Weekly Reading Thread: Dec 9-15

I finished Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” and it was sooooo good. I especially loved learning about her childhood and young adulthood. What a gifted storyteller! I’d highly recommend this memoir.

I’m just starting “Less” by Andrew Sean Greer. Like, just on the first page. I’m at 44/50 for my annual reading goal, so hoping to make it!

Yes, I like how she developed all the characters in Nine Perfect Strangers, but the storyline was so weird! I felt like many of them could make their own book!

Me too, although I listened to the audiobook and hated the narration as well.
My pet hate is when an author gives us characters that are dreaming/drunk/stoned and follows with pages of nonsense. Which is exactly what happened in this book. I ended up skipping large chunks in this section.
I also thought the Masha character was far too OTT.

Hey Readers!

I read The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner. It was a bleak tale of life in prison, but really well done.

Now I'm reading My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Set in Nigeria, the beautiful Ayoola deals with her relationship problems by killing her boyfriends. Her plain but smart sister Korede always cleans up the mess. But when Ayoola gets involved with Korede's crush, what will Korede do to stop the cycle?

This one is short; if you're looking for a quick read to meet your Goodreads goal, try this one!

Happy Reading!

I read a children's book this week that was really good: The war that saved my life" my gs was reading it


There is a part 2 that I'll get next week

Still reading 20th Century Ghost by Joe Hill. The short stories work well at this point.

Though, I did start reading Adnan’s Story by Rabia Chaudry (sp?). Was introduced to him through my Criminology class, as we used the Serial podcast to apply theories and such to his story.

I finished Baby Teeth. Its about a creepy seven-year old mute girl, Hanna, who hates her mommy and wants to kill her. She wants mommy out of the picture so that she can have daddy all to herself. Supposedly compared to We Need to Talk about Kevin but no comparison. I just wanted to finish the book.

I haven’t posted in about a month, but I have been reading!

Here is the list:

Look Alive, Twenty-five the latest Stephanie Plum novel. A quick read, but this is a series I read out of obligation to keep going. But I end up asking myself why, as it’s just so formulaic at this point. 2/5

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain. A favourite author of mine, love her books. Was not too sure about the time travel component, but she sucked me in! 4/5

The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay. I keep waiting for her to write a book as good as Sarah’s Key. This is not it. 3/5

Nine Perfect Strangers I agree with others on this thread. Weird. Just weird. 3/5

Speaking of weird, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. This one was recommended to me, and the jacket description mentions it is a cross between Groundhog Day and an Agatha Christie mystery. An accurate assessment, but it jumped around a lot and I had trouble keeping track of the characters. And it was just weird. 3/5

And most recently, I just finished Heads you Win by Jeffrey Archer. I really enjoyed it, couldn’t put it down. It does have similarities to his Clifton Chronicle series, and ends on a serious cliffhanger, but I look forward to more books in this new series 4/5

I read this book last month and a lot of repeat.  I was so disappointed in the monotony.  Very uncharacteristic of Picoult.

I read THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW by Renee Pawlish. Maybe 2.5/5 stars. It was about a neighborhood of women, and there is a tragedy, and their response to it. I chose it as my free kindle owners lending library choice this month, and it was said to be a thriller. I read it quickly, it read more like a young adult novel, and the women acted like they were in middle school or high school rather than grown adults who were married with responsibilities and households. Kind of disappointing.

I also read THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, 4/5 stars. It's hard to say too much about it without giving away any spoilers, but I enjoyed the book, and I'm seeking out other books by these authors.

Glad to know I'm not the only one! I am almost done with it and honestly am not enjoying it because of the backwards timeline.

I looked The Girl in the Window on amazon and it wouldn't let me pin it.  It said something about being a kindle edition.  If it's kindle, does it mean it's not a book that you can get from the library?  I don't have kindle, so I am very unfamiliar with it.