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Lily and Dunkin - by Donna Gephart
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Great book to start off the year with!
Interesting piece of trivia I found...Donna Gephart had promised her bipolar son t..."
Oh nice. I can't wait to read it. My work life is slowing down a bit. I have serious reading goals for 2017!
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I read this in a day (yesterday) - like Deborah - I should probably hold off on saying too much before the others have finished it. I will say I loved the topics addressed - hard to wrap my head around middle school mentality...I requested
from the library - it's on hold now waiting to be picked up - hopefully I can keep up with your reading schedule this year : )
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Cee Cee thanks for joining and reading. I was surprised how quickly I got through the book. Looking back I liked how we saw both sides of the bullying with Vasquez and his dad. I just found most the the characters so endearing. Even though it was a middle school book the way topics weren't too candy coated. I liked the honesty with the doctor and Lily's dad. Lilith should be getting the book soon so we can discuss more. I am not sure who else is reading the book.
Also, if there are any books you want to read go ahead and make comments on our bookshelf thread.
Thank you, Deborah - for such a kind welcome and invitation...gosh I would love to suggest one for the group but I sure would feel bad if it turned out not to be a good one! Maybe I should get to know your tastes a little better?? ~from reading your previous posts it looks like I agree with you both about
and with Lilith about
...and by the way - I love all the ones that you have on your 2017 agenda!
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Cee Cee...regarding choosing books...trust me, we've chosen books that we've rated one or two stars. Sometimes you just never know...so don't hold back from putting input because you might feel bad! We read all kinds of books, some good, some bad...Also, if you're really interested in "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake," I wanted to let you know, Aimee Bender is a phenomenal author...Her style is so unique. We read another book by her a while back called "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt." I rated it 5 stars. Just letting you know, if you're interested.
Welcome to the group!!!
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I noticed that you have a book on your list that is already on our bookshelf that we have not read yet...It's "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon. We could always add that one soon if you'll be ready to read it some time after "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake"...
Oh dear I have toooo many things on my to-read list...I'm in for "Everything, Everything", and Wally Lamb, too...I read him many, many years ago and it's high time I read another one of his...
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I noticed that you have a book on your list that is already on our bookshelf that we have not read yet...It's "Everything, Everything" by Nicol..."
I was wondering if anybody would be interested in reading Nicola Yoon's two books back to back. She just released a second book, The Sun Is Also A Star, which is really good reviews. I picked it up a few weeks ago from Amazon.
Deborah wrote: "Lilith wrote: "Cee Cee, I just skimmed through your to-read list...I noticed that you have a book on your list that is already on our bookshelf that we have not read yet...It's "Everything, Every..."
I would be interested in reading both at some point, but I usually get my books from the library and sometimes that means waiting a little longer for new releases until they are more readily available for check-out.
I already have
though. The 15th can't get here soon enough! I'm thinking about starting it early because I think Wally Lamb may take me more than 2 weeks...
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Deborah wrote: "Maybe we can read it later in the year. Lilith also gets hers from the library."That would be great : )
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It's so sad that Lily cut her hair because of her father being a total bastard! And then even after cutting her hair was still teased at school!
If I recall correctly - I actually didn't feel too much of a connection with either character. I'm already 75 pages into Lemon Cake and loving it. I'm thinking I'll need to pace myself or I will have forgotten that one too by the time everyone else is reading it.
Still pondering suggestions to add to your to-read list as well...
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I thought it was sweet how Dunkin made his friends fall in their costume to protect Lily.
The Tree!!!
Yes I loved that part with the doctor - that was actually my favorite part of the book and I think the part that will stick with me the longest. I was going to mention it in my post but wasn't sure if it was a bit of a spoiler for Lilith and/or others who are not finished yet.
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Great book to start off the year with!
Interesting piece of trivia I found...Donna Gephart had promised her bipolar son that she would write a book with a character in it that has bipolar disorder!