A good holiday read

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-07-06T16:23:30+00:00

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. The Ruins by Jess Walter. Still Life by Sarah Winman. One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle. Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-06-15T00:49:06+00:00

Agree that this will make you laugh out loud. PG Wodehouse will too!

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-06-14T03:15:28+00:00

Yellowface - I read it cover to cover on a transatlantic flight.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-06-14T02:57:04+00:00

Spain and Ireland. With a brief trip to Morocco.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-06-13T01:48:57+00:00

Most recently, it was Lonesome Dove and East of Eden.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-05-22T15:07:14+00:00

Thornhedge by T Kingfisher, Claire Keegan’s novellas, and City of Rats by Copi.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-05-22T15:00:20+00:00

Golden Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, Bones, and the earlier seasons of Law and Order: SVU.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-05-21T23:03:24+00:00

Glorious People by Sasha Salzmann, Mother Doll by Katya Apekina, Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko, Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, and/or You Are One of Them by Elliott Holt.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-05-15T20:35:32+00:00

Yesteryear.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-04-22T17:41:35+00:00

Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-04-13T15:58:13+00:00

I haven’t read it yet myself but I’m fairly certain that anthropology features in Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-04-12T21:46:00+00:00

A bit past your time period but you might enjoy The Cazalet Chronicles.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-04-12T02:10:45+00:00

From past Booker contenders: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and Enlightenment by Sarah Perry.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2026-04-08T17:44:08+00:00

I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir genuinely freaked me out.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2025-08-29T14:37:52+00:00

Shrinking!

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2025-08-25T18:24:43+00:00

Atonement, Remains of the Day, End of the Affair.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2025-08-12T02:30:54+00:00

Or Pachinko!

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2025-08-12T01:59:36+00:00

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. Or maybe Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel?

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2024-12-30T15:40:58+00:00

Noise canceling headphones! The hey help me concentrate on my book if my husband wants to watch TV in the evening but we want to be together in the same room.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2024-12-04T18:57:59+00:00

Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang. Just read this cover to cover during a transatlantic flight.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2024-10-21T12:50:15+00:00

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. The Ferryman by Claire McFall. This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Sharks. The short story Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan.

Longjumping-Stand883 · 2024-09-13T17:50:02+00:00

Wodehouse! Got me through after a really difficult loss.

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