Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 27/30 So I read another Rick Riordan book after I said I was going to stop, but I just get so curious! And this is the first Middle Grade book he’s written in FOREVER that isn’t about demigods, and it’s a play on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which I used to love when I was a kid. And it was good! I didn’t love it, because it’s not for me, but I did like it, and […]
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 26/30 I’m sad that I’m rating this three stars, but it’s representative of my experience listening to the audiobook. If/when I re-read, I think I will like it better. Also, when I see where the story is going in book three. Sad face. My biggest takeaway from this book is that I found it extremely difficult to make everything that was happening cohere into a story in my mind. Everything felt so disconnected, and so I was […]
Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels, #5.5) by Ilona Andrews
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 25/30 I spent most of this book angry with Raphael, and I don’t think the book (or Raphael) did enough groveling to get me back to liking him the same way I did before, though Andrea doesn’t seem to be having that issue by the end. I just really wanted him to acknowledge that although Andrea didn’t behave perfectly, either, he was the one that bailed on their relationship first, and he was the one who lashed […]
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 24/30 This one was a long time coming. I’ve owned it for years, and recommended it to a handful of friends, most of whom were confused why I was recommending a book to them I hadn’t read, but I know about books even if I haven’t read them! And they liked it! So! This is the second book of two that I had on my TBR that was about a woman getting a head injury and losing […]
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 23/30 This was great. I’m not normally a fan of celebrity memoirs, because in my experience the books are often being written just because the celebrity wants to write a book, and there’s no literary reason for the book to exist. I don’t mean that in a snobby way, but more in the way that said celebrities just don’t have anything to say, or they think they have something to say but they are often wrong. Alison Arngrim […]
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 22/30 This was really good, but I was able to connect the dots easier than I think the author wanted me to. If twists were all this book had going for it, I wouldn’t have liked it, but other elements were just as important if not more. In fact, I’d rather have a thriller/mystery with substance than twists that surprised me, although it’s fun when you can have both (I have one of those waiting to be […]
