Trim Challenge 2022 – Community and Announcement Thread

[Book Concierge]

My # 8 is Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

[Diana]

My #8 is Long Bright River and I believe it's a buddy read)

[Theresa]

Book Concierge wrote: "My # 8 is Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith"

Excellent choice! Far more disturbing and chilling than Hitchcock's excellent adaptation.

[Jen]

My June choices are: 8) The Last Migration/ Life on the Leash/Find You In The Dark

Suspect Life on the Leash will be last choice. Probably why it has been on the shelf so long.

[Amy]

The Priory of the Orange Tree is also LGBTQ. I just ordered that from the library too...

[Sallys]

My #8 is Three Daughters of Eve

[Amy]

I LOVED the three daughters of Eve!

[Theresa]

Just noticed that one of my two trim choices in June is perfect for both Pride month and LGBT tag: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin.

It is actually a reread for me. Last read in high school. I guaranty much went right past me. That was around 1970 and we were all a lot less informed and more innocent than same age now.

[Sallys]

Amy, I am so excited to read it!!!

[Jen]

Finished one of my May options The Porpoise but was very disappointed. Curious Incident is one of my all time favourites so perhaps my hopes were too high.

[Theresa]

Finished my May #9 - The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore - rounded up to 4 stars.

Judith Hearne is a devout convent schooled Catholic in Protestant Belfast. Judith is also a plain woman from a genteel bourgeois background, raised to marry but instead sentenced to years of caring for a cold, rigid, and ultimately senile aunt who left Judith impoverished at her death. Judith is also a lonely secret alcoholic whose fragile hold on the image of a life of promise and belonging is on the verge of breaking forever.

This is a beautifully written tragic tale of a middle-aged woman's ruin, told only as an Irishman near the generation of James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and even Samuel Beckett can tell it. It also questions quite deeply whether the catholic faith, especially the trappings of it, can support its most needy supplicants, or does it abandon them leaving the needy with nothing.

I read the beautiful NYRB edition - which has the perfect cover:

[Diana]

Finished my #9 - People We Meet on Vacation - 3 stars

[Booknblues]

My number 8

Mrs. Hemingway

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Joanne]

I have completed my # 9 The Convert -either 4 or 5 stars have not gotten to the review yet, and will decide after I write it.

My # 8 is The Boat People

[Sallys]

I LOVE The Three Daughters of Eve

[Sallys]

Just started my June book. To Paradise

[Joy D]

Completed #8 for June:

The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy by Jo Marchant - 4.5* - My Review

[Sue]

Finished my #8 for June: Long Bright River by Liz Moore 4 stars

My Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Meli]

I got about 75% of the way through my #8, The Fifth Child, and had to DNF.
Seems like a waste that far in for such a short book but it was making me not want to read and it was a slog. This is my main reason for DNFing these days. Trying to finish this book, not enjoying it at all which means I just don't read.

The main problem was the mom, and whole family really, are insufferable. The titular fifth child is a monster but creepy kid stories aren't really my thing. I just found this read annoying.

But I consider this a successful trim month because it is officially off the TBR!

[Jen K]

Finished my read also, The Nickel Boys. Glad to have finally read it.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jen K]

Meli wrote: "I got about 75% of the way through my #8, The Fifth Child, and had to DNF.
Seems like a waste that far in for such a short book but it was making me not want to read and it was a slog..."

Taking it off your list is a definite success!

[Meli]

Jen K wrote: "Finished my read also, The Nickel Boys. Glad to have finally read it.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I loved this one!

[Sallys]

I’m really enjoying To paradise. I’ve been sitting in an airport for 10 hour and it’s been a nice distraction

[Amy]

Sally, I hope you enjoy your trip!

[Amy]

Want to mention that Heather Reads Books is our Trim Picker for July!

[Heather Reads Books]

Ohhh neat!! Thank you for the reminder, Amy!

[Sallys]

Unfortunately I was traveling home from a funeral My brother in law died unexpectedly- he was only 58.

[Booknblues]

Sallys wrote: "Unfortunately I was traveling home from a funeral My brother in law died unexpectedly- he was only 58."

So sorry to read that Sally. What a time you have had.

[Sallys]

Booknblues wrote: "Sallys wrote: "Unfortunately I was traveling home from a funeral My brother in law died unexpectedly- he was only 58."

So sorry to read that Sally. What a time you have had."

I know- bad year.

[Sallys]

But school ends in 12 days and I'm loving my book!

[Theresa]

Sallys wrote: "But school ends in 12 days and I'm loving my book!"

Those are 2 rays of sunshine in a difficult period for sure. So sorry for you and your family losing member!

[Joanne]

My thoughts are with you and yours Sallys

[Sallys]

Thanks guys.
Also, To Paradise- Fits LGBTQ.

[Heather Reads Books]

I'm running a bit behind, but I did finish my #8: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age. Really enjoyed it and was able to use it for Walk Down History Lane as well. Review is here.

[Heather Reads Books]

Now that the tag has been announced, here's my pick.... #7!

Mine will be In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, which will fit the monthly tag nicely, I think!

[Olivermagnus]

My #7 is The Investigator by John Sandford

I just finished my May and June books. I enjoyed them both quite a bit.

🍁 8. Singapore Sapphire - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 6/17/2
🍁 9. Her Dark Lies - J.T. Ellison - 4 Stars - 6/20/22

[Jenni Elyse]

I'm pretty sure I won't finish this month's Trim book. That's two in a row now. :/

[Jenni Elyse]

My #7 is Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt.

[Kelly]

#8 June

Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood



3 stars


Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Joanne]

Ha! Heather, unbelievable-because I just picked up a copy of my #7, Cinder,from a library sale

[Jen K]

Mine works for the monthly tag: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

[Booknblues]

My #7 is The Narrowboat Summer, which I think I have a buddy read with somebody.

[LibraryCin]

Haven't yet gotten to this month's, but my #7 is:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Jean-Dominique Bauby

Ha! And it's a memoir!

[Joy D]

My #7 also fits the monthly tag:
The People of the Abyss by Jack London

[Diana]

My #7 is Inheritance by Judith Michael

[Theresa]

My No. 7 is The Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II. But I have yet to read either of my June books. Maybe I can catch up in July.

[Book Concierge]

My # 7 - E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton

[Amy]

My #7 is Meg and Jo. A modern Little Women Retelling.

[Meli]

My #7 is Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke... long title, but short book! Amazing cover.

[Hayjay315]

Booknblues wrote: "My #7 is The Narrowboat Summer, which I think I have a buddy read with somebody."

Hey BNB! I'm your buddy for this one! I'm going to be traveling through the July 4th weekend, but should be able to pick this one up anytime after that. What time in July works best for you?