Guilt Trip by Jo Furniss. I read this last month and have it 1.5 stars. It was dreadful, a really convoluted, repetitive, improbable bore about some kids whose bus went missing on a school trip. Glad I borrowed it from the library cos it was truly tit!
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Let the Bad Times Roll by Alice Slater
this year…
Don’t let him in - Lisa jewell
Bitter sweet - Hattie williams
The correspondent… very overhyped! Thanks for convincing me to finish it but it only got interesting to me in the last fifth of the book.
I started wild swans in 2017 and have never finished. If you guys start, I’ll continue
I’m currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennet. I absolutely devoured The Vanishing Half but this isn’t as good as that
I’m currently reading The Mothers by Brit Bennet. I absolutely devoured The Vanishing Half but this isn’t as good as that
LOVE Lisa Jewell! Even her older books are amazing. I can't wait for her new release later this year.
Absolutely loved the podcast structured book apart from the ending
I just finished The Great Alone. I enjoyed it, preferred it to The Found Winds but not The Nightingale. Although The Great Alone didn't make me cry like the other two I just found The Four Winds dragged more
I don't think I have ever detested a character in a book more than I did Nick/Alastair.
I know, he was so many people at the same time! Not him because hes fictional but men who do this rarely get away with it irl
I finished Broken Country on my commute this morning. I really didn't see the twist coming. Such a well written book, really pulled on the heartstrings.
I'm reading that atm. Really like it so far.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Devoured it one Sunday
The strawberry pancake patch house was a weird one I liked the start but the guy changes personality half way through and the girls needy and then surprise pregnancy 
This is why I love discussion threads. I hated this book and struggled with it. Yet, you found it amazing
I know right!! And I can partially see, is it LaBlondes, struggle with Crawdads. I really struggled with the first 1/3 of the book or so and then couldn’t stop for the last 2/3.
How the same book can take people to different places and feelings is just magic.
And me! Only 10% in but can already tell i am going to enjoy it.
I am reading the Throne of Glass series in preparation for October 
I bought the box set when it was like 33% off last year, knowing I would get round to it but the recent Maas announcement has bumped it up my TBR.
So far I have done:
The Assassin's Blade (short stories/novella ). I got it out of the way first, and I am glad I did as it kind of helped with backstory. I think it would have thrown me to read it 3rd or 4th like some suggest.
Then Throne of Glass
And Crown of Midnight
And Heir of Fire.
Just 4 more to go
Queen of Shadows
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn - I am going to try the tandem read for the experience as I have never done one before and it could be fun
Then Kingdom of Ash
Impressions so far, after Heir of Fire:
Throne of Glass was a slow start but I liked Chaol and found Dorian boring
Crown of Midnight was more intriguing with more lore. I do feel like Celaena was unfair to Chaol, he was tricked, he didn't deliberately let her down, but he does seem unconfortable about her in her new form. Dorian still annoyed me.
Heir of Fire...okay now we are talking. A-hellooooo, Rowan! I am liking Celeana/Aelin more now. I wasn't sure in the earlier books. Dorian still my least fave but he's getting interesting now.
The books are getting more meaty and interesting now. I am going to keep chain-reading them now the momentum is going. I usually have a fantasy on the go alongside a mystery and a lit fic as I am a mood reader, so my fantasy ones will be Maas until I finish them. There are also the Crescent City books which I will try to read before October as well, just so when ACOTAR 6+7 come out I can see if there are the rumoured crossovers.
ACOTAR re-introduced me to Fantasy fiction recently and I do like Maas's writing style so I am having fun.
I bought the box set when it was like 33% off last year, knowing I would get round to it but the recent Maas announcement has bumped it up my TBR. So far I have done:
The Assassin's Blade (short stories/novella ). I got it out of the way first, and I am glad I did as it kind of helped with backstory. I think it would have thrown me to read it 3rd or 4th like some suggest.
Then Throne of Glass
And Crown of Midnight
And Heir of Fire.
Just 4 more to go
Queen of Shadows
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn - I am going to try the tandem read for the experience as I have never done one before and it could be fun
Then Kingdom of Ash
Impressions so far, after Heir of Fire:
Throne of Glass was a slow start but I liked Chaol and found Dorian boring
Crown of Midnight was more intriguing with more lore. I do feel like Celaena was unfair to Chaol, he was tricked, he didn't deliberately let her down, but he does seem unconfortable about her in her new form. Dorian still annoyed me.
Heir of Fire...okay now we are talking. A-hellooooo, Rowan! I am liking Celeana/Aelin more now. I wasn't sure in the earlier books. Dorian still my least fave but he's getting interesting now.
The books are getting more meaty and interesting now. I am going to keep chain-reading them now the momentum is going. I usually have a fantasy on the go alongside a mystery and a lit fic as I am a mood reader, so my fantasy ones will be Maas until I finish them. There are also the Crescent City books which I will try to read before October as well, just so when ACOTAR 6+7 come out I can see if there are the rumoured crossovers.
ACOTAR re-introduced me to Fantasy fiction recently and I do like Maas's writing style so I am having fun.
I’m currently reading The Correspondent and flying through it. I only started it yesterday but think I will finish this weekend. I love Sybil’s character.
Broken Country is high on my TBR this year.
Broken Country is high on my TBR this year.
I need to get back to them. I’ve got Empire to read next. I keep saying I will read them next but then book club books/library books or the next book in a series I just read get in the way.I am reading the Throne of Glass series in preparation for October
So far I have done:
The Assassin's Blade (short stories/novella ). I got it out of the way first, and I am glad I did as it kind of helped with backstory. I think it would have thrown me to read it 3rd or 4th like some suggest.
Then Throne of Glass
And Crown of Midnight
And Heir of Fire.
Just 4 more to go
Queen of Shadows
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn - I am going to try the tandem read for the experience as I have never done one before and it could be fun
Then Kingdom of Ash
Impressions so far, after Heir of Fire:
Throne of Glass was a slow start but I liked Chaol and found Dorian boring
Crown of Midnight was more intriguing with more lore. I do feel like Celaena was unfair to Chaol, he was tricked, he didn't deliberately let her down, but he does seem unconfortable about her in her new form. Dorian still annoyed me.
Heir of Fire...okay now we are talking. A-hellooooo, Rowan! I am liking Celeana/Aelin more now. I wasn't sure in the earlier books. Dorian still my least fave but he's getting interesting now.
The books are getting more meaty and interesting now. I am going to keep chain-reading them now the momentum is going. I usually have a fantasy on the go alongside a mystery and a lit fic as I am a mood reader, so my fantasy ones will be Maas until I finish them. There are also the Crescent City books which I will try to read before October as well, just so when ACOTAR 6+7 come out I can see if there are the rumoured crossovers.
ACOTAR re-introduced me to Fantasy fiction recently and I do like Maas's writing style so I am having fun.
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