Hello friends, happy October 🍂
I love this season for getting comfortable and cozy reading books.
I'd love to share with you the books I've read recently.
SUCH A FUN AGE BY KILEY REID
I found this book in our neighborhood's little library. I love reading a physical book, and this is from Reece's Book Club. It's about a babysitter who is wrongly accused of kidnapping the child she is babysitting one evening while shopping in a high-end grocery store by a security guard and a shopper. This book talks about race, privilege, and the relationship between two women. I recommend this book and enjoyed reading it.
TWISTED TWENTY-SIX BY JANET EVANOVICH
I found the book at the little library in our neighborhood. This is the first time I've read a book by this author. I enjoyed reading this Stephanie Plum series and I found it to be a fun mystery read. I would like to read more books by this author.
BEAUTIFUL UGLY BY ALICE FEENEY
This book was recommended by Heather at Our Life in a Click. If you read this Heather, thanks for the recommendation. I totally enjoyed reading this book. It had a lot of twists and turns to the story that I did not see coming, and I couldn't put it down.
SHE'S NOT SORRY BY MARY KUBICA
I was on the wait list at my library for a few months for this book. When the book was ready for me to read, I was excited but, I started reading it but I didn't like it, so I returned the book. This was disappointing to me, but if I don't like a book that I'm reading, I will return it to the library.
LOVE LIES AND PUMPKIN SPICE BY RACHEL BEATTIE
This is an easy cozy mystery that I enjoyed reading. It's a perfect mystery read for the fall season.
What are you reading now? If you have book recommendations, please let me know.
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Julie
Happy Thursday Julie. I love your reviews because you are so honest. I am glad you tell us when you really did not like a book. Sounds like you did find some really good ones. Hugs. Kris
ReplyDeleteHappy October Julie. Your book reviews are great. I love how you rate the books. So sense continuing to read a book if you don’t enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Janet Evanovich ever disappoints! You had a great reading month. I'm in the middle of an Ann Cleeves book, "The Raging Storm."
ReplyDeleteI've read the first three of your list! I love the Stephanie Plum books and haven't read one in awhile. I'm so glad you liked Beautiful Ugly! phew!! I've recommended it to a few people. I'm reading The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurn right now. I just started though. I hope you're having a great week!
ReplyDeleteOh the Stephanie Plum series is one of my favorites! She really is quite a riot. Janet Evanovich is a good writer with a few series going.
ReplyDeleteI usually like Mary Kubica!
ReplyDeleteI have most of the Stephanie Plums and there are some really fun ones!
ReplyDeleteDon't you love those little neighborhood library houses? We find some of the best books that way! Might have to check out the book Heather recommended. It sounds good!!
ReplyDeleteI love your reviews. I am like you in that I no long slog through books that I started and didn't enjoy. I pass them on or return them. Life is too short. I copied a couple of these books down to read. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteI agree, if I'm not enjoying a book, I won't waste my time. The cozy mystery sounds good. I love cozies. I'll have to check out a few of the others you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteSo many good books. I have read the first 4 Plum books.. they are always zany and fun.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun mix of books. I've not read any of them and I'm taking notes. Enjoy this beautiful time of year.
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Your note on the relationship between the two women in Such a Fun Age caught my attention. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo, translated by Jamie Chang, could be an interesting companion to that part of your list. It follows a Korean woman through school, work and marriage, showing how unequal expectations accumulate in ordinary life. From your description, the connection is the weight of social pressures inside everyday encounters.
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