June already?! What are you reading?

[Spudd]

I'm reading Grace, by T. Greenwood. So far I'm enjoying it.

[Sílvia]

Ah, you decided to try it, Spudd? I hope you like it. I like her writing style, I really do, but her books are so depressing! It worked for me in Bodies of Water, though.

I finished Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty. I take back what I said before, I did like it in the end. It was my least favorite of her books, but I still enjoyed it. I think it took me a while to get into because I was coming from WW2. It was such an extreme change of subject/plot/tone. She's a very rare author for me: I enjoyed ALL her books. I'm sad I've read them all now

And now it's back to WW2 with The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff.

[Rowan]

I'm reading Ready Player One. Interesting apocalyptic story about a video game with 80s pop culture clues to win a billion dollar treasure. I'm only 40 pp in but so far so good.

[mellenhead]

I think I'm finally out of my book rut!

I'm about halfway through The Residence - Inside the Private World of The White House by Kate Anderson Brower. Nothing earth shattering but it's pretty interesting to read how the White House functions behind the scenes.

[Rowan]

I finished Ready Player One. It was fine. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it and I was hoping for way more 80s references but there were a few obscure ones that I give the author kudos for.

Up next is Dietland by Sarai Walker. It's gotten loads of good reviews.

[Sílvia]

I finished The Kommandant's Girl. Loved it. It had its flaws, she overexplains everything and there were several eye-rolling coincidences, but it was still a page-turner. Sort of like Ken Follett in his best moments. I think I'll read the prequel to it now (The Ambassador's Daughter), but I'm a little bummed that I already know how some of the characters will end up. I wish I'd known this was a prequel, I would have read it first.

[Sílvia]

Finished The Ambassador's Daughter. Didn't like it much. It moved slowly, with way too many descriptions. The main character was not very likable. I skimmed a lot. Her writing is still very simplistic, it reads like YA. The only redeeming quality to me was the history part (1919, versailles treaty.) Not enough, I'm afraid.

Not sure what's next.

[Spudd]

I finished Grace, by T. Greenwood yesterday. I enjoyed it, although it was a bit slow moving.

I started "The Harmony Silk Factory" by Tash Aw. It's a book set in Malaysia - I had gotten it before we went to Malaysia on vacation in December, thinking it would be good thematic reading. Never read it. So far it seems decent but I'm only like 15 pages in.

[Bugsy]

Finished "Euphoria" by Lily King over the weekend. Loved it. It was a tiny bit slow to start, but then it got really lovely. I really enjoyed it.

Not sure what's next.

[Sílvia]

I've been meaning to try more of T. Greenwood's work, Spudd. I wasn't crazy about the last 2 I read, but I loved Bodies of Water. And I do like her writing.

Euphoria has been on my radar for a while, Bugsy. Glad to know you liked it.

I'm reading Fractured by Dani Atkins. It's light and fluffy and satisfying, so far.

[Bugsy]

Yeah I'd say it's definitely worth a read, Silvia.

I started "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett this morning. I only got a few pages into it, so it's too hard to judge right now.

[mellenhead]

Finished The Residence - Inside the Private World of The White House by Kate Anderson Brower. It was good but got a bit repetitive towards the end.

Started Jurassic Park a few days ago at Jeff's insistence. Not usually my thing but it's pretty good.

[Sílvia]

Ooh, the author of Reconstructing Amelia? I've downloaded the sample already

Bugsy, Pillars of the Earth is so much fun!

[mellenhead]

Finished Jurassic Park. Meh. It was ok, but man the one character was SO annoying I was hoping for her to eaten by a dinosaur about halfway through.

Just started The Hopeful by Tracy O'Neill

[Rowan]

Funny, we just watched Jurassic Park the other day. We've been watching some older movies with M.

I read The Heir which was LAME. A fluffy YA series. The author gets girls but doesn't get boys. This one was heavy on the teen boy but it was all about fighting. Puppy dog tails and all that.

I started I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam. It's ok. I follow her blog so there's really not much new.

[Sílvia]

Finished Fractured. It was readable. Very Nicholas Sparks-y.

Now I'm almost done with Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio. It sounded so good on paper, but it sucks. Bad writing, bad characterization, predictable as hell. I mean, I'm pretty sure where it's going, we'll see if I'm right.

After this I think I'll need some better writing.

[Sílvia]

Finished it. Ugh. It went *exactly* where I thought it was going. So sugary and full of implausibilities (sp?). I did finish it because it was about a 3-year-old who went missing and I just had to find out what happened to him. So I'm giving it 2 stars.

Not sure what's next.

[mellenhead]

I hated The Hopeful. Couldn't get past the third chapter.

Read Charlie, Presumed Dead. Weird book. The ending was interesting but there was never any explanation as to why one character acted they way he did.

I'm about halfway through The Real Doctor Will See you Now - A Physician's First Year by Matt McCarthy. It's good!