Happy Friday (7/7)!

[ufcasey]

What did you read this week? Any reviews/ratings/recommendations?

QOTW:
If you could only eat one vegetable for the rest of your life, what would you choose? (Disregard it's nutritional value, this is based purely on preference)

[charlatti]

I reread A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers— I had a few library holds that were disappointing, so I needed something reliable. Now reading Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare, a mystery set on the Queen Mary in the 30s. Not amazing but enjoyable.

QOTW: Either broccoli or zucchini — maybe zucchini because it’s so versatile. But I’d miss all the other veggies!

[ufcasey]

I read:
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (re-read) - 4 stars; this is the second book in the Mercy Thompson series, which I mostly love

Forever Your Rogue by Erin Langston - 3 stars; this is a historical romance but I liked the relationship between the main male character and the kids more than I did the relationship between him and his love interest haha

Given by Amy Pennza - 3.5 stars; this is a fantasy/romance which is more smut than plot but I didn't mind lol

QOTW: I would pick potatoes. You can mash them, bake them, fry them, put stuff on them. Versatile and delicious!

[tacokick]

Let Me In by Claire McGowan (I know I never read this before because it is brand new but major deja vu)

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks (too realistic about charter schools!)

That Day You Left by Dorothy Koomson (uneven)

50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie by Stacey Mei Yan Fong (strange)

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan (disappointing)

Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture by Sarah Petersen (strange and ignored the child aspect entirely)

QOTW: cabbage if the definition is liberal and can include kimchi. If not, potatoes!

[travella]

I'm still reading Zero Days by Ruth Ware. It's a slow, not great read, but I'm determined to finish it.

Qotw: Green beans

[dearprudence]

Finished Crazy to Leave You and The Boston Girl. I enjoyed Crazy to Leave You, but I really loved The Boston Girl.

Started reading The Candid Life of Meena Dave. It's fine, but it seems very long without much happening and I'm dying to skip ahead and find out the big secret.

Started listening to The Romance Recipe which is about a restaurant owner and chef falling for each other and I'm really not digging one of the characters which makes it less interesting.


QOTW:
If you could only eat one vegetable for the rest of your life, what would you choose? (Disregard it's nutritional value, this is based purely on preference) Spinach. I love it and it's so versatile!

[minzy]

I finished You Have a Friend in 10A - Stories by Maggie Shipstead (author of The Great Circle). I liked the digestible chapters, each one a new story, but there seemed to be more focus on explicit sexual stuff in pretty much every one of them than I think there needed to be? Most of them were not particularly feel good but they were entertaining enough.

I am now reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. It’s too early yet for me to have formed a solid impression.

QOTW: To the extent we’d consider tomatoes a vegetable, they are my favorite, especially the little cherry bombs.

[mrspez07]

I’m still working my way through Homecoming by Kate Morton and generally enjoying it. I didn’t get as much time to read over my short vacation as I anticipated. Got a camping trip. Ext week and I usually make a good dent in a few books on that trip.

[krystee]

I read:
—Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes (the concept didn’t make any sense to me. By law, she’d be entitled to 50-50, so why wouldn’t an attorney want to represent her and get paid bank? Why wouldn’t she just call the police to escort her to get her passport and clothes?!)
—Just the Nicest Couple (standard thriller…kept me turning pages, but not memorable)
—Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard (kept me entertained, but thought a line of foreshadowing at the beginning basically spoiled the book)

I am currently reading the newest Riley Sager. Apparently I have been all about easy beach reads this month!

QOTW: Can I consider a potato a starch so I don’t have to go without it forever? I love them so much. If so, mixed greens would be my answer.

[Vespasia]

I read Jaws over the 4th, which seemed appropriate. It was very different than the movie but I enjoyed it.

Now I'm reading Fourth Wing. There's so much hype around this book that I expect to be disappointed. 

QOTW: I'm also going to pretend potatoes aren't real vegetables and go with spinach. That's a hard one though! 

[estrellita]

Finished Assassin's Blade, it was ok. Now on Throne of Glass. I'm liking this one more and it's getting interesting!

QOTW: I agree about potatoes not being a veggie 🤪 So I'll say either carrots or sweet peppers!

[ssmjlm]

I read The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren and it was ok. Probably my lowest rated book of theirs at 3.5 stars. They said in the acknowledgments they never planned to write this story and it showed. Very slow.

I DNF an instagrammer turned author book, The Golden Hour. One, it was a clear rip off of Sweet Magnolias and two, a character was in AA, but the author never told where she got the info from in the acknowledgements. Which I figured because it was wrong.

QOTW: probably potatoes, I can’t think of anytime I’ve turned down potatoes in any form.