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I read a bunch this weekend. I read Lisa Genova's latest Every Note Played which was good but I feel that she's starting to be a bit formulaic just change the neurological disease. This was ALS.
I read The Immortalists which was AWESOME! Best book of 2018 for me so far!!
Ro, I've read 2 by Lisa Genova, Still Alice and Left Neglected. Loved the former, hated the latter. But yeah, apparently she can only write about neurological diseases. Also, I should give The Immortalists another chance. I started it a while ago and wasn't feeling it, but I can't have read more than 10 pages or so.
Finished the Brazilian chronicles, then read another Brazilian by a woman who was infected with the HIV at age 16 by her first boyfriend. Talk about bad luck. She was probably the first woman in Brazil to be infected. The book was written only 10 years later, and I found the writing very childish. I'm more curious about her later life. She's still alive and in relative health, with today's meds. She's less than a year younger than me, and I couldn't stop thinking of the what ifs as I read it.
Then I started Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. I'm only on page 105, but it's holding my attention so far.
Ro, I've read 2 by Lisa Genova, Still Alice and Left Neglected. Loved the former, hated the latter. But yeah, apparently she can only write about neurological diseases.
To be fair, she is a neuroscientist so she is relying on her expertise in her fiction but still....
I finished "Right Behind You" by Lisa Gardner. It was decent. Even though it was the 7th book in a series where I hadn't read the first six, I still enjoyed it. It was nothing special, but a good thriller beach read.
Now I'm challenging myself a bit more with "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. I read this originally when I was in high school but I don't remember a thing about it.
Finished The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth. Loved it! She seems to be some sort of Liane Moriarty wannabe, which is fine by me. I love Liane! Then I picked another one by her, The Mother's Promise.
I finished As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti (YA novel) that I really liked. It isn't classic literature but I liked the backstory of some of the past wishes.
From Amazon:
Madison is a small town in the Mojave desert on the road between nothing and nowhere. It's an unremarkable speck on the map, which is perfect for protecting the town's secret. Because in Madison, everyone can make one wish on their eighteenth birthday-and that wish always comes true.
Most of Eldon's classmates have had their wishes picked out for months, even years. Not Eldon. He's seen how wishing has hurt the people around him. His parents' marriage is strained, his sister is a virtual ghost in their house, his ex-girlfriend is dating his ex-friend...where does he even begin?
One thing is for sure: Eldon has only twenty-five days to figure it out―and the rest of his life to live with the consequences.
Finished The Mother's Promise. I'm not a huge fan of sick lit, but this was very, very gripping. The first half was better than the second, though. After a while it was pretty obvious where it was headed, and things were wrapped up too neatly. Still, held my attention to the very end.
Loved Then She was Gone! It was a bit far-fetched, but what mystery isn't these days? Sigh. It was also fairly predictable in that halfway through you can figure out where it's going, but it still held enough mysteries to keep you turning those pages fast. I loved her writing. I'd only read another one by her (I Found You) and found it enjoyable, but not that memorable, so this was a nice surprise. Apparently she has made the leap from chick-lit to mysteries? I Found You was somewhere inbetween, this is decidedly the latter.
Then I started the sample of The Secrets she Keeps by... Michael Robotham? I think that's it. Because I'm still in the mood for mysteries.
I finished The Handmaid's Tale. I enjoyed it, but found it a little too flowery for my taste. Still, the plot was good. I wonder if it's worth watching the TV series if you've read the book.
Now I'm reading "After You", which so far is enjoyable.
