What was the last “knock-your-socks-off” good book that you’ve read?
What was the last “knock-your-socks-off” good book that you’ve read?
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What was the last “knock-your-socks-off” good book that you’ve read?
Just finished Winter Garden. Loved it! ❤️
@Heidi Me too! I cried so much. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever cried reading a book. This one got me.
I am still thinking about that book today. Love books that sneak into my mind even after I’ve finished them.
@Heidi Yes. Same. I felt like I was living that story with the women. Ahhhh…good stuff.
The Great Alone
Beneath a Scarlett sky
We Were the Lucky Ones
Dark Matter
@Laurie – that book was intense!!
@Kristin So twisty! My husband and I couldn’t stop listening to it! My best friend read it and told me i had to read it immediately so she had someone to talk to about it.
Yesssss!!! This book knocked my socks off! I literally couldn’t put it down !
Author please? There are a few. Thanks!
@Michelle Blake Crouch
I hadn’t read anything by him before but I loved it! I ended up getting another by him (Abandon) which I’m looking forward to starting!
Love all books by Blake Crouch…especially “Wayward Pines”!
@Kristie funny story as I’m reading Dark Matter I’m thinking to myself “this has a wayward pines feel to it ” then I realized it was the same author !! LOL I felt dumb .
@Laurie thanks!
@Laurie and I have had this conversation on here before… Dark Matter is a GREAT book to read/discuss with your hubby/significant other, too (as are the Wayward Pines books). Blake Crouch is one of those authors that is easily enjoyed by both men and women. And his stories are so out there that you MUST have someone to discuss them with!
I’m intrigued, going to go add this to my TBR list
@Andrea I will have to look into Wayward Pines. My husband has reading time on his commute now and it’s exciting to share books with him. And our boys are old enough for some, too.
@Laurie my 13 y.o. son has read the Wayward Pines trilogy (along with the hubs and me) – he loved it!
@Andrea Cool! We have a family book club. We’re reading Circe now. Maybe Wayward Pines next. ?
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
Furious TR Ragan
The Merfolk trilogy MN Arzu
Becoming by Michelle Obama
@Correen I just started the audiobook for this today, my first one ever. Love it so far!!!
Agree – very real, excellent writing.
These three were super fast paced!!
@Karen Do you live in America? I want to read No Exit but I don’t think it’s out here yet?
@Jessica yes-I got it through Book if the Month Club
Radium Girls
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Thirteenth Tale.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Educated
The Nightingale or Before we were yours
Where They Found Her. Devoured it!!
Station Eleven
Albatross by Deborah Scaling Kiley.
The Great Alone.
Verity..it was a free Kindle book and I read it in 24 hours .
@Cynthia I second Verity!
Bird Box
I just finished this one and I loved it. ?
seveneves by neal stephenson
Omg that book blew my mind. So glad someone else thought so too. They’re gonna try to make a movie about he last third of the book!
Surprisingly, The Girl On The Train. Had a totally unexpected plot twist!
@Brenna funny…I had it figured out early on…
@Vanessa really? I guess I’m just gullible lol.
@Brenna nah. The more I think about it the more I think it had to do more with the fact that I have experience working with domestic violence victims.
@Vanessa oh yeah, that could definitely be it! Lol I have experience with domestic violence personally but it didn’t really relate to the domestic violence in the book. I just finished The Wife Between Us and totally related to that one though ?
I loved The Last Mrs. Parrish.
Pretty Girl by Karin slaughter
Children of Blood and Bone
Seven Eves by Neal Stephenson.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz…Vox…Calling Me Home…Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Now I want to reread all of these ?
@Jennifer hmmmm, since I loved three of your recommendations and haven’t read the fourth, I guess I need to put Calling Me Home on my TBR list!
Educated
@Julie I’m currently reading Educated and I cannot put it down!!! So good!
The Other Woman
The ending of All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire had me jumping out of my seat! My all time favorite is Bright Side by Kim Holden.
Outlander!
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
An Anonymous Girl
Outlander and The Great Alone
Commonwealth
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.
Beartown
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah and Verity by Colleen Hoover
1) The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
2) Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
The Nightingale
I second this!
@Annemarie I third! ?
The Alice Network
Circe
The kitchen house
@Karin such a great book!!
Before We Were Yours
That book broke my heart ?
“An American Marriage” ?
I heard Tayari Jones speak – she is great, and so is the book ?
Lucky you!
Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner
I just got this at the used bookstore, I’ve heard amazing things!
@Leslie I just started Crossing to Safety last night. I hope it’s as good as they say!
This is one of my all time favorite books!
The Light We Lost
We Were the Lucky Ones
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner
ditto on Evelyn Hugo
Ooo I love her will read
Where the Crawdads Sing
Agree – wonderful story, beautifully written.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Yes. Same. SO GOOD. Evelyn Hugo was also good.
@Jana yes, very!
Age of Miracles
Because of this thread, I bought and started Dark Matter today. Thanks!
@Wendy Enjoy!! I hope you get some sleep tonight! ??
@Laurie I finished it in 2 days. Weird!!!!
@Wendy So, hard to put down? ?
@Laurie Yes, it was a crazy ride!
@Wendy I’m glad you enjoyed it!! My brain was very happily challenged by it repeatedly.
the goldfinch
A Discovery of Witches trilogy. I’m on the last book and loving the characters!!!
I might be lame but one of my favorite reads was Marley & Me. Not that it’s my favorite book but I went thru all my best emotions with that book. And the movie is not the same as he tells it.
The Nix.
The Lilac Girls, The Great Alone, Evelyn Hugo
+1 for Lilac Girls. I haven’t read the other two (yet)
Where the Crawdads Sing
Swear on this Life and It Ends with Us
Where the Crawdads Sing
@Christie – I’ve moved this on and off my TBR list. Such overwhelming support for it. Perhaps I should add it back on.
@Terri you definitely should
@Terri It is one of my top 3 ever. It is such an easy read that has a lot of depth! I read it in 2 days, could not put it down. She paints a beautiful story with words!
Do this for me by Eliza Kennedy
Whistling Past the Graveyard
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I’ve never been more surprised by a book.
I just recently read My Sister the Serial Killer….I was shaking my head at the end…but in a good way. https://www.amazon.com/My-Sister-Serial-Killer-Novel/dp/0385544235
I just recently read My Sister the Serial Killer….I was shaking my head at the end…but in a good way. https://www.amazon.com/My-Sister-Serial-Killer-Novel/dp/0385544235
Last book I read in 2018 & it’s really good
Following
Before we were yours
Finished this last week and it was fantastic, very well written