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A review by bargainsleuth
The Golden Oldies' Book Club by Judy Leigh
5.0
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Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the e-book of The Golden Oldies’ Book Club to read in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Hats off to Judy Leigh for writing about older people! It was a breath of fresh air after reading about all these 20 or 30-somethings recently. Giving the older population a voice and showing that they can lead interesting lives, and even have romance after you hit 50 was enlightening. I understand Leigh has written other books about the above 50 crowd, and I’ll definitely be checking them out in the future.
I don’t know if I could ever be a part of a book club because my tastes definitely don’t run along the lines of book club fiction. I also don’t know if I could deal with the inevitable arguments that would arise discussing books, which would just be disappointing to me given how I feel about books. And I know I’d end up with someone like some of the husbands in the book. Oh, I was ready to reach into my book and slap the misogyny out of one guy! I’ve had to deal with more than my share of those in the city I live in, mostly older gentleman who still want to live in the 1950’s with their wives at home, barefoot and pregnant.
I absolutely loved the setting of the apple farm and the whole production of apple cider. Every year, without fail, my mother and I would go apple picking, and with my mother, she always picked for an army. My best memories are apple picking with my mom and the kids, and it was bittersweet to take her bushel baskets to the orchard this fall and go picking without her. The fact that the woman running the apple orchard is in her 70’s made the whole story that much sweeter, as sweet as the cider she makes.
Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the e-book of The Golden Oldies’ Book Club to read in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Hats off to Judy Leigh for writing about older people! It was a breath of fresh air after reading about all these 20 or 30-somethings recently. Giving the older population a voice and showing that they can lead interesting lives, and even have romance after you hit 50 was enlightening. I understand Leigh has written other books about the above 50 crowd, and I’ll definitely be checking them out in the future.
I don’t know if I could ever be a part of a book club because my tastes definitely don’t run along the lines of book club fiction. I also don’t know if I could deal with the inevitable arguments that would arise discussing books, which would just be disappointing to me given how I feel about books. And I know I’d end up with someone like some of the husbands in the book. Oh, I was ready to reach into my book and slap the misogyny out of one guy! I’ve had to deal with more than my share of those in the city I live in, mostly older gentleman who still want to live in the 1950’s with their wives at home, barefoot and pregnant.
I absolutely loved the setting of the apple farm and the whole production of apple cider. Every year, without fail, my mother and I would go apple picking, and with my mother, she always picked for an army. My best memories are apple picking with my mom and the kids, and it was bittersweet to take her bushel baskets to the orchard this fall and go picking without her. The fact that the woman running the apple orchard is in her 70’s made the whole story that much sweeter, as sweet as the cider she makes.