Midyear Book Update

Well, in all this time we have not had any monthly wrap ups or updates on what we have been reading, so I thought it would be interesting to list all the books I have personally read since January, 2018 and give a quick line about how I felt about the books.

I am actually surprised by what books I have read, and how many I have read. Making this list is a good way to look back and reflect and see how much I’ve read. I think I may do this again!

I have been much better at logging my reading books with Goodreads. It’s a great way to track what I’ve read because I do literally forget books that I’ve read, especially ones that are not memorable. Continue reading “Midyear Book Update” →

Summer Reads 2018: 10 Books On My Summer Reading List That I Can’t Wait To Start!

Summer is here and I’ve put together my summer reads for 2018. Anyone who knows me well knows that I love to read thrillers in the summer. This summer, my reading list is mixed with only a few thrillers in sight! Reason being is that I have read so many thrillers lately and I am looking for a change. Since last summer, I have read too many thrillers/mystery to count and now I am ready to read more of other genres.

In the mix bag of books, I am looking forward to getting stuck into some romance, mystery, humor and satire and just plain old page turning books! Continue reading “Summer Reads 2018: 10 Books On My Summer Reading List That I Can’t Wait To Start!” →

The Great Alone By Kristin Hannah

Please join us in reading The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah for our monthly read!

We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for July 31, 2018.

Summary

Alaska, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Continue reading “The Great Alone By Kristin Hannah” →

I’ll See You In Paris By Michelle Gable

Please join us in reading I’ll See You In Paris by Michelle Gable for our monthly read!


We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for June 30th, 2018.

Summary

Three women, born generations apart.
One mysterious book that threads their lives together.
A journey of love, discovery, and truth… Continue reading “I’ll See You In Paris By Michelle Gable” →

Before We Were Yours Book Review

Before We Were Yours: Book review by Dinh.
4.5 stars

Synopsis:

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize that the truth is much darker. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together—in a world of danger and uncertainty. Continue reading “Before We Were Yours Book Review” →

Before We Were Yours Book Club Discussion Questions


Discussion Questions:

1 Before you read Before We Were Yours, did you know the historical side of adoption and that there was a black market for babies back then?

2. Do you think Queenie and Briny were at fault for losing their children? Was it viable for them to have more children?

3. Were you surprised about the living conditions of young children in the orphanage as revealed in Rill’s story? Continue reading “Before We Were Yours Book Club Discussion Questions” →

Summer 2018 Comment Challenge!

2018 Summer Comment ChallengeWow, another year has gone by and it’s time again for the Summer Comment Challenge! The Summer 2018 Comment Challenge is hosted by Lonna @ FLYLēF and Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense. I have the pleasure of knowing these lovely ladies for almost 3 years in the blogosphere! Please click on their links to find more information on how you can participate in the Comment Challenge. Continue reading “Summer 2018 Comment Challenge!” →

Before We Were Yours By Lisa Wingate

Please join us in reading Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate for our monthly read!


We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for May 31st, 2018.
Summary

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge–until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents–but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty. Continue reading “Before We Were Yours By Lisa Wingate” →

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Book Review

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Book Review by Dinh.
5 out of 5 stars

Synopsis:

January 1946: London is emerging form the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’d never met, a native of Guernsey, the British island once occupied by the Nazis. He’d come across her name on the flyleaf of a secondhand volume by Charles Lamb. Perhaps she could tell him where he might find more books by this author.

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, she is drawn into the world of this man and his friends, all members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a unique book club formed in a unique, spur-of-the-moment way: as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans. Continue reading “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Book Review” →

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society Book Club Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions:

1. The book is an epistolary genre, consisting of a series letters corresponded between the characters to form the story line. Did you enjoy this kind of storytelling? How effective was it in telling the story? What are the pros and cons of writing in this manner?

2. The members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society were not experienced with literary societies and made their rules as they went along. They took turns in discussing the book that they read, and then it evolved into more of a discussion when another member read the same book. Discuss literary societies in the past and compare them to today’s book clubs. What similarities can be drawn? How are they different? Continue reading “The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society Book Club Discussion Questions” →