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A review by okiecozyreader
The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Karissa and her daughter are moving from Seattle to Puget Sound after her husband left her for their neighbor and her best friend. Feeling alone, she starts a bookclub to make friends. Her neighbors Alice, Alice’s grumpy sister Josie and also newly single Margot spend time moving on together, led by discussion of great books.
“There was a perfect book match for everyone, and a book club was the perfect place to find that match.” P71
It took me a while to get into this one, but I ended up enjoying it. I loved the novel within the novel and all of the conversation about books.
I have only read one other of Sheila’s books and this seemed very different to me. But I loved the focus on female friendship!
“We all need stories, we all love stories, but we also need to live our own stories. Books should encourage your u to do that. They shouldn’t be a substitute.” P166
I loved all the name dropping of friends:
“At the bookstore she stocked up on novels by some of her favorite writers—-the two Susans (Susan Wiggs and Susan Mallery), Marie Bostwick, and Rachel Linden. One of the Friends & Fiction ladies had a book on the shelves. She loved their podcasts!
Oooh, and here was a new one by Brenda Novak. And...” p197
"All those hard things you've gone through, they've been the fertilizer that's made you blossom,…" p280
“There was a perfect book match for everyone, and a book club was the perfect place to find that match.” P71
It took me a while to get into this one, but I ended up enjoying it. I loved the novel within the novel and all of the conversation about books.
I have only read one other of Sheila’s books and this seemed very different to me. But I loved the focus on female friendship!
“We all need stories, we all love stories, but we also need to live our own stories. Books should encourage your u to do that. They shouldn’t be a substitute.” P166
I loved all the name dropping of friends:
“At the bookstore she stocked up on novels by some of her favorite writers—-the two Susans (Susan Wiggs and Susan Mallery), Marie Bostwick, and Rachel Linden. One of the Friends & Fiction ladies had a book on the shelves. She loved their podcasts!
Oooh, and here was a new one by Brenda Novak. And...” p197
"All those hard things you've gone through, they've been the fertilizer that's made you blossom,…" p280
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment