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December 7 #WinterGamesPhotoChallenge Lights @StayCurious @Clwojick

4-30-23: My April Book Wrap Up! 10 books all 3⭐️ and 4⭐️. 📖🎉📚

4-26-23: My 44th finished book of 2023! After years of caring for her ailing mother, Jessie Sloane starts to rebuild her life. After applying to college, she is informed that her social security number has raised a red flag which plunges Jessie into the unknown. Trying to figure out what is going on she is plunged into a mystery that‘s exacerbated by grief and insomnia. Told now, and in journal entries from 20 years ago, by a woman Jessie may know

Wow… a WILD read.

So, you have a woman who never sleeps, a woman dealing with infertility, some very unreliable narrators and a secluded carriage house on the property of a large house that has a third floor overrun with squirrels. Written in 2 time periods, I was intrigued but ultimately let down by the ending .

#LittensDressedInBlood Today's prompt is Enter Sandman

When I think of this song the first thing that pops in my head, other than the terrifying music video, is the lyric “Sleep with one eye open“. So I started to think about books where characters aren't sleeping and that brought me to the tagged book. The mc has insomnia and strange things are happening to her, and everything is messed up. I only gave it two stars bc I hated the “twist“, ⬇

So. I didn't like the “twist“. It felt like it was going somewhere, then it just went a bit lackluster. I was not super excited about it.

#DogsOfLitsy for attention :) Conor at the door when I was trying to unload the groceries.

Doing this as my commute book :)

You think you‘re reading one story, then it flips on you, then you had it wrong both times! Mary kubica is a queen of a girly fast paced thriller! Love her

Day 17 - #Lights #SleighTheStacks
#WhenTheLightsGoOut #MaryKubica

I read and enjoyed this in 2018.

Not a fan of this book. I expected better, but the ending had me hardcore rolling my eyes. And the middle was so muddled that I had trouble finishing the book and the pay off just wasn't worth it in my opinion.

Definitely my least favourite from Mary Kubica. I was looking forward to something super eerie and creepy, but that‘s definitely not what I got. Not a fan if the “plot twist” at the end. Just seemed like lazy writing, and therefore a waste of my time. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#BookSpinBingo (NetGalley/Ebook)

Finished 2 from my Chirp #BookSpinBingo board, and I‘m on my second (tagged) book from my physical #BookSpinBingo board. So... 3/85 down for this month. 😂 Realistically, I‘ll probably finish between 40-50 books, but I‘m still shooting for the full 85, because why not?

@TheAromaofBooks

This book was just okay for me, wasn‘t too into it.

Thankful for the nice weather so I can go for walks! 😊📖🎧 #audiowalk

If I had been anywhere other than on a plane when I finished this, I would have thrown it across the room with all the force in my body.
Maybe this is what some people want to read? I don‘t hate an unreliable narrator, but this is everything I hate about where the whole genre is at right now. The unreliability, the insomnia, the dreams, the infertile-woman/women-in-general-as-crazy. I‘m not here for any of this right now.

Kubica‘s covers are always so striking. New audio today! 🎧

This book was just...fine...not great but not terrible either

I wasn't really a fan of this book. From the beginning I was waiting for more to happen and to feel some sort of connection or sympathy towards the characters, but I felt none. The ending felt like the biggest cop-out, and because of how it ended and the nature of having an unreliable narrator, I know nothing more about these characters than I did on page one. Personally, I thought reading this was a waste of time.

Ms. Kubica's books are always good reads.

Which have you read?

I have read two:

EVERY LAST LIE
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT

Both are reviewed on my blog.

http://silversolara.blogspot.com

I cant wait to go home so I can curl up and read the weekend away. There is a trip to half price books in my future this weekend, any Psychological Thriller/Thriller or true crime recommendations are welcome!

Also I'm trying to find a good Ghost story and alternate history book to fulfill a challenge so help me out please!!!

#bookshopping #bookdragon #bookrecommendations #thriller #psychologicalthriller #truecrime #ghoststory #alternatehistory

Hoping this one is better than the last book!

Another ok book from Mary Kubica— I think it‘s safe to say I don‘t need to pick up another. I‘m most disappointed with this one though because of how excited I was to pick up a story with an unreliable narrator who is such from sleep deprivation, not from drugs/alcohol/sociopathy. The ending wasn‘t a total shock, nor did it feel like a cop out, but overall it didn‘t seem like Kubica pushed the possibilities of either woman‘s storyline far enough.

I didn‘t like it. I have problems with the storyline, it made me angry, and I don‘t recommend it. I can‘t say more than that unless I put spoilers; I‘m sorry!

I always tell myself that I‘m going in just to pick up my books on hold but I always end up over here... #librarygirl

I like how this author unfolds a story. So far, so good!

I saw this dandelion on my walk today. #Litsywalkers #itsstillwinter #audiowalking

Good quick read

Have read all of her other books so now reading her latest...

Excellent. Loved how the Author kept you guessing. Definitely didnt see the end twist!!!!

Insomnia has taken her sleep. Now it's taking her mind.
Sounds like a good thriller. Time to start it!🤓

#BonBonCat, #MiaCat, and I have the same opinion of this book: Meh. I skimmed it. Not worth it. Sad.

BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!!!!....... Getting a book shipment in is the BEST Ever!!!
32 books lined up behind these news one, all still to be read. I keep saying " I won't buy anymore until I have read all these" My Fiance knows that is just never true.....I have a Book Buying Problem!?

This book is a bit difficult for me to review. It starts off slow, with nothing but the tiniest of hooks to keep you reading, then gets EXTREMELY good in the middle, but the end is just not what I expected at all. It totally veered off course for me and in my opinion, would have been better if the author had gone down the path it seemed to go down in the middle of the book.
That being said, I give this book a 3/5 and will read more of her books!

Still hard at it! Took a bit of a break though!

I thought I knew what was going to happen from the start. The story was more complicated than I first thought. I found it frustrating and didn't bond with any of the characters. I'm going to leave Mary Kubica's work alone for a while.

This one * took me a while to get into * had so many twists it was hard for me to follow at times or guess what would happen next * skipped around a lot * ended abruptly * left me with questions * confused me at times * made me want to figure out the background of the story * was not as good as others by the author

Due to a 2 hour drive home tonight and trying to watch the Packer game, I didn‘t quite make it to the #13in3 even with my great start. However, I‘m pretty happy with my final total of 12:25 😁 @Samplergal

I‘m 34% into this one and still not hooked on the story. Anyone else read this one??

Picked this one back up again and came in at 9:06 after 2 days of the #13in3 ! I might actually reach 13 hours in this readathon @Samplergal !

This was a pick all the way up to the last twist, & there were hints to the last twist so it wasn‘t completely unexpected but I was hoping it wouldn‘t go that way. It just felt disappointing...but up to that point I was loving it & getting into it. Then it twisted, landed with a thud & fell flat. However, the writing was great & I‘m sure many will enjoy the twist, just didn‘t work for me. I do look forward to reading more of Kubica‘s work though.

Well that was not what I was expecting for an ending. It was a quick read that definitely kept my interest. Insomnia....losing a mother.... Losing your own identity... It was filled with twists and turns.. I'm going to be thinking about that ending for awhile....

Starting this one (that I received signed from the author 😃) on this windy Iowa Homecoming lazy Saturday. #marykubica #whenthelightsgoout #signedcopy

Doing a little reading on lunch break today ❤️

I love coming home to #bookmail! Especially when it's an autographed book mailed from the author's office 😃 I won this from an Instagram post!

Love this! So true 😴

When you are reading and unexpectedly recognize towns in your state (WISCONSIN) it is very exciting!! 😁 Makes me want to visit Door County again!