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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Reading is becoming a deep love of mine!! So many great stories to get sucked into! July’s book review is filled with lots of fails (on my part) and several worthy reads that you might just want to check out!!
❤️ Meghan
July’s Books:
📚The Last Murder at the End of the World: amzn.to/3XA96I8
📚 The Maid: amzn.to/3Wx1Bkq
📚 The Travelling Cat Chronicles: amzn.to/3WyPEup
🎥 My last book review video: • Overcoming GUILT to be...
Some of my FAVORITE books:
✨Behind Her Eyes: amzn.to/3xK44yr
✨One True Loves: amzn.to/3zfv6hv
✨The Lying Woods: amzn.to/3VTjn10
✨First Lie Wins: amzn.to/45FkO6c
✨The Good Part: amzn.to/3XUqgkb
✨The Last Thing He Told Me: amzn.to/4bh1mOk
✨Eight Hundred Grapes: amzn.to/3L1OwJ6
✨The Sun Singer: amzn.to/4frwzSy
✨Where the Crawdads Sings: www.amazon.com...
✨The Help: www.amazon.com...
I love these book club videos. If you want to read clean romance mystery books read Colleen Coble. She's a great Christian author. AND Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. That book I thought was one thing but it was so beautiful a story. I've read it a few times.❤❤
Amor Towles is such a great storyteller I would get his first novel Rules of Civility. His most recent book is a collection of short stories and a novella at the end - Table for Two. The novella is about one of the characters from Rules of Civility.
Other recommendations:
Lonesome Dove -Larry McMurtry
The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker
The Wager - David Grann
Clear - Carys Davies
You might enjoy The Women’s Murder Club written by James Patterson. There are 23 books written, it is a series, same characters, little spice! Even my husband likes them!🤣
I read up to 18. Need to get the rest of them. Just had to take a break. Love James Patterson
Yay!!! I’m sure you didn’t do this on my suggestion but I am thrilled that you’re doing a Book Club for us!!! Let’s substitute wine and cheese for sugar cookies and hot chocolate!!!
I love reading and have slacked off for a few years. Because of you I’m taking some recommendations and going to dive back in. I’m not a fan of the lovey books. So I take to heart what you recommend. I want to read Women because I’m a psych nurse and worked with 2 nurses who served in Vietnam. I learned a lot from them. Thanks Meghan. ❤
I don't know your experience with the classics, but I highly recommend any of Jane Austen's novels ("Persuasion" is my favorite), and books like "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights." You will get the romance without the spice. Jane Austen is actually quite funny. If you've ever seen "Sense and Sensibility," Emma Thompson extracted so much humor from the story. I also LOVED "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" and "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke. They are magical and beautifully written.
" My pretend book club !" I could not stop laughing Meghan. 😂 You are too funny as usual. 😊
Read A Gentleman in Moscow, Remarkable Bright Creatures, West with Giraffes
Agreed. A fabulous book
West with Giraffes was so good!! Loved A Gentleman in Moscow
Wow!! Quite an ambitious list of reading! I love how excited you are about the books!
I agree on a couple of your DNF’s ! Ugh !! I recently came across a couple really good books almost by accident. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the books KINFOLK AND APPALACHIAN SONG. They grabbed my interest from the beginning and I couldn’t stop reading both ! Please check them out. I read about 5 books a week and these two were some of my favorites. I’ve been disappointed by Reese’s book picks. By the way, YOURS TRULY was a fun read.
Oh I love the spicy so our taste is a bit different but if you're into mystery/thriller I just finished you shouldn't have come here and I'm currently reading little secrets. Little secrets has some spice but not super graphic. Probably in between a 2-3 on the spice scale.
I also love watching Elyse Myer!
I just finished The Women (loved it) and All The Colors Of The Dark (excellent, highly recommend). I started listening to Remarkably Bright Creatures but about 60% through and I don’t think I’m going to finish it because I’m kinda bored with it. Just started The Inheritance Games which is YA, it feels like the movie Knjves Out but in book form 📚
I’m going to get the cat book from our library. Thank you! I don’t buy books.
Our town has many Little Free Libraries which I frequent. And our Friends of the Library group sells books that have been pulled from circulation by donation. Love it!
The so called “spice”, aka smut is becoming common place & socially accepted.
It’s more like soft porn…so disgusting. I appreciate you being vocal about it.
The Moscow book is good. I heard it read on NPR’s Chapter A Day a few yrs ago.
Have you heard of/read the Caldecott award winner Island of the Blue Dolphins?
My 5th grade teacher read it aloud to us. It’s still a favorite of mine & I’m a Sr citizen!
I think your kids would like it.
Thanks for sharing your reviews!
I love the "Red River of the North" series by Lauraine Snelling. She is a wonderful Christian writer and her period series are so good. The series starts with "An Untamed Land". A Swedish family comes to America and how they survive and build their land.
The Women was my favorite of Kristen Hannah’s books
I loved The Nightingale and Winter Garden. I’ll have to get The Women
I felt the same way about the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Couldn’t finish.
I cannot get past the second chapter of so many books because of the foul language-so frustrating. I enjoyed the Mrs. Pollifax series; it’s an older series, but the characters are well-developed and the stories were well-written. Another series that was on the lighter side, but made me laugh out loud often was the Southern Sisters series by Anne George.
I have read The covenant of water and it was good! Try books by William Kent Krueger, they are awesome!
Try ANY book written by CHARLES MARTIN! Personally, his later books are better, but you can't go wrong with any of them.
I just finished “Behind Her Eyes”! Oh my goodness! I thought I had the ending figured out, but I didn’t! Such a good book!!
Right?! So so good!!
Michele Campbell and Alice Feeney are my current thriller obsessions!!
Trying to get caught up have covid right now. Husband and Adult Autistic son both work and both came down with it first.. Somehow during taking care of them and trying to keep it away from me due to low immune system and handicappped I got it the worst. So trying to get caught up on videos I missed. As for books all depends your interests I love biography's Mafia history and Civil war, World wars etc. Though have a few that can come to mind during brain fog if any others will post on another book thread. Killer Angels by by Michael Shaara is a favorite, Murder she baked series (also a Hallmark series of movies that are "Loosely" based on the series but is a cute mystery series) first book is Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Book Hannah owns a bakery and always seems to get around to solve murders in her small town as they always seem to find her their by Joanne Fluke, Theirs another also turned into Hallmark movies Aurora teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris first book was Real Murders . Two Authors I read a lot of and think read most of them in one of their series have passed so all their books are out Jesse Stone books (also made into movies with Tom Selleck) by Robert Parker believe the first novel was Buried Secrets and Ralph M. McInerny who did Father Dowling Mysteries but I read his Notre Dame Mysteries that all take place on the campus, first book was On the Rockne in the series. This working on this book but life keeps getting in the way and I am not a Stephen king fan so don't know why I started it but I keep coming back to it to try and Finish 11/22/63: A Novel , It's good what I read but I never seem to get to the end something family wise happens and come back to it and want something not so fast paced after a family thing if you know what I mean. Sorry long reply Hope you have a blessed day and wonderful week.
Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes books are also good if you like something different.
Please Please read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus...you wont be sorry!!
I’ve already read it. It was a good one! 😊😊😊
I will def jot down some of the titles for next month and have a peak :) I have never been disappointed with a book from Reese's book club. Please please please read Sanitorium. You will love it! It is right up your ally. No spicy, just twists and turns and a marvelous whodunnit. It has turned into a series revolving around the same character. I think they're up to 3 books now. Great, fun video!
I’m looking for a series, so I’m going to check that out. Thanks for the tip.
I'm reading "One Perfect Couple " by Ruth Ware. I'm not even half-way through it yet, but it immediately grabbed me, and I'm really enjoying it so far.
I loved The Lying Woods. Thank you. Try Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
Great book ideas. Going to library tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙
I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. And I totally understand your point of view. But let me tell you.... You really should go back to it and finish it! The ending is worth it! I promise!
I can recommend some really good books and they will help you in every area of your life. Reading is more important than people think especially when you are reading things that matter not nonsense that won’t help you in anyway. Start with Unshakable Hope by Max Lucado.
I just finished The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan. It was very different than anything I had read before. The whole book is a series of letters between a group of people and set in France, England and Canada in 2016. I really liked it. Love your videos too!
I am reading Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate. Just finished Swan Song by Elin Hillebrand.
Based on your and your sister's recommendation I am reading Behind Her Eyes. Not too far into it yet but looking forward to it
You might enjoy a cozy mystery series (Thursday Murder Club Mystery) written by British comedian Richard Osman. I've only read the first two, but I enjoyed them enough to order the rest. The core characters are senior citizens some of whom live in a home and they get drawn into solving murders/crimes. One of the ladies used to be a secret agent. Not gory, not spicy, and at times humorous. Oh!....the first book (I think) is going to be made into a Netflix movie starring Helen Mirren and Sir Ben Kingsley!
I read Behind Her Eyes. I liked it but it was weird. I have not read anything like it before. I watch you from Kentucky and enjoy everything you do. I have read most of Freida McFadden.
I LOVED The Maid!!
Me too. Also loved Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Similar lead character.
I just read "Snow" by John Banville. It was a mystery by an award winning Irish author. It was excellent.
I can’t do spicy either. But I just skip those parts so I can still finish the book.
Love the book club idea! My mother's day present was to sit on the back porch and finish reading The Women while snacking, then I was in a reading whirlwind of checking books off my list. I'm currently reading Seven Year Slip, but my attention span right now is zilch and I haven't read for a few weeks. It's about time travel within an apartment, so it's right up my alley. Maybe watching this video will be a kick in the pants to dig in again.
I'm reading Southern Man, by Greg Iles. Great book
Harper Lee was Truman Capote’s best friend.
I LOVE that you're doing this!!!❤❤
Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water are very good. Presently reading A Better W by Sarah Langan it is also great!
if u can't do spice stay away from christine feehan
Go to your local library! Free, you are able to request whatever they do not have for free! Your taxes pay for the library. Take you kids, they have storytime, crafts, book clubs.... Try it, you will not be sorry!!
We love going to the library. Our library doesn’t have most of the books that I’m looking for and while I can request titles, I enjoy having a copy for myself. 😊
You are precious MEGHAN 😊
Meghan I love the book club. I’m getting some of them ❤
An oldie but goodie… Anne Rivers Siddons Colony. So good!
I’m really with you on the spice level, I’ve stopped reading mid through also , such a disappointment! I’ve actually read the very end just to see what happened, I’d gotten that far into the book! This is great, thanks🙂
That’s what I should do. I should skip to the end on the ones that I get through a good portion of, but won’t finish.
Try Ruth Ware books.