Sign in with Facebook
Lynne’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Lynne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Lynne M. Spreen’s Followers (224)
231 books
|
673 friends
1,898 books
|
289 friends
97 books
|
57 friends
1,540 books
|
1,080 friends
2,828 books
|
465 friends
398 books
|
4,247 friends
1,279 books
|
4,991 friends
1,255 books
|
3,603 friends
More friends…
Lynne M. Spreen
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
January 01
Website
Genre
Influences
Sophie Kinsella, Barbara O'Neal, Emily Giffin, Tessa Dare, Laura Drake
...more
Member Since
March 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/lynne_spreen
|
Dakota Blues (Karen Grace #1)
—
published
2012
—
5 editions
|
|
|
We Did This Once Before: A Novel
|
|
|
Starting Over in Sedona (Sedona Silver Romances, #1)
|
|
|
Key Largo Blues (Karen Grace #2)
—
published
2016
—
5 editions
|
|
|
Opposites Attract in Sedona (Sedona Silver Romances #2)
|
|
|
Second Chances in Sedona (Sedona Silver Romances #3)
|
|
|
Goodbye to the Blues (Karen Grace #3)
—
published
2018
—
5 editions
|
|
|
California Blues (Karen Grace #0.5)
—
published
2018
—
4 editions
|
|
|
Dakota Blues Box Set (Karen Grace #0.5-3)
—
published
2020
|
|
|
Middle-Aged Crazy: Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond - The Complete Collection
—
published
2014
|
|
My last blog post – but wait, there’s more!
Hi everybody! I started this blog in 2009. Since then, I’ve written over five hundred posts, and I think a lot of them are worth saving! So I’m keeping this page open. But in the future, instead of blogging about midlife and beyond, and the writing biz, and the fun I’m having at the ripe […]
The post My last blog post – but wait, there’s more! first appeared on Any Shiny Thing - Life after 50.
Read more of this blog post »
Lynne’s Recent Updates
|
Lynne Spreen
made a comment on
Eileen Smith’s review
of
Starting Over in Serena Cove: Serena Cove Silver Romances Book 1
"
Thanks so much for this! Lifts me right up.
"
|
|
|
Lynne Spreen
liked
Eileen Smith's review
of
Starting Over in Serena Cove: Serena Cove Silver Romances Book 1:
"Wow. Just wow! It’s been more years than I remember since my therapist told me I would eventually have to figure out where I fit in my life but until reading this book I didn’t have a clue what she meant.
Teresa does good. She’s there for whoever need" Read more of this review » |
|
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book really liked it
|
|
| This is an ensemble story with several main characters. We pick up again with Flora and Joel who now have a baby. Joel's happy as can be as the primary childcarer, but Flora is losing the battle of work/life balance as she struggles to launch the new ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| Trudy is a middle-aged woman who runs a struggling bakery she inherited. Her husband has left her for a thin, younger woman. Her young adult daughter has virtually ghosted her. In all things, Trudy's life is very difficult but she's been oblivious fo ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| I enjoyed this book from start to finish. It was filled with great characters, all distinct and having depth, struggling in their normal lives as tragedy and scandal affect their rustic small town. This was an exploration of the corruption of great w ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| Leah is a doctor in practice with her father at their family's medical clinic serving women and children. They're so constrained with each other that they never hug, only shake hands, addressing each other as "Doctor." Leah is expected to carry on th ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book liked it
|
|
| This is a story dramatizing the Kentucky families who carried a particular enzyme that turned their skin blue, and one of the last of the group who works for a true literary service of the time, which carried books to extremely rural homes. Although ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| Trudy is a middle-aged woman who runs a struggling bakery she inherited. Her husband has left her for a thin, younger woman. Her young adult daughter has virtually ghosted her. In all things, Trudy's life is very difficult but she's been oblivious fo ...more | |
|
Lynne Spreen
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| Leah is a sprite, the freest of free spirits. An artist, she left behind an unsatisfying childhood in Iowa for the California coast, where she lives a hedonistic life with art, surfing, drinking, and no-strings-sex...until she becomes pregnant. By ma ...more | |
“Ben slumped into a chair in front of Karen’s sprawling desk, his eyes bloodshot. It wasn’t due to partying. The kid practically slept in his office. “Wes told me to fire Ashley.”
―
―
“about to make, but the idea had faded. Not for the first time that day, she wished the hall outside her door hadn’t become the official gathering place for coworkers in search of gossip and idle chit chat. It wasn’t like her to lose focus so easily. Karen couldn’t afford to slow down,”
―
―
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobooks: Free Reviewer Copies: Dakota Blues | 1 | 20 | Sep 25, 2014 04:51AM | |
| BOOMER LIT: Nove...: * Baby Boomers Around Internet: Articles, News... | 221 | 188 | Dec 23, 2017 09:09AM | |
| BOOMER LIT: Nove...: Boomer Lit blogs or links | 51 | 114 | Jul 13, 2021 09:00AM | |
| Paging All Bookwo...: October 2021 Mini Challenge - HALLOWEEN SCAVENGER HUNT | 27 | 10 | Jan 24, 2022 05:11AM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: July 2025 Wheel of Book Fortune -- Something Hot | 21 | 32 | Aug 02, 2025 07:13PM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: "This Very Day" Six-Month Scavenger Challenge | 64 | 58 | Sep 25, 2025 05:31PM |
“Come hither, all ye empty things,/Ye bubbles raised by breath of kings;/Who float upon the tide of state,/Come hither, and behold your fate.”
― A Great Reckoning
― A Great Reckoning
“Therefore, we need to be selective about the feedback we let into our lives. For me, if you’re not in the arena getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
― Heretics
― Heretics
BOOMER LIT: Novels, Short Fiction, Memoirs and More
— 679 members
— last activity Nov 18, 2025 10:16AM
Boomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre. Let's talk about it! When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 300804 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
The Circle: for readers/beta readers/critiques/reviews/free reads
— 2639 members
— last activity Nov 19, 2025 11:22PM
A circle of people preparing to publish their next/first book. Looking for beta readers? A critiquing partner? A review? Just looking for a free read? ...more
Comments (showing 1-7)
post a comment »
date
newest »
newest »
Hi Ina, I haven't actually been active in that group for over a year, but you might contact its founder, a woman by the name of Claude Nougat. Here is a link to her page, and best wishes. https://www.goodreads.com/ClaudeNougatLynne
Lynne,I have been trying to join boomer lit, but it keep saying that my birthdate has to be on my profile page. It is on my profile page. I don't know what else to do. Help!!
Ina Britton
Hi Lynne. Thanks for asking me to be your bookfiend. Oops I wrote book fiend instead of friend. Well we are both are we not? ;) Now I must find what I wrote for your review of an Olivia Goldsmith book. I am very forgetful and very curious. nosy?
Hi Lynne - I would like to recommend a book to you - "Old Filth" - it is about a lawyer (Failed In London Tried Hongkong = F I L T H) - this book is equally as good as Harold Fry AND the amazing thing about the book is that Jane Gardam has written the 'same' story again in a book called The Man in the Wooden Hat - this is written from the perspective of an enemy of Old Filth's there is a 3rd book in the series - I GUARANTEE if you read Old Filth then The Man in the Wooden Hat (which I read in 2 sittings) you will love them (I think the Hat is Better than Old Filth) I am just about to order the 3rd book from the library. Best wishes from Beryl
Hi Lynne,Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow Goodreads author!
Thanks Lynne for friending,Please check out my gutsy memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.
A teacher’s story of parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery
How did reclaim my life?
Read #20 pages for FREE http://lnkd.in/BmuVR7
cheers,
Karen :)
Feb 17, 2015 07:13PM · flag