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I finally finished The Woman Outside my Door by Rachel Ryan. It did not grab me.

Now I have What You Wish For by Katherine Center.

I'm very slowly rereading 11.22.63. Last week I watched the series, so didn't have much time to read (loved it, thought they did a very good job) and this week, as you know, I've been too distracted with the election to focus much, but when I do manage to focus on the book, I'm really enjoying it. I remember how it ends, and the series was faithful to it from what I remember, and it's one of the best book endings I've ever read. It's been fun remembering how it got there. I'm at 29%.

I finished Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore. I thought it was just ok. I loved her previous book, Oona Out of Order.

I'm 75% done with The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland which is an easy read - so far so good. Reviews haven't been great but I like the whole HS reunion trope.

I still want to tackle at least one King this month but I haven't decided. Part of me wants to read The Shining but that would be a re-read for me (30 years ago so maybe that's ok).

I'm reading "Hell-Bent", which is a memoir about a guy who got really into Bikram yoga and started doing competitive yoga. LOL. I'm actually really enjoying it, but probably only because I'm into yoga.

I finished Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore. I thought it was just ok. I loved her previous book, Oona Out of Order.

Oh, I'm sad to hear that. I loved Oona and have been putting off reading Acts of Violet because how could it live up? Oona had such an interesting concept. Also, have you read Salem's Lot, Ro? I was watching a video from a booktuber yesterday and she said it's such a fun book.

I read Salem's Lot as a teenager.

Acts of Violet - YMMV - I think i may just be in a string of bad books and I was too critical.

Did you like Salem's Lot?

About Acts of Violet, it just doesn't sound as compelling as Oona.

I did like Salem's Lot but it was never one of my favorites as a teen.

Kings I read multiple times as a teen:

The Stand (5 or so)
Firestarter
The Shining
Pet Semetary

I found The Stand super boring Great beginning, super draggy after that.

It took me 3 tries to get past the beginning of The Shining. I did end up giving it 4 stars, though.

Haven't read the other 2.

I finished What You Wish For by Katherine Center. It was cute but not life changing.

Now I have The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh.

Hope you enjoy The Love of My Life, Blush.

I finally finished 11/22/63. I liked it even more than the first time. SUCH a great book! Then I started Salem's Lot. I'm at 10% and enjoying it so far.

I read:

Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie. This was a hard book about a Japanese girl and her hard life but was 4 stars for me. I didn't love the ending but the rest of the book was excellent.

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison. I have loved everything she has written. Trust me, I wasn't really wanting to read a book about werewolves but I loved it. Her writing is so good and her dialog is real. This wasn't my favorite of hers but really enjoyed it.

I started Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian which is about a college who lets in 15 psychopaths to study. Interesting so far.

I had to put The Love of My Life to the side because Book Lovers came in for me, and it was a short term loan. It was really good.

I finished Hell-Bent a couple of days ago. It was just OK. Wouldn't recommend for non-yoga fans.

Now I'm reading "Code Name Verity", which is not at all what I thought it would be, but so far I'm enjoying it. For some reason I thought it would be a YA post-apocalyptic thing. Turns out it's a WW2 thing instead.

I finished Never Saw Me Coming and really liked it.

I read We Spread by Iain Reid which was just super weird. It was short and a quick read or I wouldn't have finished it. It was one of those "what did I just read?" books.

I'm 75% through Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering and really liking it. Hopefully I'll find time to finish it in the next day or two.

I finished Salem's Lot and really enjoyed it. I didn't expect much, and it ended up being much more fast-paced than his usual stuff, so that was great.

Now I'm reading The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. I'm at 34% and it's no Station 11 or Sea of Tranquility, but I'm enjoying it. Unfortunately, I think Sea of Tranquility had spoilers about this book, and the blurb itself has a major spoiler about something that will apparently only happen much later on. What were publishers thinking? I'll try to read her next books in chronological order from now on.

I finished The Love of My Life. I felt like it didn't really know what it wanted to be--love story? Low-grad suspense? It was good though.

Now I have The two lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver.

Blush, I saw you gave The Love of My Life only 3 stars. Sorry it didn't work better for you. For me, the fact that it didn't know what it wanted to be was part of its charm. It didn't follow any formulas.