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Post by motherofdachshunds on Mar 1, 2022 19:02:54 GMT -6
Hi! I’ve been lurking these threads for recommendations so I should probably start participating (although I don’t think I read nearly as much as most of you). I read two books in February:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 5/5 Monday’s Not Coming 3.5/5
I was totally gripped by Monday’s Not Coming until the last handful of chapters when the plot started sounding very similar to a true crime case, which it doesn’t appear that the author acknowledges (at least I couldn’t find anything online where she does). That kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
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Post by loony on Mar 1, 2022 19:53:17 GMT -6
If you like the writing of Alix Harrow - pick up the novela Autobiography of a traitor and a half savage.
We’ll researched and I wanted to highlight almost the whole thing. Will be buying a hard copy.
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Post by loony on Mar 1, 2022 20:11:18 GMT -6
Hi! I’ve been lurking these threads for recommendations so I should probably start participating (although I don’t think I read nearly as much as most of you). I read two books in February: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 5/5 Monday’s Not Coming 3.5/5 I was totally gripped by Monday’s Not Coming until the last handful of chapters when the plot started sounding very similar to a true crime case, which it doesn’t appear that the author acknowledges (at least I couldn’t find anything online where she does). That kind of rubbed me the wrong way. There was a very recent semi-local case that mirrors this book much later than it was published. So I think that this crime is an abhorrent thing that happens and is something that more common than anyone wants to admit. 😞
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 1, 2022 20:51:24 GMT -6
16 reads and two DNFs this month.
February reads:
The Fallen Stones 3.5/5 The Astronaut and the Star 4/5 Pachinko 5/5 (just saw they are making a mini series of this, don’t think my heart could handle it!) The Book of Eels 4/5 Something Fabulous 2/5 (this was so disappointing, I loved Boyfriend Material) The Anthropocene Reviewed 4/5 The Inheritance Games 4.5/5 99 Percent Mine 4/5 (with the caveat that I totally get why many people hated it) The Fastest Way to Fall DNF, got too bored to finish it. The Honey-Don’t List 3.5/5 Meet Cute DNF Fix Her Up 2.5/5 Loud Mouth 3/5
At this point I got annoyed by combing through my library’s available books while waiting for my holds. @minerva posted about a Tessa Dare book and I realized I read all her stuff years ago and I’d probably forgotten the plots. So I’ve been rereading from my kindle. They are in the general 3 to 3.5 area for me, but not a bad way to pass the time waiting for my holds. Romancing the Duke A Week to be Wicked A Lady by Midnight Any Duchess Will Do Beauty and the Blacksmith
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Post by loony on Mar 1, 2022 20:56:42 GMT -6
16 reads and two DNFs this month. February reads: The Fallen Stones 3.5/5 The Astronaut and the Star 4/5 Pachinko 5/5 (just saw they are making a mini series of this, don’t think my heart could handle it!) The Book of Eels 4/5 Something Fabulous 2/5 (this was so disappointing, I loved Boyfriend Material) The Anthropocene Reviewed 4/5 The Inheritance Games 4.5/5 99 Percent Mine 4/5 (with the caveat that I totally get why many people hated it) The Fastest Way to Fall DNF, got too bored to finish it. The Honey-Don’t List 3.5/5 Meet Cute DNF Fix Her Up 2.5/5 Loud Mouth 3/5 At this point I got annoyed by combing through my library’s available books while waiting for my holds. @minerva posted about a Tessa Dare book and I realized I read all her stuff years ago and I’d probably forgotten the plots. So I’ve been rereading from my kindle. They are in the general 3 to 3.5 area for me, but not a bad way to pass the time waiting for my holds. Romancing the Duke A Week to be Wicked A Lady by Midnight Any Duchess Will Do Beauty and the Blacksmith I never did Romance as a genre until recently, so Tessa Dare is solidly in my waiting for something-fill-a-day reads.
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Post by motherofdachshunds on Mar 1, 2022 21:05:50 GMT -6
Hi! I’ve been lurking these threads for recommendations so I should probably start participating (although I don’t think I read nearly as much as most of you). I read two books in February: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 5/5 Monday’s Not Coming 3.5/5 I was totally gripped by Monday’s Not Coming until the last handful of chapters when the plot started sounding very similar to a true crime case, which it doesn’t appear that the author acknowledges (at least I couldn’t find anything online where she does). That kind of rubbed me the wrong way. There was a very recent semi-local case that mirrors this book much later than it was published. So I think that this crime is an abhorrent thing that happens and is something that more common than anyone wants to admit. 😞 Oh wow, now I’m afraid to Google.
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Post by overboard on Mar 1, 2022 21:20:39 GMT -6
snowyowl any duchess will do is one of my favorites. I don’t know if I could watch pachinko either. Tessa Dare is ok, but Lisa Kleypas is the best.
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 1, 2022 21:37:17 GMT -6
I just saw the next season of Bridgerton is coming out this month. I cannot WAIT to see what they do with Anthony’s story. Not my favorite book (not my least favorite, good lord To Sir Phillip with Love is so bad). But after first season, I trust Shonda Rhimes to smooth over the rough edges and make it great.
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Post by overboard on Mar 1, 2022 22:00:31 GMT -6
I just saw the next season of Bridgerton is coming out this month. I cannot WAIT to see what they do with Anthony’s story. Not my favorite book (not my least favorite, good lord To Sir Phillip with Love is so bad). But after first season, I trust Shonda Rhimes to smooth over the rough edges and make it great. I actually love Anthony and Kate’s book, but I think I’m in the minority on that. I cannot wait for her to get under his skin. Anthony is a big old teddy bear to me.
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 1, 2022 22:12:30 GMT -6
I just saw the next season of Bridgerton is coming out this month. I cannot WAIT to see what they do with Anthony’s story. Not my favorite book (not my least favorite, good lord To Sir Phillip with Love is so bad). But after first season, I trust Shonda Rhimes to smooth over the rough edges and make it great. I actually love Anthony and Kate’s book, but I think I’m in the minority on that. I cannot wait for her to get under his skin. Anthony is a big old teddy bear to me. I didn’t dislike it, but it probably 5th on the list of the 8 books. The underlying plot device keeping the couple apart in The Duke and I (Daphne’s book) and The Viscount Who Loved Me (Anthony’s book) just generally bugged me. Simon was definitely more annoying though. the whole “I cannot love! I won’t let myself! Because of my dad issues!” trope tends to bug me. Julia Quinn gives both men decent reasons to be the way they are, but Anthony was always more sympathetic to me than Simon (well before he was played by Rege Jean Paul). . But I think handled well, Anthony’s backstory could easily transform him from the insufferable ass from first season into a great leading man. I have no doubt Kate will be great, she’s a solid character from the beginning.
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Post by overboard on Mar 1, 2022 22:22:01 GMT -6
snowyowl have you read the afterword for Anthony’s book? She explains more about the fear men have who’s father dies young My ranking is: anthony/Kate, Penelope/Colin, Simon/Daphne, hyacinth/gareth and then all the rest. I swear I could have a reading thread for just regency romance. 🤣
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Post by nelzie on Mar 2, 2022 0:39:51 GMT -6
Just finished Greenwich Park. It was meh.
The library must have gotten more copies of The Paris Appartment because I'm allowed to renew now so I'm going to read The Violence next instead.
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Post by adelbert on Mar 2, 2022 4:58:34 GMT -6
I am in awe of all of your reading. I am still on the same book that I has been on forever If you're not enjoying it I would set it aside. I notice that when it's taking me forever to read a book (and it isn't dense non-fiction) then normally it just isn't the right time for me to read that specific book.
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Post by byjove on Mar 2, 2022 7:37:06 GMT -6
snowyowl any duchess will do is one of my favorites. I don’t know if I could watch pachinko either. Tessa Dare is ok, but Lisa Kleypas is the best. I prefer Lisa Kleypas too. I would watch Pachinko.
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Post by wedding on Mar 2, 2022 8:15:00 GMT -6
16 reads and two DNFs this month. February reads: The Fallen Stones 3.5/5 The Astronaut and the Star 4/5 Pachinko 5/5 (just saw they are making a mini series of this, don’t think my heart could handle it!) The Book of Eels 4/5 Something Fabulous 2/5 (this was so disappointing, I loved Boyfriend Material) The Anthropocene Reviewed 4/5 The Inheritance Games 4.5/5 99 Percent Mine 4/5 (with the caveat that I totally get why many people hated it) The Fastest Way to Fall DNF, got too bored to finish it. The Honey-Don’t List 3.5/5 Meet Cute DNF Fix Her Up 2.5/5 Loud Mouth 3/5 At this point I got annoyed by combing through my library’s available books while waiting for my holds. @minerva posted about a Tessa Dare book and I realized I read all her stuff years ago and I’d probably forgotten the plots. So I’ve been rereading from my kindle. They are in the general 3 to 3.5 area for me, but not a bad way to pass the time waiting for my holds. Romancing the Duke A Week to be Wicked A Lady by Midnight Any Duchess Will Do Beauty and the Blacksmith I joined the Harris County Public Library in Houston that was posted a couple of weeks ago and it has been amazing! They allow 27 holds and have so much more available. www.hcpl.net/services/card-account and it is the I-know Digital access card. You only get them for 14 days so I have had to postpone some when they come available. That's the only drawback.
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 2, 2022 8:54:39 GMT -6
snowyowl have you read the afterword for Anthony’s book? She explains more about the fear men have who’s father dies young My ranking is: anthony/Kate, Penelope/Colin, Simon/Daphne, hyacinth/gareth and then all the rest. I swear I could have a reading thread for just regency romance. 🤣 I did read that afterword, and while I got what she was going for, Anthony’s affliction felt very… literal to me, I guess? I’m thinking they can make it more nuanced in the show. My ranking goes something like: Colin and Penelope Benedict and Sophie Francesca and Michael Hyacinth and Garett Anthony and Kate Simon and Daphne Eloise and Phillip Gregory and Lucy And I could totally talk about romances all day, I have so many opinions 😂
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Post by starrynight on Mar 2, 2022 8:55:04 GMT -6
I joined the Harris County Public Library in Houston that was posted a couple of weeks ago and it has been amazing! They allow 27 holds and have so much more available. www.hcpl.net/services/card-account and it is the I-know Digital access card. You only get them for 14 days so I have had to postpone some when they come available. That's the only drawback. Do you give them your real address? Or is it really open to anyone across the country?
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Post by boxerific on Mar 2, 2022 9:15:12 GMT -6
I've had a slow start to the year. I need to pick up the pace if I'm going to meet my Goodreads challenge this year!
February reads: Crying in H Mart - 4 stars A Flicker in the Dark - 4 stars Goodnight Beautiful - 2.5 stars Between Two Kingdoms - 4 stars
I'm currently reading: Rock Paper Scissors (audiobook) Shiver (physical book)
Books I have on hold and am looking forward to: Nine Lives The Paris Apartment What Happened to the Bennetts The Night Shift
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Post by flippinchica on Mar 2, 2022 9:19:07 GMT -6
I have had a slow month for reading, I did read 3 Tessa Dare books, the Girl Meets Duke series Gabrielle Union We are going to need more wine, entertaining and easy to read Foreverland by Heather Havrilesky, totally relatable but drags in parts I am Halfway through Bourdain on Audiobook and enjoying it
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Post by byjove on Mar 2, 2022 9:30:59 GMT -6
snowyowl have you read the afterword for Anthony’s book? She explains more about the fear men have who’s father dies young My ranking is: anthony/Kate, Penelope/Colin, Simon/Daphne, hyacinth/gareth and then all the rest. I swear I could have a reading thread for just regency romance. 🤣 I did read that afterword, and while I got what she was going for, Anthony’s affliction felt very… literal to me, I guess? I’m thinking they can make it more nuanced in the show. My ranking goes something like: Colin and Penelope Benedict and Sophie Francesca and Michael Hyacinth and Garett Anthony and Kate Simon and Daphne Eloise and Phillip Gregory and Lucy And I could totally talk about romances all day, I have so many opinions 😂 UO is that Francesca's is my favorite. Eloise's was my biggest disappointment. But as said above, I'm more hopeful for how Rhonda handles her.
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Post by gingy on Mar 2, 2022 9:40:10 GMT -6
I feel like my ranking is similar to snowyowl. I need to go back and see how I rated the books in Goodreads. I love Anthony in the first season of the show, so I'm hopeful for his storyline.
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 2, 2022 10:27:27 GMT -6
I did read that afterword, and while I got what she was going for, Anthony’s affliction felt very… literal to me, I guess? I’m thinking they can make it more nuanced in the show. My ranking goes something like: Colin and Penelope Benedict and Sophie Francesca and Michael Hyacinth and Garett Anthony and Kate Simon and Daphne Eloise and Phillip Gregory and Lucy And I could totally talk about romances all day, I have so many opinions 😂 UO is that Francesca's is my favorite. Eloise's was my biggest disappointment. But as said above, I'm more hopeful for how Rhonda handles her. I really like Francesca’s book! It just felt very separate from the rest of the series. I liked that her story acknowledged that you can love your big, happy family, but not everyone wants to be immersed in that all the time. Eloise was definitely the biggest disappointment, but she is such a fun character on the show I think they will do better.
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Post by emma on Mar 2, 2022 10:29:30 GMT -6
I joined the Harris County Public Library in Houston that was posted a couple of weeks ago and it has been amazing! They allow 27 holds and have so much more available. www.hcpl.net/services/card-account and it is the I-know Digital access card. You only get them for 14 days so I have had to postpone some when they come available. That's the only drawback. Do you give them your real address? Or is it really open to anyone across the country? im an e-card carrying member of the Harris County library as I sit here in Alberta, Canada. According to their registration I live in Hollywood, Texas, 90210
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Post by brux on Mar 2, 2022 10:45:49 GMT -6
I just started and finished The Wife and The Widow by Christian White in the last day.
I went into Libby to look for another book by the author Christan White, and the first result Libby gave me was the Sarah Huckabee Sanders book.
Lollll. I guess it's a Christian White book if there ever was one.
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Post by caer on Mar 2, 2022 10:51:10 GMT -6
I just started and finished The Wife and The Widow by Christian White in the last day. I went into Libby to look for another book by the author Christan White, and the first result Libby gave me was the Sarah Huckabee Sanders book. Lollll. I guess it's a Christian White book if there ever was one. Omg lol.
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Post by wedding on Mar 2, 2022 11:02:28 GMT -6
I joined the Harris County Public Library in Houston that was posted a couple of weeks ago and it has been amazing! They allow 27 holds and have so much more available. www.hcpl.net/services/card-account and it is the I-know Digital access card. You only get them for 14 days so I have had to postpone some when they come available. That's the only drawback. Do you give them your real address? Or is it really open to anyone across the country? I used my real address.
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Post by wedding on Mar 2, 2022 11:04:07 GMT -6
I just started and finished The Wife and The Widow by Christian White in the last day. I went into Libby to look for another book by the author Christan White, and the first result Libby gave me was the Sarah Huckabee Sanders book. Lollll. I guess it's a Christian White book if there ever was one. I really enjoyed The Wife and The Widow.
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Post by brux on Mar 2, 2022 11:07:41 GMT -6
I just started and finished The Wife and The Widow by Christian White in the last day. I went into Libby to look for another book by the author Christan White, and the first result Libby gave me was the Sarah Huckabee Sanders book. Lollll. I guess it's a Christian White book if there ever was one. I really enjoyed The Wife and The Widow. Same! I kind of wish I had read it in paper, because I think I needed to flip back and re-read some parts. I was googling for spoilers and explanations in the last hour of the audiobook because I must've not been paying close enough attention.
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