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meepmeep · 6/03/2016 12:33 pm

Thought I would start a new thread all about books!

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith
Defending Jacob by William Landry

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secco · 6/03/2016 1:39 pm

Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess)

A book of autobiographical short stories that are HILARIOUS. I read this book on the beach laughing out loud.. my boyfriend just kept looking over at me saying, "what is wrong with you??"

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NutsOrNot2 · 6/03/2016 3:44 pm

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

youcaaango · 6/03/2016 4:00 pm

Great idea for summer - thanks for starting it! I'm looking for some good beach reads!

Marie's Crisis · 6/03/2016 5:02 pm

The Nightingale
What Alice Forgot (Actually almost everything by Liane Moriarty)

Lemondrop718 · 6/04/2016 7:50 am

LOVE this thread. I'm currently reading me before you and I really enjoy it!
The girl on the train is also a good read.
If I stay
Song of ice and fire series (game of thrones books)
The book thief
The truth about forever orThat summer by Sarah dessen her books are great beach reads they're easy to get through fast.
The divergent or hunger games series

I look forward to new books to check out, thanks in advance everyone.

FKFriday · 6/04/2016 8:16 am

Private series by James Patterson is fabulous if you like detective/crime books. I blew through the 6 or 7 books in a month.

MyFatherIsADoctor · 6/04/2016 9:03 am

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Has anyone read Rude Jude's book, Hyena? It was so gross but so funny. Very quick read. Took me an afternoon.

Listening7 · 6/04/2016 12:53 pm

Loved the Glass Castle. Very haunting. It's an older book, but The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is a great summer read!

DreamTalk · 6/04/2016 1:13 pm

Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

SoftPretzels · 6/04/2016 4:34 pm

So this is a weird request but does anyone have any fiction books (written similar chick lit or similar to devil wears prada style ::don't even think that makes sense:: ) where the main character is either going through a bad marriage or divorce....

greattaste · 6/04/2016 6:11 pm

Love this thread!

Listening7 wrote:
Loved the Glass Castle. Very haunting. It's an older book, but The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is a great summer read!

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is in my all time top 5 books. The Wonder Spot by the same author (Melissa Bank) is very good as well. SoftPretzels, these books are very relationship focused and I think might apply to what you are saying. It is short stories throughout a girl's life and shows the heroines going in and out of relationships.

Currently I am reading Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It's non-fiction, sociological about dating in the modern world. It's a sociology book by a comedian, and he has such a great voice!

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DestinationAwesometown · 6/04/2016 6:39 pm

MyFatherIsADoctor wrote:
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Has anyone read Rude Jude's book, Hyena? It was so gross but so funny. Very quick read. Took me an afternoon.

Jeanette Walls' other books- Half Broke Horses and The Silver Star were great too!

MyFatherIsADoctor · 6/05/2016 7:33 pm

greattaste wrote:
Love this thread!
Listening7 wrote:
Loved the Glass Castle. Very haunting. It's an older book, but The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is a great summer read!
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is in my all time top 5 books. The Wonder Spot by the same author (Melissa Bank) is very good as well. SoftPretzels, these books are very relationship focused and I think might apply to what you are saying. It is short stories throughout a girl's life and shows the heroines going in and out of relationships.

Currently I am reading Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It's non-fiction, sociological about dating in the modern world. It's a sociology book by a comedian, and he has such a great voice!

So not to get off the book topic much, but have you seen Aziz's show "Master of None"? So good! Love him

greattaste · 6/06/2016 9:35 am

MyFatherIsADoctor wrote:
greattaste wrote:
Love this thread!
Listening7 wrote:
Loved the Glass Castle. Very haunting. It's an older book, but The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is a great summer read!
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is in my all time top 5 books. The Wonder Spot by the same author (Melissa Bank) is very good as well. SoftPretzels, these books are very relationship focused and I think might apply to what you are saying. It is short stories throughout a girl's life and shows the heroines going in and out of relationships.

Currently I am reading Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It's non-fiction, sociological about dating in the modern world. It's a sociology book by a comedian, and he has such a great voice!

So not to get off the book topic much, but have you seen Aziz's show "Master of None"? So good! Love him

I am a huge fan! Loved "Master of None"! My husband and I also saw his stand up, and it was the best I have ever seen. If you like "Master of None" I highly recommend his book. His comedic voice definitely comes through in his writing.

MyFatherIsADoctor · 6/06/2016 9:30 pm

greattaste wrote:
MyFatherIsADoctor wrote:
greattaste wrote:
Love this thread!

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing is in my all time top 5 books. The Wonder Spot by the same author (Melissa Bank) is very good as well. SoftPretzels, these books are very relationship focused and I think might apply to what you are saying. It is short stories throughout a girl's life and shows the heroines going in and out of relationships.

Currently I am reading Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It's non-fiction, sociological about dating in the modern world. It's a sociology book by a comedian, and he has such a great voice!

So not to get off the book topic much, but have you seen Aziz's show "Master of None"? So good! Love him
I am a huge fan! Loved "Master of None"! My husband and I also saw his stand up, and it was the best I have ever seen. If you like "Master of None" I highly recommend his book. His comedic voice definitely comes through in his writing.

Thanks for the recommendation! I didn't think about reading it because I'm married, but you are too...haha. I guess I was thinking too much and thought it could be taken the wrong way by reading a dating book. I do have single friends I can pass along some info to

greattaste · 6/07/2016 5:03 pm

MyFatherIsADoctor wrote:
greattaste wrote:
MyFatherIsADoctor wrote:

So not to get off the book topic much, but have you seen Aziz's show "Master of None"? So good! Love him
I am a huge fan! Loved "Master of None"! My husband and I also saw his stand up, and it was the best I have ever seen. If you like "Master of None" I highly recommend his book. His comedic voice definitely comes through in his writing.
Thanks for the recommendation! I didn't think about reading it because I'm married, but you are too...haha. I guess I was thinking too much and thought it could be taken the wrong way by reading a dating book. I do have single friends I can pass along some info to

It is about dating, but it's not really what I would call a "dating book". It's more about how communication and what we look for in a partner has changed since the modern era of texting, dating apps, etc. and how modern convenience has changed relationships in general. It's informational, not advice driven.

Because it provides more of an analytical view of how relationships work and what they are based on, I think it can be beneficial for those in a relationship as well single people in order for people to be more self-aware of why they look at the relationship as they do and what other ways of looking at relationships are.

micdrop · 6/07/2016 11:23 pm

This is brilliant thank you for starting this thread. So far this summer I've read...
The luckiest girl alive
Gone girl (finally read it)
The girl on the train
Dark places (another Gillian Flynn book) - very very good
Sharp objects (also Gillian Flynn)
I'm reading 11/22/63 by Steven King right now and it's excellent, although not my normal cup of tea I really like it.

micdrop · 6/07/2016 11:24 pm

I'm going to have to read the glass castle by the sounds of it

whatupwakeup · 6/08/2016 7:27 am

I really liked Girl on the Train. And I also read Luckiest Girl Alive and enjoyed that also. If you like reading true stories, check out A House in the Sky. I also liked Escape from Camp 14.

FKFriday · 6/08/2016 7:56 am

House in the shy was crazy! I keep checking to see if they're going to do a movie.

whatupwakeup · 6/08/2016 9:18 am

I heard they are doing a movie and that Rooney Mara is involved.

FKFriday · 6/08/2016 9:31 am

Oh wow!! Have you read the guys book? I couldn't find it after I finished hers, and forgot about it till just now. Gonna see if it's more available now.

whatupwakeup · 6/08/2016 4:31 pm

No i havent read his!

FKFriday · 6/08/2016 6:14 pm

This is it, the reviews are not great, so keep hoping I can find it in a used book store.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11868635-the-price-of-life

NutsOrNot2 · 6/14/2016 9:43 pm

SoftPretzels wrote:
So this is a weird request but does anyone have any fiction books (written similar chick lit or similar to devil wears prada style ::don't even think that makes sense:: ) where the main character is either going through a bad marriage or divorce....

Check out books by Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green. They each have a few about bad relationships, divorce....

SoftPretzels · 6/15/2016 3:58 am

NutsOrNot2 wrote:
SoftPretzels wrote:
So this is a weird request but does anyone have any fiction books (written similar chick lit or similar to devil wears prada style ::don't even think that makes sense:: ) where the main character is either going through a bad marriage or divorce....

Check out books by Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green. They each have a few about bad relationships, divorce....

TAHNKS GAL!!!!!!

WhosBecky? · 6/15/2016 6:43 am

SoftPretzels wrote:
NutsOrNot2 wrote:
SoftPretzels wrote:
So this is a weird request but does anyone have any fiction books (written similar chick lit or similar to devil wears prada style ::don't even think that makes sense:: ) where the main character is either going through a bad marriage or divorce....

Check out books by Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green. They each have a few about bad relationships, divorce....

TAHNKS GAL!!!!!!

Tempting Fate by Jane Green....it was really good!

NutsOrNot2 · 6/15/2016 6:50 am

WhosBecky? wrote:
SoftPretzels wrote:
NutsOrNot2 wrote:

Check out books by Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green. They each have a few about bad relationships, divorce....

TAHNKS GAL!!!!!!
Tempting Fate by Jane Green....it was really good!

Loved that one!!!! I couldn't think of any titles off hand, but knew they had some.

DreamTalk · 6/15/2016 4:29 pm

Elizabeth the First and Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan. They are really good.

If you need a new podcast...she also does a podcast with her 4 sisters called Satellite Sisters.