Topic: Best of the Month: June 2023 – Together by Book Girls Guide https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/feed/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:13:00 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-563 <![CDATA[Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-563 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:10:17 +0000 Book Girls’ Guide What was your favorite read this month?

It doesn’t have to be one we recommended, but if you did read it for a challenge, note which challenge it fits.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-567 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-567 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:53:48 +0000 LoriF I read The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis, that could have been in the USA as NY or the decades as the 50s. I really liked this book and it actually had some good twists and turns that I didn’t see coming.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-571 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-571 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:55:42 +0000 Julie My favorite read this month was definitely Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, which was a NY choice for the USA challenge.  I never would have heard of it if it wasn’t on the challenge list, so thank you for that!

it’s set in an apartment building in Harlem, and each chapter is in different tenant’s voice. They’re only tangentially related to each other.

I thought it was brilliant.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-572 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-572 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:11:29 +0000 MelissaFromBookGirlsGuide I’m so glad you enjoyed that one!  We really wanted a book that explored the gentrification of so much of the city from the tenants point of view.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-715 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-715 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:36:29 +0000 Betty Sight My favorite book read in June was Skyward by Brandon Sanderson.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-723 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-723 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 22:55:54 +0000 MimiMa’am My favorite for June was The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd.
I had to wait quite a while to get the e-book on loan from the library and was never certain that I really wanted to read it even though I really like her other books. But when it was finally my turn, I took the plunge and can say that I can appreciate the story for what it is.  It’s fiction but thought-provoking… probably a bit controversial if read as part of a book club.  Glad I decided to read it.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-736 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-736 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:42:03 +0000 Tammy Wasserman I read A Drop in the Ocean for Australia.  It didn’t have a discussion group unfortunately.

Wonderful read!!  The descriptions of the island and wildlife were so vivid. The author gave a very realistic picture of the lifestyle of the few island residents and the strong bonds between them.

But is was mainly a story of a woman’s personal growth and discovery as she faced some major changes and moved to a small Australian island to reevaluate her life.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-741 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-741 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 02:31:52 +0000 Sheridan I read some great books in June –  most of them recommendations from this group – but if I had to pick my favorites I’d say Lessons in Chemstry and Joanne Harris’s Broken Lights. Both highlight women finding their true identity in a male dominated world – and that is appealing to me in my current mindset.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-766 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-766 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:45:19 +0000 Karen Greenberg I can’t stop thinking about or talking about A Man Called Ove. I read it for the Lifetime challenge. I thought the movie A Man Called Otto was really well done, too.

 

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-768 <![CDATA[Reply To: Best of the Month: June 2023]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/best-of-the-month-june-2023/#post-768 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:05:04 +0000 Heather Wescott I finished 15 books in June and it’s hard to pick one favorite from them – there were a few great ones. My favorites were The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny, and A Collective Bargain by Jane McAlevey.

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