Hello all! Trying to catch up on my reading log here on the blog. Wow, but time flies! And it's so easy to get behind.
OCTOBER
The Passengers by John Marrs: This was the book club pick of the month. It's in the distant future where driverless cars have been mandated. And suddenly, the cars take over and several passengers are headed for a death collision. And the public is forced to decide who to save. And the mystery of who's behind it all is revealed. It's pretty crazy! I gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for intrigue and intensity!
Heartstopper Volumes Two and Three by Alice Oseman: I read the first one earlier
in the year and got my hands on the next two and continued this series. It's the love story of Charlie and Nick and all their friends and high school things and just slice of life. I watched the Netflix show along with reading it have totally fallen in love with them. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab: Here's a popular book I finally got my hands on when I happened upon it at the library. What a great premise about a girl who sells her soul to the devil so she can live the life she's always wanted. Only the condition is that people forget her. Which is not quite what she's wanted. She is cursed with that forever and lives through a bunch of places and history until one day she finds someone who actually DOES remember her. And then it gets really interesting! The buzz about this one is spot on and I'm giving it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: I read this one in a day for Dewey's Readathon. It was our city-wide book pick for this year and I'm glad to have finally gotten to it. Geez that took awhile, lol! Probably as you all know, this one is about a firefighter who's job it is to go to houses and START fires, burning up books. And then one day, he gets a call and it's for his own house. Oh my word. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great classic dystopian that feels like it could happen now in our day and age any second. Sigh.
NOVEMBER
James by Percival Everett: I bought this one and was able to meet the author at the local university and have him sign it, even before I managed to read it! It's a returning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's point of view, and it's very poignant and heart wrenching and so powerful. Definitely ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me!
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel: November's book club, a non fiction book that reads like fiction and feels like fiction, because how can this really happen? It's about a dude who in the later 90s and early 2000's stole HUNDREDS of art pieces from various museums across Europe... in the middle of the day with no violence or weapons or anything. Just his girlfriend as a lookout. And they put all the things in their bedroom. And it's insane and the end of the story is even crazier. You have to read it to believe it. Ah, and we got to meet this author just a few weeks ago! He was fabulous! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heartstopper Volumes Four and Five by Alice Oseman: Just continuing the series until I finished! Book six (which is the finale) comes out this year! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Making It So by Patrick Stewart: Went to a concert in Vegas (not kpop so there) and listened to this during the drive. Being a pretty pick Star Trek fan, particularly The Next Generation, I found all his stories fascinating. He wasn't a perfect guy but he's lived quite the life. Wow. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DECEMBER
Two beta reads: My writing group is writing! And so once we all finished our books, we read each others and so I am counting these two toward my total. Both middle grade fantasy, one about the Scottish selkie legend, and one about Christmas. Loved them both. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Piranesi by Susanne Clarke: This was a re-read for me for our book club this month. I loved it just as much the second time through. Hard to say what this one is about and it's better to go in not knowing... if you haven't read this one yet. So good. But the reviews were mixed at book club and many thought it was boring. I am not one obviously. (I am realizing that I tend to be not on the same page with many book clubbers lately on what I find a great book. Hmmm....) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: a did a buddy read with Melinda at Web of Stories for this one! That was fun! It's about our girl Eleanor, who is a strange sort of person, and as we get to know her, we find out about her life and what might have contributed to her being a bit strange. And he learn, of course, that she is not at all completely fine. People say it's funny, and there are funny moments, but in the end it just kinda made me sad. Still, a great one and well written and lots to think about. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson: I wanted to re-read this one, a YA romance that I read WAY back in the day (pre blog, nearly pre internet) to see if it lived up to the hype in my mind. It didn't. I remember it being quite swoony. It wasn't really. Sigh. Sometimes this happens I suppose.⭐⭐⭐ The author has written many more things since then, all of them really awesome. And I can't wait to jump into her first one for adults... a romantasy called The Courting of Bristol Keats.
And that was my last book of 2024, which put me at 62 total books (counting the two beta reads!) I made my Goodreads goal! (You can check out my previous post where I crunched all the numbers) Here's to 2025!
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