so-so#unpopularopinion For me, this was unnecessarily convoluted and tedious. I liked the concept and the alternate histories, but the story often dragged and I detested Kite. I don‘t feel like he was ever redeemed and I hated his mood swings. It probably would have been easier to follow all the time jumps in print, but the pacing was so slow, filled with extraneous detail, I know I would have bailed before the 1/4 mark. #moremehthanyay
Considering I bailed on 5 books this week, I‘m surprised I finished anything, but I did. I loved the latest issue of Saga, but while I enjoyed the others, I didn‘t love them. I consider both lukewarm picks. Onto my work book club selection today, since we meet on Thursday. I‘m hoping this one doesn‘t let me down. #moremehthanyay #bookreport
so-soI was sadly disappointed in this. It had some creepy moments, most of it fell flat. I appreciate the fact that the cat didn‘t die. I did like he characters for the most part, even though some of Cara‘s decision making was laughably bad. #moremehthanyay #borrownotbuy (Also, the digital version has been on my NetGalley queue for more than a year, so Yay! for clearing some of that backlog!)
Another pretty good book week. One bail, three finished books (one read in it‘s entirety), and a lot of progress in Mrs. Mohr. I‘m also going to start Dim Sum of all Fears on audio tonight.
Miami Noir: the Classics and The Spy and the Traitor were both excellent. Pirates was #moremehthanyay. Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing is delightful so far. 💖
Had a pretty good week, all things considered, and I probably won‘t finish anything else today, so here‘s my #bookreport for the week:
Bailed on Girls Burn Brighter—too dark
Still in progress: The Luminous Dead—starting to feel repetitive. I need SOMETHING to happen!
Finished:
The Three Musketeers (4 ⭐️)
The Windfall (#moremehthanyay)
A History of Magic (3 ⭐️)
The Marriage Clock (3 1/2 ⭐️)
so-so#MoreMehThanYay
I really liked how the book deals with race, privileges, and prejudices. However, all of those good things got a bit lost in the parts told by Boy, because the writing style got too incoherent, jumpy and pretentious. The part told by Bird was great, imo, but it was too short compared to the rest.
so-so#UnpopularOpinion time - I didn‘t like Song for Achilles at all. And this ended #MoreMehThanYay for me. I was kinda bored most of the way through, and while I liked Circe as a character, the rest of the book didn‘t do much for me. The pacing felt weird, and it felt like Miller was trying to cram to much into the book. Not for me...
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