Comments on: I need a book to read….(plus sonnet) https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 03 May 2024 13:07:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Cathy https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-504117 Fri, 03 May 2024 13:07:13 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-504117 A recent easy but engaging read was ‘The Skeleton Key’ by Erin Kelly – about a book of cryptic puzzles and a complicated family. If you like that kind of thing then any books by Janice Hallett would be good, I particularly liked ‘The Twyford Code’. (Both UK authors, hopefully available there though!)

]]> By: Anne https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502752 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:16:42 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502752 In reply to sara.

Lessons in chemistry and reads like a train (I translated that Dutch saying in English, don’t know it if it common but you’ll probably get the point!)

]]> By: An https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502287 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:32:05 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502287 Book recommendation:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

]]> By: sara https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502141 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:07:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502141 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus; Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires, both by Min Jin Lee.

I have recently gone back and read some classic children’s books that I didn’t read as a child, e.g., Black Beauty and (at the moment) Where the Red Fern Grows. Easy and worthwhile.

]]> By: Kate Donnelly https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502087 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 14:07:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502087 In reply to Calee.

Boys in Boat is uplifting in these times.

]]> By: Kate Donnelly https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502086 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 14:06:37 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502086 Thanks for copy of 9..
A book to peruse; Terrible Beauty by Uris, Leon and Jill

]]> By: Kathleen https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-502046 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:55:52 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-502046 In reply to Erica.

Thank you for this recommendation. I just finished Rules for Commuting. It was a quick and enjoyable read.

]]> By: Sarah Wright https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-501827 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:01:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-501827 When I’m in a reading slump, my go-tos are children’s/ middle grade/ YA books and memoirs. They both generally read quickly and are often good in audiobook format.

]]> By: Sally https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-501817 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:30:04 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-501817 : - nonfiction: All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley (”…portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.”) - fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (“… a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.”)]]> Two recent reads I highly recommend, only coincidental that “beauty” is in both titles 😊:
– nonfiction: All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley (”…portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.”)
– fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (“… a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.”)

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/04/i-need-a-book-to-read-plus-sonnet/#comment-501810 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:18:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19539#comment-501810 In reply to Calee.

@Calee- I read The Boys in the Boat and I did enjoy it! Sort of like Seabiscuit, which I also liked.

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