June Reads

[Lip Service]

Hoping that June will kind to you and bring you lots of good reading

[Gloria Helmer / Datsunlvr]

I'm taking this month off to do just that. I've kept my nose buried in my own manuscripts since the first of the year. This month will ba a vacation. I'll be starting with John Grisham's The Testament...

[Flowergram]

William Kent Krueger posted a summer list of 5 mysteries for summer reads then 10 more.

startribune.com/entertainment/books/261246261  In case you don't have enough on your list.

[rapa]

Unfortunately I haven't opened a book in over 3 weeks due to hubby's hospitalizations. He's now home and will start physical therapy this week to build up his muscle strength. BITTERSWEET: a novel by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore awaits me at the library. Will drop off all my unread books as will have limited time to read for awhile.

[Flowergram]

So glad to hear that he is home.  It is a good sign.  Hope you can get back to your reading soon.  Take care of yourself too.  You need to get better too.

[Mandy Muffin]

I'm just finishing "King And Maxwell" by Baldacci.  Good yarn on Afghanistan evil doings, as the partnered ex-military private eyes are on the case to solve the problem of the stealing of over a billion euros by folks with no good intentions on their minds.  

I will follow this up with the latest Connelly, "The Gods of Guilt" about a trial in LA, and all the stuff that surrounds LA trials. 

Both reads are in printed form, of the old fashion paper hardback variety -- the kinds you can still get at those old fashioned libraries.  There is one caveat, the Connelly book had a free download from Amazon of the first 100 or so pages. 

I also just downloaded my free Amazon Prime book for the month, "The Heart Listens"  by Helen Van Slyke.  It promises to be a rewarding human interest saga-type story of the life of a woman who took the world head on. 

[Doug62]

I'm re-reading the perfect summer book, Jaws.  I'm reading my 20th anniversary edition, which is itself, 20 years old.  I can't believe it has been that long; I remember the sensation the book made, even before the movie came out.

[Ioruach]

Here is one that I think every Bookoholics member should like. Why? It is the story of a book store owner’s life and about books. I believe someone else here mentioned it two or three months ago, but I just finished it.  The book is The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. I found it to be a small gem. Only 260 pages, but inspiring, funny and ultimately sad. But yet, full of hope and confidence that everything is going to be just fine, after all. I highly recommend it.

And rapa, this goes back to our discussion about the ending to We Are Water. I don’t think this gives anything away about that ending, but I encountered a word that A. J. Fikry approved of (and he didn’t approve of a lot) in literature. It is “ambiguity.” Why didn’t I think of it in our little discussion?

[Flowergram]

Finally got to reading Sycamore Row and am liking it.  Tana French's - Into the Woods up next, also have Karin Slaughter's - Indelible - reading it before going to sleep.  What is everyone else reading this summer?  Or is everyone like me and almost too busy to have time for it.  LOL Hope everyone is having nice weather.  We are hot and humid.

[Gloria Helmer / Datsunlvr]

Well, I finally finished Grisham's The Testament ... It took a while because "stuff" always seems to get in the way of reading. Anyway, I rediscovered the reason I like him as an author in the first place. I guess I'll still have time to read one that's been on my bookshelf for a couple of years now, waiting patiently fo me to get the time. I saw the movie, so I guess now I should at least read the book ... Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code. We'll see just how true to the original book the movie was...LOL!

[Joanne]

I'm just not getting updates to our Bookoholics Discussions.  It has been over a week since anything came up, and so today I just went to the main page, and came into Bookoholics that way, and found just two new posts since June 5th.

Everyone must be terribly busy, or deep into reading!  I worry when I don't get new posts,thinking that the Site has crumbled and died.

[Gloria Helmer / Datsunlvr]

I know exactly what you mean ... just like Eons.

[Ioruach]

I had that same feeling, Joanne.  I think it is just that time of the year--early summer, schools are just out--and people are getting into other things, outdoors and otherwise. Probably many don't read quite as often until that early rush of summer is over and we settle into a more relaxed mode. I'm still reading but also trying to get a garden in, mow the yard and such. Just my thoughts about it, anyway.