Hit up my local used book store. Everything is under $10. If I‘m being honest, I didn‘t see anything more than $5. Such steals. What do I read first?
Excited about my BOTM picks, especially since I haven‘t been impressed with most of the selections this year.
pickI reveled in the rebuke of white entitlement. The story is mostly about a man who feels entitled to property, women, luxuries. He exerts his will like a game over his black neighbors/wife/daughters, without realizing the ability to do so is a white privilege. I was pleased to see a half-black character with golden hair (representation matters!). The conflict feels like Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes. Recommend, but cringeworthy.
feb was a little slow, but I‘m pretty pleased with what i read. loved your house will pay and the holdout. also really enjoyed station eleven and dear edward, although they both definitely had a drawback or two. end of the ocean and conviction were just meh.
panThis is the most I‘ve disliked a book in a long time. I thought the switching timelines was poorly done, and I only really connected with David‘s storyline, not Signe‘s. I give it credit for attacking climate change head on, but felt the execution was just awful. I have to assume something was lost in translation. I also wonder what her other books are really like now...
pickLoved this. Race relations boil over between a Korean family and a black family in LA. I grew up in the valley and I was charmed by how carefully she crafted its image. I thought it was handled with nuance and delicacy. Highly recommend.
#currentlyreading and already pretty into it at 30 pages. Anyone else read it?
pickI loved this! So glad I added it to my #BOTM box. This is a juicy legal thriller, a modern-day #AgathaChristie. Didn‘t realize #GrahamMoore was the screenwriter for #TheImitationGame. I can‘t wait to read his other books. This one kept me guessing ‘til the end, although I had an inkling of the truth in the first 50 pages. Still, I was entertained cover to cover. Highly recommend. I love a clever #murdermystery that has you questioning your morals.
pickI finished it! It was a slower burn than I expected, and a part of me was really disappointed by the epilogue. Overall, though, I loved it, and it mostly lived up to the hype. Recommend!
[FROM THE LIBRARY OF LAUREN WOODS] My sister knows I hate stickers on my books. She also knows that I hate when people borrow my books and I never see them again amid lies of “I forgot that was yours!” 🙄 Sooooo she bought me an embosser to make my own library seal. I can cover stupid book club stickers AND loan out books to others with a subtle not-so-subtle reminder to return. NOW WHO LIKES STICKERS ON THEIR BOOKS?! 😘
pickYou guys, I really liked this one! It wasn‘t at all what I was expecting. I loved how it came together in the end, but I do wish she had given me a little more on The Prophet. Still, I loved the appreciation for the arts (theater, writing, fine arts, comics), and it felt grounded and realistic. Not otherworldly at all. I don‘t know why I waited so long to read it. Can‘t wait for The Glass House now. #emilystjohnmandel #stationeleven #theglasshosue
A little more than half way through Station Eleven and it‘s finally starting to come together.
What do you feel when you find typos in books? I‘m talking completed, hard cover published books. It drives me NUTS and usually ruins a book for me.
Finally starting Station Eleven and wondering if i shouldn‘t have waited until our current viral outbreak has passed 😰
Has anyone read any other Denise Mina? If so, where should I start? #currentlyreading
pickJANUARY WRAP-UP! January was a good month! I made it through 8 books, 3 of which I would call five-star reads.
5⭐️:
Such a Fun Age
The Nickel Boys
Long Bright River
4⭐️:
The Silent Patient
Dark Matter
3⭐️:
Topics of Conversation
Rules for Moving
Fleishman is in Trouble
Finally got around to Dark Matter. I loved Recursion, and I even really loved Dark Matter, but they seemed so similar! I don‘t recall there being any complaint about this when Recursion came out, and I find that just baffling.
Rules for Moving: “What a headache.” 😂 #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
Ugh. And now, we wait. #botm
pickI loved this. Not sure why it took me so long to get to it. It was like The Secret History meets Shutter Island. I generally dislike diary entries as a storytelling device, but it didn‘t bother me here. #botm #backlist #2019
