https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs en-us 2020-05-05 17:01:38 UTC 2021-04-13 14:10:57 UTC hello@padlet.com julialee8 https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/552759078 Mi-ja and Young-sook are two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju  set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and to the present.  It's a coming of age story of a beautiful friendship marked with hardship as they struggle to live off the land as "haenyeo", the famous women divers of Jeju island.  ]]> 2020-05-05 17:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/552759078 serapalatas https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/559993432 Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty. Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie's case was unearthed. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a cafe, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. Before she knows it, she's meeting Floyd's daughters--and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel's breath away. Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she's tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter remind Laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl?"-- 

]]> 2020-05-08 14:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/559993432 nancysalakennedy https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/560412070 A light read and a good distraction.  Who doesn't like a good wedding drama story.

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers (audio-book) Lord Peter Whimsey is a detective from the golden age of mysteries. Check out this oldy but goody. ]]> 2020-05-08 17:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/560412070 doloreskane https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/560612841 When his 14 year old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant district attorney Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light that lead him to question how well he knows his own son.]]> 2020-05-08 19:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/560612841 ColetteM https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/571150698 This is one of my favorite books!
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations]]> 2020-05-13 20:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/julialee8/nw2p9r0ma9hrsybs/wish/571150698