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I haven‘t had a book haul in awhile, haven‘t been to goodwill (or anywhere else really) since spring break. Today on the way home from work I went by my favorite Goodwill and got all these for $8! I won‘t go again for a bit, I really am not all about getting out and doing things yet, but it was nice to have a little taste of normal.

I really enjoyed this and am glad I bought it - 3 years ago 😂

😂 This is hysterical. Also I learned a new word - fug.

This book reads like a thriller at a breakneck pace and then a staggering insight like this 👆🏽will pop up and watch you take a breath. Has me thinking in this time of #SocialDistancing.

“Do you want to know how many times I used to fantasise about going to work? Just once, to leave the house and get on a bus and drift off for half-an-hour, get a coffee, sit at my desk, make some phone calls and put my brain to work on something that doesn‘t involve me pretending to smile at some stupid little game or getting shit all over me? Do you want to know, Ed? Do you?” Quarantine showing men realities of stay-at-home moms through empathy.

If there‘s ever a book to put the current scenario in perspective, it‘s this. Yes, it‘s fiction. But the fear, the raging need to thrive, live, commune and do all those little things we‘ve taken for granted is all too real. This books holds up a mirror to that primeval fear, the gnashing of reality with the cocooned society we‘ve built up, how little is needed to make us fall apart & how little is required to bring us together. #Corona #Quarantine

Remember when I said I didn‘t finish a single book in October?? I was wrong!! I totally finished ONE! 😜🤓 Thank you Goodreads for reminding me! Yaay!! Go me!!

After two political books and an audiobook, reading a little fiction was exactly what I needed. I really enjoyed this one! #bookly #booklyapp

I can‘t wait until October to get my creepy on!! I‘m getting my creepy now 😁

Power was out last night, it was oddly relaxing to read in the dark and absolute quiet.

Starting this one in the car. It was a Kindle deal this week and looks intriguing 🤓

I am absolutely loving this book. Very different from my usual choices but I am whizzing through it and never want it to end! Who knew the end of the world could feel so realistic! 9/10 🏅

When the world falls apart, and a man finds himself stranded 500 miles from his family and with the clock ticking on possibly losing them forever, he makes the decision to push himself to the limits to reach them in time.

#ChasingPavements
#AdelesMayMashup
@vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Asteroids strike Earth and throw it into a post-apocolyptic nightmare. Edgar has been a crappy father and husband, but when his wife and children are evacuated without him, he starts an incredible journey to reunite with them. The reader can choose to read this book as depressing and disheartening or as an uplifting story of human endurance. I flew through the pages at a pace set by Edgar's urgency to find his family. Photo Is of the author.

This book has mixed reviews on Litsy, but I'm halfway in and really enjoying it. The glass of wine helps, of course.

This book just didn't do it for me. Unlikeable characters, a depressing storyline with issues, and an unfulfilled promise of a happy ending.

Big mood

On sale for Kindle today. Sounds like an interesting post apocalyptic story about a man who has to travel 500 miles to try to reach his family.
#kindle #kindledailydeal #booksale

The ending of this actually made the book for me.
I liked the premis of the story but found it was almost complacent in its delivery. But maybe that's how it needed to be.

I've been saving this as I thought I'd love it.
80 pages in... I'm not sure. But going to stick with it.

Currently reading

Blooming brilliant thriller, great holiday read. Gripping, post apocalyptic page turner. Highly recommend if you‘re looking for a good thriller. I think this book deserves to be a movie.

This is going down easy (though I could do without the main character getting shamed about his weight). My goal is to finish it before the end of the month so I can reach 10 books read in January.

I‘m really not sure what I‘ll read this weekend for #24in48, but here are some of my options. I already have the tagged book underway on audio, so I know I‘ll at least listen to some more of that! My readathon will mostly be happening tomorrow since my parents are visiting the rest of today 😊

Non-zombie post-apocalyptic fiction. Enjoyable story.

A purse that can hold 2 books- bookworm accomplishments 📚 🐛

We were supposed to head out of town tonight, but the fog delayed us. Extra reading time!!

Meh. Almost a thumbs down for me. While the concept was good, this book didn't click with me. The 1st third was rough; the middle third was better, and I skimmed the last third just to see what happened.

I so love an “end of the world book” on a cruise. This book also made me regret not running for a month. LOVE this book.

Interesting read - not sure that I loved it but I liked I more than I expected. Yes, it‘s kind of corny at times but I like to believe that optimism, kindness, and good people win in the end. I also appreciated the running bits of the story - especially how much of distance running takes place in your head. So true!

This book has been compared to The Martian, and inaccurately in my opinion. Where The Martian pits an extraordinarily competent individual against nigh- insurmountable odds, this book features an overweight manchild forced by extreme circumstances to become a decent human being. The humor found in The Martian is also completely absent here. That said, I appreciated the narrative being from an everyman's perspective, ⬇

I don‘t really read too many post apocalyptic novels but this one sucked me in. I enjoyed the peek into the main character‘s inner struggles as he and his fellow “running club” members navigate their new world ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kindle deal if anyone else‘s interest is piqued like mine...

Kindle book On sale today!

Started off good, ended good, overall a very interesting book 3/5

Last night I dreamt that I was the main character in this book 😂

Although it is unseasonably warm here right now, I‘m a planner, so fuzzy warm reading socks, and a new to book to go with them only makes sense. Right?

A Sunday afternoon #libraryhaul. Now what to read first...?

Sub par survival/apocalyptic story. Even worse running advise.

Characters are see though and mostly one dimensional. Writing style is quick and dumbed down. Slang doesn't even fit the geographical location.

A few parts stand out as potential of great story telling but all and all falls flat. I can't read the same situation over and over and enjoy it.

Keep an eye on the author but skip this one.

Oh, I love a good apocalypse book and this one lived-up to expectations.

The great cast of characters were well-developed and flawed in such humanizing ways. TEOTWRC is as much about finding ones-self as asteroids hitting the Earth and I think that will help this sorry transcend it's genre and appeal to a wide range of readers.

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I wish my passport kept track of all the places I've traveled in books.

Day 1 of #melandprireadathon is fantasy/contemporary
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I've only read a couple of fantasy books: #acotar & #theedgeofeverything but contemporary is a genre where my heart lies. ❤ I love digging into stories from other people's perspectives & watching characters evolve through growing up.

If you were transported to current reads setting what would your passport stamp be?

The first chapter has my heart racing 😯 It's either that or all the coffee.

I've not read these yet but I think the main characters are #underpressure from one thing or another.
#septemberbowie

Interesting plot and story but flawed in many ways.

It's a gloomy day here in Florida so I'm starting my running club's next book pick. Isn't this just the most appropriate thing?

I hate to rate something so-so, but apocalypse (meteors)...survivors...must cross landscape...get to safety/family...meet danger/strange characters...whiny main character...slow pace...too long...don't think it added or took away from the genre. Not terrible, but we have so many of these books! Bonus is self published hit, so that is a plus. Good parts, but ultimately wanted it to end, not in the good sense.

Also doing an #ARC #TBRBingo because Mount Review Copy is too big. No more requesting ARCs until a bingo.

I love getting #bookmail although I think my postal worker is tired of dropping off packages 😂

#bookhaul