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Has anyone read 'Invention of Wings' by Sue Monk Kidd? I enjoyed it - but was even more blown away that it was based on real life women...

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I am reading UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY by Nancy Horan.

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I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Nancy Horan's Under the Wide and Starry Sky from Bookbrowse. I liked it for long stretches, but sometimes grew weary. It was interesting reading about Robert Louis Stevenson's health issues.

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On 1/25/2014 smokymtngal said:

On 1/25/2014 coldlake said:

Read The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison. Maybe I should say I skimmed, not read it, because after the opening section, it fell flat for me and I probably wouldn't have finished it except for the Chicago setting and the endorsements by some good writers, like Kate Atkinson. All in all, an ok read but nothing special. It's another male/female relationship gone wrong but instead of just breaking up, they take things to the next level. Pages and pages of dialogue with therapists, he said, she said, etc.

coldlake, I felt the same way about this book. Much ado about nothing.

Dear Lord, I just "finished" this one, and by finished, I mean skimmed over it. This might just be the worst book I have ever read.

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Finished THE DRESSMAKER by Kate Allcot and enjoyed it.

From Amazon: Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she’s had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be her personal maid on the Titanic. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men—a kind sailor and an enigmatic Chicago businessman—who offer differing views of what lies ahead for her in America. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes, and amidst the chaos, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat.

It was very interesting as Lady Lucile Duff Gordon was an actual passenger and famous designer. The book didn't dwell too long on the Titanic, but of the aftermath.

Now on to ORPHAN TRAIN.

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On 1/29/2014 sfparrthd said:

Finished THE DRESSMAKER by Kate Allcot and enjoyed it.

From Amazon: Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she’s had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be her personal maid on the Titanic. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men—a kind sailor and an enigmatic Chicago businessman—who offer differing views of what lies ahead for her in America. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes, and amidst the chaos, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat.

It was very interesting as Lady Lucile Duff Gordon was an actual passenger and famous designer. The book didn't dwell too long on the Titanic, but of the aftermath.

Now on to ORPHAN TRAIN.

I read The Dressmaker a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Just finished Orphan Train and loved that one. (Have a box of tissues handy) So if you liked the first, you'll probably enjoy the second.

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On 1/29/2014 Linders Back said:

On 1/29/2014 sfparrthd said:

Finished THE DRESSMAKER by Kate Allcot and enjoyed it.

From Amazon: Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she’s had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be her personal maid on the <em>Titanic.</em> Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men—a kind sailor and an enigmatic Chicago businessman—who offer differing views of what lies ahead for her in America. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes, and amidst the chaos, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat.

It was very interesting as Lady Lucile Duff Gordon was an actual passenger and famous designer. The book didn't dwell too long on the Titanic, but of the aftermath.

Now on to ORPHAN TRAIN.

I read The Dressmaker a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Just finished Orphan Train and loved that one. (Have a box of tissues handy) So if you liked the first, you'll probably enjoy the second.

Thank You!

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On 1/27/2014 advantagebooks said:

Has anyone read 'Invention of Wings' by Sue Monk Kidd? I enjoyed it - but was even more blown away that it was based on real life women...

hi advantagebooks, I'm reading it now. I'm LOVING it, after a bit of a slow start. Going to go read now.

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On 1/26/2014 smokymtngal said:

On 1/25/2014 fbm2lsm said:

I just finished The Dinner by the same author of Gone Girl. I had trouble getting into but the ending was dynamic. I did not see some of the characters developing as they did. It is very thought provoking as well as an example of just tragic parenting. I read this for my book club and am anxious to hear what the others thought.

The Dinner was by Herman Koch and Gone Girl was by Gillian Flynn.

I didn't hate The Dinner but I didn't really like it, either. I just thought it was nothing special.

I loved the creativity of Gone Girl. It was very cleverly written.

I was the one that absolutely hated The Dinner. I was so angry at the two sets of parents I could have murdered them all myself. I actually wished the author killed them all off at the end