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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called The Coworker by Freida McFadden


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Wendy Resmussen | 1 comments "Dropseed, the story of three sad women Dropseed The Story of Three Sad Women by Nettie Magnan

Just seems to be underrated but I haven't loved a novel this deeply since Mrs Dalloway (and for me, that's saying something).


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called The Murderer You Know by Patti Gaustad Procopi


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Survive the Night by Riley Sager


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager


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Roxann | 4 comments I just finished The Light Through the Leaves. Beautifully written story about how a tragedy changed the lives of so many people and how they dealt with it. I also loved her previous book, Where the Forest Meets the Stars.


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Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
Roxann wrote: "I just finished The Light Through the Leaves. Beautifully written story about how a tragedy changed the lives of so many people and how they dealt with it. I also loved her previous book, Where the..."

Thank you for bringing The Light Through the Leaves to my attention again. I just realized that I own all 3 of Glendy Vanderah's books and haven't read any of them. I may have to read one soon!


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John Mosman | 5 comments Reading Aurora Rising (The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies Book 1)


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Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I am now reading The Final Game (MCM Investigations #1) by Caimh McDonnell The Final Game and The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North The Man Made of Smoke.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli


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Anne Båtstad Crotteau | 1 comments I am currently reading Daughters of Shandong, and recently finished James (by Percival Everett), Supercommunicators (by Charles Duhigg), and Remarkably Bright Creatures (by Shelby Van Pelt), all of which I loved and recommend. James was the most interesting; a heartbreaking twist on the tale of Huckleberry Finn, but from the perspective of Jim, the slave.


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Kristine  | 239 comments Anne wrote: "I am currently reading Daughters of Shandong, and recently finished James (by Percival Everett), Supercommunicators (by Charles Duhigg), and Remarkably Bright Creatures (by Shelby Van Pelt), all of..."
Yes, James Fantastic


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Gray After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called How to Disappear by Gillian McAllister


message 118: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I loved The Man Made of Smoke The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North . Pub day is today.

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


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Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
Currently reading If the Shoe Fits and It's a Love Story. I usually try not to read two so similar books at the same time, but it just worked out that way this time.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called The Good Sister by Gillian McAllister


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Kristine  | 239 comments Just finished The Wrong Daughter The Wrong Daughter by Dandy Smith by Dandy Smith Good Fast Paced Thriller.

Here is my 4 ⭐️ Review if anyone is Interested. Think this one will be popular. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Currently Reading, Isabel Allende latest book, My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende Good Book and love this Author.


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Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I finished If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) by Julie Murphy If the Shoe Fits. It was a really cute Cinderella retelling.

Started Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2) by T.J. Klune Somewhere Beyond the Sea.


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Susan | 58 comments Strangely, following your post, Kristine, I am currently reading The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas.
It seems that there are a lot of wrong relatives around at the moment!


message 124: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I finished It's a Love Story. Not my favorite book by Monaghan, but still pretty good.

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan - my It's a Love Story review


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Cedric Jones | 2 comments This book isn't one of the Goodreads choice awards nominees, but i am currently reading The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry


message 127: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I finished Somewhere Beyond the Sea Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2) by T.J. Klune for our group read today and I thought the book had some wonderful parts. Unfortunately, I found some parts felt a little too preachy. I thought the book really took off in the second half, but some of the ending felt repetitive from the first book.

I listened to the audio and I think that was a mistake. The narrator was overdramatic and it took away from the sentimentality of the story. I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read a physical copy. I ended up giving it 3.5 stars and rounding down due to the audio.

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


message 128: by Kristie, Moderator (last edited May 23, 2025 08:34PM) (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I'm starting Only the Beautiful Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner tomorrow for my face-to-face book club.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called When She Returned by Lucinda Berry


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Kari | 2 comments Just finished reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. And am now working on reading Babel, The House in the Cerulean Sea and Amazing Grace Adams.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called A Beautiful Couple by Leslie Wolfe


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QueenAmidala28 | 57 comments I'm currently reading The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake and it's giving me The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison vibes. I pray it doesn't end the same way as TBE. I can definitely relate to being the darkest person in the family and in your school/work. If she doesn't stand up for herself soon I may have to DNF this book because there's no room for that nonsense these days.

I'm also reading Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry . This was a local book club pick and I thought it was going to be very depressing but it's actually a beautiful, lyrical, very emotional read. The writer is fantastic and does not doubt what he's doing with specific scenes and words. The topic of institutional abuse is of course, very sensitive but that's the point. How long are we going to continue to let corporations, companies, churches/religious sects get away with the manipulation and abuse of humans? Great read and I'm not even finished with it.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Til Death Do Us Part by Daniel Hurst


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called What Lies Between Us by John Marrs


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John Mosman | 5 comments Listening to Zero Days by Ruth Ware. This is my first audio book.


message 137: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
How fun, John. I hope you enjoy it. I tried listening to audiobooks several times before I finally started to enjoy them. I love them now.


message 138: by Kristie, Moderator (last edited Jun 12, 2025 01:31PM) (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I haven't updated in almost 3 weeks and my reading has been a bit of a rollercoaster. I read Only the Beautiful for my book club and loved it. 4+★

I then read The House Children, which was good, but less engaging than I expected it to be. 3★

Next up was The God of the Woods, which I found to be an excellent mystery. 5★

Then The Last Murder at the End of the World, which was ok. It started off a little confusing and I thought the storyline was good, but it just never really drew me in. 3★

Finally, I just finished Great Big Beautiful Life, which I thought was great. 5★

I'm now listening to Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and I'm about halfway through. I've seen the show, but didn't follow it. The memoir has been mostly fun so far.


message 139: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I finished Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls. It was good, but it was kind of like listening to a person with ADHD tell a long story.

I just started Never Name the Dead.


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Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I read Dogged Pursuit Dogged Pursuit (Andy Carpenter, #31) by David Rosenfelt . It was a fun prequel to the series.

my review of Dogged Pursuit

I'm now reading How the Penguins Saved Veronica and Run for the Hills.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Watching You by Lisa Jewell


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Kirsha | 3 comments I'm currently reading The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark. Really enjoying it so far.


message 146: by Kristie, Moderator (new)

Kristie | 6825 comments Mod
I finished How the Penguins Saved Veronica. I thought it was pretty good, but the FMC was such a curmudgeon.

I'm now reading The Spellshop. The female MC in this one started out very standoffish as well.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng


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Christine  Hatfield  | 280 comments I’m reading a book called Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult


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