It’s Monday, so let’s muse about bookish things, along with Jenn, at Books and a Beat.
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- I’m currently reading…
- Up next I think I’ll read…
- I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
- I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I can’t wait to get a copy of…
- I wish I could read ___, but…
- I blogged about ____ this past week…
THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: Which book do you wish you’d written, yourself?
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Currently, I’m reading the NetGalley e-ARC, Leave Me, by Gayle Forman (Release date – 9/6). Loving it! When I feel connected to one character and dislike several of the others, I know that I’m in for a delightful journey.
Every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, and every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention–meet Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who’s so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn’t even realize she’s had a heart attack.
Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable: she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we’re going we see our lives from a different perspective. Far from the demands of family and career and with the help of liberating new friendships, Maribeth is able to own up to secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.
With bighearted characters–husbands, wives, friends, and lovers–who stumble and trip, grow and forgive, Leave Me is about facing the fears we’re all running from. Gayle Forman is a dazzling observer of human nature. She has written an irresistible novel that confronts the ambivalence of modern motherhood head on and asks, what happens when a grown woman runs away from home?
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I have been eagerly awaiting this book, and now that I have it, I am so pleased that it wrapped itself around me and held on, making it a difficult book to put down.
What are you reading or pining for today?
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Leave Me sounds like a book I would enjoy. Thanks for mentioning it. 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by, Breana, I am thoroughly enjoying this book.
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You have me pining for Leave Me! It sounds like my kind of book so thanks for telling us about it.
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Thanks, Mary, and I hope you enjoy it, too. I am finding it hard to put down.
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This sounds like an awesome book. I’ll have to add it to my wish list.
Thanks for visiting The Book Connection today.
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I am loving it much more than the author’s YA books, but then I don’t read a lot of that genre. Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl.
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This sounds very good. Unfortunately Netgalley turned my request down probably due to geographical restrictions
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I haven’t read anything by this author but I’d really like too. Right now I’m reading The Beauty of the End and am not completely sure how I feel about it. It does make me want to find out what happens next though!
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Thanks for visiting, Kathryn, and I already finished (and loved) Leave Me. Hope you enjoy it, too.
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