Off-Topic Summer Reading

[TracyQ]

Originally Posted by sherry7899

I am first in line at my library for Liane's upcoming book.

Originally Posted by sherry7899

Tracy- My library had not pre-ordrered it so I submitted a purchase suggestion. That is how I ended up first in line. I am always suggesting books for them to order Hopefully your library will order more than one copy so you can get it more quickly.

They only have one copy so hopefully they'll get more. Has it been released yet? You'll have to post back after you've read it to let us know how it is. Hopefully it won't be a disappointment. I've been hit and miss with Liane's stuff.

[sherry7899]

Originally Posted by TracyQ

Lucky you. I requested the book a while ago and I've got 17-people ahead of me. I'm lucky if I get it by Christmas. LOL

I think it comes out this Tuesday.

[Judy W.]

Originally Posted by sherry7899

I think it comes out this Tuesday.

I preordered it on Kindle and it does indeed come out this Tuesday. Most bestsellers I read I'll get from the library, but this is Liane Moriarty, so I don't mind paying for it.

I've also got books by Jodi Picoult (out in October) and Fannie Flagg (November) on pre-order. Some authors belong in my collection.

[sherry7899]

I pre- ordered Jodi Picoult's book also.

[Judy W.]

This thread inspired me to find Ordinary Grace, which has been residing unread in my Cloud since 2013. I just finished this lovely book. It's a wonderful story of a traumatic summer in the boyhood of the narrator, set in rural Minnesota in 1961. The events are horrific, yet it's rendered with a transcendent love. In a review of a book I read previous to this, I started it left me feeling somewhat hopeless. This one left me feeling we DO have hope, and we have each other. I loved it!

[txhsmom]

Originally Posted by Judy W.

This thread inspired me to find Ordinary Grace, which has been residing unread in my Cloud since 2013. I just finished this lovely book. It's a wonderful story of a traumatic summer in the boyhood of the narrator, set in rural Minnesota in 1961. The events are horrific, yet it's rendered with a transcendent love. In a review of a book I read previous to this, I started it left me feeling somewhat hopeless. This one left me feeling we DO have hope, and we have each other. I loved it!

This is a wonderful book. I read it a couple of summers ago. It was a lovely read! Highly recommended.

Reminded me just a touch of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Carol

[Jewels5]

I'm so glad others loved Ordinary Grace. I recommended it to my sister but she passed. My book club is meeting tomorrow night to discuss it.

[TracyQ]

Originally Posted by Jewels5

I'm so glad others loved Ordinary Grace. I recommended it to my sister but she passed. My book club is meeting tomorrow night to discuss it.

Ordinary Grace sounds like something I would enjoy. I just requested it from my library. There's a waiting list so it will be a while. Thanks to all who recommended it.

[TracyQ]

I haven't read the entire thread so I'm not sure if this book has been mentioned before. This my first recommendation to the reading thread. I recently read 75% of a great book, Grace, by Natashia Deon. I didn't finish it because I borrowed it from my library on my Kindle and due to life getting in the way it expired before I had a chance to. Don't you hate when that happens? I reordered it and am on a waiting list...sigh.

Its the authors debut novel. Here's part of the book description from the publisher:

Grace is a sweeping, intergenerational saga featuring a group of outcast women during one of the most compelling eras in American history. It is a universal story of freedom, love, and motherhood, told in a dazzling and original voice set against a rich and transporting historical backdrop.

[donnamp]

I put Ordinary Grace on hold for myself at the library.

I also just downloaded (from Overdrive) Insurgent, in spite of what I said up thread about Divergent, I feel I need to know what happens next and these are fast/easy reads for me.

Donna