Comments on: Books read in June 2019 https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Maggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-78263 Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:18:12 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-78263 I just read a 1300 page novel. It was great! Unfortunately, I think it’s not translated into English yet (I guess 1300 pages takes some time to translate!).
Is everyone hanging out without me is kind of fun but not a masterpiece, I thought.

]]> By: Kathryn https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-78012 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:04:25 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-78012 Thought you might get a kick out of this gentleman’s running streak – is 40 years! https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/2019/06/30/column-priest-has-run-every-day-40-years-takes-faith/1596837001/

]]> By: Kathleen https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-78011 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:57:42 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-78011 Kristin Lavransdatter
Far From the Tree (non-fiction)
The Goldfinch
And… a little embarrassed to say it… but Stephen King novels. The man is a master of compelling narrative, and he tends to write long. 11/22/63 (yes, Kennedy assassination, and much more) is SO MUCH FUN. Joyland is quirky though fairly short. And the whole Dark Tower series is weird and enthralling. Truly, if you haven’t tried Stephen King, just give it a shot. I’d start with 11/22/63.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-78008 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:50:12 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-78008 In reply to Kristen.

@Kristen – I loved Tina Fey’s book. I found Poehler’s a little harder to get into.

]]> By: Heather F https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-77995 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:47:30 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-77995 If you wanted another, but very very different, sci-fi novel, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is outstanding. I kept thinking ‘how is she doing that?!’ while reading. One of the most unusual while also compelling plot-wise books I’ve read.

]]> By: Kristen https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/07/books-read-in-june-2019/#comment-77992 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:27:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17290#comment-77992 I felt the same way you did about Why Not Me? – very entertaining in parts and very cringe-inducing in others. I actually liked Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? even less in that regard – Kaling was younger when she wrote it and it definitely reads that way. I’d give it a pass if I were you!

Have you read Amy Poehler’s memoir? I found hers and Tina Fey’s a bit more relatable since they were both in the married with young kid(s) zone when they wrote them.

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