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| Name : | Janine L. |
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Breathtakingly beautiful imagery. I was there, seeing, smelling, hearing…
Not so much a fan of the story, but manipulation of the language was exquisite
Loved the history!
Not a fan. Did not believe in the characters, but everyone else loved it!
Gut wrenching story.
What a story!! True story!! Gut wrenching!
Love Marie Benedict... loved the topic, was not a fan. Hedy lived such an incredible life...I just don’t think it was captured.
I had a hard time returning from Havana after this one! Thoroughly enjoyed!
Lovedlovedloved this story! Loved old Hollywood, gut wrenching personal story!
Gut wrenching.
Our two companion books, Dear I… and A Feminist Manifesto were phenomenal. Truly, feminist rallying calls!!
I had Melinda Gates all wrong... important book. Soooo inspiring.
Hated Einstein after reading this. How dare he?
Best book club discussion ever! What a great concept for a story!
This book changed all of our lives. I am not kidding. The perfect story.
So incredibly beautiful… One of my all time favorites and a real surprise!
Learned so much!!! A beautiful story besides!! ????
Had so much potential… but got really really space alien weird. Uuughhhhh.
A book for queens!!! After reading and rereading this hysterical book soooooooooo many times with and without my girlfriends, it never ever fails to make me pee my pants laughing!!! “The Promise”??? O.m.g. !!!
Gut wrenching. What a fantastic story!
Our second book, Maya Angelou’s memoir, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings was a huge hit. What a life!!!
I loved this story about Pittsburgh and immigrants and the tension between the haves and the have nots. I could see this storyâ?¦I could see Pittsburghâ?¦I could feel these characters. Itâ??s my immigrant story.
Our second book, The Orphan’s Tale was dark and gutgutgut wrenching WWII. A phenominal read!
150years later and still phenomenal! It was an absolute favorite of mine growing up, and rereading it as an adult was a beautiful experience, and honestly, so much more powerful and moving! Lovedlovedloved!
A must know unbelievable true story but gut wrenching… not the best choice for a December read… but powerful.
I don’t remember this book!!! Blah!!
My absolutely most favorite book about education, schools, and teaching! Absolutely Hysterical and still absolutely true!
Did. Not. Like. This. Book.
Great description of WWI battle scenes, absolutely did not believe in the characters, the love story, nor the time travel. Blah.
I want to go live in the NYC Public Library!!!
I was dreading this book, but I’m still talking about it years later! Loved!!! So different!
The beginning of our social justice learning and doing together. Soooooo important!!
Loved the story! So different!
The girls loved this book. It was interesting, but it wasn’t one that I really cared about…
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, the lush language and imagery!!
I was so scared to introduce my most favorite author to our book club… what if they did not like him??? How would that devastate me?
No worries. Loved.
Brilliant, funny, poignant…Backman.
Not a favorite… most of us did not like the dual timelines…especially the modern time line…
A new author with her debut novel which we all enjoyedâ?¦ Love learning about nNative American culture! Love YA literature! Look at that gorgeous cover! We will be looking out for her!!
A different WWII perspective! We all enjoyed this heartbreaking story!
What being in a rock band must be like…the dark side of fame.
Love this book about the mafia- our first! The friendship between the two girls was so beautiful… loved this story!!
Learned so much about the the unsung sheroes and women who raised and nurtured our Black heroes…important to bring these amazing women to the forefront.
The girls loved this novel, and Louise Erdrich has become one of our favorite wordsmiths.
Important to empathize…
A unique story!
Our second read, One Italian Summer, is of course to be blamed for all of us packing up immediately and moving to the Almalfi Coast. All of us. Right now.
One of my most favorite books ever from this gorgeous wordsmith… o… m…g…
How does Ann Patchett do this? She is brilliant. This novel is off the charts brilliant! Lovedlovedloved.
I fell in love with this bumbling lost soul. Fell. In. Love.
The sequel Less is Lost is just as funny and beautiful, but now I am in love with Freddie too… ????
This is our mother’s story.
Loved.
This was great fun! Loved the witty characters!
What a story!!! We are still talking about Marcellus! Loved him so much and so loved this story! Gorgeous!
Love a good animal story! Important history to know; we had mixed feelings about the dual time lines.
I Lovedlovedloved Wild… this didn’t quite live up to that. Some great poignant stories, some that didn’t matter…
Lovelovelove these characters and their relationships with each other. So invested in their lives! How does Backman do this?
Love him.
There is no better male story teller.
Sososo Hard to walk away from the ending of this trilogy. Backman’s characters are so real. His stories are so gut wrenchingly beautiful.
I. Love. Backman. He still remains my most favorite male writer.
Loved the characters! Loved the Pennsylvania history!
So important to know this hard history!!! Love Lisa See!!
So many layers! So deep! The more we talked, the more we uncovered… and kept uncovering and uncovering…we were into the wee hours for this one!
Hmmmmmm…Read Makkai’s The Great Believers the same month for Social Justice Book Club…now that was brilliance!!!
What have we done?? Gut wrenching the choices we forced Blacks to make…
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