TW hated My Name is Lucy Barton. She said it was like reading one long run on sentence, which makes no sense. There’s a lot of punctuation in the book. I get it though. It was an odd little book and pretty depressing, too. Poverty and abuse and poverty and, well, it was an odd little book.
I didn’t hate it. But, I didn’t love it, either.
Oh. Hahaha. It was long listed for a Mann Booker. That explains everything. Really.
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Oops. Well not really. I knew it would be a light month with two separate trips plus Michelle Belle coming to visit. Still. Eight total. Oy.
2 were audiobooks
2 were YA
NO non-fiction, sheesh
April will be better.
The Mothers was so good. I mean really good. The characters were amazing – real and flawed, as they should be. And the story felt real every step of the way. I didn’t want it to end and I wanted to follow these characters for another five years to see what happens to them, next.
It’s been awhile since I read a cozy so I really enjoyed The Darkness Knows. 1930s radio, in Chicago — yep, I enjoyed that. I’m not so sure how I feel about either main character and I’m really not sure how I felt about how quickly their relationship progressed. Four days? Really? Hmmmm. I’ll probably read the next one and see how I feel about it after that.
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We still love to listen to the #1 Ladies Detective Agency on audio and I really enjoyed Precious and Grace. We spent more time with all of the different secondary characters in this book and those were some great moments.
I also found myself yelling out loud about the puff adder and about Violet. Gah! Gah! No! No!
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First, I have no idea who this author is or why some people were so disappointed with Road to Paradise. It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t that bad (except the end. The end was annoying.) Some of the things people seem to be complaining about were things I found interesting. The religious discussions. I liked those.
I also enjoyed thinking about what a road trip in 1980 would be like for a couple (ok, three) teen girls. It was a fun reminder of how much life has changed. How the hell did we manage road trips back then? We did, clearly, but good grief — life is better now, lol. Paper maps are annoying. No ATM machines. No cell phones. Gah. Life is definitely better now.
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I decided another Holly Black book was in order and went with vampires… The Coldest Girl in Coldtown and while I still prefer her faerie books, I enjoyed this one quite a bit.
Interesting characters, Gavriel’s insanity was a nice change for a vampire “hero.” The bloggers and vloggers and video feeds creating a weird connection between Coldtowns and the rest of the world was an interesting concept, too. I could see that happening. Absolutely.
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Boy, ain’t that the truth… there’s absolutely too much “connection” going on. (I say that with some sarcasm, true as it may be.) Crosstalk was pretty good, though I admit to rolling my eyes a bit, in places. Let me just go on record as saying I don’t want my phone to help me communicate telepathically. I also do not want brain surgery that helps me “connect” more with my partner.
NO THANK YOU.
Rick Yancey makes me cringe with the gore sometimes but I’m way too invested in Will Henry and must find out what happens next. So… Isle of Blood happened.
I liked this one more than the last book. Will Henry is growing up and, well… becoming Will Henry. One more book to go. I’m a little worried.
Since we spend a lot of time pondering “the ways of the country folk” I thought I needed to read The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living and it was cute. Fun to read with just enough quirk to make me happy.
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