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Favorite Books of Summer 2023

Susie — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:23 +0000

It’s been a minute! Last time I posted was the end of June when I shared that month’s favorites. I fully intended to do the same with my July favorites, but things just got away from me. To be fair, I was in Tahoe at a long overdue family reunion from July 25th – 31st. I never even thought about it until four or five days into August. Oh well! It was a wonderful time. My family has been doing this Tahoe reunion every three years since my kids were little, but with COVID and all, it just hadn’t happened for too long. The wait was worth it!

Just because I wasn’t thinking about sharing great books, does not mean I wasn’t reading great books. It was so hard narrowing down my list that I just decided to include all the books I loved. (One of these I initially rated lower, but it’s stayed with me so much that I’m including it.) And, huge surprise, I have two nonfiction books in this list!

These books are shown in the order I read them. Most were published in July and August, but a few were earlier. They made for some wonderful summer reading and I’m sure you’ll see more than one on my Best Books of 2023. As always, you can follow me on Instagram @novelvisits, where I most often share books near their release date. (It may be the only place to see my reviews come 2024.)…

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January 2022 Audiobook Reviews

Susie — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:00:15 +0000

Happy New Year! I know that’s a little late..a lot late, but this is my first post of the year, so it’s time. Thanks to COVID we’ve entered the year with a bang. Despite all the advice to avoid travel, I didn’t. I traveled over Christmas, came home to a bunch of snow, and then hopped on a plane a week later. That trip was to Denver for my niece Megan’s baby shower. I’m so glad I went and the I managed not to get sick. Since that trip, I’ve mostly stayed close to home. Through it all, I’ve managed to get quite a bit of reading done, so am sharing audiobooks today and will share books I read in print on Thursday. I hope you’ll find a few you like.

There’s a lot of variety in the audiobooks I listened to this month, both nonfiction and fiction. The great news is I liked them all!…

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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett | Review

Susie — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:00:53 +0000

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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Single Sentence Summary

Ann Patchett has written a simply gorgeous story of a brother and sister, their amazingly close lifelong bond, and their love for the house they grew up in….

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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett | Review

Susie — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:00:08 +0000

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Length: 336 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: The destinies of two families, everyone in both, are forever entwined when a near stranger crashes a christening party….

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