March: What are you reading?

[Sílvia]

Oh, I had taken that off my to-read list because it has an average of only 3.14 on goodreads, but 5 stars from you?? I might reconsider.

Finished the Jojo Moyes. It was entertaining enough, but a bit too sugary, plus I got tired of the "unappreciated middle-aged woman" character. I did like the 2 novellas, but the short stories were just ok.

Then I started the sample of Dark Matter. No opinion yet.

[mellenhead]

I finished Gilded Cage by Vic James. I wanted to love it more than I did. Love the premise but there were a few too many points of view in the book. I'll definitely read the new book in the series though.

Next up is The Dry by Aaron Falk

[Korie]

Here's to Us. I think it will be a quick read.

Next up: Big Little Lies

[Rowan]

I recently read The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close which was ok but then had a rushed ending and Paris for One by JoJo Moyes which I really didn't like. I generally don't like short stories so....

[Rowan]

I read Small Admissions which was fine.

I'm currently reading The Inseparables which is also fine.

[Rowan]

Finished The Inseparables and it was fine.

Next up is the All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg. It's kinda an it book right now. I guess we'll see....

[Sílvia]

Finished Dark Matter. It was fun! Very, very gripping. I'm not much of a sci-fi reader, but this definitely worked for me. Ro, was it you who read it from here? I know someone did.

Then I started Silent Child because it sounded good and was 1 dollar. I hope it's not another one of those stupid psychological thrillers I end up regretting But I was hooked from the first page and it was ONE dollar! Here: https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Child-Sar ... lent+child

[Rowan]

Syl - that was me. I don't read Sci Fi either but I don't know if I would categorize it like that. Sci-fi lite maybe? Glad you liked it.

[Sílvia]

I did! Did you?

[mellenhead]

Finished The Dry by Jane Harper. Really well written crime fiction. I couldn't put it down.

Also breezed through Wires and Nerve by Marisa Meyer. It's a graphic novel about a character (Iko for those that have read the series) from The Lunar Chronicles. It was decent.

[Rowan]

@Syl, I did really like it! I even told S and M all about it which shows that I really liked it.

Not sure why All Grown Up is an "it" book. I found it pretty whiny.

[Sílvia]

Finished Silent Child. It was good! Much better than I expected for this genre and for 1 dollar! From my GR: 3.5 stars. There's one major plot point that's a cliché in the genre, but overall it was well written and very, very gripping. I couldn't put it down for the last 150 pages or so.

I started rereading Big Little Lies to refresh my memory for the series. I started about 3 days ago, then the other book got too gripping and I neglected it. Somebody remind me not to try to read 2 novels at the same time, please. It NEVER works.

[mellenhead]

Read Illusion of Justice by Jerome Buting. He is one of the lawyers that represented Steven Avery and was in the Making a Murderer series on Netflix. It was a really good read about all the behind the scenes stuff that goes on preparing for a trial.

Not sure what is up next. Probably We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

Rowan, I have All Grown Up waiting on the hold shelf - interesting to know it's not that great. I read something else by the author and wasn't all that impressed but put this on my list since it kept appearing on must read lists.

[Rowan]

@mellen, I think you should try it. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind.

I have The Mothers in my bag to start at lunch. I need to get to the library.

[Sílvia]

Is Secrets of a Charmed Life the book you mentioned the other day you weren't enjoying but would finish anyway, Blush? Just curious. I quite enjoyed it. A bit soap-opera-ish, but I found it very compelling. And now I want to read the first page of that other one!

I'm still reading Big Little Lies, and today I watched episode 4 and omg, they changed so much. I wonder why they felt the need for that, and why Liane Moriarty agreed with it. She probably had to. Anyway, I'm glad I'm rereading it, otherwise I'd be scratching my head here trying to remember stuff that didn't happen in the book!

[mellenhead]

I finished We have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Love her writing.

Not sure what's next. Probably Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello.

[Korie]

Starting Grapes of Wrath

[Spudd]

I finished the 2nd Jackson Brodie book, called 'One Good Turn' by Kate Atkinson. It was okay. I felt like there were too many characters to keep track of.

I started a book called "Fast Asleep, Wide Awake" about improving your sleep. Then I got to a part where it gave me homework to go away and do for 10 days before starting the next part of the book, so it's going to wait a while until I get back to it.

Last night I started "Good Morning, Midnight" which so far is very good.

[mellenhead]

Read All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg. What a dud. No idea why it landed on so many must read lists. It was annoying and whiny and I was so happy to finish it.

[Rowan]

@mellen I'm "glad" I'm not the only one who felt that way about that book. I'm sick of that whole whiny genre.