so-soI'm pretty much done with the Reunion trope.
Especially when it comes to dual timelines. They all seem to blend together now. Just another close-knit group of suspects with buried pasts, set against a college backdrop that feels a bit too far removed from real life.
This book wasn't terrible, I'm just really tired of the whole "I know what you did Last Summer" theme.
#LitsyAtoZ #I @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #BronzeBrown @Lauredhel
panThis one wasn't for me.
While I've lately really got into Historical Fiction, I'm still navigating the sub-genres and learning which I favour.
Unfortunately this one hit all the wrong buttons. The heroine was more annoying than redeeming. The story felt jagged and incomplete. And the writing left me baffled.
Like I said this is a personal thing, so please don't take my opinion to heart.
panI had some time to kill and had this on my phone, so I thought why not. I enjoyed some of the other short stories in the Shiver Collection.
But this one didn't work for me.
It was very predictable and the open ending left me even more disappointed.
#Pantone2025 #MistedMarigold @Lauredhel
#LitsyAtoZ #I @Texreader
so-soHonestly I got this book because of #CoverLove
But I found the story lacking. It reads like a YA, the characters feel childish and absolutely nothing happens for the biggest part of the book.
#LitsyAtoZ #I @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #DejaVuBlue @Lauredhel
pick4½ ✨
Reading very much like a work of Fiction, this brutal account of the Clutter Murders is bone chilling.
Not only is Capote a masterful writer, but his dedication to obtaining all the information needed for this recounting amazes me - especially taking into account the when. No quick Google searches to check facts, or see photos of places. Just feet on the ground investigation.
pickThis hot-off-the-presses dystopian novel packs a huge punch. I‘m glad I didn‘t shy away from reading it. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#i-cheerfully-refuse
Publication day: April 2.
#NetGalley #RBMedia #ICheerfullyRefuse
Book haul!!! #vowoftheves #thesummeriturnedpretty
#i‘mgladmymomdied #theballedofsongbirdandsnakes
#finaloffer #betterthanthemovie #noneshallsleep
#check&mate #Caraval #onceuponabrokenheart
#Thedo-over #itendswithus #ironflame #ifhehadbeenwithme #divierivals #theserpent&thewingsofnight #whiletimeremains
#redqueen. birthday present, the poor cashier at #Barnes&Noble had to spend like 15 minutes checking out these books
I read this book when I was around 15…20 years later I‘m giving it a re-read…my Lord it is STUNNING! #I don‘t remember the writing being so sublime and beautiful and compelling.I can‘t put it down.
“Does such a thing as the ‘fatal flaw,‘ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn‘t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
I thought we could use some comic intervention. We heard from Belford a lot this week. Is his a real change, do you think? Or will it wear off over the next few months left in the book? #clarissa
