Flint Public Library Reads! discussion

It's officially summer! Which books can't you wait to read? Which books do you recommend? Please join the discussion and let us know!

I'll join another member in recommending The Other Americans by Laila Lalami.

I'm reading Mom & Me, Me & Mom. I can't get enough Maya Angelou and the audiobook is read by the author!

Two recommendations for "The Other Americans" by Laila Lalami! Here is a blurb from the publisher: "From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of "The Moor’s Account", here is a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant—at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture."
Sounds like a fascinating read!

I am currently reading Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna, to follow up our last Book Club book. So far I am enjoying it. There are more murders and the main character hasn't changed her stripes but I am hoping it will explain some unanswered questions from the first book.

I just finished "If She Wakes" by Michael Koryta. It's a top-notch thriller that I couldn't put down. Who will find the fake iPhone with top secret information on it first: the steely teenager assassin, the traumatized former stunt car driver, or the "department of energy investigator"? Oh, and what about the unfortunate college student who ended up in a coma all because of the phone's secrets? Read to find out!!

I'm almost finished with The Room on Rue Amelie. I'm glad it's a quick read because it is predictable and, even though it is a time period that I enjoy reading (1938-45) and in France, I think it is a not very interesting repeat of other, better books, i.e. The Nightengale. I much preferred The Huntress, a post-war book set in the U.S. of a mysterious woman who marries an American with a teen-aged daughter. There are interesting flashbacks to women aviators in Russia which seem to be disconnected to the main plot but become clear by the end. Not for the queasy.

Janet wrote: "I'm almost finished with The Room on Rue Amelie. I'm glad it's a quick read because it is predictable and, even though it is a time period that I enjoy reading (1938-45) and in France, I think it i..."

Thanks for your input, Janet!