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Post by cnf on Jul 9, 2024 10:02:34 GMT -6
I finished book 5 of the Blood and Ash series and now I’m very annoyed that book 6 doesn’t have a solid release date yet lol. I think I will start on the prequel series. cnf If you want another good fantasy series like the SJM ones, I recommend adding the From Blood and Ash series to your list! I have Reckless to read after SJM, then I really need to read the pile up happening in my Kindle, lol. Then, yes, I will read that series! |
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Post by emma on Jul 9, 2024 10:02:41 GMT -6
My reading is also much slower than last year, but I finished 5. The Phoenix Crown and the last MD were my favorite. I'm a quarter through The Rom-commers and enjoying it! Also about half way through our Wives Under the Sea. I let my Phoenix Crown hold lapse and go back to the library. I usually like Kate Quinn, but it just seemed so slow to me. I think I was like 40% in. I do think when my hold comes back in, I will resume. that one was by far my least favourite of hers. I also found it slow and overall it was meh for me. |
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Post by fb on Jul 9, 2024 11:54:01 GMT -6
I need to figure out how to read AND listen to two different books. I've been on an audio kick, but dug out my kindle to start eye reading again...but the thought of listening to one and reading another just blows my mind.
Currently listening to ACOMAF and I'm a little over halfway through.
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Post by boxerific on Jul 9, 2024 12:39:04 GMT -6
I’m going through a rom com phase after DNFing too many other genres. I finished Yours Truly at the end of last month without realizing it was a trilogy. So now I’m reading Part of Your World. I’m not a big rom-commer, but I like Abby Jimenez. In between, I read another Elsie Silver book that was kinda meh. I'm reading them in order. I loved Part of Your World. LOVED. And I was thrilled to learn that Yours Truly centered on Bri, because she was a freaking delight. I just finished it this morning and was a little disappointed in it overall, but am looking forward to book 3. |
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Post by emma on Jul 9, 2024 14:27:06 GMT -6
I need to figure out how to read AND listen to two different books. I've been on an audio kick, but dug out my kindle to start eye reading again...but the thought of listening to one and reading another just blows my mind. Currently listening to ACOMAF and I'm a little over halfway through. I find it easier if I have 2 very different books. If they are similar styles or the same genre then the context switching can be hard. Right now I am reading a sci-fi novel and listening to a non fiction about momfluencer culture so it’s easy to jump between listening and reading |
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Post by byjove on Jul 9, 2024 14:39:45 GMT -6
I let my Phoenix Crown hold lapse and go back to the library. I usually like Kate Quinn, but it just seemed so slow to me. I think I was like 40% in. I do think when my hold comes back in, I will resume. that one was by far my least favourite of hers. I also found it slow and overall it was meh for me. I actually really liked the slow burn character development and sense of place (I did audio, maybe that helped?) but there were several plot holes for me and I thought the ending of everyone pointing at the bad guy and saying he's a bad guy was lame. |
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Post by byjove on Jul 9, 2024 14:40:54 GMT -6
I need to figure out how to read AND listen to two different books. I've been on an audio kick, but dug out my kindle to start eye reading again...but the thought of listening to one and reading another just blows my mind. Currently listening to ACOMAF and I'm a little over halfway through. I find it easier if I have 2 very different books. If they are similar styles or the same genre then the context switching can be hard. Right now I am reading a sci-fi novel and listening to a non fiction about momfluencer culture so it’s easy to jump between listening and reading This is how I roll- certain types of books I just prefer to read on my kindle. I try to keep them very different, but it always amazes me how many connections I end up making between them! |
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Post by cnf on Jul 9, 2024 16:11:40 GMT -6
I find it easier if I have 2 very different books. If they are similar styles or the same genre then the context switching can be hard. Right now I am reading a sci-fi novel and listening to a non fiction about momfluencer culture so it’s easy to jump between listening and reading This is how I roll- certain types of books I just prefer to read on my kindle. I try to keep them very different, but it always amazes me how many connections I end up making between them! This is my usual format of reading too. I do rom coms at bedtime and whatever else during the day. Except right now while I'm binging SJM. I'll return to my regular reading habits eventually, lol. |
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Post by caer on Jul 9, 2024 17:27:44 GMT -6
I finished 3 thrillers recently and I liked (but didn’t love) all of them. I read Middle of the Night by Riley Sager, The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley and If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finley. The reviews for these were all pretty bad but I honestly enjoyed them all. Maybe because I didn’t like the previous books from each of the authors, my expectations were low?
I have 4 more thrillers from the library but I’m going to try to squeeze in a romcom, Under Your Spell, first.
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Post by willow on Jul 9, 2024 17:59:11 GMT -6
cnf I know you’re reading them quickly but are you glad you went into the TOG series? It is really hard for me to pick my fave protagonist between CC and TOG (Feyre is always last lol).
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Post by cnf on Jul 9, 2024 18:58:39 GMT -6
cnf I know you’re reading them quickly but are you glad you went into the TOG series? It is really hard for me to pick my fave protagonist between CC and TOG (Feyre is always last lol). Yes! I'm loving them! I'm already like a third of the way through the fourth book then I'll jump back to read CC3. I'm definitely loving Aelin though! |
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Post by boxerific on Jul 10, 2024 5:36:38 GMT -6
I need to figure out how to read AND listen to two different books. I've been on an audio kick, but dug out my kindle to start eye reading again...but the thought of listening to one and reading another just blows my mind. Currently listening to ACOMAF and I'm a little over halfway through. I find it easier if I have 2 very different books. If they are similar styles or the same genre then the context switching can be hard. Right now I am reading a sci-fi novel and listening to a non fiction about momfluencer culture so it’s easy to jump between listening and reading Same. If I'm listening to a romcom, I have to be physically reading a thriller. I need totally different genres so that I don't confuse the characters or plots. |
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Post by angelashly on Jul 10, 2024 14:56:17 GMT -6
I find it easier if I have 2 very different books. If they are similar styles or the same genre then the context switching can be hard. Right now I am reading a sci-fi novel and listening to a non fiction about momfluencer culture so it’s easy to jump between listening and reading Same. If I'm listening to a romcom, I have to be physically reading a thriller. I need totally different genres so that I don't confuse the characters or plots. This is what I’m doing too. I don’t do it often but when i do they have to be different Physical: the only one left Kindle: The right move |
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Post by cakewench on Jul 11, 2024 8:26:38 GMT -6
I finished Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia the other day. I thought it was a really good mystery/horror, actually quite unsettling/disturbing but in a way that made me want to keep reading, if that makes sense.
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Post by origami on Jul 11, 2024 8:49:05 GMT -6
I listened to all of Dave Grohl’s memoir on a very long drive on Sunday and it was SO good. I know it’s called the storyteller but was surprised at how good a storyteller he is.
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Post by Pizzaslut on Jul 11, 2024 9:44:33 GMT -6
I wasn't in the mood for Addie LaRue so I stopped that and moved on to Court of Mist & Fury. I am listening to it and I don't know why but I HATE the way the narrator does the voice for Rhys and Cassian. I might have to just read the book if I can't get over it.
Also, I have to read When Women Were Dragons for Sunday for my book club so I'm starting that today.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 11, 2024 9:57:58 GMT -6
I'm just a book spazz. I have a nightstand book, a living room book, a pool book and a park book going most of the time. I read a lot but it takes a while to finish one whole book that way. IDK, it works for me.
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Post by emma on Jul 11, 2024 10:27:28 GMT -6
I finished The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt and really enjoyed it. It was fast and fun and everything I needed to break my slump, I wish i didn’t have to wait until February for book 2 in the series
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Post by cdnfroggy on Jul 11, 2024 11:33:41 GMT -6
I finally finished Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes and it was ok. The pacing felt off for me some reason and it also felt a bit repetitive. Read more like a thriller in space with small doses of sci-fi horror. I preferred Dead Silence by the author, but I will still check out the next thing she writes.
I just starting Blood on the Tide, a fantasy romance by Katee Robert and like it - it's the second in a new series by her and she rarely disappoints.
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Post by angelashly on Jul 11, 2024 12:45:15 GMT -6
The trailer for The Perfect Couple by Elin came out today and it looks good!
I may need to reread it before watching
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Post by angelashly on Jul 11, 2024 12:45:57 GMT -6
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Post by Pizzaslut on Jul 11, 2024 12:48:52 GMT -6
I haven't read the Perfect Couple. I may have to before the movie comes out.
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Post by angelashly on Jul 11, 2024 12:54:21 GMT -6
I haven't read the Perfect Couple. I may have to before the movie comes out. I gave it a 4 star but it’s been a few years |
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Post by dc2london on Jul 11, 2024 13:25:18 GMT -6
That looks really good! I loved Eve Hewson in Bad Sisters. |
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Post by DGM on Jul 11, 2024 13:55:22 GMT -6
I listened to all of Dave Grohl’s memoir on a very long drive on Sunday and it was SO good. I know it’s called the storyteller but was surprised at how good a storyteller he is. I am on a waitlist for his mom's book. I didn't even realize he had a memoir himself LOL. |
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 11, 2024 18:51:19 GMT -6
I'm just a book spazz. I have a nightstand book, a living room book, a pool book and a park book going most of the time. I read a lot but it takes a while to finish one whole book that way. IDK, it works for me. Same lol. I have one million books going at a time (in reality, 3-5). |
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 11, 2024 18:54:20 GMT -6
I’m currently reading, in various stages:
A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3), Karin Slaughter- Kindle
A Covenant of Water (on hold)- audio
The Frozen River- just started on audio
Swan Song- hardback
Paused books due to not being in the mood for those particular books- The Phoenix Crown, Pride and Prejudice, A Girl Called Samson
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 11, 2024 18:54:42 GMT -6
The trailer for The Perfect Couple by Elin came out today and it looks good! I may need to reread it before watching It looks good! I remember liking the book. |
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Post by dc2london on Jul 11, 2024 18:55:34 GMT -6
I'm just a book spazz. I have a nightstand book, a living room book, a pool book and a park book going most of the time. I read a lot but it takes a while to finish one whole book that way. IDK, it works for me. Same lol. I have one million books going at a time (in reality, 3-5). If I am being truly honest, it can be as much as -fiction audiobook -nonfiction audiobook -fiction nightstand book that i take everywhere I go -nonfiction nightstand book -fiction car/playground book -fiction pool bag book -fiction living room book |
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Post by dc2london on Jul 11, 2024 18:57:02 GMT -6
My current reads are
audio- The Heiress
audio - The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
physical:
Max and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Say More
Dial A for Aunties
The Other Mothers
and finishing up Funny Story
I may need medication.
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