Book 19/30. My rating: 1 of 5 stars Welp! My first 1 star read of the year 😐This was so soo sooo fucking BORING!!!!!!!!!! The blurb on the front cover by Independent on Sunday describes this book as 'WONDERFUL...EXQUISITE...DEVASTATING' I knew I was in trouble a few pages in when I noticed I was reading … Continue reading On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Book 18/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars **teeny tiny spoilers below**3.5 stars.For the first three chapters I was so damn sure this would be my fourth 2 star read in a row because I was not feeling the author’s writing style AT ALL!!! On the back cover the prose is described as “vibrantly alive … Continue reading Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Book 17/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsMy third 2 star read in a row 😒😐🙄 Wow! This was just so utterly unremarkable 🥴Enyewe, I have been duped by one too many books because they have “Oprah’s Book Club” written on the cover. Man this was more boring than I thought it would be. The … Continue reading Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Book 16/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsMe right now trying to figure out how the hell this is the same author who wrote The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:This is my third Gabrielle Zevin book, my first being the aforementioned The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry which was a solid 5 star read. I … Continue reading Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Book 15/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsSighhh!!! I thought I would like this much, much, much more than I did. I watched the movie adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon a few years back and I rather enjoyed it so I was confident I would enjoy the source material as well.Nonfiction is clearly NOT my thing … Continue reading Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Book 14/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is my fourth Kristin Hannah read (after The Nightingale, Firefly Lane and Night Road, in that order) and it is the first of her books that doesn’t get a 5 star rating from me and I’m realllllllyyyyyy feeling some typa way about that.Similar to The Nightingale, Winter … Continue reading Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Book 13/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsTHAT TWIST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Just, wow!!I enjoyed this unputdownable book sooo much!!! The twist at the end was EVERYTHING!!!!!!! and getting to it was such a great ride thanks to the short, punchy chapters that had me saying “just one more chapter.” I really loved getting to know all … Continue reading The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Book 12/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsSigh!! I thought I would like this sooo much more than I did. I’m even lowkey feeling bad that I’m giving this 3 stars because I really thought I would love this as Emily May wrote a beautiful, moving review about this book that made me shelve it … Continue reading Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Book 11/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsWhat first drew me to this book was the title and cover, and sadly by the end of the book they (title and cover) remain the most remarkable part of it 😐I started this book on April 26th and finished it on May 3rd, though I technically read … Continue reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Still Me by Jojo Moyes
Book 10/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsWelp! This was this close 👌 to being a 4 star read, but alas!This started out sooo well I even read 10 chapters in one sitting. I was so sure this was going to be a 4 star read like Me Before You but the book lost a … Continue reading Still Me by Jojo Moyes
