Books #29

[StephenTJackson]

Is "whelmed" a '10 Things I Hate About You' reference?

Yes. But I felt it made perfect sense to use because it's such a middling, nothing feeling

 

[SaintLeo]

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell is on Kindle Daily Deal today. It’s been sitting on my Wish List for absolutely ages in the hope it might finally be 99p so very happy!

 

[twilightgarden]

wtf lads Freida McFadden has another book coming out?!?

 

[capriallie]

I'm trying to make headway with Yellowface, I think it's quite hard to properly get into, even though I think the author is a decent writer! Anyway, omg I cannot stand June! Lots of things she says (writes?) make me physically cringe.

June is the worst but I think that’s the point, she’s supposed to be v problematic!

 

[epl000]

An excellent afternoon reading on the ferry back from Ireland devouring Home Front by Kristin Hannah. A real tearjerker, beautifully written and the characters were just so good. Highly recommend. 5*s

 

[Katykatykaty]

8 books for me this month.

3 stars
One - Eve Smith
Savage - Iain Rob Wright

4 stars
The Murder After the Night Before
The Family Experiment - John Marrs
The Family Experience of PDA - Eliza Fricker

5 stars
Sea Sick - Iain Rob Wright
Ravage - Iain Rob Wright
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It - Katy Brent

 

[Raych23]

So I've finished The Ministry of Time and I was so whelmed by it. It just left me feeling so indifferent. It was fine. Not awful. Not great. But it just didn't hold my attention the way I thought it would based on the synopsis. Pure average.

Is "whelmed" a '10 Things I Hate About You' reference?

 

[slugella]

i thought of you when i saw it!!! i remember you love tmfweh i picked up the new mhairi m in tesco yesterday so let me know what you think!
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i love this book a ridiculous amount and cannot WAIT for the sequel (in november i think!)

I've been a bit quiet on here as I'm in the world's biggest reading slump! One of my worst years for reading. Hoping these two will get me out of it

 

[inksmear]

How is it possible shes banging out these books so quickly?!?

I don’t mean to be mean, but it’s because they’re not very good. They’re all basically the same! Unreliable narrator, implausible twist in the last few pages. I reckon I could write one in a few hours.

Don’t come for me though. I have read all of them! They pass the time and they are a pleasure to read but they are all SO silly.

 

[Smca53]

I’m really enjoying the writing style in Demon Copperhead, loving the mix of serious and funny, and the story just flows

 

[lizziebrooks1235]

Oh my goodness, HELLO! I kind of abandoned this forum because life got hectic how is everyone doing? At the moment, I’m currently reading A Court of Thorns and Roses and it’s a reread because I first and last read it in April 2022. I’m finally getting round to reading the first three books in the series. I said I was going to take my time with reading this year, but I’ve read 29 books so far

 

[QueenBW]

I've read 6 books, hoping to finish the 7th today (it's just 830 am here). It's been a pretty mediocre month. If it wasn't for my reread of Funny Story and first read of The Familiar, it'd be totally forgettable.

 

[QueenBW]

My office has a mini "free books" table where we can all put books we've read and don't want to keep for someone else to take them home and the options today were particularly good for me. Anyone read these?

 

[Lola UK]

I finished wayward and loved it! I then bought Remember Me? Because I wanted something light and fluffy.. didn’t realise it was only 3 hours long so feel like I’ve wasted an audible credit on it! It was fine but not worth the credit.

I’m starting The Time Travellers Wife as an audiobook (I’ve read it about 3 times) as it was free and I’ve just bought The Garnett Girls.

I’ve nearly finished Fourth Wing and I’m going to get the second book on my kindle!

I’ve got lots to keep me busy

 

[ScoutFinch]

I’ve just finished The Running Grave, wowww. I bloody love this series! I’ve been exclusively reading them since the start of May so I feel like I genuinely know Strike and Robin and am now a bit bereft

 

[LaBlonde]

Oh no!! It's one of my favorite books ever!! Really goes to show that like we say in Spanish, every head is a world

“every head is a world” is such a beautiful turn of phrase

 

[Marylou]

June was a slow month for me as we're in the midst of renovations and I found it hard to dodge dust and focus on reading.

 

[daisynoon]

My May! I enjoyed The Familiar and Five Broken Blades most, I think, but generally I had a good reading month with the exception of Lincoln in the Bardo. Someone recommended it to me, and I can only think that they don't like me as much as I thought they did.

(I've also had to put myself on a book buying ban after the double points weekend... I've got to read 16 books before I'm able to think of buying another book)

 

[CommentBelow]

My Waterstones double stamps order arrived this morning, you’d never guess how big my existing TBR is by how pleased I was to retrieve this parcel from the doormat 🫢
Also happy to report my account has been updated with double stamps

 

[ToolaRoola]

May Reads -

Audio - The family upstairs, Close to home, Spilt Milk, Bellies, So late in the day.

Favourites - The unspeakable acts of Zina Pavlou and Notes on a Heartbreak

Least favourites - Revenge and Dirty laundry