Sunday, June 23, 2024

Between Me and You

 

Title: Between Me and You

Author: Allison Winn Scotch

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
 
ISBN: 9781503996236
 
Thoughts: Very much a downer throughout which characters that are not that likeable.

Rating: 2/5

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Pachinko

 

Title: Pachinko

Author: Min Jim Lee

Publisher: Hachette Audio
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: As the years go on in this sweeping family saga, the number of characters naturally increases, and it becomes hard to keep everyone straight.

Rating: 3/5

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Stacking the Shelves: 5/19-6/8

Received from a library program:

 

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Friday, June 7, 2024

A Great Country

 

Title: A Great Country

Author: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Publisher: Mariner Books
 
ISBN: 9780063324343
 
Thoughts: This novel draws you in and makes you think.

Rating: 4/5

Flight

 

Title: Flight

Author: Lynn Steger Strong

Publisher: HarperAudio
 
ISBN: 9780063135161
 
Thoughts: The writing was fine, the characters were fine, the slim plot was fine - it was just fine.

Rating: 3/5

The Limits

 

Title: The Limits

Author: Neil Freudenberger

Publisher: Knopf
 
ISBN: 9780593448885
 
Thoughts: Very character-driven Covid story that also deals with relationships and the effects of underwater mining.

Rating: 3/5

Monday, June 3, 2024

Anywhere You Run

 

Title: Anywhere You Run

Author: Wanda M. Morris

Publisher: HarperAudio
 
ISBN: 9798212038003
 
Thoughts: Good character-driven novel with a lot of tenseness running through, but also heart-breaking for many reasons.

Rating: 3/5