Book Club

[SWEET]

Here are my top 5 in no order:

1.  Wild Women And The Blues - Denny S. Bryce

2.  Of Women and Salt - Gabriela Garcia

3.  The Sound of Wings - Suzanne Simonetti

4.  The Music of Bees - Eileen Garvin

5.  Return To Palm Court - Stephanie Edwards

[phoenixbrd]

I'm wondering what your top 5 best books were?

[SWEET]

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@phoenixbrd wrote:

I'm wondering what your top 5 best books were?

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@phoenixbrd 

Someone started a thread about that one and I commented there.

[BirkiLady]

@phoenixbrd    I absolutely LOVED "Yellow Wife". Well-written, yet difficult to read in places. Strength of people who have goals and beliefs is beyond anything most of us can imagine, yet would hope we would also be able to bear and endure for better conditions for ourselves and children. "Yellow Wife" is a true historical novel, which must be read so American's never forget our darkest history. We cannot ever let that type of history repeat itself again!  Highly recommend!!  (Warning: graphic, but necessary, sections to explain the truth of our history.) 

[SWEET]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

@phoenixbrd    I absolutely LOVED "Yellow Wife". Well-written, yet difficult to read in places. Strength of people who have goals and beliefs is beyond anything most of us can imagine, yet would hope we would also be able to bear and endure for better conditions for ourselves and children. "Yellow Wife" is a true historical novel, which must be read so American's never forget our darkest history. We cannot ever let that type of history repeat itself again!  Highly recommend!!  (Warning: graphic, but necessary, sections to explain the truth of our history.) 

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@BirkiLady 

Yellow Wife was not my usual type of book to read.  Though it was diffcult to read in some places, I really liked it and I was surprised.

[BirkiLady]

@SWEET   Me, too!! Totally different, but I loved it.  And it has stuck with me like more books do not. I learned so much from that read! Always knew I could never ever live south of the Mason Dixie Line.  That book reinforced my life-long commitment to living in the North. LOL   

Although I travel south to visit my sister and her family in Tampa and a cousin in Ft. Worth frequently. I still get the uncomfortable feeling when driving through the states out of Nebraska into MO to FL or TX. 

Also a couple of college friends in NM and AZ, but I don't consider those two states as "old south" since they were native american territory. 

[icezeus]

The Guest List by Lucy Foley.  I hated everyone in this darn book. I would have drowned them all if I had a choice. I wrote a withering review, and I cannot believe that it's rated almost 4/5 stars on Goodreads. 

[sandy53]

I did not like Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (published in 2020).  Another one that didn't work for me was Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.

[Sooner]

Katie Couric: Going There

I couldn't read it.  

[insomniac2]

The Guest List (by Lucy Foley) is the very worst book I have ever read in my life.