I won this from Goodreads, but I DNFed at 33% through. It was not at all what I had hoped for (based on the title.) It seemed more to want to push his own religion and theories. Have a feeling that's probably why it's self published, as well. Disappointed.

Won this in a Goodreads giveaway so time to dive in

I think this will be a much better choice than my previous book. Here's hoping, anyway

DNF @ ~300 pages. Snooze fest. I looked the book up on Wikipedia and that helped cement my decision to abandon it.

Now I need to (hopefully) pick out a different (better 🤞) book

I feel like I have read this book before, but if I have, it was before 2011 when I joined Goodreads and started tracking my books. The sticker was on my bedroom floor and I was too lazy to get a proper bookmark [even though I have a million] & the juxtaposition of the book title/sticker made me smile 😂😈💀

Grabbed this at a sale because I'd seen it mentioned in my fb book groups. Started reading it and thought it was giving David Sedaris kinda vibes. Less than halfway through, I figured out what was going on and had an inclination of how it could end. Definitely a Fight Club type of vibe book. Not stellar, but good. 3 star

Had no idea this was such a short book, so I finished it in about a day. I enjoyed it, for the most part, but found the ending a bit anticlimactic and lacking. I finished and said, "That's it? Really?" Still an enjoyable book overall, though.

Stopped by the library to stock up on some vacation reads. Do I have stacks and stacks of books I have bought at sales that I need to read? Yes. But I have heard really good stuff about James so I went to grab that and ended up with these others. JCO is usually pretty hit or miss for me, so chance I might not finish that one. I loved Monte Cristo and wanted to try Musketeers. Starting with serial killer book.

This was a long ass book. I had no idea how contemptuous a relationship LIW and RLM had. Rose was kind of awful, and their relationship dynamic was weird. Anyway, you learn a lot about everything during that time period (maybe too much) & unfortunately I won't look at the cherished series from childhood the same way after reading this and knowing the hand (or pen) Rose had to it

I enjoyed being back in Kingsbridge. This wasn't the best book, but it wasn't bad. Kind of middle of the road.. still better than ACOF. Solid Follett with his usual tropes that I've become accustomed to over the years of reading him. The bit of Hornbeam at the end was a little surprising. Good, overall, but not great. Decent.

Diving back into Kingsbridge 🥰

More book mail!

Woot, finished! I see why this book is every where right now. It a a nice dive back into some historical fiction and makes me want to read more stuff from the 1700s (although maybe not necessarily about midwifery)
Anyway, I really enjoyed it

Book mail!! They all arrived on the same day 😊📚🤓

Fredrik Backman- The Winners
The Covenant of Water- Abraham Verghese
The Armor of Light- Ken Follett

I'm about halfway thru The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon right now... I might reread The Beartown series next

I finally spent a gift card someone got me, and I got my first book from abebooks! The other 3 are still on their way, but this was the only book I ordered I haven't read yet 🙂 the others are all books I've read but don't own yet

This was an interesting read that took a lot of twists. I think this might be the first book I've ever read about the suffragette movement. I liked it. Overall, it was good. It was really the cover and title that had initially caught my eye, which turned out to not really be a very big part of the real story.

Pg 300 something.... the title of the book just made sense and the mystery deepens. This is quite the unusual book thus far.

It's people who won't open their minds that are dangerous

First book of 2025

Well, dang! What a ride that was. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to read that book, but what a ride it was. It took a while to really start understanding what was going on, but once I did, I figured it was really only the beginning & started waiting for more twists & turns. Excellent read.

This was a great book! It's been a long time since I started a book in the morning and finished it the same night.

Anne is a resilient saint, and Charles is a dirty, famous scumbag

Happy Thanksgiving, litsy peeps
Starting some historical fiction, which I haven't read in quite some time.

I've been wanting to read this for a good while now, and I guess tonight is the night. It was available on Libby, so I said, let's go
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

It wasn't nearly as enjoyable the second time around.

Ahh, sweet summer child... 😅 you've no idea what you're in for

Bailed after 200 pages. The book desperately needed a better editor, and after reading some Goodreads reviews, helped make up my mind to just forget about this convoluted story that needed condensing and a better ending. Life's too short for bad books.
I'll go ahead and start a reread of Rebecca.

I thought this sounded good and kinda spooky.. we're only a few days into November, so it's still not too late for spooky season, right? 🙂 hoping it's a good pick.

This was my first of Bernard Cornwell. It wasn't the greatest book, so I'm told, so I'll look for some others of his to enjoy. I was expecting more historical fiction rather than fantasy, and it took a while to really get into it because of all the dealings in war & with the gods. It, overall, was good but kind of so-so. I'll donate this to my little free library.

I love astronomy 🤩

Pulling out this gorgeous edition for a read today! I've read some Dickens before, but not this one 🥰

I won this in a Goodreads giveaway, and it was a pretty darn good book! Definitely gives you Project Hail Mary vibes. I will probably try and read the rest of the series sometime.

Won this Goodreads giveaway a while ago, and now that I'm finally finished with Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov it's time to dive in

I picked this up on a whim, and am pleasantly surprised to see how much I'm enjoying it so far. Unfortunately, it seems I've an abridged version, as it's only 500 something pages. I guess if I really end up enjoying it I will look for the unabridged version in the future

Because your hands tremble and your heart is full of holes

This book is pretty great, and the view isn't bad, either 😏
The Eighth Life by Nino Hararischvili
It's an epic 900+ page tome that I'm trying to read very, very carefully so as not to break the spine. I picked it up at a used book sale, and it doesn't look like it's ever been opened or read.

I love astrophysics/cosmology stuff, so I thought this would be a decent read, and it is. Sometimes, my eyes glazed over with some of the technical stuff, and it was published in 1997, so it's quite dated, but still a good read. I would enjoy a more modern version better now that we've got the JWST & a bit more understanding of some things we've since found thru that.

Yesterday my friends and i went to Detroit and visited the John K. King Rare & Used bookstore, and this was my haul. I took a lot of photos... wish I could share them here. It's the largest bookstore in Michigan and second largest in the country

Random used book sale haul #2
14 📚🤓 for $22

Random used book sale haul #1
14 📚🤓 for $22

Went to a used book sale spur of the moment today and got quite a haul. This is one of them

I've seen a lot about this book in some of my fb book groups 👀

Enjoying some outside reading on this lovely spring day

Despite being 467th in line for this book, it's somehow become available. The cover is kinda cut off for the ebook so I'll use this photo instead.
I had Cutting for Stone in my pile for years before I just read it and actually really liked it much more than I thought I would. So, I've decided to try this one out also