That Summer

 

Title: That Summer

Author: Jennifer Weiner

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797122106

 

Thoughts: Not the most original story, but Weiner's writing really draws you in.

Rating: 4/5

Gilded Mountain

 

Title: Gilded Mountain

Author: Kate Manning

Publisher: Scribner

 
ISBN: 9781982160944

 

Thoughts: Despite the tiring overuse of foreshadowing, this novel reads quickly.

Rating: 3/5

Slow Horses

 

Title: Slow Horses

Author: Mick Herron

Publisher: Soho Crime

 
ISBN: 9781616954161

 

Thoughts: Not your typical spy thriller.

Rating: 4/5

Miao Dao

 

Title: Miao Dao

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Oates can write, but horror, especially YA horror, ESPECIALLY modern YA horror, is definitely not her forte.

Rating: 2/5

The Bird King

 

Title: The Bird King

Author: G. Willow Wilson

Publisher: Grove Press

 
ISBN: 9780802129031

 

Thoughts: I really loved the fantasy elements in this, but towards the end, things became confusing and not fully explained.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/19-3/25

Got at a yard sale:

 

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

The Talk

 

Title: The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love, & Truth

Author: Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson, eds

Publisher: Listening Library

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This collection of essays and other writings will really make you think.

Rating: 4/5

Pineapple Street

 

Title: Pineapple

Author: Jenny Jackson

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Character-driven story of an old-money family living in Brooklyn.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/12-3/18

 

Bought at Comic Relief:

 

Just Pretend by Tori Sharp

Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong

Bought at Scholastic Book Fair:

 

Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson

Took by Mary Downing Hahn

Received in Wicked Reads Book Box:

 

I Like You Like That by Kayla Grosse

Sorcery of Thorns

 

Title: Sorcery of Thorns

Author: Margaret Rogerson

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

 
ISBN: 9781481497619

 

Thoughts: Very unique and very engaging, just had a few spots where it felt like something was not fully explained for the reader.

Rating: 4/5

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

 

Title: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

Author: Collen Oakley

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Very unique, but many characters stayed two dimensional, even as the story went on.

Rating: 3/5

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

 

Title: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Author: Dorothy Gilman

Publisher: Random House Ballantine Fawcett Crest

 
ISBN: 9780449208281

 

Thoughts: This is definitely dated, but it is still a ton of fun.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 1/15-3/11

 

Won:

A Fire Among Clouds by Camilo Moncada Lozano

So We Meet Again

 

Title: So We Meet Again

Author: Suzanne Park

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Fun and funny enemies-to-lovers romance that needed a little stronger ending.

Rating: 4/5

Practical Magic

 

Title: Practical Magic

Author: Alice Hoffman

Publisher: Berkley

 
ISBN: 9780425190371

 

Thoughts: Good story about family bonds, but it felt like it was mostly exposition.

Rating: 3/5

City Boy

 

Title: City Boy

Author: Herman Wouk

Publisher: Amazon

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This is a classic that still had great appeal, but seems to have been almost forgotten.

Rating: 4/5

The Summer Job

 

Title: The Summer Job

Author: Lizzy Dent

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Fun British chick-lit that though predictable in parts, does have some surprises.

Rating: 4/5