Book: Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
Genre: Literary fiction
Rating: A-
It's been awhile since I've read a Binchy book, and it was fun to get back to one! I read this for the TBR challange, so that's half of them done! Six down, six to go! I had my own copy (that's the point of the challenge, right?) but I ended up getting a large print copy from the library, so this was also my treadmill book of the week. Great way to read a book.
This is the story of a handful of people who were all dining together at a quaint little cafe in a small Greek village when they all witnessed a tragic event. Because of that, they all ended up friends and told each other their background stories and helped each other solve all their problems. It's a very simple, sweet story and made me want to just go hang out in Greece for a summer! Still, not one of my favorite Binchy's. I look forward to getting caught up with some more of hers later this summer.
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P.S. I'm officially chalking up The Last Living Confederate Widow as a DNF! I HATE doing that, but it's due at the library today and I just can't renew it AGAIN because I know I won't read it. Maybe if I get it out of here, it will stop making faces at me for neglecting it. Maybe.
I liked this book - I reread it just before I went on a Medeterranean cruise last summer. Her books are such a nice mix of nothing too dramatic, happy endings, and real people. I wish she would write more; I thought I'd heard she had retired, but then Whitethorn Hills came out.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad -- I couldn't get all the way through "The Last Living Confederate Widow" either. Very annoying...I wanted so much to like it.
ReplyDeleteI also got caught up in the vacation of the group and ended up enjoying the book. Not one of Binchy's best, but still worth a read.
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