Finished 4/20, The Girl on the Train, over the weekend. Unfortunately, I didn't particularly enjoy it, which seems to be the norm for me lately. I don't know if it's because I didn't particularly like any of the characters, which made me not really be invested in what happened to them or how they ended up, or because I read so many mysteries and watch so many mystery/thriller movies and television shows that I usually tend to figure out plot twists and/or who the killer is pretty early on, but it just wasn't my thing. I've started Me Before You and it's okay so far-since it's not a mystery, maybe I'll enjoy it a little more.
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FlightlessDuck
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5 of 12: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman.
Technically, this is actually Neil's fifth short story collection if you include Angels & Visitations (out of print) and M is for Magic (YA).
It was a collection of good to pretty great stories. While they were stories that area available elsewhere, I hadn't read any of them. Neil isn't really that great with poetry (with the exception of the wonderful "Instructions"), so I found the poems to the be the weakest part of the book. There were 24 stories in total (more if you count the "A Calendar of Tales" as more than one story). My favorite stories were "The Thing About Cassandra", "The Sleeper and the Spindle", "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", "Nothing O'Clock", "Orange", and "Black Dog".
Up next: Star Wars: A New Dawn, which is a novel about how the main characters in the Star Wars Rebels tv show meet.
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Technically, this is actually Neil's fifth short story collection if you include Angels & Visitations (out of print) and M is for Magic (YA).
It was a collection of good to pretty great stories. While they were stories that area available elsewhere, I hadn't read any of them. Neil isn't really that great with poetry (with the exception of the wonderful "Instructions"), so I found the poems to the be the weakest part of the book. There were 24 stories in total (more if you count the "A Calendar of Tales" as more than one story). My favorite stories were "The Thing About Cassandra", "The Sleeper and the Spindle", "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", "Nothing O'Clock", "Orange", and "Black Dog".
Up next: Star Wars: A New Dawn, which is a novel about how the main characters in the Star Wars Rebels tv show meet.
SallySkelington
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#7: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from Goodreads:
I'm so behind on my reading. I keep picking up different books and going to another when I get bored. It took me forever to get through this one, for whatever reason I wasn't in the mood for it but I plunged on anyways.
Excerpt from Goodreads:
I'm so behind on my reading. I keep picking up different books and going to another when I get bored. It took me forever to get through this one, for whatever reason I wasn't in the mood for it but I plunged on anyways.
Soldier's*Sweeties
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#12
The Reef
Nora Roberts
I couldn't remember if I had read this Nora Roberts book or not, so I decided to pick it up(again? LOL).
It was okay. A typical Nora Roberts stand alone novel. I felt like the last third of the book really dragged on.
The Reef
Nora Roberts
I couldn't remember if I had read this Nora Roberts book or not, so I decided to pick it up(again? LOL).
It was okay. A typical Nora Roberts stand alone novel. I felt like the last third of the book really dragged on.
willowsnn3
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#29 Rebel Heart by Moira Young
This is the second in the Dustlands trilogy. I liked it better than the first so I am looking forward to the next one. I just put it on hold at the library so hopefully it will be available soon.
#29 Rebel Heart by Moira Young
This is the second in the Dustlands trilogy. I liked it better than the first so I am looking forward to the next one. I just put it on hold at the library so hopefully it will be available soon.
nemofans
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Finished book #31 - A Desperate Fortune by Suzanna Kearsley
I really liked this book. The chapters alternate between Sara, in present day, who is hired to decipher a diary and Mary, the owner of the diary, from 1732. Usually when there are 2 stories going on in a book I find myself really enjoying one and bored with the other. Not this book! I loved both stories of Sara and Mary. I recommend reading this book as both women's stories pulled me in.
For nearly three hundred years, the cryptic journal of Mary Dundas has kept its secrets. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas travels to Paris to crack the cipher.
Jacobite exile Mary Dundas is filled with longing-for freedom, for adventure, for the family she lost. When fate opens the door, Mary dares to set her foot on a path far more surprising and dangerous than she ever could have dreamed.
As Mary's gripping tale of rebellion and betrayal is revealed to her, Sara faces events in her own life that require letting go of everything she thought she knew-about herself, about loyalty, and especially about love. Though divided by centuries, these two women are united in a quest to discover the limits of trust and the unlikely coincidences of fate.
Next book: The Memory House
I really liked this book. The chapters alternate between Sara, in present day, who is hired to decipher a diary and Mary, the owner of the diary, from 1732. Usually when there are 2 stories going on in a book I find myself really enjoying one and bored with the other. Not this book! I loved both stories of Sara and Mary. I recommend reading this book as both women's stories pulled me in.
For nearly three hundred years, the cryptic journal of Mary Dundas has kept its secrets. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas travels to Paris to crack the cipher.
Jacobite exile Mary Dundas is filled with longing-for freedom, for adventure, for the family she lost. When fate opens the door, Mary dares to set her foot on a path far more surprising and dangerous than she ever could have dreamed.
As Mary's gripping tale of rebellion and betrayal is revealed to her, Sara faces events in her own life that require letting go of everything she thought she knew-about herself, about loyalty, and especially about love. Though divided by centuries, these two women are united in a quest to discover the limits of trust and the unlikely coincidences of fate.
Next book: The Memory House
Christine
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#10/50 - Mean Streak by Sandra Brown
This is the first Sandra Brown book I've read and it was pretty good. It sort of have a "Nora Roberts" flair to it but a little less "girly" if that makes sense. Fast paced storyline and interesting plot. It's not literary masterpiece but is a good read in between some of the heavier books.
Now reading: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast.
This is the first Sandra Brown book I've read and it was pretty good. It sort of have a "Nora Roberts" flair to it but a little less "girly" if that makes sense. Fast paced storyline and interesting plot. It's not literary masterpiece but is a good read in between some of the heavier books.
Now reading: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast.
zippitydoo
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Book #30 of 50: Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster
From Goodreads:
When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships create a combustible and dangerous situation. When the horrible truth is uncovered it can save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both.
From Goodreads:
When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships create a combustible and dangerous situation. When the horrible truth is uncovered it can save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both.
SallySkelington
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#8: Wreckage by Emily Blecker
From GoodReads:
It was actually pretty good. It was the first book that I listened to on audio and it was hard to put down.
From GoodReads:
It was actually pretty good. It was the first book that I listened to on audio and it was hard to put down.
nemofans
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Finished book #32 - The Memory House by Linda Goodnight
This book has 2 alternating stories, one in present day and one during Civil War times. Both about women overcoming difficulties in their lives. This could be described as an uplifting love story, but there was a big flaw that bothered me with the present day story of Julia. I can't go into detail, but as a mother myself, I don't think I could ever move on in her situation. I know resolution doesn't always happen in real life so I accept that, but not her happiness in her new life.
Memories of motherhood and marriage are fresh for Julia Presley—though tragedy took away both years ago. Finding comfort in the routine of running the Peach Orchard Inn, she lets the historic, mysterious place fill the voids of love and family. No more pleasure of a man's gentle kiss. No more joy in hearing a child call her Mommy. Life is calm, unchanging…until a stranger with a young boy and soul-deep secrets shows up in her Tennessee town and disrupts the loneliness of her world.
Julia suspects there's more to Eli Donovan's past than his motherless son, Alex. There's a reason he's chasing redemption and bent on earning it with a new beginning in Honey Ridge. Offering the guarded man work renovating the inn, she glimpses someone who—like her—has a heart in need of restoration. But with the chance discovery of a dusty stack of love letters buried within the lining of an old trunk, the long-dead ghosts of a Civil War romance envelop Julia and Eli, connecting them to the inn's violent history and challenging them both to risk facing yesterday's darkness for a future bright with hope and healing.
Next book: Inside the O'Briens
This book has 2 alternating stories, one in present day and one during Civil War times. Both about women overcoming difficulties in their lives. This could be described as an uplifting love story, but there was a big flaw that bothered me with the present day story of Julia. I can't go into detail, but as a mother myself, I don't think I could ever move on in her situation. I know resolution doesn't always happen in real life so I accept that, but not her happiness in her new life.
Memories of motherhood and marriage are fresh for Julia Presley—though tragedy took away both years ago. Finding comfort in the routine of running the Peach Orchard Inn, she lets the historic, mysterious place fill the voids of love and family. No more pleasure of a man's gentle kiss. No more joy in hearing a child call her Mommy. Life is calm, unchanging…until a stranger with a young boy and soul-deep secrets shows up in her Tennessee town and disrupts the loneliness of her world.
Julia suspects there's more to Eli Donovan's past than his motherless son, Alex. There's a reason he's chasing redemption and bent on earning it with a new beginning in Honey Ridge. Offering the guarded man work renovating the inn, she glimpses someone who—like her—has a heart in need of restoration. But with the chance discovery of a dusty stack of love letters buried within the lining of an old trunk, the long-dead ghosts of a Civil War romance envelop Julia and Eli, connecting them to the inn's violent history and challenging them both to risk facing yesterday's darkness for a future bright with hope and healing.
Next book: Inside the O'Briens
Christine
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#11/50 - Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant - A Memoir, by Roz Chast.
This was an interesting book. I picked it up after reading a Washington Post article on Ann Perry (or was it Ann Tyler???) about some of her favorite books. This was one of them and very unusual. When you get the book, it looks like a "textbook" for a high school student. The first half of the book is illustrated like a comic book (this really threw me and I wasn't sure I wanted to go on with it), but it was an easy read in that format. The author is an illustrator so this was her favorite medium. The story is about her journey with her 90+ year old parents as they lost their independence. It described her role as a caretaker (only child), what's in store for those of us who can't do it at home, the costs, the indignities, etc. It's a very depressing subject but the author had enough "gallows" humor throughout that it helped, but it clearly spoke to the realities of the situation many of us face.
The second half of the book was much less comic-book like and more narrative, but lots of illustrations (some funny). It only took me 2 days to get through. I recommend this highly if you need an easy read and are facing something like this yourself.
This was an interesting book. I picked it up after reading a Washington Post article on Ann Perry (or was it Ann Tyler???) about some of her favorite books. This was one of them and very unusual. When you get the book, it looks like a "textbook" for a high school student. The first half of the book is illustrated like a comic book (this really threw me and I wasn't sure I wanted to go on with it), but it was an easy read in that format. The author is an illustrator so this was her favorite medium. The story is about her journey with her 90+ year old parents as they lost their independence. It described her role as a caretaker (only child), what's in store for those of us who can't do it at home, the costs, the indignities, etc. It's a very depressing subject but the author had enough "gallows" humor throughout that it helped, but it clearly spoke to the realities of the situation many of us face.
The second half of the book was much less comic-book like and more narrative, but lots of illustrations (some funny). It only took me 2 days to get through. I recommend this highly if you need an easy read and are facing something like this yourself.
WowLookAtThat
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Book #38 The Royals by Kitty Kelly
Book #39 A Western Romance by Morris Fenris
Book #40 The Royal We by Heather Cooks
willowsnn3
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#30 The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes
From Goodreads:
"Ever since the night of the incident with Luke Willis, the preacher’s son, sophomore Hallelujah Calhoun has been silent. When the rumors swirled around school, she was silent. When her parents grounded her, she was silent. When her friends abandoned her … silent.
Now, six months later, on a youth group retreat in the Smoky Mountains, Hallie still can’t find a voice to answer the taunting. Shame and embarrassment haunt her, while Luke keeps coming up with new ways to humiliate her. Not even meeting Rachel, an outgoing newcomer who isn’t aware of her past, can pull Hallie out of her shell. Being on the defensive for so long has left her raw, and she doesn’t know who to trust.
On a group hike, the incessant bullying pushes Hallie to her limit. When Hallie, Rachel, and Hallie’s former friend Jonah get separated from the rest of the group, the situation quickly turns dire. Stranded in the wilderness, the three have no choice but to band together."
I really liked this book. One of the best so far this year.
#30 The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes
From Goodreads:
"Ever since the night of the incident with Luke Willis, the preacher’s son, sophomore Hallelujah Calhoun has been silent. When the rumors swirled around school, she was silent. When her parents grounded her, she was silent. When her friends abandoned her … silent.
Now, six months later, on a youth group retreat in the Smoky Mountains, Hallie still can’t find a voice to answer the taunting. Shame and embarrassment haunt her, while Luke keeps coming up with new ways to humiliate her. Not even meeting Rachel, an outgoing newcomer who isn’t aware of her past, can pull Hallie out of her shell. Being on the defensive for so long has left her raw, and she doesn’t know who to trust.
On a group hike, the incessant bullying pushes Hallie to her limit. When Hallie, Rachel, and Hallie’s former friend Jonah get separated from the rest of the group, the situation quickly turns dire. Stranded in the wilderness, the three have no choice but to band together."
I really liked this book. One of the best so far this year.
threeboysmom
Living the dream - near Disney!
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Hmmm, been a while since I've been on this thread. Still plugging away with the Outlander series - about 100 pages left in Echo in the Bone and then just 1 more book!
Finished The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes. I absolutely LOVE this author! She just has this easy writing style that makes her stories so effortless to read. I will confess that even though I loved this book, the subject matter makes it a little difficult for me to recommend. I feel like adultery was glorified in this book with the 2 major plotlines centering around it. Still captured my attention though and captured my heart - I couldn't put it down.
Finished The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes. I absolutely LOVE this author! She just has this easy writing style that makes her stories so effortless to read. I will confess that even though I loved this book, the subject matter makes it a little difficult for me to recommend. I feel like adultery was glorified in this book with the 2 major plotlines centering around it. Still captured my attention though and captured my heart - I couldn't put it down.
threeboysmom
Living the dream - near Disney!
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Currently reading #2 in the Wayward Pines series... and watched the TV debut yesterday. The characters didn't match up for me (do they ever? lol), and I felt they were rushing through the storyline a bit... but overall I think it has potential. What did you all think?
Christine
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I also feel that way about characters that go from books to TV/movies. One show that really seems to nail it, though, is Outlander.
threeboysmom
Living the dream - near Disney!
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It's REALLY bad when you finish the book and you still can't remember if you've read it before!
PigletsPal2
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Goal: 30 books this year.
#17 - Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd. Inspector Ian Rutledge is summoned to the quiet, isolated Fen county to solve a series of seemingly unconnected murders in this, the 16th Rutledge mystery.
#18 - Lady Catherine, the Earl and the Real Downton Abbey. A contemporary history of Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of Catherine Wendell, one of its most famous inhabitants.
Queen Colleen
#17 - Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd. Inspector Ian Rutledge is summoned to the quiet, isolated Fen county to solve a series of seemingly unconnected murders in this, the 16th Rutledge mystery.
#18 - Lady Catherine, the Earl and the Real Downton Abbey. A contemporary history of Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of Catherine Wendell, one of its most famous inhabitants.
Queen Colleen
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