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Post by rosemary3 on Apr 27, 2024 12:43:49 GMT
Here's the place to tell us all about your current reads in May!
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Post by froglady on May 1, 2024 17:27:42 GMT
I'm still reading Landlines by Raynor Winn.
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Post by froglady on May 3, 2024 20:15:08 GMT
Just starting A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny.
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Post by adelynechan on May 6, 2024 19:50:03 GMT
I carried over (and since finished) Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood. I loved her in The Love Hypothesis and this one was just the same science-y theme although a different setting of NASA. She does tend to go off on the same tangent each time that I don't quite like, but I guess that's her style, so this again was 4*.
Also finished, for entrepreneurship club at work, Post Corona by Scott Galloway. He's more famous for The Four, which I haven't read so can't draw comparisons, but I did find this overall a good read although again I dropped some points as the pandemic theme felt forced.
Then I started, but today decided to give up on, Really Good, Actually by Monica Helsey. I'd heard so many good things about it (from blogs/reviews, not the title  ) but it just wasn't for me. I just could not relate to the main character who imo started doing totally stupid and illogical things after her divorce, and after 150 pages I decided I didn't want to read another 200 - there are other books I'd rather be reading.
Next up will be Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum.
On audio, I finished The Wedding Murders by Sarah Linley, which I found I enjoyed despite it doing something that usually annoys me in books - a book with "murder" in the title but the body taking ages to appear. Goodreads has the title down as The Wedding Guest, which I think fits better, and I did like the intrigue that the author managed to maintain through. Amazing narrators too.
Currently listening to You Had Me at Halloumi by Ginger Jones.
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Post by froglady on May 7, 2024 9:14:24 GMT
My new read is Dark Objects by Simon Toyne.
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Post by adelynechan on May 7, 2024 22:07:05 GMT
Finished listening to You Had Me at Halloumi by Ginger Jones, which was the perfect happy book that I was looking for, but at the same time it cut much deeper in parts. Didn't blow me away for full score but a solid 4 star.
Next up will be Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai, which is on my wishlist and I was chuffed to find on Cambridgeshire Libraries' featured May reads! Not sure about how other libraries work, but here the featured reads of the month have a large number of licenses and so easy to borrow for that month. It's rare to see such a new release (this is a 2023) on there.
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Post by windysisters on May 8, 2024 8:25:47 GMT
I finished my audio book, Down a Dark Road, on Friday. Didn't decide on the next one until yesterday: Tuesday's Child by Anya Mora although I didn't manage to start it this morning because phone wouldn't talk to the car.....
I finished Close to Death on Monday and have now finally started Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers which I've had from the library for months but couldn't read it because other library books kept turning in up.
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Post by sony08 on May 8, 2024 12:11:38 GMT
Just finished My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes - I love her books and this one came in as 4* for me. Mostly liked the characters (except Jacqui!)
And starting Redemption by Jack Jordan - reading for The Book Club on Facebook.
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Post by eightlegs on May 8, 2024 19:03:03 GMT
I'm now reading A Memoir of My Former Self: A life in Writing - Hilary Mantel on my kindle. I thought this was an autobiography but it's actually a collection of essays/articles but I'm really enjoying it, I'm finding her writing compelling.
And for my tree book I've just started Shrines of Gaiety - Kate Atkinson
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Post by adelynechan on May 9, 2024 16:41:01 GMT
I loved Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, though it won't be for everyone. It's written in a wistful tone that reminds me a bit of the Because the Coffee Gets Cold series, but with a different angle as the characters are reflecting on their present-day situations rather than a regret in the past. I found it calming to read, and I loved the descriptions as it almost felt like I was right alongside them in the bookshop!
Up next will be 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee, buddy read with a friend.
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Post by windysisters on May 10, 2024 7:18:17 GMT
Given up on the audio book, Tuesday's Child, as the narrator is too annoying and I'm tuning her out instead of paying attention! As it took me ages to choose this one I think I'll take a break for a bit before deciding on next one.
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Post by froglady on May 10, 2024 18:12:51 GMT
Now reading The Clearing by Simon Toyne, the 2nd book in the series that started with Dark Objects.
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Post by adelynechan on May 11, 2024 20:47:52 GMT
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee is a difficult one, takes a fair amount of concentration as apart from the 8 lives, the book is also told from multiple perspectives and it isn't always obvious when the POV shifts. It's a very good one though for understanding various events in Korean history, I thought the author did well to achieve a balance between plot/readability and getting this message across. I'll be keeping this one as I don't think I quite got the most out of it, mainly because I was confused early on with all the switching and was reading while commuting - this isn't a great book for reading while also making sure I don't miss my stop - so I want to read it again at some point.
Up next will be Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson.
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Post by froglady on May 12, 2024 7:10:31 GMT
Broken Light by Joanne Harris is my new read.
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Post by froglady on May 13, 2024 22:29:49 GMT
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams is my new read.
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) but it just wasn't for me. I just could not relate to the main character who imo started doing totally stupid and illogical things after her divorce, and after 150 pages I decided I didn't want to read another 200 - there are other books I'd rather be reading.
