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I started The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix yesterday. I'm about halfway done and really liking it.
I finished the egalley of Jodi Picoult's Wish You Were Here this weekend. It releases at the end of November. I liked it but it's got some heavy Covid themes in it so would offer trigger warnings for anyone that has lost someone. I skimmed over those parts as it was really close to home to me.
Finished "Homegoing," and it was great. Like so many books IMO, the ending felt a little rushed and maybe incomplete, but as a whole it was very well-written and compelling. 4 stars, would recommend.
I finished American Dirt. The characters were great; I don't know enough to comment on the accuracy of the logistics of the migrant experience. 4 stars.
Now I have something fluffier: 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand.
I loved 28 summers! I'm with you, Rowan, EH is VERY hit-and-miss for me, but that one was great!
I also loved One Plus One, Spudd.
Still reading the Kristan Higgins. Feeling a little orphaned by the end of season 3 of You and I found out there's a third book?? How come I didn't know that?? I mean, I couldn't get into the second one (loved the first), but I'll definitely at least check this one out.
Oh my gosh, Octavia Butler is such an impressive author. "Parable of the Talents" was SO GOOD. It is remarkable that it was written in 1998. There is even a Presidential candidate whose main slogan is "Make America Great Again." I think I need to read everything she wrote, because this was my third novel of hers, and I've loved them all.
I finished "One Plus One" by Jojo Moyes. Overall I enjoyed it. I had a hard time getting into it at the beginning and there were a lot of cringe moments for me, but I liked the ending, so that made up for it.
Now I'm reading "Purity" by Jonathan Franzen. So far so good, but I just started it last night and haven't gotten very far at all.
Gave up on American Dirt. Up to the point I read (30%), I found it predictable and kind of boring. Plus I was annoyed that the 8-year-old kid sounded like a 50-year-old.
Then I read Every Last Secret by A. R. Torre, which was lots of fun.
Now I'm reading Why Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah.
Then I read Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic that Changed History by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta. Oof.