I've been under the weather with the asshole common cold and what feels like the longest winter ever so no nice nice intro, just all about the books I've been reading.
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Engrossing Reads
The Wife by Alafair Burke - I like setting a book down when I've finished it thinking well, that's not at all how I thought that would go. This fit that bill. Philly library hardback
The Murder House by James Patterson and David Ellis - Sometimes you just need a creepy James Patterson paperback to get lost in. I quite like a lot of the books he's co-written with others and this was no exception. Paperback, own
Passed the Time Just Fine
The Library at the Edge of the World (Finfarran #1) by Felicity Hayes-McCoy - I read this when I was sick and my brain couldn't handle a lot. I think I liked it more than I would have normally because of that. Philly library paperback
Night Moves (Alex Delaware #33) by Jonathan Kellerman - I've read all 33 of the Alex Delaware books. Every time a new one comes out, I feel like I'm spending the weekend with an old friend. Formulaic as hell but I'm okay with it at this point. Philly library hardback
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain - My least favorite of the three McLain books I've read. I wonder why she went back to Hemingway, who is unlikable as fuck. This didn't roll for me like The Paris Wife or Circling the Sun, it was missing the magic I found in those pages, but still a three star because I like Gellhorn. Free ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book is available May 1
A Piece of the World by Christina Kline Baker - My grandmom had the painting this novel is based on. What a depressing tale, and one that lacked a lot of movement in the plot in the present at least, but even given both of those factors I liked it. Philly library hardback
Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda - This is the third Megan Miranda I've read and it was definitely not my favorite. There was a lot of repetition and it was the most YA-ish of them all. Lots of weighted drama that didn't need to be there. Philly library hardback
The Future's Not Ours to See by Jean Grainger - So full disclosure, I had no recollection of what this was about until I went back and read the goodreads synopsis - and I finished it within the last month. I read a lot of stuff, so that's not unusual, but still...zero recollection. Anyway this was one of those where the beginnings of everything were terrible but everything turned out inexplicably grand even though in real life it probably wouldn't have. Amazon kindle e-book
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover - Man. What some people do to their children is a fucking crime. This counts as one of those. Ignorance and fear are curses. It feels weird to say a book was good when it's about how their parents made their life freaking hard and awful for them most of the time. Philly library hardback
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh - I was iffy on this from the start, there's a goddamn chapter from a ghost POV and I'm not really into that then I had to go back and read that because was it a ghost? I think she threw every twist in the book into this one and it was sort of a mess but a quick read so if you're into that, have at it. Philly library hardback
Not Worth It
Our House by Louise Candlish - I was very into this at first but man did it drag and drag and drag. Free ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book is available August 7.
Did Not Finish
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Here's what I've been reading since the last linkup.
Engrossing Reads
The Wife by Alafair Burke - I like setting a book down when I've finished it thinking well, that's not at all how I thought that would go. This fit that bill. Philly library hardback
The Murder House by James Patterson and David Ellis - Sometimes you just need a creepy James Patterson paperback to get lost in. I quite like a lot of the books he's co-written with others and this was no exception. Paperback, own
Passed the Time Just Fine
The Library at the Edge of the World (Finfarran #1) by Felicity Hayes-McCoy - I read this when I was sick and my brain couldn't handle a lot. I think I liked it more than I would have normally because of that. Philly library paperback
Night Moves (Alex Delaware #33) by Jonathan Kellerman - I've read all 33 of the Alex Delaware books. Every time a new one comes out, I feel like I'm spending the weekend with an old friend. Formulaic as hell but I'm okay with it at this point. Philly library hardback
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain - My least favorite of the three McLain books I've read. I wonder why she went back to Hemingway, who is unlikable as fuck. This didn't roll for me like The Paris Wife or Circling the Sun, it was missing the magic I found in those pages, but still a three star because I like Gellhorn. Free ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book is available May 1
A Piece of the World by Christina Kline Baker - My grandmom had the painting this novel is based on. What a depressing tale, and one that lacked a lot of movement in the plot in the present at least, but even given both of those factors I liked it. Philly library hardback
Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda - This is the third Megan Miranda I've read and it was definitely not my favorite. There was a lot of repetition and it was the most YA-ish of them all. Lots of weighted drama that didn't need to be there. Philly library hardback
The Future's Not Ours to See by Jean Grainger - So full disclosure, I had no recollection of what this was about until I went back and read the goodreads synopsis - and I finished it within the last month. I read a lot of stuff, so that's not unusual, but still...zero recollection. Anyway this was one of those where the beginnings of everything were terrible but everything turned out inexplicably grand even though in real life it probably wouldn't have. Amazon kindle e-book
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover - Man. What some people do to their children is a fucking crime. This counts as one of those. Ignorance and fear are curses. It feels weird to say a book was good when it's about how their parents made their life freaking hard and awful for them most of the time. Philly library hardback
Not Worth It
Our House by Louise Candlish - I was very into this at first but man did it drag and drag and drag. Free ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book is available August 7.
Did Not Finish
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