What's your best book from this summer?

What's the best book you've read so far in this year's Adult Summer Reading Club?

Answer in the Comments below, and include your club alias.  Comments are moderated, so you won't see yours appear right away.

Congratulations to...

... our Week #13 Prize Winners:

• Stacy C
• Saraswati

Progress So Far

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The Tales of Rabbi Nachman

Author: Martin Buber
Stars: 1
Review by: rgfundamental
UGH!     

Dance Dance Dance

Author: Haruki Murakami    
Stars: 3
Review by: ChrisP
A decent Murakami novel, and an enjoyable read if you like his other novels.

The Golden Company Chronicles

Author: Glen Cooke
Stars: 4
Review by: ChrisP
A really good fantasy series with a point of view from a non-magical person.

Guilty Wives

Author: James Patterson & David Ellis    
Stars: 3
Review by: Kiwi
Good fast paced story, does have a couple of credibility gaps, but a good read.

Then She Was Gone

Author: Lisa Jewell
Stars: 5
Review by: libraryaimee
So good! I read it in 24 hours...couldn't put it down! Great suspense/mystery.

Quidditch Through the Ages

Author: Kennilworthy Whisp (J.K. Rowling)    
Stars: 4
Review by: Tara C
A fun history of Quidditch from Harry Potter. Easy to read and the purchase helps charity.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Author: Neil Degrasse Tyson    
Stars: 5
Review by: Tara C
A collection of essays that break down astrophysics to a decently understandable point. Some really interesting concepts and social commentary throughout.

Beneath A Scarlet Sky

Author: Mark Sullivan
Stars: 5
Review by: BKF
Based on the true story of Pino Lella, a seventeen year old Italian boy-man-hero, during the lat two years of WWII. What this boy did took determination and courage that one doesn't often attribute to a teenager. The book is absolutely engrossing. I highly recommend it.

Before We Were Yours

Author: Lisa Wingate
Stars: 5
Review by: line82
I could not put it down.

Ghost Soldiers

Author: Hampton Sides
Stars: 4
Review by: Kiwi
WWII account of freeing a POW camp. Good background on Japanese POW treatment including how and why. American centric, only side mention how much worse the Philippine allies were treated. Interesting the Stockholm syndrome of the American POW's resisting rescue thinking it was a trap.

The Library

Author: Suart Kells    
Stars: 3
Review by: libraryaimee
Very scholarly! This is a fascinating look at the history of libraries and book collecting around the world. It was a difficult read with lots of dates and places and name dropping, but it was interesting.

In the Time of the Butterflies

Author: Julia Alvarez    
Stars: 3
Review by: Judy E
One needed to read to the ending chapters of this novel to appreciate the strength of these women of the Dominican Republic during this period of power struggle in their country!

Curtain

Author: Agatha Christie
Stars: 4
Review by: Lizzytish
What will I do without Poirot? We find ourselves back at Styles, where the first murder was committed, and where we were introduced to Poirot and the bungling Hastings. It was a good ride and I will miss Hercule.

Hardcore Twenty-Four

Author: Janet Evanovich    
Stars: 3
Review by: Saraswati
Not reading one of these in a while made me really enjoy the campy humor. I love reading a book and recognizing where the characters are. It makes you feel like part of the story. 

A Widow for One Year

Author: John Irving    
Stars: 5
Review by: Beth G.
Once again John Irving transports his readers into the captivating world of a dysfunctional family made up of quirky characters who endure traumatic loss and struggle to find love. A very engrossing and entertaining story told in three parts, corresponding with three critical time periods in the life of the main character.

Give Me Your Hand

Author: Megan Abbott    
Stars: 2
Review by: libraryaimee
It was a thriller, but it was almost too disturbing for me! Gory in a serious way.

Money Rules the Path to Lifelong Security

Author: Jean Chatzky
Stars: 5
Review by: JLB
Simple , easy rules to follow.