I am in a reading rut. Tell me the last book that took your breath away (from laughing, crying, suspense or a good punch to the gut):
I am in a reading rut. Tell me the last book that took your breath away (from laughing, crying, suspense or a good punch to the gut):
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
The Light We Lost. Couldn’t stop.
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier ?
Same… ?
The great alone
Soul of an Octopus
A Man Called Ove
I am on the library wait list for this one!
What she knew!!
The stolen marriage by diane chamberlain
The Couple Next Door
The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult (all the feels)
Girl Logic – Iliza Shlesinger (funniest friend tells all her stories)
The Martian – Andy Weir (“Will he make it?”)
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (“Holy crap did I actually love a book about a video game?”)
Anything by Mary Roach (The world is fascinating)
Agree about Ready Player One. I loved all the 80s references. Movie was fun.
I stayed away for a long time because, really, how interesting can a book about a video game be? I went and saw the movie with my husband just because I could entertain myself by looking at all the Easter Eggs, but ended up loving it. So, of course, I read the book. Despite the huge differences, I love them both and I’m so glad I finally read it!
The light we lost
Before We Were Yours. Finished it last night and I was wrecked
The Great Alone
Agree.
Loved it! ❤️
Sharp objects Gillian Flynn
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. I knew nothing about the man, but an now obsessed. what a tragedy….
That was the first book that made me laugh out loud. He ripped into the behind the scenes chef life like no one else has.
Lilac Girls
I really enjoyed the patron saint of liars. I was drawn to the running away/starting over part.
I listened to it a while ago but Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult was amazing
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
I love all her books!
Me too!!
Middlesex audiobook
My favorite audiobook ever!! I’m thinking of listening again soon, it’s been years!
I hadnt had much luck with audiobook novels until this….it was great!
A Marriage in Dog Years….I still think about it quite a bit. Probably because I related to the divorce so much.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.
Totally destroyed me.
Same here!!
Ditto.
This. This book is one that I’ll think of forever.
The marriage lie
Soooo good!!
My new favorite!
I ordered this book this weekend because of you! It must’ve been good! Lol
Yes!!!
Currently 1/2 way in. Can’t put it down
@Danielle I can’t wait to hear what you think!
Miller’s Valley
The Wife Between Us & The Witness Wore Red
I loved the wife between us! So good!
The Royal We
I love that book! So fun.
I’m not quite halfway through but I’m really digging The Little Paris Bookshop!
Lori Lansens – Rush Home Road. Finished on Sunday….my new all time favourite book! <3
Perfect Peace Daniel Black
The Child Finder
We Were The Lucky Ones gave me a huge book hangover.
We were the lucky ones
It was SO good and just….ahhhh….huge exhale.
@Karin yes it was! I have been talking about it for days after I finished it.
The Shoemaker’s Wife
Just finished.. “ I’m watching you “ it did surprise me
Tin Man was short but really packed a punch. My Oxford Year was emotionally powerful. Hunger by Roxane Gay and Educated by Tara Westover are real gut punches.
You
When Breath Becomes Air and Loving Frank
I finished this 2 weeks ago and I’m still affected by it
When Breath Becomes Air
Echoes by Danielle Steel
The great alone
Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
For One More Day – Mitch Albom
The Great Alone
Who wrote it?
I agree! Kristin Hannah
Thanks lladies! Just ordered it…..
Shelter in Place or The Great Alone
Winter garden or the greAt alone by Kristin Hannah an
The conclusion of The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve.
We need to talk about Kevin…
Small Great Things
Reading this now. ?
@Jane , enjoy!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0775FCBSC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
The Girls of Mischief Bay
Reconstructing Amelia…sooo good!!
Before we were yours.
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
I liked educated. A man called ove
The Good Father by Noah Hawley. Siracusa by Nora Ephron. The Nightingale or Winter Garden both by Kristin Hannah.
All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
Dare Me by Megan Abbott, Cassandra French’s Finish School for Boys by Eric Garcia, The Blonde by Duane Swierczynski
“Wayward Pines”…read it years ago and couldn’t wait for the next 2 books to come out.
Something in the water…amazing suspense! The audible version was fantastic
Dan Isles trilogy: Natchez burning, the bone tree and Mississippi blood.
Greg isles, not dan. Sorry!
Halfway through The Girl Who Smiled Beads – eye opening, gut wrenching.
This was such a good book!
“It Ends With Us” Colleen Hoover
That’s my pick too! Great book!
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn. It’s becoming a movie!
Ooo I didn’t know that part ?
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She’s Sorry and Kitchen Confidential
The night circus for fantasy. The writing is wonderful.
Love that one!
one of my favorite books.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Kind Worth Killing. The Good Daughter. The Broken Girls. He Said/She Said.
The Art of Racing in the Rain. I cried out loud at the end
Me too! Ugly cry right here.
Beartown and Us Against You
A mother’s goodbye by Kate Hewitt. Cried cried cried.
I loved “Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus.” It is definitely aimed at a Christian audience but is not only a fascinating memoir it also very sensitively explains Islam and why it is nearly impossible for the two groups to understand each other no matter how tolerant they are of one another.
The book I’m currently reading “The Fastest Thing on Wings” is a memoir of a hummingbird rehabilitator in Los Angeles. I’m only on Chapter 4 and I’ve already laughed out loud in public and cried over a bird trying to live and ultimately failing. It is fantastic (and only $1.20 on Kindle at the moment)
Who is the author of the book about hummingbirds?
@Jean, her name is Terry Measer
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
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Say Goodbye For Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Born A Crime by Trevor Noah, I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
LOVE the Trevor Noah and Sherman Alexie books. I’ll check out the other two.
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Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Educated by Weaver
I ran across this at BN today and bought it on your recommendation!
Behind Closed Doors.
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