Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew PerryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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30 July 2023
Review: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew PerryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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04 July 2023
19 June 2023
18 June 2023
July Book Pick
The July Book Pick debuted at our Overbooked book club which meets at the McCracken County Public Library on the second Monday of each month. If you live in Paducah, come on down next month, we would love to have you.
Next meeting: July 10, 5:30pm in the upstairs meeting room
Here is my review of the book from when I read it last year.
5 stars!!! Do not pass on this one! Whew, I am going to begin by telling you a little bit about the book. This will show you two women that are expecting babies near the same time. WWII is about to break out and one woman is in love with a man on the wrong side of the Germans, and the other is just trying to mind her bookshop with her family. Elise, is a hunted woman, as the Germans are seeking her and she knows that will mean death, so she makes the ultimate sacrifice to give up her child in hopes she will live. She finds her bookshop-owning friend, Juliette, and asks her to take on her child. Juliette has children of her own, but will gladly take a child that she views as not wanted by her mother.
Fast forward to the end of the war and both of the women's lives have changed, but what has happened to the children? Oh, I can't spoil this for you, but I hope you have become interested because there is most of the book left. There are many times when my heart was on the floor with emotion. I will also add that this book is hard to put down so plan accordingly.
11 June 2023
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27 May 2023
08 May 2023
2023 Summer Reading Guide
The new guide is here!! This summer I chose books that I loved that I hoped you would love too. I added some different categories that could fit into our busy lives. I would love to know what you think about any of the books on this list.
Click the link for a downloadable copy and thank you for stopping by.
June Book Pick
I will be the first to admit that I don't enjoy country music, but I will also admit that there are some excellent stories in those classic country songs. This book was like a country song from start to finish, trials, tribulations, sex, cheating, rags to riches....it is all here.
Lillian Water's doctor told her she will soon lose her health battle and the voice that made her a country music mini-queen. She knew she had to go out and do the thing she loved the most, play music. She gathers her band and heads out for that Farewell Tour. While we travel with Lillian through life and touring, she gives us a look into her past. It is an ugly past full of alcohol and forced sexual encounters (this is a warning if you don't like to read about these subject matters).
Lena was born poor, she went to work when she was a child because it was the only way that she could eat. From an early age she loved music and one day she figured out how she could get that first guitar. Once the guitar goal was obtained she headed to make her dreams come true. The guitar was her everything. She escaped her horrible young life for a life of music, but here at the end of her career, she needs to go home to fix some broken fences.
I read the print book because of the cover, I mean look at this, it is gorgeous, then I loved the book so much that I did the audio.
I am going to recommend the audio because the narrator embodies what you think Lena/Lillian would sound like and in a couple of spots, she sings to us.
07 May 2023
16 April 2023
May book pick
I finished this book back in November and could not wait to share it with the world!!! Susan Meissner is my top favorite author right now. She always writes a book that gives me a story I didn't expect, a setting that is familiar, but not like other books and she gives me a book that I have trouble putting down. I would love to know what you think about this one. It hasn't become my favorite Meissner book, but I would say it is a solid #3. What are 1 and 2???? A Fall of Marigolds and As Bright as Heaven
Here is my review from November....
Susan can always tell a story that will pull me right into the middle and make me feel all of the emotions and this one is no exception. This one is about a young lady named Rosie, who is raised on a vineyard where her father was employed. One day her family was killed in an accident and she was the sole survivor. The vineyard owners, Truman and Celine, took Rosie in as her guardians. The whole plan was to use Rosie as a maid and not raise her as their child. The story pivots on one fateful night and Rosie later discovers that she is pregnant.
There is a second storyline that features Truman's sister, Helen, as a caregiver for children overseas in pre-war Europe. She and Rosie had developed a relationship over the years whenever Helen visited the vineyard and Helen had written letters to Rosie. They both had a deep friendship.
War then breaks out and uproots everything. Pregnant Rosie is sent away and Helen is struggling to survive in Europe. Each of them longs to talk to the other one and is trying to discover a way out of the turmoil around them.
You're going to love this one!!
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