Book Club

[teganslaw]

I finished reading "The Wind Knows my Name" by Isabel Allende. 

The novel brings two stories together: Samuel Adler, 6,  escaping the Nazis in 1938 and Anita Diaz, a 7 year old,  trying to find asylum in the U.S in 2019. from El Salvador. The two people find themselves connected in the present. 

The story was interesting, but I liked Allende's other books better. This one brought some politics into it, although with the plot being about immigrants, it's kind of expected. It's difficult to explain why this wasn't as good, but I felt more connected with Allende's sagas about families in Chile and other parts of South America. 

A good read, but not a favorite of hers. 

[Judaline]

Just finished Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. It was here that I heard about it. It's different, for sure. It's about a town, the quirky people in it (a bit like Mitford, but not) and a storyline with different plots. I liked ALL of the characters. There's an aquarium and one of the occupants is an octopus who converses with one of the characters without saying a word. He's just smart. But you won't be hearing from him much-a couple of pages here and there. The star of the show (book) is a senior named Tova. She cleans the aquarium at night. But she's very active during the day. The librarian said how much she loved this book. She said it's got everything.....romance, mystery, excitement. It's true. I just love how she winds it all up in the last chapters. But I must say after the first chapter I thought, 'this better get better or it's outta here.' It did. Something made me go further and before you know it, I was hooked. Try it, you'll like it.

[SWEET]

Just finished a cute debut novel by Jenn Bouchard First Course.  I love discovering new authors when I win books.

[dawg lover]

Here's my recent reads:

12 MONTHS TO LIVE by James Patterson and Like Lupica - the first book in a new series.  I thought it was good.

THE RUNNING GRAVE by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling) - this book is 947 pages in small print, which was initially a turnoff to me.  I thought I would just skim it, as I did her two previous books.  But, there's no numerology or text messages to skim, and the book is really good, much better than the two previous books.  Now, it definitely could be shorter, but it's a big improvement.

I just got these three books from the library:

JUDGMENT PREY by John Sandford

SECOND ACT by Danielle Steel

DEAD ON TARGET (new Agatha Raisin book) by M. C. Beaton

[dmod nj]

Has anyone read anything by Kelsey Kingsley?

If so, what should I read? Stay away from?

Thanks for any and all opinions.

[smoochy]

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@dawg lover wrote:

Here's my recent reads:

12 MONTHS TO LIVE by James Patterson and Like Lupica - the first book in a new series.  I thought it was good.

THE RUNNING GRAVE by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling) - this book is 947 pages in small print, which was initially a turnoff to me.  I thought I would just skim it, as I did her two previous books.  But, there's no numerology or text messages to skim, and the book is really good, much better than the two previous books.  Now, it definitely could be shorter, but it's a big improvement.

I just got these three books from the library:

JUDGMENT PREY by John Sandford

SECOND ACT by Danielle Steel

DEAD ON TARGET (new Agatha Raisin book) by M. C. Beaton

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Ahh you lucky dog, Judement Prey has a six month waitlist at my library. In the meantime I'm reading Hidden Prey. I somehow missed that one 

[icezeus]

I just finished Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown. Her name is very familiar but for some reason this is the first time that I have read one of her books. 

I enjoyed the book although this could be a trigger for some. It involves a mass shooting, where several people are killed and injured. The killer is still out there. Who is this person?? As the survivors and cops try to figure it out. 

My next book is Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena. 

[smoky22]

I read The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, a Japanese police procedural.  It wasn't a "who done it" but a "will they get a way with it."  It's a slow burn of a police/detective story, more dialogue than action, and it turns into quite a morality tale.  I thoroughly enjoyed the cat and mouse way the story unfolded. 

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Finished Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea, it was his 1st novel and it was good. There were a couple of loose ends that weren't tied up at the end though... He is a good author, and I have read some of his oher books, and have really enjoyed them......

I am still waiting to receive Falling as I need to read that for my next Book Club in two weeks!!!!!!Hopefully it is a quick read...

[abbalulu]

I finally got around to reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. I found it a bit difficult to get into and began to wonder what all the hubbub had been about but then the story finally took hold and I soared through it. I enjoyed it but you have to suspend disbelief somewhat to accept that a virtually uneducated young woman could become an expert on the ecology of the swamps and also write and publish poetry to boot.

I read Anatomy of a Song by Marc Myers which took 45 iconic songs and told about how they were written and recorded.

I also finished The One by John Marrs which was about someone developing a Match Your DNA test which would match you with the person that was supposed to be your love match. It follows the story of five people who take the test and discover their matches and what happens afterwards. Obviously things don't go quite as smoothly as promised by the concept.