whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 10::goal 25}

I debated on how many hearts
to give this book.

The writing was pretty good but,
occasionally, in places,
it felt forced…
like…too much…
it reminded me of how I loved books like
VC Andrews and SE Hinton when I was a teenager
but, now, the writing makes me
cringe
just a little…
it’s just trying a tiny bit too hard.

But…the story totally carried me along
and held me til the end.

In the end, I gave it

4 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
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whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 9::goal 25}

This book.

Wow.

This book.

This book broke my heart
into a million jagged little pieces
and then stomped all over them
with big black combat boots
and then
melted it all back together again
and left me a
jumbled crying mess.

I fell in love with this book…
the story, the intensity, the brutal descriptions
contrasting so sharply against the
tender moments….

Read this one.
(and when I rated it in the log I keep on my phone,
I rated it with five broken hearts).

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 8::goal 25}

I love when I am sad to finish a good book
(Where the Crawdads Sing)
but then my next rebound book is
so good
it takes away the sting of turning the
last page of the awesome book you just finished.

The Dry is full of great writing,
interesting characters, a quick storyline
that pulls you along
and kinda breaks your heart in places…
I read this one in a very short
period of time
because
I couldn’t put it down.

I would definitely read more by Jane Harper.

5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE NIGHTINGALE - KRISTIN HANNAH

whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 7::goal 25}

I probably wouldn’t have noticed this book
if it hadn’t been for Reese Witherspoon
(who I adore by the way and now I kinda wanna
watch Sweet Home Alabama again…)
and her Hello Sunshine bookclub…

Anyway, I digress…often…heh.

I will just tell you
that I loved this book.
Loved.
Like capital L loved it.
Her writing was beautiful.
I adored the characters and might have had a
small crush on Tate.

(To be added to my list of crushes on fictional characters:
Gilbert Blythe and Mowgli from the Jungle Book)
(Again, I digress…)

The writing, the story, the characters…
everything was just flawlessly and poignantly beautiful.
Go read this one.
Do it.
When have I steered you wrong?
Ok…there was that one time but
you promised you wouldn’t bring
that up again…
heh.
(what? oh yeah. I digressed. Again.)

5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE DRY - JANE HARPER

whatcha readin' 2019 {book 6::goal 25}

When I went back and looked at my quick “book-notes”
that I sometimes make when reading a book
because a) I am totally a geek and b) I immediately forget a book
after I have finished reading it so I always like to have something
to refresh my memory, I found this:
”The whole part about being in your 40’s and realizing
that this situation requires a grown up to handle it,
and realizing that YOU are the grown up” really hit home
for me. This happens to me all the time and I love knowing that I am not alone
in feeling inadequate and panicky and soooo not prepared.

Also
”Will my mind ever catch up to my face?”
which I just talked about with a best friend last night….
how it seems improbable that you will ever feel your age.

I definitely do not feel my age.
I’m not saying I don’t look it, but…I definitely don’t feel it.
somehow I thought at pretty much 50…I mean really…
I may as well say I am 50 now…
I would have thought that I would’ve felt
wiser…more secure…less anxious…confident.

Anyway. This is not to self diagnose my neuroses.
That’s a whole other blog post.
:)

I enjoyed this book. It was ok. The part about the threesome was…
surprising. Otherwise, it was amusing and relatable (except
the part about the threesome…just…clarifying…not relatable…haha)
I am not sure that I will go back and read her other books
as they are about parenting and I’m beyond that stage…
:)

4 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥'s

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