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Last week I read Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner. It was ok. Ish. Interesting premise, but the ending was stupid. Plus the female detective is endlessly talking about how she's always hungry (and can eat like a horse and not gain weight) and horny. This was written by a woman?
Now I'm reading The Dreamers by ... Karen Thompson Walker. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. It has a Station Eleven vibe to it, both in style and in theme.
I liked the Lisa Unger but there were a lot of characters so I had to flip back. I think it was my fault because I stopped for a few days to give my eyes a break.
Not sure if I've shared this but I'm having trouble with my close eyesight which I thought would be fixed with a new script. Nope. Eye dr thinks my eye muscles are weak so I need to go in for more tests. I'm honestly worried that this will cut down/out my reading. Doesn't help that S is teasing me that I'm going blind and that I should stop reading so much.
I finished The Dreamers. Loved it. Then I read her earlier novel, The Age of Miracles. It was pretty good, too.
Then I started The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. So far I'm not impressed, but lots of readers say the beginning is slow but it gets better, so I'll keep trying.
Sylvia - I loved Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. It's really a story about friendship and I found it different from anything I've read recently.
I'm reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry which I'm really liking. It's sad because I can't marathon read anymore so it's taking me longer to finish things.
Hopefully the eye dr can get to the bottom of my vision stuff.
Rowan, I saw that you have an eye dr appt today. Good luck! Let us know what they say. Also, that book has been on my list for a while. Maybe I should read it next.
I'm reading a post-apocalyptic fantasy by Nora Roberts. Please don't judge me. It's called Year One. So far I'm enjoying the post-apocalypse elements. Not so much the fantastic ones. We'll see. I'm at 30%, but these days I often give up on books at 40, 50% if I think it's going to be a waste of time.
Thanks - had the eye dr today. He now thinks the script is right but the positioning in the lenses is wrong (which is what I was pushing last time) so they're being remade. Hopefully that fixes things.
I'm still reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry - I'm liking it. I'm almost done -- <50 pages or so.
I finished the Nora Roberts. It was ok. Not great writing, but the plot moved fast enough to keep me engaged.
Then I read the sample of Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, but couldn't get into it. I saw some people on goodreads saying it's much more than a book about video games, but I couldn't get past all the video game talk.
Then I started Greenwich Park, which I'm also finding kinda boring... I'm at 18%. Anyone read it? This had been on my list forever, but I'm finding it super slow. Then I found out that Lily Brooks-Dalton (author of Good Morning, Midnight) has a new book out and I wanna drop everything and start reading it. Might do that if Greenwich Park doesn't pick up in the next 5-10 pages.
Is Golden Girl the one about the woman who dies and keeps an eye on her family from beyond? I think I was unimpressed by that one. Elin Hilderbrand is very hit-and-miss for me, though I loved at least 2 or 3. I wanna check out her latest, The Hotel Nantucket, I think.
I did give up on Greenwich Park. And read the new Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate. LOVED it. She has an Emily St. John Mandel vibe, which I love.
Then I decided to give Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow another chance because I'm curious and I don't hate it. I might end up liking it.