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The Summer Cottage | Viola Shipman

#CoverStories #Hammock

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 😍 3d

Eggs Lovely 🩵 2d

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SilversReviews

The Summer Cottage | Viola Shipman

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#COVER STORIES
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: HAMMOCK

The writing and story line made me want to jump into the pages and to be at the cottage so I could be part of the love and warmth the characters had for each other, the cozy feel of the small town, and the love Adie Lou had for THE SUMMER COTTAGE.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/57buv6t8

Eggs Perfection 👌🏼 4d

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Billypar

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

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#AuldLangSpine @JamieArc @monalyisha
This is my third Ann Patchett, and like the other two that involved semi-utopias cut off or estranged from the outside world (e.g., opera hostages or Amazonian tribe/scientists), Tom Lake features two: a Michigan cherry farm during the pandemic and a theater community by the lake of the title. There's always trouble threatening paradise, but unlike most of her literary peers...👇

Billypar ...Patchett seems to draw more energy from the warm moments than the tragic ones. At times, I wondered if it would be too much, but it mostly wasn't. The scenes were genuinely sweet because the characters were so lifelike and real. And even though I'm not quite as old as the lead and don't have 3 daughters on a cherry farm, I sympathized with how much she preferred her simple life to her brush with celebrity as a young woman. 2mo

Billypar Thanks for recommending this, Jamie! 2mo

sarahbarnes Great review! You make me want to read this. 2mo

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CarolynM Great review! 2mo

Reggie I think about the daughter Emily and her life decisions a lot. Great review. 2mo

Billypar @sarahbarnes Thanks - hope you enjoy if you pick it up! 2mo

Billypar @CarolynM Thanks! 🙂 2mo

Billypar @Reggie Yeah, I found the part in the middle when she talked about her and her fiance's decision really powerful, especially with the fate of the farm mixed in. 2mo

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mcctrish

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

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I took the day off work and cleaned my house and had a smidge of this story left so opened a new Lego set to get to the end. What could this be? I loved listening to Meryl Streep tell the story of Tom Lake ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

TheBookHippie I can‘t wait to see how long your holiday card takes to get to you 🤪😅😵‍💫🎉🤷🏻‍♀️😂 2mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie they are slowly trickling in. I need to get mine sent 🤦🏻‍♀️ (edited) 2mo

AnnCrystal 🆒☺️💝. 2mo

mcctrish @AnnCrystal I do love my Legos 2mo

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mcctrish

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

Despite owning this book in print I finally gave myself permission listen to it on audio. My Libby hold came in and today I listen while I take down Christmas. Meryl Streep is making this thankless task much more enjoyable ❤️

KadaGul @mcctrish If there's an audiobook 🎧for a book 📚 I have, I usually split my time between listening and reading. I spend around 40 +hours a week staring at my computer 💻screen for work 🏢, so sometimes I don't feel like looking 👀 at anything. That's when I put on some headphones 🎧 , but other times, I snuggle up in bed 🛏️ and dive into a good read 📖. #AudiobookNHardcopy (edited) 2mo

Prairiegirl_reading The only thing I dislike more than decorating for Christmas is taking down the decorations. Audiobooks do help. 😊 2mo

mcctrish @Prairiegirl_reading there is a fair bit more excitement in the set up 🤣🤣 2mo

mcctrish @KadaGul sometimes I do really want to go over a part in print so it is good to have the print copy too. I spend my day at school so the last thing I want is more talking so I crave my books in print 2mo

AnnCrystal 🤩💝. 2mo

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Teresereading

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

Screenshot of my 2024 GR challenge - I read 151books!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!! 😀 2mo

Ruthiella Nice job! 👍 2mo

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Amiable

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

Day 4 of #12Booksof2024

@Andrew65

Andrew65 My April book was The Dutch House by the same author. 2mo

Amiable @Andrew65 I loved “The Dutch House” as well! I don‘t love every book by Ann Patchett, but these two were winners for me. 2mo

mom2bugnbee Bel Canto is one of my top 5 books of all time. I love Ann Patchett! And I live in Nashville, so I love to visit her bookstore. 2mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

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Quietly touching.

A mother tells her daughters about dating a famous movie star (before he became a star.)

Usually, this kind of slow-paced, deliberately heartwarming, nostalgic type of storytelling is not for me. I steer away from the saccharine.

Ann Patchett creates a wonderful sense of place, her characters are believable, and her writing is lovely.

By the end, I did have an emotional response and it wasn't the one I was expecting.

Librarybelle I loved this one 2mo

dabbe I was with them in those 🍒 orchards. 💙🩵💙 2mo

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