Link up your posts about the book(s) you've read recently with Jana of Jana Says and me!
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx - This book blew my minds. How does Nikki Sixx - or any addict - live through stuff like this? There's some crazy shit in this book.
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult - I am not a member of the Picoult Cult. I don't love all of her books, but I loved this one a lot. I really liked both the present and past stories.
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult - I am not a member of the Picoult Cult. I don't love all of her books, but I loved this one a lot. I really liked both the present and past stories.
The Kingmaker by Brian Haig - This book is actually third in a series with the main character, Sean Drummond. I started reading it because I was on vacation and finished the other books I brought along (yes I still bring actual books on trips even though they're cumbersome) so I snagged it out of MFD's bag and I really liked it. I'll read more in this series.
Prince Lestat by Anne Rice - I absolutely adored Interview With a Vampire and a few books that followed. Then I grew sick of the insanity with the super old crazy ass vampires and of Lestat himself and cast it aside. Rice cast her vamps aside too and poo poo'd her subject matter, and many years later decided to return to it. She should've left it in the past. This book was totally awful and I put it down 100 pages in.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson - Couldn't get past page 30. Life is too short and my list of books to read is too long to go to bed with books that don't click with me.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson - Couldn't get past page 30. Life is too short and my list of books to read is too long to go to bed with books that don't click with me.
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta - Last linkup I mentioned Marchetta's Saving Francesca, which I liked so much I added this to my list. Marchetta's brand of angst speaks to my brand of angst. I enjoyed this book a lot.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant - Diamant's The Red Tent is one of my favorite books ever. She did me dirty with The Last Days of Dogtown and I haven't been back since. This book was her redemption for me. While there are threads that make it an entire book, it read more like small life chapters to me. I truly liked a lot of characters in this book, which is not surprising given that they're painted sort of as feminists before it was a thing women. This book is what I wanted The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street to be and it was not.
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens - This book was fucked! It reminded me a little of the Chelsea Cain Heart books for some reason. I thought the story had some holes, the author glossed over some significant stuff, and the writing didn't support the pretty decent plot fully, but I was compelled to stay up and finish it so that says something.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant - Diamant's The Red Tent is one of my favorite books ever. She did me dirty with The Last Days of Dogtown and I haven't been back since. This book was her redemption for me. While there are threads that make it an entire book, it read more like small life chapters to me. I truly liked a lot of characters in this book, which is not surprising given that they're painted sort of as feminists before it was a thing women. This book is what I wanted The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street to be and it was not.
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens - This book was fucked! It reminded me a little of the Chelsea Cain Heart books for some reason. I thought the story had some holes, the author glossed over some significant stuff, and the writing didn't support the pretty decent plot fully, but I was compelled to stay up and finish it so that says something.
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Haikuesday
Winter days - long, dark.
Reading lights are always on.
Lesson concluded.
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A special happy happy birthday to my sister-in-law Aubrey, who turns the big 3-0 today!
My thirties have truly been my favorite and I wish the same for her.
Non-bloggers, what have you read recently? Let me know what you recommend!
Bloggers, link up your posts about the book(s) you've read recently with Jana of Jana Says and me!
A special happy happy birthday to my sister-in-law Aubrey, who turns the big 3-0 today!
My thirties have truly been my favorite and I wish the same for her.
Bloggers, link up your posts about the book(s) you've read recently with Jana of Jana Says and me!
This link up will happen the second Tuesday of every month.
