The typical library policy when they don’t have fines, is that after a certain period of time (let’s say two months) they will charge you to replace the book. I assume they email you that it will happen and hopefully you return the book then.
You can also get on the “bad list”, which won’t let you reserve or check out any new material until the missing book is resolved.
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Recommending The Wager, another one I pulled off Obama’s list posted above. It’s a page-turner, which is made more amazing by the fact that it’s non-fiction. It’s the story of an English man o’ war that shipwrecks off the coast of Chile. The crew are divided in how to move forward (mutiny!), but ultimately do – in separate groups – so there’s a trial when the various survivors make their way back to England. It’s a story about sea-faring and naval war, class, law, human ingenuity, etc, and it’s compelling!
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Ooooh. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Gives you a gut punch.
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Just popping in to note that I am binge reading my Georgette Heyer collection. It’s interesting to see how the writing and characters develop, and how much overlap there is early on. I did skip one book (The Conqueror) but otherwise am heading straight through by publication date. I’ve read some of the books many many times, others only a few.
I’m reading The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" and loving it!
Just finished “Corruptible” by Brian Klaas. Nonfiction, about who gets power and how they use it, eyc.
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I don’t think I’ve ever managed to read The Conqueror either, or in fact any of the contemporary mysteries, though I’ve meant to try them. She’s got three or four basic plots, but there are enough variations on them to keep them interesting. I tend to like the ones with older women better than the ones with young naive girls.
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I just finished Death Need Not be Fatal by Malachy McCourt (only surviving brother of Frank McCourt of Angela’s Ashes fame). Really enjoyable and laugh-out-loud funny in a few places. You have to read it with the accent, though.
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I really liked Tom Lake, but didn’t feel a gut punch at all.
I recently enjoyed A Marvellous Light - a story focused on 19th century British upper class society folks - and those who have magical abilities, under wraps (a queer love story, too!)
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Oh yes, that book is tons of fun, plus the two sequels. I’m enjoying the third one right now. But they are quite graphic, so don’t read them if gay or lesbian sex is going to bother you. Otherwise a bit like Downton Abbey with magic.
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Oh my goodness! I haven’t read her since I was about 14, but I binged through a bunch of them back then. Agree that the ones with older women were better than the ones with 17 year olds. What a blast from the past!
I read The Wager last month. It was OK, and I’m glad I read it. But I didn’t flag it as one of my top titles of the year.
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I’m almost through The Talisman Ring, which has both a 17 year old and an older (age 28) woman.
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Yep, a little graphic! There’s a lot of emotion involved too, though, which makes the books more complex. A friend recommended the first one to me, which kept me going thru- glad I did!
So in Malibu Rising, a great beach read, there is a very peripheral character who gets maybe two pages.
It took me forever to get around to reading it but I just did this week and immediately read the next book, about the peripheral character: Carrie Soto Is Back.
It was better, in an entirely different way. It’s about a tennis great who comes out of retirement, aiming to win just one more Grand Slam tournament.
I’m not a tennis geek but the book was still fascinating and quite heartwarming.
Highly recommend it, for the beach read fans among us.
(There is controversy, as the author is a white woman and the main character is not. Just adding in case that is a factor for possible readers.)
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I enjoyed “Carrie Soto is Back”, audio book lent via local library. Just looked at my book log, and of my 50 book list it made my favorites/bold 11 titles . (My very top favorites in blue/bold were “The Covenant of Water” and “Tom Lake”)
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Since Carrie Soto is being suggested, here’s my recommendation from earlier.
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I enjoyed both Carrie Soto is Back and Malibu Rising! Decently written and fun! I also learned a lot about tennis from Carrie Soto.
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Thank you to whomever recommended “Between Two Kingdoms” by Suleika Jaoad. I started it this morning and am now on page 260, unable to put it down. It is one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. Superb writing and such a moving memoir.
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I liked both Carrie Soto is Back and Malibu Rising, but my favorite Taylor Jenkins Reid books are Maybe in Another Life and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
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