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Post by nelzie on Mar 9, 2022 20:25:58 GMT -6
I've been super stressed lately and I've noticed the books I'm reading are not helping. I'm in the middle of three different thrillers. I need a fun romcom or something. Of course nothing on my TBR list is available.
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 9, 2022 20:29:46 GMT -6
I'm reading Taste Makers by Mayukh Sen. I am just getting into it, but it's about food and awesome women so that's right up my ally. I have Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse and the new Nora Roberts fantasy series on tap (I started the first book and kind of wandered away, which isn't a good sign. I just don't like fantasy that much.) I also found an Ann Rule book I hadn't read at Goodwill for when I need a campy break. I loved Taste Makers! |
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 9, 2022 20:32:37 GMT -6
I've been super stressed lately and I've noticed the books I'm reading are not helping. I'm in the middle of three different thrillers. I need a fun romcom or something. Of course nothing on my TBR list is available. I just had a conversation with a friend about being in a weird headspace and she was like, are you reading to many war stories? The last 4 books I’ve read have been some kind of war/refugee story, plus the news. I was like, yes, I will try a rom com. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2022 20:35:12 GMT -6
I've been super stressed lately and I've noticed the books I'm reading are not helping. I'm in the middle of three different thrillers. I need a fun romcom or something. Of course nothing on my TBR list is available. I'm stress reading non-fiction books by physicians about death, murder mysteries, and I just requested the ER Nurses book from the library, so I am not doing so hot in that department myself 😆 I have really enjoyed Andy Weir books as a distraction, I just finished Project Hail Mary, have read The Martian, and requested Artemis from the library. |
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Post by nelzie on Mar 9, 2022 20:49:14 GMT -6
I've been super stressed lately and I've noticed the books I'm reading are not helping. I'm in the middle of three different thrillers. I need a fun romcom or something. Of course nothing on my TBR list is available. I'm stress reading non-fiction books by physicians about death, murder mysteries, and I just requested the ER Nurses book from the library, so I am not doing so hot in that department myself 😆 I have really enjoyed Andy Weir books as a distraction, I just finished Project Hail Mary, have read The Martian, and requested Artemis from the library. Why do we do this to ourselves? Reading is usually a good escape for me even if reading about hard things but it's just hitting me different right now. All the covid bullshit, the war, and the awful shit week Iowa has had between the tornado deaths and the school shooting not to mention all the bullshit from our POS governor. My oldest is dealing with some minor but stressful health stuff too and so we cancelled our trip to visit the in-laws over during break. I need some escapism. I actually think I have Project Hail Mary from BOTM that I haven't gotten to yet. I loved The Martian. |
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 9, 2022 20:55:08 GMT -6
I'm stress reading non-fiction books by physicians about death, murder mysteries, and I just requested the ER Nurses book from the library, so I am not doing so hot in that department myself 😆 I have really enjoyed Andy Weir books as a distraction, I just finished Project Hail Mary, have read The Martian, and requested Artemis from the library. Why do we do this to ourselves? Reading is usually a good escape for me even if reading about hard things but it's just hitting me different right now. All the covid bullshit, the war, and the awful shit week Iowa has had between the tornado deaths and the school shooting not to mention all the bullshit from our POS governor. My oldest is dealing with some minor but stressful health stuff too and so we cancelled our trip to visit the in-laws over during break. I need some escapism. I actually think I have Project Hail Mary from BOTM that I haven't gotten to yet. I loved The Martian. Oh this is me 100% binging wwII and self help books 😬😬 |
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Post by stayingblonde on Mar 9, 2022 22:57:07 GMT -6
This is why I have read almost exclusively romance for the past 2+ years.
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Post by caer on Mar 10, 2022 4:31:28 GMT -6
I finished The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda and liked it. I gave it 3 stars but it’s closer to 3.5. I’m a sucker for a thriller set in Maine, but it definitely dragged in spots. I’m reading The Golden Couple now. I’m about 10% in and intrigued so far. The authors are hit and miss for me, so it could go either way but I’m liking it for now. I just started The Golden Couple today - so far it is really good! I am definitely into it … at least so far  Let me know what you think of it! I finished yesterday and ended up not liking it very much, unfortunately. |
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Post by abs on Mar 10, 2022 6:26:21 GMT -6
This is why I have read almost exclusively romance for the past 2+ years. Same. I had just gotten into historical fiction again and now Ukraine. Back to rom-coms. |
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Post by Minerva on Mar 10, 2022 6:31:01 GMT -6
Tessa Dare liked and replied to my tweet last night. 😁
I’m about 20% into Circe and very much digging it. I was able to get the Kindle version from Libby and am having a much easier time getting into it than when I was holding the hardcover. Yay for Kindle and library e-books!
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 10, 2022 7:48:13 GMT -6
This is why I have read almost exclusively romance for the past 2+ years. Yup! And some horror… the less realistic the better. |
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 10, 2022 7:53:08 GMT -6
The Switch, Beth O’Leary 4/5
It’s two romances in one, but the romance aspect took kind of a backseat to the other relationships between the characters. I liked it though. I often find books that include elderly characters and children reduce them to twee caricatures, and that happened a bit, but for the most part the people and relationships were interesting.
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Post by adelbert on Mar 10, 2022 7:55:05 GMT -6
I'm on ski holidays at the moment so haven't had much time to read but I started the debut horror novel The Watchers by A.M. Shine and it was so engaging that I finished it the same day. It was pretty good. I thought the language could be a bit too flowery and unnecessary but I feel like that can be common in a first novel.
Now I've just started the novel A Thousand Steps Into Night which according to the Goodreads blurb is a Japanese influenced fantasy brimming with demons, adventure, and plans gone awry. The book starts with a girl with no special powers she's just loud and I like that.
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Post by Lakes on Mar 10, 2022 8:43:15 GMT -6
Buzz by Thor Hanson picked up a little bit and ended up being an okay 3 stars. It covered native bees, not just honeybees so that was interesting. I would have liked it more if I hadn’t read it after The Beekeeper’s Lament.
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Post by loony on Mar 10, 2022 13:32:57 GMT -6
I randomly selected a YA debutant mystery out of "available" overdrive titles yesterday and flew through the first and am halfway through the second.
It is perfectly what I need after the Boob history memoir.
Little White Lies & Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 10, 2022 14:29:29 GMT -6
I finished Hannah Brown's book and it was ok.
This was my favourite goodreads review:
I came for the tea & all I got was… Jesus
that about sums it up
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Mar 10, 2022 14:37:08 GMT -6
I haven’t updated in a bit I read Best Wishes Warmest Regards about Schitt’s Creek and Welcome to Dunder Mifflin about The office both were good. I am trying to get through Ruin and Rising the 3rd book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy and ughhhh not enjoying it.
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Post by yellow711 on Mar 10, 2022 19:37:06 GMT -6
I just started The Golden Couple today - so far it is really good! I am definitely into it … at least so far Let me know what you think of it! I finished yesterday and ended up not liking it very much, unfortunately. Oh no! I am about half way through and still really like it |
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Post by nelzie on Mar 11, 2022 15:22:56 GMT -6
Thanks to the Harris County library card I just had 5 holds come in at once. I think I'm going to have to postpone some because I already have 4 audiobooks and 2 ebooks checked out.
Now to decide which ones:
My Heart is a Chainsaw
Girl In Ice
Mickey 7
The Paradox Hotel
Beneath the Stairs
And yes, I realize none of those fit my plan of reading lighter/rom com type books 🤦🏻♀️ I'm currently reading First Love, Take Two and I'm enjoying it so far.
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Post by melohdy on Mar 11, 2022 15:38:36 GMT -6
Holy crap. I just finished Verity this morning and I have to go back and see what was said here in the past when people read it. It was nowhere near what I was expecting. I found it incredibly disturbing but also really gripping and finished it really fast. It was horrifying, but also interesting...you know?
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Post by angelashly on Mar 11, 2022 15:46:16 GMT -6
Holy crap. I just finished Verity this morning and I have to go back and see what was said here in the past when people read it. It was nowhere near what I was expecting. I found it incredibly disturbing but also really gripping and finished it really fast. It was horrifying, but also interesting...you know? Yes to all that you said and I loved it |
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Post by melohdy on Mar 11, 2022 15:54:07 GMT -6
Holy crap. I just finished Verity this morning and I have to go back and see what was said here in the past when people read it. It was nowhere near what I was expecting. I found it incredibly disturbing but also really gripping and finished it really fast. It was horrifying, but also interesting...you know? Yes to all that you said and I loved it I was up until midnight reading and checked on my girls at least 3x while I was reading/before I went to sleep |
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Post by kittyriot on Mar 11, 2022 17:15:59 GMT -6
Everyone IRL keeps trying to get me to read Verity but I know it'll send me to a bad place so I just smile and nod 😂 Same. I know I can’t do this one. |
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Post by Lakes on Mar 12, 2022 6:21:29 GMT -6
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Post by Lakes on Mar 12, 2022 9:41:58 GMT -6
I finished my third bee book, Robbing the Bees by Holley Bishop. It was the best for the history of bee “domestication” and how it influenced cultures over the ages. My favorite chapters were on warfare, beeswax, and food/wine.
I have two more bee books checked out of the library but I’m going to change it up and start How Do You Live by Genzaburo Yoshino next.
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Post by icedcoffee on Mar 12, 2022 10:38:33 GMT -6
Oh man now I gotta add Verity to my list. I'm intrigued
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Post by thatgolfb on Mar 12, 2022 12:03:24 GMT -6
Omg. I just accidentally returned Butter Honey Pig Bread instead of In the Weeds, the book I am actually done with, nooooo. Ugh. I'm so annoyed with myself.
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Post by icedcoffee on Mar 12, 2022 12:04:28 GMT -6
Did anyone read The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher? I read it awhile ago and think about it often
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 12, 2022 13:23:09 GMT -6
The Amazon first read I chose was Cleopatra’s Dagger. It might be a DNF, I’m not loving it. I’m not really interested in the mystery yet, and there was a TW scene about 35% through that just seemed really tonally off compared to the rest of the book? I don’t know, maybe it’s just me. I found it jarring, like it belonged in a grittier book. The main character is sexually assaulted at her workplace, and presumably it will become part of the mystery because she never sees his face. |
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Post by angelashly on Mar 12, 2022 14:36:01 GMT -6
Did anyone read The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher? I read it awhile ago and think about it often Such a weird book |
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