Thursday, December 10, 2020

November Reads (18)

 


*Did not like it at all

**It was okay

***Liked it

****Really really liked it

*****Absolutely loved it

 

1-star

 

2-stars

**Florence Adler Swims Forever (Fiction, R. Beanland)

I think if I had read this book at a different time I may have enjoyed it more.  But I just found it to be annoying.

 

**The Dead and the Gone (Fiction, YA, S. Pfeffer)

#2 of a series…I won’t be finishing.  It was exactly like the first book, just in a different location.  Pass.

 

**Home Body (Non-Fiction, R. Kaur)

I liked her first two books of poetry, but this one…definitely not for me.  And probably not for a lot of people ha ha.

 

**Pandemonium (Fiction, YA, L. Oliver)

The second book after Delirium.  It was just meh.  I won’t read the third book.

 

**Before I Fall (Fiction, YA, L. Oliver)

Mean Girls meets Groundhog Day.  I tried Lauren Oliver, I really tried.  No more!

 

3-stars

***Britt-Marie Was Here (Fiction, F. Backman)

A decent read (or listen, which is what I did), but definitely not my favorite by him.

 

***The Sun and Her Flowers (Non-Fiction, R. Kaur)

Milk and Honey is still my favorite by her, but this one was good too.  I’m just not a huge poetry fan.

 

***Truly Devious (Fiction, YA, M. Johnson)

The first in a trilogy, although I believe there’s a 4th one that just came out.  This was very Sherlock Holmes-y, but YA. I liked it.

 

***The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Fiction, H. Morris)

Based on a true story!

 

***Delirium (Fiction, YA, L. Oliver)

I think the best part about this book is that it was narrated by Sarah Drew (April Kepner of Grey’s Anatomy)

 

***Red Rising (Fiction, Sci-Fi, P. Brown)

The first of 5 I think?  I liked this one.  Mars is colonized and the people are ranked according to their status.  So one of the Reds (the lowest rank) gets disguised and is accepted into the Golds to try to break down the system from the inside.  It’s complicated and definitely not an easy or light read, but it was intriguing.

 

***The Secret of the Old Clock (Fiction, Children’s, C. Keene)

Nancy Drew #1.  These are fun.

 

***The Hidden Staircase (Fiction, Children’s, C. Keene)

Nancy Drew #2. 

 

***The Heir (Fiction,  YA, K. Cass)

Book 4 of the Selection series.  I liked it better than I thought I would!

 

***The Crown (Fiction, YA, K. Cass)

Final book of the Selection series.  I finished!  Now I can shelf these pretty books.

  

4-stars

****Aurora Rising (Fiction, YA, A. Kaufman)

Passengers (the movie) meets Guardians of the Galaxy meets Stranger Things.  A great audio listen.

 

****Warcross (Fiction, YA, M. Lu)

The first in a duology about a massive gaming system hack and the girl responsible for it.  Very interesting!

 

****I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf (Non-Fiction, Graphic Novel, G. Snider)

Cute, although it was much more about writing than reading.

 

5-Stars

 

DNF:     

 

Total Books Read: 18 (15 Fiction, 3 Non-Fiction)




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