Lots of fun reads this month, so I decided to list them in rank
order, hard to do, since they are such different genres. Will try to do better
with postings in July!
1.
I've got you number by Sophie Kinsella
2.
If I loved you, I would tell you this by Robin Black
3.
Banishing Verona by Margot Levesey
4.
The brutal telling by Louise Penny
5.
Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
6.
The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood
7.
Whatever you love by Louise Doughty
8.
Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
9.
Victims by Jonathan Kellermnan
10.
Gun games by Faye Kellerman
11.
Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen
12.
Yours, mine and ours by Maryjanice Davidson (did not finish)
1.
This is slapstick writing at its best. I loved
this predictable romantic comedy because the comedy was anything but predictable!
Read it, you will laugh outloud!
2.
Short stories that are so riveting, I wanted to
know more about each of the characters. Black is comparable to Alice Munro, one
of the greatest!
3.
An unusual love story told from the viewpoints
of both star-crossed lovers, one of whom is a young man with autistic
tendencies.
4.
The fifth Louise Penny mystery, good enough to
eat! They may not be getting better, but they are certainly maintaining a high
level of readability.
5.
I liked this book, read on the recommendation of
my sister, but liked State of Wonder better; maybe Patchett’s books have that
effect, the first one, whichever you read first, will always be the best.
6.
Never having read this before, I enjoyed it,
although it is truly a scary look at one possible future for our country. All I
can say is “Don’t let the bastards beat you down.”
7.
The story of a divorced woman who loses her
daughter to an auto accident, her thoughts and actions for the first few months
after her daugther’s death. This is well-written and extremely sad. Why do I
read this stuff?
8.
Another Sophie Kinsella. I did not enjoy this
nearly as much as I’ve Got Your Number, but it was still funny and a quick
read.
9.
Psychological murder at its best. It may be that
J. Kellerman is running out of stories to tell.
10. The
wife tells tales, too. I do like the characters of Peter Decker and Rina
Lazarus. They grow old gracefully, but will Kellerman ever let Peter retire?
11. A
tongue in cheek romp through aristocratic life in the early 1900s. Fun, but
nothing to write home about.
12. I
thought I might like this, but could not finish reading it. Too many problems
and no one to like.
