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nemofans
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Finished book #91 - You by Caroline Kepnes
This is a psychological thriller complete with eroticism. The narrator is a total psych stalker murderer & it's crazy being inside his head. Yet there are times I found myself almost routing for him or feeling bad for him b/c the girl he's obsessed over is annoying. Good read & the book reads like it was written by a man even though I know the author is female.
When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.
As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.
A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.
This is a psychological thriller complete with eroticism. The narrator is a total psych stalker murderer & it's crazy being inside his head. Yet there are times I found myself almost routing for him or feeling bad for him b/c the girl he's obsessed over is annoying. Good read & the book reads like it was written by a man even though I know the author is female.
When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.
As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.
A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.
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Book #74 of 75: The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton
From Goodreads:
Cameron Winters is a freak. Fortunately, no one but her family knows the truth... that Cameron can read minds. For years Cameron has hidden behind a facade of normalcy, warned that there are those who would do her harm. When gorgeous and mysterious Lewis Douglas arrives he destroys everything Cameron has ever believed and tempts her with possibilities of freedom. Determined to embrace her hidden talents, Cameron heads to a secret haven with Lewis; a place where she meets others like her, Mind Readers.
But as Cameron soon finds out some things are too good to be true. When the Mind Readers realize the extent of Camerons abilities, they want to use her powers for their own needs. Cameron suddenly finds herself involved in a war in which her idea of what is right and wrong is greatly tested. In the end shell be forced to make a choice that will not only threaten her relationship with Lewis, but her very life.
From Goodreads:
Cameron Winters is a freak. Fortunately, no one but her family knows the truth... that Cameron can read minds. For years Cameron has hidden behind a facade of normalcy, warned that there are those who would do her harm. When gorgeous and mysterious Lewis Douglas arrives he destroys everything Cameron has ever believed and tempts her with possibilities of freedom. Determined to embrace her hidden talents, Cameron heads to a secret haven with Lewis; a place where she meets others like her, Mind Readers.
But as Cameron soon finds out some things are too good to be true. When the Mind Readers realize the extent of Camerons abilities, they want to use her powers for their own needs. Cameron suddenly finds herself involved in a war in which her idea of what is right and wrong is greatly tested. In the end shell be forced to make a choice that will not only threaten her relationship with Lewis, but her very life.
#41& 42/40:
Dead is the New Black by CD Reiss
From Amazon:
A completely smut and sex-free offering from USA Today Bestselling writer, CD Reiss.
PREDITORS AND EDITORS BEST MYSTERY OF 2012
Fashion designer Jeremy St. James is everything Laura Carnegie could want in a man. He's gorgeous, rich, and talented. The fact that everyone says he's gay doesn't stop her from dreaming of being in her boss's arms. As a matter of fact, she suspects his inaccessibility is part of his charm.
When Jeremy's backer is found dead in his office and he's accused of the crime, he trusts Laura, and only Laura, with the keys to the design room. She wants him back and out of jail, and in the process of exposing a counterfeiting ring and finding the real killer, she uncovers the secretive man under the temperamental artist; a man who is most definitely not gay, and a man who might not be that inaccessible after all.
It was just okay. Too many details about the fashion industry that went over my head.
3/5 stars
The Ape House: A Novel by Sara Gruen
From Amazon:
Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationshipsbut unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language.
Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesnt understand people, but animals she getsespecially the bonobos. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than shes ever felt among humans . . . until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see whats really going on inside.
When an explosion rocks the lab, severely injuring Isabel and liberating the apes, Johns human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, one hell risk his career and his marriage to follow. Then a reality TV show featuring the missing apes debuts under mysterious circumstances, and it immediately becomes the biggestand unlikeliestphenomenon in the history of modern media. Millions of fans are glued to their screens watching the apes order greasy take-out, have generous amounts of sex, and sign for Isabel to come get them. Now, to save her family of apes from this parody of human life, Isabel must connect with her own kind, including John, a green-haired vegan, and a retired porn star with her own agenda.
I was totally enchanted with the sections about the apes, especially knowing how much research went into the book. A few silly story lines kept this from being a five star book.
4/5 stars
Dead is the New Black by CD Reiss
From Amazon:
A completely smut and sex-free offering from USA Today Bestselling writer, CD Reiss.
PREDITORS AND EDITORS BEST MYSTERY OF 2012
Fashion designer Jeremy St. James is everything Laura Carnegie could want in a man. He's gorgeous, rich, and talented. The fact that everyone says he's gay doesn't stop her from dreaming of being in her boss's arms. As a matter of fact, she suspects his inaccessibility is part of his charm.
When Jeremy's backer is found dead in his office and he's accused of the crime, he trusts Laura, and only Laura, with the keys to the design room. She wants him back and out of jail, and in the process of exposing a counterfeiting ring and finding the real killer, she uncovers the secretive man under the temperamental artist; a man who is most definitely not gay, and a man who might not be that inaccessible after all.
It was just okay. Too many details about the fashion industry that went over my head.
3/5 stars
The Ape House: A Novel by Sara Gruen
From Amazon:
Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationshipsbut unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language.
Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesnt understand people, but animals she getsespecially the bonobos. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than shes ever felt among humans . . . until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see whats really going on inside.
When an explosion rocks the lab, severely injuring Isabel and liberating the apes, Johns human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, one hell risk his career and his marriage to follow. Then a reality TV show featuring the missing apes debuts under mysterious circumstances, and it immediately becomes the biggestand unlikeliestphenomenon in the history of modern media. Millions of fans are glued to their screens watching the apes order greasy take-out, have generous amounts of sex, and sign for Isabel to come get them. Now, to save her family of apes from this parody of human life, Isabel must connect with her own kind, including John, a green-haired vegan, and a retired porn star with her own agenda.
I was totally enchanted with the sections about the apes, especially knowing how much research went into the book. A few silly story lines kept this from being a five star book.
4/5 stars
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Book #75 of 75 
Eleven(Brandon Fisher FBI Series #1) by Carolyn Arnold
From Goodreads:
Eleven Rooms. Ten Bodies. One Empty Grave.
Brandon Fisher never expected this when he signed up as a Special Agent for the FBI. Working in the shadow of Supervisory Special Agent Jack Harper of the Behavioral Analysis Unit his career seemed set. But when the team is called to a small rural town where the remains of ten victims are found in an underground bunker, buried in an unusual way, Brandon knows he'll never return to his normal life.
With one empty grave, and the case touching close to home, he fears he's become the target of a psychotic serial killer who wants to make him number eleven. Only thing is, everything Brandon thinks he knows is far from the truth.
Eleven(Brandon Fisher FBI Series #1) by Carolyn Arnold
From Goodreads:
Eleven Rooms. Ten Bodies. One Empty Grave.
Brandon Fisher never expected this when he signed up as a Special Agent for the FBI. Working in the shadow of Supervisory Special Agent Jack Harper of the Behavioral Analysis Unit his career seemed set. But when the team is called to a small rural town where the remains of ten victims are found in an underground bunker, buried in an unusual way, Brandon knows he'll never return to his normal life.
With one empty grave, and the case touching close to home, he fears he's become the target of a psychotic serial killer who wants to make him number eleven. Only thing is, everything Brandon thinks he knows is far from the truth.
willowsnn3
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Goal 72
#85 Fireproof by Alex Kava
Tenth book in the Maggie O'Dell series.
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring Special Agent Maggie O'Dell leading the search for a serial arsonist whose psychotic tendencies threaten Maggie cose to home.
And I'm done for the year.
#85 Fireproof by Alex Kava
Tenth book in the Maggie O'Dell series.
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring Special Agent Maggie O'Dell leading the search for a serial arsonist whose psychotic tendencies threaten Maggie cose to home.
And I'm done for the year.
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I went back and tallied my books. Doctor Sleep was #36 and I enjoyed it.
Since then I have read #37 - The Boys in the Boat - the story of the 1936 Olympic gold medal crew team. Nice story, very detailed. It took me awhile to get through it because I kept nodding off during all the technical descriptions. It's similar in style to Unbroken and Seabiscuit but not quite as compelling as those two books. I think it would make a good movie though. The references to Nazi Germany, host of the Olympics, were interesting.
#38 - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes. This book sort of reminded me of Little Miss Sunshine. Jess is a single mom to a troubled teenage boy and a genius elementary school daughter, Tanzie. Tanzie has been accepted into a prestigious private school but Jess needs to come up with part of the tuition. They learn about a student math competition, hundreds of miles away, with a $5000 prize. The family sets out in a dilapidated car, no money, and the family dog. It's part feel-good with some gritty situations thrown in. I liked it.
I just started Harlen Coben's Stay Close. I am on the waiting list for several e-library books plus I picked up a few hard copy books at Goodwill today - Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes and The Kitchen House.
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I've been on a non-fiction kick with what little time I've had for reading, so I don't have much to add even though it has been a long time since my last check-in.
#70 - Bias by Bernard Goldberg
This one is more than a little dated but was significant enough when it was released that I felt like I should read it. Although the author raised a few good points and gave some food for thought, in other places he came off as just as biased as those he criticized though in another direction, making selective use of facts to support a case that was far from clear.
#71 - Losing the News by Alex Jones
A fascinating look at the current state of the American news media, I really enjoyed this one even though it was disheartening and sometimes outright bleak from the point of view of an aspiring journalist. The author grew up in a newspaper-owning family and went into journalism himself, and he brought a deep, long-term understanding of both sides of the business to presenting the challenges and potential solutions facing newspapers and other news outlets in the digital era.
Next up... I think I've earned some fluff reading, so I'm going to get into Outlander and make time to finally finish the last book in the Divergent series before the new semester starts in January.
#70 - Bias by Bernard Goldberg
This one is more than a little dated but was significant enough when it was released that I felt like I should read it. Although the author raised a few good points and gave some food for thought, in other places he came off as just as biased as those he criticized though in another direction, making selective use of facts to support a case that was far from clear.
#71 - Losing the News by Alex Jones
A fascinating look at the current state of the American news media, I really enjoyed this one even though it was disheartening and sometimes outright bleak from the point of view of an aspiring journalist. The author grew up in a newspaper-owning family and went into journalism himself, and he brought a deep, long-term understanding of both sides of the business to presenting the challenges and potential solutions facing newspapers and other news outlets in the digital era.
Next up... I think I've earned some fluff reading, so I'm going to get into Outlander and make time to finally finish the last book in the Divergent series before the new semester starts in January.
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#115 Sense and Sensibility by Joanne Trollope.
This is a series of books by modern authors who have taken the Austen books and modernised them. There are different authors for each book. At this stage only Northanger Abbey and Emma have been done.
I was hesitant about how this would work but it did. Same premise, same characters but set in current times with current issues. If you like Austen then I would give these a try. If you don't like Austen then you could still read these and enjoy it.
This is a series of books by modern authors who have taken the Austen books and modernised them. There are different authors for each book. At this stage only Northanger Abbey and Emma have been done.
I was hesitant about how this would work but it did. Same premise, same characters but set in current times with current issues. If you like Austen then I would give these a try. If you don't like Austen then you could still read these and enjoy it.
portia9
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So I've looked through what I have read this year and come up with a top 5.
1. Collected Works of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
2. The Rosie Project by Graham Simsion
3. Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
4. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
5. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
1. Collected Works of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
2. The Rosie Project by Graham Simsion
3. Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
4. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
5. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
willowsnn3
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Ok, so I squeezed in one more
#86 Stranded by Alex Kava
Eleventh and most current in the Maggie O'Dell series. I think this is the best one of the series.
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For those of you that enjoyed the Rosie Project, a sequel "The Rosie Effect" is being released.
Finished book #92 - Everlost by Neal Shusterman
This is a YA book about what happens when you die & don't go on. You end up in Everlost. The story is unique & I enjoyed it. This is book 1 of a trilogy, but not sure if I'll read the rest.
Nick and Allie don’t survive the car accident, but their souls don’t exactly get where they’re supposed to go either. Instead, they’re caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It’s a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost souls, Nick feels like he’s found a home, but Allie isn’t satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the “Criminal Art” of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.
Next book: The Walled City
Finished book #92 - Everlost by Neal Shusterman
This is a YA book about what happens when you die & don't go on. You end up in Everlost. The story is unique & I enjoyed it. This is book 1 of a trilogy, but not sure if I'll read the rest.
Nick and Allie don’t survive the car accident, but their souls don’t exactly get where they’re supposed to go either. Instead, they’re caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It’s a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost souls, Nick feels like he’s found a home, but Allie isn’t satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the “Criminal Art” of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.
Next book: The Walled City
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I had mentioned earlier in this thread that my favorite for 2014 was Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. LOVED this book! Very thought provoking... I'm still thinking about it!
I'm also reading through the Outlander series again. Highly recommend if you haven't tried Diana Gabaldon's books yet!
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So, for some reason, I have been horrible about posting updates in this thread. I do have lists all over my house of what I have read, but I just don't think I am going to have time to list them all. I am sure I reached my 30 goal, maybe even a few more.
Some of my favorites:
Both JoJo Moyes books - Me Before You and One Plus One
Liane Moriarity's newest - Big, Little Lies (I think that is the title. It's escaping me.)
Rosie Project - Yeah, a sequel is coming!
Wild - by Cheryl Strayed - I'm somewhat surprised I liked this as much as I did. We're about the same age but not a lot in common.
To Kill a Mockingbird - I reread this because I got Mockingbird Next Door from the library (it was just okay). I had forgotten how much I loved this book!! My number one of the year!
I hope everyone has a great holiday. I'm hoping to get in one more book between Christmas and New Years!
Some of my favorites:
Both JoJo Moyes books - Me Before You and One Plus One
Liane Moriarity's newest - Big, Little Lies (I think that is the title. It's escaping me.)
Rosie Project - Yeah, a sequel is coming!
Wild - by Cheryl Strayed - I'm somewhat surprised I liked this as much as I did. We're about the same age but not a lot in common.
To Kill a Mockingbird - I reread this because I got Mockingbird Next Door from the library (it was just okay). I had forgotten how much I loved this book!! My number one of the year!
I hope everyone has a great holiday. I'm hoping to get in one more book between Christmas and New Years!
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I'm on 84 of a goal of 75. YAY! I just take a long time between postings. I'll catch up with a few here and add the rest later.
YES!! Let's do it again next year!
72. The Returned by Jason Mott
This is what the TV show, Resurrection, is based on. It is #1 of a series.
From Goodreads: Harold and Lucille Hargrave's lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in 1966. In their old age they've settled comfortably into life without him, their wounds tempered through the grace of time ... Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstepflesh and blood, their sweet, precocious child, still eight years old.
The book is basically like the TV show but goes a lot more into questions of why this is happening and faith. It also takes a bit more realistic view of what would happen in this situation. It was good.
73. The 8th Confession by James Patterson
This is another of the Women's Murder club series. As with most of them the story is ok but I like the characters so I keep reading. It was ok.
From a Goodreads review: There are two murder mysteries going on. The first is a series of crimes involving the wealthy; various people are found dead, but there's no apparent reason for it. The victims are all young and healthy and there's no definite cause of death. The other is a homeless man who was found shot and beaten to death. The first crime is the one that gets the most attention, partly due to the wealth factor and partly because nobody can figure out how the people died.
74. Nightmare Academy by Frank E. Peretti
this is a YA book; the second of a series. I did not read the first one. The Springfield Family, consisting of the mom and dad and boy/girl twins work to solve crimes. In this one they must find out why teen runaways are disappearing and why one has turned up out of his mind. It was pretty good if you can suspend disbelief of some of the situations.
75. O Little Town by Don Reid
Come December I like to read a few Christmas themed books. This was a freebie from Amazon.
From Goodreads: In a small town where everybody seems to know everybody, there are still a few secrets. Three families find they are connected in ways they never suspected: an angry teen, a dying man, a lonely wife, a daughter in trouble . just ordinary people, muddling their way through ordinary challenges. Illness. Marriage. Bad decisions. Friendship. Faith. Forgiveness.
This was a quick read and I really enjoyed it.
76. The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson
Another feel good Christmas story that crosses several generations and has a cute dog to bring everyone together. Quick and cute and I liked it.
77. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
I dont know how I have never read this before. Again a good little Christmas book bringing people together and teaching lessons of love. The movie was on the other night and I watched it too. The movie sticks pretty well to the book.
OK, enough for now. I need to go stir the spaghetti sauce.
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas!
YES!! Let's do it again next year!
72. The Returned by Jason Mott
This is what the TV show, Resurrection, is based on. It is #1 of a series.
From Goodreads: Harold and Lucille Hargrave's lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in 1966. In their old age they've settled comfortably into life without him, their wounds tempered through the grace of time ... Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstepflesh and blood, their sweet, precocious child, still eight years old.
The book is basically like the TV show but goes a lot more into questions of why this is happening and faith. It also takes a bit more realistic view of what would happen in this situation. It was good.
73. The 8th Confession by James Patterson
This is another of the Women's Murder club series. As with most of them the story is ok but I like the characters so I keep reading. It was ok.
From a Goodreads review: There are two murder mysteries going on. The first is a series of crimes involving the wealthy; various people are found dead, but there's no apparent reason for it. The victims are all young and healthy and there's no definite cause of death. The other is a homeless man who was found shot and beaten to death. The first crime is the one that gets the most attention, partly due to the wealth factor and partly because nobody can figure out how the people died.
74. Nightmare Academy by Frank E. Peretti
this is a YA book; the second of a series. I did not read the first one. The Springfield Family, consisting of the mom and dad and boy/girl twins work to solve crimes. In this one they must find out why teen runaways are disappearing and why one has turned up out of his mind. It was pretty good if you can suspend disbelief of some of the situations.
75. O Little Town by Don Reid
Come December I like to read a few Christmas themed books. This was a freebie from Amazon.
From Goodreads: In a small town where everybody seems to know everybody, there are still a few secrets. Three families find they are connected in ways they never suspected: an angry teen, a dying man, a lonely wife, a daughter in trouble . just ordinary people, muddling their way through ordinary challenges. Illness. Marriage. Bad decisions. Friendship. Faith. Forgiveness.
This was a quick read and I really enjoyed it.
76. The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson
Another feel good Christmas story that crosses several generations and has a cute dog to bring everyone together. Quick and cute and I liked it.
77. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
I dont know how I have never read this before. Again a good little Christmas book bringing people together and teaching lessons of love. The movie was on the other night and I watched it too. The movie sticks pretty well to the book.
OK, enough for now. I need to go stir the spaghetti sauce.
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas!
willowsnn3
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This was so much harder than I thought so here are the ones that stood out the most.
From the YA genre:
Author Virginia Euwer Wolff
Make Lemonade
True Believer
This Full House
Starting with Make Lemonade, a story of 14 year old LaVaughn who is determined to go to college, just needs the money to get there. She answers a babysitting ad and meets Jolly, a seventeen year old single mom with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside of the classroom.
Next is True Believer: LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college. But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man. The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of. And then there's Jody. LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is...or how confusing.
Final book in series This Full House: LaVaughn has made it through the projects, she's gotten over heartbreak, she's grown up, and now she's been admitted to the Women in Science program that might finally be her ticket to COLLEGE. And in an effort to bring together people who should love each other, she jeopardizes the one prize she has sought her whole life long.
When do you know whether you're doing the right thing? What happens when you can't find a way to make lemonade out of lemons? Virginia Euwer Wolff takes on the biggest questions--about life and love, certainly, but also about girls and women, sacrifice and compassion--and has something quite rev-elatory to say about them in this full house.
I really enjoyed these books. Written in 'free style', which I didn't think I would like but it worked, lol.
I also discovered author Alex Kava's 'Maggie O'dell' series and read all eleven of them this past year. Great crime drama/suspense. Waiting for the next in the series.
Another great author discovery was Linda Castillo whose Amish/Crime Drama books were great.
One of my favorite stand alone books:
Being Esther by Miriam Karmel
Born to parents who fled the shtetl, Esther Lustig has led a seemingly conventional lifemarriage, two children, a life in suburban Chicago. Now, at the age of eighty-five, her husband is deceased, her children have families of their own, and most of her friends are gone. Even in this diminished condition, life has its moments of richness, as well as its memorable characters. Being Esther is an exploration of aging, a search for meaning, and about the need, as Esther puts it, for better roadmaps for growing old.
From the YA genre:
Author Virginia Euwer Wolff
Make Lemonade
True Believer
This Full House
Starting with Make Lemonade, a story of 14 year old LaVaughn who is determined to go to college, just needs the money to get there. She answers a babysitting ad and meets Jolly, a seventeen year old single mom with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside of the classroom.
Next is True Believer: LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college. But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man. The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of. And then there's Jody. LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is...or how confusing.
Final book in series This Full House: LaVaughn has made it through the projects, she's gotten over heartbreak, she's grown up, and now she's been admitted to the Women in Science program that might finally be her ticket to COLLEGE. And in an effort to bring together people who should love each other, she jeopardizes the one prize she has sought her whole life long.
When do you know whether you're doing the right thing? What happens when you can't find a way to make lemonade out of lemons? Virginia Euwer Wolff takes on the biggest questions--about life and love, certainly, but also about girls and women, sacrifice and compassion--and has something quite rev-elatory to say about them in this full house.
I really enjoyed these books. Written in 'free style', which I didn't think I would like but it worked, lol.
I also discovered author Alex Kava's 'Maggie O'dell' series and read all eleven of them this past year. Great crime drama/suspense. Waiting for the next in the series.
Another great author discovery was Linda Castillo whose Amish/Crime Drama books were great.
One of my favorite stand alone books:
Being Esther by Miriam Karmel
Born to parents who fled the shtetl, Esther Lustig has led a seemingly conventional lifemarriage, two children, a life in suburban Chicago. Now, at the age of eighty-five, her husband is deceased, her children have families of their own, and most of her friends are gone. Even in this diminished condition, life has its moments of richness, as well as its memorable characters. Being Esther is an exploration of aging, a search for meaning, and about the need, as Esther puts it, for better roadmaps for growing old.
BonnieF
Is it time for Food & Wine Yet??
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2010
Count me in for 2015! Even though I won't quite make my goal of 40, I'm darn close! Although, I've read quite a few to my granddaughter - do they count?!!!
In my last post (11/3!!) I was up to 23 books. But, I've been busy trying to catch up!
24. Gray Mountain by John Grisham - a fast read, gets your social conscience awake!
25. The Boston Girl, by Anita Diamant - a nice story, but not equal to The Red Tent. But, then again, what could be?
26. Blood on the Water, by Anne Perry - typical William Monk book, fast moving plot, nice to catch up with the recurring characters.
Currently reading - A Christmas Feast, by Anne Perry
The Last Letter from your Lover, by Jojo Moyes
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
I do read more than one book at a time, when my classes are not in session!
All good wishes to all for a Happy and Healthy New Year!
In my last post (11/3!!) I was up to 23 books. But, I've been busy trying to catch up!
24. Gray Mountain by John Grisham - a fast read, gets your social conscience awake!
25. The Boston Girl, by Anita Diamant - a nice story, but not equal to The Red Tent. But, then again, what could be?
26. Blood on the Water, by Anne Perry - typical William Monk book, fast moving plot, nice to catch up with the recurring characters.
Currently reading - A Christmas Feast, by Anne Perry
The Last Letter from your Lover, by Jojo Moyes
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
I do read more than one book at a time, when my classes are not in session!
All good wishes to all for a Happy and Healthy New Year!
lovegrumpy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2007
Count me in for next year also.
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