| Title | Author | Where I Heard About it | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Night She Disappeared | Lisa Jewell | Goodreads List/Read Author Before | 1 |
| The Night Hawks | Elly Griffiths | Author I’ve read before | 2 |
| The People we Keep | Allison Larkin | Goodreads List | 3 |
| Golden Girl | Elin Hilderbrand | Real Simple/Read Author Before | 4 |
| The Very Nice Box | Laura Blackett, Eve Gleichman | Barnes & Noble Recommendation | 5 |
| Tea Time for the Traditionally Built | Alexander McCall Smith | Tea Book Club | 6 |
| The Bookshop of Second Chance | Jackie Fraser | Simply Luxurious Life | 7 |
| The Forest of Vanishing Stars | Kristin Harmel | Real Simple | 8 |
| The Lying Life of Adults | Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (translator) | Building Book Club | 9 |
| The Confessions of Frannie Langton | Sara Collins | Barnes & Noble Recommendation | 10 |
- Psychological thriller that is not too psychological and not too thrillery. Good if you just want to get involved in a story and turn pages. I enjoy the way Jewell writes.
- Big fan of the Ruth Galloway series. Not so cozy mystery about a woman who does not insinuate herself into a crime, nor happens upon dead bodies. This is 13 in a series- if you are going to read, start at the beginning
- If you need a lightish book about resilience- this is it. Probably OK for book clubs
- Beach read with a little more soul than usual. Not too heavy, but somewhat thought provoking
- Light read yet made me think. Good for fans of The Rosie Project
- I had never read any of the books in the series, so it took me a bit to understand the main character and what she does. Once I got the gist the book was enjoyable, but I think you need to read in order
- My main issue with this book was that the main character was sort of all over the place. While I get that people are multi faceted, none of the character’s actions make sense when you look at them from a distance. Couldn’t decide if I liked the main characters even though I think the intent was for the reader to root for them.
- Yet another book about WWII. True, the story is slightly different, but not so much that I would tell you that you need to read this book
- The language is beautiful, but not so beautiful to make up for lackluster story and unlikeable characters. The book is sort of like junk food- it feels pretty good when you are reading it, but then you realize that you got nothing out of it and it’s not satisfying
- Too wordy. Too much description. Took what could have been an interesting story and muddled it up.
Waking up on the Wrong Side of 50 
Thanks for the list and the brief reviews. The only one I read on your list recently was Golden Girl, which I agree had a bit more depth than usual Elin books. I think this is one of my favorite one of her Nantucket reads. Since I loved The Rosie Project, I think I’ll try The Very Nice Box. ❤
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I agree about Golden Girl…I think she was writing with a slightly different perspective, which in this case, helped the characters and emotions.
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I read the first one. 🙂 just finished nine perfect strangers. Made me think of you (purely for the engaging conversation we’d have)) and discussing the book over tea soon!
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Yes please!!
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Loved The Night Hawks!
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It was so good!! And f course, the last page….😆
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Have you read Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels?
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I read the first book one. I just don’t think she’s as good as everyone else does
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I read all four. My son who was a Lit major thinks the series is the best he’s ever read. I didn’t think the first book was the best of all four.
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She just doesn’t do it for me. I had no interest in reading second book. But I know I’m in minority
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I had a friend horrified that I liked her books. She thought they were too violent and dark.
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I hated the characters. I mean hated. And I’m not a person who needs to like a protagonist, but I find her characters so not my cup of tea I can’t get through the books.
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Thanks for the selections, LA. I enjoyed Golden Girl, the usual EH fare, but had already forgotten the plot so had to google it. I started the Bookshop of Second Chances book, but couldn’t get past the first chapter, it seemed too much like other bookshop books . I have the Lisa Jewell book to read next, (always a favorite) after I’m done with the new Paul Hawkins book, A Slow Fire Burning. She wrote The Girl on the Train. It’s quite different, character-wise, not sure what I think yet, and I’m half through.
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Bookshop was another bookshop book. But, as trite as it was, I think I have three future posts inspired from quotes within the book. That’s a really high inspiration rate for me. That was what was so tricky with the book…I thought her characters were unevenly written leading to a lackluster storyline. Yet…three really keen observations on life/people that are worth discussing
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It sounds interesting….I look forward to seeing what they are.
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