Comments on: Summer Reading: What Alice Forgot, The Boston Girl, All Fall Down and more

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:15:45 +0000

In reply to Flavia. I think you will really enjoy The Boston Girl, really takes you back to that time. I could picture it all. Thank you for always checking in and sharing what you are reading too! Maybe we'll end up reading All The Things We Cannot See around the same time (I think I'm going to listen to it actually).

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:14:20 +0000

In reply to Deanna Segrave-Daly. All The Light We Cannot See is on my list! yay for beach days for reading :) I'll check out The Paying Guests! Thanks for sharing Deanna!

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:13:13 +0000

In reply to Olena@iFOODreal.

Your comment makes me SOOO happy!! 🙂 I Love Jodi Picoult and Vanishing Acts was the first of hers I read! I haven’t read the other two you mentioned, but everything I’ve read of hers is always so good. She makes you think! The Pact is a good one of hers, My Sisters Keeper, Perfect Match and Handle With Care too. She’s got so many!
I need to read Husband’s Secret next!! And yes, scary shit is right. That book slapped me in the face!

By: Aggies Kitchen

Aggies Kitchen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:08:36 +0000

In reply to michelle.

I’ve read some of Judy Blume’s grown up books and have like them, will look for that one! Thank you for sharing all of these, I have also heard of Wife 22 and it’s on my Goodreads list, and I like Ruth Reichl! You have some great suggestions – happy reading to you too!!

By: Flavia

Flavia — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:50:19 +0000

I always enjoy your book reviews. They’ve helped me discover new reads! I have The Biston Girl in my queue as wel as All The Thibgs We Cannot See. I’ve loved historical fiction for a long time, but I also like plain ‘ol fiction too! Thanks for sharing your reading finds with us!

By: Deanna Segrave-Daly

Deanna Segrave-Daly — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:59:07 +0000

Ahhhh – seems like I never have enough time to read as much as I like these days but I just was at the beach for 2 weeks so I read The Paying Guests – it was long but I really liked it – so well written. Before that I read All Light We Cannot See and I just couldn’t put it down – lovely unique story. I read What Alice Forgot last year and I really liked it too.

By: Olena@iFOODreal

Olena@iFOODreal — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:03:01 +0000

Oh my, Aggie. You got me hooked on reading this year! I used to read but gave it up after having kids and I’m back. I have What Alice Forgot and the Husband’s Secret on hold right now. I’m sure they will become available all at same time and won’t be renewable lol.
I have been addicted to Jodi Picoult! I have read Vanishing Acts about father kidnapping his daughter when she was 4 and arrested for it 28 years later. Oh my, loved it! And then I read Plain Truth about Amish girl getting pregnant at 18, giving birth and baby is dead. Who killed the baby?! Fantastic! Now I am reading Leaving Time about a girl looking for her missing mother who was an elephant researcher and went missing from a hospital after being found unconscious in an elephant sanctuary. LOL crazy but I love Jodi!
And by the way, I’m 34 and looking back I see how much I have changed since 29 and can’t even imagine what I will be like by 39. Scary shit!

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:24:18 +0000

Books! What a great list. I have The Boston Girl high on my to read list as well. I recently finished the new Judy Blume novel, In the Unlikely Event, and while it had some flaws, it was a good book that took you back to the 1950s and the craziness that the people in Elizabeth, NJ must have felt when 3 airplanes crashed in their neighborhood. Also thoroughly enjoyed Diane Chamberlain’s The Silent Sister – couldn’t put that one down. Wife 22 was also a recent read which really made you think about how social media plays into our relationships. A fun read with a food theme that I read in 2015 was Delicious, by Ruth Reichl. I think I enjoyed it more because I had worked in the magazine industry, but a light, fun read. I actually have a lot of children’s literature on my must read list this summer – Serafina and the Black Cloak, Land of Stories book 4, and Stella by Starlight top that list. Happy reading!