Like Mother, Like Daughter | 
so-soI didn‘t feel this book was as cohesive as it could be. I felt there was a lot going on between issues in the mothers life and issues in the daughters life. Everything connects in the end but I kinda just felt pulled all over the place. It was still an entertaining and easy read though.
pickA great example of duality perspectives puzzle piecing the story together. It was interesting until the end!
pickI liked it, especially when things finally started coming together toward the end. Multiple POV‘s, multiple timelines, and a lot of redirecting meant it took me a while to get my bearings. I had a suspicion about halfway thru that ended up being correct! The characters were not easy to like, they were all fairly unbearable actually. But I was kept entertained thru a particularly busy workweek, which worked well for me.
pickSo imagine if two people brought the same puzzles together and l decided to combine the pieces before putting together two of the same puzzle. then they discover that each box also contained pieces of other puzzles. Yeah, like that.
pickJust the kind of book I love for October and while it had some good twists, I called the who pretty early on. The how and why was fun to see unravel, though.
Another of my #trappedinaspookyhouse reads, chosen for me by @GHABI4ROSES and organized by @PuddleJumper
so-soI‘ve read & enjoyed McCreight‘s earlier novels. I‘m always a sucker for a disappearance story, so I made this my August #BOTM pick! But despite some multimedia & mother/daughter perspectives, I never warmed to either (or really any!) character. The plot‘s twist didn‘t pack the punch I hoped for & I don‘t think it will stick long in my memory as I never felt eager to pick it up any time I set it down. I didn‘t hate it but I didn‘t like it either!
pickGood but not great, but it might be that I wasn‘t paying close enough attention? But some of it was a little confusing.
It‘s time for the October 2024 #bookspin list! I love this exercise each month. 😋 The tagged book I‘m already 2/3 through so that should be an early finish. I‘m in progress on a few others too. But I like the mix of library and owned, and all different genres. I hope October is a very bookish month for us all! 💗
pickGreat psychological thriller page-turner! When your overbearing mother goes missing and you‘re the one that finds her bloody shoe you‘re left to go on a chase to figure out what happened and where she went. And that‘s when the suspenseful unraveling of secrets reveal the dangerous underworld your mother was in AND challenge everything you thought you knew about her. Great read!
I recently downloaded Storygraph (I've had a GR for years now), but I'm liking the month total graphics!
Midnight Sun was a reread for me, but the other two, including the tagged, were new. Both excellent reads!
#Augustwrapup
pick4.75⭐
-mystery thriller
-emotional suspense
-multi-layered
-red herrings & twists
-dual POVs
-a poignant exploration of the intricate & sometimes complicated bond between mother and daughter
-NARRATION: This audiobook was expertly narrated by the mother-daughter team of Cassandra and Olivia Campbell.
panThis is essentially two short stories mushed into one novel, and neither one is particularly interesting.
Chocolate Chip Raspberry Cookies! Yum! Currently reading LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER @kimberlymccreight @aaknopf 🍪🍷📖 Instagram at castrojeannette
pickA good “who done it!”
https://reecaspieces.com/2024/08/02/like-mother-like-daughter-by-kimberly-mccrei...
panTHRILLER - MYSTERY
Cleo and Katrina never had a good relationship.
Cleo always fought with her mother.
We follow the characters as they go back-and-forth before and after the disappearance.
I honestly have to say LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER was VERY difficult to follow, and I was not anxious at all to get back to reading this book.
I hope it works out better for you. 3/5
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/25wc9rn7
pickThis one kept me guessing! Complicated characters, a mother with a painful past, a daughter who can‘t see past her own misery, a father who is lazy and self absorbed. When there is a disappearance, the daughter struggles to find the truth is all the lies and omissions. Perfectly paced, this thriller was compelling and a great summer read. Out July 29th. #netgalleygroup #BookspinBingo @AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks #Bookspin
pickA fast, suspenseful book that kept me guessing until the end! Both writing &plot are compelling. Cleo‘s &Kat‘s relationship was well nuanced, such a realistic portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship. It made this much more than just a mystery. I kept thinking I knew all the answers, then something else would happen &I‘d find myself rethinking everything. I loved how all the characters were written &that everything in the book felt intentional.
Cleo has been asked by her mother to come over for dinner. She‘s a student at NYU and feels liked her mom tries to control her life. She gets frustrated with her mom for telling her who to date and what to do. When she gets to her mom‘s house, she finds broken glass, a bloody shoe, and her mom is missing. As the police try to find her mom, Cleo does her own investigation and in the process realizes she and her mom are more alike than she thought.
