The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jan 13, 2025 17:14:13 GMT
Hi everyone!
This week I read:
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Sci-fi/Fantasy/Humor/Dystopia
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The second in the series had even better plot development and richer setting.
This isn’t for everyone, but it is very enjoyable and needed right now.
I have switched out for a book or two, but I do plan on finishing this series. I think it might be a good distraction over the next few weeks/months.
What did you read this week?
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Post by alsomsknit on Jan 13, 2025 18:22:05 GMT
Finished reading Mystic by Jonathan Maberry.
Now reading Outlander by D Gabaldon. It feels like coming home.
Considering buying Shari Frankie’s new book.
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Post by sawwhet on Jan 13, 2025 18:42:13 GMT
This past weekend I read:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. 3/5 Stars. This book really resonates with some people. For me, it was interesting but average.
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. 5/5 stars. I just loved this nonfiction book. It's about a lady who suddenly became ill and bedridden. Her friend brought her a snail from the author's forest to keep her company. She makes many observations about the snail and adds scientific references here and there. It's just delightful. My background is in ecology so it's up my alley.
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hutchfan
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Post by hutchfan on Jan 13, 2025 18:51:59 GMT
I read Pictures Of You by Emma Grey.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Emma wrote The Last Love Note which was a five star book. Which I highly recommend and this new book too!
Evie Hudson should be grieving her dead husband, but since the car crash that claimed his life and landed her in the hospital, she can't remember him at all. The only person who can help her piece her past together is her high school best friend, Drew Kennedy.
When snippets of her memory start falling into place, Evie wonders exactly how she ended up in a life that couldn't be further from the one she dreamed of. This time around, she's seeing all the things she missed and the life she gets to choose... again.
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gottapeanow
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by gottapeanow on Jan 13, 2025 19:02:31 GMT
After an early a.m. airport run to drop off family, I had a very quiet day yesterday and mostly read. So relaxing!
I read three this week.
The Housemaid's Wedding: This is actually from last week, but I forgot to include it.
My review: Well, now we know. All righty, then. 3/5 stars.
(IOW, this didn't need to be a book. But Frieda is laughing all the way to the bank, so there's that.)
Crow Talk: This book is literally about crows talking. And about two very different women. It is extremely slow, and I almost DNF'd it. Totally character driven, although the plot does pick up a tad toward the end. Still, this was a very calming and rather lovely read. 3.5/5 stars, rounded up.
Watch Your Back: The characters aren't very likable. And this was rather far-fetched and a reach in a few ways. Even so, it kept my interest on a Sunday afternoon. 3/5 stars
Lisa
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gottapeanow
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by gottapeanow on Jan 13, 2025 19:03:43 GMT
I read Pictures Of You by Emma Grey. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Emma wrote The Last Love Note which was a five star book. Which I highly recommend and this new book too! I just started this! Glad to see your great review. Lisa |
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 13, 2025 20:58:27 GMT
I had an odd reading week. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. I was just searching around in my library's catalogue with the keyword "dragon" and this came up. It's an alternate history novel, set in the time of Napoleon. The premise is that a British Navy ship has a battle with a French ship, the French ship loses, then when the British board the French ship they find a dragon egg. All nations seem to have dragons, which is their aerial fleet. lol. So this egg hatches and bonds with the captain of the ship. The rest of the book is them training together for the battles to come with Napoleon's forces. And apparently this is a series. I really enjoyed it and am now waiting for book #2.  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Just marking time and refreshing my memory until the 21st when "Onyx Storm", book #3, comes out. I'm currently reading "Iron Flame". Vows Forged in Blood by K.D. Miller. This was an ARC, which I'm not quite sure how I even got into. I guess Miller asked in one of my Facebook groups. I've never read an ARC before so I wanted to see what it was all about. Miller's assistant said in her email that we should let her know if we found any typos. omg. The book was not very well-written at all, which I guess is a common thing for self-published books. wow. And I found so many typos, so many of the kind that spellcheck won't find -- like "plane" instead of "plain" (there were at least 20 of these since the main battle takes place on the Crimson Plain -- written as "Crimson Plane every single time), "bare" instead of "bear", etc., etc. I'm not sure how no one noticed all those.  I wrote them all down because that's what they asked for, although I restrained myself and didn't do any other editing. But it was full of run-on sentences, and repetitive language, and just general poor writing. On the other hand the story was pretty good... vampires and battles and a love story (of course). I've always loved a good vampire story, and these vampires were not evil like we've been trained to think of them. So overall it was a fun read, but wow, proof-reading...  Red, by K.D. Miller. So after "Vows" I was curious to read one of hers that has already been published. I happen to have a Kindle Unlimited trial membership because of the new Kindle I got at Christmas, so I found "Red". This time it was a werewolf, a witch's curse, etc. But what was interesting to me is that although it didn't have nearly the typos that the ARC did it still had some of the exact same ones! "Bare" instead of "bear", and "right" instead of "rite" were the two big ones. I just do not understand putting something out for public consumption and not triple checking things like this. -- Also, "Red" was not worth reading. The vampire one was much more fun. Now I'm done with the bad KU books and am back to library books. haha Although, I did go searching just because I was curious and I learned that there are a few mainline books that were first self-published. "The Martian" is one, "Eragon" another. Those success stories are probably what keeps hope alive in some self-published writers. |
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I wrote them all down because that's what they asked for, although I restrained myself and didn't do any other editing. But it was full of run-on sentences, and repetitive language, and just general poor writing. On the other hand the story was pretty good... vampires and battles and a love story (of course). I've always loved a good vampire story, and these vampires were not evil like we've been trained to think of them. So overall it was a fun read, but wow, proof-reading... 