Sunday, August 31, 2014

Books I read: August

reread:
43. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
44. Linger - Maggie Stiefvater
45. Forever - Maggie Stiefvater

new:
48. Dark Prince - Christine Feehan Dear God, this was horrendous. Hooorrrendous.
49. Sinner - Maggie Stiefvater I didn't really expect to like this but I loved it. Cheese and wonderful.
50. The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King Quite excellent.
51. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Adorable.
52. The Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ... I'm still trying to muddle through this, but I think it's a lost cause. I'm bored to tears and I care about NO ONE.
53. The One - Kiera Cass This was by no means great literature, but I enjoyed the series and I enjoyed this last book.
Landline - Rainbow Rowell No number on this because I counted it last month, but now that I've actually read it I have Feelings. I liked it. A lot. I felt like it was an accurate and depressing portrayal of the downs of marriage, when you forget to work on it. I didn't like Neal but I also recognized that it was told from a low place and all the best elements are tinted with darkness.
54. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks This would have been a terrible book, but I listened to it on a long drive for work and the narrator made it much more enjoyable. I think I liked it, a bit, although I'm not a Sparks fan so maybe it was just better than I expected?
55. The Silent Wife - A.S.A. Harrison I'm still listening to this on audio - I had to make a long drive on Saturday and a lack of sleep the night before so I started it. The dual narrator is interesting, and I'm quite enjoying it. It's supposed to be in the way of Gone Girl, but I'm finding it much less twisted.

Woah. That's 100 books in 8 months. I know just under half of those are rereads, but still - I read 100 books, and I still have 4 months left to go. So what else should I read?

1 comment:

Jessica said...

I think the comparison to Gone Girl threw me off when reading The Silent Wife. It may have been interesting enough if I wasn't expecting something big, but because I was I thought the book was boring.