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I’ve had two pretty great reads this summer- All Among the Barley and The Leavers. The rest have been mediocre or not at all memorable. What was the last great book you read? I wanna read something that’ll knock me out before the season is done.
— Jul 27, 2019 08:39PM
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Jul 27, 2019 09:24PM
Educated by Tara Westover. Memorable!!
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Fevre Dream, George Martin, much better than GoT
"Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman is very good as is "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah.
Beartown. Rules for Visiting. The Girls at 17 Swann Street.
Thanks for the great ideas everyone! And what’s even better is that I’ve only read one of them before (Beartown, which I did enjoy!), and haven’t even heard of a couple! Thanks much all!
Brodeck by Philippe Claudel; White Tears by Hari Kunzru; Course of the Heart by John M Harrison; Rosewater by Tade Thompson
I've read some great non-fiction lately, but it's been awhile since I've read fiction that has really bowled me over.
Yeah I feel that... I hope both of us end our dry spell there soon.. Any non-fiction things to rec?
Attached and Come As You Are were probably my recent favorites, with The State of Affairs as a close third.
Oh I’ve been wanting to read Attached! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it. Really have to get to that. I also hadn’t heard of the third one at all so thanks!
It's really good! It's one of those things that makes so much sense it feels kind of obvious once you catch onto it, but there are some really helpful things in there around communication and reading some more complicated behaviors (what they call "protest behavior") that I found particularly useful/interesting.
Thanks I will look at that too! PS- as far as fiction... I just finished Embers by Marai and just loved it. What a heartbreaker. Highly recommend adding it to break a fiction dry spell.
