August 2018 Book Club - The Great Alone

Just finished - LOVED!

 

I was just coming on here to tell you all to read this book. Just read it AND LOVED IT!!!

 

I just finished this one last night- like could NOT stop reading & ended up going to bed WAY too late & woke up with puffy eyes from balling at the end. It was a GREAT book! Rest of my opinions in white:

I LOVE how Leni felt she had to tell her story about what really happened with her dad. I'm glad that she had friends in high places & didn't have to go to jail, but I felt telling the truth just really was 'her character' I also had a suspicion that Matthew would be better & was actually happy that he wasn't 'back to his old self!' I'm happy that the author went with a more authentic happily ever after than a fairytale like ending.

 

I had to read this fast because I forgot it was due back to my library :-/ it was a good read but it drained me emotionally. I need a light read next.

 

I normally avoid contemporary fiction because it's too real for me but I'm picking this up just for TLP. I don't want to cry though, I'm an ugly crier.

 

I cried multiple times but I'm a big baby.

 

Kristin Hannah is my favorite author, at least currently The Nightingale is one of my top 10 of all time so I was super excited when this one came out. I purchased it the day it came out and promptly finished it within a few days (I wasn't working at the time it came out). My thoughts: I loved this story, even though it dealt with some tough topics. The book engulfed me with a range of emotions, from excitement to frustration to satisfaction with the way it all ended. I couldn't put it down!

 

Started this last week - only a few months late - i'm already in awe of anyone that lives in Alaska!

 

( these poor people! - i'm abut 80% thru and really hope this has a happy ending! )

 

Right!? I have a whole new respect for the Bush

 

Oh man! Are all Kristin Hannah's books like this? (white) I'm feeling worn out and really i haven't done anything! I had to stop a few times just to breathe - i'm confused though - didn't matthew appear in the park when she was there on a picnic before she went back to alaska? maybe i didn't understand that part right ??
(And LOL i thought this was the April book and i was late to the party - now i'm feeling a bit ahead of the game for August even if i haven't read June's yet!)

 

I may pass on this one because having been to Alaska it's sure not my favorite place. I would never have made it as a homesteader/pioneer etc. I get it but it just depresses me to read stories about that kind of life.

 

I'm on a roll! Finished this book and it's only July!

I love everything Alaska and this book was great. But, oh, that man! I would have killed him long before Cora finally had enough and shot him. I felt so bad for Leni, having to live with knowing he was beating her mother.

So many losses. I really didn't see the fall coming and Matthew getting hurt so badly. What a great ending, though, with the 2 of them being reunited, and meeting his son for the first time.

 

The description interests me!

Alas! The situation at my library discourages me. Especially because I have a stack of books already waiting for me to read. Well, maybe I'll put it on hold anyway . . .

 

I definitely made a decision to pass on this one. My friend had a copy and was going to loan it to me but when I expressed my serious dislike of Alaska and all that the state seems to represent she said No, I'd hate the book. In the end I got a copy of the PlayAway version but realized I wouldn't spend the hours it represented to listen to it. So no, not for me.

 

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. I’ve heard mixed reviews on it. So, I was really surprised with this one. I loved it.

 

Just got this book and am looking forward to it.

 

I just received notification my copy is available today, and I didn't even remember this was the book for August. I thought it was one of the ones I voted for in the poll for our Autumn reading, because I put a couple of those on hold already too. (I was surprised to think I was receiving one so soon!) So what a wonderful double surprise to see I got the book in time to read it in the assigned month!