Community Chat

[lainey1]

This book thread is started on the first of each month.

Some suggestions for posting here:

~ underline, bold or CAPITALIZE the name of the book you're reading - it makes it easier for us readers to see what it is

~ include the author of the book - there are so many books with the same title (if you are recommending a book we want to make sure we read the right one)

~ post a few words about the book - would you recommend it or not

~ tell us the book genre - is it mystery, romance, historical, biography, etc.

***There is no obligation to do any of the above.

As always, all posters are welcome here!

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It's been a long, cold winter for most of us so I'm glad it's half way over! The good thing is I've been reading more because it's too cold to do anything else!

I just started Against The Mark by Kat Martin. This is a new author for me.

Happy reading all! lainey

[walkingal]

Last night, I started Lynn Austin's A Woman's Place. Takes place during WWII about four women who work at a factory, all from different backgrounds and become friends. I really like Austin's books. Wish I had discovered her sooner!

[smoky22]

I started After Her by Joyce Maynard and managed to read six or seven chapters before I gave up on it. I found it boring and repetitive. But since I had read that much I decided to skim it to the end. I could have predicted how it would end.

Then I read Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall. What a difference! The first person narrative feels so much more real in this story. This is a wonderful book that I highly recommend.

[Judaline]

Yeah, I loved Whistling.

I just finished The Wind is Not a River by Brian Payton. Wow. I feel like I went thru it with him. A 'flyer' and I use the term loosely, and his plane go down in the Aleutians. It's WWll and the Japs are on the island. It's a story of survival and what a story it is, and alternately we read about his wife who joins the USO just to get to Alaska and then somehow the Aleutians. She knows a plane went down there and nobody knows anything so she's making it her business to find him herself. Engrossing and absorbing.

[RINGER]

Am starting "The Confession" by John Grisham. Think he is my new favorite author that has been around for a long time that I am just now reading some of his many books! (Whistling Past the Graveyard is a super book and to those who have not yet read it, give it a try! Loved it too).

[Judaline]

I've told friends about this book. They look at me, puzzling over the title Whistling Past the Graveyard. They don't get it but I got it-right away. Don't you all?

[SWEET]

Finished The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms. I thought it was going to be a silly book about 2 women w/the same name who win a house in Maine. It was cute and not silly at all.

Onto Adriana Trigiani's The Supreme Macaroni Club. Love her and this series.

[SydneyH]

On 2/2/2014 RINGER said:

Am starting "The Confession" by John Grisham. Think he is my new favorite author that has been around for a long time that I am just now reading some of his many books! (Whistling Past the Graveyard is a super book and to those who have not yet read it, give it a try! Loved it too).

I loved The Racketeer, it was short but very witty and captivating with the twists and turns.........

[LilSweetTea]

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

I've been needing a light read. I just finished two heavy duty books in the last two weeks and my mind is numb!

[Yahooey]

I just finished The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill as a highly recommended book here. I enjoyed it very much.

I'm slow to the party and just starting at A is for Alibi.