January Book Log - open to all

[Anonymous]

I’m reading Stolen Focus again and really enjoying it. Ironically, I find it hard to sit down and read it because I get distracted, but that’s more about me than the book. LOL.

[Anonymous]

1. Our wives under the sea. Liked it more at the beginning than the end, but still is the kind of emotionally resonant body horror combo that i like. 7/10

2. I’m glad my mom died. Liked this more as it went on. A quick read despite the topic. 6/10

3. Ms Mohr goes missing. Interesting setting (turn of the century warsaw) but story was boring. 5/10

4. Mad honey. A quick read but I struggled with the violence/controlling behavior. I think you can also tell that it has two authors. 4/10

5. The latinest. I hated the main antagonist (so good job, i guess)? But overall not great. 4/10

6. The eighth detective. A twisty story but also forgettable (and the reveal at the end is a little stagey). 5/10

7. The good sister. OK mystery, some good character development. 5/10

[Anonymous]

I just finished "Enemy Women" by Paulette Jiles.
It was okay. I give it a 4.5
Paulette Jiles writes Civil War era novels. I watched the movie "News of the World" starring Tom Hanks about 6 months ago, and enjoyed the movie, so then I downloaded the book, written by Paulette Jiles. I enjoyed that. So then I downloaded "Simon the Fiddler, also written by the same author. I liked that one too. "Enemy Women" was the third novel I have read by this author, and this one just didn't grab me. At the beginning of each chapter was some true historical documentation about the civil war, then it would get back to the story. That whole narration of civil war facts just messed up the ability to follow along with the actual story.

By the way, I am the same poster who wrote on here earlier in the month that I had read "What Alice Forgot" , which was about a woman with amnesia.

Those are the only two books I have read this month.

[Anonymous]

Memorial Drive.

[Anonymous]

The Lost Ticket. 4/10. Really disappointed because it was recommended by someone's taste that I typically agree with, but this felt like it was written by AI.

I was fine with it being predictable, but I thought it would also come with great characters, humor, or something, but it was pretty weak all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Lost Ticket. 4/10. Really disappointed because it was recommended by someone's taste that I typically agree with, but this felt like it was written by AI.

I was fine with it being predictable, but I thought it would also come with great characters, humor, or something, but it was pretty weak all around.

That does sound disappointing. Will you tell the person who recommended it?

[Anonymous]

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman: 6/10
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany: 9/10

Today I started Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.

[Anonymous]

The Hotel Nantucket - 4 stars
Clash of Kings, GoT #2 - 4 stars
Remarkably Bright Creatures - 4.5 stars
The Girl with the Louding Voice - 3 stars
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - 4 stars

Sorry I have to roughly stick with the Goodreads rating scale, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love this! I read four books in the last few weeks:

1. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post: 8.5/10
2. 100 Years of Lenni and Margot: 8/10
3. Lessons in Chemistry: 10/10
4. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: 6.5/10

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

This was maybe a 6/10 for me. I forced myself to read most of it and then skimmed the end. It was an interesting concept, but I was thinking about the improbabilities rather than losing myself in the characters and story.

I'd give this a 3/10. It was somewhat entertaining (hence the 3) but the story just ended up being stupid, I thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished "What Alice Forgot" by Liane Moriarity. It was pretty good. Brief synopsis is that a woman bonks her head during spin class and afterward can't remember the last 10 years of her life. She tells the paramedics that she is 14 weeks pregnant with her first child while they are putting her in the ambulance. Later she finds out that she actually has 3 kids and is separated from her husband. The majority of the book was her getting to know her kids and trying to figure out why she is separated from her husband, whom she loved very much 10 years ago.

This was the book that introduced me into Liane Moriarity, and after reading nearly all her others, it remains my favorite!

Same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also didn't realize amnesia books were a thing, but I love time travel books, which can have sort of the same appeal -- the amnesiac or time traveler has the opportunity to look back on choices they've made and reassess -- and maybe redo -- them. One example of a hybrid time travel-amnesia book is Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore.

Oh yes! I really liked that book!

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle is another in the genre.

This one was a great read

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just started “Demon Copperhead”—really good so far (a modern twist in Dickens

Is this super sad?

Demon has a VERY sad life but I guess you could also view his perseverance as uplifting? Having watched Dopesick a few months ago there are a lot of similarities (he lives basically where that took place).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca 6/10 - one of the weaker in this series
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty - 7/10, liked her recent one Apples Never Fall better
Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover - 6/10 - liked earlier books in this series better
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 6/10 - same as above
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley - 8/10

Not a great month so far!

I've read the Guest List and the Hunting Party and I thought they were both meh. I think I might not be a Lucy Foley fan, although I wanted to be!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anxious People by Fredrik Backman: 6/10
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany: 9/10

Today I started Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.

I really enjoyed this book - I hope you do, too!