I loved Osman’s first book in that series - enjoyed it more than the Thursday Murder Club ones - and really need to pick that one up.
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The Packer Pro Shop is the largest of all NFL teams covering over 6,000 square feet! I learned this fact just this week while visiting with a staff member. On Friday and Saturday prior to the Packer - Cowboys game and on that Sunday their combined sales was $1.7 million. That’s a lot of merchandise in one store. There isn’t one book section but rather a few tables displaying five or six titles. That’s why I was thrilled to find LAMBEAU LADIES.
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I started Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li and am very intrigued so far!
@kim.kovacs I thought of you when I heard an interview with the author and discovered there are some interesting tie-ins with War and Peace. If I were better versed on War and Peace, maybe I would have recognized on my own an association with one of the main characters.
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Wow! I will let my husband know this. We were there early in August a few years ago so it wasn’t crowded at all. I can’t imagine what it would be on a game day.
Dracula! This is for book club. Quite different from all of the movies. Also Bram Stoker is a very good writer, and some of the things he refers to in the book are amazing and so interesting. I sit with my iPad next to me, looking up the the poetry, he mentions, new women writers what that meant at that time. In his description of Dracula is so different from what we think of. This book is not test about vampires.
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SIPSWORTH by Simon Van Booy
This is my second book from this author. He has received praise from other Book Browse readers.
This is a short read that portrays a heartwarming experience showing that sometimes a second chance comes in unexpected ways. It is also a reminder that there is always a reason for hope.
THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS by Kristin Harmel
This book was included in Book Browse Blog: The Women Looking Away Jacket Phenomenon. Book Browse blogs have inspired me to read many of my recent reads.
Kristin Harmel has written many notable historical fiction novels describing the traumatic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation of World War II.
The Vanishing Stars focuses on the killing and fleeing of many Jewish refugees when Germany invaded Poland. The plot centers around a young woman who had been kidnapped as a child. She grew up and learned how to survive in the harsh forests of Eastern Europe and subsequently taught the Jewish refugees survival skills to escape from the Nazi’s.
ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT by Stanley Moss
Octoberʼs Read for 1000 Books to Read
I finished this book yesterday and I will save my comments for the discussion starting November 1st.
The book was a more difficult read than I anticipated. However that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the read. I am interested in what other readers felt…….
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I have enjoyed several of Simon van Booy’s books. It seems like he doesn’t get much attention.
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I thought Whalefall was much better than Angel Down. Daniel Kraus’ writing style is sometimes difficult to follow.
Finished “A Pair of Aces” for Book Club on Wednesday. Thoroughly enjoyed it. However, I need to say I was disappointed to read in the authors’ comment that the two ladies had never met.
It kind of took the “kick” out of book for me.
Currently I am reading “The Younger Wife” by Sally Hepworth while also finding myself deep into Ray Naylor’s “Palaces of the Crows” I’ve had the “Crows” on my TBR list for awhile and even presented it as a monthly choice with my BC, hoping it would be chosen. So when it lost to “A Pair of Aces” I decided to bite the bullet and read it on my own. So far I am enjoying it. Has anyone else read this book, if so your thoughts on this book would be appreciated..
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Haha, @Carol_N you will make @kim.kovacs so happy with your comments about Palaces of the Crows.
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I agree with you. After reading some heavy novels (I am currently reading Angel Down), a Simon Van Booy book will be a delightful change. I have A Night Came With Many Stars as my next read. What is your favorite?
O @Lynne_G I hope you enjoy Angel Down despite the dark wartime subject.
I think my favorite van Booy is Father’s Day. I really want to read The Presence of Absence. So much of his writing is short stories which I generally don’t find completely satisfying.
@Anne_Glasgow & @Evonne_Benedict, I did end up getting Luna, Phoenix, Queen in audiobook, and I finished Barr’s section yesterday. I’m enjoying it, but as soon as I found out Luna was a dog I was, “Man I hope she’ll be OK!” Mostly I found Barr annoying. “Just adopt the dog already, for god’s sake! How could you return her to that crate, especially once you found out she was going to be euthanized. What’s wrong with you!?! And stop lusting after your student, ya dirty old man!” And the only thing that saved me from chucking it toward the end of that section was that I knew you ladies wouldn’t recommend it to me if something bad happened to Luna. All kidding aside, I’m enjoying it so far, although narrator #2, narrating Dava’s story, isn’t a favorite. The first narrator sounded a bit like Tom Hanks, though, so that was OK. 
Barr is a handful, for sure. And yes, Luna is just fine. Sorry to learn the narration is a little uneven. I wonder if they have done that to show Dava’s condition?