September 2017 Book Club - Lilac Girls

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  1. Aug 7, 2017 #1
    Karen

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    I am posting the next few months at once, so we can all get these books on hold at our libraries in time. :) The book we will be reading for September 2017 is The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. Please label spoilers or even type them in white like I just did right here (highlight that blank space) so that a person has to highlight it to read it.

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  2. Sep 8, 2017 #2
    bcgal00

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    This is another true story but written in a much more interesting style than Radium Girls and I couldn't get thru it fast enough, I was thoroughly engrossed in the story throughout the whole book. For sure, I recommend this one.
     
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    cookingmylife

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    I am reading this but am not enthralled. I know some of it is the cover. That image of the lilacs on the bottom needs blending!!!
     
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    bcgal00

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    I absolutely loved this book but wouldn't have picked it based on the lackluster cover so am thankful this was recommended to me. Now I need to go look at the lilacs on the cover again LOL.
     
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  5. Sep 14, 2017 #5
    bcgal00

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    Went back and looked at the cover LOL. The lilacs placed at the bottom like that seems weird doesn't it? Hope you grow to enjoy the book if you continue reading.
     
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  6. Sep 14, 2017 #6
    michelepixels

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    :giggle about the lack of blending on the cover

    My copy of this book is waiting for me at the library. I'll be picking it up Friday.
     
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  7. Sep 18, 2017 #7
    sm_amber

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    Seriously! Who looked at that and thought it was a good idea???
     
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    cookingmylife

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    Well despite shaking my head each time I picked the book up to read and thinking ...Oh a good gradient blending those two images perhaps with the title at the join...I really liked the story. I think I would like to go visit Caroline's garden and purchase a lilac. More -> But those lilacs had me stumped til they were finally mentioned at the end of the book.
     
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    Karen

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    You guys are cracking me up with the cover critic.... is the paperback cover better for you? :giggle

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    sm_amber

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    Oh my goodness - YES!!! :lol
     
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    bwahaha
     
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  12. Sep 21, 2017 #12
    cookingmylife

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    Yes, to the paperback cover. I'll say no more about that image and the title.
     
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    bcgal00

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    A big yes to the paperback cover LOL. You'd think they would put more effort into designing a book cover, wouldn't you? We can't be the only ones it bothered, right????? lol
     
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  14. Sep 29, 2017 #14
    djp332

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    0 of 35 copies available from my library and there are 5 people waiting ahead of me.
     
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    michelepixels

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    I lost my chance. I picked it up Lilac Girls on the 15th like I said, but I was reading Secret Daughter. I finished that last Friday, but this past week I failed to get into Lilac Girls and now it's due today. And I can't renew because 15 people are waiting for it. Oh well. I guess I wasn't in the mood for it. Anyway, I'm working my way through Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series at my daughter's request and she is disappointed at the slow speed at which I'm doing so. I've been reading them occasionally since the beginning of the summer and I'm only at the beginning of book 4 out of 5. :wub
     
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  16. Oct 2, 2017 #16
    Karen

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    I just got the audiobook from my library this morning, so hopefully I can get started on this one finally. It came highly recommended from several of my reader friends, so I'm really looking forward to this. Donna @djp332 you just aren't having any luck with your library are you. Sorry!

    Michele @michelepixels sometimes it's more rewarding to read with the kiddos, huh? This book (and thread) will be here later if you get a chance to read it later. :)
     
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    GlazeFamily3

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    I decided that I wanted to give this one a try even though we're in October already. 7 people ahead of me at the library, so we'll see how long it takes to get it.
     
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  18. Dec 1, 2017 #18
    Karen

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    So I realized as I was making up the new thread asking for suggestions for next year, that I never commented on this book after I read it a few weeks ago. I really liked this book and it was highly recommended to me from several of my other reader friends. Putting the rest in white so I don't cause spoilers... highlight what comes next to read it: It was definitely a new perspective from the concentration camps and WWII and while much of it was awful to read, I really enjoyed the perspectives from the three different girls. One of my friends said that in her book club a lot of the discussion was about the cover and I laughed thinking about the discussion above about the cover... .however, their discussion was related to who they thought the three people were on the cover. Many of them saw three girls on the cover and then read that the book would be from three different girls perspectives and went into the book thinking that those three girls would come together by the end of the book. It isn't really until the end of the book that you realize it is Caroline and two of the rabbits (Kasia and her sister)

    End of spoilers. :)
     
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  20. Dec 26, 2017 #20
    djp332

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    Finally! This book has just become available for download from my library. Better late than never!
     
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