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Post by cargem12 on Nov 6, 2021 11:51:06 GMT -6
I finished the Library at Mount Char last night. I donβt think I liked it, but I didnβt dislike it either? Very strange.
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Post by imapenguin on Nov 6, 2021 11:57:08 GMT -6
If you love Taylor Jenkins Reid I highly highly recommend Dava Shastriβs Last Day. It was reminiscent of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones, and Malibu Rising for me. It doesnβt come out until the end of the month, but preorder it and start it as soon as you can. If you have a netgalley account I believe it is still available there as well. So so good.
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Post by imapenguin on Nov 6, 2021 11:58:24 GMT -6
I stayed up all night reading The Love Hypothesis. 5 stars. Debut authors are killing it for me right now, but Iβm about to start November 9 on audio while I fold a massive pile of laundry. My first Colleen Hoover!
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Post by abs on Nov 6, 2021 12:09:50 GMT -6
If you love Taylor Jenkins Reid I highly highly recommend Dava Shastriβs Last Day. It was reminiscent of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones, and Malibu Rising for me. It doesnβt come out until the end of the month, but preorder it and start it as soon as you can. If you have a netgalley account I believe it is still available there as well. So so good. Thanks for the rec! It sounds fantastic. Added to my wishlist.
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Post by byjove on Nov 6, 2021 12:11:33 GMT -6
I just read Lucky You. Was it recommended here? Really interesting premise of someone that witnesses a crime and life through his eyes. I thought it was very powerful and will leave a lasting impression.
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Post by overboard on Nov 6, 2021 16:36:02 GMT -6
I borrowed Taylor jenkins Reid evidence of the affair from kindle unlimited. It was so dumb and predictable. Maybe this was one of her first? Currently reading Michael Connellyβs The poet.
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Post by wedding on Nov 6, 2021 16:50:05 GMT -6
I finished The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell and didnβt like it much at all. I either really love or really dislike her books.
I started The Chestnut Man and itβs really good so far. TW for blood/gore.
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Post by kayc on Nov 6, 2021 19:30:42 GMT -6
Has anyone read The Broken Girls by Simone St James? Iβm about a quarter of the way through and loving it. Except it is creeping me out so much I canβt read it before bed. And I listen to true crime podcasts and watch criminal minds and read thrillers all the time!
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Post by kayc on Nov 6, 2021 19:32:21 GMT -6
I finished The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell and didnβt like it much at all. I either really love or really dislike her books. I started The Chestnut Man and itβs really good so far. TW for blood/gore. I liked The Girls in the Garden enough. It felt slow though and I didnβt like the ending. I definitely like other books by her more.
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Post by mintyblueair on Nov 6, 2021 19:38:41 GMT -6
I ended up really liking The Chicken Sisters! I have no reason to compare it with The Invisible Husband of Frick Island except that they both seemed like light-hearted stories with similar goals (and I read them back to back), and The Chicken Sisters did well everything that Invisible Husband failed at. It had well developed, believable characters with distinctive voices, a setting that was fleshed out and that I felt I was "in", a plot that actually propelled itself forward, and some charming, insightful commentary on relationships and trying to find meaning in life. I'm glad I read it and it made me really want some fried chicken.
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Post by mintyblueair on Nov 6, 2021 19:39:23 GMT -6
And now I've started The Once and Future Witches. I'm only 50 pages in but I'm liking it so far.
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Post by mintyblueair on Nov 6, 2021 19:41:38 GMT -6
I finished The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell and didnβt like it much at all. I either really love or really dislike her books. I started The Chestnut Man and itβs really good so far. TW for blood/gore. I liked The Girls in the Garden enough. It felt slow though and I didnβt like the ending. I definitely like other books by her more. I remember liking it but I can't remember the ending π€¦ββοΈ I enjoy all of Lisa Jewell's books but they don't really stick with me, with the exception of The Truth About Melody Browne, which is a bit different from her others.
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Post by kayc on Nov 7, 2021 6:29:43 GMT -6
I liked The Girls in the Garden enough. It felt slow though and I didnβt like the ending. I definitely like other books by her more. I remember liking it but I can't remember the ending π€¦ββοΈ I enjoy all of Lisa Jewell's books but they don't really stick with me, with the exception of The Truth About Melody Browne, which is a bit different from her others. I havenβt read that one. Iβll have to check it out.
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Post by Lakes on Nov 7, 2021 7:36:40 GMT -6
My last couple books have been meh so I started November with a YA/MG book binge. Now I feel accomplished and reset. They were all enjoyable in different ways but The Blackbird Girls was the big standout. The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk Peace Maker by Joseph Bruchac The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin I loved all the cover art
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Post by thatgolfb on Nov 7, 2021 8:59:21 GMT -6
I think there were mixed reviews on Apples Never Fall, but it was actually one of the Liane Moriarty books that I enjoyed. I think it helps to understand how her twists usually play out, because it definitely quelled any disappointment I may have had lol.
I started In a Dark, Dark Wood instead of The Huntress. Enjoying it so far. On my Kindle, I started one of the Kindle First reads that I have had on there. I think itβs called Have We Met?
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Post by Notarobot on Nov 7, 2021 9:07:58 GMT -6
I just finished The Thursday Murder Club and it was so much fun! Made me want to be them when I grow up. So happy to see there is a sequel.
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Post by thatgolfb on Nov 7, 2021 9:12:31 GMT -6
I think Iβm getting The Last Rose of Shanghai for my Kindle First read this month. I am a sucker for WW2 historical fiction.
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Post by emmy on Nov 7, 2021 11:42:50 GMT -6
I finished The Ex Hex on Halloween (I think I saw someone recommend it here). It was cute, just what I was looking for at the time.
Now I'm reading Colleen Hoover's November 9. it's pretty good, I'm having a hard time putting it down at night and going to bed, which is always a good sign. Her stories always pull me in.
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Nov 7, 2021 16:34:29 GMT -6
I read 2 books both predictable and boring Every Vow You Break and Whisper Down the Lane.
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Post by snowyowl on Nov 7, 2021 17:36:21 GMT -6
It drives me crazy that my library only allows me to have four holds at a time on e-books. Iβm a fast reader, so I only have them on loan for a couple days. One of my holds has a 29 week waitβ¦ I donβt want to get out of line, but there are definitely books I want to put on hold that I could get sooner if it wasnβt taking up space.
Recent reads have mostly been really mediocre.
Read the two Lindsey Kelkβs my library has. One in a Million was a DNF for me, couldnβt get into it. I liked In Case You Missed It though.
I got a couple Jeannie Lin books in that big free book list someone posted awhile ago. I really, really liked both of them. Mystery/romance in China in 849 AD, and the other is similar, but also steampunk and set in the mid-1800s. Not like much else Iβve read. Unfortunately none of her stuff is in the ezone catalogue, but Iβll probably buy some.
Got To Sir, With Love off my holds last week. Itβs a Youβve Got Mail retelling. It was just ok. Then I selected Read Between the Lines as my Amazon first read, which is also a YGM retelling but with two women. Whoops. So far the latter is better, but I am only halfway through. I tend to find this plot device boring, though, because you know exactly whatβs coming.
I tried to read a book from a series about Cowbears (cowboys who shapeshift into bears, because of course). I hoped it would be funny bad. But it was just bad bad.
Deadline, about a witch/PI, was too boring to finish.
The Other Man, about a gay man in India a few years ago when they decriminalized homosexuality trying to balance his familyβs expectations against finding love. I couldnβt finish it, the main character was really hard to like, and the whole book was basically a monologue of his thoughts π΄
I need a genuinely good book to come my way. Maybe itβs time to buy some Jeannie Lin.
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Post by nelzie on Nov 7, 2021 18:08:03 GMT -6
It drives me crazy that my library only allows me to have four holds at a time on e-books. Iβm a fast reader, so I only have them on loan for a couple days. One of my holds has a 29 week waitβ¦ I donβt want to get out of line, but there are definitely books I want to put on hold that I could get sooner if it wasnβt taking up space. My library went up to 10 holds about a year or two ago and it made me so happy. But then even that wasn't enough so I also use my 8 year olds library card so I get another 10 holds, lol. She doesn't read ebooks so π€·π»ββοΈ I'm excited for my youngest to be old enough for her own card so I can steal her holds too π
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Post by snowyowl on Nov 7, 2021 19:23:49 GMT -6
snowyowl, YES! It used to be more (I think we're on the same system) before the pandemic, I think, or I might be losing it. Super inconvenient. Speaking of holds, my Hollow Places came up so I'll be reading that tonight. Spooky is going into Nov for me, largely because of holds lol. My 29 week hold is horror as well π Nothing but Blackened Teeth will be my spooky read for spring apparently.
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Post by imapenguin on Nov 7, 2021 19:26:08 GMT -6
It drives me crazy that my library only allows me to have four holds at a time on e-books. Iβm a fast reader, so I only have them on loan for a couple days. One of my holds has a 29 week waitβ¦ I donβt want to get out of line, but there are definitely books I want to put on hold that I could get sooner if it wasnβt taking up space. My library went up to 10 holds about a year or two ago and it made me so happy. But then even that wasn't enough so I also use my 8 year olds library card so I get another 10 holds, lol. She doesn't read ebooks so π€·π»ββοΈ I'm excited for my youngest to be old enough for her own card so I can steal her holds too π This is brilliant. Iβm pretty sure I can get my 6 year old her own library card nowβ¦
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Post by nelzie on Nov 7, 2021 19:29:32 GMT -6
My library went up to 10 holds about a year or two ago and it made me so happy. But then even that wasn't enough so I also use my 8 year olds library card so I get another 10 holds, lol. She doesn't read ebooks so π€·π»ββοΈ I'm excited for my youngest to be old enough for her own card so I can steal her holds too π This is brilliant. Iβm pretty sure I can get my 6 year old her own library card nowβ¦ Our library lets them get a card at 6!
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Post by imapenguin on Nov 7, 2021 19:39:30 GMT -6
This is brilliant. Iβm pretty sure I can get my 6 year old her own library card nowβ¦ Our library lets them get a card at 6! Ours is 5, I just checked! ETA, Iβm actually going to make MH take her and get them both a card.
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Post by byjove on Nov 7, 2021 19:48:46 GMT -6
Wow! That is so few. We can have 20 on hold- and with long waits for some books Iβve definitely gotten close to that- and I believe the same checked out.
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Post by junch817 on Nov 7, 2021 21:14:16 GMT -6
Is there anyway to get chosen for books if you try and create a Netgalley account but you really donβt do any sort of blogging? I think I started the sign up process twice but ended up stopping when I got to the part where you were supposed to (or maybe even required) to list your blogging site or IG account or whatever you have where you discuss/rate books. Iβm always so jealous when people say that read something early through NetGalley, but I also am just not big into book accounts, so I probably canβt do something like that right?
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Post by junch817 on Nov 7, 2021 21:23:32 GMT -6
I just read Lucky You. Was it recommended here? Really interesting premise of someone that witnesses a crime and life through his eyes. I thought it was very powerful and will leave a lasting impression. Who is the author? Iβm having trouble finding the book.
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Post by stayingblonde on Nov 7, 2021 23:02:48 GMT -6
Is there anyway to get chosen for books if you try and create a Netgalley account but you really donβt do any sort of blogging? I think I started the sign up process twice but ended up stopping when I got to the part where you were supposed to (or maybe even required) to list your blogging site or IG account or whatever you have where you discuss/rate books. Iβm always so jealous when people say that read something early through NetGalley, but I also am just not big into book accounts, so I probably canβt do something like that right? The purpose of NetGalley is to get advanced copies to librarians, booksellers, or book influencers to help promote the book before it goes on sale. There might be some publishers who approve you for books without being any of those things, but probably not. Because otherwise they're just giving you a free book and not getting anything in return.
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Post by byjove on Nov 8, 2021 5:43:15 GMT -6
I just read Lucky You. Was it recommended here? Really interesting premise of someone that witnesses a crime and life through his eyes. I thought it was very powerful and will leave a lasting impression. Who is the author? Iβm having trouble finding the book. Thatβs because the book is actually called How Lucky π€¦ββοΈ By Will Lietch
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