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The Light Between Oceans
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Start date
June 1, 2023
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June 30, 2023
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Group Books of the Month (BotM)
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Chosen by group members as our June 2023 BotM. Previously read July 2014.

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What Members Thought

Michelle
I've had this one on my list absolutely forever and finally got around to it. I did the audio and the narrator was decent, if a bit hard to understand in parts. I was hoping for so much more in this book.

I have to admit, I went in knowing nothing but it was a romance set in Australia and it was made into a movie. I didn't know the plot, and I think that actually helped. I loved the intrigue around Lucy, how the secrecy impacts everyone's lives, and the back and forth perspectives. And while it w
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Monica
This was my library book club read for this month. I had the audio version and not sure if it was the narrator or just the fact that the audio book didn't capture my interest in the story. I liked the story line but I just didn't feel it in the audio version.

I felt torn between the two women Isabel who keeps a baby that her husband finds on a boat near the light house they live in. Isabel has had miscarriages and a still birth. I felt for her but yet I just couldn't fathom keeping a baby just t
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Karmen
Super emotional but predictable novel.
Kept imagining Michael Fassbender as Tom.
Read book since I want to see the movie.
Kristin
May 22, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Ruth Hill
Jan 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Yuki Romero
Mar 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
Mattie
May 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Vanessa Mouton
Jul 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: heartbreaking
Michelle
Jul 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
Kelli
Nov 11, 2013 marked it as to-read
Ella
Jun 24, 2014 marked it as to-read
Navi
Oct 28, 2014 marked it as to-read
Brenda Pierce McGuigan
Apr 08, 2015 rated it really liked it
Renee
May 01, 2015 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Lindsay
Aug 15, 2015 marked it as to-read
Brandy
Sep 26, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: book-club
Stacy
Sep 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Ashley
Sep 10, 2016 marked it as to-read
Erika
Nov 09, 2016 marked it as to-read
Kim Whiting
Nov 14, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Andrada
Jul 17, 2017 marked it as to-read
Suz
Sep 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Dona
Oct 22, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Diane
May 25, 2020 marked it as to-read
Allison
Oct 31, 2020 marked it as to-read
Michelle Stambaugh
Nov 29, 2020 rated it really liked it
Jennifer Crawford
Dec 31, 2021 marked it as to-read