tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post8619055110674533749..comments2023-10-20T07:27:30.939-04:00Comments on clueless but hopeful mama: Book Report 2013 - First Halfclueless but hopeful mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-19022814310515316732013-06-07T17:37:11.015-04:002013-06-07T17:37:11.015-04:00I must comment, because I also read The Light Betw...I must comment, because I also read The Light Between Oceans, The Fault in our Stars, Where'd You Go Bernadette, and Me Before You this year...and my reviews would be nearly identical to yours. So perhaps we are perfect reading buddies!<br /><br />My favorite favorite favorite this year has been The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. A 16 year old girl witnesses her mother kill an intruder to their property and then they never speak of it. On her mother's 90th birthday, the daughter begins digging into her mother's mysterious past. It was FABULOUS. It jumps from the present (daughter's perspective) to the past (mother's perspective in the 40s) A little slow in the middle...but not too bad. And SUCH A GOOD ENDING I MUST USE ALL CAPS. <br /><br />I also enjoyed Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan, and Defending Jacob, by William Landay.Gisellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663692701370471998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-63788800322178545082013-05-29T21:51:35.716-04:002013-05-29T21:51:35.716-04:00I loved Bernadette. I was just crazy about it.
I...I loved Bernadette. I was just crazy about it. <br /><br />I'm in the middle of Railsea right now and it's wildly inventive and I'm really enjoying it.Jen Andersonhttp://www.fashionablylatetotheparty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-46414540561425271742013-05-29T16:58:55.586-04:002013-05-29T16:58:55.586-04:00Oh, wait - I'm not done! I HATED Me Before You...Oh, wait - I'm not done! I HATED Me Before You. Ugh. I don't know why it made me so angry, but it did. <br /><br />Your review of Junot Diaz makes me question whether or not to read it. I read his The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, and I really liked it, but I've heard less-good things about this one.<br /><br />And: you're the tenth person to recommend The Light Between Oceans and The Kitchen House. They're going on my goodreads list.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829879364698112444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-16925300304428294792013-05-29T16:55:05.741-04:002013-05-29T16:55:05.741-04:00I, too, had high expectations for Daring Greatly (...I, too, had high expectations for Daring Greatly (I'd loved her TED talks and her Oprah appearance) but the book was just OK. <br /><br />I agree with Where'd You Go, Bernadette - loved! Pushed on several other people! <br /><br />I did NOT like The Snow Child at all. Couldn't finish it. Huh. Also, I really enjoyed The Round House. Gosh. Maybe we aren't meant to be in a book club together, after all. :)<br /><br />The Fault in Our Stars has been on my to-read list for months. I need to just go buy it.<br /><br />I've been fairly obsessed with Kent Haruf lately (Eventide, Benediction, Plainsong), devoured Carry On Warrior, and was fascinated by Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree in non-fiction. Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829879364698112444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-57720094726512695472013-05-29T08:46:42.519-04:002013-05-29T08:46:42.519-04:00Thanks for the list! I always love your lists and ...Thanks for the list! I always love your lists and try very hard to read as many as sound interesting to me. I am at a point where I am between books, so the timing is great. I really, really loved <br />The Kitchen House and The Fault in Our Stars and struggled with Daring Greatly, so we are in sync there. I will have to check out the others you recommend (although I don't know if I'm up for a big weep fest). I recently enjoyed The Silver Linings Playbook (can't bring myself to see the movie because I liked the book too much), a thriller called Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes, Glennon Melton's Carry on Warrior, Penny Marshall's bio My Mother Was Nuts, Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, and Defending Jacob by William Landay. I read a lot of the "popular" writers (Baldacci, Coben, Sandford, Archer, etc.) but those tend to be more serials. Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03962943442262698058noreply@blogger.com