It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Button
" data-orig-size="474,356" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" aperture="aperture" /> Hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. Here is what I read the week ending 16 July 2018. To learn more about each book, just click on the book cover!It was not the greatest reading week; I found myself drawn into a new game on my phone instead. However, the books I read were good ones, so the week was not a total loss.
FINISHED SINCE THE LAST UPDATE:
Book Cover Image: Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
" data-orig-size="264,400" sizes="(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: Ain’t She a Peach by Molly Harper
" data-orig-size="258,400" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: The Ever After by Sarah Pekkanen
" data-orig-size="271,400" sizes="(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px" aperture="aperture" />Marisha Pessl’s newest novel is phenomenal. There is so much to it that I could see it being a fantastic book club selection. Between the Neverworld, the mystery, the group dynamics, the boarding school, life and death, and wealth’s privileges, the discussions one could have are endless. I was thoroughly engrossed by the story and cannot stop thinking about what Ms. Pessl has to say about living. I hope others pick this one up to read and love it as much as I did.
Molly Harper is a comfort read, and I adore the McCready family. Enough said.
I have heard some rather negative things about Sarah Pekkanen’s latest novel. However, I really liked it. Its subject is not an easy one, by any means, but I like how honest she is about marriages and life. The fact of the matter is that marriage is hard, and when you have children and have been together for a while, it is so easy to stop seeing your partner. I like how she does not excuse adultery, but I like how she tackles this very sticky subject. It made me think about the state of my own marriage; any time a book affords you an opportunity to reflect on your own life makes said book a good one in my mind.
DID NOT FINISH:
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CURRENT READ:
Book Cover Image: The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
" data-orig-size="265,400" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" aperture="aperture" />CURRENT LISTEN:
Book Cover Image: The Outsider by Stephen King
" data-orig-size="263,400" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px" aperture="aperture" />This is going to take an eternity for me to finish at my current listening speed, but I can’t not listen to it.
NEXT UP:
June Review Copies:
Book Cover Image: Eden Conquered by Joelle Charbonneau
" data-orig-size="265,400" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: The Completionist by Siobhan Adcock
" data-orig-size="265,400" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: Providence by Caroline Kepnes
" data-orig-size="263,400" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: The Dependents by Katherine Dion
" data-orig-size="258,400" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
" data-orig-size="264,400" sizes="(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas
" data-orig-size="265,400" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" aperture="aperture" />Book Cover Image: Remind Me Again What Happened by Joanna Luloff
" data-orig-size="266,400" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" aperture="aperture" />So, what are you reading?