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Originally posted by: Unique.Sheep

you finished it already?

Finished reading it about 10 days ago.
Nice to see you back here again 😊

The book for the month of November is

Link: https://library.lol/fiction/E5F298187DFE47BCD5E13CD53C4146C6
Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, humour

Originally posted by: Anam...

Finished reading it about 10 days ago.
Nice to see you back here again 😊

thank you...i was away for a month...now back home :) but i was still trying to read while i was away😆

oh i like the book of the month...i wanted to read this one!

Originally posted by: Unique.Sheep

thank you...i was away for a month...now back home :) but i was still trying to read while i was away😆

oh i like the book of the month...i wanted to read this one!

You must be happy to be back home. What books did you manage to read?

I’m glad you are happy with this month’s pick. When I started the book club I had reads planned till December. For this month, it was supposed to be Beartown but I changed to Anxious People after seeing the rave reviews it’s been getting.

Originally posted by: Anam...

The book for the month of November is

Link: https://library.lol/fiction/E5F298187DFE47BCD5E13CD53C4146C6
Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, humour

Great pick 👍🏼

I read The Shining in 2018 so I can't go in depth about the story as I am quite sure I have forgotten many points of the plot. But what remains vivid in my mind are the characters. Just like Anam said, Stephen King writes incredible characters. I can never forget Jack, Wendy, little Danny and of course, The Overlook Hotel.

The horror in this book scared me because it's so real. A quintessential horror is fun to read but not scary to me. Real life elements being used as a prop for the horror gives me the hibbie jibbies.

@Anam:

I agree. The book drags in between which could be really frustrating!

By the way, I feel reading the book prior is not gonna affect the enjoyment of watching the movie as both are quite different! It is a great movie but did not do a great job at the adaptation.

I am still unsure about whether I want to pick up the sequel or not. Are you going to read it for sure?

I am so happy with the November's selection as it was already on my tbr! I wanted to read at least one book by Fredrick Backman before this year ended.

I am really hoping that I love Anxious People. 😃

Originally posted by: Anam...

@Shreya:

I am the type of person who gets excited for required reading 😆

Your teachers must have loved you 😆

Gillian Flynn is a good author, each of her books of are different from the other. I’ve read all her books and Sharp Objects was my favourite, character wise, story wise and suspense wise.

Based on the two books I’ve read, Celeste Ng handles family dramas well. Little Fires Everywhere felt a little superficial compared to Everything I Never Told You, which had a lot of heart. Read both her books, LFE was not a waste of time at all. It’s just that I went into reading the book with a lot of expectations and was a little disappointed.

Verity was a good book and so unexpected coming from Colleen Hoover. I’m considering maybe including a couple of CoHo books for the book club in February next year. Some of her romances are good and fast paced so I thought we could read more than 1 book in February.

The Taking of Annie Thorne was heavily inspired by Stephen King’s writing so maybe that’s why I liked it. Her other book The Chalk Man was strictly average.

I think I’ve read all of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s books (3 books) and they are all good. They are not the best but have some good and suspense filled moments.

Shari Lapena is another good author for psychological thrillers; a dependable author but not the best.

I would like to believe they did. 😆

Oh, I am very interested now. Whenever I am in a mood for psychological thrillers, I might pick Sharp Objects then! Never read any of their books but I am adding it to my tbr. I have only been getting into thrillers this year.

I have never read Colleen Hoover's romances so I would only be excited if you add her book as a book club pick! Oh yes, if the book's are fast paced then we can read two.

Celeste Ng's books are way different from what I read usually so I do want to try at least. I am terrible at branching out of my comfort zone.

Originally posted by: Anam...

@Shreya:

Now I’m even more intrigued to read My Dark Vanessa & You Deserve Each Other. Hope I can get to at least one of them by the end of the year.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the Truly Devious series. I’m really looking forward to The Box in the Woods but it’s going to be a while before the book comes out.
I picked up A Study in Charlotte hoping it would be on the lines of the Truly Devious series but was completely disappointed.

If you are interested in books with a high school setting, check out One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus if you haven’t; it’s the book that got me into mystery books set in high schools. The follow up book is decent read. Another good book is A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. I am yet to read the second book in the series.

All these books are already on my tbr! There's so many YA mysteries coming out nowadays which makes me so happy as it's one of my comfort genres. I am looking forward to The Box in The Woods too...by the end of the trilogy, I really loved Stevie. Her character was well written and easy to root for! ❤️

Originally posted by: Anam...

You must be happy to be back home. What books did you manage to read?

I’m glad you are happy with this month’s pick. When I started the book club I had reads planned till December. For this month, it was supposed to be Beartown but I changed to Anxious People after seeing the rave reviews it’s been getting.

i managed to finish where the crawdads sing, the color purple and read half of the shining. Was also trying to read a self help book which seems to be never ending.😆

i havent heard of beartown