MochaDrinker
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70/200- Rethinking Narcissism by Craig Malkin
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camreesmom
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13/15
Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
I LOVED this book! I thought it would be confusing going back and forth with the two scenarios but it wasn't at all.
From Amazon:
From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold—with stunningly different results.
At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence in her best friend Gabby’s guestroom. Shortly after getting back to town, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan.
Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she’s ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Hannah hesitates. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan?
In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. As the two alternate realities run their course, Maybe in Another Life raises questions about fate and true love: Is anything meant to be? How much in our life is determined by chance? And perhaps, most compellingly: Is there such a thing as a soul mate?
Hannah believes there is. And, in both worlds, she believes she’s found him.
Next up: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (yes, another one by her)
Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
I LOVED this book! I thought it would be confusing going back and forth with the two scenarios but it wasn't at all.
From Amazon:
From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold—with stunningly different results.
At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence in her best friend Gabby’s guestroom. Shortly after getting back to town, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan.
Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she’s ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Hannah hesitates. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan?
In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. As the two alternate realities run their course, Maybe in Another Life raises questions about fate and true love: Is anything meant to be? How much in our life is determined by chance? And perhaps, most compellingly: Is there such a thing as a soul mate?
Hannah believes there is. And, in both worlds, she believes she’s found him.
Next up: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (yes, another one by her)
MochaDrinker
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71/200-Dial Down the Drama by Colleen o'grady
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22/50 - Remember Me?
When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed.
When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed.
MochaDrinker
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72/200-Super Mind by dr Norman Rosenthal
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I tried to read this book but gave up. It never caught my interest.
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I'm studying for the CPA exam so not a lot of fun reading for me this year. (I start my next class on July 9th.) However, I did just go through this thread and added a bunch of books to my "Wish List".
I just finished Outlander book 7 and won't start 8 until I pass my exams, or December when I take a month off from studying/tests. In the meantime I'm reading After You, which I'm really enjoying and hope to finish in the next day or so. And this long weekend I will read The Nightingale. Other than that my reading is courtesy of Becker. :/
Happy reading, everyone!
Oh, I should just copy 3boysmom and Christine's reading lists because we have a lot of the same taste in books.
I just finished Outlander book 7 and won't start 8 until I pass my exams, or December when I take a month off from studying/tests. In the meantime I'm reading After You, which I'm really enjoying and hope to finish in the next day or so. And this long weekend I will read The Nightingale. Other than that my reading is courtesy of Becker. :/
Happy reading, everyone!
Oh, I should just copy 3boysmom and Christine's reading lists because we have a lot of the same taste in books.
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Finished book #37/65 - Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
I wasn't thrilled with this book. I didn't really connect with the main character and some events didn't seem believable. The big reveal towards the end felt more like a cheap trick which left me not happy about the whole story. Even the little blurb below is misleading and false. I would say don't bother with this one.
Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe—who had been brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The provocative question at the heart of the mystery: Can you believe everything you see with your own eyes, even when you desperately want to? To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband—and herself.
Finished book #38/65 - The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
This book was underwhelming, boring, and sad. I read it b/c I saw it was going to be a movie. This is one of those stories where the movie will be better than the book.
Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art.
Their children called it mischief.
Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents’ madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents’ strange world.
When the lives they’ve built come crashing down, brother and sister have nowhere to go but home, where they discover that Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance -– their magnum opus -– whether the kids agree to participate or not. Soon, ambition breeds conflict, bringing the Fangs to face the difficult decision about what’s ultimately more important: their family or their art.
I wasn't thrilled with this book. I didn't really connect with the main character and some events didn't seem believable. The big reveal towards the end felt more like a cheap trick which left me not happy about the whole story. Even the little blurb below is misleading and false. I would say don't bother with this one.
Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe—who had been brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The provocative question at the heart of the mystery: Can you believe everything you see with your own eyes, even when you desperately want to? To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband—and herself.
Finished book #38/65 - The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
This book was underwhelming, boring, and sad. I read it b/c I saw it was going to be a movie. This is one of those stories where the movie will be better than the book.
Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art.
Their children called it mischief.
Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents’ madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents’ strange world.
When the lives they’ve built come crashing down, brother and sister have nowhere to go but home, where they discover that Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance -– their magnum opus -– whether the kids agree to participate or not. Soon, ambition breeds conflict, bringing the Fangs to face the difficult decision about what’s ultimately more important: their family or their art.
Kirby
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33/80 - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. There, before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess, and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard - a growing Red rebellion - even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays the only certainty is betrayal.
This sweeping story of palace intrigue, class hierarchy, and deception will keep readers hurtling along, desperate to find out Mare's fate. Her honesty and determination, quick wit, and no-holds-barred attitude will surely make readers fall in love with her.
I literally devoured this book. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. There, before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess, and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard - a growing Red rebellion - even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays the only certainty is betrayal.
This sweeping story of palace intrigue, class hierarchy, and deception will keep readers hurtling along, desperate to find out Mare's fate. Her honesty and determination, quick wit, and no-holds-barred attitude will surely make readers fall in love with her.
I literally devoured this book. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
Patricia721
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Oh wow, Becker was my "required reading" quite a few years ago. Best of luck on the CPA!
FlightlessDuck
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I forgot how much I don't like Mary Shelly's writing style...
Ah, well.
Ah, well.
I loved this book! I can't wait to read the next one!!
WowLookAtThat
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Book #30 Desire and Surrender by Katherine Sutcliffe
Book #31 A Spoiled Christmas Bride by Emma Morgan
Book #32 A Clever Christmas Bride by Emma Morgan
Book #33 Reader, I married Him by Tracy Chevalier
Book #34 The Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
Book #35 One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey
Book #36 Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey
Book #37 The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
Book #38 The Duke's Guide to Good Behavior by Meg Frampton
Book #39 The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Adler
Book #40 Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz
Book #41 Charlotte and Leopold by James Chambers
MochaDrinker
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73/200-Troublemaker by Leah Remini
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#40 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
From Goodreads: The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in)
I enjoy Bryson's writing style and this was no exception. It was in turns educational, inspiring, insightful, and laugh out loud funny, and a fun read overall.
#41 Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
From Goodreads: From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?
It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course.
But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming.
With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank'sListen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.
This one was kind of the opposite - well researched, well documented, but slow at times and terribly disheartening. A chronicle of problems without any suggestions for solutions or vision for a better way forward, the book was basically just a long-winded and well-supported lament for all the problems with the American two party system in the modern era. I know that is the author's style - observation and commentary, not analysis or solutions - but I found this one much more depressing than What's Wrong With Kansas.
From Goodreads: The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in)
I enjoy Bryson's writing style and this was no exception. It was in turns educational, inspiring, insightful, and laugh out loud funny, and a fun read overall.
#41 Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
From Goodreads: From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?
It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course.
But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming.
With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank'sListen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.
This one was kind of the opposite - well researched, well documented, but slow at times and terribly disheartening. A chronicle of problems without any suggestions for solutions or vision for a better way forward, the book was basically just a long-winded and well-supported lament for all the problems with the American two party system in the modern era. I know that is the author's style - observation and commentary, not analysis or solutions - but I found this one much more depressing than What's Wrong With Kansas.
MochaDrinker
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74/200-The Joy of Half a Cookie by Jean Kristeller
nemofans
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Finished book #39/65 - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
This book is only 160 or so pages, so it's a very quick read. Interesting idea, children who disappear end up in a land where they most belong (sort of like Narnia). This story is about those children who are sent back to normal life from their mysterious lands. The boarding school is to help those children cope and adjust. I did like hearing about those lands, but it wasn't enough for me. I wish the story brought the reader to one or more of those lands. The story does get a bit creepy too.
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.
But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.
No matter the cost.
Finished book #40/65 - In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
This wasn't as creepy as I thought it was going to be. The main character can't remember what happened so you get bits and pieces as the story goes along. It's somewhat predictable which kept it from being a creepy story. The characters' reasons for their actions are a little juvenile, especially the murder. "Hen Do" is new to me which I guess is what England calls a bachelorette party.
In a dark, dark wood
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back.
There was a dark, dark house
Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her?
And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room
But something goes wrong. Very wrong.
And in the dark, dark room....
Some things can’t stay secret for ever.
This book is only 160 or so pages, so it's a very quick read. Interesting idea, children who disappear end up in a land where they most belong (sort of like Narnia). This story is about those children who are sent back to normal life from their mysterious lands. The boarding school is to help those children cope and adjust. I did like hearing about those lands, but it wasn't enough for me. I wish the story brought the reader to one or more of those lands. The story does get a bit creepy too.
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.
But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.
No matter the cost.
Finished book #40/65 - In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
This wasn't as creepy as I thought it was going to be. The main character can't remember what happened so you get bits and pieces as the story goes along. It's somewhat predictable which kept it from being a creepy story. The characters' reasons for their actions are a little juvenile, especially the murder. "Hen Do" is new to me which I guess is what England calls a bachelorette party.
In a dark, dark wood
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back.
There was a dark, dark house
Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her?
And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room
But something goes wrong. Very wrong.
And in the dark, dark room....
Some things can’t stay secret for ever.
MochaDrinker
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74/200-Flappers by Judith Mackrell
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