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Karen

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I thought I'd get ahead of the game a little bit for a change and start the process of picking our next batch of books to read together. We have books picked through November already.

We have a fun informal book club here at The Lilypad and it's open to anyone and everyone who likes to read! :clap For this thread we are looking for suggestions for what to read together over the next four months.

Each person can suggest
one book one book one book one book.
:giggle When I do the voting poll, I can only have 10 selections in the poll, so one book suggestion per person lets more people give suggestions each time. I will leave this thread open until Oct 31st or until we get 10 suggestions. Then I will open up a voting poll.

Once we vote, I'll start a new thread for each of the four top books... one per month, for the next four months starting in December. You can see the complete list of our old picks in our Master Reading List. You can read the books in any order and at any time. If you want to chat about the books, just reply to that thread. Easy peasy! :agree

So.... what should we read together next?

1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
2. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
3. Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
4. A Rip Through Time by Kelly Armstrong
5. Rise & Shine by Patrick Allington
6. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
7. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
8. Only The Beautiful by Susan Meissner
9. The Wine Maker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
10. Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
 
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I'll start us off... I just stumbled on a book while looking for books for my son to read next. It gets insanely good ratings on Goodreads, so I'm interested in it mostly because of that. It's Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.

 
Karen said:
I'll start us off... I just stumbled on a book while looking for books for my son to read next. It gets insanely good ratings on Goodreads, so I'm interested in it mostly because of that. It's Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
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I just finished this yesterday on the plane.... soooo good! Just a note though in regards to your son.... there is some definite "spice". Message me if you want more details.
 
I'm a sucker for cheesy easy Holiday reads & really liked this one!
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
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tkradtke said:
I just finished this yesterday on the plane.... soooo good! Just a note though in regards to your son.... there is some definite "spice". Message me if you want more details.
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Oh! Good to know! Lol! I guess I better not recommend something too saucy. I'll just keep it for myself! Ha ha! Thanks for the warning!
 
janedee said:
oops, sorry its so large. I can't seem to make it smaller.
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I have the same problem with Goodreads sometimes too... it'll look smaller in Goodreads, but posts huge here. Lol.
 
Yay! Looks like some great suggestions already!

G.J. said:
I really love romance books and movies, so I'm really interested in read this one
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I love a good romance myself! Looks fun. :agree

amien1 said:
I'm a sucker for cheesy easy Holiday reads & really liked this one!
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
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This could be awesome for the December book! Thanks for the suggestion!

janedee said:
I really like Kelley Armstrong's Rockton series, so this might be good.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724944-a-rip-through-time
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Oooh... this is a new author to me, but this sounds good! Adding to my to-read list! :agree

bellbird said:
This one is on my physical TBR shelf, published mid 2020 & he's apparently Aussie so you might have to see if it's in US libraries as usual
Patrick Allington - rise and shine, (a darkish dystopia but if utopias are as frequently written about, I don't think I have any on my shelf)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50257606-rise-shine
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Yep! It's available on Kindle here. so yay! I didn't look to see if my library has it yet, but I added it to the list!

Laura ODonnell said:
My pick is a mystery/suspense/thriller Lisa Jewell None of This is True

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This sounds great too! Thanks for the suggestion!
 
I'll recommend "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab. One spot calls it a Faustian book, and another calls it a fantasy book. It jumps time periods, but I didn't find it too jolting (unlike The Day The World Came to Town where the jumping around bothered me a lot!)

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Blurb (from storygraph): In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever – and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
 
bestcee said:
I'll recommend "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab. One spot calls it a Faustian book, and another calls it a fantasy book. It jumps time periods, but I didn't find it too jolting (unlike The Day The World Came to Town where the jumping around bothered me a lot!)

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Blurb (from storygraph): In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever – and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
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I read this one! :) It's added to the list. :agree
 
G.J. said:
Was it a good one?
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Here's what I wrote in my review on Goodreads: "I really wanted to love this book. The premise sounded very interesting, but the execution just wasn't what I had hoped for. It was a chore to get through this book and I only finished out of stubbornness to find out how it all ended. I wasn't even very impressed with the ending. I feel generous giving this 3 stars."
 
Karen said:
Here's what I wrote in my review on Goodreads: "I really wanted to love this book. The premise sounded very interesting, but the execution just wasn't what I had hoped for. It was a chore to get through this book and I only finished out of stubbornness to find out how it all ended. I wasn't even very impressed with the ending. I feel generous giving this 3 stars."
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It happened to me when I read "Beautiful disaster series by Jamie McGuire", it was childish and the continue whining back & forth was annoying, but because I invested so much time in them, I kept reading, actually that's the reason of my taglines, lol., after read the books I just wished that someone would bring my time back, lol. and if I could turn back time, I would read just the first book, not the whole series, lol.
 
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Karen said:
Here's what I wrote in my review on Goodreads: "I really wanted to love this book. The premise sounded very interesting, but the execution just wasn't what I had hoped for. It was a chore to get through this book and I only finished out of stubbornness to find out how it all ended. I wasn't even very impressed with the ending. I feel generous giving this 3 stars."
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I have a feeling it's one of those love it or hate it books. I hesitated to recommend it for that reason. I felt like it was a drudgery to start, but I kept going because my friend loves that book and rereads it every year. Plus, I was kind of intrigued to see where it was going. I did find the payoff to be worth it, and enjoyed the ending. I can definitely see the other side though! And I do think it's one of those love it or hate it books! (Then again, I'm often in the minority - I disliked Mrs. Harris and most people loved it!)
 
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