On my list now!
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Coming back in to say that All the Colors of the Dark is to date, my favorite book of 2024. I listened on Audible. I would recommend it for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and William Kent Krueger. Beautiful story telling.
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@CA2MA glad to hear you enjoyed it. I loved his novel We Begin at the End and am looking forward to this one. By the time I knew he had a new book out, the wait list was very long! I have the audiobook and the kindle version on hold thru Libby/my library but am like six weeks out for both versions.
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Itâs worth the wait! I got impatient and used one of my Audible credits 
I just finished reading
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe.
A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland.
Not a light read but nonetheless very readable and interesting and pretty illuminating re people and events I remember but had little framework to make sense of. Also very interesting to find out how Boston College became involved. Recommend it!
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I loved SayNothing! But donât ever find other people who have read it so this post made me happy 
Currently reading Prophet Song â wow, and wow again. But not a very happy book
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Another fan of Say Nothing. I read it about five years ago. I found it so informative about this awful period in Northern Irelandâs history. Not an âeasyâ read due to the subject matter but thought it was very good and well researched.
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Iâm always representing the light and breezy books⊠Just finished One Last Summer by Kate Spencer (a newer release) and am currently really enjoying My Husbandâs Wives by Faith Hogan.
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I highly recommend Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death. I might have learned about it here in March 2023âif so, thank you! Either way, itâs an unusual and creative book.
Just finished Killers of a Certain Age. Really great writing, creative and imaginative. (I hope).
Highly recommend.
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So, what did ypu think? A novel coming of age story, no?
@gardenstategal , Thank you for the recommendation! It engrossed me ⊠such unusual characters, and such deep feeling! (I, too, recommend The Book of Goose.)
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I never read anything Everett wrote, but my several people in my writing group recommended his new book, James. I just started it yesterday. Everett is reimagining Mark Twainâs Huckleberry Finn in this one. So far, Iâm enjoying it.
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Based on liking âA Man Called Oveâ (Fredrick Backman) and recommendation by Fallgirl and others I got on waiting list for of âBeartownâ (same author). Just finished it⊠tough story, but very well written. Listened to audio version. Found it a little confusing me at first with so many hockey players and other characters, but so glad I stuck with it. I will pick up the. âUs against youâ sequel at the library this week.
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Not nearly as good.
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Hereâs an overview, without spoilers. It takes place in Sweden, but it feels like it could have been in rural New England or in Canada Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman | Goodreads
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I have read all of his books. I really like Anxious People - a stand alone book (the bear town series is 3 books and the last one is very long)
If you like Ove check out The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, a similar type of story only with a female protagonist.
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Just an fyi. There are two Fredrik Backman kindle books for $1.99: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You Sheâs Sorry and Britt-Marie Was Here.
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I just read Let Us Descend and holy stromboli - thatâs a great book. Heavy but so beautifully written, riveting, and thought provoking.
@Bromfield2 - I had to catch up and just saw your post from 2023 about the Dennis Lehane. That was a hard read butâŠI couldnât put it down. And Iâm menopausal and full of meno-rage so that bad-a$$ mom resonated with me.
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For those who read and loved Deanna Raybournâs Killers of a Certain Age, the next book, Kills Well With Others, will be out March 11, 2025.
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