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I guess I must have missed all mention of this- best of luck to you!!
And, thanks to all the wonderful suggestions on this forum. I rarely stumble on a book on my own. I know the Man called Ove and big Little Lies and Major Pettigrew etc were all talked about here. I am just not always so good at remembering who recommended what.
I did stumble on 2 good ones from other forums that I don't think people here have mentioned (other than me- like I am selling them but I am not- I just loved them)-- since I have your attention- here goes
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick.
Dandelion Hunter by Rebecca Lerner.
They are both quite different but wonderful reads. Got them both at the liberry. Relatively new.
I really liked the Good Luck of Right Now. I'll try The Dandelion Hunter
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I rarely stumble on a book on my own. I know the Man called Ove and big Little Lies and Major Pettigrew etc were all talked about here. I am just not always so good at remembering who recommended what.
I did stumble on 2 good ones from other forums that I don't think people here have mentioned (other than me- like I am selling them but I am not- I just loved them)-- since I have your attention- here goes
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick.
Dandelion Hunter by Rebecca Lerner.
They are both quite different but wonderful reads. Got them both at the liberry. Relatively new.
Ha, ha..like the liberry
Me too. I read everyone's thoughts on books and then i reserve them at my library. Rarely do I just pick up a new book.
I have The Good lUck of Right Now on my TBR list but it will have a ling wait before I get to it. I'm glad it was good
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Had you read the others by her already? I had and so I felt such a connection to her and her family by the time I got to Glitter and Glue. Maybe that's the difference?
Hmm…no I have not read any of her other books. That could be the problem I will check into them. I didn't think her book was bad just that it was kind of ordinary.
I picked up a new one "off the shelf" from the library today called Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok. Has anyone read it?
"Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (America-born Chinese), Charlie’s entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her eleven-year-old sister, and works—miserably—as a dishwasher.
But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down. Gradually, at the dance studio, awkward Charlie’s natural talents begin to emerge. With them, her perspective, expectations, and sense of self are transformed—something she must take great pains to hide from her father and his suspicion of all things Western. As Charlie blossoms, though, her sister becomes chronically ill. As Pa insists on treating his ailing child exclusively with Eastern practices to no avail, Charlie is forced to try to reconcile her two selves and her two worlds—Eastern and Western, old world and new—to rescue her little sister without sacrificing her newfound confidence and identity"
Next up The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.
Oh - I can't wait to hear your thoughts! I read it a few months ago and would not have picked it out for myself, but it was a book club selection. It wasn't perfect, but it was a good read and thought provoking. I'll keep an eye out for your review.
I just got When the Nines Roll Over and am heading out of town for work so am super happy to have some airplane reading time to look forward to!
I got through The Good Luck of Right Now, but didn't love it. I do like quirky characters, but sometimes it seems like authors set out to write about Quirky Characters and they never come to life for me.
Also couldn't get into Glitter and Glue.
Loved Mambo in Chinatown!
Tried to get into Lillian on Life---short chapters of a 57 year old woman's musings on her life, especially her love life. Left me cold.
Read 200 pages of A Dual Inheritance but then had to admit defeat. It's been done before and better---at Harvard, two guys meet---one Jewish and poor but determined to make his fortune, one a WASP who wants to denounce his advantages and help mankind. Of course both in love with the same woman. After 200 pages of it, starting in the early 60's, I had enough and didn't care about their later life.
But---based on the first essay, I may have a winner, thanks to Dawn: Not Attending by Resnick. Hilarious. I'm not as ornery as him, but share some characteristics like not necessarily wanting to attend all these parties as a kid or do typical kid stuff. It's nice to meet another soul who marches to a different drummer---although as a female, I probably was more conditioned to try harder to be social and fit in.
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But---based on the first essay, I may have a winner, thanks to Dawn: Not Attending by Resnick. Hilarious. I'm not as ornery as him, but share some characteristics like not necessarily wanting to attend all these parties as a kid or do typical kid stuff. It's nice to meet another soul who marches to a different drummer---although as a female, I probably was more conditioned to try harder to be social and fit in.
YAY!!!
One bit of advice: Take a few breaks so that you don't start hating him. But, really, he's hysterical. The Strand bag and the one where -- I don't remember the name of the story -- they pick up Booker (I think that's his name) to give him a ride had me in stitches, as did some of the other stories. The piano. Hahahaha! His poor wife.
Admittedly, I haven't yet read the last few stories. I haven't read anything recently. I'm just too busy.
He's definitely a riot. Sadly, I know a few people like him.
I haven't opened a book or my Kindle in nearly three weeks! Just not in the right frame of mind lately but I finally started The Doll by Taylor Stevens. I've read a couple of her others and liked them so hopefully this will get me back in the reading groove.
I also checked out the daily post of free Kindle downloads that Bob does every day here on C-D and found a huge one. Victorian Detective Megapack with 26 books, it runs 4,023 pages. Wonder how long it will take to download the whole thing.
Oh - I can't wait to hear your thoughts! I read it a few months ago and would not have picked it out for myself, but it was a book club selection. It wasn't perfect, but it was a good read and thought provoking. I'll keep an eye out for your review.
I just got When the Nines Roll Over and am heading out of town for work so am super happy to have some airplane reading time to look forward to!
That is how I heard about The Age of Miracles. It is one of my online book group's botm. I finished it last night. I really enjoyed this well written easy to read novel. It's a coming of age novel told in the voice of eleven year old Julia. As the earth's days become increasingly longer, what should be the beginning of her life will become the end of her world.
I liked it.
After that I started The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I am about a third of the way into it and I think it is an excellent book and quite interesting.
Haven't been reading much the last week,thanks to being down with Bronchitis,finally ended up going to the ER by ambulance yesterday cause I was struggling for breath.I thought I had Pneumonia again.Anyway with all my new $50 meds,including $17 Cherry Tussin cough syrup that tastes awful!,I finally had a good night's rest.
Have added two recommends from younglisa7~Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.I think the second one is going to be sad and make me furious,but also be very informative.
younglisa, have you ever read any of the books by Lisa See? I have some of hers on my TBR list.
I also want to read 'Esperanza Rising' by Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama’s position and presiding over all of Rancho de las BullBoxer31. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill from Valley Fever and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past and learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
Haven't been reading much the last week,thanks to being down with Bronchitis,finally ended up going to the ER by ambulance yesterday cause I was struggling for breath.I thought I had Pneumonia again.Anyway with all my new $50 meds,including $17 Cherry Tussin cough syrup that tastes awful!,I finally had a good night's rest.
Have added two recommends from younglisa7~Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.I think the second one is going to be sad and make me furious,but also be very informative.
younglisa, have you ever read any of the books by Lisa See? I have some of hers on my TBR list.
I also want to read 'Esperanza Rising' by Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama’s position and presiding over all of Rancho de las BullBoxer31. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill from Valley Fever and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past and learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
That must have been scary. I'm glad you got a good night's rest and hope you feel better.
The book isn't making me furious but it is definitely highlighting some of the wrongs and unfairness of our world. It is very interesting and I'm glad that there is finally a story about Henrietta and her family and not just her cells.
I have Snow Flower and the Secret Fan on my TBR list but I have never read and Lisa See book's yet.
I also have Esperanza Rising on my list. Thanks for the reminder. I just moved it up
That must have been scary. I'm glad you got a good night's rest and hope you feel better.
Oh it sure was! Thanks so much,I felt different as night/day after 3 breathing treatments and oxygen at the ER,so yep,much better now.
The book isn't making me furious but it is definitely highlighting some of the wrongs and unfairness of our world. It is very interesting and I'm glad that there is finally a story about Henrietta and her family and not just her cells.
That is great to know,thanks for sharing that info!I'm even more excited to read it now,hope it comes in soon.
I have Snow Flower and the Secret Fan on my TBR list but I have never read and Lisa See book's yet.
I am waiting for The Shanghai Girls to come in,as my first by her, but want to read Snow Flower,also.
I also have Esperanza Rising on my list. Thanks for the reminder. I just moved it up
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I will check into them. I didn't think her book was bad just that it was kind of ordinary.
