I think I’m going to DNF Lessons in Chemistry (maybe it’ll get less depressing but it’s not what I need right now) & ACourt of Thorn & Roses (I need to give up on SJM…I’m always annoyed by her FMC). I recently finished an Unkindness of Magicians but think it was kinda weirdly written? Epic battle w the villan was like a paragraph & the ending was “meh.”
sproctopus, I also loved the Wishing Game. It felt like a warm chocolate chip cookie. I don’t want to overhype but it was exactly the book I needed at the moment it became available on Libby.
I’m almost done with Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I also usually don’t like first person narrators but I’m enjoying this.
I need something cozy though after this as life is stressful right now & I need fluffy books. I’m thinking Murder at Mallowan Hall which I can get free on prime reading or a Jane Austen fan fic I have laying around, either Longbourn or The Clergyman’s Wife.
I read Kristin Hannah's new book The Women as well. Agreed with redheadbaker, it was heavy. I enjoyed the book very much (it is also my era, I like book based on those decades and the Vietnam War in particular) but the ending was a tad...eh. The other 480 pages made up for it. This made me go back and take a look at other books by her and also finished True Lies and am now reading Home Front. I typically get tired of one authors writing style after about the third book but am finding that not to be the case with her. (I also had Friday off and spent the majority of my 3 days reading as H was working on his truck all weekend....)
I am on the waitlist for soooo many right now, so I had to find one as a filler until some of those become available. I found So Long Chester Wheeler (by Catherine Ryan Hyde) as a free book on Kindle and am liking it so far.
I read that, the later chapters are really bad. I think he ran out of steam after the content heavy early chapters.
That is annoying. I hoped the later chapters might go more quickly because I'm more familiar with more recent movies.
They do go more quickly because he didn’t seem to do as much research (imo) and they were a little sloppy. He also abandons chronological order a bit. It was like reading two different books
I read Kristin Hannah's new book The Women as well. Agreed with redheadbaker , it was heavy. I enjoyed the book very much (it is also my era, I like book based on those decades and the Vietnam War in particular) but the ending was a tad...eh. The other 480 pages made up for it. This made me go back and take a look at other books by her and also finished True Lies and am now reading Home Front. I typically get tired of one authors writing style after about the third book but am finding that not to be the case with her. (I also had Friday off and spent the majority of my 3 days reading as H was working on his truck all weekend....)
I really like Kristin Hannah books but I find this to be the case a lot - its like she doesn't know how to end a book. I actually liked the ending of The Women more than most of her books. The Great Alone was fantastic 80% of the way through and then kind of fell off a cliff. I also didn't like how The Four Winds ended. I'll keep reading her though - she picks interesting eras and locations.
Add me to the list of people who loved the Wishing Game.
I just finished Berry Pickers last week. I gave it 3*. I'm currently reading the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. It's bimodal for me. Some parts are SO GOOD and the plot is interesting. But sometimes the descriptions are so long and boring and I want to skip some passages. Overall I like it though. My hold list is actually empty, so I appreciate the recommendations here!
I read Kristin Hannah's new book The Women as well. Agreed with redheadbaker , it was heavy. I enjoyed the book very much (it is also my era, I like book based on those decades and the Vietnam War in particular) but the ending was a tad...eh. The other 480 pages made up for it. This made me go back and take a look at other books by her and also finished True Lies and am now reading Home Front. I typically get tired of one authors writing style after about the third book but am finding that not to be the case with her. (I also had Friday off and spent the majority of my 3 days reading as H was working on his truck all weekend....)
I really like Kristin Hannah books but I find this to be the case a lot - its like she doesn't know how to end a book. I actually liked the ending of The Women more than most of her books. The Great Alone was fantastic 80% of the way through and then kind of fell off a cliff. I also didn't like how The Four Winds ended. I'll keep reading her though - she picks interesting eras and locations.
Have you read The Nightengale? That's my favorite of hers.
I really like Kristin Hannah books but I find this to be the case a lot - its like she doesn't know how to end a book. I actually liked the ending of The Women more than most of her books. The Great Alone was fantastic 80% of the way through and then kind of fell off a cliff. I also didn't like how The Four Winds ended. I'll keep reading her though - she picks interesting eras and locations.
Have you read The Nightengale? That's my favorite of hers.
I did read it when it came out and remember loving it, but I honestly have no recollection of the story other than that it was during WWII lol.
Have you read The Nightengale? That's my favorite of hers.
I did read it when it came out and remember loving it, but I honestly have no recollection of the story other than that it was during WWII lol.
I haven't read either of those so thank you for the recommendations! I'm not sure how I've missed her for so long, she didn't show up on my kindle 'books you might like'. I just saw The Women advertised someplace and thought it sounded interesting.
Again in February I read a lot of meh thrillers. My SIL gave me a stack of books and that's her favorite genre. I think I've finished them all. No One Can Know (3*) Behind Closed Doors (3*) Just Another Missing Person (3*) Nestlings (4*) this wasn't a thriller, more of a horror type book. Which isn't typically my jam, but I like this one.
I'm just about done with The Paris Library and I'm loving it so far. One of those books that I can't stop reading but also don't want it to end.
I just finished listening to The Boys in the Boat, and now I’m listening to A Wing and a Prayer (written by Harry Crosby, the navigator in Masters of the Air), which is his true account of many of the events in Masters of the Air, so it’s a good accompaniment to the series.
H and I are really liking the series so I'll add this to my library list.
LOVED it, tore through it, and the follow up book, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, last week. Am now halfway through the third one of the trilogy, the Perfumist of Paris.
Somehow I missed that this third book came out last year. Thanks, I will put it on my library list!
It's March 4 and I've already finished two books lol.
No Exit by Taylor Adams - The description kind of bills it as a closed room mystery, which it is, for the beginning at least. Then it becomes more thriller. More gory than I expected, but I still really enjoyed it. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister - main character is pulled back in time to prevent a murder. Good enough for what it is.
Last month I read: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Somebody by Benjamin Stevenson - really fun murder mystery Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin - You've Got Mail, but with a muslim girl and her family's restaurant. Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney - Ugh I was so bored the whole time. The Woman in Me by Brittany Spears
I just finished The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins and The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. I really enjoyed the Heiress. The Golden Spoon was not bad but not outstanding. I am now trying to read the Final Revival of Opal and Nev for book club but it's not grabbing me.
I’m almost done with Henry Winkler’s memoir and it’s an easy, enjoyable read. Next up is Capote’s Women. I’m loving this season of Feud and it’s based on this book. I knew the basic story going into the season, but now I want to read more.
I keep bumping the MLK biography King down in the lineup because of its length. But I really want to read it this spring.
penelope , have you read The Great Alone? It was so good and probably my fav KH book.
I'm currently about halfway through with Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. It's very good so far.
I haven't and it sounds so good! I am so excited to have reading lined up after finishing a good book! Sometimes its such a let down when a good one ends and finding something else can be difficult. Thank you for all of the suggestions!!!
I just finished The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. I gave it 3*. It had so many characters I kept getting lost who mattered and who did what.
I had a real lull in books coming in so I ended up getting 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, which I will prob DNF. it's ok, but all theoretical issues and solutions and I just don't care enough to speculate about future potential problems? Idk lol.
I picked up All The Pretty Horses which is a few years old and am having a hard time getting into it. I need a quick easy read to get me back into reading I feel like.
Ok, I started The Library at Mount Char and wtaf. I mean, I knew going in that it was going to be weird, but hopefully pay off. Let's hope it does! Like The Hike by Drew Magary. To this day that is the weirdest book I've ever read and the whole time I was like why am I reading this? But the last couple of pages makes it worth it.
I've been doing a lot of hiking during the day so am usually asleep when my head hits the pillow (my prime reading time). So, my reading goal is taking a hit!
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 4* The Idea Of You- 2* Absolute garbage. This is the most pretentious piece of shit book that I've ever read. I gave it 2* because I did finish it, but because I had to see how it ended since I read a slight spoiler and was curious.
Now I'm reading two books- Sula by Toni Morrison and one of Amazon's First Reads "Don't Forget Me", which is a thriller. Both are good so far.
Just finished the Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. It was very good. I was intimidated by the length, but it pulled me right in and it’s not a hard read other than keeping the characters straight as it spans a few generations. Highly recommend!
Can I ask a Kindle related question here? All the books that I borrow from the library using Libby seem to remain in my Kindle library like, forever. I can't read the actual book, but the picture of it is still in the library. Do you guys just let this go, or delete them? For some reason its bugging me haha, like I don't need these old books in here that I'm done with...
Can I ask a Kindle related question here? All the books that I borrow from the library using Libby seem to remain in my Kindle library like, forever. I can't read the actual book, but the picture of it is still in the library. Do you guys just let this go, or delete them? For some reason its bugging me haha, like I don't need these old books in here that I'm done with...
I normally have to click on the link on the cover on my kindle and return them twice to the library and then they disappear.
I don’t know why! This wasn’t an issue a few years ago.
Just finished the Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. It was very good. I was intimidated by the length, but it pulled me right in and it’s not a hard read other than keeping the characters straight as it spans a few generations. Highly recommend!
I love generational dramas, and I scoffed at the length, but after reading the Bee Sting, I think I will tackle this next after Darius is Not Ok.