April Reading!⛈️🌬️📚

[tinyjoys]

I'm reading 30 Days in Paris and I'm very meh on it so far. It's okay, but not like DO NOT WANT TO PUT DOWN. I'm like 25% in and I think if I'm not fully invested by Wednesday, I'll start The American Housemate Experiment that just came in from the library.

[cnf]

Apr 22, 2024 14:54:01 GMT -6 nelzie said:

I'm about 40% into Daughter of Mine and I want to DNF. I'm bored.

I'm going to start Ghost Station instead. Both are due back in 3 days so if I don't get back to Daughter of Mine before then I guess the decision to dnf will be made for me, lol.

Let me know how Ghost Station is! My hold on that is long.

[marygracerich]

I both started and finished Divine Rivals. It was very good. I will start Ruthless Vows tomorrow.

[caer]

I read The Gathering and really enjoyed it. It’s not my typical read - it’s more fantasy/horror than thriller (it’s about vampires) but the writing was solid and it kept me interested.

I also read Drowning. I’ve been avoiding her books because I’m a nervous flyer but we don’t have any air travel coming up so it felt like a good time. But I was not a fan. I found the writing to be so cringey and cheesy. 2.5 stars rounded to 3.

I’m going to read Funny Story next. (Happy Emily Henry day to those that celebrate!)

[sudsy]

I’m starting A Thousand Splendid Suns. I am going to read it slowly to savor it, and I’m taking the time to look up the words I don’t know the translation to.

[overboard]

Apr 23, 2024 7:50:16 GMT -6 sudsy said:

I’m starting A Thousand Splendid Suns. I am going to read it slowly to savor it, and I’m taking the time to look up the words I don’t know the translation to.

I’ve debated reading this. I was so mad at the end of the kite runner.

I finished up Bride. I do like it a lot more than her other books, but the way she writes sex scenes makes me cringe so hard. There was a completely unnecessary conflict thrown in there which was irritating. I still flew through it.

I’m debating between starting mistborn or the lonely hearts club next.

[angelashly]

Happy World Book Day!!

[cdnfroggy]

Apr 22, 2024 12:06:11 GMT -6 cdnfroggy said:

I finished The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden and I quite enjoyed it - 4 stars. It was a really interesting take on the haunted house trope (and a couple of other ones, but they would be spoilers), and the Italian setting was fantastic.

I'm currently reading The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqui and am really enjoying it - unless it takes a weird turn I recommend it.

Quoting myself because I finished The Centre and the ending fell a bit flat for me. I still recommend it as it is a fascinating concept and it's a short read, but it won't be a on my top reads of the year.

[junch817]

Apparently there was a huge book convention called Readers Take Denver that happened over the weekend that was a huge shitshow. Completely overbooked (thousands of tickets with hundreds of authors, with only 2 days of 3 hours of signing time slots), rooms double booked, preorders never given out, books left in boxes in unlocked rooms for authors to move around themselves, stuff getting stolen……just a whole mess of an event. Rebecca Yarros made a really long post on Facebook about it, apologizing to everyone at the event, expressing her frustrations. It’s all over TikTok for anyone that wants to check it out.

[angelashly]

Apr 23, 2024 10:48:30 GMT -6 junch817 said:

Apparently there was a huge book convention called Readers Take Denver that happened over the weekend that was a huge shitshow. Completely overbooked (thousands of tickets with hundreds of authors, with only 2 days of 3 hours of signing time slots), rooms double booked, preorders never given out, books left in boxes in unlocked rooms for authors to move around themselves, stuff getting stolen……just a whole mess of an event. Rebecca Yarros made a really long post on Facebook about it, apologizing to everyone at the event, expressing her frustrations. It’s all over TikTok for anyone that wants to check it out.

Oh my

[blurnette989]

Man I just finished Prophet Song by Paul Lunch and while it was so good it was a heavy read. It follows the story of a family in Dublin when the government begins a full takeover and move into a dystopian nightmare. It was so visceral and frustrating and sad. I recommend it if you have the stomach for it. It hit pretty close to home in some ways.

Two child death

[caer]

I loved Funny Story. It was sweet and funny and I raced through it. I liked it a lot more than Happy Place. It reminded me a bit of Beach Read, which I know isn't everyone’s favorite, but that was a good thing for me.

I’m going to read Darling Girls next.

[abs]

Apr 24, 2024 3:55:27 GMT -6 caer said:

I loved Funny Story. It was sweet and funny and I raced through it. I liked it a lot more than Happy Place. It reminded me a bit of Beach Read, which I know it’s everyone’s favorite, but that was a good thing for me.

I’m going to read Darling Girls next.

I started Funny Story last night. I like it so far!

I DNF The Otherside of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn. Started interesting but got really boring really fast.

[angelashly]

I finished Darling Girls. It’s not my favorite. I felt it dragged and I didn’t feel for the characters.

[abs]

Apr 24, 2024 5:40:37 GMT -6 angelashly said:

I finished Darling Girls. It’s not my favorite. I felt it dragged and I didn’t feel for the characters.

That makes me sad. The thrillers I was looking forward to this year have all been disappointments so far.

[cakewench]

I've got Funny Story and Darling Girls on my hold list from the library, but it's triple digits for each (over 350 for Funny Story!) so probably going to be a while lol

[angelashly]

Apr 24, 2024 7:23:40 GMT -6 abs said:

Apr 24, 2024 5:40:37 GMT -6 angelashly said:

I finished Darling Girls. It’s not my favorite. I felt it dragged and I didn’t feel for the characters.

That makes me sad. The thrillers I was looking forward to this year have all been disappointments so far.

Same and it’s only April ::sigh::

[caer]

Apr 24, 2024 7:23:40 GMT -6 abs said:

Apr 24, 2024 5:40:37 GMT -6 angelashly said:

I finished Darling Girls. It’s not my favorite. I felt it dragged and I didn’t feel for the characters.

That makes me sad. The thrillers I was looking forward to this year have all been disappointments so far.

I know, same! So many new thrillers out this month and so far, most seem to be disappointing everyone.

[CestLaVie]

I finally finished A Little Life. It was five stars, a beautiful read. It took me forever to get through because it's pretty heavy.
I also recently finished The Witches of New York (pretty good) and The City Baker's Guide to Country Living (cute).

I am having a hard time getting into books because of FOMO lol. Like I start one, and then I want to start another.
I have Zero Days (Ruth Ware) on the go, as well as Fourth Wing.
I really want to get into The Women soon as well.

I caved and got myself the Kobo Libra Colour, and I am dying for that to arrive too. I think I am going to use some airmiles to get a Kobo gift card so that I can grab books for it.

So many books so little time!!

[byjove]

Apr 24, 2024 7:33:05 GMT -6 cakewench said:

I've got Funny Story and Darling Girls on my hold list from the library, but it's triple digits for each (over 350 for Funny Story!) so probably going to be a while lol

You should get a DC library card!

[CestLaVie]

I also just recently added Broward County to my easy to get library cards if you guys are looking for more haha.

[melohdy]

I finished The Other Half this morning and was solidly whelmed. It kept me reading because I wanted to know what happened; but the characters were all unlikeable and the ending was just meh.

[melohdy]

Oh and I also finished First Lied Wins and it was much more enjoyable

[icedcoffee]

I just finished Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough. She's the one who wrote Behind Her Eyes (excellent show and book for anyone who hasn't seen or read, btw).

I don't think I've ever read anything quite like that before. She is very good at making you think one thing all through the book and then switching everything at the end. But in a way that isn't rushed and still makes sense to the story. I'd give it 4 stars

[angelashly]

I picked up expiration dates last night. I got about 80 pages in. It’s ok so far

[bearfootzcontinued]

Last night DD was telling me about a conversation she had with her friends in their freshman English class and was ticked because one of the boys spoiled a book thinking she and another friend had already read it. But she was excited because following their discussion she had a long list of books to add to her TBR list.

I love that she's found her fellow book lovers.

[angelashly]

Apr 25, 2024 8:43:14 GMT -6 bearfootzcontinued said:

Last night DD was telling me about a conversation she had with her friends in their freshman English class and was ticked because one of the boys spoiled a book thinking she and another friend had already read it. But she was excited because following their discussion she had a long list of books to add to her TBR list.

I love that she's found her fellow book lovers.

I love this!

[leatherpants]

Watching my oldest develop a love of reading is one of my top joys of parenting. He’s been consuming the Percy Jackson books lately and he finished the second one and we didn’t have the third so he got it at the library. He read three chapters on the way to ball practice. His squeal of excitement at getting the book just makes my heart glow.

[jaygee]

Apr 23, 2024 10:48:30 GMT -6 junch817 said:

Apparently there was a huge book convention called Readers Take Denver that happened over the weekend that was a huge shitshow. Completely overbooked (thousands of tickets with hundreds of authors, with only 2 days of 3 hours of signing time slots), rooms double booked, preorders never given out, books left in boxes in unlocked rooms for authors to move around themselves, stuff getting stolen……just a whole mess of an event. Rebecca Yarros made a really long post on Facebook about it, apologizing to everyone at the event, expressing her frustrations. It’s all over TikTok for anyone that wants to check it out.

I got into some book tube videos on this today. Sounds like a complete shit show.

[jaygee]

Apr 23, 2024 9:33:13 GMT -6 overboard said:

Apr 23, 2024 7:50:16 GMT -6 sudsy said:

I’m starting A Thousand Splendid Suns. I am going to read it slowly to savor it, and I’m taking the time to look up the words I don’t know the translation to.

I’ve debated reading this. I was so mad at the end of the kite runner.

I finished up Bride. I do like it a lot more than her other books, but the way she writes sex scenes makes me cringe so hard. There was a completely unnecessary conflict thrown in there which was irritating. I still flew through it.

I’m debating between starting mistborn or the lonely hearts club next.

Fwiw, I really disliked The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Mountains Echoed by the same author are two of my favorite books all time. Just much better characters as the main characters. Heartbreaking but great reads.