, things will pick up!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:55:56 +0000

In reply to Laila. He was a nice change from the arrogance of some of the others I've listened to. I haven't heard of that one- I'll look it up! Oh, it sounds like the right book for these times. I may need to read right away!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:52:13 +0000

In reply to Debbie. Wow! You had some great reading. What did you think of Lives of Puppets? I adored Cerulean Sea, but am a bit skeptical about this one.

By: Belle

Belle — Wed, 31 May 2023 23:25:18 +0000

Hi Catherine! I’m not having great luck with 2023 pubs. They are just not hitting the sweet spot for me. My 2 best reads in May were Hello Beautiful and Montana 1948 but the best is by far Montana 1948.

Otherwise, I keep melting back into series reading like Donna Leon, Daniel Silva, Alexander McCall Smith and Ann Cleeves. They rarely disappoint.

I will definitely read more Larry Watson. Also Anne Bogel published 15 backlist reads with summer as a theme.

Here’s to some great reading up ahead!

Belle

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 31 May 2023 19:43:26 +0000

Nora goes off script, oh my gosh, what a fun rom com. I too thoroughly enjoyed, surprisingly, Rob Lowe’s memoir. I am about to start I have some questions for you. Love your reviews!

By: Laila

Laila — Wed, 31 May 2023 18:55:16 +0000

I also enjoyed Lowe’s memoir!

I think my highlight of May was Living Resistance by Kaitlin Curtice.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:34:02 +0000

My May reading was very good. I read and loved “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese, which I think should win this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Literature. I also read “Clytemnestra” by Costanza Casati; “The Collected Regrets of Clover” by Mikki Brammer; “The Secret Book of Flora Lea” by Patti Callahan Henry; “In the Lives of Puppets” by T.J. Klune; “The Ferryman” by Justin Cronin (first 2/3s great; last 1/3 so-so); and “Hang the Moon” by Jeannette Walls, all of which I enjoyed. I read two books that missed the mark for me — “Camp Zero” by Michelle Min Sterling and “All the Broken Places” by John Boyne. All in all a very good reading month.