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JULY READS

Thanks to Carolyn Tewell for reminding us it's time to share our reads for July.

Tonight, July 1, I'm finishing Lisa Genova's LOVE ANTHONY. Tomorrow am picking up at library the book recently recommended by several of you, THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen.

What's on your plate for this month?

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Permalink Reply by Carci on July 16, 2013 at 3:13pm

read the book and loved it... maybe this is the audio to get... if I fall asleep during the ride up north it won't matter since I've already read the book... lol

Permalink Reply by Carolyn Tewell on July 16, 2013 at 4:57pm

Carci! Cracking me up! The reader is excellent, too.

Permalink Reply by grammyk on July 16, 2013 at 5:19pm

I just read Suspect too and also loved it. Think I'll get some more of his books to read

Permalink Reply by grammyk on July 16, 2013 at 5:22pm

I just read "Big Brother" - what a twist on the ending! Also "Suspect", "A Fort of Nine Towers" (great true story about Afghanistan and the Taliban) and just today picked up "Sweet Salt Air", "The 12th of Never", and "The Why of Things" - all look good. I have several more new ones on reserve that I am waiting for and also the Nook and Kindle downloads...reading is really an addiction for me!

Permalink Reply by Carci on July 16, 2013 at 6:28pm

I'm plodding through And The Mountains Echoed... Don't know why it's taking me so long to get into this book... I loved his first 2 but each chapter feels like work. I suspect it will come together at some point but I'm over 1/2 way through and so far... no go...

Permalink Reply by rapa on July 17, 2013 at 12:23pm

Like you, carci, I didn't breeze through this book as I did Hosseni's first two books

Permalink Reply by Carci on July 17, 2013 at 12:40pm

Finished it... sad book... while it painted a vivid picture of life in Afganistan over a 50 year period, I don't know that I would read it again. Every chapter is told by a different character... very confusing until you begin to realize where he is going with the story.

I will be starting The Ocean At The End Of The Lane next...

Permalink Reply by grammyk on July 17, 2013 at 1:02pm

Please let us know what you think of it, Carci. I read it recently and found it rather odd but I couldn't put it down either.

Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on July 17, 2013 at 12:57pm

I tried reading the book, which I had borrowed from the library on a one week express basis, and ended up bringing it back after struggling to keep my attention focused for a hundred pages or so. It is not the caliber of the the first two Hosseni wrote. I'll probably read it someday or wait for the movie -- if they ever make one.

Permalink Reply by grammyk on July 17, 2013 at 1:02pm

I'm with you - it's on my "read it sometime" list

Permalink Reply by rapa on July 17, 2013 at 12:20pm

Just picked up THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB by Lily Koppel. This is non-fiction allowing us to meet the women behind the "men on the moon."

Am #4 on reserve for THE NEVER LIST.

Permalink Reply by Flowergram on July 19, 2013 at 2:42pm

Just finished Zoobiquity and want to thank the person who recommended it. I told my granddaughter she needs to read it this summer and she looked it up and has it ordered - she wanted her own copy. I am reading Bury your Dead by Louise Penny and also Echo Park by Michael Connelly. The summer is sizzling on by. Hope to have Owen Laukkanen from the library next week. Thanks to all for the great reading.

JULY READS

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