Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: September 8, 2020
Length: 352 pages
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Single Sentence Summary

A botched bank robbery leads to an inadvertent hostage taking with unconcerned “victims, ” and a whole lot of confusion….

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Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Narrator: Author
Publisher: The Dial Press (Random House Audio)
Release Date: March 10, 2020
Length: 352 pages (8 hrs. 22 min.)
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Single Sentence Summary

Wise, witty, and wonderful, part memoir, part self-help, part wake-up call, Untamed is the one book I’d love to put in every woman’s hand this year!…

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Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: March 17, 2020
Length: 288 pages
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Single Sentence Summary

Funny story of a couple, surrounded by divorced friends, who devise an unconventional plan to save their own marriage….

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How Hard Can It Be by Allison Pearson
Narrator: Poppy Miller
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan Audio)
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Length: 384 pages (13 hrs. 40 min.)
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Single Sentence Summary

Re-entering the work force at 49 can be terrifying for anyone, but added to Kate’s terror are her teenage daughter who’s become an internet sensation and her husband trying to “find” himself aboard a bike….

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Laura & Emma by Kate Greathead (debut)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Length: 352
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Single Sentence Summary

It’s 1981 when quirky, single Laura finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, and with indomitable spirit brings Emma into her world….

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The Book

Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Length: 240 pages (4 hrs. 25 min.)
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Kelly Corrigan starts each chapter of Tell Me More with a word or phrase and highlights its meaning through the lessons life has taught her. Though these lessons are not necessarily profound, they are important, and in the rush of life, too often forgotten. A few that resonate most for me include:

TELL ME MORE – Here Kelly discovers the power of simply listening. It’s natural to want to help fix others’ problems, when many times all they’re really needing is a sympathetic ear. “Tell me more” lets others know you’re present and interested, as they work through their own issues….

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Last Tuesday I had a very minor surgery on my left wrist and because of that took a few days off of work. I had imagined that I’d get so much extra reading and writing done over those days, but somehow it just didn’t happen. One reason was that I had some trouble staying focused, but the larger reason was the books. I seem to be in a bit of a slump. Ugh! Finding a book I really connect with just hasn’t been happening. Hopefully, this week I’ll find the perfect book to turn my slump around.

Last Week’s Reads

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It’s the last Monday of April! That would make me really happy if it was accompanied by a little sunshine, but sadly I don’t think that’s going to be the case. As usual, time is speeding by and summer will be here before we know it. I consider summer my peak reading season, but this last week rivaled most summer weeks.

Last Week’s Reads

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As the end of the month approaches, I thought it was time I take a stab at Nonfiction November. This is week 4, Be the Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert, hosted by Julz Reads. The expert theme asks that you share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert). Or that you put the call out for good nonfiction on a specific topic that you have been dying to read (ask the expert). Or, finally, that you create your own list of books on a topic that you’d like to read (become the expert).

I chose to be the “expert.” (I say this hysterically laughing at myself.) I like to think of this little foray into nonfiction expertise as “Nonfiction Lite!”

Something people close to me know is that I have a small love affair going with Paris. I’ve been lucky enough to travel there several times and never tire of the beautiful city. I truly love everything about it: the food, the wine, the cheeses, the cafes, the museums, the gardens, the Metro, the arrondissements, the walkability, the churches, the markets, and the French people, whom I have always found to be lovely….

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Single Sentence Summary: When Leah inherits a red sports car from her former boss and mentor, the car manages to set her free in ways Leah could have never imagined.

Primary Characters: There is really only one main character in this story and that is Leah – a thirty something woman in a marriage with a man she doesn’t love, living a life she doesn’t want, unsure how to change it….

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